Common use of Baseline Assumptions Clause in Contracts

Baseline Assumptions. Transmission Provider uses a technical screening process to identify Contingent Facilities, which includes starting with the baseline assumption that the following are in service: (i) Generating Facilities that are directly interconnected to the Transmission System; (ii) Generating Facilities that are interconnected to Affected Systems and may have an impact on the Interconnection Request; (iii) Generating Facilities that have a pending higher queued Interconnection Request to interconnect to the Transmission System and their associated Interconnection Facilities and Network Upgrade requirements; (iv) Generating Facilities that have no Queue Position, but have executed an interconnection agreement; (v) Facilities or upgrade requirements to the extent they have an impact on the Generating Facilities ability to operate; and (vi) Transmission Provider’s transmission expansion plan components, or the transmission expansion plan components of third- party transmission providers, to the extent they have an impact on the Interconnection Request.

Baseline Assumptions. Transmission Provider uses a technical screening process to identify Contingent Facilities, which includes starting with the baseline assumption that the following are in service: (i) Generating Facilities that are directly interconnected to the Transmission System; (ii) Generating Facilities that are interconnected to Affected Systems and may have an impact on the Interconnection Request; (iii) Generating Facilities that have a pending higher queued Interconnection Request to interconnect to the Transmission System and their associated Interconnection Facilities and Network Upgrade requirements; (iv) Generating Facilities that have no Queue Position, but have executed an interconnection agreement; (v) Facilities Pending and granted requests for transmission service and their associated facilities or upgrade requirements to the extent they have an impact on the Generating Facilities ability to operateInterconnection Request; and (vi) Transmission Provider’s transmission expansion plan components, or the transmission expansion plan components of third- third-party transmission providers, to the extent they have an impact on the Interconnection Request.