Common use of Operation and Maintenance By Consumers Clause in Contracts

Operation and Maintenance By Consumers. Consumers shall have sole authority and responsibility to operate and maintain Consumers' Interconnection Facilities required pursuant to Subsection 1.3, and in accordance with the applicable good utility practice standards of Consumers. Consumers may manually operate, when necessary, Consumers' Interconnection Facilities and the isolation device provided by Project Developer pursuant to Exhibit 1 – Scope of Facilities, Subsection 1.2, and may perform preventive or emergency maintenance, or make system modifications, when necessary, on Consumers' Interconnection Facilities. Normal maintenance shall be scheduled on Consumers' Interconnection Facilities taking into consideration Project Developer's schedule of maintenance for the Project. Such authority and responsibility shall include removing the Interconnection Facilities from service, when necessary, as determined by Consumers. Consumers shall not be required to deliver energy to the Project or provide a temporary connection to the Project when maintenance or system modifications require disconnecting Consumers’ Interconnection Facilities from Consumers' distribution system. 3.1.1 Project Developer shall reimburse Consumers for all direct and indirect costs and expenses (including but not limited to, overtime pay, property taxes, insurance, equipment testing and inspections) incurred by Consumers in owning, operating and maintaining Consumers’ Interconnection Facilities from the point in time in which Consumers’ Interconnection Facilities are ready for service. Such costs and expenses shall be determined by Consumers in accordance with the standard practices and policies followed by Consumers and in effect at the time such operation and maintenance is performed. As used in this Agreement, the term "maintenance" includes inspection, repair and replacement. Payment by Project Developer of such costs and expenses shall be made in accordance with Subsection 3.1.