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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)

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