Common use of Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement Clause in Contracts

Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement. As soon as practicable after a Class Year Start Date is established pursuant to Section 2.3.1. The Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement shall provide that the Class Year Project shall compensate the ISO and Connecting Transmission Owner for the actual cost of the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study. When the ISO provides the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to the Eligible Class Year Project, the ISO shall provide to the Eligible Class Year Project a non-binding good faith estimate of the cost and timeframe for completing the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study. The Eligible Class Year Project shall complete the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement and deliver the completed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to the ISO within ten (10) Calendar Days after the Developer’s receipt of the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement. Starting with the Class Year subsequent to Class Year 2019, with the completed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, to be submitted no later than the deadline for the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, the Class Year Project shall deliver to the ISO (1) the required technical data (including data required by the Connecting Transmission Owner, to the extent such data is requested by the ISO when it provides notice of a Class Year Start Date or tenders the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement); (2) the Class Year Project’s interconnection service evaluation election; (3) for Large Facilities not yet In-Service, an updated proposed In-Service Date, an updated proposed Initial Synchronization Date and an updated proposed Commercial Operation Date (subject to the ten (10) year limitation set forth in Section 30.3.1); (4) a study deposit of $100,000 (if the Class Year Project seeks evaluation for ERIS or ERIS and XXXX), or $50,000 (if the Class Year Project seeks only XXXX); and (5) if the Developer has not satisfied the applicable regulatory milestone described in Section 25.6.2.3.1.1 of Attachment S to the ISO OATT, either a demonstration of a qualifying contract pursuant to Section 25.6.2.3.1(ii)(1) of Attachment S to the OATT or a two-part deposit consisting of $100,000 plus $3,000/MW deposit as required by Section 25.6.2.3.1(ii)(2). At the same time the Class Year Project provides the above items to the ISO, the Class Year Project shall deliver the completed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, together with the required technical data (as applicable), to the Connecting Transmission Owner. If the technical data provided is deficient, the ISO shall notify the Developer of the reasons for such deficiency. Developer shall provide the ISO the additional requested information needed to cure the deficiencies within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of such notice. Failure to cure the deficiencies shall result in withdrawal from the interconnection queue pursuant to Section 30.3.6 of this Attachment X. The Developer, ISO and Connecting Transmission Owner shall execute the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement no later than ten (10) Calendar Days after the ISO confirms receipt of the completed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, the required technical data and required deposits from the Developer. The ISO shall provide a copy of the fully executed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to the Developer and Connecting Transmission Owner. A Developer that retracts its election to enter a Class Year Study after the ISO’s tender of the Class Year Study Agreement prior to or after the deadline for execution of the Class Year Study Agreement will not become a member of the Class Year Study; however, such retraction will count as one of the two Class Year Studies that a project may enter pursuant to Section

Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement. As soon as practicable after a Class Year Start Date is established pursuant to SectionSection 25.5.9 of Attachment S to the OATT, the ISO shall provide a Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement for the Class Year Study in the form of Appendix 2 to these Large Facility Interconnection Procedures to each Developer and Interconnection Customer that elected to enter the Class Year within the time period set forth in Section 25.5.9 of Attachment S and has not previously received an agreement for the Class Year Study, contingent upon confirmation by the ISO that the Developer is an Eligible Class Year Project. The ISO shall tender a Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement at an earlier point to any Developer or Interconnection Customer that so requests entry into the Class Year and that the ISO confirmed to be an Eligible Class Year Project. When the ISO provides a Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to an Eligible Class Year Project, the ISO shall, at the same time, also provide one to that Eligible Class Year Project’s Connecting Transmission Owner. When a Developer or Interconnection Customer requests entry into the Class Year Study, it shall provide with its request for entry either (i) a demonstration that the project satisfies the applicable regulatory milestones described in Section 25.6.2.3.1.1 of Attachment S or (ii) notice that it will submit a qualifying contract pursuant to Section 25.6.2.3.1 of Attachment S to the OATT or a two-part deposit consisting of $100,000 plus $3,000/MW deposit as required by Section 25.6. 2.3.1. The Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement shall provide that the Class Year Project shall compensate the ISO and Connecting Transmission Owner for the actual cost of the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study. When the ISO provides the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to the Eligible Class Year Project, the ISO shall provide to the Eligible Class Year Project a non-binding good faith estimate of the cost and timeframe for completing the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study. The Eligible Class Year Project shall complete the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement and deliver the completed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to the ISO within ten (10) Calendar Days after the Developer’s receipt of the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement. Starting with the Class Year subsequent to Class Year 2019, with the completed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, to be submitted no later than the deadline for the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, the Class Year Project shall deliver to the ISO (1) the required technical data (including data required by the Connecting Transmission Owner, to the extent such data is requested by the ISO when it provides notice of a Class Year Start Date or tenders the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement); (2) the Class Year Project’s interconnection service evaluation election; (3) for Large Facilities not yet In-Service, an updated proposed In-Service Date, an updated proposed Initial Synchronization Date and an updated proposed Commercial Operation Date (subject to the ten (10) year limitation set forth in Section 30.3.1); (4) a study deposit of $100,000 (if the Class Year Project seeks evaluation for ERIS or ERIS and XXXX), or $50,000 (if the Class Year Project seeks only XXXX); and (5) if the Developer has not satisfied the applicable regulatory milestone described in Section 25.6.2.3.1.1 of Attachment S to the ISO OATT, either a demonstration of a qualifying contract pursuant to Section 25.6.2.3.1(ii)(1) of Attachment S to the OATT or a two-part deposit consisting of $100,000 plus $3,000/MW deposit as required by Section 25.6.2.3.1(ii)(2). At the same time the Class Year Project provides the above items to the ISO, the Class Year Project shall deliver the completed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, together with the required technical data (as applicable), to the Connecting Transmission Owner. If the technical data provided is deficient, the ISO shall notify the Developer of the reasons for such deficiency. Developer shall provide the ISO the additional requested information needed to cure the deficiencies within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of such notice. Failure to cure the deficiencies shall result in withdrawal from the interconnection queue pursuant to Section 30.3.6 of this Attachment X. The Developer, ISO and Connecting Transmission Owner shall execute the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement no later than ten (10) Calendar Days after the ISO confirms receipt of the completed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, the required technical data and required deposits from the Developer. The ISO shall provide a copy of the fully executed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to the Developer and Connecting Transmission Owner. A Developer that retracts its election to enter a Class Year Study after the ISO’s tender of the Class Year Study Agreement prior to or after the deadline for execution of the Class Year Study Agreement will not become a member of the Class Year Study; however, such retraction will count as one of the two Class Year Studies that a project may enter pursuant to Section.

Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement. As soon as practicable after a Class Year Study Start Date is established pursuant to Section 2.3.1Section 25.5.9 of Attachment S to the OATT, the ISO shall provide a Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement for the next Class Year in the form of Appendix 4 to these Large Facility Interconnection Procedures to each Developer and Interconnection Customer who has not previously received an agreement for the next Class Year, upon request, contingent upon confirmation by the ISO that the Developer is an Eligible Class Year Project. The ISO shall tender a Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement at an earlier point to any Developer or Interconnection Customer that so requests and that the ISO confirmed to be an Eligible Class Year Project. When the ISO provides a Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to an Eligible Class Year Project, the ISO shall, at the same time, also provide one to that Eligible Class Year Project’s Connecting Transmission Owner. The Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement shall provide that the Class Year Project shall compensate the ISO and Connecting Transmission Owner for the actual cost of the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study. When the ISO provides the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to the Eligible Class Year Project, the ISO shall provide to the Eligible Class Year Project a non-binding good faith estimate of the cost and timeframe for completing the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study. The Eligible Class Year Project shall complete execute the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement and deliver the completed executed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to the ISO within ten thirty (1030) Calendar Days after the Developer’s receipt of the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement. Starting with the Class Year subsequent to Class Year 20192012, with the completed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, to be submitted no later than the deadline for the executed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, the Class Year Project shall deliver to the ISO (1) the required technical data (including data required by the Connecting Transmission Owner, to the extent such data is requested by the ISO when it provides notice of a Class Year Start Date or tenders the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement)data; (2) the Class Year Project’s interconnection service evaluation election; (3) for Large Facilities not yet In-Service, an updated proposed In-Service Date, an updated proposed Initial Synchronization Date and an updated proposed Commercial Operation Date (subject to the ten (10) year limitation set forth in Section 30.3.1); (4) a study deposit of $100,000 (if the Class Year Project seeks evaluation for ERIS or ERIS and XXXX), or $50,000 (if the Class Year Project seeks only XXXX); and (5) if the Developer has not satisfied the applicable regulatory milestone described in Section 25.6.2.3.1.1 of Attachment S to the ISO OATT, either a demonstration of a qualifying contract pursuant to Section 25.6.2.3.1(ii)(1) of Attachment S to the OATT or a two-two- part deposit consisting of $100,000 plus $3,000/MW deposit as required by Section 25.6.2.3.1(ii)(2). At the same time the Class Year Project provides the above items to the ISO, the Class Year Project shall deliver the completed executed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, together with the required technical data (as applicable), to the Connecting Transmission Owner. If the technical data provided is deficient, the ISO shall notify the Developer of the reasons for such deficiency. Developer shall provide the ISO the additional requested information needed to cure the deficiencies within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of such notice. Failure to cure the deficiencies shall result in withdrawal from the interconnection queue pursuant to Section 30.3.6 of this Attachment X. The Developer, ISO and Connecting Transmission Owner shall execute the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement no later than ten (10) Calendar Business Days after the ISO confirms receipt of the completed executed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, the required technical data and required deposits from the Developer. The ISO shall provide a copy of the fully executed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to the Developer and Connecting Transmission Owner. A Developer that retracts its election to enter a . 30.8.1.1 The ISO shall invoice the Class Year Project on a monthly basis for the work to be conducted on the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study after each month. Any Class Year Project having elected only ERIS shall not be invoiced for any part of the ISO’s tender cost of the Class Year Study Agreement prior Deliverability Study. Any Class Year Project that elects to or after reduce the deadline for execution MW of XXXX it requests to be evaluated in the 30.8.1.2 Starting with the Class Year Study Agreement will not become subsequent to Class Year 2017, a member of Class Year project may withdraw from the Class Year Study; however, such retraction will count as one Study pursuant to Section 25.5.9 of Attachment S prior to completion of the two Class Year Studies that a project may enter Annual Transmission Baseline Assessment study cases. Upon such withdrawal, the deposits paid in lieu of satisfaction of the regulatory milestone pursuant to SectionSection 25.6.2.3.1 of Attachment S will be fully refunded.

Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement. As soon as practicable after a Class Year Start Date is established pursuant to SectionSection 25.5.9 of Attachment S to the OATT, the ISO shall provide a Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement for the Class Year Study in the form of Appendix 2 to these Large Facility Interconnection Procedures to each Developer and Interconnection Customer that elected to enter the Class Year within the time period set forth in Section 25.5.9 of Attachment S and has not previously received an agreement for the Class Year Study, contingent upon confirmation by the ISO that the Developer is an Eligible Class Year Project. The ISO shall tender a Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement at an earlier point to any Developer or Interconnection Customer that so requests entry into the Class Year and that the ISO confirmed to be an Eligible Class Year Project. When the ISO provides a Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to an Eligible Class Year Project, the ISO shall, at the same time, 2.3.1. The Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement shall provide that the Class Year Project shall compensate the ISO and Connecting Transmission Owner for the actual cost of the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study. When the ISO provides the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to the Eligible Class Year Project, the ISO shall provide to the Eligible Class Year Project a non-binding good faith estimate of the cost and timeframe for completing the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study. The Eligible Class Year Project shall complete the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement and deliver the completed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to the ISO within ten (10) Calendar Days after the Developer’s receipt of the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement. Starting with the Class Year subsequent to Class Year 2019, with the completed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, to be submitted no later than the deadline for the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, the Class Year Project shall deliver to the ISO (1) the required technical data (including data required by the Connecting Transmission Owner, to the extent such data is requested by the ISO when it provides notice of a Class Year Start Date or tenders the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement); (2) the Class Year Project’s interconnection service evaluation election; (3) for Large Facilities not yet In-Service, an updated proposed In-Service Date, an updated proposed Initial Synchronization Date and an updated proposed Commercial Operation Date (subject to the ten (10) year limitation set forth in Section 30.3.1); (4) a study deposit of $100,000 (if the Class Year Project seeks evaluation for ERIS or ERIS and XXXX), or $50,000 (if the Class Year Project seeks only XXXX); and (5) if the Developer has not satisfied the applicable regulatory milestone described in Section 25.6.2.3.1.1 of Attachment S to the ISO OATT, either a demonstration of a qualifying contract pursuant to Section 25.6.2.3.1(ii)(1) of Attachment S to the OATT or a two-part deposit consisting of $100,000 plus $3,000/MW deposit as required by Section 25.6.2.3.1(ii)(2). At the same time the Class Year Project provides the above items to the ISO, the Class Year Project shall deliver the completed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, together with the required technical data (as applicable), to the Connecting Transmission Owner. If the technical data provided is deficient, the ISO shall notify the Developer of the reasons for such deficiency. Developer shall provide the ISO the additional requested information needed to cure the deficiencies within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of such notice. Failure to cure the deficiencies shall result in withdrawal from the interconnection queue pursuant to Section 30.3.6 of this Attachment X. The Developer, ISO and Connecting Transmission Owner shall execute the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement no later than ten (10) Calendar Days after the ISO confirms receipt of the completed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, the required technical data and required deposits from the Developer. The ISO shall provide a copy of the fully executed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to the Developer and Connecting Transmission Owner. A Developer that retracts its election to enter a Class Year Study after the ISO’s tender of the Class Year Study Agreement prior to or after the deadline for execution of the Class Year Study Agreement will not become a member of the Class Year Study; however, such retraction will count as one of the two Class Year Studies that a project may enter pursuant to Section

Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement. As soon as practicable after a Class Year Study Start Date is established pursuant to Section 2.3.1Section 25.5.9 of Attachment S to the OATT, the NYISO shall provide a Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement for the next Class Year in the form of Appendix 4 to these Large Facility Interconnection Procedures to each Developer and Interconnection Customer who has not previously received an agreement for the next Class Year, upon confirmation by the NYISO that the Developer is an Eligible Class Year Project or upon request if the Developer is requesting to enter a Class Year Study only to request XXXX. The NYISO shall tender a Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement at an earlier point to any Developer or Interconnection Customer confirmed by the NYISO to be an Eligible Class Year Project that so requests. When the NYISO provides a Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to an Eligible Class Year Project, the NYISO shall, at the same time, also provide one to that Eligible Class Year Project’s Connecting Transmission Owner. The Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement shall provide that the Class Year Project shall compensate the ISO NYISO and Connecting Transmission Owner for the actual cost of the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study. When the ISO NYISO provides the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to the Eligible Class Year Project, the ISO NYISO shall provide to the Eligible Class Year Project a non-binding good faith estimate of the cost and timeframe for completing the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study. The Eligible Class Year Project shall complete execute the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement and deliver the completed executed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to the ISO within ten NYISO by the later of (101) the study start date of the Annual Transmission Reliability Assessment, or (2) thirty (30) Calendar Days after the Developer’s receipt of the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement. Starting with the Class Year subsequent to Class Year 20192012, with the completed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, to be submitted no later than the deadline for the executed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, the Class Year Project shall deliver to the ISO NYISO (1) the required technical data (including data required by the Connecting Transmission Owner, to the extent such data is requested by the ISO when it provides notice of a Class Year Start Date or tenders the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement)data; (2) the Class Year Project’s interconnection service evaluation election; (3) for Large Facilities not yet In-Service, an updated proposed In-Service Date, an updated proposed Initial Synchronization Date and an updated proposed Commercial Operation Date (subject to the ten (10) year limitation set forth in Section 30.3.1); (4) a study deposit of $100,000 (if the Class Year Project seeks evaluation for ERIS or ERIS and XXXX), or $50,000 (if the Class Year Project seeks only XXXX); and (5) if the Developer has not satisfied the applicable regulatory milestone described in Section 25.6.2.3.1.1 of Attachment S to the ISO OATT, either a demonstration of a qualifying contract pursuant to Section 25.6.2.3.1(ii)(1) of Attachment S to the OATT or a two-part deposit consisting of $100,000 plus $3,000/MW deposit as required by Section 25.6.2.3.1(ii)(2). At the same time the Class Year Project provides the above items to the ISONYISO, the Class Year Project shall deliver the completed executed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, together with the required technical data (as applicable), to the Connecting Transmission Owner. If the technical data provided is deficient, the ISO shall notify the Developer of the reasons for such deficiency. Developer shall provide the ISO the additional requested information needed to cure the deficiencies within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of such notice. Failure to cure the deficiencies shall result in withdrawal from the interconnection queue pursuant to Section 30.3.6 of this Attachment X. The Developer, ISO NYISO and Connecting Transmission Owner shall execute the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement no later than within ten (10) Calendar Business Days after the ISO confirms of receipt of the completed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, the required technical data and required deposits from the Developer. The ISO shall provide a copy of the fully executed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to executed by the Developer and Connecting Transmission Owner. A Developer that retracts its election to enter a Class Year Project and the required technical data. 30.8.1.1 NYISO shall invoice the Class Year Project on a monthly basis for the work to be conducted on the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study after each month. Any Class Year Project having elected only ERIS shall not be invoiced for any part of the ISO’s tender cost of the Class Year Study Agreement prior Deliverability Study. Any Class Year Project that elects to or after reduce the deadline for execution MW of XXXX it requests to be evaluated in the Class Year Deliverability Study Agreement will not become a member and thereby opts out of the Class Year Study; however, such retraction will count as one of the two Class Year Studies that a project may enter pursuant to Sectionany additional detailed

Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement. As soon as practicable after a Class Year Study Start Date is established pursuant to Section 2.3.1Section 25.5.9 of Attachment S to the OATT, the ISO shall provide a Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement for the next Class Year in the form of Appendix 4 to these Large Facility Interconnection Procedures to each Developer and Interconnection Customer who has not previously received an agreement for the next Class Year, upon request, contingent upon confirmation by the ISO that the Developer is an Eligible Class Year Project. The ISO shall tender a Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement at an earlier point to any Developer or Interconnection Customer that so requests and that the ISO confirmed to be an Eligible Class Year Project. When the ISO provides a Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to an Eligible Class Year Project, the ISO shall, at the same time, also provide one to that Eligible Class Year Project’s Connecting Transmission Owner. The Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement shall provide that the Class Year Project shall compensate the ISO and Connecting Transmission Owner for the actual cost of the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study. When the ISO provides the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to the Eligible Class Year Project, the ISO shall provide to the Eligible Class Year Project a non-binding good faith estimate of the cost and timeframe for completing the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study. The Eligible Class Year Project shall complete execute the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement and deliver the completed executed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to the ISO within ten thirty (1030) Calendar Days after the Developer’s receipt of the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement. Starting with the Class Year subsequent to Class Year 20192012, with the completed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, to be submitted no later than the deadline for the executed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, the Class Year Project shall deliver to the ISO (1) the required technical data (including data required by the Connecting Transmission Owner, to the extent such data is requested by the ISO when it provides notice of a Class Year Start Date or tenders the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement)data; (2) the Class Year Project’s interconnection service evaluation election; (3) for Large Facilities not yet In-Service, an updated proposed In-Service Date, an updated proposed Initial Synchronization Date and an updated proposed Commercial Operation Date (subject to the ten (10) year limitation set forth in Section 30.3.1); (4) a study deposit of $100,000 (if the Class Year Project seeks evaluation for ERIS or ERIS and XXXX), or $50,000 (if the Class Year Project seeks only XXXX); and (5) if the Developer has not satisfied the applicable regulatory milestone described in Section 25.6.2.3.1.1 of Attachment S to the ISO OATT, either a demonstration of a qualifying contract pursuant to Section 25.6.2.3.1(ii)(1) of Attachment S to the OATT or a two-part deposit consisting of $100,000 plus $3,000/MW deposit as required by Section 25.6.2.3.1(ii)(2). At the same time the Class Year Project provides the above items to the ISO, the Class Year Project shall deliver the completed executed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, together with the required technical data (as applicable), to the Connecting Transmission Owner. If the technical data provided is deficient, the ISO shall notify the Developer of the reasons for such deficiency. Developer shall provide the ISO the additional requested information needed to cure the deficiencies within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of such notice. Failure to cure the deficiencies shall result in withdrawal from the interconnection queue pursuant to Section 30.3.6 of this Attachment X. The Developer, ISO and Connecting Transmission Owner shall execute the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement no later than ten (10) Calendar Business Days after the ISO confirms receipt of the completed executed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, the required technical data and required deposits from the Developer. The ISO shall provide a copy of the fully executed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to the Developer and Connecting Transmission Owner. A Developer that retracts its election to enter a . 30.8.1.1 The ISO shall invoice the Class Year Project on a monthly basis for the work to be conducted on the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study after each month. Any Class Year Project having elected only ERIS shall not be invoiced for any part of the ISO’s tender cost of the Class Year Deliverability Study. Any Class Year Project that elects to reduce the MW of XXXX it requests to be evaluated in the Class Year Deliverability Study Agreement prior and thereby opts out of any additional detailed studies, if required, for System Deliverability Upgrades, shall not be invoiced for any additional detailed studies required for System Deliverability Upgrades. The Class Year Project shall pay invoiced amounts within thirty (30) Calendar Days of receipt of invoice. The ISO shall continue to or after hold the deadline for execution amounts on deposit until settlement of the final invoice. 30.8.1.2 Starting with the Class Year Study Agreement will not become subsequent to Class Year 2017, a member of Class Year project may withdraw from the Class Year Study; however, such retraction will count as one Study pursuant to Section 25.5.9 of Attachment S prior to completion of the two Class Year Studies that a project may enter Annual Transmission Baseline Assessment study cases. Upon such withdrawal, the deposits paid in lieu of satisfaction of the regulatory milestone pursuant to SectionSection 25.6.2.3.1 of Attachment S will be fully refunded.

Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement. As soon as practicable after a Class Year Study Start Date is established pursuant to Section 2.3.1Section 25.5.9 of Attachment S to the OATT, the NYISO shall provide a Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement for the next Class Year in the form of Appendix 4 to these Large Facility Interconnection Procedures to each Developer and Interconnection Customer who has not previously received an agreement for the next Class Year, upon confirmation by the NYISO that the Developer is an Eligible Class Year Project or upon request if the Developer is requesting to enter a Class Year Study only to request XXXX. The NYISO shall tender a Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement at an earlier point to any Developer or Interconnection Customer confirmed by the NYISO to be an Eligible Class Year Project that so requests. When the NYISO provides a Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to an Eligible Class Year Project, the NYISO shall, at the same time, also provide one to that Eligible Class Year Project’s Connecting Transmission Owner. The Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement shall provide that the Class Year Project shall compensate the ISO NYISO and Connecting Transmission Owner for the actual cost of the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study. When the ISO NYISO provides the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to the Eligible Class Year Project, the ISO NYISO shall provide to the Eligible Class Year Project a non-binding good faith estimate of the cost and timeframe for completing the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study. The Eligible Class Year Project shall complete execute the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement and deliver the completed executed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to the ISO within ten NYISO by the later of (101) the study start date of the Annual Transmission Reliability Assessment, or (2) thirty (30) Calendar Days after the Developer’s receipt of the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement. Starting with the Class Year subsequent to Class Year 20192012, with the completed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, to be submitted no later than the deadline for the executed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, the Class Year Project shall deliver to the ISO NYISO (1) the required technical data (including data required by the Connecting Transmission Owner, to the extent such data is requested by the ISO when it provides notice of a Class Year Start Date or tenders the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement)data; (2) the Class Year Project’s interconnection service evaluation election; (3) for Large Facilities not yet In-Service, an updated proposed In-Service Date, an updated proposed Initial Synchronization Date and an updated proposed Commercial Operation Date (subject to the ten (10) year limitation set forth in Section 30.3.1); (4) a study deposit of $100,000 (if the Class Year Project seeks evaluation for ERIS or ERIS and XXXX), or $50,000 (if the Class Year Project seeks only XXXX); and (5) if the Developer has not satisfied the applicable regulatory milestone described in Section 25.6.2.3.1.1 of Attachment S to the ISO OATT, either a demonstration of a qualifying contract pursuant to Section 25.6.2.3.1(ii)(1) of Attachment S to the OATT or a two-part deposit consisting of $100,000 plus $3,000/MW deposit as required by Section 25.6.2.3.1(ii)(2). At the same time the Class Year Project provides the above items to the ISONYISO, the Class Year Project shall deliver the completed executed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, together with the required technical data (as applicable), to the Connecting Transmission Owner. If the technical data provided is deficient, the ISO shall notify the Developer of the reasons for such deficiency. Developer shall provide the ISO the additional requested information needed to cure the deficiencies within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of such notice. Failure to cure the deficiencies shall result in withdrawal from the interconnection queue pursuant to Section 30.3.6 of this Attachment X. The Developer, ISO NYISO and Connecting Transmission Owner shall execute the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement no later than within ten (10) Calendar Business Days after the ISO confirms of receipt of the completed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, the required technical data and required deposits from the Developer. The ISO shall provide a copy of the fully executed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to executed by the Developer and Connecting Transmission Owner. A Developer that retracts its election to enter a Class Year Project and the required technical data. 30.8.1.1 NYISO shall invoice the Class Year Project on a monthly basis for the work to be conducted on the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study after each month. Any Class Year Project having elected only ERIS shall not be invoiced for any part of the ISO’s tender cost of the Class Year Study Agreement prior Deliverability Study. Any Class Year Project that elects to or after reduce the deadline for execution MW of XXXX it requests to be evaluated in the Class Year Deliverability Study Agreement will and thereby opts out of any additional detailed studies, if required, for System Deliverability Upgrades, shall not become a member be invoiced for any additional detailed studies required for System Deliverability Upgrades. The Class Year Project shall pay invoiced amounts within thirty (30) Calendar Days of receipt of invoice. NYISO shall continue to hold the amounts on deposit until settlement of the Class Year Study; however, such retraction will count as one of the two Class Year Studies that a project may enter pursuant to Sectionfinal invoice.

Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement. As soon as practicable after a Class Year Study Start Date is established pursuant to Section 2.3.1Section 25.5.9 of Attachment S to the OATT, the NYISO shall provide a Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement for the next Class Year in the form of Appendix 4 to these Large Facility Interconnection Procedures to each Developer and Interconnection Customer who has not previously received an agreement for the next Class Year, upon confirmation by the NYISO that the Developer is an Eligible Class Year Project or upon request if the Developer is requesting to enter a Class Year Study only to request XXXX. The NYISO shall tender a Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement at an earlier point to any Developer or Interconnection Customer confirmed by the NYISO to be an Eligible Class Year Project that so requests. When the NYISO provides a Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to an Eligible Class Year Project, the NYISO shall, at the same time, also provide one to that Eligible Class Year Project’s Connecting Transmission Owner. The Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement shall provide that the Class Year Project shall compensate the ISO NYISO and Connecting Transmission Owner for the actual cost of the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study. When the ISO NYISO provides the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to the Eligible Class Year Project, the ISO NYISO shall provide to the Eligible Class Year Project a non-binding good faith estimate of the cost and timeframe for completing the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study. The Eligible Class Year Project shall complete execute the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement and deliver the completed executed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to the ISO within ten NYISO by the later of (101) the study start date of the Annual Transmission Reliability Assessment, or (2) thirty (30) Calendar Days after the Developer’s receipt of the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement. Starting with the Class Year subsequent to Class Year 20192012, with the completed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, to be submitted no later than the deadline for the executed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, the Class Year Project shall deliver to the ISO NYISO (1) the required technical data (including data required by the Connecting Transmission Ownerdata, to the extent such data is requested by the ISO when it provides notice of a Class Year Start Date or tenders the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement); (2) the Class Year Project’s interconnection service evaluation election, ; (3) for Large Facilities fFacilities not yet In-Service, an updated proposed In-Service Date, an updated proposed Initial Synchronization Date and an updated proposed Commercial Operation Date (subject to the ten (10) year limitation set forth in Section 30.3.1); (4) ), and a study deposit of $100,000 (if the Class Year Project seeks evaluation for ERIS or ERIS and XXXX), or $50,000 (if the Class Year Project seeks only XXXX); and (5) if the Developer has not satisfied the applicable regulatory milestone described in Section 25.6.2.3.1.1 of Attachment S to the ISO OATT, either a demonstration of a qualifying contract pursuant to Section 25.6.2.3.1(ii)(1) of Attachment S to the OATT or a two-part deposit consisting of $100,000 plus $3,000/MW deposit as required by Section 25.6.2.3.1(ii)(2). At the same time the Class Year Project provides the above items to the ISO, the Class Year Project shall deliver the completed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, together with the required technical data (as applicable), to the Connecting Transmission Owner. If the technical data provided is deficient, the ISO shall notify the Developer of the reasons for such deficiency. Developer shall provide the ISO the additional requested information needed to cure the deficiencies within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of such notice. Failure to cure the deficiencies shall result in withdrawal from the interconnection queue pursuant to Section 30.3.6 of this Attachment X. The Developer, ISO and Connecting Transmission Owner shall execute the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement no later than ten (10) Calendar Days after the ISO confirms receipt of the completed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, the required technical data and required deposits from the Developer. The ISO shall provide a copy of the fully executed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to the Developer and Connecting Transmission Owner. A Developer that retracts its election to enter a Class Year Study after the ISO’s tender of the Class Year Study Agreement prior to or after the deadline for execution of the Class Year Study Agreement will not become a member of the Class Year Study; however, such retraction will count as one of the two Class Year Studies that a project may enter pursuant to Sectionif

Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement. As soon as practicable after a Class Year Start Date is established pursuant to SectionSection 25.5.9 of Attachment S to the OATT, the ISO shall provide a Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement for the Class Year Study in the form of Appendix 2 to these Large Facility Interconnection Procedures to each Developer and Interconnection Customer that elected to enter the Class Year within the time period set forth in Section 25.5.9 of Attachment S and has not previously received an agreement for the Class Year Study, contingent upon confirmation by the ISO that the Developer is an Eligible Class Year Project. The ISO shall tender a Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement at an earlier point to any Developer or Interconnection Customer that so requests entry into the Class Year and that the ISO confirmed to be an Eligible Class Year Project. When the ISO provides a Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to an Eligible Class Year Project, the ISO shall, at the same time, also provide one to that Eligible Class Year Project’s Connecting Transmission Owner. When a Developer or Interconnection Customer requests entry into the Class Year Study, it shall provide with its request for entry either (i) a demonstration that the project satisfies the applicable regulatory milestones described in Section 25.6.2.3.1.1 of Attachment S or (ii) notice that it will submit a qualifying contract pursuant to Section 25.6.2.3.1 of Attachment S to the OATT or a two-part deposit consisting of $100,000 plus $3,000/MW deposit as required by Section 25.6. 2.3.1. The Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement shall provide that the Class Year Project shall compensate the ISO and Connecting Transmission Owner for the actual cost of the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study. When the ISO provides the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to the Eligible Class Year Project, the ISO shall provide to the Eligible Class Year Project a non-binding good faith estimate of the cost and timeframe for completing the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study. The Eligible Class Year Project shall complete the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement and deliver the completed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to the ISO within ten (10) Calendar Business Days after the Developer’s receipt of the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement. Starting with the Class Year subsequent to Class Year 2019, with the completed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, to be submitted no later than the deadline for the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, the Class Year Project shall deliver to the ISO (1) the required technical data (including data required by the Connecting Transmission Owner, to the extent such data is requested by the ISO when it provides notice of a Class Year Start Date or tenders the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement); (2) the Class Year Project’s interconnection service evaluation election; (3) for Large Facilities not yet In-Service, an updated proposed In-Service Date, an updated proposed Initial Synchronization Date and an updated proposed Commercial Operation Date (subject to the ten (10) year limitation set forth in Section 30.3.1); (4) a study deposit of $100,000 (if the Class Year Project seeks evaluation for ERIS or ERIS and XXXX), or $50,000 (if the Class Year Project seeks only XXXX); and (5) if the Developer has not satisfied the applicable regulatory milestone described in Section 25.6.2.3.1.1 of Attachment S to the ISO OATT, either a demonstration of a qualifying contract pursuant to Section 25.6.2.3.1(ii)(1) of Attachment S to the OATT or a two-part deposit consisting of $100,000 plus $3,000/MW deposit as required by Section 25.6.2.3.1(ii)(2). At the same time the Class Year Project provides the above items to the ISO, the Class Year Project shall deliver the completed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, together with the required technical data (as applicable), to the Connecting Transmission Owner. If the technical data provided is deficient, the ISO shall notify the Developer of the reasons for such deficiency. Developer shall provide the ISO the additional requested information needed to cure the deficiencies within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of such notice. Failure to cure the deficiencies shall result in withdrawal from the interconnection queue pursuant to Section 30.3.6 of this Attachment X. The Developer, ISO and Connecting Transmission Owner shall execute the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement no later than ten (10) Calendar Days after the ISO confirms receipt of the completed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, the required technical data and required deposits from the Developer. The ISO shall provide a copy of the fully executed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to the Developer and Connecting Transmission Owner. A Developer that retracts its election to enter a Class Year Study after the ISO’s tender of the Class Year Study Agreement prior to or after the deadline for execution of the Class Year Study Agreement will not become a member of the Class Year Study; however, such retraction will count as one of the two Class Year Studies that a project may enter pursuant to Section.

Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement. As soon as practicable after a Class Year Study Start Date is established pursuant to Section 2.3.1Section 25.5.9 of Attachment S to the OATT, the NYISO shall provide a Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement for the next Class Year in the form of Appendix 4 to these Large Facility Interconnection Procedures to each Developer and Interconnection Customer who has not previously received an agreement for the next Class Year, upon confirmation by the NYISO that the Developer is an Eligible Class Year Project or upon request if the Developer is requesting to enter a Class Year Study only to request XXXX. The NYISO shall tender a Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement at an earlier point to any Developer or Interconnection Customer confirmed by the NYISO to be an Eligible Class Year Project that so requests. When the NYISO provides a Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to an Eligible Class Year Project, the NYISO shall, at the same time, also provide one to that Eligible Class Year Project’s Connecting Transmission Owner. The Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement shall provide that the Class Year Project shall compensate the ISO NYISO and Connecting Transmission Owner for the actual cost of the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study. When the ISO NYISO provides the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to the Eligible Class Year Project, the ISO NYISO shall provide to the Eligible Class Year Project a non-binding good faith estimate of the cost and timeframe for completing the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study. The Eligible Class Year Project shall complete execute the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement and deliver the completed executed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to the ISO within ten NYISO by the later of (101) the study start date of the Annual Transmission Reliability Assessment, or (2) thirty (30) Calendar Days after the Developer’s receipt of the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement. Starting with the Class Year subsequent to Class Year 20192012, with the completed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, to be submitted no later than the deadline for the executed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, the Class Year Project shall deliver to the ISO (1) NYISO the required technical data (including data required by the Connecting Transmission Ownerdata, to the extent such data is requested by the ISO when it provides notice of a Class Year Start Date or tenders the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement); (2) the Class Year Project’s interconnection service evaluation election; (3) , for Large Facilities facilities not yet In-Service, an updated proposed In-Service Date, an updated proposed Initial Synchronization Date and an updated proposed Commercial Operation Date (subject to the ten (10) year limitation set forth in Section 30.3.1); (4) , and a study deposit of $100,000 (if the Class Year Project seeks evaluation for ERIS or ERIS and XXXX), or $50,000 (if the Class Year Project seeks only XXXX); and (5) if the Developer has not satisfied the applicable regulatory milestone described in Section 25.6.2.3.1.1 of Attachment S to the ISO OATT, either a demonstration of a qualifying contract pursuant to Section 25.6.2.3.1(ii)(1) of Attachment S to the OATT or a two-part deposit consisting of $100,000 plus $3,000/MW deposit as required by Section 25.6.2.3.1(ii)(2). At the same time the Class Year Project provides the above items to the ISONYISO, the Class Year Project shall deliver the completed executed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, together with the required technical data (as applicable), to the Connecting Transmission Owner. If the technical data provided is deficient, the ISO shall notify the Developer of the reasons for such deficiency. Developer shall provide the ISO the additional requested information needed to cure the deficiencies within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of such notice. Failure to cure the deficiencies shall result in withdrawal from the interconnection queue pursuant to Section 30.3.6 of this Attachment X. The Developer, ISO NYISO and Connecting Transmission Owner shall execute the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement no later than within ten (10) Calendar Business Days after the ISO confirms of receipt of the completed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, the required technical data and required deposits from the Developer. The ISO shall provide a copy of the fully executed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to executed by the Developer and Connecting Transmission Owner. A Developer that retracts its election to enter a Class Year Project and the required technical data. 30.8.1.1 NYISO shall invoice the Class Year Project on a monthly basis for the work to be conducted on the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study after each month. Any Class Year Project having elected only ERIS shall not be invoiced for any part of the ISO’s tender cost of the Class Year Study Agreement prior Deliverability Study. Any Class Year Project that elects to or after reduce the deadline for execution MW of XXXX it requests to be evaluated in the Class Year Deliverability Study Agreement will and thereby opts out of any additional detailed studies, if required, for System Deliverability Upgrades, shall not become a member of the be invoiced for any additional detailed studies required for System Deliverability Upgrades. The Class Year Study; however, such retraction will count as one of the two Class Year Studies that a project may enter pursuant to SectionProject shall pay invoiced amounts within thirty (30) Calendar Days of

Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement. As soon as practicable after a Class Year Study Start Date is established pursuant to Section 2.3.1Section 25.5.9 of Attachment S to the OATT, the ISO shall provide a Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement for the next Class Year in the form of Appendix 4 2 to these Large Facility Interconnection Procedures to each Developer and Interconnection Customer who has not previously received an agreement for the next Class Year, upon request, contingent upon confirmation by the ISO that the Developer is an Eligible Class Year Project. The ISO shall tender a Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement at an earlier point to any Developer or Interconnection Customer that so requests and that the ISO confirmed to be an Eligible Class Year Project. When the ISO provides a Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to an Eligible Class Year Project, the ISO shall, at the same time, also provide one to that Eligible Class Year Project’s Connecting Transmission Owner. The Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement shall provide that the Class Year Project shall compensate the ISO and Connecting Transmission Owner for the actual cost of the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study. When the ISO provides the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to the Eligible Class Year Project, the ISO shall provide to the Eligible Class Year Project a non-binding good faith estimate of the cost and timeframe for completing the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study. The Eligible Class Year Project shall complete execute the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement and deliver the completed executed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to the ISO within ten thirty (1030) Calendar Days after the Developer’s receipt of the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement. Starting with the Class Year subsequent to Class Year 20192012, with the completed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, to be submitted no later than the deadline for the executed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, the Class Year Project shall deliver to the ISO (1) the required technical data (including data required by the Connecting Transmission Owner, to the extent such data is requested by the ISO when it provides notice of a Class Year Start Date or tenders the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement)data; (2) the Class Year Project’s interconnection service evaluation election; (3) for Large Facilities not yet In-Service, an updated proposed In-Service Date, an updated proposed Initial Synchronization Date and an updated proposed Commercial Operation Date (subject to the ten (10) year limitation set forth in Section 30.3.1); (4) a study deposit of $100,000 (if the Class Year Project seeks evaluation for ERIS or ERIS and XXXX), or $50,000 (if the Class Year Project seeks only XXXX); and (5) if the Developer has not satisfied the applicable regulatory milestone described in Section 25.6.2.3.1.1 of Attachment S to the ISO OATT, either a demonstration of a qualifying contract pursuant to Section 25.6.2.3.1(ii)(1) of Attachment S to the OATT or a two-part deposit consisting of $100,000 plus $3,000/MW deposit as required by Section 25.6.2.3.1(ii)(2). At the same time the Class Year Project provides the above items to the ISO, the Class Year Project shall deliver the completed executed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, together with the required technical data (as applicable), to the Connecting Transmission Owner. If the technical data provided is deficient, the ISO shall notify the Developer of the reasons for such deficiency. Developer shall provide the ISO the additional requested information needed to cure the deficiencies within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of such notice. Failure to cure the deficiencies shall result in withdrawal from the interconnection queue pursuant to Section 30.3.6 of this Attachment X. The Developer, ISO and Connecting Transmission Owner shall execute the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement no later than ten (10) Calendar Business Days after the ISO confirms receipt of the completed executed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, the required technical data and required deposits from the Developer. The ISO shall provide a copy of the fully executed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to the Developer and Connecting Transmission Owner. A Developer that retracts its election to enter a . 30.8.1.1 The ISO shall invoice the Class Year Project on a monthly basis for the work to be conducted on the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study after each month. Any Class Year Project having elected only ERIS shall not be invoiced for any part of the ISO’s tender cost of the Class Year Deliverability Study. Any Class Year Project that elects to reduce the MW of XXXX it requests to be evaluated in the Class Year Deliverability Study Agreement prior and thereby opts out of any additional detailed studies, if required, for System Deliverability Upgrades, shall not be invoiced for any additional detailed studies required for System Deliverability Upgrades. The Class Year Project shall pay invoiced amounts within thirty (30) Calendar Days of receipt of invoice. The ISO shall continue to or after hold the deadline for execution amounts on deposit until settlement of the final invoice. 30.8.1.2 Starting with the Class Year Study Agreement will not become subsequent to Class Year 2017, a member of Class Year project may withdraw from the Class Year Study; however, such retraction will count as one Study pursuant to Section 25.5.9 of Attachment S prior to completion of the two Class Year Studies that a project may enter Annual Transmission Baseline Assessment study cases. Upon such withdrawal, the deposits paid in lieu of satisfaction of the regulatory milestone pursuant to SectionSection 25.6.2.3.1 of Attachment S will be fully refunded.

Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement. As soon as practicable after a Class Year Study Start Date is established pursuant to Section 2.3.1Section 25.5.9 of Attachment S to the OATT, the NYISO shall provide a Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement for the next Class Year in the form of Appendix 4 to these Large Facility Interconnection Procedures to each Developer and Interconnection Customer who has not previously received an agreement for the next Class Year, upon confirmation by the NYISO that the Developer is an Eligible Class Year Project or upon request if the Developer is requesting to enter a Class Year Study only to request XXXX. The NYISO shall tender a Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement at an earlier point to any Developer or Interconnection Customer confirmed by the NYISO to be an Eligible Class Year Project that so requests. When the NYISO provides a Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to an Eligible Class Year Project, the NYISO shall, at the same time, also provide one to that Eligible Class Year Project’s Connecting Transmission Owner. The Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement shall provide that the Class Year Project shall compensate the ISO NYISO and Connecting Transmission Owner for the actual cost of the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study. When the ISO NYISO provides the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to the Eligible Class Year Project, the ISO NYISO shall provide to the Eligible Class Year Project a non-binding good faith estimate of the cost and timeframe for completing the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study. The Eligible Class Year Project shall complete execute the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement and deliver the completed executed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to the ISO within ten NYISO by the later of (101) the study start date of the Annual Transmission Reliability Assessment, or (2) thirty (30) Calendar Days after the Developer’s receipt of the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement. Starting with the Class Year subsequent to Class Year 20192012, with the completed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, to be submitted no later than the deadline for the executed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, the Class Year Project shall deliver to the ISO (1) NYISO the required technical data (including data required by the Connecting Transmission Ownerdata, to the extent such data is requested by the ISO when it provides notice of a Class Year Start Date or tenders the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement); (2) the Class Year Project’s interconnection service evaluation election; (3) , for Large Facilities facilities not yet In-Service, an updated proposed In-Service Date, an updated proposed Initial Synchronization Date and an updated proposed Commercial Operation Date (subject to the ten (10) year limitation set forth in Section 30.3.1); (4) , and a study deposit of $100,000 (if the Class Year Project seeks evaluation for ERIS or ERIS and XXXX), or $50,000 (if the Class Year Project seeks only XXXX); and (5) if the Developer has not satisfied the applicable regulatory milestone described in Section 25.6.2.3.1.1 of Attachment S to the ISO OATT, either a demonstration of a qualifying contract pursuant to Section 25.6.2.3.1(ii)(1) of Attachment S to the OATT or a two-part deposit consisting of $100,000 plus $3,000/MW deposit as required by Section 25.6.2.3.1(ii)(2). At the same time the Class Year Project provides the above items to the ISONYISO, the Class Year Project shall deliver the completed executed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, together with the required technical data (as applicable), to the Connecting Transmission Owner. If the technical data provided is deficient, the ISO shall notify the Developer of the reasons for such deficiency. Developer shall provide the ISO the additional requested information needed to cure the deficiencies within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of such notice. Failure to cure the deficiencies shall result in withdrawal from the interconnection queue pursuant to Section 30.3.6 of this Attachment X. The Developer, ISO NYISO and Connecting Transmission Owner shall execute the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement no later than within ten (10) Calendar Business Days after the ISO confirms of receipt of the completed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, the required technical data and required deposits from the Developer. The ISO shall provide a copy of the fully executed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to executed by the Developer and Connecting Transmission Owner. A Developer that retracts its election to enter a Class Year Project and the required technical data. 30.8.1.1 NYISO shall invoice the Class Year Project on a monthly basis for the work to be conducted on the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study after each month. Any Class Year Project having elected only ERIS shall not be invoiced for any part of the ISO’s tender cost of the Class Year Study Agreement prior Deliverability Study. Any Class Year Project that elects to or after reduce the deadline for execution MW of XXXX it requests to be evaluated in the Class Year Deliverability Study Agreement will and thereby opts out of any additional detailed studies, if required, for System Deliverability Upgrades, shall not become a member be invoiced for any additional detailed studies required for System Deliverability Upgrades. The Class Year Project shall pay invoiced amounts within thirty (30) Calendar Days of receipt of invoice. NYISO shall continue to hold the amounts on deposit until settlement of the Class Year Study; however, such retraction will count as one of the two Class Year Studies that a project may enter pursuant to Sectionfinal invoice.

Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement. As soon as practicable after a Class Year Study Start Date is established pursuant to Section 2.3.1Section 25.5.9 of Attachment S to the OATT, the NYISOISO shall provide a Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement for the next Class Year in the form of Appendix 4 to these Large Facility Interconnection Procedures to each Developer and Interconnection Customer who has not previously received an agreement for the next Class Year, upon request, contingent upon confirmation by the NYISOISO that the Developer is an Eligible Class Year Project or upon request if the Developer is requesting to enter a Class Year Study only to request XXXX. The NYISOISO shall tender a Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement at an earlier point to any Developer or Interconnection Customer that so requests and that the ISO confirmed by the NYISO to be an Eligible Class Year Project that so requests. When the NYISO provides a Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to an Eligible Class Year Project, the NYISO shall, at the same time, also provide one to that Eligible Class Year Project’s Connecting Transmission Owner. The Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement shall provide that the Class Year Project shall compensate the ISO NYISOISO and Connecting Transmission Owner for the actual cost of the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study. When the ISO NYISOISO provides the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to the Eligible Class Year Project, the ISO NYISOISO shall provide to the Eligible Class Year Project a non-binding good faith estimate of the cost and timeframe for completing the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study. The Eligible Class Year Project shall complete execute the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement and deliver the completed executed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to the ISO within ten NYISOISO by the later of (101) the study start date of the Annual Transmission Reliability Assessment, or (2)within thirty (30) Calendar Days after the Developer’s receipt of the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement. Starting with the Class Year subsequent to Class Year 20192012, with the completed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, to be submitted no later than the deadline for the executed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, the Class Year Project shall deliver to the ISO NYISOISO (1) the required technical data (including data required by the Connecting Transmission Owner, to the extent such data is requested by the ISO when it provides notice of a Class Year Start Date or tenders the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement)data; (2) the Class Year Project’s interconnection service evaluation election; (3) for Large Facilities not yet In-Service, an updated proposed In-Service Date, an updated proposed Initial Synchronization Date and an updated proposed Commercial Operation Date (subject to the ten (10) year limitation set forth in Section 30.3.1); (4) a study deposit of $100,000 (if the Class Year Project seeks evaluation for ERIS or ERIS and XXXX), or $50,000 (if the Class Year Project seeks only XXXX); and (5) if the Developer has not satisfied the applicable regulatory milestone described in Section 25.6.2.3.1.1 of Attachment S to the ISO OATT, either a demonstration of a qualifying contract pursuant to Section 25.6.2.3.1(ii)(1) of Attachment S to the OATT or a two-part deposit consisting of $100,000 plus $3,000/MW deposit as required by Section 25.6.2.3.1(ii)(2). At the same time the Class Year Project provides the above items to the ISONYISOISO, the Class Year Project shall deliver the completed executed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, together with the required technical data (as applicable), to the Connecting Transmission Owner. If the technical data provided is deficient, the ISO shall notify the Developer of the reasons for such deficiency. Developer shall provide the ISO the additional requested information needed to cure the deficiencies within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of such notice. Failure to cure the deficiencies shall result in withdrawal from the interconnection queue pursuant to Section 30.3.6 of this Attachment X. The Developer, ISO NYISOISO and Connecting Transmission Owner shall execute the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement within no later than ten (10) Calendar Business Days after of the ISO confirms receipt of the completed executed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, executed by the Class Year Project and the required technical data and required deposits from the Developer. The ISO shall provide a copy of the fully executed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to the Developer and Connecting Transmission Owner. A Developer that retracts its election to enter a . 30.8.1.1 The ISONYISO shall invoice the Class Year Project on a monthly basis for the work to be conducted on the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study after each month. Any Class Year Project having elected only ERIS shall not be invoiced for any part of the ISO’s tender cost of the Class Year Deliverability Study. Any Class Year Project that elects to reduce the MW of XXXX it requests to be evaluated in the Class Year Deliverability Study Agreement prior and thereby opts out of any additional detailed studies, if required, for System Deliverability Upgrades, shall not be invoiced for any additional detailed studies required for System Deliverability Upgrades. The Class Year Project shall pay invoiced amounts within thirty (30) Calendar Days of receipt of invoice. The ISONYISO shall continue to or after hold the deadline for execution amounts on deposit until settlement of the final invoice. 30.8.1.2 Starting with the Class Year Study Agreement will not become subsequent to Class Year 2017, a member of Class Year project may withdraw from the Class Year Study; however, such retraction will count as one Study pursuant to Section 25.5.9 of Attachment S prior to completion of the two Class Year Studies that a project may enter Annual Transmission Baseline Assessment study cases. Upon such withdrawal, the deposits paid in lieu of satisfaction of the regulatory milestone pursuant to SectionSection 25.6.2.3.1 of Attachment S will be fully refunded.

Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement. As soon as practicable after a Class Year Study Start Date is established pursuant to Section 2.3.1Section 25.5.9 of Attachment S to the OATT, the NYISO shall provide a Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement for the next Class Year in the form of Appendix 4 to these Large Facility Interconnection Procedures to each Developer and Interconnection Customer who has not previously received an agreement for the next Class Year, upon confirmation by the NYISO that the Developer is an Eligible Class Year Project or upon request if the Developer is requesting to enter a Class Year Study only to request XXXX. Prior to this 30-day period, tThe NYISO shall tender a Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement at an earlier point to any Developer or Interconnection Customer confirmed by the NYISO to be an Eligible Class Year Project that so requests. When the NYISO provides a Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to an Eligible Class Year Project, the NYISO shall, at the same time, also provide one to that Eligible Class Year Project’s Connecting Transmission Owner. The Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement shall provide that the Class Year Project shall compensate the ISO NYISO and Connecting Transmission Owner for the actual cost of the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study. When the ISO NYISO provides the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to the Eligible Class Year Project, the ISO NYISO shall provide to the Eligible Class Year Project a non-binding good faith estimate of the cost and timeframe for completing the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study. The Eligible Class Year Project shall complete execute the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement and deliver the completed executed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to the ISO within ten NYISO by the later of (101) the study start date of the Annual Transmission Reliability Assessment, or (2) thirty (30) Calendar Days after the Developer’s receipt of the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement. Starting with the Class Year subsequent to Class Year 20192012, with the completed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, to be submitted no later than the deadline for the executed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, the Class Year Project shall deliver to the ISO (1) NYISO the required technical data (including data required by the Connecting Transmission Ownerdata, to the extent such data is requested by the ISO when it provides notice of a Class Year Start Date or tenders the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement); (2) the Class Year Project’s interconnection service evaluation election; (3) , for Large Facilities facilities not yet In-Service, an updated proposed In-Service Date, an updated proposed Initial Synchronization Date and an updated proposed Commercial Operation Date (subject to the ten (10) year limitation set forth in Section 30.3.1); (4) , and a study deposit ofand the greater of $100,000 (if the Class Year Project seeks evaluation for ERIS or ERIS and XXXX), or $50,000 (if the Class Year Project seeks only XXXX); and (5) if XXXX)or the Developer has not satisfied Class Year Project’s portion of the applicable regulatory milestone described in Section 25.6.2.3.1.1 estimated monthly cost of Attachment S to conducting the ISO OATT, either a demonstration of a qualifying contract pursuant to Section 25.6.2.3.1(ii)(1) of Attachment S to the OATT or a two-part deposit consisting of $100,000 plus $3,000/MW deposit as required by Section 25.6.2.3.1(ii)(2)Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study. At the same time the Class Year Project provides the above items to the ISONYISO, the Class Year Project shall deliver the completed executed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, together with the required technical data (as applicable), to the Connecting Transmission Owner. If the technical data provided is deficient, the ISO shall notify the Developer of the reasons for such deficiency. Developer shall provide the ISO the additional requested information needed to cure the deficiencies within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of such notice. Failure to cure the deficiencies shall result in withdrawal from the interconnection queue pursuant to Section 30.3.6 of this Attachment X. The Developer, ISO NYISO and Connecting Transmission Owner shall execute the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement no later than within ten (10) Calendar Business Days after the ISO confirms of receipt of the completed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, the required technical data and required deposits from the Developer. The ISO shall provide a copy of the fully executed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to executed by the Developer and Connecting Transmission Owner. A Developer that retracts its election to enter a Class Year Project and the required technical data. 30.8.1.1 NYISO shall invoice the Class Year Project on a monthly basis for the work to be conducted on the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study after each month. Any Class Year Project having elected only ERIS shall not be invoiced for any part of the ISO’s tender cost of the Class Year Study Agreement prior Deliverability Study. Any Class Year Project that elects to or after reduce the deadline for execution MW of XXXX it requests to be evaluated in the Class Year Deliverability Study Agreement will and thereby opts out of any additional detailed studies, if required, for System Deliverability Upgrades, shall not become a member be invoiced for any additional detailed studies required for System Deliverability Upgrades. The Class Year Project shall pay invoiced amounts within thirty (30) Calendar Days of receipt of invoice. NYISO shall continue to hold the amounts on deposit until settlement of the Class Year Study; however, such retraction will count as one of the two Class Year Studies that a project may enter pursuant to Sectionfinal invoice.

Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement. As soon as practicable after a Class Year Study Start Date is established pursuant to Section 2.3.1Section 25.5.9 of Attachment S to the OATT, the NYISOISO shall provide a Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement for the next Class Year in the form of Appendix 4 to these Large Facility Interconnection Procedures to each Developer and Interconnection Customer who has not previously received an agreement for the next Class Year, upon request, contingent upon confirmation by the NYISOISO that the Developer is an Eligible Class Year Project or upon request if the Developer is requesting to enter a Class Year Study only to request XXXX. The NYISOISO shall tender a Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement at an earlier point to any Developer or Interconnection Customer that so requests and that the ISO confirmed by the NYISO to be an Eligible Class Year Project that so requests. When the NYISO provides a Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to an Eligible Class Year Project, the NYISO shall, at the same time, also provide one to that Eligible Class Year Project’s Connecting Transmission Owner. The Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement shall provide that the Class Year Project shall compensate the ISO NYISOISO and Connecting Transmission Owner for the actual cost of the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study. When the ISO NYISOISO provides the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to the Eligible Class Year Project, the ISO NYISOISO shall provide to the Eligible Class Year Project a non-binding good faith estimate of the cost and timeframe for completing the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study. The Eligible Class Year Project shall complete execute the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement and deliver the completed executed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to the ISO within ten NYISOISO by the later of (101) the study start date of the Annual Transmission Reliability Assessment, or (2)within thirty (30) Calendar Days after the Developer’s receipt of the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement. Starting with the Class Year subsequent to Class Year 20192012, with the completed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, to be submitted no later than the deadline for the executed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, the Class Year Project shall deliver to the ISO NYISOISO (1) the required technical data (including data required by the Connecting Transmission Owner, to the extent such data is requested by the ISO when it provides notice of a Class Year Start Date or tenders the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement); (2) the Class Year Project’s interconnection service evaluation election; (3) for Large Facilities not yet In-Service, an updated proposed In-Service Date, an updated proposed Initial Synchronization Date and an updated proposed Commercial Operation Date (subject to the ten (10) year limitation set forth in Section 30.3.1); (4) a study deposit of $100,000 (if the Class Year Project seeks evaluation for ERIS or ERIS and XXXX), or $50,000 (if the Class Year Project seeks only XXXX); and (5) if the Developer has not satisfied the applicable regulatory milestone described in Section 25.6.2.3.1.1 of Attachment S to the ISO OATT, either a demonstration of a qualifying contract pursuant to Section 25.6.2.3.1(ii)(1) of Attachment S to the OATT or a two-part deposit consisting of $100,000 plus $3,000/MW deposit as required by Section 25.6.2.3.1(ii)(2). At the same time the Class Year Project provides the above items to the ISO, the Class Year Project shall deliver the completed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, together with the required technical data (as applicable), to the Connecting Transmission Owner. If the technical data provided is deficient, the ISO shall notify the Developer of the reasons for such deficiency. Developer shall provide the ISO the additional requested information needed to cure the deficiencies within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of such notice. Failure to cure the deficiencies shall result in withdrawal from the interconnection queue pursuant to Section 30.3.6 of this Attachment X. The Developer, ISO and Connecting Transmission Owner shall execute the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement no later than ten (10) Calendar Days after the ISO confirms receipt of the completed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, the required technical data and required deposits from the Developer. The ISO shall provide a copy of the fully executed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to the Developer and Connecting Transmission Owner. A Developer that retracts its election to enter a Class Year Study after the ISO’s tender of the Class Year Study Agreement prior to or after the deadline for execution of the Class Year Study Agreement will not become a member of the Class Year Study; however, such retraction will count as one of the two Class Year Studies that a project may enter pursuant to Sectiondata;

Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement. As soon as practicable after a Class Year Study Start Date is established pursuant to Section 2.3.1Section 25.5.9 of Attachment S to the OATT, the ISO shall provide a Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement for the next Class Year Study in the form of Appendix 42 to these Large Facility Interconnection Procedures to each Developer and Interconnection Customer who Attachment S and has not previously received an agreement for the next Class Year Study, upon request, contingent upon confirmation by the ISO that the Developer is an Eligible Class Year Project. The ISO shall tender a Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement at an earlier point to any Developer or Interconnection Customer that so requests entry into the Class Year and that the ISO confirmed to be an Eligible Class Year Project. When the ISO provides a Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to an Eligible Class Year Project, the ISO shall, at the same time, also provide one to that Eligible Class Year Project’s Connecting Transmission Owner. When a Developer or Interconnection Customer requests entry into the deposit as required by Section 25.6.2.3.1. The Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement shall provide that the Class Year Project shall compensate the ISO and Connecting Transmission Owner for the actual cost of the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study. When the ISO provides the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to the Eligible Class Year Project, the ISO shall provide to the Eligible Class Year Project a non-non- binding good faith estimate of the cost and timeframe for completing the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study. The Eligible Class Year Project shall execute complete the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement and deliver the executed completed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to the ISO within thirty (30) ten (10) Calendar Days after the Developer’s receipt of the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement. Starting with the Class Year subsequent to Class Year 201920122019, with the executed completed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, to be submitted no later than the deadline for the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, the Class Year Project shall deliver to the ISO (1) the required technical data (including data required by the Connecting Transmission Owner, to the extent such data is requested by the ISO when it provides notice of a Class Year Start Date or tenders the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement); (2) the Class Year Project’s interconnection service evaluation election; (3) for Large Facilities not yet In-Service, an updated proposed In-Service Date, an updated proposed Initial Synchronization Date and an updated proposed Commercial Operation Date (subject to the ten (10) year limitation set forth in Section 30.3.1); (4) a study deposit of $100,000 (if the Class Year Project seeks evaluation for ERIS or ERIS and XXXX), or $50,000 (if the Class Year Project seeks only XXXX); and (5) if the Developer has not satisfied the applicable regulatory milestone described in Section 25.6.2.3.1.1 of Attachment S to the ISO OATT, either a demonstration of a qualifying contract pursuant to Section 25.6.2.3.1(ii)(1) of Attachment S to the OATT or a two-part deposit consisting of $100,000 plus $3,000/MW deposit as required by Section 25.6.2.3.1(ii)(2). At the same time the Class Year Project provides the above items to the ISO, the Class Year Project shall deliver the completed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, together with the required technical data (as applicable), to the Connecting Transmission Owner. If the technical data provided is deficient, the ISO shall notify the Developer of the reasons for such deficiency. Developer shall provide the ISO the additional requested information needed to cure the deficiencies within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of such notice. Failure to cure the deficiencies shall result in withdrawal from the interconnection queue pursuant to Section 30.3.6 of this Attachment X. The Developer, ISO and Connecting Transmission Owner shall execute the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement no later than ten (10) Calendar Days after the ISO confirms receipt of the completed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, the required technical data and required deposits from the Developer. The ISO shall provide a copy of the fully executed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to the Developer and Connecting Transmission Owner. A Developer that retracts its election to enter a Class Year Study after the ISO’s tender of the Class Year Study Agreement prior to or after the deadline for execution of the Class Year Study Agreement will not become a member of the Class Year Study; however, such retraction will count as one of the two Class Year Studies that a project may enter pursuant to Sectionto

Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement. As soon as practicable after a Class Year Start Date is established pursuant to Section 2.3.1. The Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement shall provide that the Class Year Project shall compensate the ISO and Connecting Transmission Owner for the actual cost of the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study. When the ISO provides the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to the Eligible Class Year Project, the ISO shall provide to the Eligible Class Year Project a non-binding good faith estimate of the cost and timeframe for completing the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study. The Eligible Class Year Project shall complete the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement and deliver the completed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to the ISO within ten (10) Calendar Business Days after the Developer’s receipt of the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement. Starting with the Class Year subsequent to Class Year 2019, with the completed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, to be submitted no later than the deadline for the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, the Class Year Project shall deliver to the ISO (1) the required technical data (including data required by the Connecting Transmission Owner, to the extent such data is requested by the ISO when it provides notice of a Class Year Start Date or tenders the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement); (2) the Class Year Project’s interconnection service evaluation election; (3) for Large Facilities not yet In-Service, an updated proposed In-Service Date, an updated proposed Initial Synchronization Date and an updated proposed Commercial Operation Date (subject to the ten (10) year limitation set forth in Section 30.3.1); (4) a study deposit of $100,000 (if the Class Year Project seeks evaluation for ERIS or ERIS and XXXX), or $50,000 (if the Class Year Project seeks only XXXX); and (5) if the Developer has not satisfied the applicable regulatory milestone described in Section 25.6.2.3.1.1 of Attachment S to the ISO OATT, either a demonstration of a qualifying contract pursuant to Section 25.6.2.3.1(ii)(1) of Attachment S to the OATT or a two-part deposit consisting of $100,000 plus $3,000/MW deposit as required by Section 25.6.2.3.1(ii)(2). At the same time the Class Year Project provides the above items to the ISO, the Class Year Project shall deliver the completed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, together with the required technical data (as applicable), to the Connecting Transmission Owner. If the technical data provided is deficient, the ISO shall notify the Developer of the reasons for such deficiency. Developer shall provide the ISO the additional requested information needed to cure the deficiencies within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of such notice. Failure to cure the deficiencies shall result in withdrawal from the interconnection queue pursuant to Section 30.3.6 of this Attachment X. The Developer, ISO and Connecting Transmission Owner shall execute the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement no later than ten (10) Calendar Days after the ISO confirms receipt of the completed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, the required technical data and required deposits from the Developer. The ISO shall provide a copy of the fully executed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to the Developer and Connecting Transmission Owner. A Developer that retracts its election to enter a Class Year Study after the ISO’s tender of the Class Year Study Agreement prior to or after the deadline for execution of the Class Year Study Agreement will not become a member of the Class Year Study; however, such retraction will count as one of the two Class Year Studies that a project may enter pursuant to Section

Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement. As soon as practicable after a Class Year Study Start Date is established pursuant to SectionSection 25.5.9 of Attachment S to the OATT, the ISO shall provide a Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement for the next Class Year Study in the form of Appendix 42 to these Large Facility Interconnection Procedures to each Developer and Interconnection Customer who that elected to enter the Class Year within the time period set forth in Section 25.5.9 of Attachment S and has not previously received an agreement for the next Class Year Study, upon request, contingent upon confirmation by the ISO that the Developer is an Eligible Class Year Project. The ISO shall tender a Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement at an earlier point to any Developer or Interconnection Customer that so requests entry into the Class Year and that the ISO confirmed to be an Eligible Class Year Project. When the ISO provides a Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to an Eligible Class Year Project, the ISO shall, at the same time, also provide one to that Eligible Class Year Project’s Connecting Transmission Owner. When a Developer or Interconnection Customer requests entry into the Class Year Study, it shall provide with its request for entry either (i) a demonstration that the project satisfies the applicable regulatory milestones described in Section 25.6.2.3.1.1 of Attachment S or (ii) notice that it will submit a qualifying contract pursuant to Section 25.6.2.3.1 of Attachment S to the OATT or a two-part deposit consisting of $100,000 plus $3,000/MW deposit as required by Section 25.6. 2.3.1. The Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement shall provide that the Class Year Project shall compensate the ISO and Connecting Transmission Owner for the actual cost of the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study. When the ISO provides the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to the Eligible Class Year Project, the ISO shall provide to the Eligible Class Year Project a non-binding good faith estimate of the cost and timeframe for completing the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study. The Eligible Class Year Project shall execute complete the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement and deliver the executed completed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to the ISO within thirty (30) ten (10) Calendar Business Days after the Developer’s receipt of the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement. Starting with the Class Year subsequent to Class Year 201920122019, with the executed completed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, to be submitted no later than the deadline for the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, the Class Year Project shall deliver to the ISO (1) the required technical data (including data required by the Connecting Transmission Owner, to the extent such data is requested by the ISO when it provides notice of a Class Year Start Date or tenders the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement); (2) the Class Year Project’s interconnection service evaluation election; (3) for Large Facilities not yet In-Service, an updated proposed In-Service Date, an updated proposed Initial Synchronization Date and an updated proposed Commercial Operation Date (subject to the ten (10) year limitation set forth in Section 30.3.1); (4) a study deposit of $100,000 (if the Class Year Project seeks evaluation for ERIS or ERIS and XXXX), or $50,000 (if the Class Year Project seeks only XXXX); and (5) if the Developer has not satisfied the applicable regulatory milestone described in Section 25.6.2.3.1.1 of Attachment S to the ISO OATT, either a demonstration of a qualifying contract pursuant to Section 25.6.2.3.1(ii)(1) of Attachment S to the OATT or a two-part deposit consisting of $100,000 plus $3,000/MW deposit as required by Section 25.6.2.3.1(ii)(2). At the same time the Class Year Project provides the above items to the ISO, the Class Year Project shall deliver the executed completed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, together with the required technical data (as applicable), to the Connecting Transmission Owner. If the technical data provided is deficient, the ISO shall notify the Developer of the reasons for such deficiency. Developer shall provide the ISO the additional requested information needed to cure the deficiencies within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of such notice. Failure to cure the deficiencies shall result in withdrawal from the interconnection queue pursuant to Section 30.3.6 of this Attachment X. The Developer, ISO and Connecting Transmission Owner shall execute the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement no later than ten (10) Business Calendar Days after the ISO confirms receipt of the executed completed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement, the required technical data and required deposits from the Developer. The ISO shall provide a copy of the fully executed Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to the Developer and Connecting Transmission Owner. A Developer that retracts its election to enter a Class Year Study after the ISO’s tender of the Class Year Study Agreement prior to or after the deadline for execution of the Class Year Study Agreement will not become a member of the Class Year Study; however, such retraction will count as one of the two Class Year Studies that a project may enter pursuant to Section.