Common use of System Impact Study Procedures Clause in Contracts

System Impact Study Procedures. Subject to Section 19.3.6, upon receipt of an executed individual or Group System Impact Study Agreement and payment for the estimated costs of the System Impact Study and preparing the associated System Impact Study Report (to the extent such costs exceed any deposit pursuant to Section 17.3), the Transmission Provider will use due diligence to complete the required System Impact Study and System Impact Study Report within a reasonable time period, taking into consideration the complexity of the study, the Transmission Provider’s resources, the number of other studies to be conducted and whether or not the eligible Customer has requested a study to be conducted under the Transmission Provider’s Open Access Interconnection Tariff that involves the same Transmission Service. The System Impact Study Report shall identify any system constraints associated with the requested service, a preliminary estimate of the scope of any additional Direct Assignment Facilities or Network Upgrades required to provide the requested service and a rough, non-binding estimate of the costs associated with any identified Direct Assignment Facilities or Network Upgrades. The System Impact Study Report shall also include any service condition options offered pursuant to Section 13.5. In the event that the Transmission Provider is unable to complete the required System Impact Study and associated System Impact Study Report within the estimated time period, it shall so notify the Eligible Customer and provide a revised estimated completion date along with an explanation of the reasons why additional time is required. Upon completion of the System Impact Study Report, a copy of the completed System Impact Study Report and related work papers shall be made available to the Eligible Customer. The Transmission Provider will use the same due diligence in completing the System Impact Study for an Eligible Customer as it uses when completing studies for itself. At the time of tendering the System Impact Study Report to the Eligible Customer, the Transmission Provider shall provide the Eligible Customer with an invoice or statement for any amount by which the actual costs (or Eligible Customer’s portion) of the System Impact Study and System Impact Study Report exceed or are less than the estimated costs or deposit paid by Eligible Customer. If the System Impact Study or an Interconnection Evaluation Study conducted under the Transmission Provider’s Open Access Interconnection Tariff indicates that the Transmission System will be adequate to accommodate a request for service and that no costs are to be incurred for new transmission facilities or upgrades, or if a service condition option is identified, the Transmission Provider shall forward a Service Agreement with any applicable conditions to the Eligible Customer within fifteen (15) days of completion of the System Impact Study Report or the Transmission Provider’s determination pursuant to Section 19.1 that a System Impact Study is unnecessary. In order for a request that does not involve the construction of new transmission facilities or upgrades to remain a Completed Application, within fifteen (15) days of receipt, the Eligible Customer must execute a Service Agreement, or provide confirmation to the Transmission Provider pursuant to the terms of an executed Umbrella Agreement or the Application shall be deemed terminated and withdrawn.

System Impact Study Procedures. Subject to Section 19.3.6, upon Upon receipt of an executed individual or Group System Impact Study Agreement and payment for the estimated costs of the System Impact Study and preparing the associated System Impact Study Report (to the extent such costs exceed any deposit pursuant to Section 17.3)Agreement, the Transmission Provider will shall use due diligence to complete the required System Impact Study and System Impact Study Report within a reasonable time one hundred and twenty (120) day period, taking into consideration except for instances where the complexity of study requires more time, which shall be specified to the study, the Transmission Provider’s resources, the number of other studies to be conducted and whether or not the eligible Customer has requested a study to be conducted under the Transmission Provider’s Open Access Interconnection Tariff that involves the same Transmission Servicecustomer. The System Impact Study Report shall identify (1) any system constraints associated identified with the specificity by transmission element, (2) redispatch options, (when requested service, a preliminary by an Eligible Customer) including an estimate of the scope cost of any redispatch, (3) conditional curtailment options (when requested by an Eligible Customer) including the number of hours per year and the System Conditions during which conditional curtailment may occur, and (4) additional Direct Assignment Facilities or Network Upgrades required to provide the requested service and a roughservice. For customers requesting the study of redispatch options, non-binding estimate of the costs associated with any identified Direct Assignment Facilities or Network Upgrades. The System Impact Study Report shall also include (1) identify all resources located within the Transmission Provider’s Control Area that can significantly contribute toward relieving the system constraint and (2) provide a measurement of each resource’s impact on the system constraint. If the Transmission Provider possesses information indicating that any service condition options offered pursuant to Section 13.5resource outside its Control Area could relieve the constraint, it shall identify each such resource in the System Impact Study. In the event that the Transmission Provider is unable to complete the required System Impact Study and associated System Impact Study Report within the estimated such time period, it shall so notify the Eligible Customer and provide a revised an estimated completion date along with an explanation of the reasons why additional time is requiredrequired to complete the required studies. Upon completion of the System Impact Study Report, a A copy of the completed System Impact Study Report and related work papers shall be made available to the Eligible CustomerCustomer as soon as the System Impact Study is complete. The Transmission Provider will shall use the same due diligence in completing the System Impact Study for an Eligible Customer as it uses when completing studies for itself. At the time of tendering the System Impact Study Report to the Eligible Customer, the The Transmission Provider shall provide notify the Eligible Customer with an invoice or statement for any amount by which the actual costs (or Eligible Customer’s portion) upon completion of the System Impact Study and System Impact Study Report exceed or are less than the estimated costs or deposit paid by Eligible Customer. If the System Impact Study or an Interconnection Evaluation Study conducted under the Transmission Provider’s Open Access Interconnection Tariff indicates that whether the Transmission System will be adequate to accommodate all or part of a request for service and that no or whether costs are likely to be incurred for new transmission facilities or upgradesNetwork Upgrades. In order for a request to remain a Completed Application, or if a service condition option is identified, the Transmission Provider shall forward a Service Agreement with any applicable conditions to the Eligible Customer within fifteen forty-five (1545) days of completion of the System Impact Study Report or the Transmission Provider’s determination pursuant to Section 19.1 that a System Impact Study is unnecessary. In order for a request that does not involve the construction of new transmission facilities or upgrades to remain a Completed Application, within fifteen (15) days of receipt, the Eligible Customer must shall execute a Service Agreement or confirm its intention to execute a Facilities Study Agreement in a timely manner or a Connection Agreement, or provide confirmation to the Transmission Provider pursuant to the terms of an executed Umbrella Agreement or failing which the Application shall be deemed terminated and withdrawn. Within the aforementioned forty-five (45) days, the Eligible Customer may, however, request that the period be extended up to a maximum of three hundred and sixty-five (365) days if it is unable to meet the deadline of forty-five (45) days due to delays in obtaining a government approval needed to complete its project and if it has demonstrated in writing to the Transmission Provider that it has taken all reasonable steps needed to obtain such approval. The extension so obtained shall be taken into account in establishing the planned service date.