Common use of Scheduling of Energy Clause in Contracts

Scheduling of Energy. (a) Seller shall be the Scheduling Coordinator or designate a qualified third party to provide Scheduling Coordinator services with the CAISO for the Project for the delivery of Delivered Energy to the Point of Delivery, and bid the Delivered Energy into the Day-Ahead Market and the Real-Time Market consistent with Prudent Operating Practice. Seller shall perform or cause to be performed all scheduling and transmission activities in compliance with (i) the CAISO Tariff, (ii) WECC scheduling practices, and (iii) Prudent Operating Practice. The Parties agree to communicate and cooperate as necessary in order to address any scheduling or settlement issues as they may arise, and to work together in good faith to resolve them in a manner consistent with the terms of the Agreement. Seller (as the Project’s Scheduling Coordinator) shall ensure that all Delivered Energy and Replacement Energy is electronically tagged (e-tagged) in accordance with Generally Accepted Utility Practice. Seller shall comply with any requirements of the CPUC, CEC, WREGIS and CARB, as applicable, with respect to documenting and reporting E-tags, including, as applicable, requirements to match E-tags to WREGIS Certificate creation. In addition to Seller’s requirements under Section 8.4, Seller shall provide additional information as reasonably requested by ▇▇▇▇▇ on E-tags or as reasonably necessary to facilitate Buyer’s members’ reporting requirements under the RPS. (b) As Scheduling Coordinator for the Project, Seller shall be responsible for all CAISO costs, including without limitation, all penalties, Imbalance Energy charges, and other charges, and shall be entitled to all CAISO revenues, including without limitation, credits, Imbalance Energy payments, and revenues associated with CAISO dispatches, bid cost recovery, Inter-SC Trade (as defined in the CAISO Tariff) credits, or other credits in respect of the Delivered Energy. Seller shall be responsible for all CAISO penalties resulting from any failure by Seller to abide by the CAISO Tariff or the outage notification requirements set forth in this Agreement. The Parties agree that any Availability Incentive Payments (as defined in the CAISO Tariff) are for the benefit of Seller and for Seller’s account and that any Non-Availability Charges (as defined in the CAISO Tariff) are the responsibility of Seller and for Seller’s account. In addition, if during the Delivery Term, the CAISO implements or has implemented any sanction or penalty related to scheduling, outage reporting, or generator operation, the cost of such sanctions or penalties arising from the scheduling, outage reporting, or generator operation of the Facility shall be the Seller’s responsibility. (c) Seller (as the Project’s Scheduling Coordinator) shall be responsible for all settlement functions with the CAISO related to the Project. Seller or its Affiliates shall also fulfill the contractual, metering, and interconnection requirements so as to be able to deliver Facility Energy and Replacement Energy to the Points of Delivery. (d) At least forty-five (45) days before the first anticipated Commercial Operation Date and no later than forty-five (45) days before the beginning of each Contract Year, Seller or Seller’s designee shall provide, or cause to be provided, a non-binding forecast of each month’s average-day deliveries of Facility Energy and Replacement Energy, by hour, for the following eighteen (18) months. (e) At least ten (10) days before the first anticipated Commercial Operation Date and no later than ten (10) Business Days before the beginning of each month during the Delivery Term, Seller or Seller’s designee shall provide, or cause to be provided, a non-binding forecast of each day’s average deliveries of Facility Energy and Replacement Energy, by hour, for the following month to Buyer at the addresses for scheduling notices set forth in Appendix C. (f) By 4:30 a.m. on the Business Day immediately preceding each day of delivery of Facility Energy during the Delivery Term, Seller or Seller’s designee shall cause Seller’s Scheduling Coordinator to provide Buyer with a copy of a non-binding hourly forecast of deliveries of Facility Energy and Replacement Energy for each hour of the immediately succeeding day. A forecast provided a day prior to any non-Business Day shall include forecasts for the immediate day, each succeeding non-Business Day and the next Business Day. Seller shall provide Buyer with a copy of any updates to such forecast indicating a change in forecasted Facility Energy and Replacement Energy from the then current forecast at the addresses for scheduling notices set forth in Appendix C. (g) By 12:00 p.m. on the normal Business Day prior to each