City of Vero Beach

NERC Reliability Standard CIP-001-0

Sabotage Reporting Procedure

Purpose

The intent of this procedure is to provide guidance on how to recognize actual or attempted sabotage events, and help provide the proper response to any such events.

Scope

The procedure provides guidance for the City of Vero Beach (COVB) personnel to aid in determining the proper way to respond to any type of sabotage, whether it’s from terrorists, disgruntled customers, disgruntled employees, or just pranksters.

Policy

In adherence with the portion of the COVB Power Plant Mission Statement, which states: “to generate and distribute electricity in a fiscal responsible and environmentally sensitive manner,” COVB personnel will familiarize themselves with this procedure and be prepared to properly respond to a suspected sabotage event.

General

City of Vero Beach recognizes that in today’s society, sabotage events are a real possibility that can come from a variety of sources. Whether it’s from terrorists, disgruntled customers, disgruntled employees, or just pranksters, COVB realizes the importance of being prepared for any actual or attempted sabotage events. COVB has composed this Sabotage Reporting Procedure in an attempt to prepare for the quick identification of an actual sabotage event and to have a process in place to aid in the quick reporting of the event to the proper authorities. This procedure is intended to provide guidance to COVB employees in an attempt to quickly identify and possibly prevent a sabotage event from occurring. It is also intended to provide guidance on how to quickly report any sabotage events in an effort to diminish the event’s effect on the power system and COVB’s customers.

Prevention

In order to make the best possible attempt to prevent a sabotage event, COVB employs the following safeguards:

Transmission & Distribution Building: The Transmission & Distribution is secured by a fence that surrounds the entire perimeter. All gates are locked at all times. The main access gates at the northeast and southeast corner of the main building are operated by a card reader system or the Electric Operations Dispatchers located on the top floor of the main building. The dispatch center is manned 24 hours a day. The entire perimeter of the building is monitored via camera feeds into the dispatch center. The main entrance door is monitored via camera fed and also has an intercom system that allows communication with the dispatch center.

Power Plant: The City of Vero Beach Power Plant is secured by a fence that surrounds the entire perimeter. All gates are locked at all times. The main access gate and the front door have a card reader system and phone system both monitored from the Main office and Control Room. COVB personnel man the power plant 24 hours a day 7 days a week.

Substations: All substations are secured by eight-foot chain link fences consisting of seven feet of fabric and one foot of barbed wire. The control houses employ alarm contacts on the doors that send an alarm to the Electric Operations Dispatcher via the SCADA system.

Transmission & Distribution Lines: The nature of power lines makes it more difficult to secure the areas where they are located. While some of COVB’s lines are located in secure areas, for the most part, it is necessary that they be located in areas that can’t be secured. For this reason, COVB employs a policy of quick identification of power line sabotage events rather than deterrence. COVB line crews are taught to identify sabotage related signs such as loose or missing securing hardware or structural members, broken or cut guy wires, and unidentified objects that are not part of the structures, etc.

Sabotage Event Identification

It is critical to quickly identify that a sabotage event has occurred and then expediently analyze the damage caused by the event and report the details to the Electric Operations Dispatcher in order to diminish the effect of a sabotage event.

Transmission & Distribution Building: If a sabotage event occurs at the Transmission & Distribution Building, the Electric Operations Dispatcher must quickly identify the event and will then activate the Sabotage Reporting Procedure. The Electric Operations Dispatcher will then report the details to the Transmission & Distribution Director. Since not all sabotage events will be determined to be related to sabotage, it is necessary that the Electric Operations Dispatcher be cognizant of the event’s nature and report any suspicious events. It is better to report an event that is later determined not to be sabotage related than to fail to report an event that is later determined to be sabotage related.

Power Plant: If a sabotage event occurs at the City of Vero Beach Power Plant, the plant operators must quickly identify the event and report the details to the Watch Engineer who will report the event to the Power Plant Director. The Watch Engineer will then activate the Sabotage Reporting Procedure. Since not all sabotage events will be readily determined to be related to sabotage, it is necessary that the plant operators be cognizant of the event’s nature and report any suspicious events to the Watch Engineer. It is better to report an event that is later determined not to be sabotage related than to fail to report an event that is later determined to be sabotage related.

Substations: Whenever an operation of substation equipment occurs that fails to rectify itself through the operation of the protective relays and reclosure devices, it’s the policy of COVB for the Electric Operations Dispatcher to contact the on-call Substation/Relay SCADA Technician who will travel to the substation to check out the operation. The Substation/Relay SCADA Technicians have been trained to methodically check out all of the substation equipment and perimeter to assure that the area is secure. They will quickly report their findings to the Electric Operations Dispatcher who will activate the Sabotage Reporting Procedure if sabotage is suspected.

Transmission & Distribution Lines: Whenever a power line operation occurs that fails to rectify itself through the operation of the protective relays and reclosure devices, it’s the policy of COVB for the Electric Operations Dispatcher to contact the on-call Electric Line Specialist personnel who will ride out and inspect the lines to determine the cause of the operation. The Electric Line Specialist personnel have been trained to methodically check out all power lines that may be related to the outage, usually beginning at the substation. When the cause of the operation has been determined, the Electric Line Specialist will quickly report their findings to the Electric Operations Dispatcher who will activate the Sabotage Reporting Procedure if sabotage is suspected.

Sabotage Reporting Procedure:

When a situation exists where there is a reasonable chance that sabotage attempt or actual event has occurred, the Electric Operations Dispatcher will notify the following agencies and personnel in the order listed below:

1. Either:

a)City of Vero Beach Police Department (772) 978-4604

b) Indian River Sheriff’s Department (772) 978-6240

The decision of which agency to contact will depend on the location of the substation where the suspected sabotage event has occurred:

  • The following substations are within the jurisdiction of City of Vero Beach
  • Sub 1 – Power Plant ; 100-17th Street
  • Sub 5 – Piper; 2550 Piper Drive
  • Sub 6 – North; 3155 41st Street
  • Sub 10 – Central Beach; 1755 Club Drive
  • The following substations are within the jurisdiction of Indian River County Sheriff’s Department
  • Sub 3– Mall; 58th Ave & 26th Street
  • Sub 7 – West; 1810 58th Ave.
  • Sub 8 – South; 700 1st Place
  • Sub 9 – North Beach; 199 Fred Tuerk Drive
  • Sub 11 – South Beach; 505 South Hwy A1A
  • Sub 20 – County Line; 2433 1st Ave. S.E.

2. Notify the 911 Communication Center, so they can respond as required.

3. We will also contact the neighboring electric utilities so that they can be warned to be on guard for similar acts of sabotage on their systems:

FPL SCADA Dispatcher305-442-5739

FPUA Dispatcher772-466-1600 ext. 6209

OUC SCADA Dispatcher407-387-4045 or 407-384-4043

(Note: COVB is part of the FMPP Power Pool and the OUC is our Balancing Authority.)

4.Notify the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Local Office – 772 461-6142 (Kit Wilcox) or Miami Office – 305-944-9101.

  1. Notify COVB Transmission & Distribution Director (who will notify the Utility Director if required).

6.Notify COVB emergency personnel “on call,” if after normal working hours to report to work to restore service, if required.

7.Notify the FRCC Reliability Coordinator (if the event has an effect on the Bulk Power System) – (305) 442-5748.

8.Notify the FRCC Manager of Reliability – (813) 289-5644

  • Notification of the FRCC Manager of Reliability will be determined by the COVB Electric Transmission & Distribution Director or Executive Management, depending on the severity of the incident and after sabotage has been determined to be the cause.
  • All contact numbers are located on the COVB intranet under “COVB Phone Book”

When the power system is stable and the emergency notifications have taken place, it is necessary to enter a message describing the sabotage event or suspected sabotage event into the FTMS system. The message will then need to be sent to all ROG members. (To be completed by OUC dispatcher.)

NOTIFICATION TO DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

A report to the Department of Energy Emergency Operations Center is necessary when the events below occur. The attached Form EIA-417 outlines the appropriate reporting procedures for the following conditions:

1.Actual or suspected physical attacks that could impact electric power system adequacy or reliability; or vandalism which target components of any security systems; and,

2.Actual or suspected cyber or communications attacks that could impact electric power system adequacy or vulnerability.

The DOE Emergency Operations Center (202) 586-8100 shall be notified as soon as practicable without undue interference with service restoration and, in any event, within 1 hour after the beginning of the interruption.

COVB will fill out and submit the United States Department of Energy, Office of Energy Emergency Operations, Power System Emergency Report Form EIA-417. (This form is also available on the Internet at ftp://ftp.eia.doe.gov/pub/pdf/electricity/insteia417.doc.)

Review

The procedure will be reviewed annually and updated as needed.

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