Pacific Gas & Electric (PCG)

4.3.2.    Development of Limits for Performance Control Charts

        The CL, UCL, LCL, UWL and LWL for the three control charts (Annual Average Forced Outage^(IMS) Frequency for All Transmission Line Circuits, Annual Average Accumulated Forced Outage^(IMS) Duration for Transmission Line Circuits with Forced Outages^(IMS), and Annual Proportion of Transmission Line Circuits with No Forced Outages^(IMS)) on which the annual Availability performance indices are to be plotted shall be calculated as described below. The CL, UCL, LCL, UWL and LWL for each of the three control charts shall be determined using continuously recorded Outage^(IMS) data for the ten year period immediately preceding the ISO Operations Date, or immediately preceding the date a TO becomes a PTO. In the event that a PTO does not have reliable, continuously recorded Outage^(IMS) data for this 10 year period, the PTO may determine the control chart limits using data for a shorter period. However, if data for a shorter period are to be used, the PTO shall prepare a brief report to the ISO providing reasonable justification for this modification. This report shall be submitted to the ISO prior to February 1, 1998, or within 30 days after a TO becomes a PTO. The ISO shall periodically review the control chart limits and appropriately modify them when necessary in accordance with Section 8.0, "Revision of ISO Maintenance Standards," of this document.