Common use of Preliminary Interconnection Clause in Contracts

Preliminary Interconnection. System Impact Study Queue shall mean a Transmission Provider separately maintained queue for valid Interconnection Requests for a Preliminary Interconnection System Impact Study. Queue shall mean the Interconnection Feasibility Study Queue, the Preliminary Interconnection System Impact Study Queue or the Definitive Interconnection System Impact Study Queue, as applicable. Queue Position shall mean the order of a valid Interconnection Request within the Interconnection Feasibility Study Queue, relative to all other pending valid Interconnection Requests within the Interconnection Feasibility Study Queue, the order of a valid Interconnection Request within the Preliminary Interconnection System Impact Study Queue, relative to all other pending valid Interconnection Requests within the Preliminary Interconnection System Impact Study Queue, or the order of a valid Interconnection Request within the Definitive Interconnection System Impact Study Queue Queue, relative to all other pending valid Interconnection Requests within the Definitive Interconnection System Impact Study Queue Queue, as applicable, that is established based upon the date and time of receipt of the valid Reasonable Efforts shall mean, with respect to an action required to be attempted or taken by a Party under the Generator Interconnection Agreement, efforts that are timely and consistent with Good Utility Practice and are otherwise substantially equivalent to those a Party would use to protect its own interests. Scoping Meeting shall mean the meeting between representatives of the Interconnection Customer, Transmission Owner and Transmission Provider conducted for the purpose of discussing alternative interconnection options, to exchange information including any transmission data and earlier study evaluations that would be reasonably expected to impact such interconnection options, to analyze such information, and to determine the potential feasible Points of Interconnection. Site Control shall mean documentation reasonably demonstrating: (1) ownership of, a leasehold interest in, or a right to develop a site of sufficient size for the purpose of constructing the Generating Facility; (2) an option to purchase or acquire a leasehold site of sufficient size for such purpose; or (3) an exclusivity or other business relationship between Interconnection Customer and the entity having the right to sell, lease or grant Interconnection Customer the right to possess or occupy a site of sufficient size for such purpose. Small Generating Facility shall mean a Generating Facility that has an aggregate net Generating Facility Capacity of no more than 2 MW. Stand Alone Network Upgrades shall mean Network Upgrades that an Interconnection Customer may construct without affecting day-to-day operations of the Transmission System during their construction. The Transmission Provider, Transmission Owner and the Interconnection Customer must agree as to what constitutes Stand Alone Network Upgrades and identify them in Appendix A to the Generator Interconnection Agreement. System Protection Facilities shall mean the equipment, including necessary protection signal communications equipment, required to protect (1) the Transmission System from faults or other electrical disturbances occurring at the Generating Facility and (2) the Generating Facility from faults or other electrical system disturbances occurring on the Transmission System or on other delivery systems or other generating systems to which the Transmission System is directly connected. Tariff shall mean the Transmission Provider's Tariff through which open access transmission service and Interconnection Service are offered, as filed with FERC, and as amended or supplemented from time to time, or any successor tariff. Transmission Owner shall mean an entity that owns, leases or otherwise possesses an interest in the portion of the Transmission System at the Point of Interconnection and may be a Party to the Generator Interconnection Agreement to the extent necessary. Transmission Provider shall mean the public utility (or its Designated Agent) that owns, controls, or operates transmission or distribution facilities used for the transmission of electricity Transmission Owner's Interconnection Facilities shall mean all facilities and equipment owned, controlled or operated by the Transmission Owner from the Point of Change of Ownership to the Point of Interconnection as identified in Appendix A to the Generator Interconnection Agreement, including any modifications, additions or upgrades to such facilities and equipment. Transmission Owner's Interconnection Facilities are sole use facilities and shall not include Distribution Upgrades Stand Alone Network Upgrades or Network Upgrades. Transmission System shall mean the facilities owned, controlled or operated by the Transmission Provider or Transmission Owner that are used to provide transmission service under the Tariff. Trial Operation shall mean the period during which Interconnection Customer is engaged in on-site test operations and commissioning of the Generating Facility prior to Commercial Operation.

