RRC Hosts Emergency Operations Plan Webinar on June 29

The Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) will host a webinar entitled Emergency Operations Plan: Requirements and Filing at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, June 29, 2022.

This webinar will inform operators of facilities that: (1) produce, treat, process, pressurize, store, or transport natural gas; and (2) are included on the Texas Electricity Supply Chain Security and Mapping Committee map on the requirement to submit an Emergency Operations Plan to the Commission pursuant to Texas Utilities Code §186.008. These operators should have received a letter from RRC dated May 23, 2022, requiring an Emergency Operations Plan to be submitted to the RRC no later than August 1, 2022.

Texas Utilities Code § 186.008 requires the RRC to analyze the Emergency Operations Plans of operators who meet the statute’s criteria and prepare a weather emergency preparedness report to be submitted to the Legislature.

The webinar is free, but registration is required. Registrants are required to be a company under RRC jurisdiction, such as an oil and gas operator or pipeline operator with an active Organization Report (Form P-5) or a Local Distribution Company (LDC). Also, registrants are required to register using their work email address. To register, visit the Zoom website at https://www.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_SsI9Z7LTQyGgBjwqZ7YUMg.