Title :
Western Electricity Coordinating Council experience in the collection of transmission common-mode and dependent outages
Author :
Keel, B. ; Papic, M. ; Tucker, D.
Author_Institution :
Salt River Project, Phoenix, AZ, USA
Abstract :
This paper discusses the Western Electricity Coordinating Council´s (WECC) experience in the collection of transmission outage data with an emphasis on common-mode and dependent outage events, and is a result of ongoing research carried out by the WECC Reliability Performance Evaluation Working Group (RPEWG). The outage data statistics of WECC 230-, 345-, and 500-kV transmission lines constructed on the same tower as well as those constructed in the same-right-of-way have been analyzed in detail.
Keywords :
poles and towers; power transmission lines; power transmission reliability; RPEWG; WECC; WECC Reliability Performance Evaluation Working Group; Western Electricity Coordinating Council Experience; dependent outage events; tower; transmission common-mode collection; transmission lines; transmission outage data collection; voltage 230 kV; voltage 345 kV; voltage 500 kV; Databases; Integrated circuit reliability; Poles and towers; Power system reliability; Power transmission lines; Common-mode outages; Dependent outages; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE); Outage Data Collection; Performance analysis; Reliability Criteria; Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC);
Conference_Titel :
Power and Energy Society General Meeting, 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2727-5
Electronic_ISBN :
1944-9925
DOI :
10.1109/PESGM.2012.6344973
