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| **U.S. Department   |   | ***ELECTRIC         |   | #####               |   |
| of Energy**         |   | EMERGENCY INCIDENT  |   | # **Form Approved** |   |
|                     |   | AND DISTURBANCE     |   |                     |   |
| **Electricity       |   | REPORT***           |   | **OMB No.           |   |
| Delivery and Energy |   |                     |   | 1901-0288**         |   |
| Reliability**       |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|                     |   |                     |   | ###### **Approval   |   |
| **Form OE-417       |   |                     |   |  Expires 10/31/08** |   |
| (revised 4/2007)**  |   |                     |   |                     |   |
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| **GENERAL           |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| INFORMATION**       |   |                     |   |                     |   |
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| **PURPOSE**         |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|                     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| **The Department of |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| Energy (DOE), under |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| its relevant        |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| authorities, has    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| established         |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| mandatory reporting |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| requirements for    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| electric emergency  |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| incidents and       |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| disturbances in the |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| United States. DOE  |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| collects this       |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| information from    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| the electric power  |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| industry on Form    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| OE-417 to meet its  |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| overall national    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| security and        |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| Federal Emergency   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| Management Agency's |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| National Response   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| Plan                |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| responsibilities.   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| DOE will use the    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| data from this form |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| to obtain current   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| information         |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| regarding emergency |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| situations on U.S.  |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| electric energy     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| supply systems.     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| DOE's Energy        |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| Information         |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| Administration      |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| (EIA) will use the  |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| data for reporting  |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| on electric power   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| emergency incidents |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| and disturbances in |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| monthly EIA         |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| reports. The data   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| also may be used to |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| develop legislative |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| recommendations,    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| reports to the      |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| Congress and as a   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| basis for DOE       |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| investigations      |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| following severe,   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| prolonged, or       |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| repeated electric   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| power reliability   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| problems.**         |   |                     |   |                     |   |
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| **REQUIRED          |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| RESPONDENTS**       |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|                     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| **The Electric      |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| Utility that        |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| operates a Control  |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| Area and/or         |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| Reliability         |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| Coordinators and    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| other Electric      |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| Utilities, as       |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| appropriate, must   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| use this form to    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| submit mandatory    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| reports of electric |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| power system        |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| incidents or        |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| disturbances to the |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| DOE Operations      |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| Center that         |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| operates on a       |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| 24-hour basis, 7    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| days a week. In     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| Alaska, Hawaii,     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| Puerto Rico, the    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| U.S. Virgin         |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| Islands, and the    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| U.S. Trust          |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| Territories, local  |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| utilities will file |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| Form OE-417. For    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| those electric      |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| utilities located   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| in the United       |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| States, but for     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| whom control area   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| oversight           |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| responsibilities    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| are handled by      |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| electrical systems  |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| located across an   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| international       |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| border, those       |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| U.S.-based          |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| utilities will be   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| required to file    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| the Form OE-417. A  |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| foreign utility,    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| handling U.S.       |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| control area        |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| responsibilities,   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| may wish to file    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| this information    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| voluntarily to the  |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| DOE. Any U.S.-based |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| utility in this     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| international       |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| situation needs to  |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| inform DOE that     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| these filings will  |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| come from a         |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| foreign-based       |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| electric system.**  |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|                     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| **Form OE-417 must  |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| be submitted to the |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| DOE Operations      |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| Center within one   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| hour if one of the  |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| following apply:**  |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|                     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| 1.  **Actual        |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     physical attack |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     that causes     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     major           |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     interruptions   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     or impacts to   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     critical        |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     infrastructure  |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     facilities or   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     to operations** |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|                     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| 2.  **Actual cyber  |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     or              |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     communications  |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     attack that     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     causes major    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     interruptions   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     of electrical   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     system          |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     operations**    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|                     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| 3.  **Complete      |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     operational     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     failure or      |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     shut-down of    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     the             |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     transmission    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     and/or          |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     distribution    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     electrical      |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     system**        |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|                     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| 4.  **Electrical    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     System          |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     Separation      |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     (Islanding)     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     where part or   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     parts of a      |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     power grid      |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     remain(s)       |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     operational in  |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     an otherwise    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     blacked out     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     area or within  |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     the partial     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     failure of an   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     integrated      |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     electrical      |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     system**        |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|                     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| 5.  **Uncontrolled  |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     loss of 300     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     Megawatts (MW)  |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     or more of firm |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     system loads    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     for more than   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     15 minutes from |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     a single        |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     incident**      |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|                     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| 6.  **Load shedding |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     of 100 MW or    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     more            |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     implemented     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     under emergency |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     operational     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     policy**        |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|                     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| 7.  **System-wide   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     voltage         |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     reductions of 3 |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     percent or      |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     more**          |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|                     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| 8.  **Public appeal |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     to reduce the   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     use of          |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     electricity for |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     purposes of     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     maintaining the |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     continuity of   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     the electric    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     power system**  |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|                     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| **Form OE-417 must  |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| be submitted to the |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| DOE Operations      |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| Center within six   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| hours if one of the |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| following apply and |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| none of the eight   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| categories above    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| apply:**            |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|                     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| 9.  **Suspected     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     physical        |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     attacks that    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     could impact    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     electric power  |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     system adequacy |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     or reliability; |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     or vandalism    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     which targets   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     components of   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     any security    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     systems**       |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|                     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| 10. **Suspected     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     cyber or        |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     communications  |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     attacks that    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     could impact    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     electric power  |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     system adequacy |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     or              |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     vulnerability** |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|                     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| 11. **Loss of       |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     electric        |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     service to more |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     than 50,000     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     customers for 1 |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     hour or more**  |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|                     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| 12. **Fuel supply   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     emergencies     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     that could      |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     impact electric |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     power system    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     adequacy or     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|     reliability**   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
