Power After the Storm: Achieving Grid Resilience in a Climate Changing World (doi:10.7910/DVN/CZ5FJQ)

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Document Description

Citation

Title:

Power After the Storm: Achieving Grid Resilience in a Climate Changing World

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/CZ5FJQ

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Date of Distribution:

2026-01-08

Version:

1

Bibliographic Citation:

Licker, Rachel, 2026, "Power After the Storm: Achieving Grid Resilience in a Climate Changing World", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/CZ5FJQ, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:s6+WzEjNWHThffI8hG9BEw== [fileUNF]

Study Description

Citation

Title:

Power After the Storm: Achieving Grid Resilience in a Climate Changing World

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/CZ5FJQ

Authoring Entity:

Licker, Rachel (Connected Science, LLC)

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Access Authority:

Fencl, Amanda

Depositor:

Fencl, Amanda

Date of Deposit:

2026-01-08

Holdings Information:

https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/CZ5FJQ

Study Scope

Keywords:

Earth and Environmental Sciences, Social Sciences, power outages; electricity; extreme events

Abstract:

This set of R code files represent the methods of processing the Brelsford et al. 2024 data used in this report, with the resulting .csv files the report uses. Files with R code need to be run in the order as explained in the Power_Storm_READme.PDF to generate results.

Methodology and Processing

Sources Statement

Data Access

Notes:

<a href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0">CC0 1.0</a>

Other Study Description Materials

Related Publications

Citation

Title:

Licker, R., Susanne Moser, Sam Gomberg, Amanda Fencl, Sital Sathia, and Jayson Toweh. 2026. Power After the Storm. Union of Concerned Scientists. https://doi.org/10.47923/2026.16071

Identification Number:

10.47923/2026.16071

Bibliographic Citation:

Licker, R., Susanne Moser, Sam Gomberg, Amanda Fencl, Sital Sathia, and Jayson Toweh. 2026. Power After the Storm. Union of Concerned Scientists. https://doi.org/10.47923/2026.16071

File Description--f13322959

File: county_customer_hours_totals_2014_2024.tab

  • Number of cases: 859

  • No. of variables per record: 4

  • Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

Notes:

UNF:6:x7dEpV6yrZsRfdRwkaoC9g==

Resulting file from RCode_CustomerHours.pdf

File Description--f13322966

File: county_daily_peak.tab

  • Number of cases: 1944541

  • No. of variables per record: 5

  • Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

Notes:

UNF:6:A4F7iv7SpeBueoiO8v0erA==

Resulting file from RCode_DailyPeaks_DailyTotals.pdf

File Description--f13322962

File: county_daily_peak_with_percent.tab

  • Number of cases: 1944541

  • No. of variables per record: 7

  • Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

Notes:

UNF:6:mAmGnMdFeQ1z0aiOgjiSWw==

resulting file from RCode_Percent_Customers_Out.pdf

File Description--f13322960

File: daily_total_peak.tab

  • Number of cases: 3714

  • No. of variables per record: 2

  • Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

Notes:

UNF:6:nnII4CQiEIbbkAN8rB2oJg==

Resulting file from RCode_DailyPeaks_DailyTotals.pdf

File Description--f13322965

File: miso_plus_counties.tab

  • Number of cases: 860

  • No. of variables per record: 7

  • Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

Notes:

UNF:6:++pPhLSxt2snAQe0cQxtUw==

resulting file from RCode_MISO_Counties.pdf

Variable Description

List of Variables:

Variables

fips_code

f13322959 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 5001.0; Max. 55141.0; Valid 859.0; StDev 12229.281877428433; Mean 26161.832363213027;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:RV1UswpGTT51QjYjjZZAOg==

county

f13322959 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:JIN/rzdHZlg5jFwcpzhi/Q==

state

f13322959 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:D7nU6pKEYP/gT8zT09ADVQ==

total_customer_hours_2014_2024

f13322959 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 7751981.361005431; Min. 0.0; Max. 1.416997875E8; Valid 859.0; Mean 2328996.588765995

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:+Alp2S2kj1OxbwG4pKv1eQ==

date

f13322966 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:kVJNxTaczUNXU4aZqiI5lw==

fips_code

f13322966 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 55141.0; Valid 1944541.0; Mean 25105.680299873406; StDev 12274.887153732961; Min. 5001.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:1D3PtlPVVuAs03VOSlU6mw==

county

f13322966 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:j8ym5ahKhoznJrU+GlczFA==

state

f13322966 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:uJcNyuZqDwauQTgU/MCRDg==

county_daily_peak

f13322966 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 184.46150891149858; StDev 1578.954763771827; Valid 1944541.0; Min. 0.0; Max. 311925.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:OJJPbi8II97XPAVth8AXjw==

date

f13322962 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:sFA2OB5ZDETjwUnLwgNr3g==

fips_code

f13322962 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 5001.0; StDev 12274.88715372989; Max. 55141.0; Valid 1944541.0; Mean 25105.680299986412

