Safety Rules and PSSIs

The ScottishPower Safety Rules and support documentation is provided to ensure that work can be undertaken safely on or near ScottishPower’s electrical and mechanical equipment.

They are published for a target audience of third party companies with staff authorised to ScottishPower Safety Rules, Distribution Network Operators and Generator Operators.

Click a column header to sort the items in alphanumerical order by a particular column. All documents are in PDF format.

Safety Rules

Document	Issue	Document Title	Date
N/A	4ii	Scottish Power Safety Rules (Electrical & Mechanical) 4th Edition	2017-06-26

Power Systems Safety Instructions (PSSIs)

Document	Issue	Document Title	Date
OPSAF-10-001 PSSI 1	8	High Voltage Switching	2016-08-12
OPSAF-10-002 PSSI 2	4	Earthing High Voltage Apparatus for Work or Testing	2015-10-26
OPSAF-10-003 PSSI 3	3	High Voltage Metal-Enclosed  Switchgear	2015-10-26
OPSAF-10-004 PSSI 4	5	High Voltage Overhead Lines - Work on Phase Conductors	2016-08-12
OPSAF-10-005 PSSI 5	3	Work or Testing on HV Cable Systems including Cables Subject to Induced Voltage	2015-10-26
OPSAF-10-006 PSSI 6	5	Demarcation of Work Areas in Substations	2017-02-28
OPSAF-10-007 PSSI 7	2	Access to High Voltage Compartments and Structures	2015-10-26
OPSAF-10-008 PSSI 8	2	Access Equipment, Cranes, Vehicles and Long Objects in Substations	2015-10-26
OPSAF-10-009 PSSI 9	3	Testing High Voltage Apparatus	2015-10-26
OPSAF-10-010 PSSI 10	3	Plant and Apparatus containing Sulphur Hexafluoride (SF6)	2016-08-10
OPSAF-10-011 PSSI 11	2	High Voltage Static Capacitors	2015-10-26
OPSAF-10-012 PSSI 12	4	Low Voltage Apparatus	2015-10-26
OPSAF-10-014 PSSI 14	2	Automatically or Remotely Controlled Plant and Apparatus	2015-10-26
OPSAF-10-016 PSSI 16	2	High Voltage Overhead Lines - Work on Towers, Poles, High Structures and Earthwires	2015-10-26
OPSAF-10-017 PSSI 17	4	Work on or Testing of a Customer's Installation and the Control of Safety from the System at the Energy Networks / Customer Boundary	2017-07-21
OPSAF-10-018 PSSI 18	2	Transformers	2015-10-26
OPSAF-10-025 PSSI 25	2	Work on or Testing of Pole Mounted Substations Supplying Equipment on Steel Towers or Structures	2015-10-26
OPSAF-10-027 PSSI 27	1	Work or Testing on or near to High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) Plant and Apparatus	2016-12-23
OPSAF-10-028 PSSI 28	2	Overhead Travelling Cranes	2015-10-26
OPSAF-10-035 PSSI 35	2	Fire Protection Equipment	2015-10-26
OPSAF-10-036 PSSI 36	2	General Confined Spaces, Tunnels, Culverts and Similar Spaces	2015-10-26

Safety Rules and PSSI 2015 Update Presentation 

Document Title	Date
Safety Rules and PSSI 2015 Update Presentation (with speaker notes)	2015-11-04

Safety Rules and PSSI Update Presentation 2015 with Voiceover