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Electric Power Annual 2010 Data Tables

With Data for 2010   |  Release Date:  November 09, 2011   |  Next Release Date: November 2012

Table 4.8.A. U.S. Transmission Circuit Automatic Outage Counts, by High-Voltage Size and NERC Region, 2010
  Transmission Circuit Automatic Outage Counts
Voltage Type Operating (kV) FRCC MRO NPCC RFC SERC SPP TRE WECC Total
  Momentary Outage
AC 100-199 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
AC 200-299 95 W W 57 189 W - 261 602
AC 300-399 - 66 32 150 46 94 121 87 596
AC 400-599 1 W - 7 46 W - 96 150
AC 600+ - - W 17 - - - - 17
AC Total   96 110 35 231 281 115 121 444 1,433
Total AC Outages per 1,000 Circuit Miles 13 6 5 9 8 15 13 7 8
DC Total   - W W W - - - W 44
Total DC Outages per 1,000 Circuit Miles - W W W - - - W 11
  Sustained Outage
AC 100-199 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
AC 200-299 133 W 13 138 179 W - 504 967
AC 300-399 - 111 50 102 59 93 71 186 672
AC 400-599 3 W - 14 82 W - 148 247
AC 600+ - - W 10 - - - - 10
AC Total   136 217 70 264 320 128 71 838 2,044
Total Outages per 1,000 Circuit Miles 19 11 10 10 10 17 7 14 12
DC Total   - W W W - - - W 61
Total DC Outages per 1,000 Circuit Miles - W W W - - - W 15
  Momentary and Sustained outages
AC 100-199 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
AC 200-299 228 W W 195 368 W - 765 1,569
AC 300-399 - 177 82 252 105 187 192 273 1,268
AC 400-599 4 W - 21 128 W - 244 397
AC 600+ - - W 27 - - - - 27
AC Total   232 327 105 495 601 243 192 1,282 3,477
Total AC Outages per 1,000 Circuit Miles 33 17 15 20 18 31 20 21 21
DC Total   - W W W - - - W 105
Total DC Outages per 1,000 Circuit Miles - W W W - - - W 26
Notes:
• NA - Not Available
• W - Withheld
• An Automatic Outage is an outage which results from the automatic operation of a switching device,causing an Element to change from an In-Service State to a not In-Service State.
• Momentary Outage is an automatic outage with an outage duration less than one minute.
• A Sustained Outage is an automatic outage with an outage duration of a minute or greater.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-411, "Coordinated Bulk Power Supply Program Report."