Reserving Transmission Service During Internet or Computer Outages
There may be times when either the Internet or OASIS is down. During these times, the tariff administrator will receive completed request forms(SPP Tariff Attachment F) by fax (501/ 603-0151). The tariff administrator will respond to a request received by fax in a manner appropriate for the circumstances:
· If the unavailability of the OASIS is a localized problem experienced by one or more transmission customers and the tariff administrator still has OASIS access, he will enter the faxed request into the OASIS and will notify the transmission customer of changes to its status.
· If the unavailability of the OASIS is more widespread and the tariff administrator does not have OASIS access, he will either act on the request if the time limit for responding is less than the time when OASIS is expected to be available or he will hold the request if the time limit for responding is greater than the time when OASIS is expected to be available.
The tariff administrator will always enter requests into OASIS as soon as he has access to the system. If the tariff administrator has already acted on one or more requests, he will disable OASIS Automation while he enters those request(s). It will be disabled long enough to enter the requests and change their status. If the tariff administrator did not disable OASIS Automation while entering those requests, OASIS Automation may not validate the request if the schedule has already started and may not produce the same status as the tariff administrator while OASIS was unavailable.
Scheduling Transmission Service During Internet or Computer Outages
If the Internet or OATI site is down, the tariff administrator will receive tags by fax (501/603-0151). The tariff administrator will respond to a tag received by fax in a manner appropriate for the circumstances:
· If the unavailability of the OATI site is a localized problem experienced by one or more PSE's and the tariff administrator still has access to the OATI site, he will enter the faxed tag into the SPP tagging system, he will process the tag by making appropriate checks and he will notify the PSE and all parties to the transaction (if appropriate) of changes to its status.
· If the unavailability of the OATI site is more widespread and the tariff administrator does not have access to the OATI site, he will act on the request by making appropriate checks and notifying the PSE and all parties to the transaction (if appropriate) of changes to its status. He will enter the faxed tag into the SPP tagging system as soon as he has access to the OATI site.