Common use of Rules of Interpretation Clause in Contracts

Rules of Interpretation. This Agreement, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows: (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this Agreement, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this Agreement), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article of this Agreement or such Appendix to this Agreement, or such Section to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures or such Appendix to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures, as the case may be; (6) “hereunder”, “hereof’, “herein”, “hereto” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including”, “to” means “to but excluding” and “through” means “through and including”.

Rules of Interpretation. This AgreementGIA, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows: (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this AgreementGIA, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this AgreementGIA), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article of this Agreement GIA or such Appendix to this AgreementGIA, or such Section to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures GIP or such Appendix to the Large Facility Interconnection ProceduresGIP, as the case may be; (6) “hereunder”, “hereof’”, “herein”, “hereto” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement GIA as a whole and not to any particular Article or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including”, “to” means “to but excluding” and “through” means “through and including”.

Rules of Interpretation. This Agreement, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows: (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this Agreement, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this Agreement), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article of this Agreement or such Appendix to this Agreement, or such Section to the Standard Large Facility Interconnection Procedures or such Appendix to the Standard Large Facility Interconnection Procedures, as the case may be; (6) “hereunder”, “hereof’, “herein”, “hereto” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including”, “to” means “to but excluding” and “through” means “through and including”.

Rules of Interpretation. This AgreementLGIA, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows: (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s 's successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this AgreementLGIA, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this AgreementLGIA), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article of this Agreement LGIA or such Appendix to this AgreementLGIA, or such Section to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures LGIP or such Appendix to the Large Facility Interconnection ProceduresLGIP, as the case may be; (6) “"hereunder”", “"hereof’", “"herein”", “"hereto” " and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement LGIA as a whole and not to any particular Article or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “"including” " (and with correlative meaning “"include”") means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “"from” " means “"from and including”", “"to” " means “"to but excluding” " and “"through” " means “"through and including”".

Rules of Interpretation. This AgreementLGIA, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows: (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this AgreementLGIA, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this AgreementLGIA), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article of this Agreement LGIA or such Appendix to this AgreementLGIA, or such Section to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures LGIP or such Appendix to the Large Facility Interconnection ProceduresLGIP, as the case may be; (6) “hereunder”, “hereof’”, “herein”, “hereto” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement LGIA as a whole and not to any particular Article or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including”, “to” means “to but excluding” and “through” means “through and including”.

Rules of Interpretation. This AgreementGIA, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows: (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this AgreementGIA, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this AgreementGIA), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article of this Agreement GIA or such Appendix to this AgreementGIA, or such Section to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures GIP or such Appendix to the Large Facility Interconnection ProceduresGIP, as the case may be; (6) “hereunder”, “hereof’”, “herein”, “hereto” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement GIA as a whole and not to any particular Article or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including”, “to” means “to but excluding” and “through” means “through and including.”.

Rules of Interpretation. This AgreementLGIA, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows: (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; ; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this AgreementLGIA, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this AgreementLGIA), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article of this Agreement LGIA or such Appendix to this AgreementLGIA, or such Section to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures GIDAP or such Appendix to the Large Facility Interconnection ProceduresGIDAP, as the case may be; (6) “hereunder”, “hereof’”, “herein”, “hereto” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement LGIA as a whole and not to any particular Article or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including”, “to” means “to but excluding” and “through” means “through and including”.

Rules of Interpretation. This AgreementLGIA, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows: (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; ; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this AgreementLGIA, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this AgreementLGIA), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article of this Agreement LGIA or such Appendix to this AgreementLGIA, or such Section to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures LGIP or such Appendix to the Large Facility Interconnection ProceduresLGIP, as the case may be; (6) “hereunder”, “hereof’”, “herein”, “hereto” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement LGIA as a whole and not to any particular Article or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including”, “to” means “to but excluding” and “through” means “through and including”.

Rules of Interpretation. This Agreement, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows: (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this Agreement, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this Agreement), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article of this Agreement or Agreement, such Appendix to this Agreement, or such Section to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures or such Appendix to the Large Facility Interconnection Proceduresof this Agreement, as the case may be; (6) “hereunder”, “hereof’, “herein”, “hereto” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including”, “to” means “to but excluding” and “through” means “through and including”.

Rules of Interpretation. This AgreementGIA, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows: (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this AgreementGIA, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this AgreementGIA), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article of this Agreement GIA or such Appendix to this AgreementGIA, or such Section to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures GIP or such Appendix to the Large Facility Interconnection ProceduresGIP, as the case may be; (6) “hereunder”, “hereof’”, “herein”, “hereto” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement GIA as a whole and not to any particular Article or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including”, “to” means “to but excluding” and “through” means “through and including”.meaning

Rules of Interpretation. This AgreementLGIA, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows: (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this AgreementLGIA, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this AgreementLGIA), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article of this Agreement LGIA or such Appendix to this AgreementLGIA, or such Section to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures GIP or such Appendix to the Large Facility Interconnection ProceduresGIP, as the case may be; (6) “hereunder”, “hereof’”, “herein”, “hereto” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement LGIA as a whole and not to any particular Article or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including”, “to” means “to but excluding” and “through” means “through and including”.

Rules of Interpretation. This AgreementLGIA, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows: (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this AgreementLGIA, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this AgreementLGIA), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article of this Agreement LGIA or such Appendix to this AgreementLGIA, or such Section to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures LGIP or such Appendix to the Large Facility Interconnection ProceduresLGIP, as the case may be; (6) “"hereunder”", “"hereof’", “"herein”", “"hereto” " and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement LGIA as a whole and not to any particular Article or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “"including” " (and with correlative meaning “"include”") means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “"from” " means “"from and including”", “"to” " means “"to but excluding” " and “"through” " means “"through and including”".

