Pandemic Cause Code Effective April 29, 2020
Effective April 29, 2020, NERC has added cause code 9015 – Pandemic for reporting events that are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. It is an OMC cause code listed within the External: Catastrophes table and applies to all unit types.
Because the COVID-19 pandemic is classified as an OMC catastrophe, it falls under the definition of “unexpected problems or conditions”. It is not part of the scope of an outage and cannot be used as the reason for an extension. Therefore, you must add a forced event to account for pandemic effects instead of an extension of the original event.
Instructions for Update:
- To download your GADS OS updated cause code database, use method “3. Download” on the page to download the CauseCodesen-US.mdb file (contained in CauseCodesen-US.zip).
- Download the .mdb file into the GADSOSCCUpdater folder.
- Run the Cause Code Updater application; no software installation is required.
For more details, visit the NERC GADS website: Addendum 1 - Pandemic Cause Codes.