Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-10 - Electric Companies › Section 4901:1-10-08 - Electric utility emergency plans and coordination for restoration of electric service

Current through all regulations passed and
			 filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Each electric utility shall maintain an
			 emergency plan(s) in accordance with this rule. Each emergency plan shall
			 include at least the following elements:
(1) A table of contents.
(2) A description of procedures the electric
			 utility uses to move from its normal operations to each stage or level of
			 outage response and restoration of services.
(3) A description of the electric utility's
			 requirements for restoring service. In the event of an interruption of electric
			 service during a period of emergency or disaster, an electric utility's service
			 restoration plan shall give priority to hospitals that are customers of the
			 electric utility.
(4)
			 Identification and annual updates of all of the electric utility's critical
			 facilities, as defined by the electric utility, and reasonable measures to
			 protect its personnel and facilities.
(5) Contingency identification, i.e., a plan
			 for training alternative or backup employees.
(6) A
			 list of twenty-four hour phone numbers of fire and police departments and
			 county/regional emergency management directors in its service area.
(7) Procedures for requesting aid
									and utilizing crews
			 from other electric transmission owners and/or distribution utilities.
(8) Procedures for prompt identification of
			 outage areas, timely assessment of damage, and
									provision of time necessary
			 for restoral of service.
(9) The
			  procedures for outage response
			 and restoration of service by priority and a list of such priorities, including
			 the following:
(a) "Live wire down"
			 situations.
(b) Restoring service
			 to the facilities designated in paragraph (A)(3) of rule
			 4901:1-10-07 of the
			 Administrative Code, and the entities specified in paragraph (A)(4) of rule
			 4901:1-10-07 of the
			 Administrative Code.
(c) Providing
			 information to critical customers who are without service.
(10)
			 The  procedures for providing
			 outage response and restoration of service updates.
(11) The
			  procedures to verify that
			 service has been restored in each outage area.
(12) The
			  procedures for providing maximum
			 outage response, seeking outside assistance, and restoring service in a worst
			 case outage scenario, i.e., "a major event."
(13) The
			  procedures to provide
			 supervisors who are responsible for emergency response a copy of the latest
			 edition of the emergency plan.
(14) The
			  procedures to:
(a) Establish and maintain a liaison with
			 appropriate fire and police departments within the electric utility's service
			 territory.
(b) Identify major
			 interruptions of service during which the electric utility will notify
			 appropriate fire departments, police departments, and public officials
			 regarding such interruptions.
(c)
			 Determine appropriate mutual assistance and communication methodologies that
			 will be used during major restoration efforts.
(15)
			 In addition to any North American electric reliability corporation guidelines
			 or standards, a continuity of operations plan to ensure continuance of minimum
			 essential functions during events that cause staffing to be reduced. The
			 continuity of operations plan shall, at a minimum, include:
(a) Plan activation triggers such as the
			 world health organization's pandemic phase alert levels, widespread
			 transmission within the United States, or a case at one or more locations
			 within the state of Ohio.
(b)
			 Identification of a pandemic coordinator and team with defined roles and
			 responsibilities for preparedness and response planning.
(c) Identification of minimal essential
			 functions, minimal staffing required to maintain such essential functions, and
			 personnel resource pools required to ensure continuance of those functions in
			 progressive stages associated with a declining workforce.
(d) Identification of essential employees and
			 critical inputs (e.g., raw materials, equipment, suppliers, subcontractor
			 services/products, and logistics) required to maintain business operations.
(e)
										Procedures to address personal protection
			 initiatives.
(f)
										Procedures to maintain lines of communication with the
			 commission during a declared emergency.
(16)
									Procedures for conducting an after-action assessment
			 following activation of the emergency plan. An after-action assessment shall be
			 prepared and shall include lessons learned, deficiencies in the response to the
			 emergency, deficiencies in the emergency plan, and actions to be taken to
			 correct said deficiencies.