Appendix D - BC Hydro - Transmission

Energy Resource Interconnection Service shall mean an Interconnection Service that allowsthe Interconnection Customer to connect its Generating Facility to the Transmission Provider’sTransmission System to be eligible to deliver the Generating Facility’s electric output using theexisting firm or nonfirm capacity of the Transmission Provider’s Transmission System on an asavailable basis. Energy Resource Interconnection Service in and of itself does not conveytransmission service.Engineering & Procurement (E&P) Agreement shall mean an agreement that authorizes theTransmission Provider to begin engineering and procurement of long lead-time items necessaryfor the establishment of the interconnection in order to advance the implementation of theInterconnection Request.Environmental Law shall mean Applicable Laws or Regulations relating to pollution orprotection of the environment or natural resources.Federal Power Act shall mean the Federal Power Act, as amended, 16 U.S.C. §§ 79la et seq.FERC shall mean the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) or its successor.Force Majeure shall mean any act of God, laborlabour disturbance, act of the public enemy,war, insurrection, riot, fire, storm or flood, explosion, breakage or accident to machinery orequipment, any order, regulation or restriction imposed by governmental, military or lawfullyestablished civilian authorities, or any other causedcause beyond a Party’s control. A ForceMajeure event does not include acts of negligence or intentional wrongdoing by the Partyclaiming Force Majeure.Generating Facility shall mean Interconnection Customer’s device for the production ofelectricity identified in the Interconnection RequestAppendix C, but shall not include theInterconnection Customer’s Interconnection Facilities.Generating Facility Capacity shall mean the net capacity of the Generating Facility and theaggregate net capacity of the Generating Facility where it includes multiple energy productiondevices.Good Utility Practice shall mean any of the practices, methods and acts engaged in or approvedby a significant portion of the electric industry during the relevant time period, or any of thepractices, methods and acts which, in the exercise of reasonable judgment in light of the factsknown at the time the decision was made, could have been expected to accomplish the desiredresult at a reasonable cost consistent with good business practices, reliability, safety andexpedition. Good Utility Practice is not intended to be limited to the optimum practice, method,or act to the exclusion of all others, but rather to be acceptable practices, methods, or actsgenerally accepted in the region.Governmental Authority shall mean any federal, stateprovincial, local or other governmentalregulatory or administrative agency, court, commission, department, board, or othergovernmental subdivision, legislature, rulemaking board, tribunal, or other governmentalauthority having jurisdiction over the Parties, their respective facilities, or the respective servicesthey provide, and exercising or entitled to exercise any administrative, executive, police, or- 4 -DM_VAN/BCT0007-BCT00129/6206155.10