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SCHEDULE 3 - DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES INTERCONNECTION PROCESS <br />10Extension of Timelines <br />10.1.Reasonable Efforts <br />The Area EPS Operator shall make Reasonable Efforts to meet all time frames provided <br />in these procedures. If the Area EPS Operator cannot meet a deadline provided herein, <br />it must notify the Interconnection Customer in writing within three (3) Business Days <br />after the deadline to explain the reason for the failure to meet the deadline and <br />provide an estimated time by which it will complete the applicable interconnection <br />procedure in the process. <br /> <br />10.2.Extensions <br />For applicable time frames described in these procedures, the Interconnection <br />Customer may request, in writing, one extension equivalent to half of the time <br />originally allotted (e.g., ten (10) Business Days for a twenty (20) Business Days original <br />time frame) which the Area EPS Operator may not unreasonably refuse. No further <br />extensions for the applicable time frame shall be granted absent a Force Majeure Event <br />or other similarly extraordinary circumstance. <br /> <br />11Disputes <br />11.1.Procedures <br />The Parties agree to make good faith efforts to attempt to resolve all disputes arising <br />out of the interconnection process and associated study and Interconnection <br />Agreements. The Parties agree to follow the established dispute resolution policy <br />adopted by the Area EPS Operator. <br /> <br />12Clauses <br />12.1.Confidentiality <br />Confidential Information shall mean any confidential and/or proprietary information <br />provided by one Party to the other Party that is clearly marked or otherwise designated <br />metering data provided by the Interconnection Customer may be deemed Confidential <br />Information regardless of whether it is clearly marked or otherwise designated as such. <br />If requested by either Party, the other Party shall provide in writing the basis for <br />asserting that the information warrants confidential treatment. Parties providing a <br />Governmental Authority trade secret, or privileged or otherwise not public or <br />nonpublic data under Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, Minnesota Statutes <br />Chapter 13, shall identify such data consistent <br />1999 Revised Procedures for Handling Trade Secret and Privileged Data available online <br />at: https://mn.gov/puc/puc-documents/#4. <br />15 <br /> <br />159 <br />