Method of Identification and Assessment of Security Needs of a Region against the Threat of a Large Power Outage

Tomáš Fröhlich, Zdeněk Hon, Martin Staněk () and Jiří Slabý
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Tomáš Fröhlich: Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Sítná sq. 3105, 272 01 Kladno, Czech Republic
Zdeněk Hon: Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Sítná sq. 3105, 272 01 Kladno, Czech Republic
Martin Staněk: Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Sítná sq. 3105, 272 01 Kladno, Czech Republic
Jiří Slabý: SECURU s.r.o. (Security Consulting), Vrbova 1427/19, 147 00 Praha, Czech Republic

Energies, 2023, vol. 16, issue 11, 1-16

Abstract: The reliable supply of electricity is a key commodity that affects the functioning of today’s society. The long-term disruption of these supplies has far-reaching effects that will have a significant impact on all spheres of our lives. Infrastructure will stop operating and the provided services will be limited or cease. This article focuses on a comprehensive and systematic approach to strengthening the resilience of territorial units in relation to large-scale electricity supply disruption. The main part focuses on the process model of identification and evaluation of key elements of a region that are necessary to ensure the basic needs of its population. The aim of this model is to provide the security management with an effective tool on how to define the security needs in their region and determine specific infrastructure from the security perspective. The model includes a process of determining the priorities of infrastructure in accordance with their importance in the form of a methodological framework. The result is the establishment of a list of safety-relevant objects in the region, which is a necessary prerequisite for the design of an islanded operation and other measures leading to the reduction of impacts caused by large-scale power outages.

Keywords: critical infrastructure; threat; power outage; resilience; population; critical object (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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