Rules of Interpretation. This AgreementGIA, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows: (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s 's successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this AgreementGIA, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this AgreementGIA), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article of this Agreement GIA or such Appendix to this AgreementGIA, or such Section to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures GIP or such Appendix to the Large Facility Interconnection ProceduresGIP, as the case may be; (6) “"hereunder”", “"hereof’", “"herein”", “"hereto” " and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement GIA as a whole and not to any particular Article or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “"including” " (and with correlative meaning “"include”") means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “"from” " means “"from and including”", “"to” " means “"to but excluding” " and “"through” " means “"through and including”".

Rules of Interpretation. This Agreement, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows: (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this Agreement, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this Agreement), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article of this Agreement or such Appendix to this Agreement, or such Section to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures or such Appendix to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures, as the case may be; (6) “hereunder”, “hereof’, “herein”, “hereto” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including”, “to” means “to but excluding” and “through” means “through and including”.7)‌

Rules of Interpretation. This AgreementLGIA, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows: (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this AgreementLGIA, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this AgreementLGIA), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article of this Agreement LGIA or such Appendix to of this AgreementLGIA, or such Section to of the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures LGIP or such Appendix to of the Large Facility Interconnection ProceduresLGIP, as the case may be; (6) “hereunder”, “hereof’”, “herein”, “hereto” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement LGIA as a whole and not to any particular Article or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including”, “to” means “to but excluding” and “through” means “through and including”.

Rules of Interpretation. This AgreementLGIA, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows: (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; ; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this AgreementLGIA, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this AgreementLGIA), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article of this Agreement LGIA or such Appendix to this AgreementLGIA, or such Section to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures LGIP or such Appendix to the Large Facility Interconnection ProceduresLGIP, as the case may be; (6) “"hereunder”", “"hereof’", “"herein”", “"hereto” " and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement LGIA as a whole and not to any particular Article or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “"including” " (and with correlative meaning “"include”") means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “"from” " means “"from and including”", “"to” " means “"to but excluding” " and “"through” " means “"through and including”".

Rules of Interpretation. This Agreement, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows: (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this Agreement, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this Agreement), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article of this Agreement or such Appendix to this Agreement, or such Section to the Large Facility Transmission Interconnection Procedures or such Appendix to the Large Facility Transmission Interconnection Procedures, as the case may be; (6) “hereunder”, “hereof’, “herein”, “hereto” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including”, “to” means “to but excluding” and “through” means “through and including”.

Rules of Interpretation. This Agreement, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows:, (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this Agreement, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this Agreement), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article of this Agreement or such Appendix to this Agreement, or such Section to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures or such Appendix to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures, as the case may be; (6) “hereunder”, “hereof’, “herein”, “hereto” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including”, “to” means “to but excluding” and “through” means “through and including”.

Rules of Interpretation. This Agreement, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows:, (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this Agreement, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this Agreement), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article of this Agreement or such Appendix to this Agreement, or such Section to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures or such Appendix to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures, as the case may be; (6) “hereunder”, “hereof’”, “herein”, “hereto” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including”, “to” means “to but excluding” and “through” means “through and including”.

Rules of Interpretation. This Agreement, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows:, (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this Agreement, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this Agreement), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article of this Agreement or such Appendix to this Agreement, or such Section to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures or such Appendix to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures, as the case may be; (6) “hereunder”, “hereof’, “herein”, “hereto” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including”, “to” means “to but excluding” and “through” means “through and including”.

Rules of Interpretation. This (a) Titles, captions and headings in this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and will not be used for the purposes of construing or interpreting this Agreement. (b) In this Agreement, unless a clear clear, contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows: : (1i) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (2ii) reference to any person Person includes such personPerson’s successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this Agreement, and reference to a person Person in a particular capacity excludes such person Person in any other capacity or individuallycapacity; (3iii) reference to any gender includes each other gender; (iv) reference to any agreement (including this Agreement), document, document or instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, document or tariff instrument as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereofof this Agreement; (4v) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations law means such Applicable Laws and Regulations law as amended, modified, codified, codified or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5vi) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article or Section means such Article or Section of this Agreement, and references in any Article, Section or Appendix definition to any clause means such Article clause of this Agreement such Article, Section or such Appendix to this Agreement, or such Section to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures or such Appendix to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures, as the case may bedefinition; (6vii) “hereunder”, “hereof’, “herein”, “hereto” and words of similar import shall will be deemed references to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article Article, Section or other provision hereof or thereofof this Agreement; (7viii) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) ix) relative to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including”, “to” means “to but excluding” and “through” means “through and including”.

Rules of Interpretation. This Agreement, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows: (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this Agreement, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this Agreement), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article of this Agreement or such Appendix to this Agreement, or such Section to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures or such Appendix to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures, as the case may be; (6) “hereunder”, “hereof’, “herein”, “hereto” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including”, “to” means “to but excluding” and “through” means “through and including”.

