OBJECTIVES

Upon completion of this lesson, the participants will be able to:

• To define the transmission safety documents that will be applicable in all areas of the National Grid-
SA Transmission Company.

• To define clearly all necessary steps that secure safety for all field staff in the National Grid-SA
Transmission Company under supreme supervision of the Regional Control Centers for each area.

• Discipline, with safety documents, the jobs which shall be performed between the National Grid-SA
Transmission Company and other related SEC sectors (Generation and Distribution) and inter-
connected Non-SEC parties.

• To precisely state important definitions for specific terms to avoid possible confusion that may
arise due to past practices in different Operating Areas.

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 SEC – Saudi Electricity Company
RCC – Regional Control Center
CSDP – Centralized Safety Document Program
CME – Circuit Main Earth
CN – Caution Notice
DN – Danger Notice
ID No. – Identification Number
Acronyms: IER – Isolation and Earth Request Safety Document
HLW – Hot line Work
LOA – Limitation of Access
NWO – Network Operator
PEA – Portable Earth Application
RFW – Ready for Work
RFE – Ready for Energization
SFT – Sanction for Test
SL – Safety Lock
STW – Sanction to Work
WT – Warning Tapes
HT – Hold Tag
SB – Safety Barrier
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 DEFINITIONS
• Authorized Issuer : He is authorized to issue and close specific
National Grid-SA safety documents mentioned in his “Authorization Card”.
• Authorized Receiver : This person is authorized to receive specific
National Grid-SA safety documents mentioned in his “Authorization Card”.
• Cancel : used when the issued document or the proposed job is not
performed due to some obstacles and the concerned person no longer
needs the document or will not perform that job.

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 DEFINITIONS

• Circuit Main Earth : approved type which is applied on the instruction of

the control engineer before S.T.W or S.F.T is issued and remains applied
until closing / cancelling the safety document.

• Close : used when work is performed and the equipment or line under
work is to be normalized.

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 DEFINITIONS

• Control Engineer: A senior authorized person who is permitted to

control all operations within specified sections of the transmission
network for the National Grid-SA. He is also called “power dispatcher”.

• Earthed : Connected to earth through low resistance conductors and

connections that are capable of passing the maximum possible fault
current to earth without danger.

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 DEFINITIONS

• High Voltage Level: High Voltage Level during S.F.T test is specified
to a value equal to or more than 600V.
• Hold Instruction : Verbal instruction by the control engineer to all
S.T.W receivers to stop work prior to issue S.F.T for the same
equipment.
Work shall be resumed after completion of the test under the same
previously issued S.T.W document.

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 DEFINITIONS
• Network Operator (NWO):
• Responsible to carry out all switching steps to isolate the electrical
equipment in close coordination with RCC, apply the CN’s, HT’s and SL’s
at the points of isolation and handover the safety documents to the
contractors. In brief, he is the control representative in the field.

• Regional Control Center (RCC): The Control Center located at each

operating area and responsible to carry out all operations under the
authority of that area and issue all types of required safety documents.

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 DEFINITIONS
• Ready for Energization (RFE) : declaration from the NWO to the RCC
that the specified work in the safety document has been completed
and the control engineer can proceed to energize the equipment

• Ready For Work (RFW): declaration from the RCC to the NWO /
Receiver that the equipment is isolated and all the required field
conditions are satisfied and people responsible at site can receive
the required safety document to start the work.

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 DEFINITIONS

• Remote Area
Work site which is located 100km or more away from the involved
substations or where NWO cannot have access to that work site.

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  Safety Document
• A written document in full details describing the job to
be performed in certain permission after securing the
subject equipment.

This document is signed by all concerned parties.

 issuing Authority should be with the RCC only.
 received by NWO in case of project contractor work or by group
leader in case of maintenance.

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  Safety Document

 These documents shall be issued at the work site and never from office.

 NWO shall receive the document number from Regional Control Center,
RCC.

 In Remote Areas maintenance authorized person for switching shall

act as an Authorized NWO.

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  Safety Document
 Prior to start the job which approved by RCC and to integrate all
related safety precautions, the NWO should confirm that the
maintenance document receiver have the availability of :

A - Approved work order.

B - Risk assessment for the proposed job.
C - Safe work procedure.

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 SAFETY DOCUMENT

• Safety documents shall have three printed colored copies.

• No time limit is defined.
• Centralized and computerized safety document program.

White color: Fixed in the isolated equipment,

Pink color : Kept with network operation
Blue color : Kept with the receiver.

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  Safety Document

 However, all safety documents, shall be kept with

network operation division for a period of six months.

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 Sanction To Work (S.T.W)

• Safety document issued to an authorized receiver and in charge of the

electrical equipment, which is isolated from all possible power sources and
earthed.

• Each crew leader working independently within S.T.W limits should hold an
individual S.T.W.

• During work progress under S.T.W, the RCC / NWO shall issue verbal (hold)
instruction as per step in the switching program . The job will be (resumed) and
continue under the same S.T.W safety document when the (hold) condition is
over after confirmation that CME/PEA is applied.

It is totally prohibited to remove CME / PEA.

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The NWO is responsible for the following:
• Receive the safety document number from RCC in case of contractor
work.
• Placing his own Caution Notice, Danger Notice, Hold Tags and Safety
Locks.
• Voltage testing, applying CME.
• Applying warning tapes and safety barriers.

