Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 38, September 21, 2024
(a) An
EDC shall submit an annual reliability report to the Commission, on or before
April 30 of each year.
(1) An original of the
report shall be filed with the Commission's Secretary and one copy shall also
be submitted to the Office of Consumer Advocate and the Office of Small
Business Advocate.
(2) The name,
title, telephone number and e-mail address of the persons who have knowledge of
the matters, and can respond to inquiries, shall be
included.
(b) The annual
reliability report for larger EDCs (those with 100,000 or more customers) shall
include, at a minimum, the following elements:
(1) An overall current assessment of the
state of the system reliability in the EDC's service territory including a
discussion of the EDC's current programs and procedures for providing reliable
electric service.
(2) A description
of each major event that occurred during the year being reported on, including
the time and duration of the event, the number of customers affected, the cause
of the event and any modified procedures adopted to avoid or minimize the
impact of similar events in the future.
(3) A table showing the actual values of each
of the reliability indices (SAIFI, CAIDI, SAIDI, and if available, MAIFI) for
the EDC's service territory for each of the preceding 3 calendar years. The
report shall include the data used in calculating the indices, namely the
average number of customers served, the number of sustained customer minutes
interruptions, the number of customers affected and the minutes of
interruption. If MAIFI values are provided, the number of customer momentary
interruptions shall also be reported.
(4) A breakdown and analysis of outage causes
during the year being reported on, including the number and percentage of
service outages, the number of customers interrupted, and customer interruption
minutes categorized by outage cause such as equipment failure, animal contact,
tree related, and so forth. Proposed solutions to identified service problems
shall be reported.
(5) A list of
the major remedial efforts taken to date and planned for circuits that have
been on the worst performing 5% of circuits list for a year or more.
(6) A comparison of established transmission
and distribution inspection and maintenance goals/objectives versus actual
results achieved during the year being reported on. Explanations of any
variances shall be included.
(7) A
comparison of budgeted versus actual transmission and distribution operation
and maintenance expenses for the year being reported on in total and detailed
by the EDC's own functional account code or FERC account code as available.
Explanations of any variances 10% or greater shall be included.
(8) A comparison of budgeted versus actual
transmission and distribution capital expenditures for the year being reported
on in total and detailed by the EDC's own functional account code or FERC
account code as available. Explanations of any variances 10% or greater shall
be included.
(9) Quantified
transmission and distribution inspection and maintenance goals/objectives for
the current calendar year detailed by system area (that is, transmission,
substation and distribution).
(10)
Budgeted transmission and distribution operation and maintenance expenses for
the current year in total and detailed by the EDC's own functional account code
or FERC account code as available.
(11) Budgeted transmission and distribution
capital expenditures for the current year in total and detailed by the EDC's
own functional account code or FERC account code as available.
(12) Significant changes, if any, to the
transmission and distribution inspection and maintenance programs previously
submitted to the Commission.
(c) The annual reliability report for smaller
EDCs (those with less than 100,000 customers) shall include all items in
subsection (b) except for the requirement in paragraph (5).
(d) An EDC shall submit a quarterly
reliability report to the Commission, on or before May 1, August 1, November 1
and February 1.
(1) An original of the report
shall be filed with the Commission's Secretary and one copy shall also be
submitted to the Office of Consumer Advocate and the Office of Small Business
Advocate.
(2) The name, title,
telephone number and e-mail address of the persons who have knowledge of the
matters, and can respond to inquiries, shall be included.
(e) The quarterly reliability report for
larger companies (those with 100,000 or more customers) shall, at a minimum,
include the following elements:
(1) A
description of each major event that occurred during the preceding quarter,
including the time and duration of the event, the number of customers affected,
the cause of the event and any modified procedures adopted in order to avoid or
minimize the impact of similar events in the future.
(2) Rolling 12-month reliability index values
(SAIFI, CAIDI, SAIDI, and if available, MAIFI) for the EDC's service territory
for the preceding quarter. The report shall include the data used in
calculating the indices, namely the average number of customers served, the
number of sustained customer interruptions, the number of customers affected,
and the customer minutes of interruption. If MAIFI values are provided, the
report shall also include the number of customer momentary
interruptions.
(3) Rolling 12-month
reliability index values (SAIFI, CAIDI, SAIDI, and if available, MAIFI) and
other pertinent information such as customers served, number of interruptions,
customer minutes interrupted, number of lockouts, and so forth, for the worst
performing 5% of the circuits in the system. An explanation of how the EDC
defines its worst performing circuits shall be included.
(4) Specific remedial efforts taken and
planned for the worst performing 5% of the circuits as identified in paragraph
(3).
(5) A rolling 12-month
breakdown and analysis of outage causes during the preceding quarter, including
the number and percentage of service outages, the number of customers
interrupted, and customer interruption minutes categorized by outage cause such
as equipment failure, animal contact, tree related, and so forth. Proposed
solutions to identified service problems shall be reported.
(6) Quarterly and year-to-date information on
progress toward meeting transmission and distribution inspection and
maintenance goals/objectives (for first, second and third quarter reports
only).
(7) Quarterly and
year-to-date information on budgeted versus actual transmission and
distribution operation and maintenance expenditures in total and detailed by
the EDC's own functional account code or FERC account code as available. (For
first, second and third quarter reports only.)
(8) Quarterly and year-to-date information on
budgeted versus actual transmission and distribution capital expenditures in
total and detailed by the EDC's own functional account code or FERC account
code as available. (For first, second and third quarter reports
only.)
(9) Dedicated staffing
levels for transmission and distribution operation and maintenance at the end
of the quarter, in total and by specific category (for example, linemen,
technician and electrician).
(10)
Quarterly and year-to-date information on contractor hours and dollars for
transmission and distribution operation and maintenance.
(11) Monthly call-out acceptance rate for
transmission and distribution maintenance workers presented in terms of both
the percentage of accepted call-outs and the amount of time it takes the EDC to
obtain the necessary personnel. A brief description of the EDC's call-out
procedure should be included when appropriate.
(f) The quarterly reliability report for
smaller companies (those with less than 100,000 customers) shall, at a minimum,
include paragraphs (1), (2) and (5) identified in subsection (e).
(g) When an EDC's reliability performance is
found to not meet the Commission's established performance standards, as
defined in §
57.194(h)
(relating to distribution system reliability), the Commission may require a
report to include the following:
(1) The
underlying reasons for not meeting the established standards.
(2) A description of the corrective measures
the EDC is taking and target dates for completion.
(h) An EDC shall, within 30 calendar days,
report to the Commission any problems it is having with its data gathering
system used to track and report reliability performance.
(i) When an EDC implements a change in its
outage management system for gathering and analyzing reliability performance
that has the potential to affect reliability index values, the EDC shall
conduct parallel measurement and analysis to isolate and quantify the influence
that the measurement change exerts on reliability index values. The length of
the parallel measurement period shall be sufficient to isolate and quantify the
independent effects of the measurement change.
(j) The Commission will prepare an annual
reliability report and make it available to the public.
The provisions of this §57.195 amended under the
Public Utility Code,
66 Pa.C.S. §
§
501,
504,
523,
1301,
1501 and
1504; and the Electric
Generation Customer Choice and Competition Act, 66 Pa.C.S. §
§
2801-2812.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
57.194 (relating to distribution
system reliability); 52 Pa. Code §
57.198 (relating to inspection and
maintenance standards); and 52 Pa. Code §
69.1903 (relating to preparation
and response measures).
