Common use of Scope of Interconnection Feasibility Study Clause in Contracts

Scope of Interconnection Feasibility Study. The Interconnection Feasibility Study shall preliminarily evaluate the feasibility of the proposed interconnection to the New York State Transmission System. The Interconnection Feasibility Study shall be conducted in accordance with Applicable Reliability Standards. The Interconnection Feasibility Study will consider the Base Case and, if not already included in the Base Case, all generating and merchant transmission facilities (and with respect to (iii), any identified System Upgrade Facilities and, if security or cash has been posted in accordance with Attachment S, System Deliverability Upgrades, except for Highway facility upgrades that have not yet been triggered under Section 25.7.12.3.1 of Attachment S) that, on the date the Interconnection Feasibility Study Agreement is fully executed: (i) are directly interconnected to the New York State Transmission System; (ii) are interconnected to Affected Systems and may have an impact on the Interconnection Request; (iii) have accepted their cost allocation for System Upgrade Facilities and posted security for such System Upgrade Facilities in accordance with Attachment S; and (iv) have no Queue Position but have executed a Standard Large Generator Interconnection Agreement or requested that an unexecuted Standard Large Generator Interconnection Agreement be filed with FERC. Certain changes have been made, effective January 17, 2010, to the Base Case requirements for Interconnection Feasibility Studies. These changed requirements will be applied prospectively to projects with Interconnection Feasibility Study Agreements fully executed on or after that effective date; provided, however, that Developers with Interconnection Feasibility Studies in progress with Interconnection Feasibility Study Agreements fully executed prior to that effective date may elect, at their own expense, to modify the Base Case assumptions for that study consistent with the changed requirements. Such an election will be memorialized in an amended Interconnection Feasibility Study Agreement. The Interconnection Feasibility Study will consist of a power flow and short circuit analysis. The Interconnection Feasibility Study will provide a list of facilities and a non-binding good faith estimate of cost responsibility and a non-binding good faith estimated time to construct.