Common use of MONITORING AND EQUIPMENT Clause in Contracts

MONITORING AND EQUIPMENT. Subject to Schedule 5, the Company shall be entitled to, at its sole discretion, monitor, meter and determine the Provider’s provision of the Flexibility Services using such data collection and systems as the Company deems appropriate and which may, without limitation, utilise minute by minute metering data analysis techniques for each active DER. The Company reserves the right to collect any meter data that it reasonably requires for the purpose of this Agreement from a third party, including but not limited to an electricity supplier, and the Provider undertakes to secure all necessary consents on behalf of the owner or user of the DER, and to perform any action that the Company considers reasonably necessary to facilitate such collection and use of meter data. The Company shall assess the availability of Flexibility Services and the amount of Flexibility Services delivered by the Provider and may complete this by reference to a Performance Report. The detail and expected timing of these reports is specified in Schedule 5. Should the Company identify a failure affecting the communications with the Providers Dispatch or Data Provision Equipment the Company may notify the Provider and that it requires a Proving Test in accordance with the requirements set out in Schedule 5. If applicable and unless otherwise agreed, on expiry or termination of this Agreement each Party shall remove and return to the other Party any equipment at its Site(s) provided by the other Party for the purpose of the Agreement within an acceptable timeframe as agreed by both Parties.