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Additional Seller Representations, Warranties and Covenants. On the Execution Date, Seller represents and warrants to Buyer that Seller has not used, granted, pledged, assigned, or otherwise committed any of the Monthly Quantity to meet the RAR, Local RAR and/or Flexible RAR, as applicable, or confer Resource Adequacy Benefits upon, any entity other than Buyer during the Delivery Period. Seller covenants that throughout the Delivery Period: Seller will deliver the Product to Buyer free and clear of all liens, security interests, claims and encumbrances or any interest therein or thereto by any person; Seller has been authorized by each Customer, to act as an aggregator on behalf of such Customer to participate as a PDR in the DRAM Resource, if Seller is not also a Customer; The DRP has been authorized by each Customer to act on behalf of such Customer to participate as a PDR for the DRAM Resource, if Seller is not the DRP; and Seller will not use, grant, pledge, assign, or otherwise commit any Monthly Contracted Quantity to meet the RAR, Local RAR, and/or Flexible RAR, as applicable, or confer Resource Adequacy Benefits of the Product upon, any entity other than Buyer during the Delivery Period; During each month of the Delivery Period, if any participating Customers in the DRAM Resource have a Prohibited Resource, Seller shall ensure that such Prohibited Resource is not used to reduce load during a Dispatch by any PDR providing Product to Buyer during such month, as follows: For all Residential Customers, Seller shall include a provision in its contract forbidding the use of Prohibited Resources to reduce load during a Dispatch by any PDR providing Product to Buyer. Any Customer that does not accept the prohibition will not be eligible to participate in the Seller’s DRAM Resource. Seller shall require from each of its non-Residential Customers an attestation form attesting to one of the following conditions: the Customer does not have a Prohibited Resource on site; the Customer has a Prohibited Resource on site and will not use the resource to reduce load during a Dispatch by any PDR providing Product to Buyer; or, the Customer has a Prohibited Resource on site and may have to use the resource during Demand Response events for operational, health or safety reasons. The total nameplate capacity in kW of the Customer’s resource(s) will be used as the Default Adjustment Value (DAV) to adjust the Demand Response incentives / charge for the Customer’s account. For condition 1 above, the Customer’s attestation must include the service account number. For conditions 2 and 3 above, each attestation must provide the service account number, the number of unit(s) of Prohibited Resources on site, and the nameplate capacity of the Prohibited Resource (or, if the Customer has multiple Prohibited Resources, the sum of the nameplate capacity values from all Prohibited Resources on site) (the “Default Adjustment Value”). For condition (3), this Default Adjustment Value will be subtracted from the Potential Load Reduction or Nominated Capacity. Customers must agree to a default adjustment in which the amount of Product such Customer can provide is reduced by the Default Adjustment Value, regardless of whether the Prohibited Resource was actually used. Customers with multiple service accounts enrolled through Seller may submit one attestation form per attestation scenario. Seller shall collect and store all such Customer attestations and make them available upon request, to a Verification Administrator or the CPUC. Seller shall also collect and store supporting documentation, such as nameplate capacities for each resource under each attestation scenario, and make them available upon request to Buyer, the Verification Administrator or the CPUC. For non-Residential Customers, the attestation shall occur at the time of enrollment and may be provided with a wet signature, a click, or an electronic signature. Any non-Residential Customer that does not complete this component of the enrollment process will not be eligible to participate in Seller’s DRAM Resource. Consistent with CPUC Resolution E-4906, the Seller’s contractual agreement is contingent upon compliance with both the prohibition and the submission of the Customers’ attestations, which are subject to verification. Seller shall include provisions in its contracts that Customers are subject to random annual audits (1) requiring compliance with verification requests and facility access for site visits as deemed necessary by the Verification Administrator; (2) requiring the Customer to provide the Verification Administrator with written operating manifest(s), date and time stamped photo(s) of the Prohibited Resource unit(s), load curtailment plan(s), single line diagram(s) permit copy(ies), or other information or documentation about their onsite Prohibited Resources; and (3) allowing the Buyer or its contractor(s) to install monitoring equipment at the Sites for the purposes of verification of attestations. Seller shall include additional and separate provisions near the beginning of its contracts with Customers explaining and implementing these restrictions specifying that Customer compliance will be subject to verification, indicating the consequences for noncompliance with the provision. All contracts with non-Residential Customers shall indicate that the non-compliance consequences will be as set forth in this section. If the instance of non-compliance involves clerical or administrative errors, such as an inaccurate listing of a Customer name or the nameplate value of a Prohibited Resource in an attestation, or a failure to include a Customer’s Prohibited Resource on an attestation, provided in all cases that such Prohibited Resource is not used in violation of the terms of this Agreement (collectively, “Type One Non-Compliance”), Seller shall specify that Customers will have sixty (60) calendar days from receipt of notice to cure such Type-One Non-Compliance. If the instance of non-compliance involves either (1) the Customer does not attest to the use of any Prohibited Resource but is using a Prohibited Resource to reduce load during a demand response event; or (2), a Customer submits an invalid nameplate capacity value for the Prohibited Resource(s) that is lower than the actual capacity value on the nameplate (collectively “Type Two Non-Compliance”), then Customer will be removed from Seller’s DRAM Resource as follows. If there is an instance of (x) an uncured Type One Non-Compliance, or (y) a Type Two Non-Compliance, the consequences will be removal from Seller’s DRAM Resource and ineligibility to enroll in any DRAM Seller’s Resource or Buyer’s demand response program subject to the prohibited resource requirement in D.00-00-000 for twelve calendar months from the removal date (for a single instance of noncompliance), or three years from the removal date (for two or more instances of noncompliance). Seller shall provide such documentation as may be reasonably necessary for Buyer to verify the accuracy of the attestations referenced in subsections B(1)–(3) above and Seller’s compliance with and enforcement of this Section 7.2(b)(v). For all non-Residential Customers, (1) Sellers will provide the Default Adjustment Values (DAVs) monthly (with Demonstrated Capacity information); and, (2) Sellers will ensure that CAISO wholesale market bids reflect portfolio amounts prior to de-rating. Seller shall comply with any Prohibited Resource audit verification plan that is developed in accordance with D. 00-00-000 and approved by the CPUC. On an annual basis, Seller shall provide to Buyer the language on the prohibition included in its respective Residential Customer contracts. Seller will develop metrics, targets and record keeping systems to assess the effectiveness of its Customer outreach and notification efforts required under this Section 7.2(b)(v), and will provide such materials to the Buyer, the CPUC, and the Verification Administrator upon the request of Buyer or the CPUC. Seller shall include provisions in its contracts with non-Residential Customers permitting updates to their attestations to (1) add, remove or modify an on-site Prohibited Resource; (2) change the status or use of a Prohibited Resource to reduce load during any Dispatch; or (3) change the Default Adjustment Value, but only if, in each case, the change is supported by documentation that confirms the operational change and can be verified by a Verification Administrator. Verification methods for Customers under the condition noted in Section 7.2(b)(v)(I)(3) above shall be based on documentation of nameplate capacity, instead of load curtailment plans.. If further documentation in the form of load curtailment plans are required, Seller shall comply with the Verification Administrator’s requests for supporting materials. The Buyer has been directed by the CPUC to require a standardized non-disclosure agreement (NDA) that the Verification Administrator executes with the Buyer. This NDA pertains to all sellers and their customers from whom they collect market-sensitive, proprietary data. Verification information obtained from sellers and their customers is only to be submitted to and collected by the Verification Administrator consistent with CPUC Resolution E-4906. Under the terms of this NDA, third party customers’ market-sensitive, proprietary information shall not to be shared with the Buyer, will be kept under seal, and shall be made available to the Commission upon request. Per Ordering Paragraph 14 of CPUC Resolution E-4906, all aggregators must store Customer attestations and make them available to the CPUC upon request. The Seller shall store non-Residential Customer attestations and make them available to the Buyer or Commission upon request. If any respective PDR is a Joint Resource, Seller shall ensure that: (A) the use of the Joint Resource does not result in Buyer making payment in respect of Demonstrated Capacity for a type of Product in excess of the total capacity of the Joint Resource, whether to Seller or any other party, regardless of whether payment is made under this Agreement, another agreement in the DRAM, any other demand resource agreement or program, or any combination thereof; (B) the use of the Joint Resource does not result in Buyer making payment more than once in respect of capacity relating to a particular Customer registered in the Joint Resource, regardless of whether payment is made under this Agreement, another agreement in the DRAM, any other demand resource agreement or program, or any combination thereof; and (C) Seller has the right to access and provide to Buyer the records and data regarding any DRAM Resource Customer that is not designated by Seller under Section 1.6(g) as part of the amount to be used to show Demonstrated Capacity for a type of Product under this Agreement to permit Buyer to audit such Joint Resource under Section 1.6(j) to the same extent Buyer may audit PDRs that are not Joint Resources.

