Good Utility Practices definition

Good Utility Practices mean any of the practices, methods or acts engaged in or approved by a significant portion of the electric energy industry with respect to similar facilities during the relevant time period which in each case, in the exercise of reasonable judgment in light of the facts known or that should have been known at the time a decision was made, could have been expected to accomplish the desired result at reasonable cost consistent with good business practices, reliability, safety, law, regulation, environmental protection and expedition. Good Utility Practices are not intended to be limited to the optimum practices, methods or acts to the exclusion of all others, but rather to delineate the acceptable practices, methods or acts generally accepted in such industry.
Good Utility Practices means any of the practices, methods and acts engaged in or approved by a significant portion of the electric utility industry during the relevant time period, or any of the practices, methods and acts which, in the exercise of reasonable judgment in light of the facts known at the time the decision was made, could have been expected to accomplish the desired result at a reasonable cost consistent with good business practices, reliability, safety and expedition. Good Utility Practices are not intended to be limited to the optimum practices, methods, or acts to the exclusion of all others, but rather to mean acceptable practices, methods, or acts generally accepted in the region.
Good Utility Practices means any of the practices, methods and acts engaged in or approved by a significant portion of the electric utility industry during the relevant time period, or any of the practices, methods and acts which, in the exercise of reasonable judgment in light of the facts known at the time the decision was made, could have been expected to accomplish the desired result at a reasonable cost consistent with good business practices, reliability, safety and expedition. Good Utility Practice is not intended to be limited to the optimum practice, method, or act to the exclusion of all others, but rather to be acceptable practices, methods, or acts generally accepted in the region. Good Utility Practice shall include, but not be limited to compliance with Applicable Laws and Regulations, the criteria, rules, and standards promulgated by NERC, the National Electric Safety Code, NPCC, NYSRC, NYISO and the National Electrical Code, as they may be amended from time to time, including the criteria, rules and standards of any successor organizations.

Examples of Good Utility Practices in a sentence

  • PJM may, however, if requested by the Transmission Owner, dispatch generation or reductions in demand in order to avoid implementing an alternative outage schedule for its Transmission Facilities to extent consistent with its obligations under this Agreement, the PJM Operating Agreement or PJM Tariff and provided PJM determines that such dispatch would not adversely affect reliability in the PJM Region or otherwise not be in accordance with Good Utility Practices.


More Definitions of Good Utility Practices

Good Utility Practices means “Good Utility Practice” as defined from time to time by the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
Good Utility Practices means any of the prac­tices, methods or acts engaged in or approved by a significant portion of the electric utility industry with respect to similar facilities during the relevant time period which in each case, in the exercise of reasonable judgment in light of the facts known or that should have been known at the time the decision was made, could have been expected to accomplish the desired result at a reasonable cost consistent with good business practices, reli­ability, safety, law, regulation, environmental protection, and expedition. Good Utility Practices are not intended to be limited to the optimum practices, methods or acts to the exclu­sion of all others, but rather to delineate the acceptable practices, methods or acts generally accepted in such industry.
Good Utility Practices means any practices, methods, standards, guides, or acts, as applicable, that (a) are generally accepted in the region during the relevant time period for use in the electricity generation, transmission and distribution industry, (b) are commonly used in prudent electricity generation, transmission and distribution engineering, construction, project management and operations, and (c) would be expected if the Business is to be conducted at a reasonable cost in a manner consistent with laws, rules and regulations applicable to the Business and the objectives of reliability, safety, environmental protection, economy and expediency. Good Utility Practice is intended to be acceptable practices, methods, or acts generally accepted in the region, and is not intended to be limited to the optimum practices, methods, or acts to the exclusion of all others.
Good Utility Practices means any of the practices, methods or acts engaged in or approved by a significant portion of the electric utility industry with respect to similar facilities during the relevant time period which in each case, in the exercise of reasonable judgment in light of the facts known or that should have been known at the time the decision was made, could have been expected to accomplish the desired result at a reasonable cost consistent with good business practices, reliability, safety, law, regulation, environmental protection, and expedition. Good Utility Practices are not intended to be limited to the optimum practices, methods or acts to the exclusion of all others, but rather to delineate the acceptable practices, methods or acts generally accepted in such industry.
Good Utility Practices means the practices, methods, standards and acts engaged in or approved by a significant portion of the applicable segment of the electric power generation industry pertaining to facilities of the type, similar size and location to the Facility that, at a particular time, in the exercise of Commercially Reasonable judgment, in light of the facts that are known (or reasonably should have been known) at the time a decision was made, would have been expected to accomplish the desired result in a manner consistent with Applicable Law, Permits, codes, standards, equipment manufacturer’s recommendations, reliability, safety, environmental protection, economy, and expedition. Good Utility Practices is not limited to the optimum practice, method, standard or act to the exclusion of all others, but rather to those practices, methods, standards and acts generally acceptable or approved by a significant portion of the applicable segment of the electric power generation industry in the relevant region, during the relevant period.
Good Utility Practices means any of the practices, methods and activities approved by a significant portion of the gas distribution industry as good practices applicable to operations of similar design, size and capacity or any of the practices, methods or activities which, in the exercise of reasonable judgment by an operator of a gas distribution business in light of the facts known at the time the decision was made, would have been reasonably expected to accomplish the desired result at a reasonable cost consistent with good business practices, reliability, safety, expedition and applicable law. Good Utility Practices are not intended to be limited to the optimal practices, methods or acts to the exclusion of all others, but rather to be practices, methods or acts generally accepted in the gas distribution industry.
Good Utility Practices mean, at a particular time, any of the practices, methods and acts engaged in or approved by a significant portion of the electric utility industry prior to such time, or any of the practices, methods and acts which, in the exercise of reasonable judgment in light of the facts known at the time the decision was made, could have been expected to accomplish the desired result(s) at a reasonable cost consistent with good business practices, reliability, safety and expedition. Good Utility Practices are not intended to be limited to the optimum practice, method or act to the exclusion of all others, but rather to be a spectrum of possible practices, methods or acts expected to accomplish the desired results, having due regard for, among other things, manufacturers' warranties, Legal Requirements, NERC and SERC guides, and applicable safety and maintenance codes.