Preemptive charging for power outage mitigation

A method for preemptively charging a rechargeable energy storage system (RESS) to mitigate power outage, comprising:

• generating a weather map of a geographical area anticipated to be impacted with a storm or a natural event having a severity predicted to possibly induce a power outage;
• generating a distribution map of an electrical power distribution network within the geographical area, the distribution map representing one or more distribution lines deployed within the geographical area to distribute electrical power to one or more dwellings having a RESS;
• generating an outage map by overlaying the weather map relative to the distribution map, the outage map representing one or more intersections between the weather map and the distribution map where the power outage is predicted;
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• scheduling preemptive charging of one or more of the RESSs downstream of the intersections in advance of the power outage.

A system for preemptively charging stationary storage modules to mitigate power outage, comprising:

• a weather module configured for generating a weather map of a geographical area anticipated to be impacted with a storm having a severity predicted to possibly induce a power outage;
• a power grid module configured for generating a distribution map of an electrical power grid within the geographical area, the distribution map representing one or more distribution lines deployed within the geographical area to distribute electrical power to one or more dwellings having the stationary storage modules;
• an outage module configured for generating an outage map by overlaying the weather map relative to the distribution map, the outage map representing one or more intersections between the weather map and the distribution map where the power outage is predicted;
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• a charging module configured for preemptively charging one or more of the stationary storage modules in advance of the power outage, wherein the preemptive charging includes altering arbitrage settings for one or more of the stationary storage modules to be preemptively charged, the arbitrage settings defining parameters associated with the stationary storage modules consuming electrical power from the electrical power grid.