New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES
Chapter 5 - ELECTRIC SERVICE
Subchapter 8 - ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SERVICE RELIABILITY AND QUALITY STANDARDS
Section 14:5-8.9 - Major event report

1. The date and time when the EDC's storm or major event center opened and closed;

2. The total number of customers out of service over the course of the major event over four hour intervals, identified by operating area or circuit area. For purposes of this count, the starting time shall be when the storm center opens and the ending time shall be when the storm center closes. Regardless of when the storm center is closed, the EDC shall report the date and time when the last customer affected by a major event is restored;

3. The number of trouble locations and classifications, damaged poles, damaged transformers, and estimated miles of wire replaced;

4. The time at which the mutual aid FTEs and non-company contractor FTEs were requested, arrived for duty, and were released, and the mutual aid and non-contractor response(s) to the request(s) for assistance;

5. A timeline profile of the number of company line FTEs, mutual aid FTEs, non-company contractor line FTEs, and tree FTEs working on restoration activities during the duration of the major event;

6. A timeline profile of the number of company FTEs sent to an affected operating area to assist in the restoration effort;

7. A summary of emergency management contacts made by the EDC over the course of the outages, including contacts with county office of emergency management (OEM) coordinators, municipal OEM coordinators, mayors, business administrators, police chiefs, and fire chiefs;

8. A summary of any public communications made by the EDC before, and during, the course of the outages, including communications through radio, newspapers, television, social media, and the EDC's website;

9. A list in sequential restoration order of all outage events that were restored, the number of customers restored associated with these events, and the time at which they were restored;

10. A list of all individual outage events that states the municipality, county, and number of customers affected for each event;

11. A summary statement regarding when high winds prevented restoration personnel from performing their job functions;

12. A list detailing the time and date of all requests made by the EDC to other utilities, including parent companies, subsidiaries, and/or "sister" companies, and/or outside contractors or subcontractors for mutual assistance. The nature of each request should also be specified;

13. The number of roads cleared of utility infrastructure;

14. A justification for this incident to be considered a major event, if the 48-hour threshold to reach

10 percent or more customer outages within an operating area is exceeded;

15. A summary of telecommunications sector issues that hampered restoration; and

16. A list of the estimated times of restoration (ETR) issued by the EDC throughout the restoration (global and operating areas ETRs).