Or. Admin. Code § 860-300-0010 - Definitions for this Division
(1)
"Communications" means media that communicate voice, data, text, or video over
a distance using electrical, electronic, radio, microwave, or light wave
transmissions.
(2) "ESF-12" refers
to Emergency Support Function-12 and indicates the Commission's role in
supporting the State Office of Emergency Management for energy utilities issues
during an emergency.
(3) "Local
Community" means any community of people living, or having rights or interests,
in a distinct geographical area.
(4) "Local Emergency Management" means city,
county, and tribal emergency management entities.
(5) "Near-term Wildfire Risk" means elements
of wildfire risk that are expected to fluctuate on a daily or weekly basis.
Examples include temperature, humidity, and wind.
(6) "Public Utility" has the meaning given to
an "electric company" in ORS
757.600.
(7) "Public Safety Partners" means ESF-12,
Local Emergency Management, and Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS).
(8) "Public Safety Power Shutoff"
or "PSPS" means a proactive de-energization of a portion of a Public Utility's
electrical network, based on the forecasting of and measurement of extreme
wildfire weather conditions.
(9)
"Tabletop Exercise" means an activity in which key personnel, assigned
emergency management roles and responsibilities, are gathered to discuss, in a
non-threatening environment, various simulated emergency situations.
(10) "Utility-identified Critical Facilities"
refers to the facilities the Public Utility identifies that, because of their
function or importance, have the potential to threaten life safety or disrupt
essential socioeconomic activities if their services are interrupted.
Communications facilities and infrastructure are to be considered Critical
Facilities.
(11) "Wildfire
Mitigation Plan" is the same as a "wildfire protection plan" and refers to the
document filed with the Commission relating to an electric utility's risk-based
plan designed to protect public safety, reduce the risk of utility facilities
causing wildfires, reduce risk to utility customers, and promote electric
system resilience to wildfire damage.
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 183, ORS 756, ORS 757 & ORS 759
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 756.040, ORS 757.035, ORS 757.039, ORS 757.649, ORS 758.215, ORS 759.005 & ORS 759.045
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