Redispatch Procedures. (a) If Transmission Provider determines that redispatching resources (including reductions in off-system purchases and sales) to relieve an existing or potential transmission constraint is the most effective way to ensure the reliable operation of the Transmission System, Transmission Provider will redispatch Transmission Provider's and Transmission Customer's resources on a least-cost basis, without regard to the ownership of such resources. Transmission Provider will apprise Transmission Customer of its redispatch practices and procedures, as they may be modified from time to time. (b) Transmission Customer shall submit to Transmission Provider verifiable cost data for any Network Resources that Transmission Provider does not dispatch, which estimate the cost to Transmission Customer of changing the generation output of each of its Network Resources. This cost data will be used, along with similar data for Transmission Provider's resources, as the basis for least-cost redispatch. Transmission Provider's bulk power operations personnel will keep this data confidential, and will not disclose it to Transmission Provider's marketing personnel. If Transmission Customer experiences changes to the costs for such Network Resources, Transmission Customer will submit those changes to Transmission Provider's system operation center. Transmission Provider will implement least-cost redispatch consistent with its current practices and procedures for its own resources and its contract obligations with respect to any purchased resources. Transmission Customer shall respond within ten (l0) minutes to requests from Transmission Provider's system operation center for redispatch of such Network Resources that Transmission Provider does not dispatch. (c) In addition to the rights that Transmission Customer may have pursuant to other contracts with Transmission Provider, Transmission Customer may audit, at its own expense, redispatch events (such as the cause or necessity of the redispatch) during normal business hours following reasonable notice to Transmission Provider. Either Transmission Customer or Transmission Provider may request an audit of the other Party's cost data. Any audit of cost data shall be performed by an independent agent at the requesting Party's cost. Such independent agent shall be required to keep all cost data confidential and not disclose such information to Transmission Customer's marketing personnel or Transmission Provider's marketing personnel. (d) Once redispatch has been implemented, Transmission Provider shall book in a separate account the redispatch costs incurred by Transmission Provider and Transmission Customer based on the submitted cost data.
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Sources: Interconnection and Operating Agreement (Virginia Electric & Power Co), Interconnection and Operating Agreement (Dominion Resources Inc /Va/)
Redispatch Procedures. When necessary to maintain the reliable operation of the Transmission System, the Transmission Owner will take actions intended to effectively relieve an existing or potential transmission constraint in the following order: (i) interrupt or curtail non-firm transactions that impact the constraint; (ii) redispatch Network Resources that impact the constraint; and (iii) curtail firm transactions that impact the constraint. Redispatch Procedures shall include the following:
(a) If Transmission Provider the BA or Reliability Coordinator (“RC”) determines that redispatching resources (including reductions in off-system purchases and sales) to relieve an existing or potential transmission constraint is the most effective way to ensure the reliable operation of the Transmission System, Transmission Provider the BA will redispatch Network Resources and the Transmission Provider's and Transmission Customer's Owner’s own resources on a least-cost basis, without regard to the ownership of such resources. Transmission Provider The BA will apprise Transmission the Network Customer of its redispatch practices and procedures, as they may be modified from time to time.
(b) Transmission The Network Customer shall will submit to Transmission Provider verifiable cost data for any Network Resources that Transmission Provider does not dispatchits resources, which estimate estimates the cost to Transmission the Network Customer of changing the generation output of each of its Network Resources, to the Transmission Owner. This cost data will be used, along with similar data for the Transmission Provider's Owner’s resources, as the basis for least-cost redispatchredispatch for all Network Customers overall. The Transmission Provider's Owner’s bulk power operations personnel will keep this data confidential, and will not disclose it to the Transmission Provider's Owner’s marketing personnel. If Transmission the Network Customer experiences changes to its costs, the costs for such Network Resources, Transmission Customer will submit those changes to the Transmission Provider's system operation centerOwner. Transmission Provider Based on this information, the BA will implement least-cost redispatch consistent with its existing contractual obligations and current practices and procedures for its own resources and its contract obligations with respect applicable to any purchased the Transmission Owner’s resources. Transmission The Network Customer shall respond within ten (l0) minutes immediately to requests from Transmission Provider's system operation center for redispatch of such Network Resources that Transmission Provider does not dispatchfrom the BA.
(c) In addition to The Network Customer or the rights that Transmission Customer may have pursuant to other contracts with Transmission Provider, Transmission Customer Owner may audit, at its own expense, redispatch events event data (such as data relating to the cause or necessity of the redispatch, response, cost or any other necessary data) during normal business hours following provided it has given reasonable notice to Transmission Providerthe holder of such data. Either Transmission Customer or Transmission Provider Each Party to this Agreement may request an audit of the other Party's ’s cost data. Any audit of cost data shall will be performed by an additional independent agent at the requesting Party's ’s cost. Such independent agent shall will be a nationally recognized accounting firm and will be required to keep all cost data confidential and not disclose such information to Transmission Customer's marketing personnel or Transmission Provider's marketing personnelconfidential. A Party shall cooperate in any audit requested by the other Party.
(d) Once redispatch has been implemented, the Network Customer will submit its incremental cost data to the Transmission Provider shall Owner and the Transmission Owner will book in a separate account the redispatch costs incurred by each Network Customer, including its own cost data. The Transmission Provider Owner and Transmission each Network Customer will each bear a proportional share of the total redispatch costs in a calendar month based on their then-current Load Ratio Shares. The redispatch charge or credit, as appropriate, will be reflected on the submitted cost dataNetwork Customer’s monthly ▇▇▇▇.
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Sources: Network Operating Agreement