Common use of Adherence to NPCC Criteria, Guides and Procedures Clause in Contracts

Adherence to NPCC Criteria, Guides and Procedures. The Parties are participants in the NPCC and are required to comply with NPCC Criteria, Guides and Procedures. Such NPCC Criteria, Guides and Procedures detail the many coordinating functions carried out by the Parties and this Agreement is intended to enhance this arrangement. Such NPCC Criteria include, and the Parties agree to comply with, “Emergency Operation Criteria” (Document A-3), which describes the basic factors to be considered by a Reliability Coordinator and Balancing Authority in formulating plans and procedures to be followed in an Emergency. A principle of operation in this NPCC Criterion is that upon receiving a request for assistance to avoid or mitigate an Emergency, a Balancing Authority Area would provide “maximum reasonable assistance” to a neighboring Balancing Authority Area. Such reasonable assistance would not normally require the shedding of firm load.