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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.C. U.S. Transformer Automatic Outage Counts and Outage Hours by High-Voltage Size and Interconnection, 2010
High-Side Voltage Eastern Interconnection
(FRCC, MRO, NPCC, RFC,SERC, SPP)
TRE WECC Total
100-199 NA NA NA NA
200-299 - - 6 6
300-399 2 - 12 14
400-599 6 - 2 8
600+ 1 - - 1
Total 9 - 20 29
100-199 NA NA NA NA
200-299 - - 4 4
300-399 13 - 13 26
400-599 34 - 38 72
600+ 6 - - 6
Total 53 - 55 108
100-199 NA NA NA NA
200-299 - - 10 10
300-399 15 - 25 40
400-599 40 - 40 80
600+ 7 - - 7
Total 62 - 75 137
100-199 NA NA NA NA
200-299 - - 11.13 11.13
300-399 10,528 - 8,385.61 18,913.13
400-599 15,431 - 3,573.81 19,004.80
600+ 6,165 - - 6,165.15
Total 32,124 - 11,970.56 44,094.21
Sustained
Outage Hours per Incident[1]
606 - 218 408
Notes:
[1] Outage duration in hours per outage incident
• NA - Not Available
• 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.
• Detailed information on the Transmission Availability Data System outage definitions is available at: http://www.nerc.com/docs/pc/tadswg/Appendix%207%2020101202a%20clean.pdf
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-411, "Coordinated Bulk Power Supply Program Report."