Reliability Modeling Considerations for Emerging Cyber-Physical Power Systems Prepared by Task Force on Reliability Consideration for Emerging Cyber-Physical Energy Systems under IEEE PES Reliability, Risk and Probability Applications Subcommittee

Power system operation considering an increasingly complex cyber infrastructure may be one of the key factors of the next generation power systems. The effective operation of a power system in a massively deployed cyber network environment will be affected by cyber network reliability. Therefore, it is vital not only to understand the operation of a cyber network and its reliability, but also it is critical to integrate the interdependency of cyber and power systems into power system planning and operations. This requires a three-layer approach to reliability modeling and evaluation. The cyber and power layers are interconnected by the information layer. The objective of this paper is to define the three-layer model and report a generalized framework for combined reliability modeling.