TADS outage events U.S. by cause 2013 | Statista

This statistic provides the number of Transmission Availability Data System (TADS) outage events in the United States between 2009 and 2013, by initiating cause code (ICC). During this period, around 4,018 TADS outages were caused by lightning.

Number of Transmission Availability Data System outage events in the United States between 2009 and 2013, by initiating cause code

Characteristic	Number of outage events
Lightning	4,018
Weather excluding lightning	2,626
Human error	1,474
Failed AC circuit equipment	1,349
Failed AC substation equipment	1,233
Failed protection system equipment	1,111
Foreign interference	893
Contamination	685
Power system condition	493
Fire	475
Vegetation	179
Vandalism, terrorism, or malicious acts	37
Environmental	33
Failed AC/DC terminal equipment	3
Unknown	3,698
Other	450

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August 2015

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2009 to 2013

Supplementary notes

TADS: Transmission Availability Data System
ICC: initiating cause code

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