Research Article

Self-Organized Criticality and Trend Analysis in Time Series of Blackouts for the China Power Grid

Table 3

Statistics of the time interval of blackout data in the China power grid.

Time intervalBlackout frequencyLoad loss (MW)Mean size in each blackout (MW)

1981–19875611,833.5211.3
1988–19943212,065.9377.1
1995–20014916,169.2330.0
2002–20087226,412366.9
2009–20146853,108781.0