An Introduction to
Crisis and Disaster
Management for
Power Sector
(April 2013)
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CRISIS:
An Event of Acute Danger which can
cause sudden disruption of power
supply
Caused either due to human error,
equipment failure or sabotage.
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DISASTER:
Event which brings disruption to
normal life including power supply
Such situations are of greater
calamity.
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Role of Central/State Govts.
• Administrative response to disasters is by
and large responsibility of concerned
state govt and/or state utilities i.e.
Discoms
• Intervention of Central govt. is sought in
case of disasters of large mangnitude.
• For power sector the term disaster is
synonymous with crisis.
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Objectives & Scope of DMP
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It encompassed activities that enable utilities to:
a. Plan for
b. Quickly respond
c. Recover from Disaster viz. Earthquake,
Floods/cloud burst, cyclones, Hurricanes and
crisis viz.
i. Terrorist threat/attack & sabotage
ii. Bomb threats & Explosion
iii. Strike
iv. Fire
v. Cyber Threats
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Contd.
Objectives & Scope of DMP
2. Improve state of preparedness to meet any
contingency
3. Reduce response time in organizing
assistance
4. Identification of resources, man-power and
equipment needed to make the plant
operational
5. Making optimum use of combined resources
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Outline of Topics
Causes of Disaster & Crisis in
Power Sector
• Natural calamities
• Man made Crisis situation
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Outline of Topics
Major areas prone to crisis,
disaster in power sector
•Thermal Power Stations
•Hydro Power Stations
•Electricity Grids, Load Despatch Centres
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Disaster Management Plan for
Natural Calamities
Disaster Zoning for
Natural Calamities
• Zoning for Earthquakes
• Zoning for wind load
• Flood Plain Zoning
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Contd.
Disaster Management Plan for
Natural Calamities
Structure of 4 Tier Disaster Management
System
• Composition, responsibilities of
Central/Regional/State/Plant level, Disaster
Management Groups
• Inter-Group relationship in Disaster Management
System
• Response Elements
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Contd.
Disaster Management Plan for
Natural Calamities
DMP for Hydro Electric Stations
• Heavy Rainfall/storm in catchment
• Landslide in reservoirs
• Flooding in Power Houses
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Contd.
Disaster Management Plan for
Natural Calamities
• DMP : Thermal Power Plants, Failure of
Electricity Grids, Restoration of
transmission lines, sub-stations and Load
Despatch Centres (LDCs)
• Measures for quick restoration of Power
Supply
• Setting up of Control Rooms
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Crisis Management Plan
• Terrorists attack, bomb explosion,
Physical Security Aspects
• Safety measures for avoiding damage
due to fire/explosion
• Strikes by Plant Personnel
• Training Needs
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Contd.
Crisis Management Plan
• Emergency Safety Equipment
• Facilities required to tackle any
crisis/disaster, disaster management
audit
• Details of Nodal officers designated
by utilities for crisis and disaster
management
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C&DM of Power Sector
Apart from concerned CPSUs
representatives of State GENCOs &
IPPs also included in Committee
Review of C&DMP OF POWER SECTOR
•Incorporating provisions of DM Act (2005)
•Guidelines of NDMA
•Other related aspects
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Contd.
C&DM of Power Sector (Contd.)
 To formulate mechanism for
annual updation
 Implementation of observations
of DM audit
 National Policy on Disaster
Management 2009
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Role of POSOCO/NLDC
MoP, in 2009 NLDC declared Central Control Room
by
MoP
in
case
of
Natural
&
Man
made
emergencies/disasters.
ED
SO/NLDC designated as Nodal Officer
to
coordinate for dissemination of information as per
directions of CDMG
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Issues for consideration
• Mechanism for DM Audit for C&DMP of
utilities
• Effectiveness of Mock Drills by utilities
• Uploading of Non-secret part of C&DMP on
public domain
• Capacity building for handling crisis &
conducting workshop in association with
NIDM etc.
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Action by CEA
 C&DMP to be revised periodically
 IPPs/utilities brought in the purview of C&DMP
 Updated detailed list of designated Nodal
Officers by various utilities.
 Details of 24 X 7 Control Rooms incorporated in
the revised document with following three tier
approach
Contd.
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Action by CEA (Contd.)
 Aspect on C&DMP for on going Projects Particularly Boarder Areas
incorporated
 Quarterly reports are studied and furnished to MoP
 Flow chart of information in crisis situation
 Dos & Don’ts to be adopted by general public and general
information to be put on public domain
 Dissemination of information and media management
 Aspects related to cyber security included
 Advisory issued to Utilities and State government for Preparation of
DM Plans
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Action by Utilities
 C&DMP to be prepared and updated
regularly
 Capacity building and training by
networking with knowledge based
institutions to be included in
document
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Contd.
Action by Utilities(Contd.)
 Role/responsibilities of various utilities as
per DM Act 2005 and National Policy on
Disaster Management 2009 to be
incorporation in the revised document
 In line with the directions of Secretary
(Security), Cabinet Secretariat
 Mock Drills to be conducted by utilities &
report submitted to CEA/MoP.
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THANKS
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