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within TC SYSTEMS’s arrangement, power cable feeds, and terminations of cable. A
BellSouth Certified Supplier, who is qualified to work on the power board, must
perform all termination at a BellSouth power board. TC SYSTEMS shall comply with
all applicable National Electric Code (NEC), BellSouth TR73503, Telcordia and ANSI
Standards regarding power cabling, installation, and maintenance.
8.5.2 Fused Amp Billing. BellSouth shall make available -48V DC power on a per fused
amp, per month basis, pursuant to the following:
8.5.2.1 For power provisioned from a BDFB. The number of fused amps requested by TC
SYSTEMS on its application for power that is being provisioned from a BellSouth
BDFB will be multiplied by the DC power fused amp rate set forth in Exhibit B. A
minimum of ten (10) fused amps is required.
8.5.2.2 For existing power configurations that are provisioned from BellSouth’s main power
board. The number of fused amps made available at the main power board, in
increments of two hundred and twenty-five (225) amps/main power board circuit, will
be multiplied by the DC power fused amp rate set forth in Exhibit B.
8.5.3 If TC SYSTEMS elects to install its own DC Power Plant, BellSouth shall provide
Alternating Current (AC) power to feed TC SYSTEMS’s DC Power Plant. Charges
for AC power will be assessed per breaker ampere per month. Rates include the
provision of commercial and standby AC power. When obtaining power from a
BellSouth service panel, protection devices and power cables must be engineered
(sized) and installed by TC SYSTEMS’s BellSouth Certified Supplier, except that
BellSouth shall engineer and install protection devices and power cables for Adjacent
Collocation. TC SYSTEMS’s BellSouth Certified Supplier must also provide a copy
of the engineering power Specifications prior to the Commencement Date. Charges
for AC power shall be assessed pursuant to the rates specified in Exhibit B. AC power
voltage and phase ratings shall be determined on a per location basis. At TC
SYSTEMS’s option, TC SYSTEMS may arrange for AC power in an adjacent
collocation arrangement from a retail provider of electrical power.
8.6 TC SYSTEMS has the option to purchase power directly from an electric utility
company where technically feasible and where space is available in a requested
BellSouth Premises. Under such option, TC SYSTEMS is responsible for contracting
with the electric utility company for its own power feed and meter, and is financially
responsible for purchasing all equipment necessary to accomplish the conversion of the
commercial AC power to DC power, including inverters, batteries, power boards, bus
bars, BDFBs, backup power supplies and power cabling. The actual work to install
this arrangement must be performed by a BellSouth Certified Supplier hired by TC
SYSTEMS. TC SYSTEMS’s BellSouth Certified Supplier must comply with all
applicable national, regional, state and local safety, electrical, fire and building codes,
including the NESC standards, in the installing of this power arrangement, just as
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