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| **SANCTIONS**       |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|                     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| **DOE is authorized |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| to collect the      |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| information on Form |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| OE-417 under the    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| Federal Energy      |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| Administration Act  |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| of 1974 (Pub. L.    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| No. 93-275, 15      |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| U.S.C. 761 et seq.) |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| as amended, the     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| Federal Power Act   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| (16 U.S.C 791a et   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| seq.), the DOE      |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| Organization Act    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| (Pub. L. No. 95-91, |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| 42 U.S.C. 7101 et   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| seq.) as amended,   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| and the Public      |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| Utility Regulatory  |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| Policies Act of     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| 1978, Sect. 209     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| (Pub. L. No.        |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| 95-317, 92 stat.    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| 3117, 16 U.S.C.     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| 824a-2). The timely |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| submission of Form  |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| OE-417 by those     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| required to report  |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| is mandatory under  |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| Section 13(b) of    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| the Federal Energy  |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| Administration Act  |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| of 1974 as amended. |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| Failure to respond  |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| may result in a     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| penalty of not more |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| than \$2,750 per    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| day for each civil  |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| violation, or a     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| fine of not more    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| than \$5,000 per    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| day for each        |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| criminal violation. |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| The government may  |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| bring a civil       |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| action to prohibit  |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| reporting           |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| violations, which   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| may result in a     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| temporary           |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| restraining order   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| or a preliminary or |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| permanent           |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| injunction without  |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| bond. In such civil |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| action, the court   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| may also issue      |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| mandatory           |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| injunctions         |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| commanding any      |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| person to comply    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| with these          |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| reporting           |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| requirements. Title |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| 18 U.S.C. 1001      |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| makes it a criminal |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| offense for any     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| person knowingly    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| and willingly to    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| make to any Agency  |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| or Department of    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| the United States   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| any false,          |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| fictitious, or      |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| fraudulent          |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| statements as to    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| any matter within   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| its jurisdiction.** |   |                     |   |                     |   |
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| **METHODS OF FILING |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| RESPONSE (Retain a  |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| completed copy of   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| this form for your  |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| files.)**           |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|                     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| **E-mail: Submit    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| your form via       |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| e-mail as an        |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| attachment to       |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| doe                 |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| hqeoc@hq.doe.gov.** |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|                     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| **FAX: FAX your     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| Form OE-417 to the  |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| following facsimile |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| number: (202)       |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| 586-8485. (Use if   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| no other method is  |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| available.)**       |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|                     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| **Telephone: Call   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| and report the      |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| information to the  |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| following telephone |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| number: (202)       |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| 586-8100.**         |   |                     |   |                     |   |
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| **CONTACT**         |   |                     |   |                     |   |
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| **Emergency         | * |                     | * |                     |   |
| Contact:**          | * |                     | * |                     |   |
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+---------------------+---+---------------------+---+---------------------+---+
| **The information   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| reported on this    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| form on Schedule 1, |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| lines 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| and 9 will be kept  |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| confidential. For   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| Schedule 2, all     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| information         |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| provided will be    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| kept confidential   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| and not disclosed   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| to the public to    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| the extent that it  |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| satisfies the       |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| criteria for        |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| exemption under the |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| Freedom of          |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| Information Act     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| (FOIA), 5 U.S.C.    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| §552, the DOE       |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| regulations, 10     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| C.F.R. §1004.11,    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| implementing the    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| FOIA, and the Trade |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| Secrets Act, 18     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| U.S.C. §1905. The   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| Department of       |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| Energy (DOE) will   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| protect your        |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| information in      |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| accordance with its |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| confidentiality and |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| security policies   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| and procedures.**   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|                     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| **The Federal       |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| Energy              |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| Administration Act  |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| requires the DOE to |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| provide             |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| company-specific    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| confidential data   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| to other Federal    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| agencies when       |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| requested for       |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| official use. The   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| information         |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| reported on this    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| form may also be    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| made available,     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| upon request, to    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| another component   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| of DOE; to any      |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| Committee of        |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| Congress, the       |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| General Accounting  |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| Office, or other    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| Federal agencies    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| authorized by law   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| to receive such     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| information. A      |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| court of competent  |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| jurisdiction may    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| obtain this         |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| information in      |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| response to an      |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| order. The          |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| information may be  |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| used for any        |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| nonstatistical      |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| purposes such as    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| administrative,     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| regulatory, law     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| enforcement, or     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| adjudicatory        |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| purposes.**         |   |                     |   |                     |   |
|                     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| > **Disclosure      |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| > limitation        |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| > procedures are    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| > applied to the    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| > statistical data  |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| > published from    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| > OE-417            |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| > confidential      |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| > survey            |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| > information to    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| > ensure that the   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| > risk of           |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| > disclosure of     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| > identifiable      |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| > information is    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| > very small.**     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| >                   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| > **All other       |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| > Information       |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| > reported on Form  |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| > OE-417 will not   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| > be treated as     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| > confidential and  |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| > may be publicly   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| > released in       |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| > identifiable      |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| > form. In addition |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| > to the use of the |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| > information by    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| > EEA for           |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| > statistical       |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| > purposes, the     |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| > information may   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| > be used for any   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| > nonstatistical    |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| > purposes such as  |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| > administrative,   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| > regulatory, law   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| > enforcement, or   |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| > adjudicatory      |   |                     |   |                     |   |
| > purposes.**       |   |                     |   |                     |   |
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+-----------------------+-----------------------+----------------------+
| **U.S. Department of  | ***ELECTRIC EMERGENCY | **Form Approved**    |
| Energy**              | INCIDENT AND          |                      |
|                       | DISTURBANCE REPORT*** | **OMB No.            |
| **Electricity         |                       | 1901-0288**          |
| Delivery and Energy   |                       |                      |
| Reliability**         |                       | **Approval Expires   |
|                       |                       | 10/31/08**           |
| **Form OE-417         |                       |                      |
| (revised 4/2007)**    |                       |                      |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+----------------------+
| **INSTRUCTIONS (Page  |                       |                      |
| 1 of 6)**             |                       |                      |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+----------------------+
| ### BACKGROUND        |                       |                      |
|                       |                       |                      |
| Emergency electric    |                       |                      |
| incidents and         |                       |                      |
| disturbances leading  |                       |                      |
| to interruptions of   |                       |                      |
| power, such as        |                       |                      |
| rolling blackouts,    |                       |                      |
| could lead to         |                       |                      |
