Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024
(a) On a quarterly basis, each EDC shall prepare and submit a report to the Board's Energy Division providing the following information regarding all outages experienced and recorded during each quarter (other than momentary outages, as defined by IEEE 1366 and major events, which shall be excluded). Each quarterly report shall be due within 60 days of the end of the quarter.
1. The quarterly outage reports shall provide the following information:
i. Outage type (primary, secondary, or service line, specific equipment);
ii. Circuit ID and type;
iii. Source substation;
iv. Number of customers on the circuit;
v. The municipality where the outage occurred;
vi. Number of customers affected by this outage;
vii. Start date/time of the outage;
viii. Total duration of outage in minutes;
ix. The cause of outage (for example, vegetation, equipment failure, outside influence); and
x. The SAIFI and CAIDI calculations for the quarter and year to date.
2. Each EDC may use its own method for identifying the type of outage, provided that each type of outage is clearly described.
3. The EDC shall provide an explanatory summary of any unique circumstances or potential problems identified and include a glossary of terms.
4. All outage data shall be submitted in a Microsoft Office Excel spreadsheet file. The explanatory summary may be submitted in another electronic document format compatible with Microsoft Office or Adobe Acrobat.
(b) The EDCs shall provide an additional Microsoft Office Excel spreadsheet detailing substation outage information.
1. For each outage due to substation specific equipment, the report shall include the substation ID, duration of the outage, and the number of customers affected by each outage.
2. The EDCs shall provide an explanatory summary of any unique circumstances or potential problems identified. The summary analysis should highlight areas that the EDCs determine need to be addressed, such as reliability problems (local or systemic), equipment issues, mitigation plans, and plans to address high-outage areas.
3. The substation outage data shall be submitted in a Microsoft Office Excel spreadsheet file. The explanatory summary may be submitted in another electronic document format compatible with Microsoft Office or Adobe Acrobat.
(c) The quarterly reports shall be submitted in an electronic form, both in redacted and unredacted versions, in accordance with the Board's rules on confidential information at N.J.A.C. 14:1-12, to protect security sensitive and other confidential information, such as circuit ID, substation information, circuit type and circuit location other than municipality, and number of customers on the circuit.
