Common use of Procedures for Enforcing Compliance with Reliability Standards Clause in Contracts

Procedures for Enforcing Compliance with Reliability Standards. Where regulatory approval has been obtained or governmental authority has been provided, upon the determination of NPCC compliance staff and verification by the President and CEO that a user, owner or operator of the Bulk Power System has violated a reliability standard, NPCC shall enforce compliance for such violation, pursuant to procedures and processes that shall be specified in the NERC Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Program. Such procedures and processes shall provide for reasonable notice and opportunity for hearing. Any sanction imposed for a violation of a Reliability Standard shall bear a reasonable relation to the seriousness of the violation and shall take into consideration circumstances surrounding the violation and efforts of the owner, operator, or user of the Bulk Power System to remedy the violation in a timely manner. Subject to any necessary action by any applicable governmental authorities, no sanction imposed for a violation of a reliability standard shall take effect (i) until the thirty-first (31st) day after NPCC, where authorized by law or agreement, files with the FERC or other applicable Canadian Provincial regulatory and/or governmental authorities notice of the sanction and the record of the proceedings in which the violation and sanction were determined, or (ii) such other date as ordered by the FERC or other applicable Canadian Provincial regulatory and/or governmental authorities or as prescribed by applicable law.

Procedures for Enforcing Compliance with Reliability Standards. Where regulatory approval has been obtained or governmental authority has been provided, upon the determination of the NPCC compliance staff and verification by the President and CEO Board that a user, owner or operator of the Bulk Power System bulk power system has violated a reliability standard, NPCC shall enforce compliance for such violationviolations, pursuant to procedures and processes that shall be specified in the NERC NPCC Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Program. Such procedures and processes shall provide for reasonable notice and opportunity for hearing. Any sanction imposed for a violation of a Reliability Standard shall bear a reasonable relation to the seriousness of the violation and shall take into consideration circumstances surrounding the violation and efforts of the owner, operator, or user of the Bulk Power System bulk power system to remedy the violation in a timely manner. Subject to any necessary action by any applicable governmental authorities, no sanction imposed for a violation of a reliability standard shall take effect (i) until the thirty-first (31st) day after NPCCthe NPCC Board, where authorized by law or agreement, files with the FERC or other applicable Canadian Provincial regulatory and/or governmental authorities authority’s notice of the sanction and the record of the proceedings in which the violation and sanction were determined, or (ii) such other date as ordered by the FERC or other applicable Canadian Provincial regulatory and/or governmental authorities or as prescribed by applicable law.