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Protection Misoperations
Agenda
• Protection System Misoperation data collection evolution
• Analysis examples
• Misoperations by MIDAS Cause Code (mitigation development)
• Misoperations by Month and Year
• Misoperations Rate by Region and Year (trend analysis)
• NERC Protection System Misoperation trend (still improving)
• FRCC performance!
• Conclusion
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• Until 2016, Regional Entities collected protection system
misoperation data in compliance with the PRC‐004‐4
Protection System Misoperation Identification and Correction
standard
• As of Q2 2016, NERC began directly collecting data based on a
Section 1600 Data Request using the Misoperation
Information Data Analysis System (MIDAS)
• MIDAS supports data collection standardization and MIDAS
Phase II implementation will no longer require spreadsheets
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• Secure portal
• Allows registered entities to enter or edit data through a user
interface instead of a spreadsheet
• Search capabilities
• Benchmarking reports allow an entity to compare to regional
and NERC misoperations rates
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• Registered Entity Types
Generator Owner (GO)
Transmission Owner (TO)
Distribution Provider (DP)
• Quarterly reporting due within 60 days of the end of a
quarter
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• Performance Analysis collects and analyzes data (analysis is
statistical but not highly granular)
• Event Analysis performs deep dives into specific events (for
non‐statistical, but highly granular cause coding and insights)
• NOTE: PA & EA use independent cause code systems due to
differences in granularity of respective investigations/analyses
• Inferences are drawn that dovetail with both the statistical and
the event analysis results
• ERO Enterprise shines a spotlight; industry acts
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• Incorrect settings/logic/design errors
• Relay failures/malfunctions
• Communication Failures
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• Instantaneous ground function
• Commissioning testing
• Regional pilot initiatives to address localized issues
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• NERC
Statistically significant decrease in last 3 years (10.2/10.1/9.5/8.7%)
Statistically significant 2016 decrease for top three causes relative to prior
three years
Expect to meet 2017 threshold goal of <9%, miss target of <8% based on July
(Q3) – June (Q2) performance (calculations in progress)
Pressing on with aggressive reduction goals
• FRCC
Statistically significant decrease in last 4 years (13.7/11.4/9.3/5.7%)
Statistically significant 2016 decrease for top three causes relative to prior
three years
GREAT JOB!
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Conclusion
• Improvements to the MIDAS reporting tool are underway
• The NERC‐wide misoperation rate continues to drop ‐ currently
between 8% and 9%
• FRCC misoperation rate is declining exceptionally
• THANK YOU, THANK YOU, and THANK YOU!!!
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