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exclusion of all others, but rather to be acceptable practices, methods, or acts generally accepted in the region. Good Utility Practice may include, but not be limited to, conformance with the applicable and consistently applied reliability criteria, standards and operating guides of ERCOT and the NERC, or successor organization(s). 3.7 Independent System Operator shall mean the ERCOT Independent System Operator as defined in.the PUCT Substantive Rules. 3.8 NERC shall mean the North American Electric Reliability Corporation or its successor in function. 3.9 NERC Reliability Standards shall mean the mandatory electric reliability standards enforced by NERC. 3.10 Point(s) of Interconnection shall mean the points where the electrical systems of the Parties are connected or may, by the closure of normally open switches, be connected. 3.11 PUCT shall mean the Public Utility Commission of Texas or its successor in function. ARTICLE IV - ESTABLISHMENT AND TERMINATION OF POINTS OF INTERCONNECTION 4.1 The Parties agree to comply with NERC Reliability Standards as they relate to the interconnection of their facilities at the locations identified and described in the Facility Schedules which are attached hereto and incorporated herein. 4.2 The Parties agree to interconnect their facilities at the locations, and in accordance with the terms and conditions, specified in the attached Facility Schedule(s). All Points of Interconnection shall be specified in Exhibit "A" and the Facility Schedule(s) attached hereto and made a part hereof. The Facility Schedule(s) shall specify the responsibilities of the Parties with respect to ownership, control, operation, and maintenance of the interconnection facilities. 4.3 Unless otherwise provided in a Facility Schedule, each Party shall, at each Point of Interconnection, at its own risk and expense, design, install, or cause the design and installation of the transmission or distribution facilities (including all apparatus and necessary protective devices) on its side of the Point of Interconnection, so as to reasonably minimize the likelihood of voltage and frequency abnormalities, originating in the system of one Party, from affecting or impairing the system of the other Party, or other systems to which the system of such Party is interconnected. The Parties agree that all Points of Interconnection will be established in conformance with operating guidelines of ERCOT and the ERCOT Protocols, as the same may be amended hereafter. The Parties agree to cause their systems to be constructed in accordance with specifications at least equal to those provided by the National Electrical Safety Code, approved by the American National Standards Institute, in effect at the time of construction. Except as otherwise provided in the Facility Schedules, each Party will be responsible for the equipment and facilities it owns on its side of the Point of Interconnection. LCRA TSC - San Marcos Electric Utility Page 4 of 35