Acceptance Test Procedures. Seller acknowledges that: (aa) Company has multiple on-going projects with other developers as well as its own capital improvement projects; (bb) Company has limited resources to provide engineering oversight (such as review of plans) to such projects and to participate in the testing of such projects; (cc) in order for Company to accommodate such oversight and testing, it is necessary for Company to sequentially allocate its resources for each project a year or more in advance; (dd) the result is a queue of such projects that reflects the scheduling commitments of Company's resources to conduct such oversight and to participate in such testing; (ee) if a project is behind the schedule on which Company's resources have been scheduled for the oversight of such project, or if a project is not ready for testing at the time Company's resources have been scheduled for the testing of such project, or if a project does not complete testing within the period for which Company's resources have been scheduled for such testing, the progress of projects later in the queue may be adversely affected; (ff) the Test Ready Deadline that is set forth in Attachment K-1 (Seller's Conditions Precedent and Company Milestones) reflects the scheduling commitment of Company's resources to (i) conduct the oversight necessary to facilitate Seller's achievement of that Test Ready Deadline, (ii) commence the Acceptance Test on the Acceptance Testing Milestone Date that is set forth in Attachment K-1 (Seller's Conditions Precedent and Company Milestones) and (iii) thereafter participate in the Control System Acceptance Test; and (gg) the Project will lose its place in the queue and will be assigned a new Acceptance Testing Milestone Date for commencement of the Acceptance Test that will be behind the other projects then in the queue if (i) the Seller fails to satisfy any of the conditions precedent set forth in Section f(ii) of this Attachment G (Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities) within the time period specified therein for the task in question or, if no time period is specified therein, by the Test Ready Deadline, (ii) the Seller fails to satisfy any of the Seller's Conditions Precedent set forth in Attachment K-1 (Seller's Conditions Precedent and Company Milestones) and/or (iii) the Acceptance Test and the Control System Acceptance Test are not satisfactorily completed within the time allotted to complete such testing. The Conduct of the Acceptance Test is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent within the time period specified below for the task in question or, if no time period is specified, by the Test Ready Deadline that is set forth in Attachment K-1 Seller's Conditions Precedent and Company Milestones): Final Single-Line Drawing, and notes, has received Company's written consent pursuant to Section 1(a)(i) (Single-Line Drawing, Interface Block Diagram, Relay List, Relay Settings and Trip Scheme) of Attachment B (Facility Owned by Seller) to this Agreement. Final Relay List and Trip Scheme have received Company's written consent pursuant to Section 1(a)(i) (Single-Line Drawing, Interface Block Diagram, Relay List, Relay Settings and Trip Scheme) of Attachment B (Facility Owned by Seller) to this Agreement. Final Interface Block Diagram has received Company consent pursuant to Section 1(a)(i) (Single-Line Drawing, Interface Block Diagram, Relay List, Relay Settings and Trip Scheme) of Attachment B (Facility Owned by Seller) to this Agreement. Final Control System Telemetry and Control List has received Company consent. Final phasor measurement unit (PMU) devices, if applicable, have received Company consent. Control system design and tunable parameters reviewed and mutually agreed upon as needed to meet the Company requirements in accordance with Attachment B (Facility Owned by Seller) Performance Standards. Agreement on Active Power Control Interface. No later than 14 Days prior to commencement of the Acceptance Test: •• Seller shall have certified to Company that Seller-Owned Interconnection Facilities have been installed and commissioned and such certification has not, prior to the commencement of the Acceptance Test, been subsequently challenged by Company on the basis of on-site observations made by the Company's representatives following the walk-through to be conducted pursuant to Section 2(f)(iii) of this Attachment G (Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities). •• Seller shall have certified to Company that any Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities built by Seller (and/or its Contractors) have been installed and commissioned and such certification has not, prior to the commencement of the Acceptance Test, been subsequently challenged by Company on the basis of on-site observations made by the Company's representatives following the walk-through to be conducted pursuant to Section 2(f)(iii) of this Attachment G (Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities). Any Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities not built by or on behalf of Seller have been installed and commissioned. No later than 7 Days prior to the commencement of the Acceptance Test, Seller and Company shall have participated in walk-through of fully constructed Interconnection Facilities. Redlined as-built drawings of the Seller-Owned Interconnection Facilities and any of the Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities built by Seller (and/or its Contractors) shall have been provided to Company. Continuous power is being supplied to Company's protection and SCADA equipment. Not less than four (4) weeks prior to the commencement of the Acceptance Test, the high speed communication lines required under this Agreement have been commissioned and are ready for use. Not less than two (2) weeks prior to the commencement of the Acceptance Test, Seller and Company have participated in an on-Site Acceptance Test coordination meeting. Seller shall provide Company with at least fourteen (14) Days advance written notice of the commencement of the Acceptance Test. The Acceptance Test will be conducted on Business Days during normal business hours and may take a minimum of 30 Days to complete. No electric energy will be delivered from Seller to Company during the Acceptance Test. No later than thirty (30) Days prior to conducting the Acceptance Test, Company and Seller shall agree on a written protocol setting out the detailed procedure and criteria for passing the Acceptance Test. Attachment N (Acceptance Test General Criteria) provides general criteria to be included in the written protocol for the Acceptance Test. At the time that Seller provides its 14-Day notice of the Acceptance Test to Company, Seller shall concurrently schedule a site walk-through of the Facility with Company to occur no later than seven (7) Days prior to the Acceptance Test. Seller's 14-Day notice to Company of the Acceptance Test shall constitute its certification that (i) the completion of the installation and commissioning of the Seller-Owned Interconnection Facilities and the Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities built by Seller (and/or its Contractors) and (ii) a walk-through by Company shall demonstrate, to Company's reasonable satisfaction, Seller's readiness to commence with the Acceptance Test. If, after the site walk-through, Company representatives reasonably determine that Seller is not ready to commence with the Acceptance Test, the Project will lose its place in the queue and will be assigned a new Test Ready Deadline and a new Acceptance Testing Milestone Date that will be behind the other projects then in the queue. In the meantime, Seller shall remediate the deficiencies identified by Company, and the process described in this Section 1(f) (Acceptance Test Procedures) of Attachment G (Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities), shall commence again until Seller's readiness for the Acceptance Test is demonstrated to Company's reasonable satisfaction. Successful completion of the Acceptance Test requires successful completion of each of the individual tests that comprise the Acceptance Test. Retesting of any individual test constitutes as restart of the Acceptance Test if such retesting is required because of a prior failure of such individual test or because of a prior test could not be completed because of a problem with the Facility. Within fifteen (15) Business Days of completion of the Acceptance Test and Company's receipt of the final report setting forth the results of the Acceptance Test, Company shall notify Seller in writing whether the Acceptance Test has been passed and, if so, the date upon which the Acceptance Test was passed. Company will be present when the Acceptance Test is conducted, and Seller shall promptly correct any deficiencies identified during the Acceptance Test. Seller will be responsible for the cost of Company personnel (and/or Company contractors) performing the duties (such as reviewing the Plans and reviewing the construction) necessary for Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities to be constructed by Seller (and/or its Contractors). If Company (i) does not make any inspection or test, (ii) does not discover defective workmanship, materials or equipment, or (iii) accepts Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities (that were constructed by Seller and or its Contractors), such action or inaction shall not relieve Seller from its obligation to do and complete the work in accordance with the Plans approved by Company.
