EL PASO ELECTRIC COMPANY OPEN ACCESS TRANSMISSION TARIFF FERC ELECTRIC TARIFF THIRD REVISED VOLUME NO. 1EL PASO ELECTRIC COMPANY First Revised Sheet No. 1 FERC Electric Tariff 3" Rev. Vol. No. 1 ‘Superseding Original Sheet No. 1 1. | COMMON SERVICE PROVISIONS 1 Definitions TABLE OF CONTENTS Ancillary Services. 12 — Annual Transmission Cost 1.3 Application. 1.4 ‘Border Crossing Facilities . 15 Commission... 1.6 Completed Applicatio 1.7 Control Area... 1.8 Curtailment 1.9 Delivering Party. 1.10 Designated Agent. 1.11 Direct Assignment Facilities. 1.12 Eastem Interconnection . 1.13. Eligible Customer 1.14 Facilities Study 1.15 Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service 1.16 Good Utility Practices. 1.17 Interruption 1.18 Load Ratio Share .. 1.19 Load Shedding. 1.20 Long-Term Firm Point-To-Point Transmission, Service 1.21 Native Load Customers 1.22 Network Customer... 1.23 Network Integration Transmission Service . 1.24 Network Load 1.25 Network Operating Agreement 1.26 Network Operating Committee. 1.27 Network Resource. : 1.28 Network Upgrade: 1.29 Non-Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Services 1.30 Open Access Same-Time Information System (OASIS), 131 Palo Verde Facilit 132 Part L 1.33, Part I. 134 Part IT. 1.35 Patties... 136 Point(s) of Delivery . 137 Point(s) of Receipt 25 1.38 Point-To-Point Transmission Service.. 25 139 Power Purchaser 25 1.40 Receiving Party. 25 1.41 Regional Transmission Group (RTG).. 25 1.42 Reserved Capacity 26 Issued by: John A. Whitacre, Effective Date: March 6, 2006 Vice President, Transmission Issue Date: January 5, 2006EL PASO ELECTRIC COMPANY First Revised Sheet No. 2 FERC Electric Tariff 3" Rev. Vol. No. 1 ‘Superseding Original Sheet No. 2 ae ao i 12 Issued by: Issue Date: 26 26 1.43 Service Agreem: 1.44 Service Commencement Date... 1.45 Short-Term Firm Point-To-Point Transmission Service .. 1.46 System Impact Study . 1.47 Third-Party Sak 1.48 Transmission Customer 26 26 27 27 1.49 Transmission Provider 27 1.50 Transmission Provider's System Peak 28 28 28 28 1.51 Transmission Service.. 1.52 Transmission System. Initial Allocation and Renewal Procedures 2.1 Initial Allocation of Available Transmission Capability. 28 2.2 Reservation Priority For Existing Firm Service Customers... 29 Ancillary Services.... .. 29 Scheduling, System Control and Dispatch Ser 32 3.2 Reactive Supply and Voltage Control from Generation Sources Service. 32 32 32 3.3 Regulation and Frequency Response Servic 3.4 Energy Imbalance Service 3.5 Operating Reserve - Spinning Reserve Servic 32 3.6 Operating Reserve - Supplemental Reserve Service 32 Open Accéss Same-Time Information System (OASIS). ve 32 Local Furnishing Bonds 33 5.1 Transmission Providers That Own Facilities Financed by Local Furnishing Bonds sone 33 5.2 Altemative Procedures for Requesting ‘Transmission Service, 33 Reciprocity. sotennneeine 35: Billing and Payment eo : 36 7.1 Billing Procedures... 36 7.2. Interest on Unpaid Balane: 36 73 Customer Default... see 37 Accounting for the Transmission Provider's Use of the Tariff 38 . 38 8.1 Transmission Revenues. sen 8.2 Study Costs and Revenues. 38 Regulatory Filings . 39 39 39 40 40 41 41 42 Force Majeure and Indemnification. Dispute Resolution Procedures... 12.1 Intemal Dispute Resolution Procedures .. 12.2 External Arbitration Procedures . John A. Whitacre, Effective Date: March 6, 2006 Vice President, Transmission January 5, 2006