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In System Failure - Anatomy of a Blackout - Part 2, you'll learn ...
- The scope of the blackout
- The impact of First Energy’s transmission collapse
- The significance of the loss of Eastlake 5
- The causes of the major 345 kV transmission trips
Overview
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Credit: 3 PDH
Length: 34 pages
This three-hour course is a detailed account of the August 14, 2003 electric system blackout that affected over 50 million people in the Eastern United States - one of the largest blackouts in American history. This course is part two of a two part series about the blackout. Part one covered the conditions leading up to the point where the system started cascading into a blackout. Part II goes into detail about how the uncontrolled blackout spread across the Eastern Interconnect and why it ultimately stopped.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Describe the scope of the blackout.
- Explain the impact of FirstEnergy's transmission collapse.
- Describe the significance of the loss of Eastlake 5.
- Identify the causes of the major 345 kV transmission trips.
- Explain when and how the Michigan system separated.
- Describe the impact of power-flow reversals between Michigan and Ontario.
- Explain the purpose of UFLS systems.
- Describe why Quebec was able to largely withstand the outage situation.
- Explain the impact of vegetation re-clearing procedures on the blackout.
- Analyze how the loss of situational awareness contributed to the blackout.
Certificate of Completion
You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 20 questions. PDH credits are not awarded until the course is completed and quiz is passed.
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Preview a portion of this course before purchasing it.
Credit: 3 PDH
Length: 34 pages
