Common use of Delivery of Report Clause in Contracts

Delivery of Report. 5.1 The Independent Expert Consultant shall provide a report, to be filed in evidence on the public record, which shall contain the Independent Expert Consultant’s analysis of the submissions filed by Manitoba Hydro, with sufficient information to satisfy the Board that the review was conducted with due diligence. 5.2 The Independent Expert Consultant’s report shall not draw conclusions as to the needs for and alternatives to Manitoba Hydro’s Preferred Development Plan. The Independent Expert Consultant acknowledges that the Terms of Reference specifically prohibit Independent Expert Consultant reports from drawing such conclusions and leave the responsibility for drawing such conclusions with the Board. 5.3 The Independent Expert Consultant shall not quote, in its public report, Commercially Sensitive Information, as that term is defined in the Terms of Reference, or information that would enable a third party to reverse-engineer Commercially Sensitive Information. To the extent the Independent Expert Consultant wishes to include in their report reference to, or analysis of, Commercially Sensitive Information, reports containing such Commercially Sensitive Information shall be filed with the Board in camera, pursuant to confidential filing procedures as established by the Board for the NFAT Review. 5.4 The Independent Expert Consultant shall work cooperatively with other Independent Expert Consultants appointed by the NFAT Panel for the NFAT Review, as well as with any Intervener legal counsel who have signed a non- disclosure agreement, and shall provide them with such information as may be necessary for the completion of their own reports, recognizing any reasonable interdependencies. This may include the sharing of finding and conclusions with other Independent Expert Consultants and/or Intervener legal counsel prior to the issuance of a final report.