Title :
Cascade to black [system blackouts]
Author_Institution :
Transmission Planning & Design, Norther California Power Agency, USA
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;
Journal_Title :
Power and Energy Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MPAE.2004.1293601
