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Home » WECC: Operators Caused Unneeded Load Sheds
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WECC: Operators Caused Unneeded Load Sheds

Quick Triggers Led to Premature Alerts

Jul 12, 2020
Rich Heidorn Jr.
NERC & Committees / WECC / BAL / Generation
System operators in the WECC footprint were too quick to declare energy emergency alerts (EEAs) during several recent events, resulting in unnecessary load sheds on two occasions, according to a new NERC "lessons learned" notice. The notice detailed five incidents in which software glitches, communication lapses and generator malfunctions contributed...

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