Common use of Requested Service Assessment; Formation of Study Teams Clause in Contracts

Requested Service Assessment; Formation of Study Teams. When a XXXX has a completed transmission service application, determines that it does not have sufficient capacity to serve such request and reasonably believes that the requested service may impact a transmission system other than that of such XXXX, and the customer has indicated to the XXXX that it wants to pursue further study, such XXXX shall notify ColumbiaGrid that it has a request for a study. ColumbiaGrid shall perform a Requested Service Assessment to determine which transmission systems, including those of non-Planning Parties, are affected. When a XXXX has received an interconnection request and reasonably believes that such request or a Project to satisfy the request will affect a transmission system other than that of such XXXX, such XXXX shall notify ColumbiaGrid of such request and such determination. ColumbiaGrid shall perform a Requested Service Assessment to determine which transmission systems, including those of non-Planning Parties, are affected. In each such instance above, ColumbiaGrid shall notify those Persons it determines are potentially Affected Persons and convene a Study Team, which should develop a study agreement in accordance with the XXXX’x policies and procedures; provided that participation in Study Teams convened for an interconnection request may, consistent with such XXXX’x OATT, be limited to the requesting Person and Affected Persons. ColumbiaGrid, in consultation with Planning Parties and Interested Persons, shall cluster requests for purposes of performing studies when practical. The XXXX with the request shall inform its transmission or interconnection requesting Person regarding the needed study and the estimated costs. If the transmission or interconnection requesting Person is willing to assume the costs of such study and instructs the XXXX to proceed, the Study Team shall develop a solution to provide sufficient capacity to serve the request. Upon execution of a study agreement, ColumbiaGrid will (subject to any applicable confidentiality requirements under the OATT under which the transmission or interconnection service request was submitted) post the request, information concerning any clustering of the request, the identity of the parties to the study agreement, and the study schedule, and will from time to time update the posting to provide other pertinent information.

Requested Service Assessment; Formation of Study Teams. When a XXXX has a completed transmission service application, determines that it does not have sufficient capacity to serve such request and reasonably believes that the requested service may impact a transmission system other than that of such XXXX, and the customer has indicated to the XXXX that it wants to pursue further study, such XXXX shall notify ColumbiaGrid that it has a request for a study. ColumbiaGrid shall perform a Requested Service Assessment to determine which transmission systems, including those of non-Planning Parties, are affected. When a XXXX has received an interconnection request and reasonably believes that such request or a Proposed Project to satisfy the request will affect a transmission system other than that of such XXXX, such XXXX shall notify ColumbiaGrid of such request and such determination. ColumbiaGrid shall perform a Requested Service Assessment to determine which transmission systems, including those of non-Planning Parties, are affected. In each such instance aboveabove in this section 6.2, ColumbiaGrid shall notify those Persons it determines are potentially Affected Persons and convene a Study Team, which should develop a study agreement in accordance with the XXXX’x policies and procedures; provided that participation in Study Teams convened for an interconnection request may, may be limited consistent with such XXXX’x OATT, be limited to the requesting Person OATT and Affected Personsapplicable law. ColumbiaGrid, in consultation with Planning Parties and Interested Persons, shall cluster requests for purposes of performing studies when practical. The XXXX with the request shall inform its transmission or interconnection requesting Person regarding the needed study and the estimated costs. If the transmission or interconnection requesting Person is willing to assume the costs of such study and instructs the XXXX to proceed, the Study Team shall develop a solution to provide sufficient capacity to serve the request. Upon execution of a study agreement, ColumbiaGrid will (subject to any applicable confidentiality requirements under the OATT under which the transmission or interconnection service request was submitted) post the request, information concerning any clustering of the request, the identity of the parties to the study agreement, and the study schedule, and will from time to time update the posting to provide other pertinent information.