Forced Derating definition
Examples of Forced Derating in a sentence
Unplanned (Forced) Derating: A Deration that requires a reduction in capacity of the Facility before the end of the nearest following weekend.
An Unplanned Deration (Forced Derating) occurs when the Facility experiences a Deration that requires a reduction in availability before the end of the nearest following weekend.
The Net Dependable Capacities determined by this procedure will serve as the baseline establishing the Capacity Payments and the amount of any future Forced Derating a given Unit may experience.
Seller shall incur an Availability Adjustment only in the event that the incident meets the definition of Forced Outage or Forced Derating and Seller fails to deliver or cause to be delivered Replacement Power or Substitute Power.
Buyer shall not be obligated to purchase Incremental Energy at the Incremental Energy Rate to the extent generated by Seller to offset a Forced Derating.
Buyer may Dispatch Incremental Energy if and to the extent available in an amount of up to 250 hours per Contract Year in accordance with this Section 4.4, if and to the extent that Seller is not generating Incremental Energy to offset a Forced Derating.
In such notice Seller shall provide its best estimate of the duration of the Forced Outage or Forced Derating.
When Seller is delivering Replacement Power to Buyer, Seller shall be obligated to deliver the amount of energy (at no cost to Seller, except to the extent required to deliver Replacement Power to the Replacement Power Delivery Point) scheduled by Buyer, up to the level necessary to comply with Buyer's Dispatch order (taking into account Electric Energy still being delivered by Seller during a Forced Derating) along with associated Ancillary Services in accordance with Section 9.
Any periods of Forced Outage or Forced Derating caused by Force Majeure Events shall not be included as Forced Outage Hours, or Forced Derating Hours for purposes of calculation of the Availability Adjustment.
As soon as practicable, but by no later than two (2) hours after the start of the Forced Outage or Forced Derating (the "Second Outage Notice"), Seller must notify Buyer of (a) the cause of the Forced Outage or Forced Derating, if known, (b) the proposed corrective action, and (c) Seller's best estimate of the expected duration of the Forced Outage or Forced Derating period.