Common use of Contents and Development of Draft Plan Clause in Contracts

Contents and Development of Draft Plan. The Staff shall prepare a Draft Plan based upon the ColumbiaGrid transmission planning process that includes the following with respect to this Order 1000 Agreement: (i) Order 1000 Need Statement(s) and System Assessment Report(s) submitted by Staff to the Board and the results of any reevaluation of Order 1000 Project(s) pursuant to section 3.3 of this Appendix A; (ii) a list of Order 1000 Eligible Projects for which Order 1000 Cost Allocation was requested pursuant to section 5.2 of this Appendix A and, for any such project that was not selected as an Order 1000 Project, an explanation of why such project was not selected as an Order 1000 Project; (iii) a list of each Order 1000 Project (and its final Preliminary Cost Allocation Report) that are proposed for Board approval; (iv) a review of the current status of all pending Order 1000 Projects that received an Order 1000 Cost Allocation in a prior Plan or Plan Update; (v) a list of any ITP(s) for which joint evaluation has been requested pursuant to section 7 of this Appendix A and the status of ColumbiaGrid’s performance of its portion of each such evaluation, including a description of ColumbiaGrid’s determinations with regard to whether such ITP(s) will meet any Order 1000 Need(s); (vi) any transmission solution(s) selected and developed pursuant to section 2.5 of the body of this Order 1000 Agreement and not otherwise included in the Draft Plan; and (vii) other information included for informational purposes, for example, (a) any Order 1000 Needs that were included in the System Assessment Report to the extent such Order 1000 Needs are not being met in the Biennial Plan, and (b) any solution to an Order 1000 Need for which planning is still at a conceptual or preliminary stage. In preparing the Draft Plan, the Staff shall solicit and consider the comments of Interested Persons, Order 1000 Affected Persons, and Order 1000 Parties. The Staff shall post a preliminary Draft Plan on the Website and allow an opportunity for Interested Persons to comment prior to finalizing the Draft Plan; provided that the Staff shall redact Confidential Information and CEII from the Draft Plan that is made public. Staff may post the comments or a summary of the comments received on the Website. The Staff shall include any redacted Confidential Information and CEII in the Draft Plan submitted to the Board. The Staff shall include the documentation as the Staff finds appropriate for purposes of Board review and action; provided that the documentation should be sufficient for subsequent review in an appropriate forum. The Draft Plan shall clearly identify which Order 1000 Projects (1) are ready for implementation or must be commenced in the upcoming Planning Cycle in order to have sufficient lead time for implementation, (2) have planning underway but do not require commencement in the upcoming Planning Cycle yet are ready for implementation, or (3) have planning at a conceptual or preliminary stage.