Seth Blumsack’s research centers on the electricity and natural gas industries; environmental management related to energy and infrastructure; resilience of energy infrastructure; regulation and deregulation in network industries; network science; risk analysis; and managing complex infrastructure systems. He has been studying the electric power industry through academic and consulting affiliations for more than fifteen years. He has authored or co-authored more than fifty scientific papers; book chapters; and articles in industry and popular press, with research funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, and private industry. He has consulted with the American Public Power Association, Bayer Materials, the Congressional Research Service, the Consortium for Risk Assessment and Stakeholder Participation, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the Idaho National Laboratory, the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and numerous electric utilities and State Public Utility Commissions.
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Recent Publications
For geological carbon sequestration to work, we need a geospatial planning policy
Menefee, A., Wiseman, H., Blumsack, S. & Helbing, M., Mar 18 2025, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 122, 11, e2403020122.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
Minitrack on Distributed, Renewable and Mobile Resources
Blumsack, S., Jewell, W., Cardell, J. & Smith, J. C., 2024, In: Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. p. 2886 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
A stochastic optimization framework to planing for geographically correlated failures in coupled natural gas and electric power systems
Su, W., Blumsack, S. & Webster, M. D., Jun 2024, In: Reliability Engineering and System Safety. 246, 110049.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
By A Show of (Which) Hands: Empirical Analysis of Regional Transmission Owner Stakeholder Voting
Teti, Z. & Blumsack, S., Dec 30 2024, In: Journal of Political Institutions and Political Economy. 5, 4, p. 487-522 36 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Minitrack on Distributed, Renewable and Mobile Resources
Blumsack, S., Jewell, W. & Smith, J. C., 2023, In: Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. 2023-January, p. 2526 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
Enhancing the Reliability of Bulk Power Systems against the Threat of Extreme Weather: Lessons from the 2021 Texas Electricity Crisis
Prete, C. L. & Blumsack, S., 2023, In: Economics of Energy and Environmental Policy. 12, 2, p. 31-47 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Minitrack on Distributed, Renewable and Mobile Resources
Blumsack, S., Jewell, W. & Smith, J. C., 2022, In: Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. 2022-January, p. 3388 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
Transition to Low-Carbon Electric Power: Portfolios, Flexibility, and Option Value
Webster, M., Zhao, B., Bukenberger, J. & Blumsack, S., Jul 5 2022, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 56, 13, p. 9583-9592 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Minitrack on distributed, renewable and mobile resources
Blumsack, S., Jewell, W. & Smith, J. C., 2021, In: Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. 2020-January, p. 3091 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
Could on-site fuel storage economically reduce power plant-gas grid dependence in pipeline constrained areas like New England?
Freeman, G. M., Apt, J., Blumsack, S. & Coleman, T., Jun 2021, In: Electricity Journal. 34, 5, 106956.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Emissions and Health Implications of Pennsylvania’s Entry into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
Yang, H., Pham, A. T., Landry, J. R., Blumsack, S. A. & Peng, W., Sep 21 2021, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 55, 18, p. 12153-12161 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Minitrack on distributed, renewable and mobile resources
Blumsack, S., Jewell, W. & Smith, J. C., 2020, In: Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. 2020-January, p. 2949 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
Integrating embedded resources and network analysis to understand food-energy-water nexus in the US
Mahjabin, T., Mejia, A., Blumsack, S. & Grady, C., Mar 20 2020, In: Science of the Total Environment. 709, 136153.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A real options approach to production and injection timing under uncertainty for CO2 sequestration in depleted shale gas reservoirs
Tayari, F. & Blumsack, S., Apr 1 2020, In: Applied Energy. 263, 114491.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Estimating loadability region of natural gas system via monotone inner polytope sequence
Wu, D., Nie, T., Turitsyn, K., Blumsack, S. & Blumsack, S., Jun 2020, In: IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems. 7, 2, p. 660-672 13 p., 8811592.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review