| disruptions of        |                       |                      |
| critical              |                       |                      |
| infrastructures such  |                       |                      |
| as natural gas or     |                       |                      |
| petroleum product     |                       |                      |
| pipelines, water      |                       |                      |
| supplies, and         |                       |                      |
| telecommunications    |                       |                      |
| systems. The national |                       |                      |
| security, economic    |                       |                      |
| prosperity, and       |                       |                      |
| social well being of  |                       |                      |
| the nation depend on  |                       |                      |
| the continuing        |                       |                      |
| reliability of our    |                       |                      |
| increasingly complex  |                       |                      |
| and interdependent    |                       |                      |
| infrastructures.      |                       |                      |
|                       |                       |                      |
| In addition to these  |                       |                      |
| interdependencies,    |                       |                      |
| the rapid evolution   |                       |                      |
| of information        |                       |                      |
| technology in the     |                       |                      |
| electric power        |                       |                      |
| industry has national |                       |                      |
| security implications |                       |                      |
| due to the            |                       |                      |
| interdependent        |                       |                      |
| networks of physical  |                       |                      |
| and information       |                       |                      |
| infrastructures.      |                       |                      |
| Information           |                       |                      |
| technology has        |                       |                      |
| changed the way the   |                       |                      |
| Nation's business is  |                       |                      |
| transacted, the way   |                       |                      |
| government operates,  |                       |                      |
| and the way           |                       |                      |
| government addresses  |                       |                      |
| national security.    |                       |                      |
| The Form OE-417 is    |                       |                      |
| the critical alert    |                       |                      |
| mechanism for         |                       |                      |
| informing DOE of      |                       |                      |
| electrical emergency  |                       |                      |
| incidents or          |                       |                      |
| disturbances that may |                       |                      |
| physically or         |                       |                      |
| virtually disrupt the |                       |                      |
| operation of any      |                       |                      |
| critical              |                       |                      |
| infrastructure in the |                       |                      |
| electric power        |                       |                      |
| industry.             |                       |                      |
|                       |                       |                      |
| ###                   |                       |                      |
|  GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS |                       |                      |
|                       |                       |                      |
| The Form OE-417       |                       |                      |
| alerts the Department |                       |                      |
| of Energy to          |                       |                      |
| electrical emergency  |                       |                      |
| incidents and         |                       |                      |
| disruptions. The      |                       |                      |
| ability of DOE to     |                       |                      |
| quickly respond to    |                       |                      |
| energy emergencies    |                       |                      |
| that may impact the   |                       |                      |
| Nation's              |                       |                      |
| infrastructure and to |                       |                      |
| help alleviate or     |                       |                      |
| prevent further       |                       |                      |
| disruptions depends   |                       |                      |
| on industry's prompt  |                       |                      |
| response. As such,    |                       |                      |
| the initial timely    |                       |                      |
| filing of this form   |                       |                      |
| is of paramount       |                       |                      |
| importance. Many      |                       |                      |
| electric utilities    |                       |                      |
| have received         |                       |                      |
| approval to operate   |                       |                      |
| the Control Area      |                       |                      |
| and/or Reliability    |                       |                      |
| Coordinator functions |                       |                      |
| from the North        |                       |                      |
| American Electric     |                       |                      |
| Reliability Council   |                       |                      |
| (NERC). In addition,  |                       |                      |
| electric utilities    |                       |                      |
| also have computer    |                       |                      |
| centers and physical  |                       |                      |
| security departments. |                       |                      |
| (Regional             |                       |                      |
| Transmission          |                       |                      |
| Organizations (RTOs)  |                       |                      |
| and Independent       |                       |                      |
| System Operators      |                       |                      |
| (ISOs) are            |                       |                      |
| established by the    |                       |                      |
| Federal Energy        |                       |                      |
| Regulatory Commission |                       |                      |
| and are considered    |                       |                      |
| electric utilities.)  |                       |                      |
|                       |                       |                      |
| All electric          |                       |                      |
| utilities that        |                       |                      |
| operate Control Area  |                       |                      |
| Operator (CAO) and    |                       |                      |
| Reliability           |                       |                      |
| Coordinator (RC)      |                       |                      |
| functions will report |                       |                      |
| on the Form OE-417.   |                       |                      |
| The electric          |                       |                      |
| utilities that are    |                       |                      |
| CAOs are considered   |                       |                      |
| the primary filers of |                       |                      |
| this form. However,   |                       |                      |
| all electric          |                       |                      |
| utilities also have   |                       |                      |
| filing                |                       |                      |
| responsibilities to   |                       |                      |
| provide information   |                       |                      |
| to a CAO when         |                       |                      |
| necessary for their   |                       |                      |
| reporting obligations |                       |                      |
| and to file Form      |                       |                      |
| OE-417 in cases where |                       |                      |
| a CAO will not be     |                       |                      |
| involved. DOE would   |                       |                      |
| welcome any joint     |                       |                      |
| filing activity where |                       |                      |
| the CAO and the       |                       |                      |
| electric utilities    |                       |                      |
| under their           |                       |                      |
| electrical oversight  |                       |                      |
| file a combined       |                       |                      |
| report or all         |                       |                      |
| information is passed |                       |                      |
| to the CAO who then   |                       |                      |
| files a single        |                       |                      |
| report. CAOs' and     |                       |                      |
| RCs' can also file    |                       |                      |
| notifications for     |                       |                      |
| joint filings. EEA    |                       |                      |
| requests that it be   |                       |                      |
| notified for those    |                       |                      |
| that plan to file     |                       |                      |
| jointly and of those  |                       |                      |
| electric utilities    |                       |                      |
| that want to file     |                       |                      |
| separately. The       |                       |                      |
| electric utility's    |                       |                      |
| computer centers and  |                       |                      |
| physical security     |                       |                      |
| departments can (and  |                       |                      |
| should) file directly |                       |                      |
| with DOE on the       |                       |                      |
| selected areas        |                       |                      |
| identified in the     |                       |                      |
| Form                  |                       |                      |
| OE-417instructions.   |                       |                      |
| (This information     |                       |                      |
| does not have to flow |                       |                      |
| directly into the     |                       |                      |
| officials running the |                       |                      |
| CAO and RC and then   |                       |                      |
| be forwarded to DOE.) |                       |                      |
|                       |                       |                      |
| ###                   |                       |                      |
|                       |                       |                      |
| ### WHEN TO FILE      |                       |                      |
|                       |                       |                      |
| Form OE-417 must be   |                       |                      |
| submitted to the DOE  |                       |                      |
| Operations Center     |                       |                      |
| within 1 hour if one  |                       |                      |
| of the following      |                       |                      |
| categories apply:     |                       |                      |
|                       |                       |                      |
| 1.  Actual physical   |                       |                      |
|     attack that       |                       |                      |
|     causes major      |                       |                      |
|     interruptions or  |                       |                      |
|     impacts critical  |                       |                      |
|     infrastructure    |                       |                      |
|     facilities or     |                       |                      |
|     operations        |                       |                      |
|                       |                       |                      |
| 2.  Actual cyber or   |                       |                      |
|     communications    |                       |                      |
|     attack that       |                       |                      |
|     causes major      |                       |                      |
|     interruptions of  |                       |                      |
|     electrical system |                       |                      |
|     operations        |                       |                      |
|                       |                       |                      |
| 3.  Complete          |                       |                      |
|     operational       |                       |                      |
|     failure or        |                       |                      |
|     shut-down of the  |                       |                      |
|     transmission      |                       |                      |
|     and/or            |                       |                      |
|     distribution      |                       |                      |
|     electrical system |                       |                      |
|                       |                       |                      |
| 4.  Electrical System |                       |                      |
|     Separation        |                       |                      |
|     (Islanding) where |                       |                      |
|     part or parts of  |                       |                      |
|     a power grid      |                       |                      |
|     remain(s)         |                       |                      |
|     operational in an |                       |                      |
|     otherwise blacked |                       |                      |
|     out area or       |                       |                      |
|     within the        |                       |                      |
|     partial failure   |                       |                      |
|     of an integrated  |                       |                      |
|     electrical system |                       |                      |
|                       |                       |                      |
| 5.  Uncontrolled loss |                       |                      |
|     of 300 Megawatts  |                       |                      |
|     (MW) or more of   |                       |                      |
|     firm system loads |                       |                      |
|     for more than 15  |                       |                      |
|     minutes from a    |                       |                      |
|     single incident   |                       |                      |
|                       |                       |                      |
| 6.  Load shedding of  |                       |                      |
|     100 MW or more    |                       |                      |
|     implemented under |                       |                      |
|     emergency         |                       |                      |
|     operational       |                       |                      |
|     policy            |                       |                      |
|                       |                       |                      |
| 7.  System-wide       |                       |                      |
|     voltage           |                       |                      |
|     reductions of 3   |                       |                      |
|     percent or more   |                       |                      |
|                       |                       |                      |
| 8.  Public appeal to  |                       |                      |
|     reduce the use of |                       |                      |
|     electricity for   |                       |                      |
|     purposes of       |                       |                      |
|     maintaining the   |                       |                      |
|     continuity of the |                       |                      |
|     electric power    |                       |                      |
|     system            |                       |                      |
|                       |                       |                      |
| Form OE-417 must be   |                       |                      |
| submitted to the DOE  |                       |                      |
| Operations Center     |                       |                      |
| within 6 hours if one |                       |                      |
| of the following      |                       |                      |
| apply and none of the |                       |                      |
| eight categories      |                       |                      |
| above apply:          |                       |                      |
|                       |                       |                      |
| 9.  Suspected         |                       |                      |
|     physical attacks  |                       |                      |
|     that could impact |                       |                      |
|     electric power    |                       |                      |
|     system adequacy   |                       |                      |
|     or reliability;   |                       |                      |
|     or vandalism      |                       |                      |
|     which targets     |                       |                      |
|     components of any |                       |                      |
|     security systems  |                       |                      |
|                       |                       |                      |
| 10. Suspected cyber   |                       |                      |