Appears in 4 contracts

Samples: Purchase Agreement, Purchase Agreement, Demand Response Resource

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Additional Seller Representations, Warranties and Covenants. On the Execution Date, Seller represents and warrants to Buyer that Seller has not used, granted, pledged, assigned, or otherwise committed any of the Monthly Quantity to meet the RAR, Local RAR and/or Flexible RAR, as applicable, or confer Resource Adequacy Benefits upon, any entity other than Buyer during the Delivery Period. Seller covenants that throughout the Delivery Period: Seller will deliver the Product to Buyer free and clear of all liens, security interests, claims and encumbrances or any interest therein or thereto by any person; . Seller has been authorized by each Customer, to act as an aggregator on behalf of such Customer to participate as a PDR in the DRAM Resource, if Seller is not also a Customer; . The DRP has been authorized by each Customer to act on behalf of such Customer to participate as a PDR for the DRAM Resource, if Seller is not the DRP; and . Seller will not use, grant, pledge, assign, or otherwise commit any Monthly Contracted Quantity to meet the RAR, Local RAR, and/or Flexible RAR, as applicable, or confer Resource Adequacy Benefits of the Product upon, any entity other than Buyer during the Delivery Period; . During each month of the Delivery Period, if any participating Customers in the DRAM Resource have a Prohibited Resource, Seller shall ensure that such Prohibited Resource is not used to reduce load during a Dispatch by any PDR providing Product to Buyer during such month, as follows: For all Residential Customers, Seller shall include a provision in its contract forbidding the use of Prohibited Resources to reduce load during a Dispatch by any PDR providing Product to Buyer. Any Customer that does not accept the prohibition will not be eligible to participate in the Seller’s DRAM Resource. Seller shall require from each of its non-Residential Customers an attestation form attesting to one of the following conditions: the Customer does not have a Prohibited Resource on site; the Customer has a Prohibited Resource on site and will not use the resource to reduce load during a Dispatch by any PDR providing Product to Buyer; or, or the Customer has a Prohibited Resource on site and may have to use the resource during Demand Response events for operational, health or safety reasons. The total nameplate capacity in kW of the Customer’s resource(s) will be used as the Default Adjustment Value (DAV) to adjust the Demand Response incentives / charge for the Customer’s account. For condition 1 above, the Customer’s attestation must include the service account number. For conditions 2 and 3 above, each attestation must provide the service account number, the number of unit(s) of Prohibited Resources on site, and the nameplate capacity of the Prohibited Resource (or, if the Customer has multiple Prohibited Resources, the sum of the nameplate capacity values from all Prohibited Resources on site) (the “Default Adjustment Value”). For condition (3), this Default Adjustment Value will be subtracted from the Potential Load Reduction or Nominated Capacity. Customers must agree to a default adjustment in which the amount of Product such Customer can provide is reduced by the Default Adjustment Value, regardless of whether the Prohibited Resource was actually used. Customers with multiple service accounts enrolled through Seller may submit one attestation form per attestation scenario. Seller shall collect and store all such Customer attestations and make them available upon request, to a Verification Administrator or the CPUC. Seller shall also collect and store supporting documentation, such as nameplate capacities for each resource under each attestation scenario, and make them available upon request to Buyer, the Verification Administrator or the CPUC. For non-Residential Customers, the attestation shall occur at the time of enrollment and may be provided with a wet signature, a click, or an electronic signature. Any non-Residential Customer that does not complete this component of the enrollment process will not be eligible to participate in Seller’s DRAM Resource. Consistent with CPUC Resolution E-4906, the Seller’s contractual agreement is contingent upon compliance with both the prohibition and the submission of the Customers’ attestations, which are subject to verification. Seller shall include provisions in its contracts that Customers are subject to random annual audits (1) requiring compliance with verification requests and facility access for site visits as deemed necessary by the Verification Administrator; (2) requiring the Customer to provide the Verification Administrator with written operating manifest(s), date and time stamped photo(s) of the Prohibited Resource unit(s), load curtailment plan(s), single line diagram(s) permit copy(ies), or other information or documentation about their onsite Prohibited Resources; and (3) allowing the Buyer or its contractor(s) to install monitoring equipment at the Sites for the purposes of verification of attestations. Seller shall include additional and separate provisions near the beginning of its contracts with Customers explaining and implementing these restrictions specifying that Customer compliance will be subject to verification, indicating the consequences for noncompliance with the provision. All contracts with non-Residential Customers shall indicate that the non-compliance consequences will be as set forth in this section. If the instance of non-compliance involves clerical or administrative errors, such as an inaccurate listing of a Customer name or the nameplate value of a Prohibited Resource in an attestation, or a failure to include a Customer’s Prohibited Resource on an attestation, provided in all cases that such Prohibited Resource is not used in violation of the terms of this Agreement (collectively, “Type One Non-Compliance”), Seller shall specify that Customers will have sixty (60) calendar days from receipt of notice to cure such Type-One Non-Compliance. If the instance of non-compliance involves either (1) the Customer does not attest to the use of any Prohibited Resource but is using a Prohibited Resource to reduce load during a demand response event; or (2), a Customer submits an invalid nameplate capacity value for the Prohibited Resource(s) that is lower than the actual capacity value on the nameplate (collectively “Type Two Non-Compliance”), then Customer will be removed from Seller’s DRAM Resource as follows. If there is an instance of (x) an uncured Type One Non-Compliance, or (y) a Type Two Non-Compliance, the consequences will be removal from Seller’s DRAM Resource and ineligibility to enroll in any DRAM Seller’s Resource or Buyer’s demand response program subject to the prohibited resource requirement in D.00-00-000 for twelve calendar months from the removal date (for a single instance of noncompliance), or three years from the removal date (for two or more instances of noncompliance). Seller shall provide such documentation as may be reasonably necessary for Buyer to verify the accuracy of the attestations referenced in subsections B(1)–(3) above and Seller’s compliance with and enforcement of this Section 7.2(b)(v). For all non-Residential Customers, (1) Sellers will provide the Default Adjustment Values (DAVs) monthly (with Demonstrated Capacity information); and, (2) Sellers will ensure that CAISO wholesale market bids reflect portfolio amounts prior to de-rating. Seller shall comply with any Prohibited Resource audit verification plan that is developed in accordance with D. 00-00-000 and approved by the CPUC. On an annual basis, Seller shall provide to Buyer the language on the prohibition included in its respective Residential Customer contracts. Seller will develop metrics, targets and record keeping systems to assess the effectiveness of its Customer outreach and notification efforts required under this Section 7.2(b)(v), and will provide such materials to the Buyer, the CPUC, and the Verification Administrator upon the request of Buyer or the CPUC. Seller shall include provisions in its contracts with non-Residential Customers permitting updates to their attestations to (1) add, remove or modify an on-site Prohibited Resource; (2) change the status or use of a Prohibited Resource to reduce load during any Dispatch; or (3) change the Default Adjustment Value, but