Test Dispatch Notices Sample Clauses
The Test Dispatch Notices clause establishes the requirement for formal notifications to be sent when a test or trial operation is scheduled or initiated. In practice, this means that one party must inform the other, typically in writing and within a specified timeframe, about the details of upcoming tests, such as the date, time, and scope of the dispatch. This ensures that all relevant parties are adequately prepared and can coordinate resources or personnel as needed. The core function of this clause is to promote clear communication and minimize misunderstandings or operational disruptions during testing activities.
Test Dispatch Notices. (a) Availability Tests
(i) CAISO may from time to time test the Availability of a Unit by requiring the Unit to Deliver Energy pursuant to a Test Dispatch Notice provided to Owner’s Scheduling Coordinator using the procedures described in Section 4.2 and 4.3. CAISO, without cause, may request one Availability Test each Contract Year. CAISO may request additional Availability Tests if the Unit fails to comply fully with a Dispatch Notice. CAISO shall not request an Availability Test for a hydroelectric Unit during periods of constrained water availability. Lack of available water shall not be deemed to result in a failed test and reduction of the Unit Availability Limit for a hydroelectric Unit.
(ii) Owner may request an Availability Test at any time. CAISO shall issue a Test Dispatch Notice within three days after receipt of Owner’s request, but for good cause, CAISO may reschedule the test to a date acceptable to Owner. Owner’s request shall state the amount of Energy to be produced. The effect of operations pursuant to such a request is set out in Section 5.3.
(iii) The Test Dispatch Notice shall be marked “Availability Test Dispatch Notice.” The Test Dispatch Notice shall specify a Requested Operation Period of four hours of continuous operations at the requested output plus any applicable Start- up Lead Time, time to satisfy Ramping Constraints and time for Shutdown (or for hydroelectric Units the time sufficient water is available, if that is less).
(iv) Subject to the other conditions or restrictions expressed in this Agreement, Owner shall provide service from the Unit and Deliver the Requested MWh in accordance with the Availability Test Dispatch Notice; provided, however, that Owner, in response to such Test Dispatch Notice, may deliver all or part of the Requested MWh in a Market Transaction by complying with the procedures set forth in Section 5.2.
(v) An Availability Test shall be treated as having been successfully completed if the average MW Delivered at the Delivery Point during the Availability Test was not less than 99% of the Requested MW for the Requested Operation Period. The average MW Delivered during the Availability Test shall be computed by dividing
(i) the total MWh produced during the four-hour period immediately following completion of the ramp up, multiplied by the appropriate ambient temperature correction factors for the Unit as set out in Section 3 of Schedule A, by (ii) four hours.
(vi) If a Unit fails an Availability Test,...