|     or communications |                       |                      |
|     attacks that      |                       |                      |
|     could impact      |                       |                      |
|     electric power    |                       |                      |
|     system adequacy   |                       |                      |
|     or vulnerability  |                       |                      |
|                       |                       |                      |
| 11. Loss of electric  |                       |                      |
|     service to more   |                       |                      |
|     than 50,000       |                       |                      |
|     customers for 1   |                       |                      |
|     hour or more      |                       |                      |
|                       |                       |                      |
| 12. Fuel supply       |                       |                      |
|     emergencies that  |                       |                      |
|     could impact      |                       |                      |
|     electric power    |                       |                      |
|     system adequacy   |                       |                      |
|     or reliability    |                       |                      |
|                       |                       |                      |
| **Emergency Alert     |                       |                      |
| Report -- Schedule 1  |                       |                      |
| is due within 1 hour  |                       |                      |
| of the time of system |                       |                      |
| disruption for any of |                       |                      |
| the incidents 1-8     |                       |                      |
| above**. (Check boxes |                       |                      |
| on page 1 of the form |                       |                      |
| to choose the type or |                       |                      |
| types of incidents    |                       |                      |
| that occurred.) Check |                       |                      |
| Emergency Alert as    |                       |                      |
| the Alert Status on   |                       |                      |
| line 1 of the form.   |                       |                      |
| Then complete and     |                       |                      |
| submit the form.      |                       |                      |
| Line-by-line          |                       |                      |
| instructions are      |                       |                      |
| available in the      |                       |                      |
| SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS |                       |                      |
| portion of this form. |                       |                      |
| Refer to the Quick    |                       |                      |
| Reference Guide       |                       |                      |
| included herein for a |                       |                      |
| short summary of the  |                       |                      |
| form instructions.    |                       |                      |
| Please complete all   |                       |                      |
| applicable fields on  |                       |                      |
| Schedule 1 before     |                       |                      |
| submitting the        |                       |                      |
| initial Emergency     |                       |                      |
| Alert Report within 1 |                       |                      |
| hour of the incident  |                       |                      |
| or disturbance. If    |                       |                      |
| all relevant          |                       |                      |
| information for       |                       |                      |
| Schedule 1 is not     |                       |                      |
| available within 1    |                       |                      |
| hour of the incident  |                       |                      |
| or disruption,        |                       |                      |
| provide as much       |                       |                      |
| information as is     |                       |                      |
| known and submit the  |                       |                      |
| report. If            |                       |                      |
| significant           |                       |                      |
| additional            |                       |                      |
| information becomes   |                       |                      |
| available after       |                       |                      |
| submission,           |                       |                      |
| particularly on a     |                       |                      |
| line where "Unknown"  |                       |                      |
| was checked on the    |                       |                      |
| initial Emergency     |                       |                      |
| Alert, please add the |                       |                      |
| new information,      |                       |                      |
| check Update as the   |                       |                      |
| Alert Status (line 1) |                       |                      |
| on the form, and then |                       |                      |
| resubmit the form.    |                       |                      |
|                       |                       |                      |
| If the incident or    |                       |                      |
| disturbance is having |                       |                      |
| a critical impact on  |                       |                      |
| operational events,   |                       |                      |
| respondents must      |                       |                      |
| balance their         |                       |                      |
| operational           |                       |                      |
| requirements during   |                       |                      |
| the incident with     |                       |                      |
| this mandatory        |                       |                      |
| reporting             |                       |                      |
| requirement. In such  |                       |                      |
| instances, telephone  |                       |                      |
| notification to the   |                       |                      |
| DOE Operations Center |                       |                      |
| (202-586-8100) is     |                       |                      |
| acceptable, pending   |                       |                      |
| submission of the     |                       |                      |
| completed form.       |                       |                      |
|                       |                       |                      |
| **Normal Alert Report |                       |                      |
| -- Schedule 1 is due  |                       |                      |
| within 6 hours of the |                       |                      |
| incident or           |                       |                      |
| disturbance if any of |                       |                      |
| the incidents 9-12 is |                       |                      |
| checked on the form   |                       |                      |
| AND none of the boxes |                       |                      |
| for incidents 1-8 are |                       |                      |
| checked.** Check      |                       |                      |
| Normal Alert as the   |                       |                      |
| Alert Status on Line  |                       |                      |
| 1 of the form. Then   |                       |                      |
| complete and submit   |                       |                      |
| the form.             |                       |                      |
| Line-by-line          |                       |                      |
| instructions are      |                       |                      |
| available in the      |                       |                      |
| SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS |                       |                      |
| portion of this form. |                       |                      |
| Refer to the Quick    |                       |                      |
| Reference Guide       |                       |                      |
| included herein for a |                       |                      |
| short summary of the  |                       |                      |
| form instructions.    |                       |                      |
| Please complete all   |                       |                      |
| applicable fields on  |                       |                      |
| Schedule 1 before     |                       |                      |
| submitting the        |                       |                      |
| initial Normal Alert  |                       |                      |
| Report within 6 hours |                       |                      |
| of the incident or    |                       |                      |
| disturbance. If all   |                       |                      |
| relevant information  |                       |                      |
| for Schedule 1 is not |                       |                      |
| available within 6    |                       |                      |
| hours of the incident |                       |                      |
| or disruption,        |                       |                      |
| provide as much       |                       |                      |
| information as is     |                       |                      |
| known and submit the  |                       |                      |
| report. If            |                       |                      |
| significant           |                       |                      |
| additional            |                       |                      |
| information becomes   |                       |                      |
| available after       |                       |                      |
| submission,           |                       |                      |
| particularly on a     |                       |                      |
| line where "Unknown"  |                       |                      |
| was checked on the    |                       |                      |
| initial Emergency     |                       |                      |
| Alert, please add the |                       |                      |
| new information,      |                       |                      |
| check Update as the   |                       |                      |
| Alert Status (line 1) |                       |                      |
| on the form, and then |                       |                      |
| resubmit the form.    |                       |                      |
|                       |                       |                      |
| Update Report --      |                       |                      |
| Schedule 1 Update     |                       |                      |
| Report should be      |                       |                      |
| filed if significant  |                       |                      |
| information (or       |                       |                      |
| changes) regarding a  |                       |                      |
| reported incident or  |                       |                      |
| disturbance becomes   |                       |                      |
| available after the   |                       |                      |
| initial Emergency     |                       |                      |
| Alert or Normal Alert |                       |                      |
| Report was submitted. |                       |                      |
| Add the new           |                       |                      |
| information and/or    |                       |                      |
| changes to the        |                       |                      |
| original submission   |                       |                      |
| and resubmit the      |                       |                      |
| form, checking Update |                       |                      |
| as the Alert Status   |                       |                      |
| on line 1 of the      |                       |                      |
| form.                 |                       |                      |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+----------------------+
| ###                   |                       |                      |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+----------------------+

+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **U.S. Department of  | ***ELECTRIC EMERGENCY | **Form Approved**     |
| Energy**              | INCIDENT AND          |                       |
|                       | DISTURBANCE REPORT*** | **OMB No. 1901-0288** |
| **Electricity         |                       |                       |
| Delivery and Energy   |                       | **Approval Expires    |
| Reliability**         |                       | 10/31/08**            |
|                       |                       |                       |
| **Form OE-417         |                       |                       |
| (revised 4/2007)**    |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **INSTRUCTIONS (Page  |                       |                       |
| 2 of 6)**             |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **Final Report -- An  |                       |                       |
| updated Form OE-417   |                       |                       |
| Schedule 1 and a      |                       |                       |
| Schedule 2 are both   |                       |                       |
| due within 48 hours   |                       |                       |
| of the event to       |                       |                       |
| provide complete      |                       |                       |
| disruption            |                       |                       |
| information.**        |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| 1.  **Complete and    |                       |                       |
|     revise Schedule 1 |                       |                       |
|     as necessary and  |                       |                       |
|     check Final as    |                       |                       |
|     Alert Status on   |                       |                       |
|     line 1.**         |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| 2.  **On Schedule 2   |                       |                       |
|     provide a         |                       |                       |
|     narrative         |                       |                       |
|     description of    |                       |                       |
|     the event and     |                       |                       |
|     actions taken to  |                       |                       |
|     resolve the       |                       |                       |
|     incident. There   |                       |                       |
|     are several       |                       |                       |
|     specific subject  |                       |                       |
|     blocks of space   |                       |                       |
|     shown on the      |                       |                       |
|     Schedule that are |                       |                       |
|     provided to       |                       |                       |
|     gather the        |                       |                       |
|     specific          |                       |                       |
|     information.      |                       |                       |
|     Include, as       |                       |                       |
|     appropriate, the  |                       |                       |
|     cause of the      |                       |                       |
|     incident or       |                       |                       |
|     disturbance, the  |                       |                       |
|     equipment         |                       |                       |
|     damaged, critical |                       |                       |
|     infrastructures   |                       |                       |
|     interrupted, and  |                       |                       |
|     affect on other   |                       |                       |
|     electrical        |                       |                       |
|     systems.          |                       |                       |
|     Equivalent        |                       |                       |
|     documents         |                       |                       |
|     containing this   |                       |                       |
|     information can   |                       |                       |
|     be supplied to    |                       |                       |
|     meet this         |                       |                       |
|     requirement;      |                       |                       |
|     these include the |                       |                       |
|     NERC Disturbance  |                       |                       |
|     Report and the    |                       |                       |
|     voluntary         |                       |                       |
|     National Critical |                       |                       |
|     Infrastructure    |                       |                       |
|     Protection System |                       |                       |
|     Form.**           |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| 3.  **Refer to the    |                       |                       |
|     Quick Reference   |                       |                       |
|     Guide included    |                       |                       |
|     herein for a      |                       |                       |
|     short summary of  |                       |                       |
|     the form          |                       |                       |
|     instructions.**   |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| ### **SPE             |                       |                       |
| CIAL INVESTIGATIONS** |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| > **Under its         |                       |                       |
| > authorities, DOE    |                       |                       |
| > may instigate a     |                       |                       |
| > special             |                       |                       |
| > investigation into  |                       |                       |
| > incidents affecting |                       |                       |
| > the electric power  |                       |                       |
| > industry that       |                       |                       |