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Samples: Power Purchase Agreement, Power Purchase Agreement, Power Purchase Agreement
Acceptance Test Procedures. Seller acknowledges that: (aa) Company has multiple on-going projects with other developers as well as its own capital improvement projects; (bb) Company has limited resources to provide engineering oversight (such as review of plans) to such projects and to participate in the testing of such projects; (cc) in order for Company to accommodate such oversight and testing, it is necessary for Company to sequentially allocate its resources for each project a year or more in advance; (dd) the result is a queue of such projects that reflects the scheduling commitments of Company's resources to conduct such oversight and to participate in such testing; (ee) if a project is behind the schedule on which Company's resources have been scheduled for the oversight of such project, or if a project is not ready for testing at the time Company's resources have been scheduled for the testing of such project, or if a project does not complete testing within the period for which Company's resources have been scheduled for such testing, the progress of projects later in the queue may be adversely affected; (ff) the Test Ready Deadline that is set forth in Attachment K-1 (Seller's Conditions Precedent and Company Milestones) reflects the scheduling commitment of Company's resources to (i) conduct the oversight necessary to facilitate Seller's achievement of that Test Ready Deadline, (ii) commence the Acceptance Test on the Acceptance Testing Milestone Date that is set forth in Attachment K-1 (Seller's Conditions Precedent and Company Milestones) and (iii) thereafter participate in the Control System Acceptance Test; and (gg) the Project will lose its place in the queue and will be assigned a new Acceptance Testing Milestone Date for commencement of the Acceptance Test that will be behind the other projects then in the queue if (i) the Seller fails to satisfy any of the conditions precedent set forth in Section f(ii2(f)(ii) of this Attachment G (Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities) within the time period specified therein for the task in question or, if no time period is specified therein, by the Test Ready Deadline, (ii) the Seller fails to satisfy any of the Seller's Conditions Precedent set forth in Attachment K-1 (Seller's Conditions Precedent and Company Milestones) and/or (iii) the Acceptance Test and the Control System Acceptance Test are not satisfactorily completed within the time allotted to complete such testing. The Conduct of the Acceptance Test is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent within the time period specified below for the task in question or, if no time period is specified, by the Test Ready Deadline that is set forth in Attachment K-1 (Seller's Conditions Precedent and Company Milestones): Final Single-Line Drawing, and notes, has received Company's written consent pursuant to Section 1(a)(i) (Single-Line Drawing, Interface Block Diagram, Relay List, Relay Settings and Trip Scheme) of Attachment B (Facility Owned by Seller) to this Agreement. Final Relay List and Trip Scheme have received Company's written consent pursuant to Section 1(a)(i) (Single-Line Drawing, Interface Block Diagram, Relay List, Relay Settings and Trip Scheme) of Attachment B (Facility Owned by Seller) to this Agreement. Final Interface Block Diagram has received Company consent pursuant to Section 1(a)(i) (Single-Line Drawing, Interface Block Diagram, Relay List, Relay Settings and Trip Scheme) of Attachment B (Facility Owned by Seller) to this Agreement. Final Control System Telemetry and Control List has received Company consent. Final phasor measurement unit (PMU) devices, if applicable, have received Company consent. Control system design and tunable parameters reviewed and mutually agreed upon as needed to meet the Company requirements in accordance with Attachment B (Facility Owned by Seller) Performance Standards. Agreement on Active Power Control Interface. No later than 14 Days prior to commencement of the Acceptance Test: •• Seller shall have certified to Company that Seller-Owned Interconnection Facilities have been installed and commissioned and such certification has not, prior to the commencement of the Acceptance Test, been subsequently challenged by Company on the basis of on-site observations made by the Company's representatives following the walk-through to be conducted pursuant to Section 2(f)(iii) of this Attachment G (Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities). •• Seller shall have certified to Company that any Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities built by Seller (and/or its Contractors) have been installed and commissioned and such certification has not, prior to the commencement of the Acceptance Test, been subsequently challenged by Company on the basis of on-site observations made by the Company's representatives following the walk-through to be conducted pursuant to Section 2(f)(iii) of this Attachment G (Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities). Any Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities not built by or on behalf of Seller have been installed and commissioned. No later than 7 Days prior to the commencement of the Acceptance Test, Seller and Company shall have participated in walk-through of fully constructed Interconnection Facilities. Redlined as-built drawings of the Seller-Owned Interconnection Facilities and any of the Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities built by Seller (and/or its Contractors) shall have been provided to Company. Continuous power is being supplied to Company's protection and SCADA equipment. Not less than four (4) weeks prior to the commencement of the Acceptance Test, the high speed communication lines required under this Agreement have been commissioned and are ready for use. Not less than two (2) weeks prior to the commencement of the Acceptance Test, Seller and Company have participated in an on-Site Acceptance Test coordination meeting. Seller shall provide Company with at least fourteen (14) Days advance written notice of the commencement of the Acceptance Test. The Acceptance Test will be conducted on Business Days during normal business hours and may take a minimum of 30 Days to complete. No electric energy will be delivered from Seller to Company during the Acceptance Test. No later than thirty (30) Days prior to conducting the Acceptance Test, Company and Seller shall agree on a written protocol setting out the detailed procedure and criteria for passing the Acceptance Test. Attachment N (Acceptance Test General Criteria) provides general criteria to be included in the written protocol for the Acceptance Test. At the time that Seller provides its 14-Day notice of the Acceptance Test to Company, Seller shall concurrently schedule a site walk-through of the Facility with Company to occur no later than seven (7) Days prior to the Acceptance Test. Seller's 14-Day notice to Company of the Acceptance Test shall constitute its certification that (i) the completion of the installation and commissioning of the Seller-Owned Interconnection Facilities and the Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities built by Seller (and/or its Contractors) and (ii) a walk-through by Company shall demonstrate, to Company's reasonable satisfaction, Seller's readiness to commence with the Acceptance Test. If, after the site walk-through, Company representatives reasonably determine that Seller is not ready to commence with the Acceptance Test, the Project will lose its place in the queue and will be assigned a new Test Ready Deadline and a new Acceptance Testing Milestone Date that will be behind the other projects then in the queue. In the meantime, Seller shall remediate the deficiencies identified by Company, and the process described in this Section 1(f) (Acceptance Test Procedures) of Attachment G (Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities), shall commence again until Seller's readiness for the Acceptance Test is demonstrated to Company's reasonable satisfaction. Successful completion of the Acceptance Test requires successful completion of each of the individual tests that comprise the Acceptance Test. Retesting of any individual test constitutes as restart of the Acceptance Test if such retesting is required because of a prior failure of such individual test or because of a prior test could not be completed because of a problem with the Facility. Within fifteen (15) Business Days of completion of the Acceptance Test and Company's receipt of the final report setting forth the results of the Acceptance Test, Company shall notify Seller in writing whether the Acceptance Test has been passed and, if so, the date upon which the Acceptance Test was passed. Company will be present when the Acceptance Test is conducted, and Seller shall promptly correct any deficiencies identified during the Acceptance Test. Seller will be responsible for the cost of Company personnel (and/or Company contractors) performing the duties (such as reviewing the Plans and reviewing the construction) necessary for Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities to be constructed by Seller (and/or its Contractors). If Company (i) does not make any inspection or test, (ii) does not discover defective workmanship, materials or equipment, or (iii) accepts Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities (that were constructed by Seller and or its Contractors), such action or inaction shall not relieve Seller from its obligation to do and complete the work in accordance with the Plans approved by Company.
