Ohio Admin. Code 4901:1-10-07 - Outage and accident reports
(A)
As used in this
rule, "outage" means an interruption of service to:
(1)
One thousand, two
hundred fifty customers in an area for a projected or actual period of two
hours or more.
(2)
Six hundred twenty-five customers in an area for a
projected or actual period of eight hours or more.
(3)
One hundred or
more customers in an area for a projected or actual period of twenty-four hours
or more.
(4)
A facility of any telephone company, electric light
company, natural gas company, water-works company, or a sewage disposal system
company, as defined in section
4905.03 of the Revised Code and
including a company that is operated not-for-profit, or owned or operated by a
municipal corporation, when an interruption to that facility for a projected
period of four hours or more, affects or will affect public
safety.
(5)
Any police department, fire department, hospital, or
countywide 9-1-1 system, for a projected period of four hours or more.
As used in this paragraph, "area" means the electric utility's certified territory within a county or all adjoining municipalities and townships in an electric utility's certified territory.
(B)
Each electric
utility shall immediately report each outage to the commission's outage
coordinator in a format prescribed by the outage coordinator.
(C)
Each electric
utility shall immediately notify the director of the service monitoring and
enforcement department, or his or her designee, of any accidents within thirty
minutes after discovery unless notification within that time is impracticable
under the circumstances. As used in this rule, an "accident" is any event
involving contact with energized utility electric lines or facilities which
results in a death or an injury requiring hospitalization.
Replaces: 4901:1-10-07
Notes
Promulgated Under: 111.15
Statutory Authority: R.C. 4905.22, 4905.04, 4928.06, 4928.11
Rule Amplifies: R.C. 4905.06, 4905.22, 4905.28, 4928.11
Prior Effective Dates: 07/01/1999, 09/18/2000, 01/01/2004, 06/29/2009, 12/20/2014
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