Joint development of consistent bulk transmission outage reporting and analysis procedures by two NERC regions

Journal Article · Mon May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1989 · IEEE Trans. Power Syst.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6173772

Toft, M; Lauby, M G

Two North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC) regions, Mid-Continent Area Power Pool (MAPP) and Mid-America Interconnected Network (MAIN), have individually collected bulk transmission outage data for a number of years. Based on recent research work, the members of the two regions realized that related multiple outages significantly affect bulk transmission system reliability. However, no existing data collection methods provided data to adequately report and analyze relationship between multiple outages. This realization encouraged the members of MAIN and MAPP to jointly enhance their data collection procedures. The experiences of these NERC regions working together to derive a consistent bulk transmission performance analysis package are discussed. The resultant data collection philosophy and formats, and expected analysis capability are reviewed. Potential benefits of standardizing data formats and definitions are presented.

• Research Organization: MAIN Coordination Center, Lombard, IL (US); EPRI, Palo Alto, CA (US)
• OSTI ID: 6173772
• Journal Information: IEEE Trans. Power Syst.; (United States), Journal Name: IEEE Trans. Power Syst.; (United States) Vol. 4:2; ISSN ITPSE
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

20 FOSSIL-FUELED POWER PLANTS
200104* -- Fossil-Fueled Power Plants-- Components
200300 -- Electric Power Engineering-- Power Transmission & Distribution-- (-1989)
24 POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
290100 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Energy Analysis & Modeling
DATA ANALYSIS
ENERGY SYSTEMS
NORTH AMERICA
OUTAGES
PERFORMANCE TESTING
POWER SYSTEMS
POWER TRANSMISSION
RELIABILITY
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
TESTING