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Is Power Outage Associated With Population Density?

Authors:
Vivian Sultan
Brian Hilton

Keywords: Power Outages; Electric Power Infrastructure; ArcMap; GIS

Abstract:
The U.S. electric power infrastructure is in urgent need of renovation. Recent major power outages in California, New York, Texas, and Florida have drawn attention to the unreliability of the U.S. electric power system. The media discussed America’s aging power infrastructure and the Public Utilities Commission called for a comprehensive review of the causes of recent power outages. This study explores geographic information systems to identify a correlation between population density and power outages in Georgia. Initial investigation using ArcMap software as a visualization tool revealed areas where this association emerged.

Pages: 18 to 23

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2019

Publication date: June 2, 2019

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-412X

ISBN: 978-1-61208-713-9

Location: Athens, Greece

Dates: from June 2, 2019 to June 6, 2019