AF18 SECTION AVAILABILITY This schedule supersedes the AF-1 rate schedule and is available to customers that execute an agreement that provides for BPA to collect capital and related costs through advance funding or other financial arrangement for specified -owned Federal Columbia River Transmission System (FCRTS) facilities used for: A. Interconnection or integration of resources and loads to the FCRTS; B. Upgrades, replacements, or reinforcements of the FCRTS for transmission service; or C. Other transmission service arrangements, as determined by BPA. Service under this schedule is subject to the General Rate Schedule Provisions (GRSPs), which follow the rate schedules in this document. SECTION II. CHARGE The charge is: A. The sum of the actual capital and related costs for specified FCRTS facilities, as provided in the agreement. Such actual capital and related costs include, but are not limited to, costs of design, materials, construction, overhead, spare parts, and all incidental costs necessary to provide service as identified in the agreement; or B. An advance payment to the sum of the capital and related costs for specified FCRTS facilities, as provided in the agreement. A credit for some or all of the amount advanced will be applied against charges for transmission service, as provided in the agreement. The charges for transmission service shall be at the rate for the applicable transmission service. SECTION III. PAYMENT A. ADVANCE PAYMENT Payment to BPA shall be specified in the agreement as one of the following options: 1. A lump sum advance payment; 2. Advance payments pursuant to a schedule of progress payments; or
AF18 SECTION AVAILABILITY This schedule supersedes the AF-1 rate schedule and is available to customers that execute an agreement that provides for BPA to collect capital and related costs through advance funding or other financial arrangement for specified -owned Federal Columbia River Transmission System (FCRTS) facilities used for: A. Interconnection or integration of resources and loads to the FCRTS; B. Upgrades, replacements, or reinforcements of the FCRTS for transmission service; or C. Other transmission service arrangements, as determined by BPA. Service under this schedule is subject to the General Rate Schedule Provisions (GRSPs), which follow the rate schedules in this document. SECTION II. CHARGE The charge is: A. The sum of the actual capital and related costs for specified FCRTS facilities, as provided in the agreement. Such actual capital and related costs include, but are not limited to, costs of design, materials, construction, overhead, spare parts, and all incidental costs necessary to provide service as identified in the agreement; or B. An advance payment to the sum of the capital and related costs for specified FCRTS facilities, as provided in the agreement. A credit for some or all of the amount advanced will be applied against charges for transmission service, as provided in the agreement. The charges for transmission service shall be at the rate for the applicable transmission service. SECTION III. PAYMENT A. ADVANCE PAYMENT Payment to BPA shall be specified in the agreement as one of the following options: 1. A lump sum advance payment; 2. Advance payments pursuant to a schedule of progress payments; or
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