Overview of the events and causes of the 2003 Italian blackout

2006 IEEE PES Power Systems Conference and Exposition, PSCE 2006 - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 301-308

  Sforna, M ^b   Delfanti, M ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b TERNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blackout; Defense plan; Power system restoration; Power system security

Indexed keywords

BLACKOUT; DEFENSE PLANS; ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS; ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION; INTERCONNECTED GRID; LARGE POWER; LINE TRIP; LOAD-SHEDDING; MAIN EVENT; OPERATOR ACTION; POWER SYSTEM RESTORATION; POWER SYSTEM SECURITY; RESTORATION PROCESS; SYSTEM OPERATION;

ELECTRIC LOAD SHEDDING; POWER QUALITY; POWER TRANSMISSION; RESTORATION; SEPARATION;

OUTAGES;

EID: 50849141809     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PSCE.2006.296323     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (9)

1. Report on the events of September 28th, 2003 culminating in the separation of the Italian power system from the other UCTE networks", available at www.autorita.energia.it
2. Report of the Federal Inspectorate for Heavy Current Installations on the event of 28 September 2003 available at http://www.energieschweiz.ch/imperia/ md/content/energiemrkteetrgertechniken/elekt rizitt/strompanne03/12.pdf
3. UCTE, "UCTE Operation Handbook", Draft, 2003, at www.ucte.org
4. "Restoration plan of the national electric system" (in Italian), GRTN, January 2003, available at www.grtn.it
5. "Report on the blackout in Italy on 28 September 2003," available at http://www.energie-schweiz.ch, November 2003.
6. "Interim report of the Investigation Committee on the 28 September 2003 Blackout in Italy," available at http://www.ucte.org, October 2003.
7. "Resoconto dell'attività conoscitiva in ordine alla interruzione del servizio elettrico verificatasi il giorno 28 settembre 2003", www.autorita.energia.it, in Italian.
8. www.grtn.it
9. www.etrans.ch