only if, in each case, the change is supported by documentation that confirms the operational change and can be verified by a Verification Administrator. Verification methods for Customers under the condition noted in Section 7.2(b)(v)(I)(3) above shall be based on documentation of nameplate capacity, instead of load curtailment plans.. . If further documentation in the form of load curtailment plans are required, Seller shall comply with the Verification Administrator’s requests for supporting materials. The Buyer has been directed by the CPUC to require a standardized non-disclosure agreement (NDA) that the Verification Administrator executes with the Buyer. This NDA pertains to all sellers and their customers from whom they collect market-sensitive, proprietary data. Verification information obtained from sellers and their customers is only to be submitted to and collected by the Verification Administrator consistent with CPUC Resolution E-4906. Under the terms of this NDA, third party customers’ market-sensitive, proprietary information shall not to be shared with the Buyer, will be kept under seal, and shall be made available to the Commission upon request. Per Ordering Paragraph 14 of CPUC Resolution E-4906, all aggregators must store Customer attestations and make them available to the CPUC upon request. The Seller shall store non-Residential Customer attestations and make them available to the Buyer or Commission upon request. If any respective PDR is a Joint Resource, Seller shall ensure that: (A) the use of the Joint Resource does not result in Buyer making payment in respect of Demonstrated Capacity for a type of Product in excess of the total capacity of the Joint Resource, whether to Seller or any other party, regardless of whether payment is made under this Agreement, another agreement in the DRAM, any other demand resource agreement or program, or any combination thereof; (B) the use of the Joint Resource does not result in Buyer making payment more than once in respect of capacity relating to a particular Customer registered in the Joint Resource, regardless of whether payment is made under this Agreement, another agreement in the DRAM, any other demand resource agreement or program, or any combination thereof; and (C) Seller has the right to access and provide to Buyer the records and data regarding any DRAM Resource Customer that is not designated by Seller under Section 1.6(g) as part of the amount to be used to show Demonstrated Capacity for a type of Product under this Agreement to permit Buyer to audit such Joint Resource under Section 1.6(j) to the same extent Buyer may audit PDRs that are not Joint Resources.

Appears in 4 contracts

Samples: Resource Purchase Agreement, Resource Purchase Agreement, Resource Purchase Agreement

Additional Seller Representations, Warranties and Covenants. On the Execution Date, Seller represents and warrants to Buyer that Seller has not used, granted, pledged, assigned, or otherwise committed any of the Monthly Quantity to meet the RAR, Local RAR and/or Flexible RAR, as applicable, or confer Resource Adequacy Benefits upon, any entity other than Buyer during the Delivery Period. Seller covenants that throughout the Delivery Period: Seller will deliver the Product to Buyer free and clear of all liens, security interests, claims and encumbrances or any interest therein or thereto by any person; . Seller has been authorized by each Customer, to act as an aggregator on behalf of such Customer to participate as a PDR in the DRAM Resource, if Seller is not also a Customer; . The DRP has been authorized by each Customer to act on behalf of such Customer to participate as a PDR for the DRAM Resource, if Seller is not the DRP; and . Seller will not use, grant, pledge, assign, or otherwise commit any Monthly Contracted Quantity to meet the RAR, Local RAR, and/or Flexible RAR, as applicable, or confer Resource Adequacy Benefits of the Product upon, any entity other than Buyer during the Delivery Period; . During each month of the Delivery Period, if any participating Customers in the DRAM Resource have a Prohibited Resource, Seller shall ensure that such Prohibited Resource is not used to reduce load during a Dispatch by any PDR providing Product to Buyer during such month, as follows: For all Residential Customers, Seller shall include a provision in its contract forbidding the use of Prohibited Resources to reduce load during a Dispatch by any PDR providing Product to Buyer. Any Customer that does not accept the prohibition will not be eligible to participate in the Seller’s DRAM Resource. Seller shall require from each of its non-Residential Customers an attestation form attesting to one of the following conditions: the Customer does not have a Prohibited Resource on site; the Customer has a Prohibited Resource on site and will not use the resource to reduce load during a Dispatch by any PDR providing Product to Buyer; or, or the Customer has a Prohibited Resource on site and may have to use the resource during Demand Response events for operational, health or safety reasons. The total nameplate capacity in kW of the Customer’s resource(s) will be used as the Default Adjustment Value (DAV) to adjust the Demand Response incentives / charge for the Customer’s account. For condition 1 above, the Customer’s attestation must include the service account number. For conditions 2 and 3 above, each attestation must provide the service account number, the number of unit(s) of Prohibited Resources on site, and the nameplate capacity of the Prohibited Resource (or, if the Customer has multiple Prohibited Resources, the sum of the nameplate capacity values from all Prohibited Resources on site) (the “Default Adjustment Value”). For condition (3), this Default Adjustment Value will be subtracted from the Potential Load Reduction or Nominated Capacity. Customers must agree to a default adjustment in which the amount of Product such Customer can provide is reduced by the Default Adjustment Value, regardless of whether the Prohibited Resource was actually used. Customers with multiple service accounts enrolled through Seller may submit one attestation form per attestation scenario. Seller shall collect and store all such Customer attestations and make them available upon request, to a Verification Administrator or the CPUC. Seller shall also collect and store supporting documentation, such as nameplate capacities for each resource under each attestation scenario, and make them available upon request to Buyer, the Verification Administrator or the CPUC. For non-Residential Customers, the attestation shall occur at the time of enrollment and may be provided with a wet signature, a click, or an electronic signature. Any non-Residential Customer that does not complete this component of the enrollment process will not be eligible to participate in Seller’s DRAM Resource. Consistent with CPUC Resolution E-4906, the Seller’s contractual agreement is contingent upon compliance with both the prohibition and the submission of the Customers’ attestations, which are subject to verification. Seller shall include provisions in its contracts that Customers are subject to random annual audits (1) requiring compliance with verification requests and facility access for site visits as deemed necessary by the Verification Administrator; (2) requiring the Customer to provide the Verification Administrator with written operating manifest(s), date and time stamped photo(s) of the Prohibited Resource unit(s), load curtailment plan(s), single line diagram(s) permit copy(ies), or other information or documentation about their onsite Prohibited Resources; and (3) allowing the Buyer or its contractor(s) to install monitoring equipment at the Sites for the purposes of verification of attestations. Seller shall include additional and separate provisions near the beginning of its contracts with Customers explaining and implementing these restrictions specifying that Customer compliance will be subject to verification, indicating the consequences for noncompliance with the provision. All contracts with non-Residential Customers shall indicate that the non-compliance consequences will be as set forth in this section. If the instance of non-compliance involves clerical or administrative errors, such as an inaccurate listing of a Customer name or the nameplate value of a Prohibited Resource in an attestation, or a failure to include a Customer’s Prohibited Resource on an attestation, provided