pre-scheduling day as identified in the WECC pre-scheduling calendar, Seller shall provide Buyer via email, at the addresses for scheduling notices set forth in Appendix C, day-ahead pre-schedules for each of the succeeding twenty-four (24) hours in the form of an excel spreadsheet. Seller shall notify Buyer or ▇▇▇▇▇’s Agent via telephone of any hourly changes due to a change in unit availability or an outage no later than one-hundred five (105) minutes prior to the start of such Scheduling hour. (h) Throughout the Delivery Term, Seller shall provide to Buyer and Project Participants, if requested by the applicable Project Participant, access to the supervisory control and data acquisition (“SCADA”) system of each Facility to the extent necessary to allow Buyer and those Project Participants who have requested access to obtain the following data on a real- time basis: for each Facility that has achieved Commercial Operation, read-only access to megawatt capacity and any other facility availability information; read-only access to energy output information collected by the SCADA system for the Facility; provided that if Buyer is unable to access the Facility’s SCADA system, then upon written request from Buyer, Seller shall provide energy output information to Buyer in four (4)-second intervals in the form of a flat file to Buyer through a secure file transport protocol (FTP) system with an e-mail back-up for each flat file submittal; and read-only access to all electricity, production, and consumption data from the Electric Metering Devices.

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Sources: Renewable Power Purchase Agreement

Scheduling of Energy. (a) Seller shall be the Scheduling Coordinator or designate a qualified third party to provide Scheduling Coordinator services with the CAISO for the Project for the delivery of Delivered Energy to the Point of Delivery, and bid the Delivered Energy into the Day-Ahead Market and the Real-Time Market consistent with Prudent Operating Practice. Seller shall perform or cause to be performed all scheduling and transmission activities in compliance with (i) the CAISO Tariff, (ii) WECC scheduling practices, and (iii) Prudent Operating Practice. The Parties agree to communicate and cooperate as necessary in order to address any scheduling or settlement issues as they may arise, and to work together in good faith to resolve them in a manner consistent with the terms of the Agreement. Seller (as the Project’s Scheduling Coordinator) shall ensure that all Delivered Energy and Replacement Energy is electronically tagged (e-tagged) in accordance with Generally Accepted Utility Practice. Seller shall comply with any requirements of the CPUC, CEC, WREGIS and CARB, as applicable, with respect to documenting and reporting E-tags, including, as applicable, requirements to match E-tags to WREGIS Certificate creation. In addition to Seller’s requirements under Section 8.4, Seller shall provide additional information as reasonably requested by ▇▇▇▇▇ on E-tags or as reasonably necessary to facilitate Buyer’s members’ reporting requirements under the RPS. (b) As Scheduling Coordinator for the Project, Seller shall be responsible for all CAISO costs, including without limitation, all penalties, Imbalance Energy charges, and other charges, and shall be entitled to all CAISO revenues, including without limitation, credits, Imbalance Energy payments, and revenues associated with CAISO dispatches, bid cost recovery, Inter-SC Trade (as defined in the CAISO Tariff) credits, or other credits in respect of the Delivered Energy. Seller shall be responsible for all CAISO penalties resulting from any failure by Seller to abide by the CAISO Tariff or the outage notification requirements set forth in this Agreement. The Parties agree that any Availability Incentive Payments (as defined in the CAISO Tariff) are for the benefit of Seller and for Seller’s account and that any Non-Availability Charges (as defined in the CAISO Tariff) are the responsibility of Seller and for Seller’s account. In addition, if during the Delivery Term, the CAISO implements or has implemented any sanction or penalty related to scheduling, outage reporting, or generator operation, the cost of such sanctions or penalties arising from the scheduling, outage reporting, or generator operation of the Facility shall be the Seller’s responsibility. (c) Seller (as the Project’s Scheduling Coordinator) shall be responsible for all settlement functions with the CAISO related to the Project. Seller or its Affiliates shall also fulfill the contractual, metering, and interconnection requirements so as to be able to deliver Facility Energy and Replacement Energy to the Points of Delivery.. APPROVAL DRAFT (d) At least forty-five (45) days before the first