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Samples: Scheduled and Contingency Capacity Purchase Agreement, Scheduled and Contingency Capacity Purchase Agreement (Sccpa), Power Purchase Agreement
Acceptance Test Procedures. Seller acknowledges that: (aa) Company has multiple on-going projects with other developers as well as its own capital improvement projects; (bb) Company has limited resources to provide engineering oversight (such as review of plans) to such projects and to participate in the testing of such projects; (cc) in order for Company to accommodate such oversight and testing, it is necessary for Company to sequentially allocate its resources for each project a year or more in advance; (dd) the result is a queue of such projects that reflects the scheduling commitments of Company's resources to conduct such oversight and to participate in such testing; (ee) if a project is behind the schedule on which Company's resources have been scheduled for the oversight of such project, or if a project is not ready for testing at the time Company's resources have been scheduled for the testing of such project, or if a project does not complete testing within the period for which Company's resources have been scheduled for such testing, the progress of projects later in the queue may be adversely affected; (ff) the Test Ready Deadline that is set forth in Attachment K-1 (Seller's Conditions Precedent and Company Milestones) reflects the scheduling commitment of Company's resources to (i) conduct the oversight necessary to facilitate Seller's achievement of that Test Ready Deadline, (ii) commence the Acceptance Test on the Acceptance Testing Milestone Date that is set forth in Attachment K-1 (Seller's Conditions Precedent and Company Milestones) and (iii) thereafter participate in the Control System Acceptance Test; and (gg) the Project will lose its place in the queue and will be assigned a new Acceptance Testing Milestone Date for commencement of the Acceptance Test that will be behind the other projects then in the queue if (i) the Seller fails to satisfy any of the conditions precedent set forth in Section f(ii) of this Attachment G (Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities) within the time period specified therein for the task in question or, if no time period is specified therein, by the Test Ready Deadline, (ii) the Seller fails to satisfy any of the Seller's Conditions Precedent set forth in Attachment K-1 (Seller's Conditions Precedent and Company Milestones) and/or (iii) the Acceptance Test and the Control System Acceptance Test are not satisfactorily completed within the time allotted to complete such testing. The Conduct of the Acceptance Test is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent within the time period specified below for the task in question or, if no time period is specified, by the Test Ready Deadline that is set forth in Attachment K-1 (Seller's Conditions Precedent and Company Milestones): Final Single-Line Drawing, and notes, has received Company's written consent pursuant to Section 1(a)(i) (Single-Line Drawing, Interface Block Diagram, Relay List, Relay Settings and Trip Scheme) of Attachment B (Facility Owned by Seller) to this Agreement. Final Relay List and Trip Scheme have received Company's written consent pursuant to Section 1(a)(i) (Single-Line Drawing, Interface Block Diagram, Relay List, Relay Settings and Trip Scheme) of Attachment B (Facility Owned by Seller) to this Agreement. Final Interface Block Diagram has received Company consent pursuant to Section 1(a)(i) (Single-Line Drawing, Interface Block Diagram, Relay List, Relay Settings and Trip Scheme) of Attachment B (Facility Owned by Seller) to this Agreement. Final Control System Telemetry and Control List has received Company consent. Final phasor measurement unit (PMU) devices, if applicable, have received Company consent. Control system design and tunable parameters reviewed and mutually agreed upon as needed to meet the Company requirements in accordance with Attachment B (Facility Owned by Seller) Performance Standards. Agreement on Active Power Control Interface. No later than 14 Days prior to commencement of the Acceptance Test: •• Seller shall have certified to Company that Seller-Owned Interconnection Facilities have been installed and commissioned and such certification has not, prior to the commencement of the Acceptance Test, been subsequently challenged by Company on the basis of on-site observations made by the Company's representatives following the walk-through to be conducted pursuant to Section 2(f)(iii) of this Attachment G (Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities). •• Seller shall have certified to Company that any Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities built by Seller (and/or its Contractors) have been installed and commissioned and such certification has not, prior to the commencement of the Acceptance Test, been subsequently challenged by Company on the basis of on-site observations made by the Company's representatives following the walk-through to be conducted pursuant to Section 2(f)(iii2(f)(ii) of this Attachment G (Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities). Any Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities not built by or on behalf of Seller have been installed and commissioned. No later than 7 Days prior to the commencement of the Acceptance Test, Seller and Company shall have participated in walk-through of fully constructed Interconnection Facilities. Redlined as-built drawings of the Seller-Owned Interconnection Facilities and any of the Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities built by Seller (and/or its Contractors) shall have been provided to Company. Continuous power is being supplied to Company's protection and SCADA equipment. Not less than four (4) weeks prior to the commencement of the Acceptance Test, the high speed communication lines required under this Agreement have been commissioned and are ready for use. Not less than two (2) weeks prior to the commencement of the Acceptance Test, Seller and Company have participated in an on-Site Acceptance Test coordination meeting. Seller shall provide Company with at least fourteen (14) Days advance written notice of the commencement of the Acceptance Test. The Acceptance Test will be conducted on Business Days during normal business hours and may take a minimum of 30 Days to complete. No electric energy will be delivered from Seller to Company during the Acceptance Test. No later than thirty (30) Days prior to conducting the Acceptance Test, Company and Seller shall agree on a written protocol setting out the detailed procedure and criteria for passing the Acceptance Test. Attachment N (Acceptance Test General Criteria) provides general criteria to be included in the written protocol for the Acceptance Test. At the time that Seller provides its 14-Day notice of the Acceptance Test to Company, Seller shall concurrently schedule a site walk-through of the Facility with Company to occur no later than seven (7) Days prior to the Acceptance Test. Seller's 14-Day notice to Company of the Acceptance Test shall constitute its certification that (i) the completion of the installation and commissioning of the Seller-Owned Interconnection Facilities and the Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities built by Seller (and/or its Contractors) and (ii) a walk-through by Company shall demonstrate, to Company's reasonable satisfaction, Seller's readiness to commence with the Acceptance Test. If, after the site walk-through, Company representatives reasonably determine that Seller is not ready to commence with the Acceptance Test, the Project will lose its place in the queue and will be assigned a new Test Ready Deadline and a new Acceptance Testing Milestone Date that will be behind the other projects then in the queue. In the meantime, Seller shall remediate the deficiencies identified by Company, and the process described in this Section 1(f) (Acceptance Test Procedures) of Attachment G (Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities), shall commence again until Seller's readiness for the Acceptance Test is demonstrated to Company's reasonable satisfaction. Successful completion of the Acceptance Test requires successful completion of each of the individual tests that comprise the Acceptance Test. Retesting of any individual test constitutes as restart of the Acceptance Test if such retesting is required because of a prior failure of such individual test or because of a prior test could not be completed because of a problem with the Facility. Within fifteen (15) Business Days of completion of the Acceptance Test and Company's receipt of the final report setting forth the results of the Acceptance Test, Company shall notify Seller in writing whether the Acceptance Test has been passed and, if so, the date upon which the Acceptance Test was passed. Company will be present when the Acceptance Test is conducted, and Seller shall promptly correct any deficiencies identified during the Acceptance Test. Seller will be responsible for the cost of Company personnel (and/or Company contractors) performing the duties (such as reviewing the Plans and reviewing the construction) necessary for Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities to be constructed by Seller (and/or its Contractors). If Company (i) does not make any inspection or test, (ii) does not discover defective workmanship, materials or equipment, or (iii) accepts Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities (that were constructed by Seller and or its Contractors), such action or inaction shall not relieve Seller from its obligation to do and complete the work in accordance with the Plans approved by Company.