Rules of Interpretation. This AgreementSGIA, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows: (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s 's successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this AgreementSGIA, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this AgreementSGIA), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article of this Agreement SGIA or such Appendix to this AgreementSGIA, or such Section to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures SGIP or such Appendix to the Large Facility Interconnection ProceduresSGIP, as the case may be; (6) “"hereunder”", “"hereof’", “"herein”", “"hereto” " and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement SGIA as a whole and not to any particular Article or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “"including” " (and with correlative meaning “"include”") means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “"from” " means “"from and including”", “"to” " means “"to but excluding” " and “"through” " means “"through and including”".

Rules of Interpretation. This Agreement, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows: (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this Agreement, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this Agreement), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article of this Agreement or such Appendix to this Agreement, or such Section to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures or such Appendix to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures, as the case may be; (6) “hereunder”, “hereof’, “herein”, “hereto” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including”, “to” means “to but excluding” and “through” means “through and including”.

Rules of Interpretation. This Agreement, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows: (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa, except with respect to the definition of “Developer”; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this Agreement, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this Agreement), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article of this Agreement or Agreement, such Appendix to this Agreement, or such Section to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures or such Appendix to the Large Facility Interconnection Proceduresof this Agreement, as the case may be; (6) “hereunder”, “hereof’, “herein”, “hereto” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including”, “to” means “to but excluding” and “through” means “through and including”.,

Rules of Interpretation. This Agreement, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows: (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this Agreement, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this Agreement), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article of this Agreement or such Appendix to this Agreement, or such Section to the Large Facility Standard Interconnection Procedures or such Appendix to the Large Facility Standard Interconnection Procedures, as the case may be; (6) “hereunder”, ,” “hereof’, ,” “herein”, ,” “hereto” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including”, ,” “to” means “to but excluding” and “through” means “through and including.”.

Rules of Interpretation. This Agreement, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows: (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this Agreement, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this Agreement), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article of this Agreement or such Appendix to this Agreement, or such Section to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures or such Appendix to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures, as the case may be; (6) “hereunder”, “hereof’, “herein”, “hereto” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including”, “to” means “to but excluding” and “through” means “through and including”.)

Rules of Interpretation. This (a) Titles, captions and headings in this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and will not be used for the purposes of construing or interpreting this Agreement. (b) In this Agreement, unless a clear clear, contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows: : (1i) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (2ii) reference to any person Person includes such personPerson’s successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this Agreement, and reference to a person Person in a particular capacity excludes such person Person in any other capacity or individuallycapacity; (3iii) reference to any gender includes each other gender; (iv) reference to any agreement (including this Agreement), document, document or instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, document or tariff instrument as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereofof this Agreement; (4v) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations law means such Applicable Laws and Regulations law as amended, modified, codified, codified or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5vi) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article or Section means such Article or Section of this Agreement, and references in any Article, Section or Appendix definition to any clause means such Article clause of this Agreement such Article, Section or such Appendix to this Agreement, or such Section to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures or such Appendix to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures, as the case may bedefinition; (6vii) “hereunder”, ,” “hereof’, “herein”, ,” “hereto” and words of similar import shall will be deemed references to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article Article, Section or other provision hereof or thereofof this Agreement; (7viii) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) ix) relative to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including”, “to” means “to but excluding” and “through” means “through and including”.

Rules of Interpretation. This Agreement, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows: (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this Agreement, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this Agreement), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article of this Agreement or such Appendix to this Agreement, or such Section to the Standard Large Facility Interconnection Procedures or such Appendix to the Standard Large Facility Interconnection Procedures, as the case may be; (6) “hereunder”, “hereof’, “herein”, “hereto” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including”, “to” means “to but excluding” and “through” means “through and including”.including”.‌

Rules of Interpretation. This Agreement(a) In this Agreement and in the Appendix hereto, unless a clear contrary intention appearsexcept to the extent that the context otherwise requires: (i) words and phrases not otherwise defined in this Agreement or in the Appendix hereto (A) that have well-known technical, insurance, or construction industry meanings shall be construed pursuant to such recognized meanings, and (B) of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed pursuant to generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, in each case considering the context in which such words and phrases are used; (ii) references to any document or agreement, including this Agreement and the Appendix hereto, shall be construed and interpreted deemed to include references to such document or agreement as follows: (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s successors and assigns butamended, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this Agreement, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity supplemented or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this Agreement), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect replaced from time to time in accordance with its terms and (where applicable) subject to compliance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; requirements set forth herein and therein; (4iii) references to an entity shall include its successors and permitted assigns; (iv) references to time and dates shall be deemed to refer to Eastern Time; (v) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means applicable law shall be deemed to include reference to such Applicable Laws and Regulations law as amended, modified, codified, amended or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect supplemented from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; ; (5vi) unless expressly stated otherwisethe context shall otherwise require, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article of this Agreement or such Appendix to this Agreement, or such Section to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures or such Appendix to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures, as the case may be; (6) words “hereunder”, hereto,” “herein,” “hereof’, “herein”, “hereto,” and other words of similar import shall be deemed references refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article whole; (vii) the use herein of the words “include” or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “including,” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of when following any description preceding general statement, term or matter, shall not be construed to limit such statement, term; and (8) relative , or matter to the determination of any period of timespecific items or matters set forth immediately following such word or to similar items or matters, whether or not non-limiting language (such as “fromwithout limitation” means or “from and including”, “but not limited to” means “or words of similar import) is used with reference thereto, but rather shall be deemed to but excluding” and “through” means “through and including”.refer to all other items or matters that fall within the broadest possible scope of such general statement, term or matter;

Rules of Interpretation. This Agreement, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows:and (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this Agreement, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this Agreement), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article of this Agreement or such Appendix to this Agreement, or such Section to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures or such Appendix to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures, as the case may be; (6) “hereunder”, “hereof’, “herein”, “hereto” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including”, “to” means “to but excluding” and “through” means “through and including”.