in all cases that such Prohibited Resource is not used in violation of the terms of this Agreement (collectively, “Type One Non-Compliance”), Seller shall specify that Customers will have sixty (60) calendar days from receipt of notice to cure such Type-One Non-Compliance. If the instance of non-compliance involves either (1) the Customer does not attest to the use of any Prohibited Resource but is using a Prohibited Resource to reduce load during a demand response event; or (2), a Customer submits an invalid nameplate capacity value for the Prohibited Resource(s) that is lower than the actual capacity value on the nameplate (collectively “Type Two Non-Compliance”), then Customer will be removed from Seller’s DRAM Resource as follows. If there is an instance of (x) an uncured Type One Non-Compliance, or (y) a Type Two Non-Compliance, the consequences will be removal from Seller’s DRAM Resource and ineligibility to enroll in any DRAM Seller’s Resource or Buyer’s demand response program subject to the prohibited resource requirement in D.00-00-000 for twelve calendar months from the removal date (for a single instance of noncompliance), or three years from the removal date (for two or more instances of noncompliance). Seller shall provide such documentation as may be reasonably necessary for Buyer to verify the accuracy of the attestations referenced in subsections B(1)–(3) above and Seller’s compliance with and enforcement of this Section 7.2(b)(v). For all non-Residential Customers, (1) Sellers will provide the Default Adjustment Values (DAVs) monthly (with Demonstrated Capacity information); and, (2) Sellers will ensure that CAISO wholesale market bids reflect portfolio amounts prior to de-rating. Seller shall comply with any Prohibited Resource audit verification plan that is developed in accordance with D. 00-00-000 and approved by the CPUC. On an annual basis, Seller shall provide to Buyer the language on the prohibition included in its respective Residential Customer contracts. Seller will develop metrics, targets and record keeping systems to assess the effectiveness of its Customer outreach and notification efforts required under this Section 7.2(b)(v), and will provide such materials to the Buyer, the CPUC, and the Verification Administrator upon the request of Buyer or the CPUC. Seller shall include provisions in its contracts with non-Residential Customers permitting updates to their attestations to (1) add, remove or modify an on-site Prohibited Resource; (2) change the status or use of a Prohibited Resource to reduce load during any Dispatch; or (3) change the Default Adjustment Value, but only if, in each case, the change is supported by documentation that confirms the operational change and can be verified by a Verification Administrator. Verification methods for Customers under the condition noted in Section 7.2(b)(v)(I)(3) above shall be based on documentation of nameplate capacity, instead of load curtailment plans.. . If further documentation in the form of load curtailment plans are required, Seller shall comply with the Verification Administrator’s requests for supporting materials. The Buyer has been directed by the CPUC to require a standardized non-disclosure agreement (NDA) that the Verification Administrator executes with the Buyer. This NDA pertains to all sellers and their customers from whom they collect market-sensitive, proprietary data. Verification information obtained from sellers and their customers is only to be submitted to and collected by the Verification Administrator consistent with CPUC Resolution E-4906. Under the terms of this NDA, third party customers’ market-sensitive, proprietary information shall not to be shared with the Buyer, will be kept under seal, and shall be made available to the Commission upon request. Per Ordering Paragraph 14 of CPUC Resolution E-4906, all aggregators must store Customer attestations and make them available to the CPUC upon request. The Seller shall store non-Residential Customer attestations and make them available to the Buyer or Commission upon request. If any respective PDR is a Joint Resource, Seller shall ensure that: (A) the use of the Joint Resource does not result in Buyer making payment in respect of Demonstrated Capacity for a type of Product in excess of the total capacity of the Joint Resource, whether to Seller or any other party, regardless of whether payment is made under this Agreement, another agreement in the DRAM, any other demand resource agreement or program, or any combination thereof; (B) the use of the Joint Resource does not result in Buyer making payment more than once in respect of capacity relating to a particular Customer registered in the Joint Resource, regardless of whether payment is made under this Agreement, another agreement in the DRAM, any other demand resource agreement or program, or any combination thereof; and (C) Seller has the right to access and provide to Buyer the records and data regarding any DRAM Resource Customer that is not designated by Seller under Section 1.6(g1.6(h) as part of the amount to be used to show Demonstrated Capacity for a type of Product under this Agreement to permit Buyer to audit such Joint Resource under Section 1.6(j1.6(k) to the same extent Buyer may audit PDRs that are not Joint Resources.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Resource Purchase Agreement

Additional Seller Representations, Warranties and Covenants. On the Execution Date, Seller represents and warrants to Buyer that Seller has not used, granted, pledged, assigned, or otherwise committed any of the Monthly Quantity to meet the RAR, Local RAR and/or Flexible RAR, as applicable, or confer Resource Adequacy Benefits upon, any entity other than Buyer during the Delivery Period. Seller represents and warrants to Buyer that as of the Execution Date the Unit is incremental to the CAISO Area Baseline List. Seller covenants that throughout the Delivery Period: Seller will deliver the Product to Buyer free and clear of all liens, security interests, claims and encumbrances or any interest therein or thereto by any person; . Seller has been authorized by each Customer, to act as an aggregator on behalf of such Customer to participate as a PDR in the DRAM DR Resource, if Seller is not also a Customer; . The DRP has been authorized by each Customer to act on behalf of such Customer to participate as a PDR for the DRAM DR Resource, if Seller is not the DRP; and . Seller will not use, grant, pledge, assign, or otherwise commit any Monthly Contracted Quantity to meet the RAR, Local RAR, and/or Flexible RAR, as applicable, or confer Resource Adequacy Benefits of the Product upon, any entity other than Buyer during the Delivery Period; . During each month of the Delivery Period, if any participating Customers in the DRAM DR Resource have a Prohibited Resource, Seller shall ensure that such Prohibited Resource is not used to reduce load during a Dispatch by any PDR providing Product to Buyer during such month, as follows: For all Residential Customers, Seller shall include a provision in its contract forbidding the use of Prohibited Resources to reduce load during a Dispatch by any PDR providing Product to Buyer. Any Customer that does not accept the prohibition will not be eligible to participate in the Seller’s DRAM DR Resource. Seller shall require from each of its non-Residential Customers an attestation form attesting to one of the following conditions: the Customer does not have a Prohibited Resource on site; the Customer has a Prohibited Resource on site and will not use the resource to reduce load during a Dispatch by any PDR providing Product to Buyer; or, or the Customer has a Prohibited Resource on site and may have to use the resource during Demand Response events for operational, health or safety reasons. The total nameplate capacity in kW of the Customer’s resource(s) will be used as the Default Adjustment Value (DAV) to adjust the Demand Response incentives / charge for the Customer’s account. For condition 1 above, the Customer’s attestation must include the service account number. For conditions 2 and 3 above, each attestation must provide the service account number, the number of unit(s) of Prohibited Resources on site, and the nameplate capacity of the Prohibited Resource (or, if the Customer has multiple Prohibited Resources, the sum of the nameplate capacity values from all Prohibited Resources on site) (the “Default Adjustment Value”). For condition (3), this Default Adjustment Value will be subtracted from the Potential Load Reduction or Nominated Capacity. Customers must agree to a default adjustment in which the amount of Product such Customer can provide is reduced by the Default Adjustment Value, regardless of whether the Prohibited Resource was actually used. Customers with multiple service accounts enrolled through Seller may submit one attestation form per attestation scenario. Seller shall collect and store all such Customer attestations and make them available upon request, to a Verification Administrator or the CPUC. Seller shall also collect and store supporting documentation, such as nameplate capacities for each resource under each attestation scenario, and make them available upon request to Buyer, the Verification Administrator or the CPUC. For non-Residential Customers, the attestation shall occur at the time of enrollment and may be provided with a wet signature, a click, or an electronic signature. Any non-Residential Customer that does not complete this component of the enrollment process will not be eligible to participate in Seller’s DRAM DR Resource. Consistent with CPUC Resolution E-4906, the Seller’s contractual agreement is contingent upon compliance with both the prohibition and the submission of the Customers’ attestations, which are subject to verification. Seller shall include provisions in its contracts that Customers are subject to random annual audits (1) requiring compliance with verification requests and facility access for site visits as deemed necessary by the Verification Administrator; (2) requiring the Customer to provide the Verification Administrator with written operating manifest(s), date and time stamped photo(s) of the Prohibited Resource unit(s), load curtailment plan(s), single line diagram(s) permit copy(ies), or other information or documentation about their onsite Prohibited Resources; and (3) allowing the Buyer or its contractor(s) to install monitoring equipment at the Sites for the purposes of verification of attestations. Seller shall include additional and separate provisions near the beginning of its contracts with Customers explaining and implementing these restrictions specifying that Customer compliance will be subject to verification, indicating the consequences for noncompliance with the provision. All contracts with non-Residential Customers shall indicate that the non-compliance consequences will be as set forth in this section. If the instance of non-compliance involves clerical or administrative errors, such as an inaccurate listing of a Customer name or the nameplate value of a Prohibited Resource in an attestation, or a failure to include a Customer’s Prohibited Resource on an attestation, provided in all cases that such Prohibited Resource is not used in violation of the terms of this Agreement (collectively, “Type One Non-Compliance”), Seller shall specify that Customers will have sixty (60) calendar days from receipt of notice to cure such Type-One Non-Compliance. If the instance of non-compliance involves either (1) the Customer does not attest to the use of any Prohibited Resource but is using a Prohibited Resource to reduce load during a demand response event; or (2), a Customer submits an invalid nameplate capacity value for the Prohibited Resource(s) that is lower than the actual capacity value on the nameplate (collectively “Type Two Non-Compliance”), then Customer will be removed from Seller’s DRAM DR Resource as follows. If there is an instance of (x) an uncured Type One Non-Compliance, or (y) a Type Two Non-Compliance, the consequences will be removal from Seller’s DRAM DR Resource and ineligibility to enroll in any DRAM DR Seller’s Resource or Buyer’s demand response program subject to the prohibited resource requirement in D.00-00-000 for twelve calendar months from the removal date (for a single instance of noncompliance), or three years from the removal date (for two or more instances of noncompliance). Seller shall provide such documentation as may be reasonably necessary for Buyer to verify the accuracy of the attestations referenced in subsections B(1)–(3) above and Seller’s compliance with and enforcement of this Section 7.2(b)(v7.2(c)(v). For all non-Residential Customers, (1) Sellers will provide the Default Adjustment Values (DAVs) monthly (with Demonstrated Capacity information); and, (2) Sellers will ensure that CAISO wholesale market bids reflect portfolio amounts prior to de-rating. Seller shall comply with any Prohibited Resource audit verification plan that is developed in accordance with D. 00-00-000 and approved by the CPUC. On an annual basis, Seller shall provide to Buyer the language on the prohibition included in its respective Residential Customer contracts. Seller will develop metrics, targets and record keeping systems to assess the effectiveness of its Customer outreach and notification efforts required under this Section 7.2(b)(v7.2(c)(v), and will provide such materials to the Buyer, the CPUC, and the Verification Administrator upon the request of Buyer or the CPUC. Seller shall include provisions in its contracts with non-Residential Customers permitting updates to their attestations to (1) add, remove or modify an on-site Prohibited Resource; (2) change the status or use of a Prohibited Resource to reduce load during any Dispatch; or (3) change the Default Adjustment Value, but only if, in each case, the change is supported by documentation that confirms the operational change and can be verified by a Verification Administrator. Verification methods for Customers under the condition noted in Section 7.2(b)(v)(I)(37.2(c)(v)(I)(3) above shall be based on documentation of nameplate capacity, instead of load curtailment plans.. . If further documentation in the form of load curtailment plans are required, Seller shall comply with the Verification Administrator’s requests for supporting materials. The Buyer has been directed by the CPUC to require a standardized non-disclosure agreement (NDA) that the Verification Administrator executes with the Buyer. This NDA pertains to all sellers and their customers from whom they collect market-sensitive, proprietary data. Verification information obtained from sellers and their customers is only to be submitted to and collected by the Verification Administrator consistent with CPUC Resolution E-4906. Under the terms of this NDA, third party customers’ market-sensitive, proprietary information shall not to be shared with the Buyer, will be kept under seal, and shall be made available to the Commission upon request. Per Ordering Paragraph 14 of CPUC Resolution E-4906, all aggregators must store Customer attestations and make them available to the CPUC upon request. The Seller shall store non-Residential Customer attestations and make them available to the Buyer or Commission upon request. If any respective PDR is a Joint Resource, Seller shall ensure that: (A) provide Product that counts towards [Insert] MW of Buyer’s system resource adequacy incremental procurement requirement established by the use Electric System Reliability Procurement Decision. To the extent a change in Applicable Law occurs after execution of the Joint Resource does this Agreement that causes Seller to fail to perform this covenant, it shall not result in Buyer making payment in respect be an Event of Demonstrated Capacity for a type of Product in excess of the total capacity of the Joint Resource, whether to Seller or any other party, regardless of whether payment is made under this Agreement, another agreement in the DRAM, any other demand resource agreement or program, or any combination thereof; (B) the use of the Joint Resource does not result in Buyer making payment more than once in respect of capacity relating to a particular Customer registered in the Joint Resource, regardless of whether payment is made under this Agreement, another agreement in the DRAM, any other demand resource agreement or program, or any combination thereof; and (C) Default if Seller has the right used commercially reasonable efforts to access and provide to Buyer the records and data regarding any DRAM Resource Customer that is not designated by Seller under Section 1.6(g) as part of the amount to be used to show Demonstrated Capacity for a type of Product under this Agreement to permit Buyer to audit comply with such Joint Resource under Section 1.6(j) to the same extent Buyer may audit PDRs that are not Joint Resourceschange in Applicable Law.