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Samples: Power Purchase Agreement, Power Purchase Agreement, Power Purchase Agreement
Acceptance Test Procedures. Seller acknowledges that: (aa) Company has multiple on-going projects with other developers as well as its own capital improvement projects; (bb) Company has limited resources to provide engineering oversight (such as review of plans) to such projects and to participate in the testing of such projects; (cc) in order for Company to accommodate such oversight and testing, it is necessary for Company to sequentially allocate its resources for each project a year or more in advance; (dd) the result is a queue of such projects that reflects the scheduling commitments of Company's ’s resources to conduct such oversight and to participate in such testing; (ee) if a project is behind the schedule on which Company's ’s resources have been scheduled for the oversight of such project, or if a project is not ready for testing at the time Company's ’s resources have been scheduled for the testing of such project, or if a project does not complete testing within the period for which Company's ’s resources have been scheduled for such testing, the progress of projects later in the queue may be adversely affected; (ff) the Test Ready Deadline that is set forth in Attachment K-1 (Seller's ’s Conditions Precedent and Company Milestones) reflects the scheduling commitment of Company's ’s resources to (i) conduct the oversight necessary to facilitate Seller's ’s achievement of that Test Ready Deadline, (ii) commence the Acceptance Test on the Acceptance Testing Milestone Date that is set forth in Attachment K-1 (Seller's ’s Conditions Precedent and Company Milestones) and (iii) thereafter participate in the Control System Acceptance Test; and (gg) the Project will lose its place in the queue and will be assigned a new Acceptance Testing Milestone Date for commencement of the Acceptance Test that will be behind the other projects then in the queue if (i) the Seller fails to satisfy any of the conditions precedent set forth in Section f(ii2(f)(ii) of this Attachment G (Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities) within the time period specified therein for the task in question or, if no time period is specified therein, by the Test Ready Deadline, (ii) the Seller fails to satisfy any of the Seller's ’s Conditions Precedent set forth in Attachment K-1 (Seller's Conditions Precedent and Company Milestones) and/or (iii) the Acceptance Test and the Control System Acceptance Test are not satisfactorily completed within the time allotted to complete such testing. The Conduct of the Acceptance Test is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent within the time period specified below for the task in question or, if no time period is specified, by the Test Ready Deadline that is set forth in Attachment K-1 (Seller's ’s Conditions Precedent and Company Milestones): Final Single-Line Drawing, and notes, has received Company's ’s written consent pursuant to Section 1(a)(i) (Single-Line Drawing, Interface Block Diagram, Relay List, Relay Settings and Trip Scheme) of Attachment B (Facility Owned by Seller) to this Agreement. Final Relay List and Trip Scheme have received Company's ’s written consent pursuant to Section 1(a)(i) (Single-Line Drawing, Interface Block Diagram, Relay List, Relay Settings and Trip Scheme) of Attachment B (Facility Owned by Seller) to this Agreement. Final Interface Block Diagram has received Company consent pursuant to Section 1(a)(i) (Single-Line Drawing, Interface Block Diagram, Relay List, Relay Settings and Trip Scheme) of Attachment B (Facility Owned by Seller) to this Agreement. Final Control System Telemetry and Control List has received Company consent. Final phasor measurement unit (PMU) devicesdigital fault recorder settings, if applicable, have received Company consent. Control system design and tunable parameters reviewed and mutually agreed upon as needed to meet the Company requirements in accordance with Section 3 (Performance Standards) of Attachment B (Facility Owned by Seller) Performance Standardsto this Agreement. Agreement on Active Power Control Interface. No later than 14 fourteen (14) Days prior to commencement of the Acceptance Test: •• Seller shall have certified to Company that Seller-Owned Interconnection Facilities have been installed and commissioned and such certification has not, prior to the commencement of the Acceptance Test, been subsequently challenged by Company on the basis of on-site onsite observations made by the Company's ’s representatives following the walk-through to be conducted pursuant to Section 2(f)(iii) of this Attachment G (Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities). •• Seller shall have certified to Company that any Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities built by Seller (and/or its Contractors) have been installed and commissioned and such certification has not, prior to the commencement of the Acceptance Test, been subsequently challenged by Company on the basis of on-site onsite observations made by the Company's ’s representatives following the walk-through to be conducted pursuant to Section 2(f)(iii) of this Attachment G (Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities). Any Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities not built by or on behalf of Seller have been installed and commissioned. No later than 7 seven (7) Days prior to the commencement of the Acceptance Test, Seller and Company shall have participated in walk-through of fully constructed Interconnection Facilities. Redlined as-built drawings of the Seller-Owned Interconnection Facilities and any of the Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities built by Seller (and/or its Contractors) shall have been provided to Company. Continuous power is being supplied to Company's ’s protection and SCADA equipment. Not less than four (4) weeks prior to the commencement of the Acceptance Test, the high speed communication lines required under this Agreement have been commissioned and are ready for useuse for EMS and revenue metering purposes. Not less than two (2) weeks prior to the commencement of the Acceptance Test, Seller and Company have participated in an on-Site Acceptance Test coordination meeting. Seller shall provide Company with at least fourteen (14) Days advance written notice of the commencement of the Acceptance Test. The Acceptance Test will be conducted on Business Days during normal business hours and may take a minimum of 30 Days to complete. No electric energy will be delivered from Seller to Company during the Acceptance Test. No later than thirty (30) Days prior to conducting the Acceptance Test, Company and Seller shall agree on a written protocol setting out the detailed procedure and criteria for passing the Acceptance Test. Attachment N (Acceptance Test General Criteria) provides general criteria to be included in the written protocol for the Acceptance Test. At the time that Seller provides its 14-Day notice of the Acceptance Test to Company, Seller shall concurrently schedule a site walk-through of the Facility with Company to occur no later than seven (7) Days prior to the Acceptance Test. Seller's 14-Day notice to Company of the Acceptance Test shall constitute its certification that (i) the completion of the installation and commissioning of the Seller-Owned Interconnection Facilities and the Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities built by Seller (and/or its Contractors) and (ii) a walk-through by Company shall demonstrate, to Company's reasonable satisfaction, Seller's readiness to commence with the Acceptance Test. If, after the site walk-through, Company representatives reasonably determine that Seller is not ready to commence with the Acceptance Test, the Project will lose its place in the queue and will be assigned a new Test Ready Deadline and a new Acceptance Testing Milestone Date that will be behind the other projects then in the queue. In the meantime, Seller shall remediate the deficiencies identified by Company, and the process described in this Section 1(f) (Acceptance Test Procedures) of Attachment G (Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities), shall commence again until Seller's readiness for the Acceptance Test is demonstrated to Company's reasonable satisfaction. Successful completion of the Acceptance Test requires successful completion of each of the individual tests that comprise the Acceptance Test. Retesting of any individual test constitutes as restart of the Acceptance Test if such retesting is required because of a prior failure of such individual test or because of a prior test could not be completed because of a problem with the Facility. Within fifteen (15) Business Days of completion of the Acceptance Test and Company's receipt of the final report setting forth the results of the Acceptance Test, Company shall notify Seller in writing whether the Acceptance Test has been passed and, if so, the date upon which the Acceptance Test was passed. Company will be present when the Acceptance Test is conducted, and Seller shall promptly correct any deficiencies identified during the Acceptance Test. Seller will be responsible for the cost of Company personnel (and/or Company contractors) performing the duties (such as reviewing the Plans and reviewing the construction) necessary for Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities to be constructed by Seller (and/or its Contractors). If Company (i) does not make any inspection or test, (ii) does not discover defective workmanship, materials or equipment, or (iii) accepts Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities (that were constructed by Seller and or its Contractors), such action or inaction shall not relieve Seller from its obligation to do and complete the work in accordance with the Plans approved by Company.
