6.4. ERMUSR 08-12-2008 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

public authority. The Party rendered unable to fulfill any obligation by reason of uncontrollable forces shall exercise due diligence to remove such inability with all reasonable dispatch; provided that the settlement of strikes or labor disputes by acceding to the demands of the opposition in such strikes or labor disturbances when such course is inadvisable in the discretion of the Party having such difficulty. c) Emergency transformer backup service may also be requested due to temporary interruptions or reductions which are necessary or desirable for the purposes of maintenance, repairs, replacements, installation of equipment, or investigation and inspection. Each Party will give the other Party and other affected utilities reasonable advance notice of such requests, except in case of emergency as reasonably determined by the Party creating the interruption or reduction, or as otherwise directed by the control area operator, and/or any governing or regulatory entity, and will remove the cause thereof with all reasonable dispatch in accordance with Good Utility Practice and subject to all applicable requirements imposed by the control area operator, and/or any governing or regulatory entity. d) Both parties shall request emergency transformer backup service per the following procedure guideline: o Both parties agree to provide fault current protection measures to prevent damage to each other's respective substation transformer and plant equipment design. o Both parties agree to contact the other office's dispatching center to notify of emergency switching needs: o To contact Wright-Hennepin dispatch (direct), call 763-477-5627 • W-H dispatchers will seek clearance from W-H on-call line crew, and may require on-site presence, depending on the situation. o To contact Elk River, call 763-441-2020 o Both parties agree to apply proper tagging of equipment per their safety standards. o Both parties agree to not operate or alter any equipment where a tag has been applied by the other entity. Tag removal must follow each company's own standards and procedures. e) Maintenance, other than emergency situations, shall require a reasonable advance notice of up to 30 days or more to all Parties. The Owning Party shall be physically and financially responsible for all maintenance and shall coordinate their respective schedules for any such maintenance. The Owning Party will, to the extent practical and appropriate under the circumstances, give reasonable consideration to, among other things, the impact of the schedule on the other Parties' operations; provided however, that no Party shall be obligated to schedule such activities to coincide with another Party's scheduled outages, except to the extent required by the control area operator, and/or any governing or regulatory entity. f) Each party agrees to charge the prevailing monthly rates that adequately match the level of emergency service being received, in-line with respective wholesale power contracts. Power usage will be charged at the supplying utility's respective monthly average blended wholesale mil rate, or wholesale energy plus coincident demand costs if usage occurs during a peak, whichever is higher.