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During the period, each Unit shall achieve an equivalent availability of 99%, during 88 of the 96 hours. During the 96-hour period, the combustion turbine or steam turbine shall not trip, or the Unit shall not operate at less than 70 percent of the un-fired, un-augmented capacity of the Unit. 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Such Notice will be accompanied by a final test report which shall include both the raw data on which the report is based and Contractor\u2019s analysis of such data. As soon as practicable, but in any event within 5 Business Days after receipt of Notice by Owner and the Owner Engineer, Owner shall give Notice to Contractor either concurring with, or rejecting, the report and stating its reasons for rejection of such Notice, as the case may be. Such procedure shall be repeated until Contractor submits a Notice demonstrating Project performance necessary to achieve the Reliability Requirement. 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