Emergency Operating Principles Clause Samples

Emergency Operating Principles. Purpose: Joint emergency principles are essential due to the highly dependent nature of facilities under different authorities. The Parties are committed to reliable operation of the transmission system under normal conditions, and will work closely together during emergency situations that place the stability of the transmission system in jeopardy.

Emergency Operating Principles. 6.1.1 In the event a Party declares an emergency condition in accordance with its published operating protocols, the Parties shall coordinate respective actions to provide immediate relief until the declaring Party eliminates the declaration of emergency. The Parties shall notify each other of emergency maintenance and forced outages as soon as possible after the conditions are known. The Parties shall evaluate the impact of emergency and forced outages on the Parties’ systems and coordinate their actions to develop remedial steps as necessary and appropriate. If time permits, the normal procedures for action requests will be followed. The Parties shall conduct joint annual emergency drills, and shall require that all appropriate operating staff are trained and certified, and shall practice joint emergency drills for declaring an emergency, prioritizing action plans, staffing and responsibilities, and communications. 6.1.2 Each Party shall communicate with and to its respective Reliability Coordinator to identify and assist in the resolution of any emergency condition that develops or is expected to develop on the system(s) of the Party(ies).

Emergency Operating Principles. 8.1.1 In the event an emergency condition is declared in accordance with a Party’s published operating protocols, the Parties will coordinate respective actions to provide immediate relief until the declaring Party eliminates the declaration of emergency. The Parties will notify each other of emergency maintenance and forced outages as soon as possible after the conditions are known. The Parties will evaluate the impact of emergency and forced outages on the Parties’ systems and coordinate to develop remedial steps as necessary or appropriate. If the emergency response allows for coordinating with the other Party before action must be taken, the normal procedures for action requests will be followed. The Parties will conduct joint annual emergency drills, and will ensure that all operating staff are trained and certified, if required, and will practice the joint emergency drills that include criteria for declaring an emergency, prioritizing action plans, staffing and responsibilities, and communications. 8.1.2 In furtherance of maintaining system stability, and providing prompt response to problems, the Parties agree that in situations where there is an actual IRL violation and/or the system is on the verge of imminent collapse, and when there exists an applicable emergency principles or operating guide, each Party will allow the affected Party to take immediate steps by modifying the normal procedures for action requests so that the Parties and affected operating entities can communicate and coordinate simultaneously via telephone conference call or other appropriate means. Subsequent to such departures from normal procedures, the requesting Party will prepare a lessons learned report and provide copies thereof to the other Parties and affected operating entities. The purpose of the lesson learned report is to assist in improving operations so that future operations will be more proactive; thereby, avoiding such abnormal communications/procedures.

Emergency Operating Principles