Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
(1)220 CMR 19.03 sets forth the standards
that shall apply to each Company's performance regarding:
(a) emergency preparation;
(b) restoration of service; and
(c) reporting.
(2)
Emergency
Preparation. Each Company shall ensure that it is adequately and
sufficiently prepared to restore service to its customers in a safe and
reasonably prompt manner during an Emergency Event.
(a) For electric distribution companies, this
shall include at a minimum, but not be limited to:
1. implementing all applicable components of
the electric distribution company's ERP related to planning and preparation for
Emergency Events;
2. conducting the
following on at least an annual basis:
a.
meetings with state and local officials to ensure effective and efficient flow
of information and substantial and frequent coordination between the Company
and local public safety officials, including coordination with local officials
with respect to vegetation management; and
b. training and drills/exercises to ensure
effective and efficient performance of personnel during Emergency Events, and
to ensure that each Company has the ability to restore service to its customers
in a safe and reasonably prompt manner.
3. maintaining updated lists of local elected
and appointed officials, state and local public safety officials, Life Support
Customers, and all internal personnel and external entities involved in the
Company's restoration efforts.
(b) For gas companies, this shall include at
a minimum preparing and following written procedures consistent with those
required by 49 U.S.C. §§ 60101 through 60125; 49 CFR Part 192:
Transportation of Natural and Other Gas by Pipeline: Minimum Federal
Safety Standards; M.G.L. c. 164, §§ 85B and 105A;
220 CMR 69.00:
Procedures for the Determination of Violations of Codes Adopted by the
Department of Public Utilities Pertaining to the Safety of Pipeline Facilities
and the Transportation of Gas and for Enforcement of Said Codes; Minimum Safety
Standards for Liquefied Natural Gas Facilities; Minimum Safety Standards for
Gas Piping Systems and
220 CMR 100.00 through
113.00. Each gas company
shall include these written procedures in their respective manuals for
conducting operations and maintenance activities and for emergency response,
and, where appropriate, in their manuals of written procedures to minimize
hazards resulting from gas pipeline emergencies, as required by 49 CFR Part
192;
220 CMR 69.00 and
220 CMR 100.00 through
113.00.
(3)
Restoration of
Service. Each Company shall restore service to its customers in a
safe and reasonably prompt manner during all Service Interruptions and outages.
During an Emergency Event, this shall include at a minimum, but not be limited
to, implementing all applicable components of the Company's ERP related to
restoration of service.
(4)
Reporting. Each Company, as identified in 220 CMR
19.03(4)(a) through (d), shall comply with the following reporting
requirements:
(a) Each electric distribution
company shall submit a report with supporting documentation to the Department
on its preparation for Emergency Events that details each meeting, training,
and drill/exercise held pursuant to 220 CMR 19.03(2)(a)2.;
(b) During an Emergency Event, each Company
shall provide periodic reports to the Department, appropriate regional
Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency representatives and municipal
emergency managers, or their designees, that contain detailed information
related to emergency conditions and restoration performance for each affected
city and town;
(c) Following an
Emergency Event, each Company shall submit a detailed report with supporting
documentation to the Department on its restoration performance, including
lessons learned; and
(d) Before,
during, and after an Emergency Event, electric distribution companies are
required to track, maintain, and ensure accuracy of all required storm-related
data.