Emergency Power Outage Plan

Question 1

The Emergency Power Outage Plan can be implemented when the heat stress factor (temperature and
humidity) exceed?

Answer 1

Above 105 or below 34

Question 2

The power companies generally experience three types of power outages?

Answer 2

LOCAL OUTAGES, FEEDER OUTAGES, ROLLING BLACKOUTS

Local- Such as wires or poles down, pole fires or transformer problems which usually will affect a local area.

Feeder outages- Such as damage or problems at one of their substations or major distribution lines. Feeder outages will normally cause a larger area to be without power.

Rolling blackouts- As a last resort power companies will discontinue electricity to circuits to reduce power consumption and allow the company time to reroute power to compensate for the outage. This should only last 20 – 30 minutes.