IEEE Working Group on Distribution Reliability

IEEE Working Group on Distribution Reliability (15.06.02)

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IEEE Distribution Reliability Benchmarking 2010 Results (Posted November 18, 2011)
IEEE 2011 Benchmark Submittal Worksheet (Posted February 2, 2011). This is a Microsoft Office Excel Macro-Enabled Worksheet. When opening the file using Microsoft Excel, be sure to enable macros. Return the completed worksheet to Heide Caswell.
Catastrophic Task Force Meeting Minutes (Posted January 21, 2011).
Reliability Indices Database Application (Posted January 12, 2011). This database application requires Microsoft Access 2003 or later as well as some third-party Charting Libraries.

Response from Progreess Energy Carolinas to Data Request on Ice Storm (Posted July 10, 2008)
Report on the Feasibility of Placing Electric Distribution Facilities Underground (Posted July 10, 2008)
Workpapers for Underground Service, Gulf Power Company (Posted July 10, 2008)
A Review of Electric Utility Undergrounding Policies and Practices Navigant Consulting (Posted July 10, 2008)
Undergrounding Assessment Report: Literature Review and Analysis of Electric Distribution Overhead to Underground Conversion (Posted July 10, 2008)
U.S. Electric Reliability: How Are We Measuring Performance? Joe Eto and Kristina Hamachi LaCommare (Posted July 10, 2008)

Regulatory Implications of IEEE Std 1366 (Posted July 6, 2006)
Joint Working Group Cigré C4.07 / Cired Report on power quality indices and objectives (Posted July 5, 2006 - Password Protected)
Benchmarking Update - Presentation (Posted July 5, 2006)
Reporting Practices Task Force Meeting - Presentation (Posted June 26, 2006)
Hurricane Wilma - Presentation (Posted June 26, 2006)
Reliability at Duke Power - Presentation (Posted June 26, 2006)
Reliability at SDGE - Presentation (Posted June 26, 2006)
NRECA Reliability Survery Results - Presentation (Posted June 26, 2006)
Update to EEI on IEEE 1366 - Presentation (Posted June 26, 2006)
Faults per Feeder Mile - Presentation (Posted June 26, 2006)
Reliability at Progress Energy - Presentation (Posted June 26, 2006)

"Classification of Major Event Days" White Paper (Posted September 2, 2003)
"Classification of Major Event Days" Presentation (Posted September 2, 2003)
"Predicting Distribution System Performance Against Reliability Standards" Presentation (Posted September 2, 2003)
"Maximum Likelihood Estimates for Alpha and Beta With Zero SAIDI Days" Presentation (Posted September 2, 2003)
Classification of Major Event Days (Posted January 22, 2003)

Major Event Normalization, a white paper that explores the basis, need, and benefit from normalizing reliability performance relative to major events. (Posted August 12, 2002)
P1366 Major Event Day Language Draft, 2.5 Beta Method (Posted August 12, 2002)
Outage Reporting Hierarchy by Dan Pearson (Posted August 12, 2002)
Analysis on Partial Discharge by Mostafa Hassani (Posted August 12, 2002)
A View of the Standards Issues by Cheri Warren (Posted August 12, 2002)
Major Event: Abnormal/Normal Event Discussiont, presented in March 2002 via Webex (Posted August 12, 2002)
Simplified Explanation of the Three Beta Method (Posted February 19, 2002)
Example of the Three Beta Method (Posted February 19, 2002)
More Detailed Explanation of the Three Beta Method (Posted February 19, 2002)

Update on Major Event Definition by Charlie Williams (Posted October 29, 2001)
Reliability Elements and Attributes of Measurement Accuracy (Posted September 2, 2001)
June 2001 Memo from chair with accompanying spreadsheet (Posted July 7, 2001)

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