Rules of Interpretation. This AgreementLGIA, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows: (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this AgreementLGIA, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this AgreementLGIA), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article of this Agreement LGIA or such Appendix to of this AgreementLGIA, or such Section to of the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures LGIP or such Appendix to of the Large Facility Interconnection ProceduresLGIP, as the case may be; (6) “hereunder”, “hereof’”, “herein”, “hereto” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement LGIA as a whole and not to any particular Article or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including”, “to” means “to but excluding” and “through” means “through and including”.any

Rules of Interpretation. This Agreement, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows: (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s 's successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this Agreement, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this Agreement), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article of this Agreement or such Appendix to this Agreement, or such Section to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures or such Appendix to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures, as the case may be; (6) “"hereunder”", “"hereof’, “"herein”", “"hereto” " and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “"including” " (and with correlative meaning “"include”") means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “"from” " means “"from and including”", “"to” " means “"to but excluding” " and “"through” " means “"through and including”".

Rules of Interpretation. This Agreement, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows: (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this Agreement, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this Agreement), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article of this Agreement or such Appendix to this Agreement, or such Section to the Standard Large Facility FacilityTransmission Interconnection Procedures or such Appendix to the Standard Large Facility FacilityTransmission Interconnection Procedures, as the case may be; (6) “hereunder”, “hereof’, “herein”, “hereto” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including”, “to” means “to but excluding” and “through” means “through and including”.

Rules of Interpretation. This AgreementLGIA, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows: (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this AgreementLGIA, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this AgreementLGIA), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article of this Agreement LGIA or such Appendix to this AgreementLGIA, or such Section to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures GIP or such Appendix to the Large Facility Interconnection ProceduresGIP, as the case may be; (6) “hereunder”, “hereof’”, “herein”, “hereto” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement LGIA as a whole and not to any particular Article or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including”, “to” means “to but excluding” and “through” means “through and including”.including”.‌

Rules of Interpretation. This Agreement, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows: (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this Agreement, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this Agreement), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article of this Agreement or such Appendix to this Agreement, or such Section to the Standard Large Facility FacilityTransmission Interconnection Procedures or such Appendix to the Standard Large Facility FacilityTransmission Interconnection Procedures, as the case may be; (6) “hereunder”, “hereof’, “herein”, “hereto” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including”, “to” means “to but excluding” and “through” means “through and including”.any

Rules of Interpretation. This Agreement, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows: (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this Agreement, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this Agreement), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article of this Agreement or such Appendix to this Agreement, or such Section to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures or such Appendix to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures, as the case may be; (6) “hereunder”, “hereof’”, “herein”, “hereto” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including”, “to” means “to but excluding” and “through” means “through and including”.)

Rules of Interpretation. This (a) Titles, captions and headings in this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and will not be used for the purposes of construing or interpreting this Agreement. (b) In this Agreement, unless a clear clear, contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows: : (1i) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (2ii) reference to any person Person includes such personPerson’s successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this Agreement, and reference to a person Person in a particular capacity excludes such person Person in any other capacity or individuallycapacity; (3iii) reference to any gender includes each other gender; (iv) reference to any agreement (including this Agreement), document, document or instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, document or tariff instrument as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereofof this Agreement; (4v) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations law means such Applicable Laws and Regulations law as amended, modified, codified, codified or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5vi) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article or Section means such Article or Section of this Agreement, and references in any Article, Section or Appendix definition to any clause means such Article clause of this Agreement such Article, Section or such Appendix to this Agreement, or such Section to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures or such Appendix to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures, as the case may bedefinition; (6vii) “hereunder”, ,” “hereof’, “herein”, ,” “hereto” and words of similar import shall will be deemed references to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article Article, Section or other provision hereof or thereofof this Agreement; (7viii) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) ix) relative to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including”, ,” “to” means “to but excluding” and “through” means “through and including.”.

Rules of Interpretation. This Agreement, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows: (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this Agreement, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this Agreement), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article of this Agreement or such Appendix to this Agreement, or such Section to the Standard Large Facility Interconnection Procedures or such Appendix to the Standard Large Facility Interconnection Procedures, as the case may be; (6) “hereunder”, “hereof’, “herein”, “hereto” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including”, “to” means “to but excluding” and “through” means “through and including”.and

Rules of Interpretation. This AgreementLGIA, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows: (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this AgreementLGIA, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this AgreementLGIA), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article of this Agreement LGIA or such Appendix to this AgreementLGIA, or such Section to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures GIDAP or such Appendix to the Large Facility Interconnection ProceduresGIDAP, as the case may be; (6) “hereunder”, “hereof’”, “herein”, “hereto” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement LGIA as a whole and not to any particular Article or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including”, “to” means “to but excluding” and “through” means “through and including”.

Rules of Interpretation. This AgreementQF-LGIA, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows: (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s 's successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this AgreementQF-LGIA, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this AgreementQF- LGIA), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article of this Agreement QF- LGIA or such Appendix to this AgreementQF-LGIA, or such Section to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures QF-LG1P or such Appendix to the Large Facility Interconnection ProceduresQP-LGIP, as the case may be; (6) “"hereunder”", “"hereof’", “"herein”", “"hereto” " and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement QF-LGIA as a whole and not to any particular Article or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “"including” " (and with correlative meaning “"include”") means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “"from” " means “"from and including”", “"to” " means “"to but excluding” butexcluding" and “"through” " means “"through and including”".

