Are U.S. Federal reporting thresholds adequate to address an interdependent electricity and natural gas grid?
Gerad Freeman & Jay Apt
35th USAEE/IAEE North America Conference – Houston, TX
November 14, 2017
What else do we need for a sufficient public assessment?
• We really need consistent reporting standards for pipeline events that would trigger a GADS report -> level the regulatory playing field
• If we base this on 2% of the median gas plant's net maximum capacity:
• A pipeline failure event that causes an:
• Unanticipated reduction in operational capacity of the pipeline by 25,000 standard cubic feet per hour (scf/h) should be reported by pipelines with firm contracts to fuel plants of nameplate 20 MW or more
• " " 900 scf/h should be reported by pipelines with firm contracts to fuel plants of nameplate 20 MW or less
• Representatives from gas and electric generation industries should be consulted
• These data should be collected by a central reliability agency, like NERC, and made available for third-party reliability assessments.
For Details: http://www.usaee.org/usaee2017/submissions/Presentations/Freeman%20-%20USAEE%20Reporting%2011-5-17.pdf