Evaluation of Responses to Request for Proposals. The Participating TO will act as a Project Sponsor for Participating TO proposed economic or reliability projects that are included in its expansion plan. The Participating TO shall provide to the ISO any information that the ISO requires to enable the ISO to comply with WSCC and RTG regional coordination requirements pursuant to Section 3.2.6.ISO will initially screen the responses and within twenty-five (25) days from the due date of the responses publish a list of responses, while maintaining the confidentiality of market sensitive information, that have passed the screening criteria. The ISO may choose to direct Participating TOs, to perform, consistent with the requirements and timeline in the Participating TO's tariff, any System Planning Study or Facility Study that the ISO believes is necessary to evaluate the responses quantitatively or qualitatively, including studies that allow the evaluation of the responses using alternate assumptions, including but not limited to revised load growth, revised levels of generation or alternative projects. The ISO may also contract with a third party to perform any such System Planning Study or Facility Study.