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:6QRNgsekiTVL6jO0p1fYbQ==

county

f13322962 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:uRczNkzd/yQlUlfBjavYhg==

state

f13322962 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:k4z9YhoJqFN9DRTF0/nY5Q==

county_daily_peak

f13322962 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 184.4615089112029; StDev 1578.9547637711764; Max. 311925.0; Min. 0.0; Valid 1944541.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:yGynrnDfQEGq3MXkhHD/FA==

customers

f13322962 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 1944541.0; Min. 429.0; StDev 121100.33206066574; Mean 45720.94904083215; Max. 2162007.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:WyuO8SjlfyPEB2QKDcL85A==

percent_customers_out

f13322962 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 1944541.0; StDev 3.9776919766772267; Max. 100.0; Min. 0.0; Mean 0.7814189543958817

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:2aQ9Ussg2o3OJNakw/VaJA==

date

f13322960 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:fe3RVcHKCyZYNMrzZg1tWg==

daily_total_customers

f13322960 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 1642616.0; Valid 3714.0; Min. 449.0; StDev 115971.94840710393; Mean 96578.61254711862

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:XgMLMwR1ua1eBOJFw/j8Ow==

fips_code

f13322965 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 12222.201320248205; Valid 860.0; Mean 26162.896511627958; Max. 55141.0; Min. 5001.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:fAQIE3ZdN1RdWVNE/AVXpQ==

county

f13322965 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:Cv6dgM7Z+LQOKoxOrsbPqQ==

state

f13322965 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:GAFx4berq43rvyOYzE8vtw==

area_county_km2

f13322965 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 226.07972342987784; Mean 1897.5949806039441; Valid 860.0; Max. 17462.20617287954; StDev 1315.1255301620063

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:I0RJjAeq7TCxSWF2pY9OvA==

area_in_miso_km2

f13322965 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 855.0; Mean 1781.7972145153785; Max. 17462.204949040824; StDev 1207.3465867513198; Min. 1.2416677463573932E-5

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:HfJelgASIAw+fStTOVMEEw==

share_in_miso

f13322965 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 855.0; Mean 0.9443650521753257; Min. 9.234633581134985E-9; Max. 1.0000000000000122; StDev 0.198060117199339;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:lu7ScTfbZqCLqvgQFMVSOg==

percent_in_miso

f13322965 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 100.0; Valid 855.0; Min. 0.0; Mean 94.4365059649123; StDev 19.80601141686148;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:8t8dm84KD2xdIDhRbYjGjQ==

Other Study-Related Materials

Label:

RCode_CustomerHours.pdf

Text:

Code to merge the data on the number of customers for each county from Brelsford et al. 2024 with the daily_total_peak.csv file and calculate the percent of customers without power at the peak for each day and each county.

Notes:

application/pdf

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RCode_DailyPeaks_DailyTotals.pdf

Text:

Code to extract data from daily_total_peak.csv for the top ten worst power outage days, as well as for Winter Storm Uri.

Notes:

application/pdf

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RCode_Fig1_Uri_Map.pdf

Text:

Slightly modified Uri Map code from Brelsford et al. 2024, used for Figure 1 in the Report.

Notes:

application/pdf

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RCode_FilterCombineEAGLEIData.pdf

Text:

Code to filter yearly EAGLE-I data files by study region county set and combined all yearly files into one document.

Notes:

application/pdf

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RCode_Filter_PeakCounties.pdf

Text:

Code to (a) calculate the maximum number of customers without power of each 15-minute interval for each county and each day of the dataset, and (b) calculate the peak total number of customers without power each day across the full geography.

Notes:

application/pdf

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RCode_MISO_counties.pdf

Text:

Code to intersect MISO county list from EIA database with geographic reference data (e.g., county fips codes).

Notes:

application/pdf

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RCode_Percent_Customers_Out.pdf

Text:

Code to merge the data on the number of customers for each county from Brelsford et al. 2024 with the daily_total_peak.csv file and calculate the percent of customers without power at the peak for each day and each county.

Notes:

application/pdf

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ReadMe_Power_After_Storm.pdf

Text:

ReadMe file for R code and .csv files included in this dataset.

Notes:

application/pdf

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Top100_MISO_Plus_Events.xlsx

Text:

Resulting file from RCode_DailyPeaks_DailyTotals.pdf

Notes:

application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet