Emergency Planning Guide for Utilities

Sam Mullen has more than 30 years experience in utility operations, planning, and management. He is the author of three books on contingency and emergency planning and technical communications, including Emergency Planning Guide for Utilities 1st and 2nd Editions, and Critical Communications: An Operations Guide for Business. After a long career in power system operations and system control, Mullen founded MPS in 1994, a practice working primarily with utilities. Sam consults on a full range of projects involving power system emergencies, EMS and SCADA operating procedures, information technology, business process design, computer applications and controls, communications, and regulatory compliance.

• Introduction and Use of the Guide. Introduction. Past, Present, and Future of Emergency Planning. Looking Back. Where Are We Now? What Can We Expect? Methods and Dynamics of Emergency Planning. Risk Studies and Analysis. Emergency Planning Guidelines. Training and Exercising. Emergency Communications. Special Supplement: Emergency Planning for Public Power Utilities. Exhibits. Exhibits Summary. Index.