Preliminary Interconnection. System Impact Study Queue shall mean a Transmission Provider separately maintained queue for valid Interconnection Requests for a Preliminary Interconnection System Impact Study. Queue shall mean the Interconnection Feasibility Study Queue, the Preliminary Interconnection System Impact Study Queue or Queue, the Definitive Interconnection System Impact Study Queue, as applicable. Queue Position shall mean the order of a valid Interconnection Request within or the Interconnection Feasibility Facilities Study Queue, relative to all other pending valid Interconnection Requests within the Interconnection Feasibility Study Queue, the order of a valid Interconnection Request within the Preliminary Interconnection System Impact Study Queue, relative to all other pending valid Interconnection Requests within the Preliminary Interconnection System Impact Study Queue, or the order of a valid Interconnection Request within the Definitive Interconnection System Impact Study Queue Queue, relative to all other pending valid Interconnection Requests within the Definitive Interconnection System Impact Study Queue Queue, as applicable, that is established based upon the date and time of receipt of the valid . Reasonable Efforts shall mean, with respect to an action required to be attempted or taken by a Party under the Generator Interconnection Agreement, efforts that are timely and consistent with Good Utility Practice and are otherwise substantially equivalent to those a Party would use to protect its own interests. Scoping Meeting shall mean the meeting between representatives of the Interconnection Customer, Transmission Owner and Transmission Provider conducted for the purpose of discussing alternative interconnection options, to exchange information including any transmission data and earlier study evaluations that would be reasonably expected to impact such interconnection options, to analyze such information, and to determine the potential feasible Points of Interconnection. Shared Network Upgrade shall mean a Network Upgrade listed in Appendix A of the Generator Interconnection Agreement that is needed for the interconnection of multiple Interconnection Customers’ Generating Facilities and which is the shared funding responsibility of such Interconnection Customers that may also benefit other Interconnection Customer(s) that are later identified as beneficiaries. Site Control shall mean documentation reasonably demonstrating: (1) ownership of, a leasehold interest in, or a right to develop a site of sufficient size for the purpose of constructing the Generating Facility; (2) an option to purchase or acquire a leasehold site of sufficient size for such purpose; or (3) an exclusivity or other business relationship between Interconnection Customer and the entity having the right to sell, lease or grant Interconnection Customer the right to possess or occupy a site of sufficient size for such purpose. Small Generating Facility shall mean a Generating Facility that has an aggregate net Generating Facility Capacity of no more than 2 MW. Stand Alone Network Upgrades shall mean Network Upgrades that an Interconnection Customer may construct without affecting day-to-day operations of the Transmission System during their construction. The Transmission Provider, Transmission Owner and the Interconnection Customer must agree as to what constitutes Stand Alone Network Upgrades and identify them in Appendix A to the Generator Interconnection Agreement. System Protection Facilities shall mean the equipment, including necessary protection signal communications equipment, required to protect (1) the Transmission System from faults or other electrical disturbances occurring at the Generating Facility and (2) the Generating Facility from faults or other electrical system disturbances occurring on the Transmission System or on other delivery systems or other generating systems to which the Transmission System is directly connected. Tariff shall mean the Transmission Provider's Tariff through which open access transmission service and Interconnection Service are offered, as filed with FERC, and as amended or supplemented from time to time, or any successor tariff. Transmission Owner shall mean an entity that owns, leases or otherwise possesses an interest in the portion of the Transmission System at the Point of Interconnection and may be a Party to the Generator Interconnection Agreement to the extent necessary. Transmission Provider shall mean the public utility (or its Designated Agent) that owns, controls, or operates transmission or distribution facilities used for the transmission of electricity in interstate commerce and provides transmission service under the Tariff. The term Transmission Provider should be read to include the Transmission Owner when the Transmission Owner is separate from the Transmission Provider. Transmission Owner's Interconnection Facilities shall mean all facilities and equipment owned, controlled or operated by the Transmission Owner from the Point of Change of Ownership to the Point of Interconnection as identified in Appendix A to the Generator Interconnection Agreement, including any modifications, additions or upgrades to such facilities and equipment. Transmission Owner's Interconnection Facilities are sole use facilities and shall not include Distribution Upgrades Stand Alone Network Upgrades or Network Upgrades. Transmission System shall mean the facilities owned, controlled or operated by the Transmission Provider or Transmission Owner that are used to provide transmission service under the Tariff. Trial Operation shall mean the period during which Interconnection Customer is engaged in on-site test operations and commissioning of the Generating Facility prior to Commercial Operation. Variable Energy Resource shall mean a device for the production of electricity that is characterized by an energy source that: (1) is renewable; (2) cannot be stored by the facility owner or operator; and (3) has variability that is beyond the control of the facility owner or operator.