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Samples: Demand Response Agreement

Additional Seller Representations, Warranties and Covenants. On the Execution Date, Seller represents and warrants to Buyer SCE that Seller has not used, granted, pledged, assigned, or otherwise committed any Contract Capacity of the Monthly Quantity DR Resource to meet the RAR, Flexible RAR or Local RAR and/or Flexible RAR, as applicableof, or confer Resource Adequacy Benefits upon, any entity other than Buyer SCE during the Delivery Period. Seller hereby covenants to SCE that throughout the Delivery Period: Seller will deliver the Product DR Resource to Buyer SCE free and clear of all liens, security interests, claims and encumbrances or any interest therein or thereto by any person; Seller will not sell, assign or otherwise transfer the DR Resource, or any portion thereof, to any third party other than to SCE pursuant to this Agreement; Seller has been authorized appointed by each Customer, to act as an aggregator on behalf of such said Customer with respect to participate as a PDR in all aspects of the DRAM DR Resource, if Seller is including but not also a Customerlimited to: (A) the receipt of Notices from SCE; The DRP has been authorized by each Customer (B) the receipt of capacity and energy payments from SCE; and (C) the payment of penalties to act on behalf of such Customer to participate as a PDR for the DRAM Resource, if Seller is not the DRPSCE; and Seller will not use, grant, pledge, assign, or otherwise commit any Monthly Contracted Quantity Contract Capacity of the DR Resource to meet the RAR, Flexible RAR or Local RAR, and/or Flexible RAR, as applicableRAR of, or confer Resource Adequacy Benefits of the Product upon, any entity other than Buyer SCE during the Delivery Period; During each month Seller will use and follow Prudent DR Practices; and Each Recruited Account is a [West LA Basin Customer] [Moorpark Customer]. Seller hereby covenants and agrees that it will deliver the Safety Report to SCE no later than 30 days prior to the start of the Delivery Period, if any participating Customers in the DRAM Resource have a Prohibited Resource, Seller shall ensure that such Prohibited Resource is not used to reduce load during a Dispatch by any PDR providing Product to Buyer during such month, as follows: For all Residential Customers, Seller shall include a provision in its contract forbidding the use of Prohibited Resources to reduce load during a Dispatch by any PDR providing Product to Buyer. Any Customer that does not accept the prohibition will not be eligible to participate in the Seller’s DRAM Resource. Seller shall require from each of its non-Residential Customers an attestation form attesting to one of the following conditions: the Customer does not have a Prohibited Resource on site; the Customer has a Prohibited Resource on site and will not use the resource to reduce load during a Dispatch by any PDR providing Product to Buyer; or, the Customer has a Prohibited Resource on site and may have to use the resource during Demand Response events for operational, health or safety reasons. The total nameplate capacity in kW of the Customer’s resource(s) will be used as the Default Adjustment Value (DAV) to adjust the Demand Response incentives / charge for the Customer’s account. For condition 1 above, the Customer’s attestation must include the service account number. For conditions 2 and 3 above, each attestation must provide the service account number, the number of unit(s) of Prohibited Resources on site, and the nameplate capacity of the Prohibited Resource (or, if the Customer has multiple Prohibited Resources, the sum of the nameplate capacity values from all Prohibited Resources on site) (the “Default Adjustment Value”). For condition (3), this Default Adjustment Value will be subtracted from the Potential Load Reduction or Nominated Capacity. Customers must agree to a default adjustment in which the amount of Product such Customer can provide is reduced by the Default Adjustment Value, regardless of whether the Prohibited Resource was actually used. Customers with multiple service accounts enrolled through Seller may submit one attestation form per attestation scenario. Seller shall collect and store all such Customer attestations and make them available upon request, to a Verification Administrator or the CPUC. Seller shall also collect and store supporting documentation, such as nameplate capacities for each resource under each attestation scenario, and make them available upon request to Buyer, the Verification Administrator or the CPUC. For non-Residential Customers, the attestation shall occur at the time of enrollment and may be provided with a wet signature, a click, or an electronic signature. Any non-Residential Customer that does not complete this component of the enrollment process will not be eligible to participate in Seller’s DRAM Resource. Consistent with CPUC Resolution E-4906, the Seller’s contractual agreement is contingent upon compliance with both the prohibition and the submission of the Customers’ attestations, which are subject to verification. Seller shall include provisions in its contracts that Customers are subject to random annual audits (1) requiring compliance with verification requests and facility access for site visits as deemed necessary by the Verification Administrator; (2) requiring the Customer to provide the Verification Administrator with written operating manifest(s), date and time stamped photo(s) of the Prohibited Resource unit(s), load curtailment plan(s), single line diagram(s) permit copy(ies), or other information or documentation about their onsite Prohibited Resources; and (3) allowing the Buyer or its contractor(s) to install monitoring equipment at the Sites for the purposes of verification of attestations. Seller shall include additional and separate provisions near the beginning of its contracts with Customers explaining and implementing these restrictions specifying that Customer compliance will be subject to verification, indicating the consequences for noncompliance with the provision. All contracts with non-Residential Customers shall indicate that the non-compliance consequences will be as set forth in this section. If the instance of non-compliance involves clerical or administrative errors, such as an inaccurate listing of a Customer name or the nameplate value of a