Common use of Commissioning Work Clause in Contracts

Commissioning Work. Contractor will commission the Project by performing Contractor’s standard interconnection and inspection procedures, start up, operation, commissioning, System Acceptance Testing, including verification of design system kW output and a physical kWh output performance test that shall demonstrate, to the sole satisfaction of Developer, as long as consent is not unreasonably withheld, that the Project performs within +/- 2% of the expected output ranges accounting for actual atmospheric conditions. Contractor will provide on-site initial start-up and commissioning to verify proper operation and performance. This will be achieved by taking measurements from the output meter and monitoring equipment. Contractor will use calibrated field test instruments to define the exact level of system performance and output under the actual field conditions with specific measurements of the solar radiation on the array and compare this to the monitoring equipment. All of this data will be aggregated and compared to both the output meter values and to the expected values calculated based on the data recorded according to the new ASTM standards. After the data has been calculated, any necessary adjustments will be made to either further calibrate the monitoring equipment or, if need be, to re-install any defective components. A commissioning report shall be prepared by Contractor and will serve as a “performance baseline” for the Project.