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← TechnologyWhich cascading instability results when protective impedance relay settings are improperly coordinated across interconnected transmission lines?
A)Voltage collapse propagates system-wide✓
B)Transformer saturation causes harmonic resonance
C)Generator rotor angle exceeds safe limits
D)Substation busbar differential protection maloperation
💡 Explanation
Uncoordinated settings cause impedance relays to trip lines unnecessarily during faults, leading to successive outages via **load shedding**, because increased reactive power demand drives down voltage causing more lines to trip therefore propagating voltage collapse, rather than stabilizing the network within limits.
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