Common use of Evaluation and Coordination of Transmission and Generation Scheduled Outages Clause in Contracts

Evaluation and Coordination of Transmission and Generation Scheduled Outages. The Parties will utilize network applications to analyze planned critical facility maintenance to determine its effects on the reliability of the transmission system. Each Party’s Scheduled Outage analysis will consider the impact of its critical Scheduled Outages on the other Party’s system reliability, in addition to its own. No Party has the authority to cancel another Party’s Scheduled Outage (except transmission facilities interconnecting the two Parties’ transmission systems). However, the Parties will work together to resolve any identified Scheduled Outage conflicts. The outage coordination could include the possibility of changing the current outage schedule if required. If analysis of Scheduled Outages indicates unacceptable system conditions, the Parties will work with one another and the facility owner(s), as necessary, to provide remedial steps to be taken in advance of proposed maintenance. If an operating procedure cannot be developed, and a change to the proposed schedule is necessary based on significant impact, the Parties shall discuss the facts involved, and make every effort to effect the requested schedule change. If the Parties have identified a sub-set of facilities that would be have significant impacts to reliability during an outage, the Parties will notify each other of applicable emergency maintenance and forced outages on those previously identified facilities as soon as practicable after such conditions are indentified. In relation to these outages, the Parties will evaluate the impact of emergency and forced outages on the Parties’ systems and work together to develop remedial and appropriate steps as necessary. Changes to Scheduled Outages of these facilities, both before or after the work has started, may require additional review. Each Party will consider the impact of these changes on the other Party’s system reliability, in addition to its own. The Parties will contact each other as soon as possible if these changes result in unacceptable system conditions, and will work with one another to develop remedial steps as necessary.