| Emergency State |
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Emergency State means the System State where Operational Security Limits are violated and at least one of the operational parameters is outside of the respective limits.
Other System States are:
The criteria to be used by the Transmission System Operator (TSO) when classifying the System State of its Transmission System as Emergency State are as follows:
i. there is at least one deviation from Operational Security Limits and times defined according to the Network Code on System Operation and to the Emergency and Restoration Network Code (NC ER); or
ii. frequency is outside the frequency limits for the Normal State and outside the frequency limits for the Alert State as defined in Network Code on System Operation; or
iii. at least one measure of the System Defence Plan is activated; or
iv. there is a complete loss for more than 30 minutes of all tools and facilities which are required for system operation: - facilities for monitoring the System State of the Transmission System, including State Estimation applications; - means for controlling switching; - means of communication with control centres of other TSOs; - tools for Operational Security Analysis.
Article 18(3) of the Network Code on System Operation
A transmission system shall be in the emergency state where at least one of the following conditions is fulfilled:
(a) there is at least one deviation from a TSO's operational security limits defined in accordance with Article 25;
(b) frequency does not meet the criteria for the normal state and for the alert state defined in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2;
(c) at least one measure of the TSO's system defence plan is activated;
(d) there is a failure in the functioning of tools, means and facilities defined in accordance with Article 24(1), resulting in the unavailability of those tools, means and facilities for longer than 30 minutes.
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