| > involve more than   |                       |                       |
| > CAOs and            |                       |                       |
| > Reliability         |                       |                       |
| > Coordinators. DOE   |                       |                       |
| > may contact any     |                       |                       |
| > utility, business   |                       |                       |
| > entity, or energy   |                       |                       |
| > concern that        |                       |                       |
| > participates in the |                       |                       |
| > electric power      |                       |                       |
| > industry for        |                       |                       |
| > technical           |                       |                       |
| > information         |                       |                       |
| > concerning a        |                       |                       |
| > particular          |                       |                       |
| > incident. These     |                       |                       |
| > special             |                       |                       |
| > investigations are  |                       |                       |
| > infrequent.**       |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| **SPECIFIC            |                       |                       |
| INSTRUCTIONS**        |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| **Schedule 1.         |                       |                       |
| Emergency Incident    |                       |                       |
| and Disturbance       |                       |                       |
| Information**         |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| 1.  **For line 1,     |                       |                       |
|     Alert Status,     |                       |                       |
|     check whether the |                       |                       |
|     report is a:      |                       |                       |
|     Emergency Alert   |                       |                       |
|     (due within 1     |                       |                       |
|     hour); Normal     |                       |                       |
|     Alert (due within |                       |                       |
|     6 hours); Update  |                       |                       |
|     (should be filed  |                       |                       |
|     if significant    |                       |                       |
|     information (or   |                       |                       |
|     changes) on an    |                       |                       |
|     incident or       |                       |                       |
|     disturbance       |                       |                       |
|     becomes available |                       |                       |
|     after the initial |                       |                       |
|     Emergency Alert   |                       |                       |
|     or Normal Alert   |                       |                       |
|     Report was        |                       |                       |
|     submitted; or     |                       |                       |
|     Final Report (due |                       |                       |
|     within 48         |                       |                       |
|     hours).**         |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| 2.  **For lines 2 and |                       |                       |
|     3, Organization   |                       |                       |
|     Name and Address  |                       |                       |
|     of Principal      |                       |                       |
|     Business Office,  |                       |                       |
|     enter the legal   |                       |                       |
|     name and the      |                       |                       |
|     address of the    |                       |                       |
|     main office of    |                       |                       |
|     the organization  |                       |                       |
|     filing the        |                       |                       |
|     report.**         |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| 3.  **For lines 4, 5, |                       |                       |
|     6, 7, and 8,      |                       |                       |
|     Name, Title,      |                       |                       |
|     Telephone Number, |                       |                       |
|     FAX Number, and   |                       |                       |
|     E-mail Address,   |                       |                       |
|     enter the name,   |                       |                       |
|     title, telephone  |                       |                       |
|     number, fax       |                       |                       |
|     number and e-mail |                       |                       |
|     address of the    |                       |                       |
|     contact person.   |                       |                       |
|     This person will  |                       |                       |
|     be the person     |                       |                       |
|     that DOE will     |                       |                       |
|     contact if there  |                       |                       |
|     is a need for any |                       |                       |
|     follow-up         |                       |                       |
|     information       |                       |                       |
|     concerning the    |                       |                       |
|     incident.**       |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| 4.  **For line 9,     |                       |                       |
|     Teleconferencing  |                       |                       |
|     Number, (required |                       |                       |
|     only if           |                       |                       |
|     teleconference is |                       |                       |
|     ongoing or        |                       |                       |
|     planned) enter    |                       |                       |
|     the phone number; |                       |                       |
|     check whether a   |                       |                       |
|     teleconference is |                       |                       |
|     ongoing or        |                       |                       |
|     planned for this  |                       |                       |
|     incident or       |                       |                       |
|     disturbance. If   |                       |                       |
|     yes and a         |                       |                       |
|     passcode is       |                       |                       |
|     needed to join    |                       |                       |
|     the               |                       |                       |
|     teleconference,   |                       |                       |
|     enter the         |                       |                       |
|     passcode number.  |                       |                       |
|     Check whether the |                       |                       |
|     teleconference    |                       |                       |
|     has a video       |                       |                       |
|     option. If DOE    |                       |                       |
|     determines that   |                       |                       |
|     the event needs   |                       |                       |
|     to be formally    |                       |                       |
|     tracked by the    |                       |                       |
|     Government, DOE   |                       |                       |
|     will notify the   |                       |                       |
|     respondent that   |                       |                       |
|     on-going          |                       |                       |
|     coordination is   |                       |                       |
|     needed and will   |                       |                       |
|     request that      |                       |                       |
|     teleconferencing  |                       |                       |
|     coordination      |                       |                       |
|     information be    |                       |                       |
|     supplied on this  |                       |                       |
|     line for the      |                       |                       |
|     event.**          |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| 5.  **For line 10,    |                       |                       |
|     Geographic        |                       |                       |
|     Area(s) Affected, |                       |                       |
|     enter the name of |                       |                       |
|     the State(s) and  |                       |                       |
|     political         |                       |                       |
|     subdivision(s)    |                       |                       |
|     (i.e., city,      |                       |                       |
|     town, county,     |                       |                       |
|     etc.) affected by |                       |                       |
|     the incident.     |                       |                       |
|     Please identify   |                       |                       |
|     in general terms  |                       |                       |
|     the largest area  |                       |                       |
|     affected by the   |                       |                       |
|     incident. (This   |                       |                       |
|     does not          |                       |                       |
|     represent a       |                       |                       |
|     requirement to    |                       |                       |
|     list all the      |                       |                       |
|     cities and towns  |                       |                       |
|     in a region or    |                       |                       |
|     State.) If you    |                       |                       |
|     are unsure what   |                       |                       |
|     geographic areas  |                       |                       |
|     are affected at   |                       |                       |
|     the time of the   |                       |                       |
|     initial           |                       |                       |
|     submission of     |                       |                       |
|     Schedule 1 of the |                       |                       |
|     form, check the   |                       |                       |
|     unknown box; when |                       |                       |
|     the geographic    |                       |                       |
|     locations are     |                       |                       |
|     determined fill   |                       |                       |
|     in this data on   |                       |                       |
|     line 10 of the    |                       |                       |
|     form and          |                       |                       |
|     re-submit the     |                       |                       |
|     form, checking    |                       |                       |
|     the Update or     |                       |                       |
|     Final Alert       |                       |                       |
|     Status box on     |                       |                       |
|     line 1, as        |                       |                       |
|     applicable.**     |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| 6.  **For line 11,    |                       |                       |
|     Date/Time         |                       |                       |
|     Incident Began    |                       |                       |
|     (mm-dd-yy/hh:mm), |                       |                       |
|     enter the month,  |                       |                       |
|     day, and year and |                       |                       |
|     the local time,   |                       |                       |
|     in 24-time        |                       |                       |
|     format, that the  |                       |                       |
|     incident began.** |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| 7.  **For line 12,    |                       |                       |
|     Estimated         |                       |                       |
|     Date/Time of      |                       |                       |
|     Restoration       |                       |                       |
|     (mm-dd-yy/hh:mm), |                       |                       |
|     if known, enter   |                       |                       |
|     the month, day,   |                       |                       |
|     and year and the  |                       |                       |
|     local time, in    |                       |                       |
|     24-time format,   |                       |                       |
|     that power was or |                       |                       |
|     will be restored. |                       |                       |
|     If this is not    |                       |                       |
|     known when the    |                       |                       |
|     form is initially |                       |                       |
|     submitted, check  |                       |                       |
|     the unknown box;  |                       |                       |
|     when the date and |                       |                       |
|     time of           |                       |                       |
|     restoration can   |                       |                       |
|     be estimated or   |                       |                       |
|     determined, fill  |                       |                       |
|     in this data on   |                       |                       |
|     line 12 of the    |                       |                       |
|     form and          |                       |                       |
|     re-submit the     |                       |                       |
|     form, checking    |                       |                       |
|     the Update or     |                       |                       |
|     Final Alert       |                       |                       |
|     Status box on     |                       |                       |
|     line 1, as        |                       |                       |
|     applicable.**     |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| 8.  **For line 13,    |                       |                       |
|     Date/Time         |                       |                       |
|     Incident Ended    |                       |                       |
|     (mm-dd-yy/hh:mm), |                       |                       |
|     enter the month,  |                       |                       |
|     day and year and  |                       |                       |
|     the local time,   |                       |                       |
|     in 24-time        |                       |                       |
|     format, when the  |                       |                       |
|     potential for     |                       |                       |
|     further           |                       |                       |
|     disruption of the |                       |                       |
|     system from this  |                       |                       |
|     incident no       |                       |                       |
|     longer existed.** |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| 9.  **For line 14,    |                       |                       |
|     Did the           |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
|  incident/disturbance |                       |                       |
|     originate in your |                       |                       |
|     system/area? If   |                       |                       |
|     known, check the  |                       |                       |
|     Yes or No box;    |                       |                       |
|     otherwise check   |                       |                       |
|     the unknown box.  |                       |                       |
|     If the unknown    |                       |                       |
|     box is checked at |                       |                       |
|     the time of       |                       |                       |
|     initial           |                       |                       |
|     submission, and   |                       |                       |
|     later this is     |                       |                       |
|     determined, check |                       |                       |
|     the Yes or No box |                       |                       |
|     as applicable     |                       |                       |
|     when              |                       |                       |
|     re-submitting the |                       |                       |
|     form as either an |                       |                       |
|     Update or Final   |                       |                       |
|     report.**         |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| 10. **For line 15,    |                       |                       |
|     Estimate of       |                       |                       |
|     Amount of Demand  |                       |                       |
|     Involved          |                       |                       |
|     (Megawatts),      |                       |                       |
|     enter the amount  |                       |                       |
|     of total demand   |                       |                       |
|     involved over the |                       |                       |
|     entire incident.  |                       |                       |
|     In the            |                       |                       |
|     preliminary       |                       |                       |
|     alert, if amount  |                       |                       |
|     is unknown and    |                       |                       |
|     you are unable to |                       |                       |
|     make an estimate, |                       |                       |
|     then leave this   |                       |                       |
|     blank. Provide    |                       |                       |
|     the actual number |                       |                       |
|     or an estimate in |                       |                       |