Rules of Interpretation. This (a) In this Agreement, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as followsis apparent from the context: (1i) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; ; (2ii) reference references to any a person includes shall include such person’s successors and assigns; provided, however, that with respect to a Party and its rights and obligations under this Agreement, references to a Party shall only include such Party’s successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this Agreement; provided, and reference further, references to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; ; (3iii) reference references to any gender include the other genders; (iv) references to any agreement (including this Agreement), document, document or instrument or tariff means mean such agreement, document, instrument, document or tariff instrument as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof andterms, if applicable, the terms hereof; conditions and provisions thereof; (4v) reference references to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means Law mean such Applicable Laws and Regulations Law as amended, modified, codified, replaced or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, including rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; thereunder and reference to any section or other provision of any Law means that provision of such Law from time to time in effect and constituting the substantive amendment, modification, codification, replacement or re-enactment of such section or other provision; (5vi) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference references to the Preamble or to any Article, Section, Appendix, or Schedule mean the Preamble hereto or such Article or Section hereof or Appendix means such Article of this Agreement or such Appendix to this Agreement, or such Section to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures or such Appendix to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures, as the case may be; Schedule hereto; (6vii) “hereunder”, “hereof’, “herein”, “hereto” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article Article, Section or other provision hereof or thereof; hereof; (7viii) “including” (and with other correlative meaning meanings such as “include”) means including any listed examples but without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (ix) with respect to any rights and (8) relative obligations of the Parties, all such rights and obligations shall be construed to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including”, “to” means “to but excluding” and “through” means “through and including”extent permitted by applicable Law.

Rules of Interpretation. This Agreement, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows: (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s 's successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this Agreement, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this Agreement), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article Section of this Agreement or such Appendix to this Agreement, or such Section to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures or such Appendix to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures, as the case may be; (6) “"hereunder”", “"hereof’", “"herein”", “"hereto” " and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article Section or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “"including” " (and with correlative meaning “"include”") means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “"from” " means “"from and including”", “"to” " means “"to but excluding” " and “"through” " means “"through and including”".

Rules of Interpretation. This Agreement, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows:and (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this Agreement, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this Agreement), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article of this Agreement SERVICE AGREEMENT NO. 2257 or such Appendix to this Agreement, or such Section to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures or such Appendix to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures, as the case may be; (6) “hereunder”, “hereof’, “herein”, “hereto” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including”, “to” means “to but excluding” and “through” means “through and including”.

Rules of Interpretation. This Agreement, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall will be construed and interpreted as follows: (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this Agreement, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this Agreement), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws applicable laws and Regulations regulations means such Applicable Laws applicable laws and Regulations regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article or Section of this Agreement or such Appendix to this Agreement, or such Section to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures of Appendix DD or such Appendix to the Large Facility Interconnection ProceduresAppendix DD, as the case may be; (6) “"hereunder”", “"hereof’", “"herein”", “"hereto” " and words of similar import shall will be deemed references to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article Article, Section, or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “"including” " (and with correlative meaning “"include”") means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “"from” " means “"from and including”", “"to” " means “"to but excluding” " and “"through” " means “"through and including”".

Rules of Interpretation. This Agreement, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows: (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this Agreement, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this Agreement), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws applicable laws and Regulations regulations means such Applicable Laws applicable laws and Regulations regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article or Section of this Agreement or such Appendix to this Agreement, or such Section to of the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures GIDAP or such Appendix to the Large Facility Interconnection ProceduresGIDAP, as the case may be; (6) “"hereunder”", “"hereof’", “"herein”", “"hereto” " and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article Article, Section, or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “"including” " (and with correlative meaning “"include”") means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “"from” " means “"from and including”", “"to” " means “"to but excluding” " and “"through” " means “"through and including”".

Rules of Interpretation. This Agreement, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows:‌ (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa, except for the terms Developer and Developers, which are defined in the introductory paragraph; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this Agreement, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this Agreement), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article of this Agreement or such Appendix to this Agreement, or such Section to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures or such Appendix to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures, as the case may be; (6) “hereunder”, “hereof’, “herein”, “hereto” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including”, “to” means “to but excluding” and “through” means “through and including”.including”.‌

Rules of Interpretation. This (a) Terms other than those defined within this Agreement shall be given their plain English meaning, and those terms, acronyms and phrases known in the information technology and customer data integration services industries shall be interpreted in accordance with their generally known meanings. Unless the context otherwise requires, words importing the singular include the plural and vice-versa, and words importing gender include both genders. Unless the context otherwise requires to “persons” includes individual natural persons and juridical legal entities. (b) References to articles, sections, and paragraphs shall be references to sections and paragraphs of this Agreement, unless otherwise specifically stated. (c) The section headings in this Agreement are intended to be for reference purposes only and shall not be construed to modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement. (d) Where there is similar, but not identical, construction of phrases, sentences, or clauses of this Agreement no implication is made that a clear contrary intention appears“negative pregnant” is intended and they shall each be construed separately, in accordance with their plain meaning. D&B/Acxiom Confidential Information -15- (e) The words “include”, “includes”, “including”, and “e.g.” when following a general statement or term, are not to be construed as limiting the general statement or term to any specific item or matter set forth or to similar items or matters, but rather as permitting the general statement or term to refer also to all other items or matters that could reasonably fall within its broadest scope. (f) The word “may” (unless followed by “not”) shall be construed and interpreted as follows:meaning “shall have the right, but not the obligation, to”. (1g) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this Agreement, and Any reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this Agreement)foreign, documentfederal, instrument or tariff means such agreementstate, document, instrumentlocal, or tariff as amended other statute or modified and in effect from time law shall be deemed to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference also refer to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) , unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article of this Agreement or such Appendix to this Agreement, or such Section to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures or such Appendix to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures, as the case may be; (6) “hereunder”, “hereof’, “herein”, “hereto” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including”, “to” means “to but excluding” and “through” means “through and including”context otherwise requires.

