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Jenny Palm

Jenny Palm

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Jenny Palm

Emergency management in the Swedish electricity grid from a household perspective

Author

  • Jenny Palm

Summary, in English

This article focuses on households' action space and perceived responsibilities during power outages, and on how municipalities and grid companies understand their own and the households' responsibilities and action space. Results from a case study in the county of Östergötland showed that household responsibilities in terms of preparedness for outages were unclear to the actors. Both municipalities and grid companies expected households to be somewhat prepared. Households, however, believed that they were not responsible for being prepared for power outages, even though they need to be prepared to survive. Often the preparedness concerns material factors, such as investment in auxiliary generating capacity for use in case of outages. How the households perceive outages is important for their capacity to handle and feel comfortable in such situations.

Publishing year

2009-02-18

Language

English

Pages

55-63

Publication/Series

Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management

Volume

17

Issue

1

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Topic

  • Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0966-0879