. | ex 
If there is a single good thing to come out of the #poweroutage it will be the postmortem I'll (hopefully) get to read one day.
Show this thread
-
Oh and just in case the
@nationalgriduk needs someone with postmortem expertise (either collecting data, building good quality timelines, post analysis, feedback, "root" causes, human/operator error (lol if you think that), arbitration, etc), feel free to reach out- I can help
Show this thread
An initial incident report by @nationalgriduk at https://www.nationalgrideso.com/document/151081/download …. I'm hoping they will shed some light on (I'm not an expert in power):
a) lightning strikes responsible for both power losses - they mention that being a rare event: how rare we can estimate it to be?
-
-
b) is maintaining a higher than "just" the regulatory approved automatic "backup" power (of 1000MW) a potential learning? Yes, it's within requirements, are the requirements good enough?
Show this thread -
c) some issues were caused by cascading "behaviour" of external systems - I think a question we need to bear is why did those systems create expectations that caused themselves to fail? And was it unnecessary for them to fail (not clear to me)?
Show this thread -
And a great recap was written by
@mitch_oneill at https://mitchoneill.com/blog/uk-blackouts-interim-report/ …. Overall, the initial report is pretty good in its descriptions and timelines (but still lacks a bit on the changes it will translate into - maybe a question for E3C).Show this thread -
Big caveat here: I am *not* a power grid expert, the above are just some of the questions I'm left with reading the report. Again, have to say that it's a good report when it's about something that has happened less than a month ago and involving many stakeholders.
Show this thread
End of conversation
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.