Blackout 2011 - Volume II

Course Number: E-4022
Credit: 4 PDH
Subject Matter Expert: Lee Layton, P.E.
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Overview

In Blackout 2011 - Volume II, you'll learn ...

  • The importance of next day planning
  • The impact of not maintaining up to date models of external networks
  • The impact of the sub-100 kV system on the outage
  • Understand how misoperations in UFLS schemes contributed to collapse

Overview

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Credit: 4 PDH

Length: 56 pages

George Santayana said, “Those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it”, and that certainly seems to be the case with the September 8, 2011 blackout that affected 2.7 million customers in the Southwestern United States. This event was eerily similar to the August 2003 outage that affected the Eastern Interconnect.

This 4-hour course is the second of a two-part series on the September 8, 2011 blackout and discusses the causes, findings and recommendations to prevent a reoccurrence. The purpose of reviewing the outage is to understand what went wrong and hopefully what can be done to prevent future events.

Specific Knowledge or Skill Obtained

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

  • The importance of next day planning
  • The impact of not maintaining up to date models of external networks
  • The impact of the sub-100 kV system on the outage
  • Understand how misoperations in UFLS schemes contributed to collapse
  • The purpose of a State Estimator
  • Know the meaning of an IROL and its impact on the outage
  • The impact of inadequate margins in relay settings on system reliability

Certificate of Completion

You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 25 questions. PDH credits are not awarded until the course is completed and quiz is passed.

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