SECTION IV INTEGRATED SCHEDULING PROCESS
CHAPTER 10 OBLIGATIONS OF BALANCING SERVICE PROVIDERS
Article 10.7 Major Outage Declaration

  1. The Balancing Service Provider is required to submit directly to the HETS Operator a Major Outage Declaration for each Dispatchable Generating Unit it represents, if the respective Balancing Service Entity is unable to operate for technical reasons, for a period that is expected to exceed a continuous period of ten (10) consecutive days in periods of high-demand (from 15 June to 15 August and from 10 December to 31 January) and two months for the remainder of the year, for each Dispatch Day during which the outage exists.

  2. The Producers representing Dispatchable Generating Units with Alternative Fuel are required to submit separate Major Outage Declarations for the operation of their Dispatchable Generating Units both with the primary and the alternative fuel.

  3. The Producers representing Dispatchable Multi-Shaft Combined Cycle Generating Units are obliged to submit separate Major Outage Declarations for each configuration of their Dispatchable Generating Units.

  4. The Major Outage Declarations shall include at least the following:

    α) the Dispatch Days on which the failure is expected to occur,

    β) a detailed technical description of the causes of the failure and the expected recovery time.

  5. Major Outage Declarations shall remain in effect for all the Dispatch Periods to which they refer, unless they are revoked or amended by the Balancing Service Providers that submitted them.