SCHEDULE 21-CMP Local Service Schedule Central Maine Power Company Effective Date: 6/1/2016 - Docket #: ER16-2386-000 I. COMMON SERVICE PROVISIONS This Local Service Schedule, designated Schedule 21-CMP, governs the terms and conditions of service taken by Transmission Customers over Central Maine’s Transmission System. In the event of a conflict between the provisions of this Schedule 21-CMP and other provisions of the Tariff, with respect to Local Service, the provisions of this Schedule 21-CMP shall control. 1 Definitions Whenever used in this Schedule 21-CMP, in either the singular or plural, the following capitalized terms shall have the meanings specified in the Definition Section of this Part I. Terms used in this Schedule 21- CMP but not defined in this Definition Section shall have the meanings specified in Section 1 of the Tariff. Terms used in this Schedule 21-CMP that are not defined in the Tariff, shall have the meanings customarily attributed to such terms by the electric utility industry in New England. Sections, Schedules or Attachments referred to in this Schedule 21-CMP shall mean a section or schedule in or an attachment to this Schedule 21-CMP unless otherwise stated. 1.4 Annual Transmission Revenue Requirement: The annual revenue requirements of Central Maine’s Transmission System for purposes of this Schedule 21-CMP shall be the amount calculated pursuant to the formulas in Attachment G-W and Attachment G-R, as applicable, and as updated each June 1, or until amended by Central Maine or modified by the Commission. 1.6 Backyard Generation (or Behind-The-Meter Generation): Generation which interconnects directly with a customer’s facilities that will offset all or a portion of a customer’s electric load requirements. Any generation used to supply any portion of Local Network Load will not qualify for demand credits associated with Backyard Generation. Such credits shall only be applicable to load not designated as Local Network Load. In such instances, the customer shall be responsible for taking and paying for an appropriate level of Local Point-To-Point Transmission Service. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Schedule 21-CMP or Tariff, the Local Network Load of transmission-level retail customers with Behind-The-Meter Generation shall be determined in accordance with Schedule No. 12 of this Schedule 21-CMP. Effective Date: 6/1/2016 - Docket #: ER16-2386-000 1.7 Central Maine: The Central Maine Power Company. 1.8 CMP-Owned Interconnection Facilities: Facilities and equipment, or portions thereof, owned by Central Maine that are necessary to interconnect a customer with Central Maine’s Transmission System. 1.13 Control Area Operator: ISO, or any successor organization or entity, responsible for the continued operation of the New England Control Area and the administration of the Tariff, subject to regulation by the Commission. 1.16 Designated Agent: Any entity that performs actions or functions required under this Schedule 21-CMP or Tariff on behalf of Central Maine, an Eligible Customer, an Eligible Generator Customer or a Transmission Customer. 1.17 Direct Assignment Facilities: Facilities or portions of facilities that are constructed by or for Central Maine for (1) the sole use/benefit of a particular Transmission Customer requesting service under this Schedule 21- CMP or (2) the use by a Generator Owner or developer of a generating station requesting to be interconnected to Central Maine’s Transmission System. Direct Assignment Facilities shall be specified in the Service Agreement or Interconnection Agreement that in addition to the applicable terms and conditions of this Schedule 21-CMP and OATT governs service to the Transmission Customer; and shall be subject to Commission acceptance. 1.19 Eligible Generator Customer: Any electric utility or other person generating energy for sale for resale that owns or develops a new generating unit or changes the electrical characteristics of an existing generating unit that is or will be directly interconnected with Central Maine’s Transmission System. For purposes of this Schedule 21-CMP, an Eligible Generator Customer is also considered an Eligible Customer as defined in Section I.2.2 of the OATT. 1.26 Interconnection Agreement: Effective Date: 6/1/2016 - Docket #: ER16-2386-000 An agreement between Central Maine and an Eligible Customer or an Eligible Generator Customer for Interconnection Service. 1.27 Interconnection Service: Those services required to electrically connect Transmission Customer’s facilities to Central Maine’s Transmission System. Interconnection Service includes, but is not limited to, the identification, design, and construction of facilities required to establish and maintain such electrical connection as identified by a completed System Impact Study and Facilities Study. The customer’s and Central Maine’s contractual obligations associated with Interconnection Service shall be specified in an Interconnection Agreement which shall be executed and filed with the Commission prior to the commencement of such service. 