Preliminary Interconnection. System Impact Study Queue shall mean a Transmission Provider separately maintained queue for valid Interconnection Requests for a Preliminary Interconnection System Impact Study. Provisional Interconnection Service shall mean Interconnection Service provided by Transmission Provider associated with interconnecting the Interconnection Customer’s Generating Facility to Transmission Provider’s Transmission System and enabling that Transmission System to receive electric energy and capacity from the Generating Facility at the Point of Interconnection, pursuant to the terms of the Provisional Large Generator Interconnection Agreement and, if applicable, the Tariff. Provisional Large Generator Interconnection Agreement shall mean the interconnection agreement for Provisional Interconnection Service established between Transmission Provider and/or the Transmission Owner and the Interconnection Customer. This agreement shall take the form of the Large Generator Interconnection Agreement, modified for provisional purposes. Queue shall mean the Interconnection Feasibility Study Queue, the Preliminary Interconnection System Impact Study Queue or the Definitive Interconnection System Impact Study Queue, as applicable. Queue Position shall mean the order of a valid Interconnection Request within the Interconnection Feasibility Study Queue, relative to all other pending valid Interconnection Requests within the Interconnection Feasibility Study Queue, the order of a valid Interconnection Request within the Preliminary Interconnection System Impact Study Queue, relative to all other pending valid Interconnection Requests within the Preliminary Interconnection System Impact Study Queue, or the order of a valid Interconnection Request within the Definitive Interconnection System Impact Study Queue Queue, relative to all other pending valid Interconnection Requests within the Definitive Interconnection System Impact Study Queue Queue, as applicable, applicable that is established based upon the date and time of receipt of the valid Interconnection Request and the date and time of receipt of other information specified under Section 4.1 of this LGIP, as applicable, by the Transmission Provider. Reasonable Efforts shall mean, with respect to an action required to be attempted or taken by a Party under the Standard Large Generator Interconnection Agreement, efforts that are timely and consistent with Good Utility Practice and are otherwise substantially equivalent to those a Party would use to protect its own interests. Revised LGIP shall mean the effective date of the LGIP as revised in Docket No. ER11-3522-000 and ER11-3522-001 and accepted by the Commission on September 30, 2011[“Final Order”]. Scoping Meeting shall mean the meeting between representatives of the Interconnection Customer, Transmission Owner Customer and Transmission Provider conducted for the purpose of discussing alternative interconnection options, to exchange information including any transmission data and earlier study evaluations that would be reasonably expected to impact such interconnection options, to analyze such information, and to determine the potential feasible Points of Interconnection. Site Control shall mean documentation reasonably demonstrating: (1) ownership of, a leasehold interest in, or a right to develop a site of sufficient size for the purpose of constructing the Generating Facility; (2) an option to purchase or acquire a leasehold site of sufficient size for such purpose; or (3) an exclusivity or other business relationship between Interconnection Customer and the entity having the right to sell, lease or grant Interconnection Customer the right to possess or occupy a site of sufficient size for such purpose. Small Generating Facility shall mean a Generating Facility that has an aggregate net a Generating Facility Capacity of no more than 2 20 MW. Stand Alone Network Upgrades shall mean Network Upgrades that are not part of an Affected System that an Interconnection