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To qualify, the Customer must agree to reduce the load for which the start-up
rate applies within ten (10) minutes of a request from New Brunswick System
Operator. The reduction will be to a level stipulated by NB Power. Load
reductions will normally be requested when the in-province load and firm
commitments outside the Province are expected to exceed NB Power's supply
capability.
NB Power estimates the applicable start-up rate and makes retroactive
adjustments based on the Customer's actual cost per kWh, which is the aggregate
of demand and energy charges, established during the six month period following
the start-up period.
The start-up rate will be calculated so that the resulting cost to the Customer
is the higher of:
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6.77¢ per kWh, or
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Customer's lowest monthly aggregate cost per kWh in the six months following
the start-up period.
The start-up rate period may be extended up to five years for new facilities
having a firm load of 5,000 kilowatts or more that are served directly off the
transmission system and that NB Power considers to be a new industrial
technology. This provision expires on March 31, 2008. In such cases the firm
load of the Customer will not be subject to interruption and the cost for the
new firm load will be the lower of (i) Customers actual cost based on usage and
applicable rates, or (ii) 6.77¢ per kWh.
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