|     any update notice |                       |                       |
|     or final          |                       |                       |
|     report.**         |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| 11. **For line 16,    |                       |                       |
|     Estimate of       |                       |                       |
|     Number of         |                       |                       |
|     Customers         |                       |                       |
|     Affected, enter   |                       |                       |
|     the total number  |                       |                       |
|     of customers      |                       |                       |
|     affected during   |                       |                       |
|     the entire        |                       |                       |
|     incident or       |                       |                       |
|     disturbance which |                       |                       |
|     could be more     |                       |                       |
|     than the peak     |                       |                       |
|     number in the     |                       |                       |
|     case of rolling   |                       |                       |
|     blackouts. If     |                       |                       |
|     this number       |                       |                       |
|     cannot be         |                       |                       |
|     estimated when    |                       |                       |
|     the form is       |                       |                       |
|     initially         |                       |                       |
|     submitted, check  |                       |                       |
|     the unknown box;  |                       |                       |
|     when the number   |                       |                       |
|     of customers can  |                       |                       |
|     be estimated,     |                       |                       |
|     fill in this data |                       |                       |
|     on line 16 of the |                       |                       |
|     form and          |                       |                       |
|     re-submit the     |                       |                       |
|     form, checking    |                       |                       |
|     the Update or     |                       |                       |
|     Final Alert       |                       |                       |
|     Status box on     |                       |                       |
|     line 1, as        |                       |                       |
|     applicable.**     |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| 12. **For line 17,    |                       |                       |
|     Internal          |                       |                       |
|     Organizational    |                       |                       |
|     Tracking Number,  |                       |                       |
|     indicate the      |                       |                       |
|     internal tracking |                       |                       |
|     number assigned   |                       |                       |
|     by the reporting  |                       |                       |
|     organization to   |                       |                       |
|     this incident, if |                       |                       |
|     one exists. If    |                       |                       |
|     not, the calendar |                       |                       |
|     date of when the  |                       |                       |
|     incident begins   |                       |                       |
|     will be used as a |                       |                       |
|     tracking          |                       |                       |
|     number.**         |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

+-----------------------+-----------------------+----------------------+
| **U.S. Department of  | ***ELECTRIC EMERGENCY | **Form Approved**    |
| Energy**              | INCIDENT AND          |                      |
|                       | DISTURBANCE REPORT*** | **OMB No.            |
| **Electricity         |                       | 1901-0288**          |
| Delivery and Energy   |                       |                      |
| Reliability**         |                       | **Approval Expires   |
|                       |                       | 10/31/08**           |
| **Form OE-417         |                       |                      |
| (revised 4/2007)**    |                       |                      |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+----------------------+
| **INSTRUCTIONS (Page  |                       |                      |
| 3 of 6)**             |                       |                      |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+----------------------+
| 13. For column 18,    |                       |                      |
|     **TYPE OF         |                       |                      |
|     EMERGENCY**,      |                       |                      |
|     check all of the  |                       |                      |
|     options that      |                       |                      |
|     apply:            |                       |                      |
|                       |                       |                      |
| > **Major physical    |                       |                      |
| > attack:** This is a |                       |                      |
| > major attack on any |                       |                      |
| > part of your system |                       |                      |
| > whether physical or |                       |                      |
| > electronic that you |                       |                      |
| > suspect was a       |                       |                      |
| > deliberate attack   |                       |                      |
| > or sabotage that    |                       |                      |
| > disrupted system    |                       |                      |
| > operations and had  |                       |                      |
| > the intent to harm  |                       |                      |
| > the national        |                       |                      |
| > security of the     |                       |                      |
| > United States. If   |                       |                      |
| > you suspect the     |                       |                      |
| > motive of the       |                       |                      |
| > attack was burglary |                       |                      |
| > or vandalism,       |                       |                      |
| > please check        |                       |                      |
| > Vandalism instead   |                       |                      |
| > of assuming a       |                       |                      |
| > National Security   |                       |                      |
| > Attack.             |                       |                      |
| >                     |                       |                      |
| > **Major cyber       |                       |                      |
| > attack:** This is a |                       |                      |
| > major attack on     |                       |                      |
| > your computer       |                       |                      |
| > systems which has   |                       |                      |
| > compromised the     |                       |                      |
| > confidentiality or  |                       |                      |
| > integrity of        |                       |                      |
| > sensitive data or   |                       |                      |
| > made part or all of |                       |                      |
| > the system          |                       |                      |
| > unavailable to      |                       |                      |
| > perform its         |                       |                      |
| > missions.           |                       |                      |
| >                     |                       |                      |
| > **Major             |                       |                      |
| > Transmission System |                       |                      |
| > Interruption:**     |                       |                      |
| > This is a           |                       |                      |
| > transmission system |                       |                      |
| > event that has      |                       |                      |
| > occurred and        |                       |                      |
| > required action(s)  |                       |                      |
| > to relieve voltage  |                       |                      |
| > or loading          |                       |                      |
| > conditions; or      |                       |                      |
| > transmission        |                       |                      |
| > separation or       |                       |                      |
| > islanding has       |                       |                      |
| > occurred.           |                       |                      |
| >                     |                       |                      |
| > **Major Generation  |                       |                      |
| > Inadequacy:** This  |                       |                      |
| > is when             |                       |                      |
| > insufficient        |                       |                      |
| > generation exists   |                       |                      |
| > to meet demand, or  |                       |                      |
| > unexpected problems |                       |                      |
| > or inadequacies     |                       |                      |
| > develop that impact |                       |                      |
| > operational and/or  |                       |                      |
| > system reliability. |                       |                      |
| >                     |                       |                      |
| > **Major             |                       |                      |
| > Distribution System |                       |                      |
| > Interruption:**     |                       |                      |
| > This is when        |                       |                      |
| > significant         |                       |                      |
| > uncontrolled loss   |                       |                      |
| > of load has         |                       |                      |
| > occurred, or an     |                       |                      |
| > unexpected          |                       |                      |
| > controlled loss of  |                       |                      |
| > load is required.   |                       |                      |
| >                     |                       |                      |
| > **Other:** Check if |                       |                      |
| > the type of         |                       |                      |
| > emergency is known, |                       |                      |
| > but not one of      |                       |                      |
| > those listed above  |                       |                      |
| > or if the type of   |                       |                      |
| > emergency is        |                       |                      |
| > unknown.            |                       |                      |
|                       |                       |                      |
| 14\. For column 19,   |                       |                      |
| **CAUSE OF            |                       |                      |
| INCIDENT**, check all |                       |                      |
| of the options that   |                       |                      |
| may apply:            |                       |                      |
|                       |                       |                      |
| > **Complete          |                       |                      |
| > Electrical System   |                       |                      |
| > Failure:** check if |                       |                      |
| > total system        |                       |                      |
| > failure occurred.   |                       |                      |
| >                     |                       |                      |
| > **Electrical System |                       |                      |
| > Separation --       |                       |                      |
| > Islanding:** check  |                       |                      |
| > if Islanding has    |                       |                      |
| > occurred.           |                       |                      |
| >                     |                       |                      |
| > **Inadequate        |                       |                      |
| > Electric Resources  |                       |                      |
| > to Serve Load:**    |                       |                      |
| > check if resource   |                       |                      |
| > constraints have    |                       |                      |
| > been identified or  |                       |                      |
| > are expected to     |                       |                      |
| > happen that limit   |                       |                      |
| > the availability of |                       |                      |
| > power sources to    |                       |                      |
| > serve load or if    |                       |                      |
| > electric resources  |                       |                      |
| > are not available.  |                       |                      |
| >                     |                       |                      |
| > **Actual or         |                       |                      |
| > Suspected Malicious |                       |                      |
| > or Intentional:**   |                       |                      |
| > check if there is   |                       |                      |
| > reason to suspect   |                       |                      |
| > that the disruption |                       |                      |
| > was intentionally   |                       |                      |
| > caused (or that     |                       |                      |
| > there was an        |                       |                      |
| > attempt), check all |                       |                      |
| > of the following    |                       |                      |
| > that may apply:     |                       |                      |
| >                     |                       |                      |
| > **Physical:** for   |                       |                      |
| > disruption of the   |                       |                      |
| > system caused by    |                       |                      |
| > physical means such |                       |                      |
| > as destruction of   |                       |                      |
| > property or an      |                       |                      |
| > attack on any       |                       |                      |
| > security system.    |                       |                      |
| >                     |                       |                      |
| > **Cybe              |                       |                      |
| r/Computer/Telecom:** |                       |                      |
| > for disruption of   |                       |                      |
| > the electrical      |                       |                      |
| > system and/or       |                       |                      |
| > communication       |                       |                      |
| > system caused by    |                       |                      |
| > electronic means.   |                       |                      |
| >                     |                       |                      |
| > The criteria for    |                       |                      |
| > reporting of        |                       |                      |
| > vandalism have been |                       |                      |
| > separated into two  |                       |                      |
| > parts. The primary  |                       |                      |
| > requirement is      |                       |                      |
| > defined by the      |                       |                      |
| > severity of impact. |                       |                      |
|                       |                       |                      |
| i.  Incidents of      |                       |                      |
|     vandalism or      |                       |                      |
|     threat actions    |                       |                      |
|     that attempt to   |                       |                      |
|     or circumvent     |                       |                      |
|     significant       |                       |                      |
|     security systems  |                       |                      |
|     which protect key |                       |                      |
|     components used   |                       |                      |
|     to operate the    |                       |                      |
|     Nation's electric |                       |                      |
|     power systems     |                       |                      |
|     have to be        |                       |                      |
|     reported at all   |                       |                      |
|     times.            |                       |                      |
|                       |                       |                      |
| ii. A secondary       |                       |                      |
|     requirement is    |                       |                      |
|     also imposed on   |                       |                      |
|     reporting of all  |                       |                      |
|     other types of    |                       |                      |
|     attempts or       |                       |                      |
|     damage inflicted  |                       |                      |
|     upon security     |                       |                      |
|     protection within |                       |                      |
|     the electric      |                       |                      |
|     power industry    |                       |                      |
|     (e.g., cutting of |                       |                      |
|     locks and         |                       |                      |
|     fences), but the  |                       |                      |
|     obligation to     |                       |                      |
|     report at this    |                       |                      |
|     level and the     |                       |                      |
