What is Contingency Analysis? | Necessity of contingency analysis What is Contingency Analysis? | Necessity of contingency analysis Contingency Analysis(CA)is one of the "security analysis" applications in a power utility control centre. Its purpose is to analyze the power system in order to identify the overloads. Contingency analysis is abnormal condition in electrical network.It put whole system or a part of the system under stress. It occurs due to sudden opening of a transmission line. Generator tripping. Sudden change in generation. Sudden change in load value. Contingency analysis provides tools for managing, creating, analyzing, and reporting lists of contingencies and associated violations. CA is used as a study tool for the off-line analysis of contingency events, and as an online tool to show operators what would be the effects of future outages. Security is determined by the ability of the system to withstand equipment failure. Weak elements are those that prese...