1.30 Load Ratio Share: Ratio of a Transmission Customer’s Local Network Load to Central Maine’s total Local Network Load computed in accordance with Sections 21.II.8.b and 21.II.8.c of the Local Network Service under Part III of this Schedule 21-CMP. 1.35 Local Network Load: The load that a Local Network Customer designates for Local Network Transmission Service under Part III of this Schedule 21-CMP. The Local Network Customer’s Local Network Load shall include all load served by the output of any Network Resources designated by the Local Network Customer (including losses) and shall not be credited or reduced for any Backyard Generation. All Local Network Customers shall be required to have installed appropriate metering to determine such Backyard Generation, in accordance with the Network Operating Agreement. A Local Network Customer may elect to designate less than its total load as Local Network Load but may not designate only part of the load at a discrete Point of Delivery. Where an Eligible Customer has elected not to designate a particular load at discrete Points of Delivery as Local Network Load, the Eligible Customer is responsible for making separate arrangements under Part II of this Schedule 21-CMP for any Local Point-To-Point Transmission Service that may be necessary for such non-designated load. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Schedule 21-CMP and Tariff, the Local Network Load of transmission-level retail customers with Behind-The-Meter Generation shall be determined in accordance with Schedule No. 12 of this Schedule 21-CMP. Effective Date: 6/1/2016 - Docket #: ER16-2386-000 1.38 Local Point-To-Point Transmission Service: Local Point-To-Point Service, including, without limitation, service over CMP-Owned Interconnection Facilities, is a service provided to (1) Eligible Customers, pursuant to Part II of this Schedule 21-CMP by Central Maine over its Local Network, and (2) Eligible Generator Customers that own and develop generating units that are directly interconnected to Central Maine’s Transmission System, pursuant to an Interconnection Agreement. 1.40 Native Load Customers: The wholesale and retail power customers of Central Maine on whose behalf Central Maine, by statute, franchise, regulatory requirement, or contract, has an obligation to construct and operate Central Maine’s Transmission System to meet the reliable electric needs of such customers, including but not limited to customers taking service under Schedule No. 12 of this Schedule 21- CMP. 1.45 Network Operating Agreement: An executed agreement that contains the terms and conditions under which the Local Network Customer shall operate its facilities and the technical and operational matters associated with the implementation of Local Network Service under Part II of Schedule 21 and Part III of this Schedule 21-CMP. 1.50 Part I: The sections of this Schedule 21-CMP containing the definitions and common service provisions. 1.51 Part II: The sections of this Schedule 21-CMP pertaining to Local Point-To-Point Transmission Service in conjunction with Schedule 21 and the applicable common service provisions of Part I and appropriate Schedules and Attachments. 1.52 Part III: The sections of this Schedule 21-CMP pertaining to Local Network Transmission Service in conjunction with Schedule 21 and the applicable common service provisions of Part I and appropriate Schedules and Attachments. Effective Date: 6/1/2016 - Docket #: ER16-2386-000 1.61 Regional Application: A request by an Eligible Generator Customer for Interconnection Service submitted to the Control Area Operator pursuant to the provisions of the OATT. 1.71 Transmission Customer: Any Eligible Customer or Eligible Generator Customer (or its Designated Agent) that (i) executes a Service Agreement or an Interconnection Agreement, or (ii) requests in writing the filing of a proposed unexecuted Service Agreement to receive Transmission Service under Part II of this Schedule 21-CMP. This term is used in the Part I common service provisions to include customers receiving Transmission Service under Part II and Part III of this Schedule 21-CMP. 1.73 Transmission Service: Transmission service provided over Central Maine’s Local Network, designated as Local Network Service or Local Point-To-Point Service that is provided pursuant to Schedule 21 and this Schedule 21-CMP. 1.74 Transmission System: The facilities owned, controlled or operated by Central Maine that are used to
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