• DocumentCode
    973604
  • Title

    Cascade to black [system blackouts]

  • Author

    Pereira, Les

  • Author_Institution
    Transmission Planning & Design, Norther California Power Agency, USA
  • Volume
    2
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2004
  • Firstpage
    54
  • Lastpage
    57
  • Abstract
    This paper looks at the similarities between the August 14, 2003 blackout and the Western System collapse of 1996. It was shown that the August 14 collapse resulted from system overloading that led to voltage deterioration in the system and consequently a "fast" collapse, similar to the July 2, 1996 collapse.
  • Keywords
    power markets; power system economics; power system faults; power system interconnection; power system planning; power system reliability; power system security; Eastern interconnection; North American continent; Western interconnection; cascading blackout; fast collapse; load shedding; system overloading; voltage deterioration; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Continents; Discrete event simulation; Power system faults; Power system interconnection; Power system protection; Power system reliability; Power system security; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Power and Energy Magazine, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1540-7977
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MPAE.2004.1293601
  • Filename
    1293601
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=973604