Criteria and procedures were defined in 2012 for performing functional tests on Special Protection Systems (SEPs) installed in the BIPS, in order to ensure their proper performance.

Based on these definitions, tests in twenty SEPs installed in various areas of the system were performed. For each test, a report containing a brief description of the SEP was generated, describing its purpose, the tests performed, the abnormalities possibly found, as well as actions made.

Furthermore, an annual report containing the tests was drawn, consolidating in one document all tests. This practice will be extended to the rest of the SEPs of the BIPS from the next few years through a previous program of the performance tests.