anticipated Commercial Operation Date and no later than forty-five (45) days before the beginning of each Contract Year, Seller or Seller’s designee shall provide, or cause to be provided, a non-binding forecast of each month’s average-day deliveries of Facility Energy and Replacement Energy, by hour, for the following eighteen (18) months. (e) At least ten (10) days before the first anticipated Commercial Operation Date and no later than ten (10) Business Days before the beginning of each month during the Delivery Term, Seller or Seller’s designee shall provide, or cause to be provided, a non-binding forecast of each day’s average deliveries of Facility Energy and Replacement Energy, by hour, for the following month to Buyer at the addresses for scheduling notices set forth in Appendix C. (f) By 4:30 a.m. on the Business Day immediately preceding each day of delivery of Facility Energy during the Delivery Term, Seller or Seller’s designee shall cause Seller’s Scheduling Coordinator to provide Buyer with a copy of a non-binding hourly forecast of deliveries of Facility Energy and Replacement Energy for each hour of the immediately succeeding day. A forecast provided a day prior to any non-Business Day shall include forecasts for the immediate day, each succeeding non-Business Day and the next Business Day. Seller shall provide Buyer with a copy of any updates to such forecast indicating a change in forecasted Facility Energy and Replacement Energy from the then current forecast at the addresses for scheduling notices set forth in Appendix C. (g) By 12:00 p.m. on the normal Business Day prior to each pre-scheduling day as identified in the WECC pre-scheduling calendar, Seller shall provide Buyer via email, at the addresses for scheduling notices set forth in Appendix C, day-ahead pre-schedules for each of the succeeding twenty-four (24) hours in the form of an excel spreadsheet. Seller shall notify Buyer or ▇▇▇▇▇’s Agent via telephone of any hourly changes due to a change in unit availability or an outage no later than one-hundred five (105) minutes prior to the start of such Scheduling hour. (h) Throughout the Delivery Term, Seller shall provide to Buyer and Project Participants, if requested by the applicable Project Participant, access to the supervisory control and data acquisition (“SCADA”) system of each Facility to the extent necessary to allow Buyer and those Project Participants who have requested access to obtain the following data on a real- time basis: for each Facility that has achieved Commercial Operation, read-only access to megawatt capacity and any other facility availability information; read-only access to energy output information collected by the SCADA system for the Facility; provided that if Buyer is unable to access the Facility’s SCADA system, then upon written request from Buyer, Seller shall provide energy output information to Buyer in four (4)-second intervals in the form of a flat file to Buyer through a secure file transport protocol (FTP) system with an e-mail back-up for each flat file submittal; and read-only access to all electricity, production, and consumption data from the Electric Metering Devices.

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Sources: Renewable Power Purchase Agreement

Scheduling of Energy. The Authorized Representatives of the Buyer and Seller shall, as soon as reasonably practicable following the Effective Date, mutually develop forecasting and Scheduling procedures which may be modified, from time to time, by written agreement of both Authorized Representatives in order that the Energy delivered to the Point of Delivery shall be RPS Compliant and EPS Compliant as provided under Section 8.6 and otherwise to comply with all applicable requirements, including those of the Transmission Provider, CAISO, WECC, and any balancing authority involved in the scheduling of energy under this Agreement. The procedures shall be developed so as to maximize the amount of Energy that is RPS Compliant and EPS Compliant that may be delivered by Seller under this Agreement. The Authorized Representatives shall promptly cooperate with respect to any reasonably necessary and appropriate modifications to such forecasting or scheduling procedures. The Parties acknowledge that, because Scheduling takes place in advance of generation, there may be deviations between the amount of Energy generated by the Facility and the amount of Energy Scheduled by Buyer and Seller for delivery at the Point of Delivery. To the extent that such deviations occur in the ordinary course of Scheduling under the agreed upon procedures and, as a result, Energy that is not RPS Compliant and EPS Compliant is delivered pursuant to the Transmission Provider’s tariff to Buyer at the Point of Delivery, Buyer shall accept such Energy