Standard 1.

Emergency Response Plan

A.

Internal Coordination

The plan shall describe the utility’s internalcoordination function, including how the utility will  gather, process, and disseminate information within the service area, set priorities, allocate resources and coordinate activities to restore service.  The utility will coordinate internal activities in an emergency operations center or use some other arrangement suitable for the purposes of internal coordination.

B.

ISO/TO Coordination

The plan shall provide for utility coordinationwith the ISO, including gathering, processing and disseminating information from the ISO, and providing information regarding how the utility will establish priorities and estimates of service restoration.  A utility that does not deal directly with the ISO shall describe how it will coordinate its efforts with the TO.

C.

Media Coordination

The plan shall address the utility’s provisionof timely and complete information available to the media before, during and immediately after a major outage.  Such information shall include estimated restoration times and a description of potential safety hazards if they exist.

D.

External and Government Coordination  

The plan shall address the utility’s efforts tocoordinate emergency activities with appropriate state and local government agencies.  The utility shall maintain lists of contacts at each agency which shall be included in the plan and readily accessible to employees responsible for coordinating emergency communications.  The utilities may address the use by governmental agencies of California’s Standardized Emergency Management System (SEMS).

E.

Fire Prevention Plan

Those electric utilities identified belowshall have a Fire Prevention Plan that describes the measures the electric utility intends to implement, both in the short run and in the long run, to mitigate the threat of power-line fire ignitions in situations that meet all of the following criteria:  (i) The force of 3-second wind gusts exceeds the maximum working stress specified in General Order 95, Section IV, for installed overhead electric facilities; (ii) the installed overhead electric facilities affected by these 3-second wind gusts are located in geographic areas designated as the first or second highest fire threat area on a fire-threat map adopted by the Commission in Rulemaking (R.) 08-11-005; and (iii) the 3-second wind gusts occur at the time and place of a Red Flag Warning issued by United States National Weather Service.  The requirement to prepare a fire-prevention plan applies to:  (1) Electric utilities in Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, Santa Barbara, San Bernardino, San Diego, and Ventura counties; and (2) electric utilities in all other counties with overhead electric facilities located in areas of high fire risk as determined by such utilities in accordance with Decision 12-01-032 issued in Phase 2 of R.08-11-005. 

F.

Safety Considerations

Theplan shall describe how the utility will assure the safety of the public and utility employees and the utility’s procedures for safety standby.  The plan shall include contingency measures regarding the resources required to respond to an increased number of reports concerning unsafe conditions.

G.

Damage Assessment

The plan shall describe the process for assessing damage and, whereappropriate, the use of contingency resources required to expedite a response to the emergency.  The plan will generally describe how the utility will set priorities, facilitate communication, and restore service.

H.

Restoration Priority Guidelines

Theplan shall include guidelines for setting priorities for service restoration.  In general, the utility shall set priorities so that service is restored first to critical and essential customers, and so that the largest number of customers receive service in the shortest amount of time.

I.

Mutual Assistance

Theplan shall describe how the utility intends to employ resources available pursuant to mutual assistance agreements for emergency response.  Mutual assistance shall be requested when local resources are inadequate to assure timely restoration of service or public safety.  Mutual assistance need not be requested if it would not substantially improve restoration times or mitigate safety hazards.  The plan shall recognize the need to communicate mutual assistance activities with the State Office of Emergency Services, through the UOC/OES Utility Branch, during an emergency.

J.

Plan Update

Theplan shall be updated annually to incorporate changes in procedures, conditions, law or Commission policy.  The utility shall submit plan updates as part of the annual report required by Standard 11.