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SCHEDULE 3 - DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES INTERCONNECTION PROCESS
<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 of Section 3.4.
<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
<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 governing authority of the municipal utility
<br />is the 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 for when the Uniform Contract or Municipal
<br />Minnesota Interconnection Agreement applies.
<br />Interconnection Application The Standard or Simplified Interconnection Application, as
<br />applicable, pursuant to Section 4.
<br />Interconnection Customer The person or entity, including the Area EPS Operator, who will be
<br />the owner of the DER and who
<br />Distribution System. The Interconnection Customer is responsible for ensuring the DER(s) is
<br />designed, operated and maintained in compliance with the Minnesota Technical Requirements.
<br />Interconnection Facilities
<br />nection Facilities. Collectively, Interconnection Facilities
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