Common use of Emergency Operating Procedures Clause in Contracts

Emergency Operating Procedures. Joint emergency procedures are essential due to the highly dependent nature of facilities under different authorities. The Parties are committed to reliable operation of the transmission system under normal conditions, and will work closely together during emergency situations that place the stability of the transmission system in jeopardy. In the event either Party declares a system emergency with respect to its system, the Parties agree to provide emergency assistance and to facilitate obtaining emergency assistance from a Third Party. The Parties will coordinate respective actions to provide immediate relief. The Parties will notify each other of emergency maintenance and forced outages that would have a significant impact on the other Party as soon as possible after the conditions are known. The Parties will evaluate the impact of emergency and forced outages on the Parties’ systems and work together to develop remedial steps as necessary In the interest of maintaining system stability and providing prompt response to problems that may arise, the Parties agree that in situations where there is an actual IROL violation and/or the system is on the verge of imminent collapse, and when there is already an existing Emergency Procedure or Operating Guide, both Parties and the affected operating entity will communicate and coordinate simultaneously via conference calls. Subsequent to such anomalous operations, the requesting Party will file a lessons learned report for the Parties and operating entities. This lesson learned report may assist in improving operations so that future operations will be more proactive; thereby, avoiding such abnormal communications/procedures. The Parties will work together and with the BAs under their purview to jointly develop and commit to additional emergency procedures as the need for such procedures arises. These procedures shall be reviewed annually by the Parties. Transmission System Emergencies may be implemented when, in the judgment of either Party, the system is in an emergency condition that is characterized by the potential, either imminently or for the next contingency, for system instability or cascading, or for equipment loading or voltages significantly beyond applicable operating limits, such that stability of the system cannot be assured, or to prevent a condition or situation that in the judgment of a Party is imminently likely to endanger life or property. In the event that it becomes necessary for either Party to declare a Transmission System Emergency for a Flowgate that is in close electrical proximity to both of the Parties’ areas, both Parties will take action(s) in kind to address the situation that prompted the Transmission System Emergency. These actions may include:

Emergency Operating Procedures. Joint emergency procedures are essential due to the highly dependent nature of facilities under different authorities. The Parties are committed to reliable operation of the transmission system under normal conditions, and will work closely together during emergency situations that place the stability of the transmission system in jeopardy. In the event either Party declares a system emergency with respect to its system, the Parties agree to provide emergency assistance and to facilitate obtaining emergency assistance from a Third Party. The Parties will coordinate respective actions to provide immediate relief. The Parties will notify each other of emergency maintenance and forced outages that would have a significant impact on the other Party as soon as possible after the conditions are known. The Parties will evaluate the impact of emergency and forced outages on the Parties’ systems and work together with one another to develop remedial steps as necessary In the interest of maintaining system stability and providing prompt response to problems that may arise, the Parties agree that in situations where there is an actual IROL Interconnected Reliability Limit (“IRL”) violation and/or the system is on the verge of imminent collapse, and when there is already an existing Emergency Procedure or Operating Guide, both Parties and the affected operating entity will communicate and coordinate simultaneously via conference calls. Subsequent to such anomalous operations, the requesting Party will file a lessons learned report for the Parties and operating entities. This lesson learned report may assist in improving operations so that future operations will be more proactive; thereby, avoiding such abnormal communications/procedures. The Parties will work together and with the BAs Control Areas under their purview to jointly develop and commit to additional emergency procedures as the need for such procedures arises. These procedures shall be reviewed annually by the Parties. Transmission System Emergencies TLR Level 6 may be implemented when, in the judgment of either Party, the system is in an emergency condition that is characterized by the potential, either imminently or for the next contingency, for system instability or cascading, or for equipment loading or voltages significantly beyond applicable operating limits, such that stability of the system cannot be assured, or to prevent a condition or situation that in the judgment of a Party is imminently likely to endanger life or property. In the event that it becomes necessary for either Party to declare issue a Transmission System Emergency TLR Level 6 for a Flowgate flowgate that is in close electrical proximity to both of the Parties’ areas, both Parties will take action(s) in kind to address the situation that prompted the Transmission System EmergencyTLR. These actions may include:

