Common use of BILLING FACTOR Clause in Contracts

BILLING FACTOR. The Billing Factor in MWh shall be: ABS(Intentional Deviation Measurement Value – Resource Schedule) – 1 Minutes of schedule divided by 60 minutes ABS = the absolute value of the term in parentheses. Intentional Deviation Measurement Value = one of the following three values: 1) for wind generating customers taking VERBS under rate schedule section 2.a. at a committed scheduling rate (VERBS rate schedule, sections 2.a.(1)-(3)), the applicable committed schedule value provided by BPA; 2) for wind generating customers taking VERBS at the uncommitted scheduling rate (VERBS rate schedule, section 2.a.(4)), the 40-minute forecast schedule value produced by the Super Forecast Methodology; or