ELECTRIC RELIABILITY STANDARDS Clause Samples

ELECTRIC RELIABILITY STANDARDS. A. General Provisions a) The standards are to be consistent with PUCT Substantive Rule §25.52—Reliability and Continuity of Service. b) Reporting periods are to be consistent with PUCT Substantive Rule §25.81—Service Quality Reports, and are to coincide with TNMP’s Electric System Service Quality Report to the PUCT. Annual evaluations will be for the 12-month period ending December 31 of each year. c) The initial evaluation will be for the reporting period ending December 31, 2001. d) Reliability indices are calculated for “forced interruptions” as defined by §25.52. e) The standards will be calculated and evaluated for the seven (7) Texas Business Units of TNMP individually. ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇ Indices The following reliability standards for System Average Interruption Frequency Index (“▇▇▇▇▇”) and System Average Interruption Duration Index (“SAIDI”) shall be calculated for each of the Texas Business Units. The distribution feeder standards shall be established for distribution feeders with 10 or more customers. a) No distribution feeder within a Business Unit shall sustain a “▇▇▇▇▇” or “SAIDI” value for a reporting period that is among the highest (worst) 10% of the feeders within that same Business Unit for any two consecutive reporting periods. b) No distribution feeder within a Business Unit shall sustain a “▇▇▇▇▇” or “SAIDI” value for a reporting year that is more than 300% greater than the system average of all feeders within that same Business Unit for any two consecutive reporting periods. c) No Texas Business Unit of TNMP shall exceed the system-wide ▇▇▇▇▇ or ▇▇▇▇▇ standard by more than 5.0% beginning in the 2001-reporting year. The system-wide standard is the average of the three reporting years 1998, 1999, and 2000. C. Guarantee to Meet Reliability Standards a) The annual service reliability guarantee for all of the Texas Business Units of TNMP combined will be a total not to exceed $500,000. The individual reliability guarantee for each Business Unit will be calculated based upon the percentage of total Texas customers that are served within each of the Business Units. b) The guarantee will be credited to customers based upon the following priorities: i) 10% Worst Distribution Feeder Performance ii) 300% Greater than System Average Distribution Feeder Performance iii) System Standards c) Terms of Guarantee i) 10% Worst Distribution Feeder Performance Standard (1) A service reliability credit of $20 shall be made to each customer on all feeders ...