and pay Seller the average of the on-peak and off-peak Energy prices,‌ weighted by the number of hours in the on-peak and off-peak periods, during the month in which the deviations occurred for Energy that is not from a eligible renewable energy resource under the RPS Law, as listed in the Dow ▇▇▇▇▇ Palo Verde Electricity Price Index. (a) Seller or Seller’s designee shall be responsible for Scheduling the Scheduling Coordinator or designate a qualified third party to provide Scheduling Coordinator services with the CAISO for the Project for the delivery forecast of Delivered Energy and Replacement Energy to the Point of DeliveryDelivery during the Agreement Term in accordance with the Scheduling procedures agreed upon by the Parties, and bid the Delivered Energy into the Day-Ahead Market and the Real-Time Market consistent with Prudent Operating Practicewhich may be updated from time to time. Seller shall perform or cause to be performed all scheduling and transmission activities in compliance with (i) the CAISO Tariff, (ii) WECC scheduling practicessubmit schedules, and (iii) Prudent Operating Practiceany updates to such schedules, to Buyer or Buyer’s Agent based on the most current forecast of Delivered Energy and Replacement Energy. The Parties agree to communicate and cooperate as necessary in order to address any scheduling Buyer or settlement issues as they may arise, and to work together in good faith to resolve them in a manner consistent with Buyer’s designee shall be responsible for Scheduling the terms forecast of the Agreement. Seller (as the Project’s Scheduling Coordinator) shall ensure that all Delivered Energy and Replacement Energy is electronically tagged (e-tagged) at and from the Point of Delivery during the Agreement Term in accordance with Generally Accepted Utility Practicethe Scheduling procedures agreed upon by the Parties, which may be updated from time to time. Buyer shall also fulfill the contractual, metering, and interconnection requirements so as to be able to accept Delivered Energy and Replacement Energy at the Point of Delivery. All Scheduling shall be performed in accordance with the applicable NERC and WECC operating policies, criteria, and any other applicable guidelines. Seller shall comply with any requirements of the CPUC, CEC, WREGIS and CARB, as applicable, with respect to documenting and reporting E-tags, including, as applicable, requirements to match E-tags to WREGIS Certificate creation. In addition to Seller’s requirements under Section 8.4, Seller shall provide additional information as reasonably requested by ▇▇▇▇▇ on E-tags or as reasonably necessary to facilitate Buyer’s members’ reporting requirements under the RPS. (b) As Scheduling Coordinator for the Project, Seller shall be responsible for all CAISO costs, including without limitation, all penalties, Imbalance Energy charges, and other charges, and shall be entitled to all CAISO revenues, including without limitation, credits, Imbalance Energy payments, and revenues associated with CAISO dispatches, bid cost recovery, Inter-SC Trade (as defined in the CAISO Tariff) credits, or other credits in respect of the Delivered Energy. Seller shall be responsible for all CAISO penalties resulting from any failure by Seller to abide by the CAISO Tariff or the outage notification requirements set forth in this Agreement. The Parties agree that any Availability Incentive Payments (as defined in the CAISO Tariff) are for the benefit of Seller and for Seller’s account and that any Non-Availability Charges (as defined in the CAISO Tariff) are the responsibility of Seller and for Seller’s account. In addition, if during the Delivery Term, the CAISO implements or has implemented any sanction or penalty related to scheduling, outage reporting, or generator operation, the cost of such sanctions or penalties arising from the scheduling, outage reporting, or generator operation of the Facility shall be the Seller’s responsibility. (c) Seller (as the Project’s Scheduling Coordinator) shall be responsible for all settlement functions with the CAISO related to the Project. Seller or its Affiliates shall also fulfill the contractual, metering, and interconnection requirements so as to be able to deliver Facility Delivered Energy and Replacement Energy to the Points Point of Delivery. (db) At least forty-five (45) days before the first anticipated Commercial Operation Date and no later than forty-five (45) days before the beginning of each Contract Year, Seller or Seller’s designee shall provide, or cause to be provided, a non-binding forecast of each month’s average-day deliveries of Facility Delivered Energy and Replacement Energy, by hour, for the following eighteen (18) months. (ec) At least ten (10) days before the first anticipated Commercial Operation