Emergency Operating Procedures. Joint emergency procedures are essential due to the highly dependent nature of facilities under different authorities. The Parties are committed to reliable operation of the transmission system under normal conditions, and will work closely together during emergency situations that place the stability of the transmission system in jeopardy. In the event either Party declares a system emergency with respect to its system, the Parties agree to provide emergency assistance and to facilitate obtaining emergency assistance from a Third Party. The Parties will coordinate respective actions to provide immediate relief. The Parties will notify each other of emergency maintenance and forced outages that would have a significant impact on the other Party as soon as possible after the conditions are known. The Parties will evaluate the impact of emergency and forced outages on the Parties’ Parties‟ systems and work together to develop remedial steps as necessary In the interest of maintaining system stability and providing prompt response to problems that may arise, the Parties agree that in situations where there is an actual IROL violation and/or the system is on the verge of imminent collapse, and when there is already an existing Emergency Procedure or Operating Guide, both Parties and the affected operating entity will communicate and coordinate simultaneously via conference calls. Subsequent to such anomalous operations, the requesting Party will file a lessons learned report for the Parties and operating entities. This lesson learned report may assist in improving operations so that future operations will be more proactive; thereby, avoiding such abnormal communications/procedures. The Parties will work together and with the BAs under their purview to jointly develop and commit to additional emergency procedures as the need for such procedures arises. These procedures shall be reviewed annually by the Parties. Transmission System Emergencies may be implemented when, in the judgment of either Party, the system is in an emergency condition that is characterized by the potential, either imminently or for the next contingency, for system instability or cascading, or for equipment loading or voltages significantly beyond applicable operating limits, such that stability of the system cannot be assured, or to prevent a condition or situation that in the judgment of a Party is imminently likely to endanger life or property. In the event that it becomes necessary for either Party to declare a Transmission System Emergency for a Flowgate that is in close electrical proximity to both of the Parties’ Parties‟ areas, both Parties will take action(s) in kind to address the situation that prompted the Transmission System Emergency. These actions may include:

Emergency Operating Procedures. Joint emergency procedures are essential due to the highly dependent nature of facilities under different authorities. The Parties are committed to reliable operation of the transmission system under normal conditions, and will work closely together during emergency situations that place the stability of the transmission system in jeopardy. In the event either Party declares a system emergency with respect to its system, the Parties agree to provide emergency assistance and to facilitate obtaining emergency assistance from a Third Party. The Parties will coordinate respective actions to provide immediate relief. The Parties will notify each other of emergency maintenance and forced outages that would have a significant impact on the other Party as soon as possible after the conditions are known. The Parties will evaluate the impact of emergency and forced outages on the Parties’ systems and work together with one another to develop remedial steps as necessary In the interest of maintaining system stability and providing prompt response to problems that may arise, the Parties agree that in situations where there is an actual IROL Interconnected Reliability Limit (“IRL”) violation and/or the system is on the verge of imminent collapse, and when there is already an existing Emergency Procedure or Operating Guide, both Parties and the affected operating entity will communicate and coordinate simultaneously via conference calls. Subsequent to such anomalous operations, the requesting Party will file a lessons learned report for the Parties and operating entities. This lesson learned report may assist in improving operations so that future operations will be more proactive; thereby, avoiding such abnormal communications/procedures. Issued by: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx, President and CEO, Midwest ISO Effective: December 1, 2005 Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, President and CEO, Southwest Power Pool, Inc. The Parties will work together and with the BAs Control Areas under their purview to jointly develop and commit to additional emergency procedures as the need for such procedures arises. These procedures shall be reviewed annually by the Parties. Transmission System Emergencies TLR Level 6 may be implemented when, in the judgment of either Party, the system is in an emergency condition that is characterized by the potential, either imminently or for the next contingency, for system instability or cascading, or for equipment loading or voltages significantly beyond applicable operating limits, such that stability of the system cannot be assured, or to prevent a condition or situation that in the judgment of a Party is imminently likely to endanger life or property. In the event that it becomes necessary for either Party to declare issue a Transmission System Emergency TLR Level 6 for a Flowgate flowgate that is in close electrical proximity to both of the Parties’ areas, both Parties will take action(s) in kind to address the situation that prompted the Transmission System EmergencyTLR. These actions may include: