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NORTH CAROLINA
ENERGY EMERGENCY PLAN
2003 REVISION
State Energy Office
North Carolina Department of Administration
FINAL DRAFT North Carolina Energy Emergency Plan
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Address inquiries to:
Larry E. Shirley, Director
State Energy Office
1830A Tillery Place
Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
919 733 1889
http://www.energync.net
Sponsored by the State Energy Office, North Carolina Department of Administration and the U.S. Department of
Energy, with State Energy Program funds. This document was prepared in cooperation with the National
Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO). However, any opinions, findings, conclusions, or
recommendations expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of either the
North Carolina Department of Administration or the U.S. Department of Energy.
M. Frank Bishop
Executive Director, National Association of State Energy Officials
Donald E. Milsten, Ph.D.
Senior Energy Associate
FINAL DRAFT North Carolina Energy Emergency Plan
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Periodic Review and Check Off
Semi-Annual Review for updating contact information,
law and rule changes and energy-related circumstances.
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Consider Plan Up-Date and Re-Write at Five Year Anniversary
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FINAL DRAFT North Carolina Energy Emergency Plan
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents............................................................................................................................................... iv
Introduction ......................................................................................................................................................... 1
Purpose and Use of This Plan ............................................................................................................................................................. 1
Legal Authority and Procedures.......................................................................................................................................................... 1
How to Use This Document.................................................................................................................................................................. 2
Overview ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 2
Section 1 - Energy Response Matrix................................................................................................................. 5
How to Identify the Onset of a Shortage............................................................................................................................................. 5
Four Categories of Energy Shortage.................................................................................................................................................. 5
Four Phases of Response.................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Section 2 - Energy Vulnerability Assessment ................................................................................................ 11
Introduction......................................................................................................................................................................................... 11
Demographic Vulnerability................................................................................................................................................................. 11
Energy Source Vulnerability .............................................................................................................................................................. 12
Petroleum......................................................................................................................................................................................... 12
Electricity.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 13
Natural Gas ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 15
State Rules .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 16
Section 3 - Principal Stakeholders .................................................................................................................. 17
Introduction......................................................................................................................................................................................... 17
Electricity............................................................................................................................................................................................. 17
Investor-Owned Electric Utilities....................................................................................................................................................... 17
Cooperatives .................................................................................................................................................................................... 18
Municipal Owned Facilities............................................................................................................................................................... 18
Regional Transmission Organization ............................................................................................................................................... 19
Managing Power Outage ................................................................................................................................................................. 19
Restoration of Electric Power in the Event of Transmission or Distribution Interruption................................................................... 20
Natural Gas.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 21
State Regulated Natural Gas Distribution Companies ..................................................................................................................... 21
Municipal Gas Companies ............................................................................................................................................................... 22
Overview of Steps Taken During a Loss of Natural Gas .................................................................................................................. 22
Load Distribution .............................................................................................................................................................................. 23
Load Distribution Illustration ............................................................................................................................................................. 23
Natural Gas Shortage or Crisis ........................................................................................................................................................ 24
Physical Interruption......................................................................................................................................................................... 24
Petroleum ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 27
Overview .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 27
Petroleum Associations.................................