Common use of Collaborative Process Clause in Contracts

Collaborative Process. The Collaborative Process on amendment of the 1996 DSM Framework formally started with the meeting on July 12 and 13, 2001. It was participated in by representatives from the Efficient Lighting Initiative (▇▇▇), Private Electric Utilities, Rural Electric Cooperatives (REC), Independent Power Producers, National Power Corporation (NPC), Government Agencies, Non-Government Organizations (NGO), Environmentalists and Consumer Groups. The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC), on the other hand, provided the Secretariat and was designated to act as facilitator, through the person of ▇▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. Aguila, for the series of meetings conducted on July 12 and 13, 2001. In the first and second Meetings of the Collaborative, the draft ground-rules for the collaborative process and the issues to be addressed were tackled. The issues identified for discussion were the following: 1. Classification of utilities into small and large 2. Large utilities may also be allowed to develop and submit simple DSM Plan 3. Allowing other interested parties to be involved in the development of standard DSM Plan 4. Default DSM plan 5. Showing DSM Charge as a separate item in the bill 6. Granting of incentives to utilities who have spent 1% of their gross revenues as DSM expenditure 7. Determination of the group composition in the development of Standard and Default DSM Plan. 8. Definition of Pre-Approved regarding DSM Plans