Customer may construct without affecting day-to-day operations of the Transmission System during their construction. The Both the Transmission Provider, Transmission Owner Provider and the Interconnection Customer must agree as to what constitutes Stand Alone Network Upgrades and identify them in Appendix A to the Standard Large Generator Interconnection Agreement. If the Transmission Provider and Interconnection Customer disagree about whether a particular Network Upgrade is a Stand Alone Network Upgrade, the Transmission Provider must provide the Interconnection Customer a written technical explanation outlining why the Transmission Provider does not consider the Network Upgrade to be a Stand Alone Network Upgrade within 15 days of its determination. Standard Large Generator Interconnection Agreement (LGIA) shall mean the form of interconnection agreement applicable to an Interconnection Request pertaining to a Large Generating Facility that is included in the Transmission Provider’s Tariff. Standard Large Generator Interconnection Procedures (LGIP) shall mean the interconnection procedures applicable to an Interconnection Request pertaining to a Large Generating Facility that are included in the Transmission Provider’s Tariff. Surplus Interconnection Service shall mean any unneeded portion of Interconnection Service established in a Large Generator Interconnection Agreement, such that if Surplus Interconnection Service is utilized the total amount of Interconnection Service at the Point of Interconnection would remain the same. System Protection Facilities shall mean the equipment, including necessary protection signal communications equipment, required to protect (1) the Transmission Provider’s Transmission System from faults or other electrical disturbances occurring at the Generating Facility and (2) the Generating Facility from faults or other electrical system disturbances occurring on the Transmission Provider’s Transmission System or on other delivery systems or other generating systems to which the Transmission Provider’s Transmission System is directly connected. Tariff shall mean the Transmission Provider's ’s Tariff through which open access transmission service and Interconnection Service are offered, as filed with FERC, and as amended or supplemented from time to time, or any successor tariff. Transmission Owner shall mean an entity that owns, leases or otherwise possesses an interest in the portion of the Transmission System at the Point of Interconnection and may be a Party to the Standard Large Generator Interconnection Agreement to the extent necessary. Transmission Provider shall mean the public utility (or its Designated Agentdesignated agent) that owns, controls, or operates transmission or distribution facilities used for the transmission of electricity in interstate commerce and provides transmission service under the Tariff. The term Transmission Owner's Provider should be read to include the Transmission Owner when the Transmission Owner is separate from the Transmission Provider. Transmission Provider’s Interconnection Facilities shall mean all facilities and equipment owned, controlled controlled, or operated by the Transmission Owner Provider from the Point of Change of Ownership to the Point of Interconnection as identified in Appendix A to the Standard Large Generator Interconnection Agreement, including any modifications, additions or upgrades to such facilities and equipment. Transmission Owner's Provider’s Interconnection Facilities are sole use facilities and shall not include Distribution Upgrades Upgrades, Stand Alone Network Upgrades or Network Upgrades. Transmission System shall mean the facilities owned, controlled or operated by the Transmission Provider or Transmission Owner that are used to provide transmission service under the Tariff. Trial Operation shall mean the period during which Interconnection Customer is engaged in on-site test operations and commissioning of the Generating Facility prior to Commercial Operation.

