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County adds public-safety power shutoff annex to emergency plan after coordination with utilities
Summary
Emergency management staff presented a new annex describing county procedures and roles for responding to pre-planned public-safety power shutoffs (PSPS). The board endorsed placing the annex into the county Emergency Operations Plan and asked staff to continue utility coordination, including with Xcel Energy and local cooperatives.
Arapahoe County’s Office of Emergency Management presented a new public-safety power shutoff annex to the county Emergency Operations Plan that spells out how county agencies will prepare for, coordinate during and respond to planned electric outages driven by wildfire or other high-risk conditions.
Nate Fogg, the county’s emergency manager, said the annex was developed after recent PSPS operations in neighboring jurisdictions and after engagement with utilities and the Colorado Public Utilities Commission. He…
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