|     duration of time  |                       |                      |
|     period for which  |                       |                      |
|     these reports     |                       |                      |
|     have to be filed  |                       |                      |
|     is not a          |                       |                      |
|     continuous        |                       |                      |
|     obligation and    |                       |                      |
|     will be adjusted  |                       |                      |
|     by DOE. The       |                       |                      |
|     expectation is    |                       |                      |
|     that this         |                       |                      |
|     requirement will  |                       |                      |
|     not be activated  |                       |                      |
|     for much/all of   |                       |                      |
|     the three-year    |                       |                      |
|     clearance cycle.  |                       |                      |
|     If activation is  |                       |                      |
|     required, DOE     |                       |                      |
|     will notify the   |                       |                      |
|     respondents that  |                       |                      |
|     this reporting    |                       |                      |
|     threshold has to  |                       |                      |
|     be met and will   |                       |                      |
|     identify the      |                       |                      |
|     duration of       |                       |                      |
|     reporting at that |                       |                      |
|     level. The        |                       |                      |
|     notification will |                       |                      |
|     be done by e-mail |                       |                      |
|     message to the    |                       |                      |
|     respondents and   |                       |                      |
|     by an alert to    |                       |                      |
|     the energy        |                       |                      |
|     critical          |                       |                      |
|     infrastructure    |                       |                      |
|     protection        |                       |                      |
|     centers. The      |                       |                      |
|     threat or other   |                       |                      |
|     determinations    |                       |                      |
|     that obligates'   |                       |                      |
|     DOE to activate   |                       |                      |
|     this lower        |                       |                      |
|     reporting level   |                       |                      |
|     are directly      |                       |                      |
|     linked to         |                       |                      |
|     national security |                       |                      |
|     concerns.         |                       |                      |
|                       |                       |                      |
| > **Transmission      |                       |                      |
| > Equipment:** check  |                       |                      |
| > if failure of or    |                       |                      |
| > damage to           |                       |                      |
| > transmission        |                       |                      |
| > equipment occurred, |                       |                      |
| > causing disruption  |                       |                      |
| > to service or       |                       |                      |
| > reliability.        |                       |                      |
| >                     |                       |                      |
| > **Loss of Part or   |                       |                      |
| > All of a High       |                       |                      |
| > Voltage Substation  |                       |                      |
| > or Switchyard:**    |                       |                      |
| > check if            |                       |                      |
| > substations or      |                       |                      |
| > switchyards (230+   |                       |                      |
| > kV AC or 200+ kV    |                       |                      |
| > DC) were adversely  |                       |                      |
| > affected.           |                       |                      |
| >                     |                       |                      |
| > **Weather or        |                       |                      |
| > Natural Disaster:** |                       |                      |
| > check if severe     |                       |                      |
| > weather             |                       |                      |
| > (thunderstorms, ice |                       |                      |
| > storms, etc.) or    |                       |                      |
| > natural disasters   |                       |                      |
| > (hurricanes,        |                       |                      |
| > floods, tornadoes,  |                       |                      |
| > solar activity,     |                       |                      |
| > etc.) have caused   |                       |                      |
| > service disruption. |                       |                      |
| >                     |                       |                      |
| > **Operator          |                       |                      |
| > Action(s):** check  |                       |                      |
| > if service or       |                       |                      |
| > reliability         |                       |                      |
| > disruption is       |                       |                      |
| > attributable to     |                       |                      |
| > operator action.    |                       |                      |
| >                     |                       |                      |
| > **Fuel Supply       |                       |                      |
| > Deficiency:** check |                       |                      |
| > if an existing or   |                       |                      |
| > anticipated fuel    |                       |                      |
| > supply emergency    |                       |                      |
| > situation occurred. |                       |                      |
| >                     |                       |                      |
| > **Unknown Cause:**  |                       |                      |
| > check if the cause  |                       |                      |
| > of the disruption   |                       |                      |
| > is unknown.         |                       |                      |
| >                     |                       |                      |
| > **Other:** Check if |                       |                      |
| > the cause of the    |                       |                      |
| > disruption is       |                       |                      |
| > known, but not one  |                       |                      |
| > of those listed     |                       |                      |
| > above.              |                       |                      |
|                       |                       |                      |
| 15. For column 20,    |                       |                      |
|     **ACTIONS         |                       |                      |
|     TAKEN**, check    |                       |                      |
|     all that may      |                       |                      |
|     apply:            |                       |                      |
|                       |                       |                      |
| > **Shed Firm Load:** |                       |                      |
| > check if, in order  |                       |                      |
| > to maintain the     |                       |                      |
| > bulk electric       |                       |                      |
| > supply system,      |                       |                      |
| > system operators    |                       |                      |
| > called for load     |                       |                      |
| > shedding of 100 MW  |                       |                      |
| > or greater of       |                       |                      |
| > firm-load           |                       |                      |
| > customers' demand,  |                       |                      |
| > or if firm load     |                       |                      |
| > customers were      |                       |                      |
| > disconnected from   |                       |                      |
| > the bulk electric   |                       |                      |
| > supply system       |                       |                      |
| > during emergency    |                       |                      |
| > conditions.         |                       |                      |
| >                     |                       |                      |
| > **Reduced           |                       |                      |
| > Voltage:** check if |                       |                      |
| > system wide voltage |                       |                      |
| > reductions of 3     |                       |                      |
| > percent or greater  |                       |                      |
| > were implemented.   |                       |                      |
| >                     |                       |                      |
| > **Made Public       |                       |                      |
| > Appeals:** check if |                       |                      |
| > public appeals to   |                       |                      |
| > reduce the use of   |                       |                      |
| > electricity for     |                       |                      |
| > purposes of         |                       |                      |
| > maintaining the     |                       |                      |
| > continuity of the   |                       |                      |
| > bulk electric power |                       |                      |
| > system were issued. |                       |                      |
| > Check only if       |                       |                      |
| > appeals were issued |                       |                      |
| > during emergency    |                       |                      |
| > conditions. Do not  |                       |                      |
| > check if appeals    |                       |                      |
| > were energy         |                       |                      |
| > conservation        |                       |                      |
| > related.            |                       |                      |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+----------------------+

+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **U.S. Department of  | ***ELECTRIC EMERGENCY | **Form Approved**     |
| Energy**              | INCIDENT AND          |                       |
|                       | DISTURBANCE REPORT*** | **OMB No. 1901-0288** |
| **Electricity         |                       |                       |
| Delivery and Energy   |                       | **Approval Expires    |
| Reliability**         |                       | 10/31/08**            |
|                       |                       |                       |
| **Form OE-417         |                       |                       |
| (revised 4/2007)**    |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **INSTRUCTIONS (Page  |                       |                       |
| 4 of 6)**             |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **SPECIFIC            |                       |                       |
| INSTRUCTIONS          |                       |                       |
| (Continued)**         |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| > **Implemented a     |                       |                       |
| > Warning, Alert, or  |                       |                       |
| > Contingency Plan**: |                       |                       |
| > check if existing   |                       |                       |
| > short-term          |                       |                       |
| > contingency plans   |                       |                       |
| > were implemented to |                       |                       |
| > reduce demand,      |                       |                       |
| > maximize generation |                       |                       |
| > to maintain the     |                       |                       |
| > bulk electric       |                       |                       |
| > supply system,      |                       |                       |
| > and/or address      |                       |                       |
| > other reliability   |                       |                       |
| > issues.             |                       |                       |
| >                     |                       |                       |
| > **Shed              |                       |                       |
| > Interruptible       |                       |                       |
| > Load:** check if,   |                       |                       |
| > in order to         |                       |                       |
| > maintain the bulk   |                       |                       |
| > electric supply     |                       |                       |
| > system, system      |                       |                       |
| > operators called    |                       |                       |
| > for load shedding   |                       |                       |
| > of 100 MW or        |                       |                       |
| > greater of          |                       |                       |
| > pre-selected        |                       |                       |
| > interruptible load  |                       |                       |
| > customers' demand,  |                       |                       |
| > or if those         |                       |                       |
| > interruptible       |                       |                       |
| > customers were      |                       |                       |
| > disconnected from   |                       |                       |
| > the bulk electric   |                       |                       |
| > supply system       |                       |                       |
| > during emergency    |                       |                       |
| > conditions. Do not  |                       |                       |
| > check if            |                       |                       |
| > terminations were   |                       |                       |
| > under contract      |                       |                       |
| > agreements during   |                       |                       |
| > normal operations.  |                       |                       |
| >                     |                       |                       |
| > *                   |                       |                       |
| *Repaired/Restored:** |                       |                       |
| > check if system was |                       |                       |
| > repaired or         |                       |                       |
| > restored.           |                       |                       |
| >                     |                       |                       |
| > **Other:** check if |                       |                       |
| > other actions were  |                       |                       |
| > taken               |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| **Schedule 2.         |                       |                       |
| Narrative             |                       |                       |
| Description.**        |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| **Narrative:**        |                       |                       |
| provide a brief       |                       |                       |
| narrative (one page   |                       |                       |
| or less if feasible)  |                       |                       |
| of the event and      |                       |                       |
| actions taken to      |                       |                       |
| resolve it. Include,  |                       |                       |
| as appropriate, the   |                       |                       |
| cause of the incident |                       |                       |
| or disturbance, the   |                       |                       |
| equipment damaged,    |                       |                       |
| critical              |                       |                       |
| infrastructures       |                       |                       |
| interrupted and any   |                       |                       |
| affect on other       |                       |                       |
| systems. Make sure to |                       |                       |
| identify any          |                       |                       |
| electrical system     |                       |                       |
| separation (identify  |                       |                       |
| islanding boundaries  |                       |                       |
| for linked capacity   |                       |                       |
| and load), and to     |                       |                       |
| name the generators   |                       |                       |
| and voltages of lines |                       |                       |
| that were lost (by    |                       |                       |
| types of generators   |                       |                       |
| and voltage size      |                       |                       |
| groupings- with       |                       |                       |
| terminal ending       |                       |                       |
| points, and the name  |                       |                       |
| of lost high voltage  |                       |                       |
| substations or        |                       |                       |
| switchyards (**230+   |                       |                       |
| kV AC or 200+ kV      |                       |                       |
| DC)**.                |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| 16. For Section 21,   |                       |                       |
|     Narrative. This   |                       |                       |
|     narrative must be |                       |                       |
|     provided within   |                       |                       |
