Res 2016-177/approving an amended and restated Interconnection Agreement with the LCRA Transmission Services Corporation (“LCRA TSC”) to, among other things, clarify the transmission and distribution functions of the parties, provide metering to be gover

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3.1 Agreement shall mean this Agreement with all schedules and attachments applying hereto, including any schedules and attachments hereafter made and any amendments hereafter made. 3.2 Distributed Generation shall mean an electrical generating facility connected at a voltage below 60 kV that may be connected in parallel with the utility system. Distributed Generation includes but is not limited to combustion turbine generators, batteries/fuel cells, or inverter based renewable generation resources (i.e. solar or wind). 3.3 ERCOT shall mean the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. 3.3 ERCOT Protocols shall mean the documents adopted by ERCOT, and approved by the PUCT, including any attachments or exhibits referenced in the ERCOT Protocols, as amended from time to time, that contain the scheduling, operating, planning, reliability, and settlement (including customer registration) policies, rules, guidelines, procedures, standards, and criteria of ERCOT. 3.4 ERCOT Transmission Operator shall mean the subset of transmission service providers or transmission and/or distribution service providers (TDSPs) that is charged with continuous communication (7 days per week and 24 hours per day basis) with ERCOT operations and carrying out dispatch instructions directly or on behalf of represented TDSPs and carrying out other functions as described in the ERCOT Protocols. 3.5 Facility Schedule(s) shall mean the addendum(s) to this Agreement that describe the agreement on ownership, control, operation, and maintenance responsibilities of the Parties at the Point(s) of Interconnection. 3.6 Good Utility Practice shall mean any of the practices, methods and acts engaged in or approved by a significant portion of the electric utility industry during the relevant time period, or any of the practices, methods and acts which, in the exercise of reasonable judgment in light of the facts known at the time the decision was made, could have been expected to accomplish the desired result at a reasonable cost consistent with good business practices, reliability, safety, and expedition. Good Utility Practice is not intended to be limited to the optimum practice, method, or act to the 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. LCRA TSC — San Marcos Electric Utility Page 4 of 39