1. (a) Filing requirements. By December 31, 2000, each utility shall file with the commission a general description of its emergency operations plan. The filing shall include an affidavit from the utility's senior operations officer indicating that all relevant operating personnel within the utility are familiar with the contents of the plan, and are committed to following the plan and its provisions in the event of a system or local emergency. Each utility shall update its plan by filing a revised description that clearly indicates any changes in the plan at least 30 days before such changes take effect.
2. (b) Copy available for inspection. A general description of the plan shall also be made available at the utility's main office for inspection by the public. A complete copy of the plan shall be made available at the utility's main office for inspection by the commission or its staff upon request.

3. (c) Information to be included in the plan. Each utility's emergency plan must include, but need not be limited to, the following:

   1. (1) A registry of critical loads directly served by the utility. This registry shall be updated as necessary but not less often than annually. The description filed with the commission shall include the location of the registry, how the utility ensures that it is maintaining an accurate registry, how the utility will provide assistance to critical load customers in the event of an unplanned outage, how the utility intends to communicate with the critical load customers, and how the utility is training its staff with respect to serving critical customers and loads.
   2. (2) A communications plan that describes the procedures for contacting the media, customers and critical loads directly served by the utility as soon as reasonably possible either before or at the onset of an electrical emergency. The communications plan should also address how the utility's telephone system and complaint-handling procedures will be augmented during an emergency. Utilities should make every reasonable effort to solicit help from cogenerators and independent power producers during times of generation shortages to prevent interruptions in service;
   3. (3) Curtailment priorities and procedures for shedding load and rotating black-outs;
   4. (4) Priorities for restoration of service;
   5. (5) A summary of power plant weatherization plans and procedures; and
   6. (6) A summary of the utility's alternative fuel and storage capacity.

Source Note:The provisions of this §25.53 adopted to be effective December 29, 1999, 24 TexReg 11712.