Date and no later than ten (10) Business Days before the beginning of each month during the Delivery Term, Seller or Seller’s designee shall provide, or cause to be provided, a non-binding forecast of each day’s average deliveries of Facility Delivered Energy and Replacement Energy, by hour, for the following month to Buyer at the addresses for scheduling notices set forth in Appendix C.month. (fd) By 4:30 5:30 a.m. on the Business Day immediately preceding each day of delivery of Facility Delivered Energy during the Delivery Term, Seller or Seller’s designee shall cause the Seller’s Scheduling Coordinator Scheduler to provide Buyer or Buyer’s Agent with a copy of a non-binding hourly forecast of deliveries of Facility Delivered Energy and Replacement Energy for each hour of the immediately succeeding day. A forecast provided a day prior to any non-Business Day shall include forecasts for the immediate day, each succeeding non-Business Day and the next Business Day. Seller shall provide Buyer or Buyer’s Agent with a copy of any updates to such forecast indicating a change in forecasted Facility Delivered Energy and Replacement Energy from the then current forecast at the addresses for scheduling notices set forth in Appendix C.forecast. (ge) By 12:00 p.m. on the normal Business Day prior to each pre-scheduling day as identified in the WECC pre-scheduling calendar, Seller shall provide Buyer Buyer, Buyer’s Agent, Buyer’s real time operators, and Buyer’s Scheduler, via email, at the addresses for scheduling notices set forth in Appendix C, day-ahead pre-schedules for each of the succeeding twenty-four (24) hours in the form of an excel spreadsheet. In order to allow Buyer to make schedule changes in conformity with the California Independent System Operator Scheduling deadline, Seller shall notify Buyer or ▇▇▇▇▇Buyer’s Agent via telephone of any hourly changes due to a change in unit availability or an outage no later than one-hundred five (105) minutes prior to the start of such Scheduling hour. (hf) Throughout the Delivery Term, Seller shall provide to Buyer and Project Participants, if requested by the applicable Project Participant, access to the supervisory control and data acquisition (“SCADA”) system of each Facility to the extent necessary to allow Buyer and those Project Participants who have requested access to obtain the following data on a real- real-time basis: for each Facility that has achieved Commercial Operation, readbasis:‌ (i) Read-only access to megawatt capacity and any other facility availability information; read; (ii) Read-only access to energy output information collected by the SCADA supervisory control and data acquisition (“SCADA”) system for the Facility; provided that if Buyer is unable to access the Facility’s SCADA system, then upon written request from Buyer, Seller shall provide energy output information to Buyer in four (4)-second intervals in the form of a flat file to Buyer through a secure file transport protocol (FTP) system with an e-mail back-up for each flat file submittal; and readand (iii) Read-only access to all electricity, production, and consumption data from the Electric Metering Devices.

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Sources: Power Purchase Agreement

Scheduling of Energy. The Authorized Representatives of the Buyer and Seller shall, as soon as reasonably practicable following the Effective Date but before the commencement of the first (1st) Contract Year, mutually develop forecasting and Scheduling procedures which may be modified, from time to time, by written agreement of both Authorized Representatives in order that the Energy delivered to the Point of Delivery shall be RPS Compliant and EPS Compliant as provided under Section 8.6. Such procedures shall otherwise comply with all applicable requirements, including those of the Transmission Providers, CAISO, WECC, and any balancing authority involved in the scheduling of energy under this Agreement. This may include, but not be limited to, dynamic adjustments to e-tags in order to reflect the previous hour’s metered Energy output. The procedures shall be developed so as to maximize the amount of Energy that is RPS Compliant and EPS Compliant that may be delivered by Seller under this Agreement. The Authorized Representatives shall promptly cooperate with respect to any reasonably necessary and appropriate modifications to such forecasting or scheduling procedures. The Parties acknowledge that, because Scheduling takes place in advance of generation, there may be deviations between the amount of Energy generated by a Facility and the amount of Energy Scheduled by Buyer and Seller for delivery at the Point of Delivery. To the extent that such deviations occur in the ordinary course of Scheduling under the agreed upon