This survey will be aggregated, no individual response will be made available for any purpose, answers are consided confidential and will be treated as such. Completion of the survey entitles the submitter to a copy of the results.

For accuracy please do not use approximate numbers, if your utility does not keep counts, then please indicate that in the last question and you will be provided with a copy of the results for providing that information.

This survey is the first in a series designed to update information that is now almost 20 years old on outage causes and cost of distribution systems. It will be used to create one or more white papers that will be available to all participating utilities.

The aggregated data from this survey will be used in one or more IEEE papers and other public presentations to help people understand "why outages happen".

The survey is looking for up to 5 years of data, total counts, not averages please. Please put the range of years for your outage information in the comments box at the end of the survey.

If you are not the right person, please forward this to the right person in your organization.

Thank you in advance for your time.

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* 1. Name

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* 2. Your role in your company?

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* 3. Company Name?

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* 4. Email Address

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* 5. Are you willing to take follow up questions for clarification of the data?

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* 6. How many major events (e.g. storms, earthquakes, forest fires, etc.) are covered in your response? (A major event is as defined by your state regulator or if there is no state definition, than includes loss of power to 10 percent of your customers).

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