Common use of Plan Methodology Clause in Contracts

Plan Methodology. In developing each Plan, ColumbiaGrid will conduct the following activities consistent with this Order 1000 Agreement and endeavor to: (i) after consideration of the data and comments supplied by Order 1000 Parties, customers of Order 1000 Parties, and other Interested Persons and stakeholders, develop a Plan that addresses Order 1000 Needs (and transmission needs of any Governmental Non-Enrolled Party identified pursuant to section 2.6 of this Order 1000 Agreement), including those reflecting the specific service requests of transmission customers and that otherwise treats similarly-situated customers (e.g., network and retail native load) comparably in the ColumbiaGrid regional transmission planning process; (ii) facilitate analysis of solutions to Order 1000 Needs (and transmission needs of Governmental Non-Enrolled Parties identified pursuant to section 2.6 of this Order 1000 Agreement) as if a single utility owned all relevant generating, transmission, and distribution facilities to enhance efficiency and reduce duplication of facilities, environmental impacts, and costs; (iii) perform a system assessment of RIS facilities, taking into account the input of Order 1000 Parties and Interested Persons with respect to Order 1000 Potential Needs, including Order 1000 Potential Needs (and potential transmission needs of any Governmental Non-Enrolled Party to be identified pursuant to section 2.6 of this Order 1000 Agreement) driven by a Public Policy Requirement, reliability, or economic considerations; (iv) through the system assessment, identify Order 1000 Needs (and transmission needs of any Governmental Non-Enrolled Party identified pursuant to section 2.6 of this Order 1000 Agreement) for which potential solutions should be identified and evaluated; (v) task Study Teams to work in an open, transparent, non- discriminatory, and collaborative manner (subject to ColumbiaGrid’s obligation to protect Confidential Information and CEII pursuant to this Order 1000 Agreement) to identify and evaluate solutions to address such Order 1000 Needs (and transmission needs of any Governmental Non-Enrolled Party identified pursuant to section 2.6 of this Order 1000 Agreement) and evaluate such solutions, including, in the case of solutions to Order 1000 Needs, consistency with the solution evaluation factors described in section 2.3 of Appendix A; (vi) if properly requested, apply the Order 1000 Cost Allocation Methodology to Order 1000 Projects in accordance with sections 6, 7, or 8 of Appendix A; (vii) coordinate, as appropriate, with the planning activities of other regional planning entities and neighboring transmission systems, including Order 1000 Planning Regions other than the Order 1000 ColumbiaGrid Planning Region; (viii) recognize each Order 1000 Party’s responsibility for planning transmission facilities on its transmission system and responsibility for the planning necessary for its local projects and service of its local loads from its transmission system; and (ix) with respect to Order 1000 Non-Transmission Alternatives, defer to the development of such alternatives in other appropriate forums and limit analysis of such alternatives to analysis of whether a proposed Order 1000 Non-Transmission Alternative is adopted by the Person on whose Electric System it would be located. With respect to any request for transmission service or interconnection received by any Order 1000 Party, nothing in this Order 1000 Agreement shall preclude any Order 1000 Party from responding if and as such Order 1000 Party determines is appropriate under its open access transmission tariff.

Plan Methodology. In developing each Plan, ColumbiaGrid will conduct the following such activities consistent with this Order 1000 Agreement and will endeavor to: (i) after consideration of the data and comments supplied by Order 1000 Parties, customers of Order 1000 Parties, and other Interested Persons and stakeholders, develop a Plan that addresses Order 1000 Needs (and transmission needs of any Governmental Non-Enrolled Party identified pursuant to section 2.6 of this Order 1000 Agreement), including those reflecting the specific service requests of transmission customers and that otherwise treats similarly-situated customers (e.g., network and retail native load) comparably in the ColumbiaGrid regional transmission planning process; (ii) facilitate analysis of solutions to Order 1000 Needs (and transmission needs of Governmental Non-Enrolled Parties identified pursuant to section 2.6 of this Order 1000 Agreement) Proposed Projects as if a single utility owned all relevant generating, transmission, and distribution facilities to enhance efficiency and reduce duplication of facilities, environmental impacts, and costs; (iiiii) perform model and study the RIS facilities through a system assessment of RIS facilities, and other analyses assuming that the information necessary to model the Projects is available and taking into account the input of Order 1000 Planning Parties and Interested Persons with respect to Order 1000 Potential Needs, including Order 1000 Potential Needs (and potential transmission needs of any Governmental Non-Enrolled Party to be identified pursuant to section 2.6 of this Order 1000 Agreement) driven by a Public Policy Requirement, reliability, or economic considerations; (iviii) through the system assessment, identify Order 1000 Needs (and transmission needs of any Governmental Non-Enrolled Party identified pursuant to section 2.6 of this Order 1000 Agreement) for which potential solutions should be identified and evaluated; (v) evaluated and task Study Teams to work in an open, transparent, non- non-discriminatory, and collaborative manner (subject to ColumbiaGrid’s obligation to protect Confidential Information and CEII pursuant to this Order 1000 Agreement) to identify and evaluate solutions to address such Order 1000 Needs (and transmission needs of any Governmental Non-Enrolled Party identified pursuant to section 2.6 of this Order 1000 Agreement) and evaluate such solutions, including, in the case of solutions to Order 1000 Needs, including their consistency with the solution evaluation factors described in section 2.3 of Appendix A; (viiv) if properly requested, apply the Order 1000 Cost Allocation Methodology to any Order 1000 Projects Project in accordance with sections 6, 7, or 8 section 10 of Appendix A; (viiv) for Projects other than Order 1000 Projects, as appropriate, apply the cost allocation provisions of sections 5.4, 6.4, 8.4, or 9.4 of Appendix A; (vi) coordinate, as appropriate, with the planning activities of other regional planning entities and neighboring transmission systems, including other transmission planning regions (as such term is used in Order 1000 Planning Regions other than the Order 1000 ColumbiaGrid Planning Region1000); (viiivii) recognize each Order 1000 Party’s ▇▇▇▇’▇ responsibility for planning transmission facilities Projects on its transmission system Transmission System and responsibility for the planning necessary for its local projects Single System Projects and service of its local loads from its transmission systemTransmission System; and (ixviii) with respect to Order 1000 Non-Transmission Alternatives, defer to the development of such alternatives in other appropriate forums and limit analysis of such alternatives to analysis of whether a proposed Order 1000 ▇▇▇▇-proposed Non-Transmission Alternative is adopted by the Person on whose Electric System it would be located. With respect to any request for transmission service will meet or interconnection received by any Order 1000 Party, nothing in this Order 1000 Agreement shall preclude any Order 1000 Party from responding if and as such Order 1000 Party determines is appropriate under its open access transmission tariffdefer a Need.