Preliminary Interconnection. System Impact Study Queue shall mean a Transmission Provider separately maintained queue for valid Interconnection Requests for a Preliminary Interconnection System Impact Study. Queue shall mean the Interconnection Feasibility Study Queue, the Preliminary Interconnection System Impact Study Queue or the Definitive Interconnection System Impact Study Queue, as applicable. Queue Position shall mean the order of a valid Interconnection Request within the Interconnection Feasibility Study Queue, relative to all other pending valid Interconnection Requests within the Interconnection Feasibility Study Queue, the order of a valid Interconnection Request within the Preliminary Interconnection System Impact Study Queue, relative to all other pending valid Interconnection Requests within the Preliminary Interconnection System Impact Study Queue, or the order of a valid Interconnection Request within the Definitive Interconnection System Impact Study Queue Queue, relative to all other pending valid Interconnection Requests within the Definitive Interconnection System Impact Study Queue Queue, as applicable, that is established based upon the date and time of receipt of the valid Interconnection Request and the date and time of receipt of other information specified under Section 4.1 of this GIP, as applicable, by the Transmission Provider. Reasonable Efforts shall mean, with respect to an action required to be attempted or taken by a Party under the Generator Interconnection Agreement, efforts that are timely and consistent with Good Utility Practice and are otherwise substantially equivalent to those a Party would use to protect its own interests. Scoping Meeting shall mean the meeting between representatives of the Interconnection Customer, Transmission Owner and Transmission Provider conducted for the purpose of discussing alternative interconnection options, to exchange information including any transmission data and earlier study evaluations that would be reasonably expected to impact such interconnection options, to analyze such information, and to determine the potential feasible Points of Interconnection. Site Control shall mean documentation reasonably demonstrating: (1) ownership of, a leasehold interest in, or a right to develop a site of sufficient size for the purpose of constructing the Generating Facility; (2) an option to purchase or acquire a leasehold site of sufficient size for such purpose; or (3) an exclusivity or other business relationship between Interconnection Customer and the entity having the right to sell, lease or grant Interconnection Customer the right to possess or occupy a site of sufficient size for such purpose. Small Generating Facility shall mean a Generating Facility that has an aggregate net Generating Facility Capacity of no more than 2 MW. Stand Alone Network Upgrades shall mean Network Upgrades that an Interconnection Customer may construct without affecting day-to-day operations of the Transmission System during their construction. The Transmission Provider, Transmission Owner and the Interconnection Customer must agree as to what constitutes Stand Alone Network Upgrades and identify them in Appendix A to the Generator Interconnection Agreement. System Protection Facilities shall mean the equipment, including necessary protection signal communications equipment, required to protect (1) the Transmission System from faults or other electrical disturbances occurring at the Generating Facility and (2) the Generating Facility from faults or other electrical system disturbances occurring on the Transmission System or on other delivery systems or other generating systems to which the Transmission System is directly connected. Tariff shall mean the Transmission Provider's Tariff through which open access transmission service and Interconnection Service are offered, as filed with FERC, and as amended or supplemented from time to time, or any successor tariff. Transmission Owner shall mean an entity that owns, leases or otherwise possesses an interest in the portion of the Transmission System at the Point of Interconnection and may be a Party to the Generator Interconnection Agreement to the extent necessary. Transmission Provider shall mean the public utility (or its Designated Agentdesignated agent) that owns, controls, or operates transmission or distribution facilities used for the transmission of electricity in interstate commerce and provides transmission service under the Tariff. The term Transmission Provider should be read to include the Transmission Owner when the Transmission Owner is separate from the Transmission Provider. Transmission Owner's Interconnection Facilities shall mean all facilities and equipment owned, controlled or operated by the Transmission Owner from the Point of Change of Ownership to the Point of Interconnection as identified in Appendix A to the Generator Interconnection Agreement, including any modifications, additions or upgrades to such facilities and equipment. Transmission Owner's Interconnection Facilities are sole use facilities and shall not include Distribution Upgrades Stand Alone Network Upgrades or Network Upgrades. Transmission System shall mean the facilities owned, controlled or operated by the Transmission Provider or Transmission Owner that are used to provide transmission service under the Tariff. Trial Operation shall mean the period during which Interconnection Customer is engaged in on-site test operations and commissioning of the Generating Facility prior to Commercial Operation.