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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".07" citation="COMAR 20.50.12.07" title_num="20" subtitle_num="50" chapter_num="12" heading="Downed Wire Response Standard.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Considering data for normal and major outage event conditions for a calendar year, each utility shall respond to a government emergency responder guarded downed electric utility wire within 3 hours after notification by a fire department, police department, or 911 emergency dispatcher at least 90 percent of the time.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>If a utility fails to satisfy the standard in §A of this regulation during the previous calendar year, it shall provide a corrective action plan, preferably in its annual performance report but by no later than April 1.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Each utility shall coordinate its response to a government emergency responder guarded downed electric wire consistent with any program established by a fire department, police department, or 911 emergency dispatcher.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Each utility shall exercise reasonable care to reduce the potential hazard caused by a downed electric wire to which its employees, its customers, and the general public may be subjected.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>