Prohibited Resource in an attestation, or a failure to include a Customer’s Prohibited Resource on an attestation, provided in all cases that such Prohibited Resource is not used in violation of the terms of this Agreement (collectively, “Type One Non-Compliance”), Seller shall specify that Customers will have sixty (60) calendar days from receipt of notice to cure such Type-One Non-Compliance. If the instance of non-compliance involves either (1) the Customer does not attest to the use of any Prohibited Resource but is using a Prohibited Resource to reduce load during a demand response event; or (2), a Customer submits an invalid nameplate capacity value for the Prohibited Resource(s) that is lower than the actual capacity value on the nameplate (collectively “Type Two Non-Compliance”), then Customer will be removed from Seller’s DRAM Resource as follows. If there is an instance of (x) an uncured Type One Non-Compliance, or (y) a Type Two Non-Compliance, the consequences will be removal from Seller’s DRAM Resource and ineligibility to enroll in any DRAM Seller’s Resource or Buyer’s demand response program subject to the prohibited resource requirement in D.00-00-000 for twelve calendar months from the removal date (for a single instance of noncompliance), or three years from the removal date (for two or more instances of noncompliance). Seller shall provide such documentation as may be reasonably necessary for Buyer to verify the accuracy of the attestations referenced in subsections B(1)–(3) above and Seller’s compliance with and enforcement of this Section 7.2(b)(v). For all non-Residential Customers, (1) Sellers will provide the Default Adjustment Values (DAVs) monthly (with Demonstrated Capacity information); and, (2) Sellers will ensure that CAISO wholesale market bids reflect portfolio amounts prior to de-rating. Seller shall comply with any Prohibited Resource audit verification plan that is developed in accordance with D. 00-00-000 and approved by the CPUC. On an annual basis, Seller shall provide to Buyer the language each day on the prohibition included in its respective Residential Customer contracts. Seller will develop metrics, targets and record keeping systems to assess the effectiveness of its Customer outreach and notification efforts required under this Section 7.2(b)(v), and will provide such materials to the Buyer, the CPUC, and the Verification Administrator upon the request of Buyer or the CPUC. Seller shall include provisions in its contracts with non-Residential Customers permitting updates to their attestations to (1) add, remove or modify an on-site Prohibited Resource; (2) change the status or use of a Prohibited Resource to reduce load during any Dispatch; or (3) change the Default Adjustment Value, but only if, in each case, the change which Performance Assurance is supported held by documentation that confirms the operational change and can be verified by a Verification Administrator. Verification methods for Customers under the condition noted in Section 7.2(b)(v)(I)(3) above shall be based on documentation of nameplate capacity, instead of load curtailment plans.. If further documentation in the form of load curtailment plans are required, Seller shall comply with the Verification Administrator’s requests for supporting materials. The Buyer has been directed by the CPUC to require a standardized non-disclosure agreement (NDA) that the Verification Administrator executes with the Buyer. This NDA pertains to all sellers and their customers from whom they collect market-sensitive, proprietary data. Verification information obtained from sellers and their customers is only to be submitted to and collected by the Verification Administrator consistent with CPUC Resolution E-4906. Under the terms of this NDA, third party customers’ market-sensitive, proprietary information shall not to be shared with the Buyer, will be kept under seal, and shall be made available to the Commission upon request. Per Ordering Paragraph 14 of CPUC Resolution E-4906, all aggregators must store Customer attestations and make them available to the CPUC upon request. The Seller shall store non-Residential Customer attestations and make them available to the Buyer or Commission upon request. If any respective PDR is a Joint Resource, Seller shall ensure that: (A) the use of the Joint Resource does not result in Buyer making payment in respect of Demonstrated Capacity for a type of Product in excess of the total capacity of the Joint Resource, whether to Seller or any other party, regardless of whether payment is made SCE under this Agreement, another agreement in the DRAMSeller hereby represents and warrants that: the Seller has good title to and is the sole owner of such Performance Assurance, any other demand resource agreement or programand the execution, or any combination thereof; (B) the use delivery and performance of the Joint Resource does covenants and agreements of this Agreement, do not result in Buyer making payment more the creation or imposition of any lien or security interest upon any of its assets or properties, including, without limitation, the Performance Assurance, other than once in respect of capacity relating to a particular Customer registered in the Joint Resource, regardless of whether payment is made security interests and liens created under this Agreement; upon the Transfer of Performance Assurance by the Seller to SCE, another agreement in the DRAMSCE shall have a valid and perfected first priority continuing security interest therein, free of any other demand resource agreement liens, claims or programencumbrances, except those liens, security interests, claims or any combination thereofencumbrances arising by operation of law that are given priority over a perfected security interest; and (C) Seller has the right to access and provide to Buyer the records and data regarding any DRAM Resource Customer that it is not designated and will not become a party to or otherwise be bound by Seller under Section 1.6(g) as part any agreement, other than this Agreement, which restricts in any manner the rights of any present or future holder of any of the amount to be used to show Demonstrated Capacity for a type of Product under this Agreement to permit Buyer to audit such Joint Resource under Section 1.6(j) to the same extent Buyer may audit PDRs that are not Joint ResourcesPerformance Assurance with respect hereto.

