R746-313-8. Major Event Reporting by Electric Utilities

(1) Major event reporting for an electric company whose governing authority is the commission. Within 30 business days after the conclusion of each event which an electric company determines satisfies the criteria for major event classification in accordance with IEEE 1366, the electric company shall file a major event report with the commission for its consideration. The major event report must include, at a minimum:

(a) a description of the major event, the interruption causes, and a summary of restoration efforts and factors that affected restoration of service;

(b) identification of reliability reporting area and geographic area affected;

(c) the total number of customers affected, and the number of customers without service at periodic intervals;

(d) the calculated SAIDI, SAIFI, and CAIDI impacts (i.e., Event SAIDI, SAIFI, and CAIDI) associated with the major event to customers for each reliability reporting area and system-wide; and

(e) restoration of service information including resources used and cost.

(2) Major event reporting for electric company whose governing authority is not the commission. Within a timely period after each event which an electric company determines satisfies the criteria for major event classification in accordance with IEEE 1366 or RUS 1730A-119, as applicable, the electric company shall provide a major event analysis to its governing authority.