GADS Reporting for Wind

The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) is phasing in mandatory quarterly GADS-W reporting requirements over three years for wind plants with an installed capacity over 75 MW and a commissioning date of January 1, 2005 or later. Plants with a capacity of over 200 MW started reporting on January 1, 2018 with 100 MW and 75 MW sites required to begin reporting on January 1, 2019 and January 1, 2020, respectively. 

The quarterly GADS-W reporting consists of submitting three reports: 

1. Sub-Group: consists mainly of site characteristics, location, and equipment information 
2. Performance: general site performance, including unavailability (forced, maintenance, or planned) for reasons outside of management control 
3. Component Outage: identifies the general area of reason for the loss of production using a list of component (system) codes to ensure consistency in reporting