Rules of Interpretation. This Agreement, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows: (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this Agreement, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this Agreement), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article of this Agreement or such Appendix to this Agreement, or such Section to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures or such Appendix to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures, as the case may be; (6) “hereunder”, “hereof’, “herein”, “hereto” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including”, “to” means “to but excluding” and “through” means “through and including”.,

Rules of Interpretation. This Agreement, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows: (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; , except for the terms Developer and Developers, which are defined in the introductory paragraph; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this Agreement, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this Agreement), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article of this Agreement or such Appendix to this Agreement, or such Section to the Standard Large Facility Interconnection Procedures or such Appendix to the Standard Large Facility Interconnection Procedures, as the case may be; (6) “hereunder”, “hereof’, “herein”, “hereto” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including”, “to” means “to but excluding” and “through” means “through and including”.

Rules of Interpretation. This Agreement, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows: (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa, except with respect to the definitions of “Party” and “Individual Party”; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this Agreement, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this Agreement), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws laws, regulations, and Regulations rules means such Applicable Laws laws, regulations, and Regulations rules as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Article or Section or Appendix means such Article or Section of this Agreement or such Appendix to this Agreement, or such Section to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures or such Appendix to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures, as the case may be; (6) “hereunder”, “hereof’, “herein”, “hereto” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, time “from” means “from and including”, “to” means “to but excluding” and “through” means “through and including.”.

Rules of Interpretation. This Agreement, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows: (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this Agreement, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (agreement, including this Agreement), document, instrument instrument, or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section Section, or Appendix means such Article or Section of this Agreement or such Appendix to this Agreement, or such Section to of the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures CAISO Tariff or such Appendix to the Large Facility Interconnection ProceduresCAISO Tariff, as the case may be; (6) “hereunder”, “hereof’”, “herein”, “hereto” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article Article, Section, or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including”, “to” means “to but excluding” and “through” means “through and including”.

Rules of Interpretation. This Agreement, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows: (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this Agreement, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this Agreement), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article of this Agreement or such Appendix to this Agreement, or such Section to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures or such Appendix to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures, as the case may be; (6) “hereunder”, “hereof’, “herein”, “hereto” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including”, “to” means “to but excluding” and “through” means “through and including”.including”.‌

Rules of Interpretation. This Agreement, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows: (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this Agreement, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this Agreement), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws applicable laws and Regulations regulations means such Applicable Laws applicable laws and Regulations regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article or Section of this Agreement or such Appendix to this Agreement, or such Section to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures or of Rule 21or such Appendix to the Large Facility Interconnection ProceduresRule 21, as the case may be; (6) “hereunder”, “hereof’”, “herein”, “hereto” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article Section, or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including”, “to” means “to but excluding” and “through” means “through and including”.

Rules of Interpretation. This Agreement, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows: (1( l) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s 's successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this Agreement, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this Agreement), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or o r modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws applicable laws and Regulations regulations means such Applicable Laws applicable laws and Regulations regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article or Section of this Agreement or such Appendix to this Agreement, or such Section to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures or of Rule 21or such Appendix to the Large Facility Interconnection ProceduresRule 21, as the case may be; (6) “"hereunder”", “"hereof’', “''herein”", “"hereto” " and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article Section, or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “"including” " (and with correlative meaning “"include”") means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of timeoftime, “"from” " means “"from and including”", “"to” " means “''to but excluding” " and “"through” " means “"through and including”".

Rules of Interpretation. This AgreementLGIA, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows: (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this AgreementLGIA, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this AgreementLGIA), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article of this Agreement LGIA or such Appendix to this AgreementLGIA, or such Section to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures GIP or such Appendix to the Large Facility Interconnection ProceduresGIP, as the case may be; (6) “hereunder”, “hereof’”, “herein”, “hereto” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement LGIA as a whole and not to any particular Article or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including”, “to” means “to but excluding” and “through” means “through and including”.from

Rules of Interpretation. This Agreement, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows: (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this Agreement, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this Agreement), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article of this Agreement or such Appendix to this Agreement, or such Section to the Large Facility Standard Interconnection Procedures or such Appendix to the Large Facility Standard Interconnection Procedures, Procedures as the case may be; (6) “hereunder”, ,” “hereof’, ,” “herein”, ,” “hereto” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including”, ,” “to” means “to but excluding” and “through” means “through and including.”.

Rules of Interpretation. This Agreement, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows: (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this Agreement, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this Agreement), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article of this Agreement or such Appendix to this Agreement, or such Section to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures or such Appendix to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures, as the case may be; (6) “hereunder”, “hereof’”, “herein”, “hereto” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including”, “to” means “to but excluding” and “through” means “through and including”.

