Short-circuit

Adequate defence plans and protection system to ensure integrated operation of the national/regional grids

States asked to prepare their islanding schemes in consultation with Power Grid Corporation,Central Electricity Authority,and Northern Region Power Committee over the next six months

Defence plans of the states must include islanding schemes,under frequency relays,rate of change of frequency relays,special protection schemes and automatic demand management schemes

Independent third party audit of protection systems to be carried out within one month and the regional power committees to monitor the same

Extensive audit of protection system initiated

Power system operation corporation to evolve a contingency load shedding protocol,especially when non-frequency related load shedding is required

All state load dispatch centres to immediately implement instructions of national load despatch centre/northern regional load despatch centre

Special protection scheme to shed load in northern region in case of loss of injection from Gwalior through 400 kV Agra-Gwalior lines

The 765 kV Bina-Gwalior Agra-II line charged at 400 kV,shutdown at the time of disturbance,has been restored

Setting Zone-III of 400 kV Bina-Gwalior-Agra has been modified to minimise load encroachment in case of low voltage conditions.