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CHARLESTON â Appalachian Power and Wheeling Power failed to meet minimum targets approved by West Virginia state utility regulators for the reliability of their electric power systems in 2020, according to an annual reliability report that regulators require utilities to file.
The two subsidiaries of American Electric Power improved in measures of how long and often their power was interrupted last year compared to 2019 but still had worse numbers than they did before they moved in 2014 to a vegetation management system intended to boost reliability, according to the filing with the state Public Service Commission.
The results continue a trend of longer and more frequent outages for Appalachian Power and Wheeling Power customers since 2013 that has outpaced national increases in those categories.
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NEW ULM The New Ulm Public Utilities Commission approved a plan to resume normal collection activity and service disconnections under the policies outlined in the New Ulm Public Utilities (NUPU) regulations.
On June 23, 2020, the commission authorized the establishment of the COVID-19 deferred payment plan. Utilities Director Kris Manderfeld explained this action suspended disconnections and penalties until the end of the peacetime emergency. The reason for this action was to relieve customers of a potential hardship during the pandemic.
On April 15, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission tentatively approved regulated utility transition plans designed to move these utilities back to their pre-pandemic customer service practices. This has prompted NUPU to begin the development of similar plans.
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Why Resiliency in the Electrical Grid Should Be Measured from the Customer’s Perspective
Reliability performance is core to the utility industry. Utilities strategically design and invest in their system to maximize reliability performance traditionally measured by System Average Interruption Frequency Index (SAIFI), System Average Interruption Duration Index (SAIDI), and/or Consumer Average Interruption Duration Index (CAIDI). These quantitative metrics largely drive utility investment decisions, shape strategic priorities, dictate regulatory approvals, and determine cost recovery. While these metrics are generally good indicators of system performance, the commonly used SAIFI/SAIDI/CAIDI indicators actually refer to “blue sky” system performance, where hurricanes and other l
Southside Electric Co-Op president defends ice storm response, million-dollar compensation
Southside Electric Co-Op president defends ice storm response, million-dollar compensation
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DINWIDDIE COUNTY, Va. When a February ice storm hit Virginia, tens of thousands of Southside Electric Cooperative (SEC) members lost power. For thousands of members, that outage lasted more than a week.
The CBS 6 Problem Solvers heard from countless frustrated members who were upset with SEC leaders.
They wondered how 81 percent of SEC s members could lose power and be out for so long and asked the Problem Solvers to investigate a number of questions about preventative maintenance, vegetation management, and compensation for board members and the president.