S.T.W Form
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 Start STW
RCC Issue STW to an Authorized Receiver

RCC & NWO Isolate Equipment

Control Engineer Confirmed The Isolation

Control Engineer Record the STW Number

Control Engineer Record All Activities Regarding the Issue Of STW

Record All Activities Regarding the Issue Of STW Using

NWO
Template

Receive the Safety Document NO, Place Notices, Tags &

NWO Locks .voltage Testing, apply Warning Taps & Safety
Barriers

STW Receiver Responsible For His Workers

Crew Leader Hold Individual STW

NWO & RCC Issue Verbal Hold Instruction

RCC Cross Check the Statues Of the Equipment

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STW

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 Sanction For Test (S.F.T)

• Safety document issued to an authorized receiver and in charge of

testing any part of the high voltage electrical system.

• Allows the removal and replacement of (CME/PEA) by the NWO who

shall be present during the tests.

• NWO shall be present.

It is not allowed to issue SFT for any contractor.

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 Sanction For Test (S.F.T)

• No other safety document should be active during the test for the same
equipment.

• Prior to issue the (S.F.T) safety document, the RCC shall issue verbal (hold
instructions) through the NWO at site for all (S.T.W) issued to the same
equipment.

• Having completed the tests , resume the same (S.T.W) number after
confirmation that CME/PEA is applied.

S.F.T Form
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 Start

RCC Issue STW to an Authorized Receiver SFT

RCC & NWO Isolate Equipment

Testing Crew Leader Confirmed The Isolation

NWO Remove & Replacement Of CME/PEA

Testing Crew Leader Confirm the Status Of CME/PEA

Control engineer Record the SFT Number

Control engineer Record All Activities Regarding the Issue Of SFT

Record All Activities Regarding the Issue Of SFT in

NOW & Testing Crew Leader Template

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SFT

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SFT

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SFT

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 Limitation of Access (L.O.A)

• Limitation of Access is a safety document issued by RCC/NWO to an

a authorized receiver

• Work in the vicinity of or on the live H.V. equipment.

• The L.O.A defines the limits and nature of the work

• Issued with or without a switching program.

• Issued when Neither STW nor SFT is applicable

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The following jobs are excluded from the necessity to issue LOA and shall be carried
out under the following conditions:
1 General inspection, detailed inspection, visual check, reading and data collection.
2 Read Fault Recorder or load it with papers.
3 Clean or maintain A.C. units inside transmission substation.
4 Clean inside transmission control room
5 Maintenance or inspection of the telephone or radio sets inside the substation.
6 Visual inspection for all equipment inside the telecommunication room.
8 Data collection, drawings review for telecommunication equipment and RTU routes.
9 Visits with contractors to take preparatory measurements.
10 Review mark-up and as-built drawings.
11 Visits to reset relay indications

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LOA

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LOA

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LOA

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 Isolation And Earting Request (I.E.R)

• Issued separately for distribution, generation and all other non-SEC

interconnected consumers

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IER

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IER

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 S/S A S/S B
IER Open 8 AM MED POINT

STW Open 8: 20
STW
STW closed 11 AM
IER Closed 11 :20 AM

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 Hot Line Work (H.L.W)

• issued with or without switching program

• Senior authorized person from OHL staff shall receive the HLW safety document
number

• Automatic re-closing devices, if any, shall be deactivated

• Remote / Local selector switch shall be kept on Local

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HLW

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 Start

Issue HLW to an Authorized Receiver

RCC

OHL Staff
Receive HLW No. , Fill Up the Form , Hand Over to
HLW Maintenance Crew
HLW
Maintenance Crew Sign The Form And Carry out the Work

Control Engineer Record the STW No.

OHL Staff Record All HLW Information Using the Template

Maintain Communication link with receptive Control

Maintenance Crew Center

NWO Deactivate Or Reactivate auto Re-closers

Attend the S/S ,sign the HLW Document & Move To

Maintenance Crew Work Site On the 2nd day onwards, Directly Move To
Work Site

Or Reactivate auto Re-closers & Change Breaker

NWO
Controls Daily In The Evenings

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HLW

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HLW

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 PORTABLE EARTH APPLICATION (P.E.A)

• A safety document issued by the control engineer RCC to an authorized receiver

in charge of the electrical equipment which is not equipped with a Circuit Main
Earth switch or need additional earth to be applied

• De- energized from all possible power sources. This document is mostly needed
for equipment related to outdoor substations.

• The applied portable earth should never be removed. It can only be removed
under the permission of the control engineer

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 PORTABLE EARTH APPLICATION (P.E.A)

• After all required jobs for the isolated equipment under program are completed,
all issued safety documents (S.T.W and S.F.T) shall be closed. P.E.A safety
document shall be the last safety document to be closed .

• In conditions where crews are working in different locations within the same
isolation limits, then it is permissible to issue multiple P.E.A.

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 Start

RCC Issue PEA

RCC & NWO De-energize the Equipment & Confirm by RCC

PEA
Control Engineer Record The PEA No.

Control Engineer Record All Activities Regarding the Issue Of PEA

Record All Activities Regarding the Issue Of PEA Using

NWO
Template

Receiving Personnel Record All PEA Information In the Template

Receiving Personnel Apply the Portable Earth

Control Engineer Issue Verbal Hold thru NWO

Control Engineer Close All Issued Safety Documents

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PEA

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PEA

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PEA

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