Objectives And Applicability. The objective of this Generation Interconnection and Deliverability Allocation Procedures (GIDAP) is to implement the requirements for both Small and Large Generating Facility interconnections to the CAISO Controlled Grid and to provide a process for allocating Transmission Plan Deliverability for Interconnection Requests starting with Queue Cluster 5 and for subsequent Queue Clusters. This GIDAP applies to Interconnection Requests that are either assigned to Queue Cluster 5 and subsequent Queue Clusters, or submitted for the Independent Study Process, or Fast Track Process after [effective date of tariff amendment]. In addition, the annual Generator Downsizing Process set forth in Section 3.10 shall be available to all eligible Interconnection Customers, regardless of which interconnection procedures under the CAISO Tariff they are subject to.
Objectives And Applicability. In accordance with the requirements set forth in this Section 3.10, the CAISO shall conduct, on an annual basis, a process for evaluating requests by Interconnection Customers to reduce the megawatt generating capacities of their Generating Facilities. In each annual cycle of this Generator Downsizing Process, the CAISO will process valid Generator Downsizing Requests submitted during the applicable Generator Downsizing Request Window as part of the annual reassessment process set forth in Section 7.4. All reductions to the megawatt generating capacity of Generating Facilities by Interconnection Customers shall utilize this annual Generator Downsizing Process unless explicitly exempted. Specifically, beginning on the date of the opening of the first Generator Downsizing Request Window, all proposed reductions of megawatt generating capacity by Interconnection Customers shall, regardless of the dates of the Interconnection Customer’s Interconnection Request(s), be subject to the requirements and procedures of Section 3.10, except for the following: (1) MW capacity reductions made pursuant to the provisions of the CAISO’s interconnection procedures that permit Interconnection Customers to reduce the size of their Generating Facilities between the Phase I and Phase II Interconnection Studies, as set forth in Section 6.7.2; (2) MW capacity reductions made pursuant to specific non-conforming provisions of an Interconnection Customer’s Generator Interconnection Agreement that provide the Interconnection Customer with an explicit right to reduce the capacity of its Generating Facility through a partial termination of its Generator Interconnection Agreement; (3) MW capacity reductions no greater than the safe harbor threshold set forth in Section 3.10.13; and (4) MW capacity reductions made by Interconnection Customers pursuant to the parking options set forth in Sections 8.9.4, 8.9.5, and 8.9.6. Generator Downsizing Requests that meet the eligibility requirements set forth in this Section 3.10 will be studied as part of the next annual reassessment process set forth in Section 7.4.
Objectives And Applicability. 2.1. The objectives of this Agreement are to:
