N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 16 § 105.3

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 36, September 4, 2024

Section 105.3 - Submission of electric emergency plans

Each electric corporation shall file, in accordance with the requirements of section 3.5 of this Title, with the commission an electric emergency plan [FN15] that addresses storms, as well as other causes of electrical emergencies with storm-like characteristics, and that complies with the requirements of section 105.4 of this Part. On or before April 1st of each year or on such other date as the commission may prescribe, each electric corporation shall file, in accordance with the requirements of section 3.5 of this Title, such amendments to its emergency plan as it deems necessary, or as the commission may require, to maintain a high level of preparedness, or a statement that no amendments are contemplated. In any event, by April 1st of each year, each electric corporation shall certify in a report filed with the secretary that within the past 12 months, it has taken the following actions:

(a) periodically verified telephone contacts with and updated its lists of names of internal and external contact persons identified in section 105.4(b)(5) of this Part; and

(b) conducted at least one storm drill or emergency exercise involving key company personnel assigned service restoration responsibilities.

Submissions made under this section shall be sent to the Director of the Office of Electric, Gas and Water. Each electric corporation shall make available for public inspection its currently effective system-wide electric emergency plan at its principal corporate headquarters. Those corporations that have developed customized plans for individual operating areas shall make a currently effective customized plan available for public inspection at the principal offices of each operating area.

[FN15] Any corporation that has regional or division plans shall make amendments to such operating area plans as are necessary to have those plans conform with any system-wide plan. However, a corporation that has a corporate plan that meets the requirements of this Part and provides the framework for regional plans may elect to file only the corporate plan with the commission, provided it certify that the regional plans have been updated to comply with the corporate plan and that the requirements of section 105.3(a) and (b) of this Part have been met for each of the regional plans.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 16 § 105.3