Cluster Study Procedures Sample Clauses

Cluster Study Procedures. The Transmission Provider may conduct a Cluster Study on its own initiative or in response to a written request by Eligible Customer(s) with pending service request(s). If Eligible Customer(s) request a Cluster Study, the Transmission Provider will determine, in its discretion, if it can reasonably accommodate the request(s) and will notify such Eligible Customers of its decision. If the Transmission Provider decides to conduct a Cluster Study, it will post notice of its decision on OASIS, and will provide reasonable advance notification to Eligible Customers, including the eligibility of Applications for the Cluster Study, the timing and process for conducting the Cluster Study, the reasons for the Cluster Study, and whether the Transmission Provider will require a Precedent Transmission Service Agreement. For purposes of a Cluster Study, the Transmission Provider may aggregate: (1) all Applications that are submitted within a set time period, including Applications that were submitted before the Transmission Provider notified Eligible Customers that it will conduct a Cluster Study, (2) all requests for service over a particular transmission path, (3) all requests for service of at least a certain amount of capacity, or (4) all requests that the Transmission Provider determines are suitable for aggregation based on other appropriate criteria, including a combination of criteria. Except for Eligible Customers that have requested individual studies under Section 17.5, the Transmission Provider will require Eligible Customers with service request(s) that the Transmission Provider identifies for a Cluster Study to sign Cluster Study agreements or Precedent Transmission Service Agreements that provide that the System Impact Study, Facilities Study, or environmental review for the service request(s) will be performed as a Cluster Study. With respect to a clustered System Impact Study or Facilities Study, the study will be performed in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 19.3 and 19.4 with the exception that the timeline for performing the System Impact Study or Facilities Study will begin to run after the last date for any Eligible Customer with service request(s) that the Transmission Provider identifies for the Cluster Study to sign and return Cluster Study Agreements or Precedent Transmission Services Agreements. With respect to a Cluster Study that includes aggregate study of system impacts and needed facilities, the Transmission Provider wi...

Cluster Study Procedures. Transmission Provider shall coordinate Cluster Study with any Affected System that is affected by the Interconnection Request pursuant to Article 3.5 above. Transmission Provider shall utilize existing studies to the extent practicable when it performs the Cluster Study. Interconnection Requests for a Cluster Study may be submitted at any time but must be received before the close of the Cluster Request Window and Transmission Provider shall initiate the Cluster Study process pursuant to Article 4.2.1. a. Transmission Provider may segment and perform Cluster Studies according to geographically and/or electrically relevant areas on the Transmission Provider’s Transmission System (“Cluster Area”). Cluster Areas shall be determined by the Transmission Provider at the end of each Customer Engagement Window and shall be based on the valid Interconnection Requests that are submitted before the close of the Cluster Request Window. Before the Scoping Meeting, the Transmission Provider shall initially determine each Cluster Area and shall post on its OASIS website, for discussion during the Scoping Meeting, a draft plan for the Cluster Study, including a map and table defining the Cluster Areas assigned to each valid Interconnection Request received before the close of the Cluster Request Window. Transmission Provider shall post an updated Cluster Area map, table, and final Cluster Study plan on OASIS by no later than the end of the Customer Engagement Window. The Cluster Study shall consist of all valid Interconnection Requests in each respective Cluster Area that have executed a Cluster Study Agreement and have provided all required information before the close of the Customer Engagement Window. b. Unless restudies are required pursuant to Article 7.5, Transmission Provider shall use Reasonable Efforts to complete the Cluster Study within one hundred fifty (150) Calendar Days of the close of the Customer Engagement Window. c. Within ten (10) Business Days of simultaneously furnishing a Cluster Study Report (or, as applicable, Cluster Re-Study Report) and a draft Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement to Interconnection Customers and posting such report on OASIS, Transmission Provider shall convene an open meeting to discuss the study results (“Cluster Study Report Meeting” or “Cluster Re-Study Report Meeting”). Transmission Provider shall, upon request, also make itself available to meet with individual Interconnection Customers after the report is provided.