Rules of Interpretation. This AgreementLGIA, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows: (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this AgreementLGIA, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this AgreementLGIA), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article of this Agreement LGIA or such Appendix to this AgreementLGIA, or such Section to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures LGIP or such Appendix to the Large Facility Interconnection ProceduresLGIP, as the case may be; (6) “hereunder”, “hereof’”, “herein”, “hereto” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement LGIA as a whole and not to any particular Article or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the Arizona Public Service Company APS Contract No. 52023 LGIA (Large Generator Interconnection Agreement) generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including”, “to” means “to but excluding” and “through” means “through and including”.

Rules of Interpretation. This Agreement, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows: (1a) the The singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (2b) references to “Articles,” “Sections,” or “Annexes” shall be to articles, sections or annexes of this Agreement; (c) references to “days” shall mean calendar days, unless otherwise indicated; (d) reference to any person Person includes such personPerson’s successors and assigns but, in the case of a Partyif applicable, only if such successors and or assigns are permitted not prohibited by this Agreement, Agreement and reference to a person Person in a particular capacity excludes such person Person in any other capacity or individuallycapacity; (3e) reference to any agreement gender includes each other gender; (including this Agreement)f) reference to any agreement, document, document or instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, document or tariff instrument as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereofthereof; (4g) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations Law means such Applicable Laws and Regulations Law as amended, modified, codified, replaced or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, including rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, thereunder and reference to any Articlesection or other provision of any Applicable Law means that provision of such Applicable Law from time to time in effect and constituting the substantive amendment, Section modification, codification, replacement or Appendix means reenactment of such Article of this Agreement section or such Appendix to this Agreement, or such Section to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures or such Appendix to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures, as the case may beother provision; (6h) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder”, “hereof’, “herein”, “hereto” and words of similar import shall be deemed references refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article section or other provision hereof subsection of this Agreement; the words “include,” “includes” or thereof; (7) “including” shall mean “including, but not limited to;” (and with correlative meaning “include”i) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative references to the determination of any period of timedocuments, “from” means “from and including”instruments or agreements shall be deemed to refer as well to all addenda, “to” means “to but excluding” and “through” means “through and including”exhibits, schedules or amendments thereto.

Rules of Interpretation. This Agreement, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows: (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this Agreement, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this Agreement), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article of this Agreement or such Appendix to this Agreement, or such Section to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures or such Appendix to the Large Facility Interconnection Interconnectio n Procedures, as the case may be; (6) “hereunder”, “hereof’, “herein”, “hereto” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including”, “to” means “to but excluding” and “through” means “through and including”.

Rules of Interpretation. This AgreementCLGIA, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows: (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this AgreementCLGIA, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this AgreementCLGIA), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article of this Agreement CLGIA or such Appendix to this AgreementCLGIA, or such Section to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures CLGIP or such Appendix to the Large Facility Interconnection ProceduresCLGIP, as the case may be; (6) “hereunder”, “hereof’”, “herein”, “hereto” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement CLGIA as a whole and not to any particular Article or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including”, “to” means “to but excluding” and “through” means “through and including”.

Rules of Interpretation. This Agreement, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows: (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s 's successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this Agreement, Agreement and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this Agreement), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article of this Agreement or such Appendix to this AgreementAgreement(6) "hereunder", or such Section to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures or such Appendix to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures"hereof", as the case may be; (6) “hereunder”"herein", “hereof’, “herein”, “"hereto” " and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “"including” " (and with correlative meaning “"include”") means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “"from” " means “"from and including”", “"to” " means “"to but excluding” " and “"through” " means “"through and including”".

Rules of Interpretation. This AgreementLGIA, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows: (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s 's successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this AgreementLGIA, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this Agreement), LGIA),‌ document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article of this Agreement LGIA or such Appendix to this Agreement, or such Section to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures or such Appendix to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures, as the case may beLGIA; (6) “"hereunder”", “"hereof’", “"herein”", “"hereto” " and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement LGIA as a whole and not to any particular Article or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “"including” " (and with correlative meaning “"include”") means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “"from” " means “"from and including”", “"to” " means “"to but excluding” " and “"through” " means “"through and including”".

Rules of Interpretation. This AgreementGIACLGIA, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows: (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this AgreementGIACLGIA, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this AgreementGIACLGIA), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article of this Agreement GIACLGIA or such Appendix to this AgreementGIACLGIA, or such Section to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures GIPCLGIP or such Appendix to the Large Facility Interconnection ProceduresGIPCLGIP, as the case may be; (6) “hereunder”, “hereof’”, “herein”, “hereto” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement GIACLGIA as a whole and not to any particular Article or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including”, “to” means “to but excluding” and “through” means “through and including”.

Rules of Interpretation. This Agreement, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows:and (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this Agreement, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this Agreement), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article of this Agreement or such Appendix to this Agreement, or such Section to the Large Facility Standard Interconnection Procedures or such Appendix to the Large Facility Standard Interconnection Procedures, Procedures as the case may be; (6) “hereunder”, ,” “hereof’, ,” “herein”, ,” “hereto” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including”, ,” “to” means “to but excluding” and “through” means “through and including.”.

