02 — Capability · BC-1580.50
Major Event Preparedness & Mutual Aid
Get ready for storms and other major events before they arrive, bring in outside crews when needed, give customers credible restoration estimates and recover the cost afterward.
- Storm Preparedness
- Emergency Restoration
- Mutual Aid
In scope
- Storm and major event declaration and staffing levels
- Pre-staging crews, materials and staging sites
- Requesting and hosting mutual aid crews
- Global restoration estimates and storm cost recovery
Out of scope
- Enterprise crisis leadership and communications (see BC-830.40)
- Site emergency response and evacuation (see BC-830.30)
- Day-to-day field work execution (see BC-680.30)
- Restoration times for everyday outages (see BC-1530.20.30)
Decomposes into · 5
- BC-1580.50.10Major Event DeclarationUse forecasts and damage models to declare an event level that sets staffing, activation and communication for the response.
- BC-1580.50.20Crew Pre-StagingPosition crews, vehicles, materials and staging sites ahead of forecast damage so restoration starts as soon as it is safe.
- BC-1580.50.30Mutual Aid CoordinationRequest, receive, onboard, house and release crews from other utilities and contractors under mutual assistance agreements.
- BC-1580.50.40Event-Wide Restoration EstimatesSet and publish area-wide restoration targets during a major event, before local estimates are possible, and refine them as damage assessment progresses.
- BC-1580.50.50Storm Cost RecoveryCapture major event costs accurately by event and seek recovery from the regulator or through reserves and securitization.