{"abstract":"The Rural Utilities Service (RUS), an agency delivering the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development Utilities Programs, is amending its regulations on Electric System Operations and Maintenance to require electric program distribution, generation and transmission borrowers to expand a currently established Emergency Restoration Plan (ERP), or, if no ERP is currently established, to create an ERP. The ERP shall detail how the borrower will restore its system in the event of a system-wide outage resulting from a major natural or manmade disaster or other causes. The ERP shall include preventative measures and procedures for emergency recovery from physical and cyber attacks to the borrower's electric systems and core businesses, and shall also address Homeland Security concerns. This additional requirement is not entirely new to borrowers as RUS has recommended similar \"plans\" in the past. RUS Bulletin 1730-1, \"Electric System Operation and Maintenance (O&M),\" provides language addressing the security of RUS borrowers' electric systems.","action":"Final rule.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Rural Utilities Service","name":"Rural Utilities Service","id":460,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/rural-utilities-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/460","parent_id":12,"slug":"rural-utilities-service"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2004/10/12/04-22779.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":1730,"title":7}],"citation":"69 FR 60537","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"This rule is effective October 12, 2004. Borrowers of RUS loan funds will have until July 12, 2005 to certify that they have performed a Vulnerability and Risk Assessment, and January 12, 2006 to certify that they have an ERP. The completion of the first Exercise of the ERP must occur on or before January 12, 2007.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":[],"dockets":[],"document_number":"04-22779","effective_on":"2004-10-12","end_page":60542,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2004/10/12/04-22779.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2004/10/12/04-22779/electric-system-emergency-restoration-plan","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/04-22779?publication_date=2004-10-12","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2004-10-12/04-22779/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":6,"page_views":{"count":338,"last_updated":"2026-07-26 12:15:03 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2004-10-12/pdf/04-22779.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"2004-10-12","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2004/10/12/04-22779.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{"0572-AB92":{"issue":"200404","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/regulations/0572-AB92/electric-system-emergency-restoration-plan","title":"Electric System Emergency Restoration Plan","xml_url":"http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaViewRule?pubId=200404&RIN=0572-AB92&operation=OPERATION_EXPORT_XML","priority_category":"Substantive, Nonsignificant"}},"regulation_id_numbers":["0572-AB92"],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2011-11-12T13:59:06Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":false,"signing_date":null,"start_page":60537,"subtype":null,"title":"Electric System Emergency Restoration Plan","toc_doc":"Electricity System Emergency Restoration Plan","toc_subject":"Electric loans:","topics":["Electric power","Loan programs-energy","Reporting and recordkeeping requirements","Rural areas"],"type":"Rule","volume":69}