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Samples: Energy Storage Power Purchase Agreement, Energy Storage Power Purchase Agreement
Acceptance Test Procedures. Seller acknowledges that: (aa) Company has multiple on-going projects with other developers as well as its own capital improvement projects; (bb) Company has limited resources to provide engineering oversight (such as review of plans) to such projects and to participate in the testing of such projects; (cc) in order for Company to accommodate such oversight and testing, it is necessary for Company to sequentially allocate its resources for each project a year or more in advance; (dd) the result is a queue of such projects that reflects the scheduling commitments of Company's ’s resources to conduct such oversight and to participate in such testing; (ee) if a project is behind the schedule on which Company's ’s resources have been scheduled for the oversight of such project, or if a project is not ready for testing at the time Company's ’s resources have been scheduled for the testing of such project, or if a project does not complete testing within the period for which Company's ’s resources have been scheduled for such testing, the progress of projects later in the queue may be adversely affected; (ff) the Test Ready Deadline that is set forth in Attachment K-1 (Seller's ’s Conditions Precedent and Company Milestones) reflects the scheduling commitment of Company's ’s resources to (i) conduct the oversight necessary to facilitate Seller's ’s achievement of that Test Ready Deadline, (ii) commence the Acceptance Test on the Acceptance Testing Milestone Date that is set forth in Attachment K-1 (Seller's ’s Conditions Precedent and Company Milestones) and (iii) thereafter participate in the Control System Acceptance Test; and (gg) the Project will lose its place in the queue and will be assigned a new Acceptance Testing Milestone Date for commencement of the Acceptance Test that will be behind the other projects then in the queue if (i) the Seller fails to satisfy any of the conditions precedent set forth in Section f(ii2(f)(ii) of this Attachment G (Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities) within the time period specified therein for the task in question or, if no time period is specified therein, by the Test Ready Deadline, (ii) the Seller fails to satisfy any of the Seller's ’s Conditions Precedent set forth in Attachment K-1 (Seller's Conditions Precedent and Company Milestones) and/or (iii) the Acceptance Test and the Control System Acceptance Test are not satisfactorily completed within the time allotted to complete such testing. The Conduct of the Acceptance Test is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent within the time period specified below for the task in question or, if no time period is specified, by the Test Ready Deadline that is set forth in Attachment K-1 (Seller's ’s Conditions Precedent and Company Milestones): Final Single-Line Drawing, and notes, has received Company's ’s written consent pursuant to Section 1(a)(i) (Single-Line Drawing, Interface Block Diagram, Relay List, Relay Settings and Trip Scheme) of Attachment B (Facility Owned by Seller) to this Agreement. Final Relay List and Trip Scheme have received Company's ’s written consent pursuant to Section 1(a)(i) (Single-Line Drawing, Interface Block Diagram, Relay List, Relay Settings and Trip Scheme) of Attachment B (Facility Owned by Seller) to this Agreement. Final Interface Block Diagram has received Company consent pursuant to Section 1(a)(i) (Single-Line Drawing, Interface Block Diagram, Relay List, Relay Settings and Trip Scheme) of Attachment B (Facility Owned by Seller) to this Agreement. Final Control System Telemetry and Control List has received Company consent. Final phasor measurement unit (PMU) devicesdevises, if applicable, have received Company consent. Control system design and tunable parameters reviewed and mutually agreed upon as needed to meet the Company requirements in accordance with Section 3 (Performance Standards) of Attachment B (Facility Owned by Seller) Performance Standardsto this Agreement. Agreement on Active Power Control Interface. No later than 14 fourteen (14) Days prior to commencement of the Acceptance Test: •• Seller shall have certified to Company that Seller-Owned Interconnection Facilities have been installed and commissioned and such certification has not, prior to the commencement of the Acceptance Test, been subsequently challenged by Company on the basis of on-site onsite observations made by the Company's ’s representatives following the walk-through to be conducted pursuant to Section 2(f)(iii) of this Attachment G (Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities). •• Seller shall have certified to Company that any Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities built by Seller (and/or its Contractors) have been installed and commissioned and such certification has not, prior to the commencement of the Acceptance Test, been subsequently challenged by Company on the basis of on-site onsite observations made by the Company's ’s representatives following the walk-through to be conducted pursuant to Section 2(f)(iii) of this Attachment G (Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities). Any Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities not built by or on behalf of Seller have been installed and commissioned. No later than 7 seven (7) Days prior to the commencement of the Acceptance Test, Seller and Company shall have participated in walk-through of fully constructed Interconnection Facilities. Redlined as-built drawings of the Seller-Owned Interconnection Facilities and any of the Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities built by Seller (and/or its Contractors) shall have been provided to Company. Continuous power is being supplied to Company's ’s protection and SCADA equipment. Not less than four (4) weeks prior to the commencement of the Acceptance Test, the high speed communication lines required under this Agreement have been commissioned and are ready for useuse for EMS and revenue metering purposes. Not less than two (2) weeks prior to the commencement of the Acceptance Test, Seller and Company have participated in an on-Site Acceptance Test coordination meeting. Seller shall provide Company with at least fourteen (14) Days advance written notice of the commencement of the Acceptance Test. The Acceptance Test will be conducted on Business Days during normal business hours and may take a minimum of 30 Days to complete. No electric energy will be delivered from Seller to Company during the Acceptance Test. No later than thirty (30) Days prior to conducting the Acceptance Test, Company and Seller shall agree on a written protocol setting out the detailed procedure and criteria for passing the Acceptance Test. Attachment N (Acceptance Test General Criteria) provides general criteria to be included in the written protocol for the Acceptance Test. At the time that Seller provides its 14-Day notice of the Acceptance Test to Company, Seller shall concurrently schedule a site walk-through of the Facility with Company to occur no later than seven (7) Days prior to the Acceptance Test. Seller's 14-Day notice to Company of the Acceptance Test shall constitute its certification that (i) the completion of the installation and commissioning of the Seller-Owned Interconnection Facilities and the Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities built by Seller (and/or its Contractors) and (ii) a walk-through by Company shall demonstrate, to Company's reasonable satisfaction, Seller's readiness to commence with the Acceptance Test. If, after the site walk-through, Company representatives reasonably determine that Seller is not ready to commence with the Acceptance Test, the Project will lose its place in the queue and will be assigned a new Test Ready Deadline and a new Acceptance Testing Milestone Date that will be behind the other projects then in the queue. In the meantime, Seller shall remediate the deficiencies identified by Company, and the process described in this Section 1(f) (Acceptance Test Procedures) of Attachment G (Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities), shall commence again until Seller's readiness for the Acceptance Test is demonstrated to Company's reasonable satisfaction. Successful completion of the Acceptance Test requires successful completion of each of the individual tests that comprise the Acceptance Test. Retesting of any individual test constitutes as restart of the Acceptance Test if such retesting is required because of a prior failure of such individual test or because of a prior test could not be completed because of a problem with the Facility. Within fifteen (15) Business Days of completion of the Acceptance Test and Company's receipt of the final report setting forth the results of the Acceptance Test, Company shall notify Seller in writing whether the Acceptance Test has been passed and, if so, the date upon which the Acceptance Test was passed. Company will be present when the Acceptance Test is conducted, and Seller shall promptly correct any deficiencies identified during the Acceptance Test. Seller will be responsible for the cost of Company personnel (and/or Company contractors) performing the duties (such as reviewing the Plans and reviewing the construction) necessary for Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities to be constructed by Seller (and/or its Contractors). If Company (i) does not make any inspection or test, (ii) does not discover defective workmanship, materials or equipment, or (iii) accepts Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities (that were constructed by Seller and or its Contractors), such action or inaction shall not relieve Seller from its obligation to do and complete the work in accordance with the Plans approved by Company.
