26 Del. Admin. Code § 3007-4.0

Current through Register Vol. 28, No. 4, October 1, 2024

Section 3007-4.0 - Reliability and Quality Performance Benchmarks

4.1 The measurement of reliability and quality performance shall be based on annual SAIDI and SAIFI calculations. The SAIDI and SAIFI calculations shall be derived using the most current IEEE 1366 Beta methodology. The SAIDI and SAIFI calculations shall include all Delaware customer outages, excluding scheduled interruptions, and major events, and the SAIDI and SAIFI calculations shall be reported along with their CAIDI component, subdivided by their distribution, substation, and transmission components.

4.2 Each EDC shall take measures to maintain its overall electric service reliability and quality performance measures within the benchmark standard as follows:

4.2.1 The three-year average SAIFI shall not exceed 1.0 interruption.

4.2.2 The three-year average SAIDI shall not exceed 100 minutes.

4.3 Every three years, the SAIDI and SAIFI benchmarks will be reset by the same percentage that the respective three-year IEEE threshold between first and second quartile has changed.

4.4 Each EDS shall develop and maintain a comprehensive Priority Feeder program for analyzing the reliability performance of its circuits during the course of each year which includes methods to measure and improve works performing circuits.

4.5 When performance does not meet the acceptable reliability level, additional monitoring and enforcement actions may be taken including the following: additional remedial review, requiring additional EDC reporting, conducting an informal investigation, initiating a formal complaint, requiring a formal improvement plan with enforceable commitments, requiring an implementation schedule, and assessing penalties and fines as defined in Section 10.0.

26 Del. Admin. Code § 3007-4.0

23 DE Reg. 888 (4/1/2020) (Final)