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Table of Contents
Preface
General Conditions
Data Transfer Code
Alerts Summary Code
Planning Code
Connection Conditions Code
Operating Codes
OC1 Demand Forecasting
OC2 Operational Planning
OC3 Operating Margin
OC4 Demand Control
OC5 Notice of Operations & Incidents, and Significant Incident Reporting
OC6 Safety Coordination
OC7 Contingency Planning
OC8 Numbering and Nomenclature of HV Apparatus and Plant
OC9 Tests and Site Investigations
Scheduling and Dispatch Codes
SDC1 Generation and Desalination Scheduling
SDC2 Generation and Desalination Dispatch
SDC3 Frequency Control
Ancillary Services Code
Metering and Data Exchange Code (MDEC)
Abbreviations and Definitions
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