Common use of Engineering Standards Clause in Contracts

Engineering Standards. The facility design(s) to facilitate the interconnection proposed in the SIS will conform with Good Utility Practice. For the purpose of this Agreement, Good Utility Practice means the practices, methods and acts engaged in or approved by a significant portion of the electric utility industry during the relevant time period, or any of the practices, methods and acts which, in the exercise of reasonable judgment in the light of the facts known at the time the decision was made, could have been expected to produce the desired result at the lowest reasonable cost consistent with Good Utility Practice, reliability, safety and expediency. Good Utility Practice is not intended to be limited to the optimum practice method or act to the exclusion of all others, but rather to be a range of acceptable practices, methods, or acts. In all cases, any Transmission System Upgrades necessary to establish the new Point of Interconnection shall maintain or improve Transmission Owner’s Transmission System reliability.

Engineering Standards. The facility design(s) to facilitate for the interconnection proposed Transmission System Upgrades identified in the SIS FS will conform with Good Utility Practice. For the purpose of this Agreement, Good Utility Practice means the practices, methods and acts engaged in or approved by a significant portion of the electric utility industry during the relevant time period, or any of the practices, methods and acts which, in the exercise of reasonable judgment in the light of the facts known at the time the decision was made, could have been expected to produce the desired result at the lowest reasonable cost consistent with Good Utility Practice, reliability, safety and expediency. Good Utility Practice is not intended to be limited to the optimum practice method or act to the exclusion of all others, but rather to be a range of acceptable practices, methods, or acts. In all cases, any Transmission System Upgrades necessary to establish the new Point of Interconnection shall be required to maintain or improve Transmission Owner’s Transmission System reliability.