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Appendix D - BC Hydro - Transmission

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3.3 Valid Interconnection Request.Large Generating Facility's interconnection is also studied with<strong>Transmission</strong> Provider's <strong>Transmission</strong> System at peak load, under avariety of severely stressed conditions, to determine whether, withthe Large Generating Facility at full output, the aggregate ofgeneration in the local area can be delivered to the aggregate of loadon <strong>Transmission</strong> Provider’s <strong>Transmission</strong> System, consistent with<strong>Transmission</strong> Provider's reliability criteria and procedures. Thisapproach assumes that some portion of existing Network Resourcesareis displaced by the output of Interconnection Customer's LargeGenerating Facility. Network Resource Interconnection Service inand of itself does not convey any right to deliver electricity to anyspecific customer or Point of Delivery.3.3.1 Initiating an Interconnection Request.To initiate an Interconnection Request, Interconnection Customer must submit all of thefollowing: (i) a $10,000an initial non-refundable $15,000 deposit, and (ii) a completedapplication in the form of <strong>Appendix</strong> 1, and (iii) demonstration of Site Control or a postingof an additional deposit of $10,000.1. Such deposits shall be applied toward anyInterconnection Studies pursuant to the Interconnection Request. If an InterconnectionCustomer demonstrates Site Control within the cure period specified in Section 3.3.3afterfifteen (15) Business Days of submitting its Interconnection Request, the additionaldeposit shall be refundable; otherwise, all such deposit(s), additional and initial, becomenon-refundable.The expected In-Service Date of the new Large Generating Facility or increase incapacity of the existing Generating Facility shall be no more than the process window forthe regional expansion planning period (or in the absence of a regional planning process,the process window for <strong>Transmission</strong> Provider's expansion planning period) not toexceed seven years from the date the Interconnection Request is received by<strong>Transmission</strong> Provider, unless Interconnection Customer demonstrates that engineering,permitting and construction of the new Large Generating Facility or increase in capacityof the existing Generating Facility will take longer than the regional expansion planningperiod. The In-Service Date may succeed the date the Interconnection Request isreceived by <strong>Transmission</strong> Provider by a period up to ten years, or longer whereInterconnection Customer and <strong>Transmission</strong> Provider agree, such agreement not to beunreasonably withheld.3.3.2 Acknowledgment of Interconnection Request.<strong>Transmission</strong> Provider shall acknowledge receipt of the Interconnection Request withinfive (5) Business Days of receipt of the request and attach a copy of the receivedInterconnection Request to the acknowledgement.DM_VAN/<strong>BC</strong>T0007-<strong>BC</strong>T00132/6213742.16216529.6 - 12 12-

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