Common use of Scheduling Protocols Clause in Contracts

Scheduling Protocols. Each Party will leverage technology to perform electronic approvals of schedules and to perform electronic checkouts, in lieu of telephone calls. The Parties will follow the following scheduling protocols: 10.1.1.1 Each Party, acting as the scheduling agent for its respective Control Areas, will conduct all checkouts with first tier Control Areas. A first tier Control Area is any Control Area that is directly connected to any Party’s members’ Control Area or any Control Area operated by an independent transmission company. 10.1.1.2 The Parties will require all schedules, other than reserve sharing or other emergency events, to be tagged in accord with the NERC tagging standard. For reserve sharing and other emergency schedules that are not tagged, the Parties will enter manual schedules after the fact into their respective scheduling systems to facilitate checkout between the Parties.