Common use of COMMUNICATIONS PROCEDURE Clause in Contracts

COMMUNICATIONS PROCEDURE. (i) Prior to the Commercial Operations Date, Seller and Buyer shall establish a mutually approved Communication Procedure that defines the responsibilities for, and the frequency, content, and logistics of, all communications between Seller's Operator(s) and the Generation Dispatcher concerning the availability and dispatch of the Units. Seller and Buyer shall ensure that the most current mutually- approved revision of this Communication Procedure is available to the Seller's Operator(s) and the Generation Dispatcher. Both Seller and Buyer shall mutually review and revise the communications procedure, as necessary. (ii) The Communications Procedure shall provide telephone numbers for all dedicated and standard phone lines of both Seller and Buyer (including telephone numbers for facsimile machines) and pager numbers for all of Seller's Operators. The Communications Procedure shall also provide back-up contacts to the paging system (i.e. the names and home phone numbers for the operators) to be used should the paging system fail, be inadvertently turned off, lost, unavailable due to satellite communication problems, or if the Seller's Operator fails to respond. In addition, the Communications Procedure shall provide instructions and requirements to both the Seller's Operator(s) and the Generation Dispatcher describing the process(es) for communicating unit availability and Dispatch orders for the Units. At a minimum, the Communication Procedure shall provide communication instructions for the following items: a) Routine notifications (by both Seller's Operator(s) and the Generation Dispatcher) of expected hourly capability and demand, as required by Section 4(e)(ii) of this Agreement. b) Start-up and Dispatch orders for Units; c) Conditions, issues or events that could affect the output or reliability of the Units; d) The time of day (based on a twenty-four hour clock) when a Unit is placed on line and taken off line; e) Unit deratings, including the amount of any derate, the estimated or known start time and date of the derate, the estimated or known ending time and date of the derate, and the cause of the derate; f) Conditions at the Facility or a Unit that could affect the present or anticipated load following capability of a Unit; g) Planned and emergency testing requirements, or other operational work that could limit the availability or maneuverability of a Unit; and h) The use of operational reporting forms that are provided in Appendix D.

COMMUNICATIONS PROCEDURE. (i) Prior to the Commercial Operations DateDate of the Committed Units, Seller and Buyer shall establish a mutually approved Communication Procedure that defines the responsibilities for, and the frequency, content, and logistics of, all communications between Seller's Operator(s) and the EO Generation Dispatcher concerning the availability and dispatch of the Committed Units. Seller and Buyer shall ensure that the most current mutually- mutually approved revision of this Communication Procedure is available to the Seller's Operator(s) and the EO Generation Dispatcher. Both Seller and Buyer shall mutually review and revise the communications procedure, as necessary. (ii) The Communications Procedure shall provide telephone numbers for all dedicated and standard phone lines of both Seller and Buyer (including telephone numbers for facsimile machines) and pager numbers for all of Seller's Operators. The Communications Procedure shall also provide back-up contacts to the paging system (i.e. the names and home phone numbers for the operators) to be used should the paging system fail, be inadvertently turned off, lost, unavailable due to satellite communication problems, or if the Seller's Operator operator fails to respond. In addition, the Communications Procedure communications procedure shall provide instructions and requirements to both the Seller's Operator(s) and the EO Generation Dispatcher describing the process(es) for communicating unit availability and Dispatch orders for the Committed Units. At a minimum, the Communication Procedure shall provide communication instructions for the following items: a) Routine notifications (by both Seller's Operator(s) and the EO Generation Dispatcher) of expected hourly capability and demand, as required by Section 4(e)(ii4(c) (Operating Notifications) of this Agreement. b) Start-up Up and Dispatch orders for Committed Units; c) Conditions, issues or events that could affect the output or reliability of the Committed Units; d) The time of day (based on a twenty-four (24) hour clock) when a Committed Unit is placed on the line and taken off the line; e) Changes of rated capacity of a Committed Unit, when it is known that such changes have taken place or will take place; f) Committed Unit deratings, including the amount of any derate, the estimated or known start time and date of the derate, the estimated or known ending time and date of the derate, and the cause of the derate; fg) Conditions at the Facility or a Committed Unit that could affect the present or anticipated load following capability of a Committed Unit; gh) Planned and emergency testing requirements, or other operational work that could limit the availability or maneuverability of a Committed Unit; and hi) The use of operational operations reporting forms that are provided in Appendix D.D (Operations Reporting Forms).