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SCHEDULE 2-STANDARD CONTRACTS
<br /> Distribution Upgrades—The additions, modifications, and upgrades to the Distribution System
<br /> at or beyond the Point of Common Coupling to facilitate interconnection of the DER and render
<br /> the distribution service necessary to affect the Interconnection Customer's connection to the
<br /> Distribution System. Distribution Upgrades do not include Interconnection Facilities.
<br /> Electric Power System (EPS)—The facilities that deliver electric power to a load.
<br /> Fast Track Process—The procedure as described in the Interconnection Process - Fast Track
<br /> Process for evaluating an Interconnection Application for a DER that meets the eligibility
<br /> requirements in the Overview Process Section 2.3.
<br /> Force Majeure Event—An act of God, labor disturbance, act of the public enemy, war,
<br /> insurrection, riot, fire, storm or flood, explosion, breakage or accident to machinery or
<br /> equipment, an order, regulation or restriction imposed by governmental, military or lawfully
<br /> established civilian authorities, or another cause beyond a Party's control. A Force Majeure
<br /> Event does not include an act of negligence or intentional wrongdoing.
<br /> Good Utility Practice—Any of the practices, methods and acts engaged in or approved by a
<br /> significant portion of the electric industry during the relevant time period, or any of the
<br /> practices, methods and act which, in the exercise of reasonable judgment in light of the facts
<br /> known at the time the decision was made, could have been expected to accomplish the desired
<br /> result at a reasonable cost consistent with good business practices, reliability, safety and
<br /> expedition. Good Utility Practice is not intended to be limited to the optimum practice, method,
<br /> or act to the exclusion of all others, but rather to be acceptable practices, methods, or acts
<br /> generally accepted in the region.
<br /> Governmental Authority—Any federal, state, local or other governmental regulatory or
<br /> administrative agency, court, commission, department, board, or other governmental
<br /> subdivision, legislature, rulemaking board, tribunal, or other governmental authority having
<br /> jurisdiction over the Parties, their respective facilities, or the respective services they provide,
<br /> and exercising or entitled to exercise any administrative, executive, police, or taxing authority
<br /> or power; provided, however, that such term does not include the Interconnection Customer,
<br /> the Area EPS Operator, or any Affiliate thereof. The utility's local governing body is the
<br /> authority governing interconnection requirements unless otherwise provided for in the
<br /> Minnesota Technical Requirements.
<br /> Interconnection Agreement—The terms and conditions between the Area EPS Operator and
<br /> Interconnection Customer (Parties). See Section 8 in the Overview ProcessError! Reference
<br /> source not found. for when the Uniform Contract or Interconnection Agreement applies.
<br /> Interconnection Application—The Interconnection Customer's request to interconnect a new
<br /> or modified, as described in Section 4 of the Overview Process, DER. See Simplified Application
<br /> Form and Interconnection Application Form.
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