Pacific Gas & Electric (PCG)

18.1. Equipment Installation.

        In order to meet its obligations under this Agreement, a Party that owns, rents, or leases equipment (the equipment owner) may require installation of such equipment on property owned by another Party (the property owner), provided that the property is being used for an electric utility purpose and that the property owner shall not be required to do so if it would thereby be prevented from performing its own obligations or exercising its rights under this Agreement.

        18.1.1    Free Access.    The property owner shall grant to the equipment owner free of charge reasonable installation rights and rights of access to accommodate equipment inspection, repair, upgrading, or removal for the purposes of this Agreement, subject to the property owner's reasonable safety, operational, and future expansion needs.

        18.1.2    Notice.    The equipment owner (whether ISO or Participating TO) shall provide reasonable notice to the property owner when requesting access for site assessment, coordinating equipment installation, or other relevant purposes.

        18.1.3    Removal of Installed Equipment.    Following reasonable notice, the equipment owner shall be required, at its own expense, to remove or relocate equipment, at the request of the property owner, provided that the equipment owner shall not be required to do so if it would thereby be prevented from performing its obligations or exercising its rights under this Agreement.

        18.1.4    Costs.    The equipment owner shall repair at its own expense any property damage it causes in exercising its rights and shall reimburse the property owner for any other costs that it is required to incur to accommodate the equipment owner's exercise of its rights under this Section 18.1.