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Samples: Energy Storage Power Purchase Agreement, Energy Storage Power Purchase Agreement
Acceptance Test Procedures. Seller acknowledges that: (aa) Company has multiple on-going projects with other developers as well as its own capital improvement projects; (bb) Company has limited resources to provide engineering oversight (such as review of plans) to such projects and to participate in the testing of such projects; (cc) in order for Company to accommodate such oversight and testing, it is necessary for Company to sequentially allocate its resources for each project a year or more in advance; (dd) the result is a queue of such projects that reflects the scheduling commitments of Company's ’s resources to conduct such oversight and to participate in such testing; (ee) if a project is behind the schedule on which Company's ’s resources have been scheduled for the oversight of such project, or if a project is not ready for testing at the time Company's ’s resources have been scheduled for the testing of such project, or if a project does not complete testing within the period for which Company's ’s resources have been scheduled for such testing, the progress of projects later in the queue may be adversely affected; (ff) the Test Ready Deadline that is set forth in Attachment K-1 (Seller's ’s Conditions Precedent and Company Milestones) reflects the scheduling commitment of Company's ’s resources to (i) conduct the oversight necessary to facilitate Seller's ’s achievement of that Test Ready Deadline, (ii) commence the Acceptance Test on the Acceptance Testing Milestone Date that is set forth in Attachment K-1 (Seller's ’s Conditions Precedent and Company Milestones) and (iii) thereafter participate in the Control System Acceptance Test; and (gg) the Project will lose its place in the queue and will be assigned a new Acceptance Testing Milestone Date for commencement of the Acceptance Test that will be behind the other projects then in the queue if (i) the Seller fails to satisfy any of the conditions precedent set forth in Section f(ii2(f)(ii) of this Attachment G (Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities) within the time period specified therein for the task in question or, if no time period is specified therein, by the Test Ready Deadline, (ii) the Seller fails to satisfy any of the Seller's ’s Conditions Precedent set forth in Attachment K-1 (Seller's Conditions Precedent and Company Milestones) and/or (iii) the Acceptance Test and the Control System Acceptance Test are not satisfactorily completed within the time allotted to complete such testing. The Conduct of the Acceptance Test is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent within the time period specified below for the task in question or, if no time period is specified, by the Test Ready Deadline that is set forth in Attachment K-1 (Seller's ’s Conditions Precedent and Company Milestones): Final Single-Line Drawing, and notes, has received Company's ’s written consent pursuant to Section 1(a)(i) (Single-Line Drawing, Interface Block Diagram, Relay List, Relay Settings and Trip Scheme) of Attachment B (Facility Owned by Seller) to this Agreement. Final Relay List and Trip Scheme have received Company's ’s written consent pursuant to Section 1(a)(i) (Single-Line Drawing, Interface Block Diagram, Relay List, Relay Settings and Trip Scheme) of Attachment B (Facility Owned by Seller) to this Agreement. Final Interface Block Diagram has received Company consent pursuant to Section 1(a)(i) (Single-Line Drawing, Interface Block Diagram, Relay List, Relay Settings and Trip Scheme) of Attachment B (Facility Owned by Seller) to this Agreement. Final Control System Telemetry and Control List has received Company consent. Final phasor measurement unit (PMU) devices, if applicable, have received Company consent. Control system design and tunable parameters reviewed and mutually agreed upon as needed to meet the Company requirements in accordance with Section 3 (Performance Standards) of Attachment B (Facility Owned by Seller) Performance Standardsto this Agreement. Agreement on Active Power Control Interface. No later than 14 fourteen (14) Days prior to commencement of the Acceptance Test: •• Seller shall have certified to Company that Seller-Owned Interconnection Facilities have been installed and commissioned and such certification has not, prior to the commencement of the Acceptance Test, been subsequently challenged by Company on the basis of on-site onsite observations made by the Company's ’s representatives following the walk-through to be conducted pursuant to Section 2(f)(iii) of this Attachment G (Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities). •• Seller shall have certified to Company that any Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities built by Seller (and/or its Contractors) have been installed and commissioned and such certification has not, prior to the commencement of the Acceptance Test, been subsequently challenged by Company on the basis of on-site onsite observations made by the Company's ’s representatives following the walk-through to be conducted pursuant to Section 2(f)(iii) of this Attachment G (Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities). Any Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities not built by or on behalf of Seller have been installed and commissioned. No later than 7 seven (7) Days prior to the commencement of the Acceptance Test, Seller and Company shall have participated in walk-through of fully constructed Interconnection Facilities. Redlined as-built drawings of the Seller-Owned Interconnection Facilities and any of the Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities built by Seller (and/or its Contractors) shall have been provided to Company. Continuous power is being supplied to Company's ’s protection and SCADA equipment. Not less than four (4) weeks prior to the commencement of the Acceptance Test, the high speed communication lines required under this Agreement have been commissioned and are ready for useuse for EMS and revenue metering purposes. Not less than two (2) weeks prior to the commencement of the Acceptance Test, Seller and Company have participated in an on-Site Acceptance Test coordination meeting. Seller shall provide Company with at least fourteen (14) Days advance written notice of the commencement of the Acceptance Test. The Acceptance Test will be conducted on Business Days during normal business hours and may take a minimum of 30 Days to complete. No electric energy will be delivered from Seller to Company during the Acceptance Test. No later than thirty (30) Days prior to conducting the Acceptance Test, Company and Seller shall agree on a written protocol setting out the detailed procedure and criteria for passing the Acceptance Test. Attachment N (Acceptance Test General Criteria) provides general criteria to be included in the written protocol for the Acceptance Test. At the time that Seller provides its 14-Day notice of the Acceptance Test to Company, Seller shall concurrently schedule a site walk-through of the Facility with Company to occur no later than seven (7) Days prior to the Acceptance Test. Seller's 14-Day notice to Company of the Acceptance Test shall constitute its certification that (i) the completion of the installation and commissioning of the Seller-Owned Interconnection Facilities and the Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities built by Seller (and/or its Contractors) and (ii) a walk-through by Company shall demonstrate, to Company's reasonable satisfaction, Seller's readiness to commence with the Acceptance Test. If, after the site walk-through, Company representatives reasonably determine that Seller is not ready to commence with the Acceptance Test, the Project will lose its place in the queue and will be assigned a new Test Ready Deadline and a new Acceptance Testing Milestone Date that will be behind the other projects then in the queue. In the meantime, Seller shall remediate the deficiencies identified by Company, and the process described in this Section 1(f) (Acceptance Test Procedures) of Attachment G (Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities), shall commence again until Seller's readiness for the Acceptance Test is demonstrated to Company's reasonable satisfaction. Successful completion of the Acceptance Test requires successful completion of each of the individual tests that comprise the Acceptance Test. Retesting of any individual test constitutes as restart of the Acceptance Test if such retesting is required because of a prior failure of such individual test or because of a prior test could not be completed because of a problem with the Facility. Within fifteen (15) Business Days of completion of the Acceptance Test and Company's receipt of the final report setting forth the results of the Acceptance Test, Company shall notify Seller in writing whether the Acceptance Test has been passed and, if so, the date upon which the Acceptance Test was passed. Company will be present when the Acceptance Test is conducted, and Seller shall promptly correct any deficiencies identified during the Acceptance Test. Seller will be responsible for the cost of Company personnel (and/or Company contractors) performing the duties (such as reviewing the Plans and reviewing the construction) necessary for Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities to be constructed by Seller (and/or its Contractors). If Company (i) does not make any inspection or test, (ii) does not discover defective workmanship, materials or equipment, or (iii) accepts Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities (that were constructed by Seller and or its Contractors), such action or inaction shall not relieve Seller from its obligation to do and complete the work in accordance with the Plans approved by Company.