|     48 hours of the   |                       |                       |
|     incident using    |                       |                       |
|     Schedule 2 and    |                       |                       |
|     the latest        |                       |                       |
|     information on    |                       |                       |
|     Schedule 1. If    |                       |                       |
|     the event is      |                       |                       |
|     still on going,   |                       |                       |
|     it may be         |                       |                       |
|     necessary to      |                       |                       |
|     provide another   |                       |                       |
|     update (updating  |                       |                       |
|     both schedules)   |                       |                       |
|     when the incident |                       |                       |
|     has been          |                       |                       |
|     resolved. Updates |                       |                       |
|     may be produced   |                       |                       |
|     at any time       |                       |                       |
|     during their      |                       |                       |
|     tracking of the   |                       |                       |
|     event.            |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| ######### Filin       |                       |                       |
| g Requirements by Ele |                       |                       |
| ctric Utilities and T |                       |                       |
| heir Functional Activ |                       |                       |
| ity by Form Line Item |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| <table>               |                       |                       |
| <colgroup>            |                       |                       |
| <col                  |                       |                       |
| style="width: 19%" /> |                       |                       |
| <col                  |                       |                       |
| style="width: 20%" /> |                       |                       |
| <col                  |                       |                       |
| style="width: 20%" /> |                       |                       |
| <col                  |                       |                       |
| style="width: 20%" /> |                       |                       |
| <col                  |                       |                       |
| style="width: 20%" /> |                       |                       |
| </colgroup>           |                       |                       |
| <tbody>               |                       |                       |
| <tr class="odd">      |                       |                       |
| <td>                  |                       |                       |
| <strong>Informational |                       |                       |
| Group</strong></td>   |                       |                       |
| <td><strong>Electric  |                       |                       |
| Utilities (That are   |                       |                       |
| not approved by       |                       |                       |
| NERC to be a CAO or   |                       |                       |
| granted RC            |                       |                       |
| oversight             |                       |                       |
| autho                 |                       |                       |
| rities)</strong></td> |                       |                       |
| <td><p                |                       |                       |
| id="control-area-     |                       |                       |
| operators-for-electri |                       |                       |
| c-utilities-that-oper |                       |                       |
| ate-the-cao-function" |                       |                       |
| cl                    |                       |                       |
| ass="heading">Control |                       |                       |
| Area Operators (For   |                       |                       |
| electric utilities    |                       |                       |
| that operate the      |                       |                       |
| CAO                   |                       |                       |
| function)</p></td>    |                       |                       |
| <t                    |                       |                       |
| d><strong>Reliability |                       |                       |
| Coordinators (For     |                       |                       |
| electric utilities    |                       |                       |
| that operate the RC   |                       |                       |
| fun                   |                       |                       |
| ctions)</strong></td> |                       |                       |
| <td><strong>Computer, |                       |                       |
| Physical, and         |                       |                       |
| Telecommunication     |                       |                       |
| Security Support      |                       |                       |
| Centers (Operated     |                       |                       |
| within the            |                       |                       |
| reporting Electric    |                       |                       |
| U                     |                       |                       |
| tility)</strong></td> |                       |                       |
| </tr>                 |                       |                       |
| <tr class="even">     |                       |                       |
| <td><p                |                       |                       |
| id=                   |                       |                       |
| "organization-filing" |                       |                       |
| class="heading"       |                       |                       |
| ><strong>Organization |                       |                       |
| Fil                   |                       |                       |
| ing</strong></p></td> |                       |                       |
| <td>Lines 1-3</td>    |                       |                       |
| <td>Lines 1-3</td>    |                       |                       |
| <td>Lines 1-3</td>    |                       |                       |
| <td>Lines 1-3</td>    |                       |                       |
| </tr>                 |                       |                       |
| <tr class="odd">      |                       |                       |
| <td><strong>Name of   |                       |                       |
| Official that Needs   |                       |                       |
| to be                 |                       |                       |
| Co                    |                       |                       |
| ntacted</strong></td> |                       |                       |
| <td>Lines 4-9</td>    |                       |                       |
| <td>Lines 4-9</td>    |                       |                       |
| <td>Lines 4-9</td>    |                       |                       |
| <td>Lines 4-9</td>    |                       |                       |
| </tr>                 |                       |                       |
| <tr class="even">     |                       |                       |
| <td><strong>Incident  |                       |                       |
| and Disturbance       |                       |                       |
| Data</strong></td>    |                       |                       |
| <td>Lines             |                       |                       |
| 10-17</td>            |                       |                       |
| <td>10-15, and        |                       |                       |
| 17</td>               |                       |                       |
| <td>10-14, and        |                       |                       |
| 17</td>               |                       |                       |
| <td>10, 11, 12, 14,   |                       |                       |
| and 17</td>           |                       |                       |
| </tr>                 |                       |                       |
| <tr class="odd">      |                       |                       |
| <td><strong>Type of   |                       |                       |
| Emergency             |                       |                       |
| (18)</strong></td>    |                       |                       |
| <td>Identify          |                       |                       |
| Source, if            |                       |                       |
| known</td>            |                       |                       |
| <td>Identify          |                       |                       |
| Source, if            |                       |                       |
| known</td>            |                       |                       |
| <td>Identify          |                       |                       |
| Source, if            |                       |                       |
| known</td>            |                       |                       |
| <td>Major Physical,   |                       |                       |
| Major Cyber, and      |                       |                       |
| Other</td>            |                       |                       |
| </tr>                 |                       |                       |
| <tr class="even">     |                       |                       |
| <td><strong>Cause     |                       |                       |
| of Incident           |                       |                       |
| (19)</strong></td>    |                       |                       |
| <td>All</td>          |                       |                       |
| <td>All</td>          |                       |                       |
| <td>All</td>          |                       |                       |
| <td>Suspected         |                       |                       |
| Malicious or          |                       |                       |
| Intentional –         |                       |                       |
| Physical, Cyber or    |                       |                       |
| Computer or Telcom,   |                       |                       |
| Operator Action,      |                       |                       |
| Unknown Cause, and    |                       |                       |
| Other</td>            |                       |                       |
| </tr>                 |                       |                       |
| <tr class="odd">      |                       |                       |
| <td><strong>Action    |                       |                       |
| Taken                 |                       |                       |
| (20)</strong></td>    |                       |                       |
| <td>Identify Any or   |                       |                       |
| All</td>              |                       |                       |
| <td>Identify Any or   |                       |                       |
| All</td>              |                       |                       |
| <td>Identify Any or   |                       |                       |
| All</td>              |                       |                       |
| <td>Other</td>        |                       |                       |
| </tr>                 |                       |                       |
| <tr class="even">     |                       |                       |
| <td><p                |                       |                       |
| id="narrative"        |                       |                       |
| clas                  |                       |                       |
| s="heading">Narrative |                       |                       |
| </p></td>             |                       |                       |
| <td><p                |                       |                       |
| id="section-2"        |                       |                       |
| class=                |                       |                       |
| "heading">21</p></td> |                       |                       |
| <td><p                |                       |                       |
| id="section-3"        |                       |                       |
| class=                |                       |                       |
| "heading">21</p></td> |                       |                       |
| <td><p                |                       |                       |
| id="section-4"        |                       |                       |
| class=                |                       |                       |
| "heading">21</p></td> |                       |                       |
| <td><p                |                       |                       |
| id="section-5"        |                       |                       |
| class=                |                       |                       |
| "heading">21</p></td> |                       |                       |
| </tr>                 |                       |                       |
| <tr class="odd">      |                       |                       |
| <td colspan="5"><p    |                       |                       |
| id="exc               |                       |                       |
| lusions-from-filings" |                       |                       |
| class                 |                       |                       |
| ="heading">Exclusions |                       |                       |
| from                  |                       |                       |
| Filings</p></td>      |                       |                       |
| </tr>                 |                       |                       |
| <tr class="even">     |                       |                       |
| <td><p                |                       |                       |
| id="line-items-not-   |                       |                       |
| required-to-be-filed" |                       |                       |
| class="heading">Line  |                       |                       |
| Items not required    |                       |                       |
| to be                 |                       |                       |
| filed</p></td>        |                       |                       |
| <td>None</td>         |                       |                       |
| <td>None (15 and 16   |                       |                       |
| may be supplied by    |                       |                       |
| other                 |                       |                       |
| utilities)</td>       |                       |                       |
| <td>15-16</td>        |                       |                       |
| <td>15-16, 18, and    |                       |                       |
| 20</td>               |                       |                       |
| </tr>                 |                       |                       |
| <tr class="odd">      |                       |                       |
| <td><p                |                       |                       |
| id="elements          |                       |                       |
| -from-line-items-18-1 |                       |                       |
| 9-or-20-that-are-not- |                       |                       |
| required-to-be-filed" |                       |                       |
| cla                   |                       |                       |
| ss="heading">Elements |                       |                       |
| (from Line Items      |                       |                       |
| 18, 19, or 20) that   |                       |                       |
| are not required to   |                       |                       |
| be filed</p></td>     |                       |                       |
| <td>Filings           |                       |                       |
| describing            |                       |                       |
| Suspected Malicious   |                       |                       |
| or Intentional –      |                       |                       |
| Physical, Cyber or    |                       |                       |
| Computer or Telcom    |                       |                       |
| can be done by the    |                       |                       |
| utility’s computer    |                       |                       |
| center or their       |                       |                       |
| security              |                       |                       |
| department</td>       |                       |                       |
| <td>Filings           |                       |                       |
| describing            |                       |                       |
| Suspected Malicious   |                       |                       |
| or Intentional –      |                       |                       |
| Physical, Cyber or    |                       |                       |
| Computer or Telecom   |                       |                       |
| can be done by the    |                       |                       |
| utility’s computer    |                       |                       |
| center or their       |                       |                       |
| security              |                       |                       |
| department</td>       |                       |                       |
| <td>Suspected         |                       |                       |
| Malicious or          |                       |                       |
| Intentional –         |                       |                       |
| Physical, Cyber or    |                       |                       |
| Computer or Telcom,   |                       |                       |
| Major Generator       |                       |                       |
| Inadequacy and        |                       |                       |
| Major Distribution    |                       |                       |
| System                |                       |                       |
| Interruption</td>     |                       |                       |
| <td>Weather or        |                       |                       |
| Natural Disaster,     |                       |                       |
| Transmission          |                       |                       |
| Equipment,            |                       |                       |
| Inadequate Electric   |                       |                       |
| Resources to Serve    |                       |                       |
| Load, and Fuel        |                       |                       |
| Supply                |                       |                       |
| Deficiency</td>       |                       |                       |
| </tr>                 |                       |                       |
| </tbody>              |                       |                       |
| </table>              |                       |                       |
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