Information Exchange Process Sample Clauses

Information Exchange Process. 1. Interested Parties may participate in the Information Exchange Period. Interested Parties shall mean the Transmission Customer, the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission & Division of Public Utilities and Carriers, and the Rhode Island Attorney General. The Information Exchange Period shall extend from June 30 through September 30 during which the Interested Parties can serve reasonable information and discover requests on RIE. Information and document requests shall be limited to what may be reasonably necessary to determine: a. The extent or effect of an Accounting Change; b. Whether the Annual True-up fails to include data properly recorded in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement; c. The proper application of the BITS Surcharge to the Annual True-up and procedures in the provisions of this Agreement; d. The recording and accounting of costs pursuant to Commission accounting practices and procedures, or accounting practices applicable to municipal entities; e. The accuracy of data included in the Annual True-up and the calculations and charges made therein; f. The consistency with the BITS Surcharge of data included in the Annual True-up; g. The prudence of actual costs and expenditures; h. The effect of any change to the underlying FERC Uniform System of Accounts, municipal entity equivalent, the Formula Rate template, or Applicable Form. Interested Parties may also submit reasonable discovery requests to RIE for any other information that may have an effect on the calculation of the charge pursuant to the BITS surcharge. The information and document requests shall not otherwise be directed to ascertaining whether the BITS surcharge formula is just and reasonable. 2. RIE shall make a good faith effort to respond to any information requests pertaining to the Annual True-up in accordance within 15 days after receipt of the request but no later than October 30. Information requests received after 4 p.m. Eastern Prevailing Time shall be considered received the next business day. 3. To the extent RIE and applicable Interested Parties are unable to resolve disputes related to information requests, RIE or applicable Interested Parties may avail themselves of the on-call settlement judge or the Commission’s Office of Administrative Law Judges and Dispute Resolution to resolve such matters.