procedures and, as a result, Energy that is not RPS Compliant and EPS Compliant is delivered pursuant to the Transmission Provider’s tariff to Buyer at the Point of Delivery, Buyer shall accept such Energy and pay Seller the average of the on-peak and off-peak Energy prices, weighted by the number of hours in the on-peak and off-peak periods, during the month in which the deviations occurred for Energy that is not from a eligible renewable energy resource under the RPS Law, as listed in the Intercontinental Exchange Palo Verde Electricity Price Index or its successor index, or any other index mutually agreed by the Parties. (a) Seller or Seller’s designee shall be responsible for Scheduling the Scheduling Coordinator or designate a qualified third party to provide Scheduling Coordinator services with the CAISO for the Project for the delivery forecast of Delivered Energy and Replacement Energy to the Point of DeliveryDelivery during the Delivery Term in accordance with the Scheduling procedures agreed upon by the Parties, and bid the Delivered Energy into the Day-Ahead Market and the Real-Time Market consistent with Prudent Operating Practicewhich may be updated from time to time. Seller shall perform or cause to be performed all scheduling and transmission activities in compliance with (i) the CAISO Tariff, (ii) WECC scheduling practicessubmit schedules, and (iii) Prudent Operating Practiceany updates to such schedules, to Buyer or Buyer’s Agent based on the most current forecast of Delivered Energy and Replacement Energy. The Parties agree to communicate and cooperate as necessary in order to address any scheduling Buyer or settlement issues as they may arise, and to work together in good faith to resolve them in a manner consistent with Buyer’s designee shall be responsible for Scheduling the terms forecast of the Agreement. Seller (as the Project’s Scheduling Coordinator) shall ensure that all Delivered Energy and Replacement Energy is electronically tagged (e-tagged) at and from the Point of Delivery during the Delivery Term in accordance with Generally Accepted Utility Practicethe Scheduling procedures agreed upon by the Parties, which may be updated from time to time. Seller Buyer shall comply with any also fulfill the contractual, metering, and interconnection requirements so as to be able to accept Delivered Energy and Replacement Energy at the Points of the CPUC, CEC, WREGIS and CARB, as applicable, with respect to documenting and reporting E-tags, including, as applicable, requirements to match E-tags to WREGIS Certificate creationDelivery. In addition to Seller’s requirements under Section 8.4, Seller shall provide additional information as reasonably requested by ▇▇▇▇▇ on E-tags or as reasonably necessary to facilitate Buyer’s members’ reporting requirements under the RPS. (b) As All Scheduling Coordinator for the Project, Seller shall be responsible for all CAISO costsperformed in accordance with the applicable NERC and WECC operating policies, including without limitation, all penalties, Imbalance Energy chargescriteria, and any other charges, and shall be entitled to all CAISO revenues, including without limitation, credits, Imbalance Energy payments, and revenues associated with CAISO dispatches, bid cost recovery, Inter-SC Trade (as defined in the CAISO Tariff) credits, or other credits in respect of the Delivered Energy. Seller shall be responsible for all CAISO penalties resulting from any failure by Seller to abide by the CAISO Tariff or the outage notification requirements set forth in this Agreement. The Parties agree that any Availability Incentive Payments (as defined in the CAISO Tariff) are for the benefit of Seller and for Seller’s account and that any Non-Availability Charges (as defined in the CAISO Tariff) are the responsibility of Seller and for Seller’s account. In addition, if during the Delivery Term, the CAISO implements or has implemented any sanction or penalty related to scheduling, outage reporting, or generator operation, the cost of such sanctions or penalties arising from the scheduling, outage reporting, or generator operation of the Facility shall be the Seller’s responsibility. (c) Seller (as the Project’s Scheduling Coordinator) shall be responsible for all settlement functions with the CAISO related to the Projectapplicable guidelines. Seller or its Affiliates shall also fulfill the contractual, metering, and interconnection requirements so as to be able to deliver Facility Delivered Energy and Replacement Energy to the Points of Delivery. (db) At least forty-five (45) days before the first anticipated Delivery Commencement Date or Commercial Operation Date Date, whichever is earlier, and no later than forty-five (45) days before the beginning of each Contract Year, Seller or Seller’s designee