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The Interconnection Customer may be required to submit additional documentation, as may be requested by the Utility in writing, during the Study Process. Any changes to the study process desired by a Utility shall first be approved by the Commission before its implementation. In the interim period, the Utility shall continue to effectuate the studies without delay. delay \u201cgood utility practice\u201d guidelines consistent with previous practice without . follows Duke Energy (WG1) proposed rewriting section 4.1 as . Commented [A70]: December Comment from GGE US: We believe fact based decision making (technical and economic) to introduction of new technical parameters and/or good utility practices should both be discussed and aligned with broad stakeholder input. EX. DSDR LVR policy as it relates to degradation and economic benefits to ratepayers. Commented [A71]: Comment: Requires an IC to provide information or to establish binding response times during the study process. Reasonable timeframes for ICs to produce information requested by the utility along with an opportunity to request an extension/cure. Tolling the study timelines. There is not currently a clear procedure for the utility to require an IC to provide information or to establish binding response times during the study process, which have been increasingly necessary as new study standards have resulted in customer decision points within SIS as well as additional requests for project details and data to complete more Furthermore, any changes in the Utility\u2019s application of \u201cgood utility practice\u201d and/or technical parameters shall also first be approved by the Commission before its implementation. 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