Common use of Obligation for Study Costs and Study Deposits Clause in Contracts

Obligation for Study Costs and Study Deposits. 30.13.3.1 The ISO shall charge and Developer shall pay the actual costs of the Interconnection Studies incurred by the ISO and Transmission Owner. If a number of Interconnection Studies are conducted concurrently as a combined study, except for a Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study, each Developer shall pay an equal share of the actual cost of the combined study. However, no Developer electing to be evaluated only for ERIS shall be responsible for any cost of any XXXX evaluation in the combined study and any Class Year Project that that elects, pursuant to Section 25.7.7.1 of Attachment S, to withdraw from the Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study, withdraw its XXXX request or elect to have no System Deliverability Upgrade identified to make the project deliverable at its level of requested XXXX, shall not be responsible for any additional detailed studies required for System Deliverability Upgrades. Beginning with the Class Year subsequent to Class Year 2012, Class Year Projects shall be responsible for Class Year Interconnection Facilities Study costs in the following manner: (1) each Class Year Project shall pay the actual cost of studying the Attachment Facilities, Interconnection Facilities and Distribution Upgrades for its own facility; (2) each Class Year Project shall pay the actual cost of studying Local System Upgrade Facilities for its own facility; and (3) each Class Year Project in a Class Year shall pay an equal share of all other Class Interconnection Facilities Study costs (i.e., those not related to Attachment Facilities, Interconnection Facilities, Distribution Upgrades or Local System Upgrade Facilities). With respect to the costs of studying the Attachment Facilities, Interconnection Facilities and Distribution Upgrades referenced above, if more than one Class Year Project contributes to the need for particular Attachment Facilities, Interconnection Facilities or Distribution Upgrades, those Class Year Projects shall share equally in the cost to study those Attachment Facilities, Interconnection Facilities or Distribution Upgrades. With respect to the costs of studying the Local System Upgrade Facilities referenced above, if more than one Class Year Project contributes to the need for particular Local System Upgrade Facilities, those Class Year Projects shall share equally in the cost to study those Local System Upgrade Facilities. Any difference between the study deposit and the actual cost of the applicable Interconnection Study shall be paid by or refunded, except as otherwise provided herein, to the Class Year Project or offset against the cost of any future Interconnection Studies associated with the applicable Interconnection Request prior to beginning of any such future Interconnection Studies. Any invoices for Interconnection Studies must be submitted to the ISO within sixty (60) days of completion of the subject Interconnection Study and shall include a detailed and itemized accounting of the cost of each Interconnection Study. Developers and Interconnection Customers shall pay any such undisputed costs within thirty (30) Calendar Days of receipt of an invoice therefore. Neither the ISO nor Connecting Transmission Owner shall be obligated to perform or continue to perform any studies unless Developer (or Interconnection Customer, as applicable) has paid all undisputed amounts in compliance herewith.