Pacific Gas & Electric (PCG)

6.1.  Physical Operation of Facilities.

        6.1.1    Operation.    Each Participating TO shall have the exclusive right and responsibility to operate and maintain its transmission facilities and associated switch gear and auxiliary equipment (including facilities that it operates under Entitlements).

        6.1.2    ISO Operating Orders.    Each Participating TO shall operate its transmission facilities in compliance with ISO Protocols, the Operating Procedures (including emergency procedures in the event of communications failure) and ISO's operating orders unless the health or safety of personnel or the general public would be endangered. Proper implementation of an ISO operating order by a Participating TO shall be deemed prudent. In the event an ISO order would risk damage to facilities, and if time permits, a Participating TO shall inform the ISO of any such risk and seek confirmation of the relevant ISO order.

        6.1.3    Duty of Care.    In operating and maintaining its transmission facilities, each Participating TO shall take proper care to ensure the safety of personnel and the general public. It shall act in accordance with Good Utility Practice, applicable law, ISO Protocols, the Operating Procedures and the Applicable Reliability Criteria.

        6.1.4    Outages.    Each Participating TO shall obtain approval from the ISO before taking out of service and returning to service any facility identified pursuant to Section 4.2.1 in the ISO Register, except in cases involving immediate hazard to the safety of personnel and the general public or imminent damage to facilities where there is not time to contact the ISO. The Participating TO shall promptly notify the ISO of such situations.

        6.1.5    Return to Service.    After a System Emergency or Forced Outage, the Participating TO shall restore to service the transmission facilities under the ISO's Operational Control as soon as possible and in the priority order determined by the ISO. The ISO's Operating Procedures shall give priority to restoring offsite power to nuclear generating units, in accordance with criteria specified by the Participating TOs under the design basis and licensing requirements of the NRC licenses applicable to such nuclear units and any other Regulatory Must-Run Generation whose operation is critical for the protection of wildlife and the environment.

        6.1.6    Written Report.    Within a reasonable time, the Participating TO shall provide the ISO with a written report, consistent with Section 17, describing the circumstances and the reasons for any Forced Outage, including outages under Section 6.1.4.

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