Common use of Day-Ahead Forecasts and Updates Clause in Contracts

Day-Ahead Forecasts and Updates. By 0600 PPT on the Business Day immediately preceding the day on which energy from the Facility is to be delivered, Seller shall provide PacifiCorp with an hourly forecast of deliveries for each hour of the next day; provided, however, that a forecast provided on a day before any non-Business Day shall include forecasts for each day to and including the next Business Day. Seller shall update a forecast any time information becomes available indicating a change in the forecast of generation of Net Output from the then current forecast; provided, however, that Seller shall not be required to update such forecasts more frequently than once per hour. To the extent commercially reasonable, the Parties shall cooperate to implement and use automatic forecast updates. Seller shall communicate forecasts under this Section 6.6.2 in an efficient manner, including, but not limited to, electronic mail or other such media as determined by PacifiCorp (which, at PacifiCorp’s discretion, may be in lieu of or in addition to notice from PacifiCorp under Section 16). Upon request by PacifiCorp, Seller shall provide a 24-hour telephone number that PacifiCorp may contact to determine the then-current status of the Facility.

Day-Ahead Forecasts and Updates. By 0600 PPT MPT on the Business Day immediately preceding the day on which energy from the Facility is to be delivered, Seller shall provide PacifiCorp with an hourly forecast of deliveries for each hour of the next day; provided, however, that a forecast provided on a day before any non-Business Day shall include forecasts for each day to and including the next Business Day. Seller shall update a forecast any time information becomes available indicating a change in the forecast of generation of Net Output from the then current forecast; provided, however, that Seller shall not be required to update such forecasts more frequently than once per hour. To the extent commercially reasonable, the Parties shall cooperate to implement and use automatic forecast updates. Seller shall communicate forecasts under this Section 6.6.2 in an efficient manner, including, but not limited to, electronic mail or other such media as determined by PacifiCorp (which, at PacifiCorp’s discretion, may be in lieu of or in addition to notice from PacifiCorp under Section 16). Upon request by PacifiCorp, Seller shall provide a 24-hour telephone number that PacifiCorp may contact to determine the then-current status of the Facility. Since Seller’s Facility generates power primarily from diurnal wind patterns, for purposes of this Agreement the long-term forecasts required in Section 6.6.1 shall satisfy the day-ahead forecasts addressed in this Section 6.6.2.