Definition of Service. Ramping Margin means the following services: Ramping Margin 1, Ramping Margin 3 and Ramping Margin 8. Each of these services is covered in turn below: Ramping Margin 1 Ramping Margin 1 is the increased MW Output and/or MW Reduction that a Providing Unit can provide to the Company within one hour of the Company issuing a Dispatch Instruction to a Service Provider and that the Providing Unit can maintain for a further two hours after the one hour period has elapsed. It is limited by the lowest Availability in that three hour period. Ramping Margin 3 Ramping Margin 3 is the increased MW Output and/or MW Reduction that a Providing Unit can provide to the Company within three hours of the Company issuing a Dispatch Instruction to a Service Provider and that the Providing Unit can maintain for a further five hours after the three hour period has elapsed. It is limited by the lowest Availability in that eight hour period. Ramping Margin 8 Ramping Margin 8 is the increased MW Output and/or MW Reduction that a Providing Unit can provide to the Company within eight hours of the Company issuing a Dispatch Instruction to a Service Provider and that the Providing Unit can maintain for a further eight hours after the eight hour period has elapsed. It is limited by the lowest Availability in that sixteen hour period.
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Samples: System Services Agreement, Agreement, System Services Agreement
