Common use of Balancing Authority Area Reliability Clause in Contracts

Balancing Authority Area Reliability. For the costs specified in this Article VIII, NCPA, through its Scheduling Coordinator, shall be responsible for supplying or bearing its proportionate share of the costs of generating resources required for the reliability of electric service to Loads in the CAISO Balancing Authority Area, except for Reliability Must-Run ("RMR") Generation costs on the CAISO Controlled Grid, where such costs are the responsibility of the Participating TO where the RMR unit is interconnected, provided further that NCPA or the MSSAA Members are not a Participating TO. NCPA, through its Scheduling Coordinator, may meet such obligation from resources it owns or with respect to which it has contractual entitlements to the Energy and Ancillary Services or it may purchase those products through the CAISO Markets in accordance with the terms of the CAISO Tariff.