Rules of Interpretation. This (a) In this Agreement, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as followsis apparent from the context: (1i) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; ; (2ii) reference references to any a person includes shall include such person’s successors and assigns; provided, however, that with respect to a Party and its rights and obligations under this Agreement, references to a Party shall only include such Party’s successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this Agreement; provided, and reference further, references to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; ; (3iii) reference references to any gender include the other genders; (iv) references to any agreement (including this Agreement), document, document or instrument or tariff means mean such agreement, document, instrument, document or tariff instrument as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof andterms, if applicable, the terms hereof; conditions and provisions thereof; (4v) reference references to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means Law mean such Applicable Laws and Regulations Law as amended, modified, codified, replaced or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, including rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; thereunder and reference to any section or other provision of any Law means that provision of such Law from time to time in effect and constituting the substantive amendment, modification, codification, replacement or re-enactment of such section or other provision; (5vi) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference references to the Preamble or to any Article, Section Section, Appendix, or Appendix means Schedule mean the Preamble hereto or such Article of this Agreement or such Appendix to this AgreementSection hereof or Appendix, or such Section to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures or such Appendix to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures, as the case may be; Schedule hereto; (6vii) “hereunder”, “hereof’, “herein”, “hereto” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article Article, Section or other provision hereof or thereof; hereof; (7viii) “including” (and with other correlative meaning meanings such as “include”) means including any listed examples but without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (ix) with respect to any rights and (8) relative obligations of the Parties, all such rights and obligations shall be construed to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including”, “to” means “to but excluding” and “through” means “through and including”extent permitted by applicable Law.

Rules of Interpretation. This Agreement, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows: (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this Agreement, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this Agreement), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article of this Agreement or such Appendix to this Agreement, or such Section to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures or such Appendix to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures, as the case may be; (6) “hereunder”, “hereof’, “herein”, “hereto” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative rela tive to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including”, “to” means “to but excluding” and “through” means “through and including”.

Rules of Interpretation. This AgreementProvisional LGIA, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows: (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s 's successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this AgreementProvisional LGIA, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this AgreementProvisional LGIA), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article of this Agreement Provisional LGIA or such Appendix to this AgreementProvisional LGIA, or such Section to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures LGIP or such Appendix to the Large Facility Interconnection ProceduresLGIP, as the case may be; (6) “"hereunder”", “"hereof’", “"herein”", “"hereto” " and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement Provisional LGIA as a whole and not to any particular Article or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “"including” " (and with correlative meaning “"include”") means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “"from” " means “"from and including”", “"to” " means “"to but excluding” " and “"through” " means “"through and including”".

Rules of Interpretation. This AgreementLGIA, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows: (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; ; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this AgreementLGIA, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this AgreementLGIA), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article of this Agreement LGIA or such Appendix to this AgreementLGIA, or such Section to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures GIPGIDAP or such Appendix to the Large Facility Interconnection ProceduresGIPGIDAP, as the case may be; (6) “hereunder”, “hereof’”, “herein”, “hereto” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement LGIA as a whole and not to any particular Article or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including”, “to” means “to but excluding” and “through” means “through and including”.

Rules of Interpretation. This Agreement, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows: (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this Agreement, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this Agreement), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article of this Agreement or such Appendix to this Agreement, or such Section to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures or such Appendix to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures, as the case may be; (6) no presumption shall operate in favor of or against any Party as a result of any responsibility or role that any Party may have had in the drafting of this Agreement; (7) “hereunder”, “hereof’”, “herein”, “hereto” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including”, “to” means “to but excluding” and “through” means “through and including”.and

Rules of Interpretation. This AgreementGIA, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows: (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; : (2) reference to any person includes such person’s 's successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this AgreementGIA, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this AgreementGIA), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article of this Agreement GIA or such Appendix to this AgreementGIA, or such Section to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures GIP or such Appendix to the Large Facility Interconnection ProceduresGIP, as the case may be; (6) “"hereunder”", “"hereof’", “"herein”", “"hereto” " and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement GIA as a whole and not to any particular Article or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “"including” " (and with correlative meaning “"include”") means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “"from” " means “"from and including”", “"to” " means “"to but excluding” " and “"through” " means “"through and including”".

Rules of Interpretation. This Agreement, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows: (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa, except for the terms Developer and Developers, which are defined in the introductory paragraph; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this Agreement, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this Agreement), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article of this Agreement or such Appendix to this Agreement, or such Section to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures or such Appendix to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures, as the case may be; (6) “hereunder”, “hereof’, “herein”, “hereto” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including”, “to” means “to but excluding” and “through” means “through and including”.

Rules of Interpretation. This AgreementCLGIA, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows: (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this AgreementCLGIA, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this AgreementCLGIA), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article of this Agreement CLGIA or such Appendix to this AgreementCLGIA, or such Section to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures CLGIP or such Appendix to the Large Facility Interconnection ProceduresCLGIP, as the case may be; (6) “hereunder”, “hereof’”, “herein”, “hereto” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement CLGIA as a whole and not to any particular Article or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including”, “to” means “to but excluding” and “through” means “through and including”.including”.‌

Rules of Interpretation. This Agreement, unless a clear contrary intention appears, shall be construed and interpreted as follows:and (1) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (2) reference to any person includes such person’s successors and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this Agreement, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (3) reference to any agreement (including this Agreement), document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document, instrument, or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof; (4) reference to any Applicable Laws and Regulations means such Applicable Laws and Regulations as amended, modified, codified, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (5) unless expressly stated SERVICE AGREEMENT NO. 2232 otherwise, reference to any Article, Section or Appendix means such Article of this Agreement or such Appendix to this Agreement, or such Section to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures or such Appendix to the Large Facility Interconnection Procedures, as the case may be; (6) “hereunder”, “hereof’, “herein”, “hereto” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article or other provision hereof or thereof; (7) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and (8) relative to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including”, “to” means “to but excluding” and “through” means “through and including”.