170 IAC 7-1.2-18 - Emergency operation
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3; IC 8-1-2.6-13
Affected: IC 8-1-2-4
Sec. 18.
(a) Each ETC
shall do the following:
(1) Make reasonable
provisions to meet emergencies resulting from commercial electrical failure and
sudden, prolonged increases in traffic due to extraordinary
circumstances.
(2) Instruct
employees on procedures to be followed in the event of such emergencies in
order to prevent or mitigate interruption or impairment of supported
services.
(b) All
existing switching offices or functional equivalent shall maintain the
following:
(1) Switching offices or equivalent
with installed emergency power generating equipment will have a minimum of
three (3) hours battery capacity.
(2) Switching offices or equivalent without
installed emergency power generating equipment shall have a minimum battery
capacity of five (5) hours. Facilities needed to connect a portable generator
shall also be readily available.
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