Common use of Information Reporting Obligations Clause in Contracts

Information Reporting Obligations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, any obligation set forth in this Agreement of Buyer to provide information, reports, or data to Seller shall be subject to the following limitations: (a) such information, reports, or data shall be subject to the provisions of Section 7 concerning confidentiality; (b) Buyer shall be required to provide such information, reports or data only to the extent Seller reasonably requires such information to operate, maintain, or plan its Transmission System or the Distribution System pursuant to Good Utility Practice; (c) Seller shall request information, reports, and data from Buyer on a non- discriminatory basis with respect to generators interconnected to the Transmission System or Distribution System, as necessary, in Seller's judgment, for the purposes set forth in clause (d), below; (d) Seller shall use any information provided by Buyer pursuant to this Agreement only for the purposes of operating, maintaining and planning the Transmission System or the Distribution System pursuant to Good Utility Practice; and (e) if and to the extent that any of the functions for which Seller requires certain information, reports, or data is no longer performed by Seller, which function has been adequately assumed by the ISO, Buyer's provision of such information, reports, or data to the ISO shall satisfy its corresponding obligation under this Agreement. 3.8.1 In order to maintain Interconnection Service, Buyer shall promptly provide Seller with all information which could reasonably be expected to affect the Transmission System and which is reasonably requested by NERC, NPCC, NEPOOL, CONVEX, the ISO, or Seller's dispatching functions. Buyer shall also provide to Seller or to the ISO at Seller's or the ISO's request all information regarding its generating facilities needed by the ISO to model and study transmission system responses to system contingencies and disturbances. 3.8.2 Buyer shall supply accurate, complete, and reliable information in response to data requests necessary for operations, maintenance, regulatory requirements and analysis of the Transmission System or the Distribution System. Such information may include metered values for MW, MVAR, voltage, current, frequency, breaker status indication, or any other information reasonably required by Seller for reliable operation of the Transmission System or of the Distribution System pursuant to Good Utility Practice. 3.8.3 Buyer shall gather information pertaining to generation, transmission and distribution operating parameters for transmittal to Seller using existing remote access systems. 3.8.4 Seller shall provide information to Buyer concerning the status and/or condition of the Transmission System and parts thereof in accordance with the requirements of FERC Orders 888 and 889 and any successors thereto, including in particular any requirements pertaining to the provision of information affecting the availability of transmission services over an OASIS maintained by Seller or the ISO on Seller's behalf.