Common use of DIRECT ASSIGNMENT CHARGES Clause in Contracts

DIRECT ASSIGNMENT CHARGES. BPA shall directly assign to the customer the cost of incremental balancing reserve capacity purchases that are necessary to provide Variable Energy Resource Balancing Service to the customer if: a. the customer elected to self-supply in accordance with section 2.c. but is unable to self-supply one or more components to Variable Energy Resource Balancing Service; or b. the customer has a projected generator interconnection date after FY 20197, but chooses to interconnect during the FY 20186–20197 rate period; or c. the customer elected to take service under section 2.a.(1), 2.a.(2), or 2.a.(3)3.a.(1) above, but fails to conform to the committed scheduling criteria specified in BPA business practices; or d. the customer elected to take service under section 2.a.(1), 2.a.(2), or 2.a.(3)3.a.(1) above, but chooses to take a Balancing Service scheduling option with a longer scheduling period in accordance with the criteria specified in BPA business practices; or e. the customer either elected to dynamically transfer its resource out of BPA’s Balancing Authority Area, but the resource remains in the BPA Balancing Authority Area after the date specified in the customer election. or has successfully dynamically transferred its resource out of BPA’s Balancing Authority Area, but chooses to keep its resource in BPA’s Balancing Authority Area. When determining the balancing reserve capacity requirement for a resource subject to direct assignment charges, BPA will round the incremental increase down to the nearest whole megawatt. Customers that are subject to direct assignment charges will be billed for all costs incurred above $0.3050.29 per kilowatt-day for any incremental balancing reserve capacity acquisitions. Customers billed for direct assignment charges will also be billed at the applicable VERBS rate in section 2.

DIRECT ASSIGNMENT CHARGES. BPA shall directly assign to the customer the cost of incremental balancing reserve capacity purchases that are necessary to provide Variable Energy Resource Balancing Service to the customer if: a. the customer elected to self-supply in accordance with section 2.c. but is unable to self-supply one or more components to Variable Energy Resource Balancing Service; or b. the customer has a projected generator interconnection date after FY 201972021, but chooses to interconnect during the FY 20186–20197 rate 2020–2021rate period; or c. the customer elected to take service under section 2.a.(1), 2.a.(2), or 2.a.(3)3.a.(13.a.(1) above, but fails to conform to the committed scheduling criteria specified in BPA business practices; or d. the customer elected to take service under section 2.a.(1), 2.a.(2), or 2.a.(3)3.a.(13.a.(1) above, but chooses to take a Balancing Service scheduling option with a longer scheduling period in accordance with the criteria specified in BPA business practices; or e. the customer either elected to dynamically transfer its resource out of BPA’s Balancing Authority Area, but the resource remains in the BPA Balancing Authority Area after the date specified in the customer election. or has successfully dynamically transferred its resource out of BPA’s Balancing Authority Area, but chooses to keep its resource in BPA’s Balancing Authority Area. When determining the balancing reserve capacity requirement for a resource subject to direct assignment charges, BPA will round the incremental increase down to the nearest whole megawatt. Customers that are subject to direct assignment charges will be billed for all costs incurred above $0.3050.29 0.280 per kilowatt-day for any incremental balancing reserve capacity acquisitions. Customers billed for direct assignment charges will also be billed at the applicable VERBS rate in section 2.