Transmission line restoration techniques in Colombia, South America

Abstract

This paper documents the transmission line emergency restoration experiences and practices of the Colombian National Interconnection System. In addition to natural disasters, emergencies caused by vandalism and sabotage have become frequent occurrences. Various techniques developed to rapidly and efficiently restore service after an emergency are presented along with an overview of the emergency restoration philosophy in Colombia, South America.

Strategic Power Infrastructure Defense

“…From an operations point of view, the paper [43] discusses the impact of special protection systems on the system operator, operational problems associated with special protection systems documentation, problems due to rapid proliferation of special protection systems, and concerns about the reliability of special protection systems. Other special protection schemes include defense measures proposed in [44] to deal with the sabotage or tampering in nuclear power plants, and the various techniques documented in [45] to rapidly and efficiently restore transmission line services after an emergency.…”