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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.B. U.S. Transmission Circuit Sustained Automatic Outage Hours by High-Voltage Size and NERC Region, 2010
  Sustained Automatic Outage Hours
Voltage Type Operating (kV) FRCC MRO NPCC RFC SERC SPP TRE WECC Total
AC 100-199 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
AC 200-299 6,789 W W 3,287 2,195 W - 17,614 29,886
AC 300-399 - 2,522 4,360 4,882 880 975 1,089 1,056 15,764
AC 400-599 75 W - 4,907 1,567 W - 3,752 10,300
AC 600+ - - W 265 - - - - 265
AC Total   6,864 7,619 14,530 13,341 4,642 1,117 1,089 22,422 71,623
AC Outage Hours per Incident[1] 50 35 208 51 15 9 15 27 35
DC Total   - W W W - - - W 3,303
DC utage Hours per Incident[1] - W W W - - - W 54
Notes:
[1] Circuit outage duration in hours per outage incident
• NA - Not Available
• W - Withheld
• An Automatic Outage is an outage which results from the automatic operation of a switching device.
• 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."