3.1. National procedures and measures

(a)

Describe procedures to be followed in the cases of an electricity crisis, including the corresponding schemes on information flows;

(b)

Describe preventive and preparatory measures;

(c)

Describe measures to mitigate electricity crises, in particular demand-side and supply-side measures, whilst indicating in which circumstances such measures can be used especially the trigger of each measure. Where non-market-based measures are considered, they must be duly justified in light of the requirements laid down in Article 16 and must comply with regional and, where applicable, bilateral measures;

(d)

Provide a framework for manual load shedding, stipulating under which circumstances loads are to be shed. Specify with regard to public safety and personal security which categories of electricity users are entitled to receive special protection against disconnection, and justify the need for such protection. Specify how the transmission system operators and the distribution system operators should act in order to decrease the consumption;

(e)

Describe the mechanisms used to inform the public about the electricity crisis.