Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025
(a)
Purpose. This section implements the reporting requirements in Public Utility
Regulatory Act (PURA) §38.102.
(b) Applicability. This section applies to
electric utilities, municipally owned utilities, and electric cooperatives that
own or operate overhead transmission or distribution assets.
(c) Definition. When used in this section,
the term "affected entity" means an electric utility, electric cooperative, or
municipally owned utility that owns or operates overhead transmission or
distribution assets.
(d) Employee
Training Report.
(1) Not later than May 1,
2020, each affected entity must submit to the Commission a report that
includes:
(A) a summary description of hazard
recognition training documents provided by the affected entity to its employees
related to overhead transmission and distribution facilities; and
(B) a summary description of training
programs provided to employees by the affected entity related to the National
Electrical Safety Code (NESC) for construction of electric transmission and
distribution lines.
(2)
An affected entity must submit an updated report not later than the 30th day
after the date the affected entity finalizes a material change to a document or
training program included in a report submitted under paragraph (1) of this
subsection.
(e) Five-Year
Report.
(1) Not later than May 1 every five
years, each affected entity that owns or operates overhead transmission
facilities greater than 60 kilovolts must submit to the commission a report for
the five-year period ending on December 31 of the preceding calendar year that
includes:
(A) the percentage of overhead
transmission facilities greater than 60 kilovolts inspected for compliance with
the NESC relating to vertical clearance in the reporting period; and
(B) the percentage of the overhead
transmission facilities greater than 60 kilovolts anticipated to be inspected
for compliance with the NESC relating to vertical clearance during the
five-year period beginning on January 1 of the year in which the report is
submitted.
(2) The first
report submitted under this subsection must be submitted not later than May 1,
2020.
(f) Annual Report.
Not later than May 1 of each year, each affected entity must make a report to
the commission for the preceding calendar year.
(1) For each affected entity that owns or
operates overhead transmission facilities greater than 60 kilovolts, the report
must include the following information related to those facilities:
(A) the number of identified occurrences of
noncompliance with PURA §38.004 regarding vertical clearance requirements
of the NESC for overhead transmission facilities;
(B) whether the affected entity has actual
knowledge that any portion of the affected entity's transmission system is not
in compliance with PURA §38.004 regarding vertical clearance requirements
of the NESC for overhead transmission facilities; and
(C) whether the affected entity has actual
knowledge of any violations of easement agreements with the United States Army
Corps of Engineers relating to PURA §38.004 regarding the vertical
clearance requirements of the NESC for overhead transmission
facilities.
(2) For each
affected entity that owns or operates overhead transmission facilities greater
than 60 kilovolts or distribution facilities greater than 1 kilovolt, the
report must include the following information related to those facilities:
(A) the number of fatalities or injuries of
individuals other than employees, contractors, or other persons qualified to
work in proximity to overhead high voltage lines involving transmission or
distribution assets related to noncompliance with the requirements of PURA
§38.004; and
(B) a description
of corrective actions taken or planned to prevent the reoccurrence of
fatalities or injuries described by subparagraph (A) of this
paragraph.
(3) Violations
resulting from, and incidents, fatalities, or injuries attributable to a
violation resulting from, a natural disaster, weather event, or man-made act or
force outside of an affected entity's control are not required to be included
in the report under this subsection.
(g) Reporting Form. An affected entity must
make a report required by this section on a form prescribed by the
commission.
(h) Report Filing. An
affected entity filing a report required under this subsection must include the
project number designated by the commission for the report on the first page of
the report and submit the correct number of copies of the report to the
commission's central records for filing.
(i) Reports Publicly Available. Not later
than September 1 each year, the commission will make the reports submitted
under this section publicly available on the commission's Internet
website.