Affected System Study definition

Affected System Study. Agreement shall mean the agreement contained in Appendix 9 to this SGIP that is made between System Operator and External Affected System Interconnection Customer to conduct an External Affected System Study pursuant to Section 9 of this SGIP.

Affected System Study means the study conducted by Southern Companies to assess the additions, modifications, and upgrades to Southern Companies’ facilities required to accommodate the Generator Owner’s Interconnection Request. Affected System Upgrades shall mean additions, modifications, and upgrades to Southern Companies’ facilities identified in the Affected System Study required to accommodate the Generator Owner’s Interconnection Request (as described in Exhibit 3). Business Days shall mean Monday through Friday, excluding federal holidays. Claim shall mean any loss, damage, cost, expense, or liability for any damage or claim (including any demand, suit, settlement, judgment, penalty, fine, proceeding, or action of any kind) for: (a) personal or bodily injury (including death); (b) property damage (including loss of use); (c) infringement; (d) monetary damage or expense; or (e) equitable relief, including all Claim expenses (e.g., actual attorneys’ fees reasonably incurred; investigation, defense, litigation, court, arbitration, or mediation costs; and expert, consultant, arbitrator, or mediator fees or expenses). Commercial Operation Date shall mean the date on which the Generating Facility is approved to commence commercial operation following initial synchronization and trial operations. Confidential Information shall mean any confidential or proprietary information provided by Generator Owner to Southern Companies, or by Southern Companies to Generator Owner, that is clearly marked or otherwise designated “Confidential.” Under this Agreement, all design documents provided by Southern Companies will be deemed Confidential Information, whether or not clearly marked or otherwise designated as such. Electric System shall mean the network of electric generation, transmission, or distribution facilities.

Examples of Affected System Study in a sentence

• For purposes of determining necessary Affected System Network Upgrades, the Affected System Study shall consider the level of interconnection service requested in megawatts by Affected System Interconnection Customer, unless otherwise required to study the full generating facility capacity due to safety or reliability concerns.

• Such Affected System Queue Position shall be assigned based upon the date of execution of the Affected System Study Agreement.

• The Affected System Study shall provide a list of facilities that are required as a result of Affected System Interconnection Customer’s proposed interconnection to another transmission provider’s system, a non-binding good faith estimate of cost responsibility, and a non-binding good faith estimated time to construct.

• If System Operator and Interconnecting Transmission Owner are unable to complete the Affected System Study within the requisite time period, it shall notify Affected System Interconnection Customer(s), as well as the transmission provider with which Affected System Interconnection Customer seeks to interconnect, and shall provide an estimated completion date with an explanation of the reasons why additional time is required.

• The Affected System Study may consist of a system impact study, a facilities study, or some combination thereof.

• For Affected System Interconnection Customers that are equally queued, the Affected System Queue Position shall have no bearing on the assignment of Affected System Network Upgrades identified in the applicable Affected System Study.

• Affected System Interconnection Customer(s) shall execute the Affected System Study Agreement/Multiparty Affected System Study Agreement, deliver the executed Affected System Study Agreement/Multiparty Affected System Study Agreement to System Operator, and provide the Affected System Study deposit within ten (10) Business Days of receipt.

• If Affected System Interconnection Customer does not cure the deficiency or fails to execute the Affected System Study Agreement/Multiparty Affected System Study Agreement or provide the deposit, the Affected System Interconnection Customer shall lose its Affected System Queue Position.

• The Affected System Study will: state the assumptions upon which it is based; state the results of the analyses; and provide the potential impediments to Affected System Interconnection Customer’s receipt if interconnection service on its host transmission provider’s transmission system, including a preliminary indication of the cost and length of time that would be necessary to correct any problems identified in those analyses and implement the interconnection.

• System Operator must assign an Affected System Queue Position to Affected System Interconnection Customer(s) that require(s) an Affected System Study.