Common use of Scoping Meeting Clause in Contracts

Scoping Meeting. Transmission Provider will make Reasonable Efforts to conduct Scoping Meetings with each Interconnection Customer that has a valid Interconnection Request within forty-five (45) Calendar Days prior to executing the System Impact Study Agreement. Transmission Provider shall establish a date agreeable to Interconnection Customer for the Scoping Meeting. The purpose of the Scoping Meeting shall be to exchange information including any transmission data that would reasonably be expected to impact such Interconnection Customer’s interconnection options, to analyze such information and to review the requested Point of Interconnection. Interconnection Customer may prepare in advance for the Scoping Meeting by reviewing the Load and Resource Transmission Study and by attending an informational meeting that Transmission Provider may arrange at the beginning of the Request Window. At the Scoping Meeting, Interconnection Customer may identify an alternate, reduced level of generation output to be studied, up to sixty percent (60%) less than that stated in the Interconnection Request. Selection of such an alternative level of output will be at the sole determination of Interconnection Customer. Transmission Provider and Interconnection Customer will bring to the meeting such technical data, including, but not limited to: (i) general facility loadings, (ii) general instability issues, (iii) general short circuit issues, (iv) general voltage issues, and (v) general reliability issues as may be reasonably required to accomplish the purpose of the meeting. Transmission Provider and Interconnection Customer will also bring to the meeting personnel and other resources as may be reasonably required to accomplish the purpose of the meeting in the time allocated for the meeting. On the basis of the meeting, Interconnection Customer shall designate its Point of Interconnection, pursuant to Section 7.1, and one or more alternative Point(s) of Interconnection for purposes of the Interconnection System Impact Study.