Common use of Scoping Meeting Clause in Contracts

Scoping Meeting. ‌ 3.2.1 The Transmission Provider shall use Reasonable Efforts to hold a scoping meeting with the Interconnection Customer within ten Business Days after the Interconnection Request is deemed complete, or as otherwise mutually agreed to by the Parties. The Transmission Provider and the Interconnection Customer will bring to the meeting personnel, including system engineers and other resources as may be reasonably required to accomplish the purpose of the meeting. 3.2.2 The purpose of the scoping meeting is to discuss the Interconnection Request and review existing studies relevant to the Interconnection Request. The Parties shall further discuss whether the Transmission Provider should perform a feasibility study or proceed directly to a system impact study, or a facilities study, or an interconnection agreement. If the Parties agree that a feasibility study should be performed, the Transmission Provider shall use Reasonable Efforts to provide a feasibility study agreement (Attachment 3) to the Interconnection Customer within five Business Days after the scoping meeting, including an outline of the scope of the study and a non-binding good faith estimate of the cost to perform the study. 3.2.3 The scoping meeting may be omitted by mutual agreement. In order to remain in consideration for interconnection, an Interconnection Customer who has requested a feasibility study must return the executed feasibility study agreement within 15 Business Days. If the Parties agree not to perform a feasibility study the Transmission Provider shall use Reasonable Efforts to provide a system impact study agreement (Attachment 4) to the Interconnection Customer within five Business Days after the scoping meeting, including an outline of the scope of the study and a non-binding good faith estimate of the cost to perform the study. 3.2.4 As soon as practicable after the scoping meeting, the Transmission Provider shall tender to the Interconnection Customer a NEPA study agreement authorizing the Transmission Provider, at the Interconnection Customer’s expense, to perform environmental review of the proposed interconnection, and setting forth the Interconnection Customer’s responsibilities in connection with such environmental review. The Interconnection Customer shall execute and return the NEPA study agreement within 30 days of receipt or its Interconnection Request shall be deemed withdrawn and the unexpended amount of its deposit, if any, shall be returned.

Scoping Meeting. ‌ 3.2.1 The Transmission Provider shall use Reasonable Efforts Scoping Meeting described herein is available to hold a scoping meeting with the an Interconnection Customer whose Application for interconnection to an electric distribution power system can no longer be considered in the Super-expedited Process. 1. At the request of either Party, a Scoping Meeting will be held within ten Business Days after the Interconnection Request is deemed complete10 business days, or as otherwise mutually agreed to by the Parties, after the Interconnection Provider notifies the Interconnection Customer that the Application cannot continue to be reviewed in the Super-expedited Process. The Transmission Interconnection Provider and the Interconnection Customer will bring to the meeting personnel, including system engineers engineers, and other resources as may be reasonably required to accomplish the purpose of the meeting. 3.2.2 2. The purpose of the scoping meeting is Scoping Meeting shall be to discuss the Interconnection Request Customer’s interconnection request, and review existing studies relevant to the Interconnection RequestCustomer’s interconnection request. The Parties shall further discuss whether the Transmission Interconnection Provider should perform a feasibility study Feasibility Study or proceed directly to a system impact studySystem Impact Study, or a facilities studyFacilities Study, or an interconnection agreementInterconnection Agreement. If the Parties parties agree that a feasibility study Feasibility Study should be performed, the Transmission Interconnection Provider shall use Reasonable Efforts to will provide a feasibility study agreement (Attachment 3) to the Interconnection Customer within five Business Days Customer, as soon as possible, but not later than 5 business days after the scoping meetingScoping Meeting, a Feasibility Study Agreement including an outline of the scope of the study and a non-binding good faith estimate of the cost to perform the study. 3.2.3 3. The scoping meeting Scoping Meeting may be omitted by mutual agreement, and the reasonable cost of a Scoping Meeting will be credited from the Application Fee toward the cost of the Feasibility Study. In order to remain in consideration for interconnectioninterconnection at the distribution level or, an as appropriate, in a high voltage transmission provider’s interconnection queue, the Interconnection Customer who has requested a feasibility study Feasibility Study must return the executed feasibility study agreement Feasibility Study Agreement within 15 Business Days. If the Parties agree not to perform a feasibility study the Transmission Provider shall use Reasonable Efforts to provide a system impact study agreement (Attachment 4) to the Interconnection Customer within five Business Days after the scoping meeting, including an outline of the scope of the study and a non-binding good faith estimate of the cost to perform the study. 3.2.4 As soon as practicable after the scoping meeting, the Transmission Provider shall tender to the Interconnection Customer a NEPA study agreement authorizing the Transmission Provider, at the Interconnection Customer’s expense, to perform environmental review of the proposed interconnection, and setting forth the Interconnection Customer’s responsibilities in connection with such environmental review. The Interconnection Customer shall execute and return the NEPA study agreement within 30 days of receipt or its Interconnection Request shall be deemed withdrawn and the unexpended amount of its deposit, if any, shall be returned.15

Scoping Meeting. ‌ 3.2.1 The Transmission Provider shall use Reasonable Efforts to hold a scoping meeting with the Interconnection Customer within ten Business Days after the Interconnection Request is deemed complete, or as otherwise mutually agreed to by the Parties. The Transmission Provider and the Interconnection Customer will bring to the meeting personnel, including system engineers and other resources as may be reasonably required to accomplish the purpose of the meeting. 3.2.2 The purpose of the scoping meeting is to discuss the Interconnection Request and review existing studies relevant to the Interconnection Request. The Parties shall further discuss whether the Transmission Provider should perform a feasibility study or proceed directly to a system impact study, or a facilities study, or an interconnection agreement. If the Parties agree that a feasibility study should be performed, the Transmission Provider shall use Reasonable Efforts to provide a feasibility study agreement (Attachment 3) to the Interconnection Customer within five Business Days after the scoping meeting, including an outline of the scope of the study and a non-binding good faith estimate of the cost to perform the study. 3.2.3 The scoping meeting may be omitted by mutual agreement. In order to remain in consideration for interconnection, an Interconnection Customer who has requested a feasibility study must return the executed feasibility study agreement within 15 Business Days. If the Parties agree not to perform a feasibility study the study, Transmission Provider shall use Reasonable Efforts to provide a system impact study agreement (Attachment 4) to the Interconnection Customer within five Business Days after the scoping meeting, including an outline of the scope of the study and a non-binding good faith estimate of the cost to perform the study. 3.2.4 As soon as practicable after the scoping meeting, the Transmission Provider shall tender to the Interconnection Customer a NEPA study agreement authorizing the Transmission Provider, at the Interconnection Customer’s expense, to perform environmental review of the proposed interconnection, and setting forth the Interconnection Customer’s responsibilities in connection with such environmental review. The Interconnection Customer shall execute and return the NEPA study agreement within 30 days of receipt or its Interconnection Request shall be deemed withdrawn and the unexpended amount of its deposit, if any, shall be returned.

Scoping Meeting. ‌ 3.2.1 The Transmission Provider shall use Reasonable Efforts to hold a scoping meeting with the Interconnection Customer within ten Business Days after the Interconnection Request is deemed complete, or as otherwise mutually agreed to by the Parties. The Transmission Provider and the Interconnection Customer will bring to the meeting personnel, including system engineers and other resources as may be reasonably required to accomplish the purpose of the meeting. 3.2.2 The purpose of the scoping meeting is to discuss the Interconnection Request and review existing studies relevant to the Interconnection Request. The Parties shall further discuss whether the Transmission Provider should perform a feasibility study or proceed directly to a system impact study, or a facilities study, or an interconnection agreement. If the Parties agree that a feasibility study should be performed, the Transmission Provider shall use Reasonable Efforts to provide a feasibility study agreement (Attachment 3) to the Interconnection Customer within five Business Days after the scoping meeting, including an outline of the scope of the study and a non-binding good faith estimate of the cost to perform the study. 3.2.3 The scoping meeting may be omitted by mutual agreement. In order to remain in consideration for interconnection, an Interconnection Customer who has requested a feasibility study must return the executed feasibility study agreement within 15 Business Days. If the Parties agree not to perform a feasibility study study, the Transmission Provider shall use Reasonable Efforts to provide a system impact study agreement (Attachment 4) to the Interconnection Customer within five Business Days after the scoping meeting, including an outline of the scope of the study and a non-binding good faith estimate of the cost to perform the study. 3.2.4 As soon as practicable after the scoping meeting, the Transmission Provider shall tender to the Interconnection Customer a NEPA study agreement authorizing the Transmission Provider, at the Interconnection Customer’s expense, to perform environmental review of the proposed interconnection, and setting forth the Interconnection Customer’s responsibilities in connection with such environmental review. The Interconnection Customer shall execute and return the NEPA study agreement within 30 days of receipt or its Interconnection Request shall be deemed withdrawn and the unexpended amount of its deposit, if any, shall be returned.