Appendix D - BC Hydro - Transmission

interconnection, which cannot be mitigated as hereafter described, whether or not such items orequipment later become unnecessary. If Interconnection Customer withdraws its application forinterconnectionInterconnection Request or either party terminates the E&P Agreement, to theextent the equipment ordered can be canceledcancelled under reasonable terms, InterconnectionCustomer shall be obligated to pay the associated cancellation costs. To the extent that theequipment cannot be reasonably canceledcancelled, Transmission Provider may elect: (i) to taketitle to the equipment, in which event Transmission Provider shall refund InterconnectionCustomer any amounts paid by Interconnection Customer for such equipment and shall pay thecost of delivery of such equipment, or (ii) to transfer title to and deliver such equipment toInterconnection Customer, in which event Interconnection Customer shall pay any unpaidbalance and cost of delivery of such equipment.Section 10.Optional Interconnection Study10.1 Optional Interconnection Study Agreement.On or after the date when Interconnection Customer receives an Interconnection SystemImpact Study resultsreport, or at any time for Interconnection Customers subject toClustering, Interconnection Customer may request, and Transmission Provider shallperform a reasonable number of Optional Interconnection Studies. The request shalldescribe the assumptions that Interconnection Customer wishes Transmission Provider tostudy within the scope described in Section 10.2. Within five (5) Business Days afterreceipt of a request for an Optional Interconnection Study, Transmission Provider shallprovide to Interconnection Customer an Optional Interconnection Study Agreement in theform of Appendix 5.4.The Optional Interconnection Study Agreement shall: (i) specify the technical data thatInterconnection Customer must provide for each phase of the Optional InterconnectionStudy, (ii) specify Interconnection Customer's assumptions as to which InterconnectionRequests with earlier queue priority dates will be excluded from the OptionalInterconnection Study case and assumptions as to the type of interconnectionserviceInterconnection Service for Interconnection Requests remaining in the OptionalInterconnection Study case, and (iii) Transmission Provider's estimate of the cost of theOptional Interconnection Study. To the extent known by Transmission Provider, suchestimate shall include any costs expected to be incurred by any Affected System whoseparticipation is necessary to complete the Optional Interconnection Study.Notwithstanding the above, Transmission Provider shall not be required as a result of anOptional Interconnection Study request to conduct any additional Interconnection Studieswith respect to any other Interconnection Request.Interconnection Customer shall execute the Optional Interconnection Study Agreementwithin ten (10) Business Days of receipt and deliver the Optional Interconnection StudyAgreement, the technical data and a $10,00015,000 deposit to Transmission Provider.DM_VAN/BCT0007-BCT00132/6213742.16216529.6 - 28 28-