Common use of Telecommunications Circuit Clause in Contracts

Telecommunications Circuit. A new Telco fiber facility will be required at the Hilltop Solar Collector Station for protection systems and data transmittal. The new fiber facility shall provide: • one (1) DS1 circuit from the Hilltop Solar Collector Station to the Schaghticoke Substation; • one (1) DS1 circuit from the Hilltop Solar Collector Station to the Eastover Substation; • one (1) plain old telephone service (“POTs”) line; and • one (1) T1 MPLS circuit for energy management system-remote terminal unit (“EMS- RTU”). The Interconnection Customer is responsible for ordering the fiber facility required at the Hilltop Solar Collector Substation and provisioning the T1 MPLS circuit. The Connecting Transmission Owner will provision the Verizon DS1 circuits from Hilltop Solar Collector Substation to the Schaghticoke and Eastover Substations. (Note: Verizon may retire T1 services in the future. If T1 circuits are not available at the time of project implementation, alternative technologies will be required which could change the overall cost of the telecom solution.) To the extent the Small Generating Facility feeder lines, communication circuits, access roads, and/or driveways cross Connecting Transmission Owner-owned transmission or distribution circuits, such crossings must be reviewed by the Connecting Transmission Owner in accordance with the Connecting Transmission Owner’s land use requirements. Per the Project Specific Specifications (defined below), feeder line crossings shall be underground so as to maintain the reliability of service provided by the Connecting Transmission Owner to other customers via the impacted transmission and distribution facilities.