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Samples: Energy Storage Power Purchase Agreement, Energy Storage Power Purchase Agreement
Acceptance Test Procedures. Seller acknowledges that: (aa) Company has multiple on-going projects with other developers as well as its own capital improvement projects; (bb) Company has limited resources to provide engineering oversight (such as review of plans) to such projects and to participate in the testing of such projects; (cc) in order for Company to accommodate such oversight and testing, it is necessary for Company to sequentially allocate its resources for each project a year or more in advance; (dd) the result is a queue of such projects that reflects the scheduling commitments of Company's resources to conduct such oversight and to participate in such testing; (ee) if a project is behind the schedule on which Company's resources have been scheduled for the oversight of such project, or if a project is not ready for testing at the time Company's resources have been scheduled for the testing of such project, or if a project does not complete testing within the period for which Company's resources have been scheduled for such testing, the progress of projects later in the queue may be adversely affected; (ff) the Test Ready Deadline that is set forth in Attachment K-1 (Seller's Conditions Precedent and Company Milestones) reflects the scheduling commitment of Company's resources to (i) conduct the oversight necessary to facilitate Seller's achievement of that Test Ready Deadline, (ii) commence the Acceptance Test on the Acceptance Testing Milestone Date that is set forth in Attachment K-1 (Seller's Conditions Precedent and Company Milestones) and (iii) thereafter participate in the Control System Acceptance Test; and (gg) the Project will lose its place in the queue and will be assigned a new Acceptance Testing Milestone Date for commencement of the Acceptance Test that will be behind the other projects then in the queue if (i) the Seller fails to satisfy any of the conditions precedent set forth in Section f(ii) of this Attachment G (Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities) within the time period specified therein for the task in question or, if no time period is specified therein, by the Test Ready Deadline, (ii) the Seller fails to satisfy any of the Seller's Conditions Precedent set forth in Attachment K-1 (Seller's Conditions Precedent and Company Milestones) and/or (iii) the Acceptance Test and the Control System Acceptance Test are not satisfactorily completed within the time allotted to complete such testing. The Conduct of the Acceptance Test is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent within the time period specified below for the task in question or, if no time period is specified, by the Test Ready Deadline that is set forth in Attachment K-1 (Seller's Conditions Precedent and Company Milestones): Final Single-Line Drawing, and notes, has received Company's written consent pursuant to Section 1(a)(i) (Single-Line Drawing, Interface Block Diagram, Relay List, Relay Settings and Trip Scheme) of Attachment B (Facility Owned by Seller) to this Agreement. Final Relay List and Trip Scheme have received Company's written consent pursuant to Section 1(a)(i) (Single-Line Drawing, Interface Block Diagram, Relay List, Relay Settings and Trip Scheme) of Attachment B (Facility Owned by Seller) to this Agreement. Final Interface Block Diagram has received Company consent pursuant to Section 1(a)(i) (Single-Line Drawing, Interface Block Diagram, Relay List, Relay Settings and Trip Scheme) of Attachment B (Facility Owned by Seller) to this Agreement. Final Control System Telemetry and Control List has received Company consent. Final phasor measurement unit (PMU) devices, if applicable, have received Company consent. Control system design and tunable parameters reviewed and mutually agreed upon as needed to meet the Company requirements in accordance with Attachment B (Facility Owned by Seller) Performance Standards. Agreement on Active Power Control Interface. No later than 14 Days prior to commencement of the Acceptance Test: •• Seller shall have certified to Company that Seller-Owned Interconnection Facilities have been installed and commissioned and such certification has not, prior to the commencement of the Acceptance Test, been subsequently challenged by Company on the basis of on-site observations made by the Company's representatives following the walk-through to be conducted pursuant to Section 2(f)(iii) of this Attachment G (Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities). •• Seller shall have certified to Company that any Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities built by Seller (and/or its Contractors) have been installed and commissioned and such certification has not, prior to the commencement of the Acceptance Test, been subsequently challenged by Company on the basis of on-site observations made by the Company's representatives following the walk-through to be conducted pursuant to Section 2(f)(iii) of this Attachment G (Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities). Any Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities not built by or on behalf of Seller have been installed and commissioned. No later than 7 Days prior to the commencement of the Acceptance Test, Seller and Company shall have participated in walk-through of fully constructed Interconnection Facilities. Redlined as-built drawings of the Seller-Owned Interconnection Facilities and any of the Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities built by Seller (and/or its Contractors) shall have been provided to Company. Continuous power is being supplied to Company's protection and SCADA equipment. Not less than four (4) weeks prior to the commencement of the Acceptance Test, the high speed communication lines required under this Agreement have been commissioned and are ready for use. Not less than two (2) weeks prior to the commencement of the Acceptance Test, Seller and Company have participated in an on-Site Acceptance Test coordination meeting. Seller shall provide Company with at least fourteen (14) Days advance written notice of the commencement of the Acceptance Test. The Acceptance Test will be conducted on Business Days during normal business hours and may take a minimum of 30 Days to complete. No electric energy will be delivered from Seller to Company during the Acceptance Test. No later than thirty (30) Days prior to conducting the Acceptance Test, Company and Seller shall agree on a written protocol setting out the detailed procedure and criteria for passing the Acceptance Test. Attachment N (Acceptance Test General Criteria) provides general criteria to be included in the written protocol for the Acceptance Test. At the time that Seller provides its 14-Day notice of the Acceptance Test to Company, Seller shall concurrently schedule a site walk-through of the Facility with Company to occur no later than seven (7) Days prior to the Acceptance Test. Seller's 14-Day notice to Company of the Acceptance Test shall constitute its certification that (i) the completion of the installation and commissioning of the Seller-Owned Interconnection Facilities and the Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities built by Seller (and/or its Contractors) and (ii) a walk-through by Company shall demonstrate, to Company's reasonable satisfaction, Seller's readiness to commence with the Acceptance Test. If, after the site walk-through, Company representatives reasonably determine that Seller is not ready to commence with the Acceptance Test, the Project will lose its place in the queue and will be assigned a new Test Ready Deadline and a new Acceptance Testing Milestone Date that will be behind the other projects then in the queue. In the meantime, Seller shall remediate the deficiencies identified by Company, and the process described in this Section 1(f) (Acceptance Test Procedures) of Attachment G (Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities), shall commence again until Seller's readiness for the Acceptance Test is demonstrated to Company's reasonable satisfaction. Successful completion of the Acceptance Test requires successful completion of each of the individual tests that comprise the Acceptance Test. Retesting of any individual test constitutes as restart of the Acceptance Test if such retesting is required because of a prior failure of such individual test or because of a prior test could not be completed because of a problem with the Facility. Within fifteen (15) Business Days of completion of the Acceptance Test and Company's receipt of the final report setting forth the results of the Acceptance Test, Company shall notify Seller in writing whether the Acceptance Test has been passed and, if so, the date upon which the Acceptance Test was passed. Company will be present when the Acceptance Test is conducted, and Seller shall promptly correct any deficiencies identified during the Acceptance Test. Seller will be responsible for the cost of Company personnel (and/or Company contractors) performing the duties (such as reviewing the Plans and reviewing the construction) necessary for Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities to be constructed by Seller (and/or its Contractors). If Company (i) does not make any inspection or test, (ii) does not discover defective workmanship, materials or equipment, or (iii) accepts Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities (that were constructed by Seller and or its Contractors), such action or inaction shall not relieve Seller from its obligation to do and complete the work in accordance with the Plans approved by Company.
