A Cross-Domain Approach to Analyzing the Short-Run Impact of COVID-19 on the US Electricity Sector. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has rapidly spread around the globe in 2020, with the US becoming the epicenter of COVID-19 cases since late March. As the US begins to gradually resume economic activity, it is imperative for policymakers and power system operators to take a scientific approach to understanding and predicting the impact on the electricity sector. Here, we release a first-of-its-kind cross-domain open-access data hub, integrating data from across all existing US wholesale electricity markets with COVID-19 case, weather, mobile device location, and satellite imaging data. Leveraging cross-domain insights from public health and mobility data, we rigorously uncover a significant reduction in electricity consumption that is strongly correlated with the number of COVID-19 cases, degree of social distancing, and level of commercial activity.

published proceedings

  • Joule

altmetric score

  • 3.5

author list (cited authors)

  • Ruan, G., Wu, D., Zheng, X., Zhong, H., Kang, C., Dahleh, M. A., Sivaranjani, S., & Xie, L. e.

citation count

  • 87

complete list of authors

  • Ruan, Guangchun||Wu, Dongqi||Zheng, Xiangtian||Zhong, Haiwang||Kang, Chongqing||Dahleh, Munther A||Sivaranjani, S||Xie, Le

publication date

  • November 2020

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