Common use of March 21 Order Clause in Contracts

March 21 Order. The March 21 Order required MRO to revise the definition of the term “sub- regional variance,” as it appears in the MRO Standards Development Process Manual. The Commission noted that the MRO manual defined this term, in relevant part, as “[a]n aspect of a Reliability Standard . . . that applies only within a particular regional entity sub-region.” However, the Commission found that this definition could be misinterpreted as allowing exemptions that establish a level of reliability less than that set by the continent-wide Reliability Standard. The Commission noted the Order No 672 discussion regarding regional differences where the Commission stated: As a general matter, we will accept the following two types of regional differences, provided they are otherwise just, reasonable, not unduly discriminatory or preferential and in the public interest, as required under the statute: (1) a regional difference that is more stringent than the continent-wide Reliability Standard, including a regional difference that addresses matters that the continent-wide Reliability Standard does not; and