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Samples: Power Purchase Agreement
Acceptance Test Procedures. i. Seller acknowledges that: (aa) Company has multiple on-going projects with other developers as well as its own capital improvement projects; (bb) Company has limited resources to provide engineering oversight (such as review of plans) to such projects and to participate in the testing of such projects; (cc) in order for Company to accommodate such oversight and testing, it is necessary for Company to sequentially allocate its resources for each project a year or more in advance; (dd) the result is a queue of such projects that reflects the scheduling commitments of Company's resources to conduct such oversight and to participate in such testing; (ee) if a project is behind the schedule on which Company's resources have been scheduled for the oversight of such project, or if a project is not ready for testing at the time Company's resources have been scheduled for the testing of such project, or if a project does not complete testing within the period for which Company's resources have been scheduled for such testing, the progress of projects later in the queue may be adversely affected; (ff) the Test Ready Deadline that is set forth in Attachment K-1 (Seller's Conditions Precedent and Company Milestones) reflects the scheduling commitment of Company's resources to (i) conduct the oversight necessary to facilitate Seller's achievement of that Test Ready Deadline, (ii) commence the Acceptance Test on the Acceptance Testing Milestone Date that is set forth in Attachment K-1 (Seller's Conditions Precedent and Company Milestones) and (iii) thereafter participate in the Control System Acceptance Test; and (gg) the Project will lose its place in the queue and will be assigned a new Acceptance Testing Milestone Date for commencement of the Acceptance Test that will be behind the other projects then in the queue if (i) the Seller fails to satisfy any of the conditions precedent set forth in Section f(ii2(f)(ii) of this Attachment G (Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities) within the time period specified therein for the task in question or, if no time period is specified therein, by the Test Ready Deadline, (ii) the Seller fails to satisfy any of the Seller's Conditions Precedent set forth in Attachment K-1 (Seller's Conditions Precedent and Company Milestones) and/or (iii) the Acceptance Test and the Control System Acceptance Test are not satisfactorily completed within the time allotted to complete such testing.
ii. The Conduct of the Acceptance Test is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent within the time period specified below for the task in question or, if no time period is specified, by the Test Ready Deadline that is set forth in Attachment K-1 (Seller's Conditions Precedent and Company Milestones): ):
(1) Final Single-Line Drawing, and notes, has received Company's written consent pursuant to Section 1(a)(i) (Single-Line Drawing, Interface Block Diagram, Relay List, Relay Settings and Trip Scheme) of Attachment B (Facility Owned by Seller) to this Agreement. .
(2) Final Relay List and Trip Scheme have received Company's written consent pursuant to Section 1(a)(i) (Single-Line Drawing, Interface Block Diagram, Relay List, Relay Settings and Trip Scheme) of Attachment B (Facility Owned by Seller) to this Agreement. .
(3) Final Interface Block Diagram has received Company consent pursuant to Section 1(a)(i) (Single-Line Drawing, Interface Block Diagram, Relay List, Relay Settings and Trip Scheme) of Attachment B (Facility Owned by Seller) to this Agreement.
(4) Final Control System Telemetry and Control List has received Company consent. .
(5) Final phasor measurement unit (PMU) devices, if applicable, have received Company consent. .
(6) Control system design and tunable parameters reviewed and mutually agreed upon as needed to meet the Company requirements in accordance with Attachment B (Facility Owned by Seller) Performance Standards. .
(7) Agreement on Active Power Control Interface. .
(8) No later than 14 Days prior to commencement of the Acceptance Test: •• :
a. Seller shall have certified to Company that Seller-Owned Interconnection Facilities have been installed and commissioned and such certification has not, prior to the commencement of the Acceptance Test, been subsequently challenged by Company on the basis of on-site observations made by the Company's representatives following the walk-through to be conducted pursuant to Section 2(f)(iii) of this Attachment G (Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities). •• .
b. Seller shall have certified to Company that any Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities built by Seller (and/or its Contractors) have been installed and commissioned and such certification has not, prior to the commencement of the Acceptance Test, been subsequently challenged by Company on the basis of on-site observations made by the Company's representatives following the walk-through to be conducted pursuant to Section 2(f)(iii) of this Attachment G (Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities). .
(9) Any Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities not built by or on behalf of Seller have been installed and commissioned. .
(10) No later than 7 Days prior to the commencement of the Acceptance Test, Seller and Company shall have participated in walk-through of fully constructed Interconnection Facilities. .
(11) Redlined as-built drawings of the Seller-Owned Interconnection Facilities and any of the Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities built by Seller (and/or its Contractors) shall have been provided to Company. .
(12) Continuous power is being supplied to Company's protection and SCADA equipment. .
(13) Not less than four (4) weeks prior to the commencement of the Acceptance Test, the high speed communication lines required under this Agreement have been commissioned and are ready for use. .
(14) Not less than two (2) weeks prior to the commencement of the Acceptance Test, Seller and Company have participated in an on-Site Acceptance Test coordination meeting.
iii. Seller shall provide Company with at least fourteen (14) Days advance written notice of the commencement of the Acceptance Test. The Acceptance Test will be conducted on Business Days during normal business hours and may take a minimum of 30 Days to complete. No electric energy will be delivered from Seller to Company during the Acceptance Test. No later than thirty (30) Days prior to conducting the Acceptance Test, Company and Seller shall agree on a written protocol setting out the detailed procedure and criteria for passing the Acceptance Test. Attachment N (Acceptance Test General Criteria) provides general criteria to be included in the written protocol for the Acceptance Test. At the time that Seller provides its 14-Day notice of the Acceptance Test to Company, Seller shall concurrently schedule a site walk-through of the Facility with Company to occur no later than seven (7) Days prior to the Acceptance Test. Seller's 14-Day notice to Company of the Acceptance Test shall constitute its certification that (i) the completion of the installation and commissioning of the Seller-Owned Interconnection Facilities and the Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities built by Seller (and/or its Contractors) and (ii) a walk-through by Company shall demonstrate, to Company's reasonable satisfaction, Seller's readiness to commence with the Acceptance Test. If, after the site walk-through, Company representatives reasonably determine that Seller is not ready to commence with the Acceptance Test, the Project will lose its place in the queue and will be assigned a new Test Ready Deadline and a new Acceptance Testing Milestone Date that will be behind the other projects then in the queue. In the meantime, Seller shall remediate the deficiencies identified by Company, and the process described in this Section 1(f) (Acceptance Test Procedures) of Attachment G (Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities), shall commence again until Seller's readiness for the Acceptance Test is demonstrated to Company's reasonable satisfaction. Successful completion of the Acceptance Test requires successful completion of each of the individual tests that comprise the Acceptance Test. Retesting of any individual test constitutes as restart of the Acceptance Test if such retesting is required because of a prior failure of such individual test or because of a prior test could not be completed because of a problem with the Facility. Within fifteen (15) Business Days of completion of the Acceptance Test and Company's receipt of the final report setting forth the results of the Acceptance Test, Company shall notify Seller in writing whether the Acceptance Test has been passed and, if so, the date upon which the Acceptance Test was passed.
iv. Company will be present when the Acceptance Test is conducted, and Seller shall promptly correct any deficiencies identified during the Acceptance Test. Seller will be responsible for the cost of Company personnel (and/or Company contractors) performing the duties (such as reviewing the Plans and reviewing the construction) necessary for Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities to be constructed by Seller (and/or its Contractors). If Company (i) does not make any inspection or test, (ii) does not discover defective workmanship, materials or equipment, or (iii) accepts Company-Owned Interconnection Facilities (that were constructed by Seller and or its Contractors), such action or inaction shall not relieve Seller from its obligation to do and complete the work in accordance with the Plans approved by Company.
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Samples: Power Purchase Agreement (Hawaiian Electric Co Inc)