Generation Forecasting. At its expense, Seller shall provide to Purchaser, for the Term, forecasting information via electronic format acceptable to the Purchaser or via any other format that the Purchaser and Seller mutually agree is acceptable. The Seller shall be responsible for all costs associated with creating and transmitting the forecasting information to the Purchaser. The Purchaser and Seller shall mutually develop and approve the electronic format and process of transmitting the data no later than thirty (30) days prior to the Commercial Operation Date. The forecasting information shall be provided as follows:
(a) No later than February 1 of each calendar year during the Term a forecast of the Entire Exchange Resource Output by month for each of the next five (5) one (1) year periods, commencing on the following March 1,
(b) No later than the last day of each calendar month during the Term, an updated estimate of forecasted Entire Exchange Resource Output by month for the twelve (12) month period commencing on the first (1st) day of the month following submission of such information, and
(c) No later than 1300 hours each Business Day, an hourly forecast that starts at 0500 hours Pacific Prevailing Time of the next day and runs for a minimum of one hundred sixty eight (168) hours (seven (7) days), and Seller shall inform the Purchaser as soon as practical of any changes to the forecast, including Forced Outage, Force Majeure, reductions in output obligated by the Transmission Provider or control area operator, or other unexpected reductions or increases in output of greater than one (1) MW over that which had previously been forecast. All forecast information and updates provided hereunder shall be informational only, and Seller does not warrant that actual generation will be as forecast.
Generation Forecasting
