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Appendix D - BC Hydro - Transmission

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during system disturbances within a range of under-frequency and overfrequencyconditions, in accordance with Good Utility Practice.9.7.4 System Protection and Other Control Requirements.9.7.4.1 System Protection Facilities. Interconnection Customer shall, at itsexpense, install, operate and maintain System Protection Facilitiesas a part of the Large Generating Facility or InterconnectionCustomer's Interconnection Facilities. <strong>Transmission</strong> Provider shallinstall at Interconnection Customer's expense any System ProtectionFacilities that may be required on <strong>Transmission</strong> Provider'sInterconnection Facilities or the <strong>Transmission</strong> System as a result ofthe interconnection of the Large Generating Facility andInterconnection Customer's Interconnection Facilities.9.7.4.2 Each Party's protection facilities shall be designed and coordinatedwith other systems in accordance with Good Utility Practice.9.7.4.3 Each Party shall be responsible for protection of its facilitiesconsistent with Good Utility Practice.9.7.4.4 Each Party's protective relay design shall incorporate the necessarytest switches to perform the tests required in Article 6. . Therequired test switches will be placed such that they allow operationof lockout relays while preventing breaker failure schemes fromoperating and causing unnecessary breaker operations and/or thetripping of Interconnection Customer's units.9.7.4.5 Each Party will test, operate and maintain System ProtectionFacilities in accordance with Good Utility Practice.9.7.4.6 Prior to the In-Service Date, and again prior to the CommercialOperation Date, each Party or its agent shall perform a completecalibration test and functional trip test of the System ProtectionFacilities. At intervals suggested by Good Utility Practice andfollowing any apparent malfunction of the System ProtectionFacilities, each Party shall perform both calibration and functionaltrip tests of its System Protection Facilities. These tests do notrequire the tripping of any in-service generation unit. These testsdo, however, require that all protective relays and lockout contactsbe activated.9.7.5 Requirements for Protection. In compliance with Good Utility Practice,Interconnection Customer shall provide, install, own, and maintain relays,circuit breakers and all other devices necessary to remove any faultcontribution of the Large Generating Facility to any short circuit occurring onthe <strong>Transmission</strong> System not otherwise isolated by <strong>Transmission</strong> Provider'sequipment, such that the removal of the fault contribution shall be coordinated- 38 -DM_VAN/<strong>BC</strong>T0007-<strong>BC</strong>T00129/6206155.10

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