Operational Support - Electric Utility Clause Samples

Operational Support - Electric Utility. Provide services to operate and support electric utility operations, such as compliance with independent system operator requirements; engineering, construction, design, operation and maintenance; contract management, including marketing and procurement; electric capacity, energy and transmission services; FERC, NERC and other regulatory compliance; field services; system planning, analysis and projections. • “Provide services to operate and support electric utility operations” means services that an electric utility needs to operate and the list following this phrase identifies the categories of such services covered by this Agreement. Electric utility operations include coal-fired and gas fired facilities, hydroelectric plants, and intermittent resources such as wind and solar generation as well as the transmission and distribution systems to transmit the energy. • “compliance with independent system operator requirements” means the actions an electric utility must take to comply with requirements imposed by the independent system operator (ISO) in which it is a member. The ISO requirements are imposed by the ISO’s tariffs; by the ISO’s contract(s) with the electric utility; by the ISO’s business practice manuals; by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; by the national reliability organization; by the regional reliability organization. These actions are any step to meet an ISO requirement; reviewing requirements imposed by the foregoing; developing processes for compliance with the foregoing; participating in meetings about the foregoing; participating in meetings, hearings, conferences and the like with regulatory bodies and reliability organizations; preparing for and participating in internal and external audits associated with ISO requirements; preparing and maintaining documentation for internal recordkeeping; preparing and maintaining documentation for submission to or filing with a regulatory body or reliability organization; developing computer systems to comply with ISO requirements; developing and maintaining data retention policies to meet ISO requirements. • “engineering, construction, design, operation and maintenance” means services needed to develop, maintain and operate electric utility infrastructure. These services include any service that an engineer would perform associated with the operation of an electric utility’s capital assets such as generation, transmission and distribution facilities. It includes building (constructing) t...