Runs an essential service, in Pennsylvania

Public Utility Preparedness Through Self Certification, 52 Pa. Code §§ 101.1 to 101.7 · Read the law's page

• Applies to a jurisdictional utility regulated by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, which you declare by stating that you operate an essential service; an entity regulated under the Federal Railroad Safety Act and the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act that filed its own certification of its own plans and compliance by August 10, 2005 is outside the chapter.
• Develop and maintain written physical security, cyber security, emergency response and business continuity plans.
• Include in the cyber security plan the critical functions requiring automated processing, appropriate backup for application software and data, alternative methods for meeting critical functional responsibilities without information technology, and the critical time period for each information system.
• Review and update the plans annually, maintain and implement an annual testing schedule, and define roles and responsibilities by individual or job function.
• File the Self Certification Form with the Commission when you file your Annual Financial Report or, for a utility not subject to that report, your Annual Assessment Report.