shall provide, or cause to be provided, a non-binding forecast of each month’s average-day deliveries of Facility Delivered Energy and Replacement Energy, by hour, for the following eighteen (18) months. (ec) At least ten (10) days before the first anticipated Delivery Commencement Date or Commercial Operation Date Date, whichever is earlier, and no later than ten (10) Business Days before the beginning of each month during the Delivery Term, Seller or Seller’s designee shall provide, or cause to be provided, a non-binding forecast of each day’s average deliveries of Facility Delivered Energy and Replacement Energy, by hour, for the following month to Buyer at the addresses for scheduling notices set forth in Appendix C.month. (fd) By 4:30 a.m. on the Business Day immediately preceding each day of delivery of Facility Delivered Energy during the Delivery Term, Seller or Seller’s designee shall cause the Seller’s Scheduling Coordinator Scheduler to provide Buyer or Buyer’s Agent with a copy of a non-binding hourly forecast of deliveries of Facility Delivered Energy and Replacement Energy for each hour of the immediately succeeding day. A forecast provided a day prior to any non-Business Day shall include forecasts for the immediate day, each succeeding non-Business Day and the next Business Day. Seller shall provide Buyer or Buyer’s Agent with a copy of any updates to such forecast indicating a change in forecasted Facility Delivered Energy and Replacement Energy from the then current forecast at the addresses for scheduling notices set forth in Appendix C.forecast. (ge) By 12:00 p.m. on the normal Business Day prior to each pre-scheduling day as identified in the WECC pre-scheduling calendar, Seller shall provide Buyer Buyer, Buyer’s real time operators, and Buyer’s Scheduler, via email, at the addresses for scheduling notices set forth in Appendix C, day-ahead pre-schedules for each of the succeeding twenty-four (24) hours in the form of an excel spreadsheet. In order to allow Buyer to make schedule changes in conformity with the California Independent System Operator Scheduling deadline, Seller shall notify Buyer or ▇▇▇▇▇Buyer’s Agent via telephone of any hourly changes due to a change in unit availability or an outage no later than one-hundred five (105) minutes prior to the start of such Scheduling hour. (hf) Throughout the Delivery Term, Seller shall provide to Buyer and Project Participants, if requested by the applicable Project Participant, access to the supervisory control and data acquisition (“SCADA”) system of each Facility to the extent necessary to allow Buyer and those Project Participants who have requested access to obtain the following data on a real- real-time basis: for For each Facility that has achieved Delivery Commencement or Commercial Operation, readas applicable, Read-only access to megawatt capacity and any other facility availability information; readRead-only access to energy output information collected by the SCADA system for the Facility; provided that if Buyer is unable to access the Facility’s SCADA system, then upon written request from Buyer, Seller shall provide energy output information to Buyer in four (4)-second intervals in the form of a flat file to Buyer through a secure file transport protocol (FTP) system with an e-mail back-up for each flat file submittal; and readRead-only access to all electricity, production, and consumption data from the Electric Metering Devices. (g) The Parties shall facilitate the discussions to pursue a Balancing Authority Operating Agreement (“BAOA”), to be entered into diligently by the appropriate parties, that addresses dynamic scheduling of Energy whereby the Energy from a Facility shall be dynamically scheduled to the Points of Delivery. In the event that the BAOA becomes effective and a Facility uses dynamic scheduling, a SCADA bridge shall be provided between the Facility and the LADWP and any other Buyer participant or participants (with respect to the Facility) SCADA. In such an event, Seller shall bear the cost of installing the SCADA bridge at the Site of the Facility, while Buyer shall bear the cost of installing the LADWP and any other Buyer participant or participants (with respect to the Facility) SCADA. The Parties agree to negotiate in good faith the respective shares of other costs of dynamic scheduling, including, but not limited to, obtaining and retaining communication media between the aforementioned SCADA bridge and the LADWP and any other Buyer participant or participants (with respect to the Facility) SCADA, and providing the dynamic schedule to the Transmission Provider or other entities requiring access to the dynamic schedule.

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Sources: Power Purchase Agreement (Ormat Technologies, Inc.)