Planned Interconnection Outages. Planned Interconnection Outages shall be kept to an absolute minimum and shall not be carried out during busy traffic times. The Party planning such an Interconnection Outage shall inform the other Party’s ISD 5 (five) business days in advance (by mutual agreement this time scale may be reduced) and agree upon a suitable time and expected duration for such an Interconnection Outage. If the planned Interconnection Outage does not directly affect the other Party, such other Party’s ISD shall nevertheless be informed of the planned time and duration of the Interconnection Outage. During a planned Interconnection Outage the responsible Party shall, at regular intervals and until full restoration of service, inform the other Party’s ISD of the progress. Once the Interconnection service has been fully restored the ISDs will note the Interconnection Outage duration. If full service is not restored within the expected duration, the Interconnection Outage will be regarded as an unplanned Interconnection Outage (occasioned by a planned Interconnection Outage) and the procedure for dealing with unplanned Interconnection Outages will be followed.
Planned Interconnection Outages. Planned Interconnection Outages shall be kept to an absolute minimum and shall not be carried out during busy traffic times. The Party planning such an Outage shall inform the other Party 7 (seven) days in advance (by mutual agreement this time scale may be reduced) and agree upon a suitable time and expected duration for such an Outage. If the planned Outage does not directly affect the other Party, such other Party shall nevertheless be informed of the planned time and duration of the Outage. During a planned Outage the responsible Party shall, at regular intervals and until full restoration of service, inform the other Party of the progress. Once full service has been restored the Parties will note the Outage duration. If full service is not restored within the expected duration, the Outage will be regarded as an unplanned Outage (occasioned by a planned Outage) and the procedure above for dealing with unplanned Outages will be followed.
