POWER OUTAGE INCIDENT ANNEX v Power Outage Incident Annex to the Response and Recovery Federal Interagency Operational Plans Managing the Cascading Impacts from a Long-Term Power Outage Final - June 2017 JANUARY 2017 PRE-DECISIONAL / FOR REVIEW / NOT FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION i POWER OUTAGE INCIDENT ANNEX Handling Instructions Distribution, transmission, and destruction of this annex is in accordance with Department of Homeland Security Management Directive 11042.1.1 Submit questions pertaining to the distribution, transmission, or destruction of this annex to the Planning and Exercise Division, National Planning Branch at [email protected]. Intended Audience The primary audience for this annex is federal departments and agencies with a role in emergency management. However, local, state, tribal, territorial, and insular area officials, as well as private sector and nongovernmental partners with roles and responsibilities for responding to and/or recovering from long-term power outages will also benefit from the material in this annex. 1 https://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/foia/mgmt_directive_110421_safeguarding_sensitive_but_unclassified_information.pdf JUNE 2017 i POWER OUTAGE INCIDENT ANNEX Document Change Control Version Date Summary of Changes Name ii JUNE 2017 POWER OUTAGE INCIDENT ANNEX Table of Contents HANDLING INSTRUCTIONS ................................................................................. I INTENDED AUDIENCE ........................................................................................... I DOCUMENT CHANGE CONTROL ..................................................................... II TABLE OF CONTENTS ...................................................................................... III BASE ANNEX .............................................................................................................. 1 Situation ..................................................................................................................................... 1 Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 1 Purpose .................................................................................................................................... 3 Scope........................................................................................................................................ 4 Background .............................................................................................................................. 4 Interdependencies .................................................................................................................... 6 Threat ....................................................................................................................................... 7 Facts, Planning Assumptions, and Critical Considerations ...................................................... 7 Mission ...................................................................................................................................... 14 Execution .................................................................................................................................. 14 Concept of Operations ........................................................................................................... 15 Operational Coordination ...................................................................................................... 24 Operational Phases ................................................................................................................. 35 Critical Information Requirements ........................................................................................ 42 Essential Elements of Information ......................................................................................... 43 Administration, Resources, and Funding .............................................................................. 45 Administration ....................................................................................................................... 45 Resources ............................................................................................................................... 45 Funding .................................................................................................................................. 45 Oversight, Coordinating Instructions, and Communications .............................................. 47 Oversight ................................................................................................................................ 48 Coordinating Instructions ....................................................................................................... 48 Communications .................................................................................................................... 50 ANNEX A: ELECTRICITY DELIVERY ...........................................................51 Electricity Delivery .................................................................................................................. 51 Generation .............................................................................................................................. 51 Transmission .......................................................................................................................... 51 JUNE 2017 iii POWER OUTAGE INCIDENT ANNEX Distribution ............................................................................................................................ 53 APPENDIX 1: CORE CAPABILITY DECISIONS, REQUIREMENTS, AND TASKS .................................................................................................................... 54 Core Capability Considerations, Requirements, and Actions ............................................. 54 Executive Decisions .................................................................................................................. 61 APPENDIX 2: CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR INTERDEPENDENCIES ........................................................................................ 64 Lifeline Functions .................................................................................................................... 64 CI Sector Impacts .................................................................................................................... 65 DHS NPPD Infrastructure of Concern List........................................................................... 73 CI Sector Coordination and Information Management ....................................................... 73 ATTACHMENT 1 TO APPENDIX 2: CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR PARTNERS ............................................................................................. 77 APPENDIX 3: COMMUNICATIONS .................................................................. 95 Situation .................................................................................................................................... 95 Concept of Support .................................................................................................................. 95 Public Messaging ...................................................................................................................... 96 Operational Coordination ....................................................................................................... 99 Communications Working Group .......................................................................................... 99 National Joint Information Center ........................................................................................ 100 APPENDIX 4: ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ........................................ 101 APPENDIX 5: POWER OUTAGE MODELING CAPABILITIES AND TOOLS .................................................................................................................. 109 Modeling Tools ....................................................................................................................... 109 EAGLE-I .............................................................................................................................. 109 EARSS ................................................................................................................................. 110 HHS emPOWER Mapping Tool .......................................................................................... 111 EPFAT ................................................................................................................................. 112 EPRAM (National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center) .................................... 113 EPRAM (USACE) ............................................................................................................... 113 HAZUS-MH ......................................................................................................................... 114 iv JUNE 2017 POWER OUTAGE INCIDENT ANNEX MoDI ................................................................................................................................... 114 Situational Awareness Reporting ......................................................................................... 116 EAD ....................................................................................................................................