Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024
(a) Each EDC shall submit to the Board an Annual System Performance Report by May 31 of each year and shall include a public and confidential version. The EDC shall also submit a copy of the report to Rate Counsel at the same time, which may be submitted electronically, at the discretion of Rate Counsel.
(b) The Annual Report shall include all of the following data:
1. The electric service reliability performance for the EDC's predefined operating areas in relation to their minimum reliability levels of SAIFI and CAIDI;
2. A summary value for each EDC's New Jersey service territory as a whole in relation to their minimum reliability levels for CAIDI and SAIFI;
3. A summary of the EDC's system performance for the calendar year prior to the submittal of the report, accompanied by a graph displaying the data visually;
4. A summary of the EDC's system performance for the 10 years prior to the submittal of the report, including the data for the previous calendar year, accompanied by a graph displaying the data visually;
5. Statistical tables and charts for EDC reliability performance in its New Jersey service territory and by each operating area;
6. Ten years of trends of CAIDI and SAIFI; and
7. Ten years of trends reflecting the major causes of interruptions.
(c) The Annual Report shall also include a summary of:
1. The EDC's reliability programs, including inspection and maintenance programs;
2. Changes and exceptions to the EDC's current program(s);
3. The EDC's new reliability program(s);
4. The EDC's poor performing circuit program including the methodology used for circuit identification and any appropriate corrective actions;
5. The EDC's power quality program;
6. The EDC's stray voltage program;
7. Technology initiatives to improve reliability;
8. The number of personnel (broken down by bargaining and non-bargaining unit) in each EDC's operating area(s) and a summary statement referencing each EDC's training program;
9. The vegetation management work and planned activities as required in 14:5-9.7; and
10. Hazard tree information as required in 14:5-8.6(d)3.
(d) An officer of the EDC shall certify to the accuracy of the data and analysis in the Annual Report, and that necessary maintenance programs and other actions are being performed and adequately funded and addressed in its business plans to help achieve the benchmark reliability levels and as a minimum to maintain the minimum reliability levels for each operating area.
(e) The Annual Report shall include a summary of each major event.
(f) In the event that an EDC's reliability performance in an operating area does not meet the minimum reliability level for the calendar year, the Annual Report shall include the following:
1. An analysis of the service interruption causes, patterns and trends;
2. A description of the corrective actions taken or to be taken by the EDC and the target dates by which the corrective action shall be completed; and
3. If no corrective actions are planned, an explanation shall be provided.
(g) Each EDC shall include in its Annual Report eight percent of its worst-performing circuits identified in each of its operating areas in 14:5-8.5(b) based on the reliability performance parameters in 14:5-8.5(a) and the corrective actions taken or to be taken.
1. The EDCs will list the circuits that were:
i. Addressed and the work completed to address them during the applicable performance year; and
ii. Identified at the end of the applicable performance year to be addressed in the next performance year.
2. The EDCs will implement mitigation for these circuits as soon as possible but not later than one year from submission of the annual report with the goal of improving the circuit's reliability performance metrics.
3. If an EDC contends that the mitigation work cannot be implemented within that timeframe, the EDC must provide a detailed explanation to the Board of the reasons.
(h) The Board may require EDCs to submit alternative reports covering a time period other than that covered by the Annual Report.