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Samples: Resource Purchase Agreement

Additional Seller Representations, Warranties and Covenants. On the Execution Date, Seller represents and warrants to Buyer that Seller has not used, granted, pledged, assigned, or otherwise committed any of the Monthly Quantity to meet the RAR, Local RAR and/or Flexible RAR, as applicable, or confer Resource Adequacy Benefits upon, any entity other than Buyer during the Delivery Period. Seller covenants that throughout the Delivery Period: Seller will deliver the Product to Buyer free and clear of all liens, security interests, claims and encumbrances or any interest therein or thereto by any person; Seller has been authorized by each Customer, to act as an aggregator on behalf of such Customer to participate as a PDR or RDRR in the DRAM Resource, if Seller is not also a Customer; The DRP has been authorized by each Customer to act on behalf of such Customer to participate as a PDR or RDRR for the DRAM Resource, if Seller is not the DRP; and Seller will not use, grant, pledge, assign, or otherwise commit any Product Monthly Contracted Quantity to meet the RAR, Local RAR, and/or Flexible RAR, as applicable, of, or confer Resource Adequacy Benefits of the Product upon, any entity other than Buyer during the Delivery Period; During each month of the Delivery Period, if any participating Customers in the DRAM Resource have a Prohibited Resource, Seller shall ensure that such Prohibited Resource is not used to reduce load during a Dispatch by any PDR or RDRR providing Product to Buyer during such month, as follows: For all Residential Customers, Seller shall include a provision in its contract forbidding the use of Prohibited Resources to reduce load during a Dispatch by any PDR or RDRR providing Product to Buyer. Any Customer customer that does not accept the prohibition will not be eligible to participate in the Seller’s DRAM Resource. For all non-Residential Customers, Seller shall require from that each of its non-Residential Customers Customer execute an attestation form attesting to one of the following conditions: the Customer does not have (1) indicating whether it has a Prohibited Resource on site; the Customer (2) indicating that if it has a Prohibited Resource on site and it will not use the resource to reduce load during a Dispatch by any PDR or RDRR providing Product to Buyer; or, (3) if applicable, certifying that the Customer has a Prohibited Resource on site and may have to use the resource a Prohibited Resource during Demand Response events for operational, health or safety reasons. The total , providing the nameplate capacity in kW of the Customer’s resource(s) will be used as the Default Adjustment Value (DAV) to adjust the Demand Response incentives / charge for the Customer’s account. For condition 1 above, the Customer’s attestation must include the service account number. For conditions 2 and 3 above, each attestation must provide the service account number, the number of unit(s) of Prohibited Resources on siteResource, and agreeing to a default adjustment in which the amount of Product such Customer can provide is reduced by the nameplate capacity of the Prohibited Resource (or, if the Customer has multiple Prohibited Resources, by the sum of the nameplate capacity values from all Prohibited Resources on the site) (the “Default Adjustment Value”). For condition (3), this Default Adjustment Value will be subtracted from the Potential Load Reduction or Nominated Capacity. Customers must agree to a default adjustment in which the amount of Product such Customer can provide is reduced by the Default Adjustment Value, regardless of whether the Prohibited Resource was actually used. Customers with multiple service accounts enrolled through Seller may submit one attestation form per attestation scenario. Seller shall collect and store all such Customer attestations and make them available upon request, to a Verification Administrator the CPUC or to the CPUC. Seller shall also collect and store supporting documentation, such as nameplate capacities for each resource under each attestation scenario, and make them available upon request to Buyer, the Verification Administrator or as directed by the CPUC. For non-Residential Customers, the attestation shall occur at the time of enrollment and may be provided with a wet signature, a click, or an electronic signature. Any non-Residential Customer customer that does not complete this component of the enrollment process will not be eligible to participate in Seller’s DRAM Resource. Consistent with CPUC Resolution E-4906, the Seller’s contractual agreement is contingent upon compliance with both the prohibition and the submission of the Customers’ attestations, which are subject to verification. Seller shall include provisions in its contracts that Customers are subject to random annual audits (1) requiring compliance with verification requests and facility access for site visits as deemed necessary by the Verification Administrator; (2) requiring the Customer to provide the Verification Administrator with written operating manifest(s), date and time stamped photo(s) of the Prohibited Resource unit(s), load curtailment plan(s), single line diagram(s) permit copy(ies), or other information or documentation about their onsite Prohibited Resources; and (3) allowing the Buyer or its contractor(s) to install monitoring equipment at the Sites for the purposes of verification of attestations. Seller shall include additional and separate provisions near the beginning of its contracts with Customers explaining and implementing these restrictions specifying that Customer compliance will be subject to verification, indicating the consequences for noncompliance with the provision. All contracts Contracts with non-Residential Customers shall indicate that the non-compliance consequences will be as set forth in this section. If the instance of non-compliance involves clerical or administrative errors, such as an inaccurate listing of a Customer name or the nameplate value of a Prohibited Resource in an attestation, or a failure to include a Customer’s Prohibited Resource on an attestation, provided in all cases that such Prohibited Resource is not used in violation of the terms of this Agreement (collectively, “Type One Non-Compliance”), Seller shall specify that Customers will have sixty (60) calendar days from receipt of notice to cure such Type-One Non-Compliance. If the instance of non-compliance involves either (1a) the Customer attested to the “does not attest to the use have” or “no-use” provisions of any Prohibited Resource Resource(s) but is using verified to have used a Prohibited Resource to reduce load during a demand response event; or (2b), a Customer intentionally submits an invalid nameplate capacity value for the Prohibited Resource(s) that is lower than the actual capacity value on the nameplate (collectively “Type Two Non-Compliance”), then Customer will be removed from Seller’s DRAM Resource DR program as follows. If there is an instance of (xa) an uncured Type One Non-Compliance, or (yb) a Type Two Non-Compliance, the consequences will be removal from Seller’s DRAM Resource DR program and ineligibility to enroll in any DRAM Seller’s Resource or Buyer’s demand response DR program subject to the prohibited resource requirement in D.00-00-000 for twelve calendar months from the removal date (for a single instance of noncompliance), or three years from the removal date (for two or more instances of noncompliance). Seller shall provide such documentation as may be reasonably necessary for Buyer to verify the accuracy of the attestations referenced in subsections B(1)–(3) above and Seller’s compliance with and enforcement of this Section 7.2(b)(v). For all non-Residential Customers, (1a) Sellers will provide the Default Adjustment Values default adjustment values (DAVs) monthly (with Demonstrated Capacity information); and, (2b) Sellers will ensure that CAISO bids in the wholesale market bids reflect portfolio amounts prior to de-rating. Seller shall comply with any Prohibited Resource audit verification plan that is developed in accordance with D. 00-00-000 and approved by the CPUC (the Plan). For Customer contracts executed with Seller prior to the CPUC’s adoption of the Plan, installation of additional interval metering will not be required for verification purposes. On an annual basis, Seller shall provide to Buyer the language on the prohibition included in its respective Residential Customer residential customer contracts. Seller will develop metrics, targets and record keeping systems to assess the effectiveness of its Customer outreach and notification efforts required under this Section 7.2(b)(v), and will provide such materials to the CPUC upon Buyer, the CPUC, and the Verification Administrator upon the request of Buyer or the CPUC’s request. Seller shall include provisions in its contracts with non-Residential Customers permitting updates to providing that Customers may adjust their attestations to DAV, if (1a) add, remove or modify an on-site Prohibited Resource; (2) the Customer’s change in DAV results from a change in the operational status or use of a Prohibited Resource to reduce load during any Dispatch; or (3) change the Default Adjustment Value, but only if, in each case, the change is supported by documentation that confirms the operational change and can be verified by a Verification Administrator. Verification methods for Customers under the condition noted in Section 7.2(b)(v)(I)(3) above shall be based on documentation of nameplate capacity, instead of load curtailment plans.. If further documentation in the form of load curtailment plans are required, Seller shall comply associated with the Verification AdministratorCustomer’s requests for supporting materials. The Buyer Service Account; and, (b) Seller has been directed by the CPUC to require a standardized non-disclosure agreement (NDA) that the Verification Administrator executes with the Buyer. This NDA pertains to all sellers and their customers from whom they collect market-sensitive, proprietary data. Verification information obtained from sellers and their customers is only to be submitted to and collected by the Verification Administrator consistent with CPUC Resolution E-4906. Under the terms of verified this NDA, third party customers’ market-sensitive, proprietary information shall not to be shared with the Buyer, will be kept under seal, and shall be made available to the Commission upon request. Per Ordering Paragraph 14 of CPUC Resolution E-4906, all aggregators must store Customer attestations and make them available to the CPUC upon request. The Seller shall store non-Residential Customer attestations and make them available to the Buyer or Commission upon requestchange in operational status. If any respective PDR or RDRR is a Joint Resource, Seller shall ensure that: (Ax) the use of the Joint Resource does not result in Buyer making payment in respect of Demonstrated Capacity for a type of Product in excess of the total capacity of the Joint Resource, whether to Seller or any other party, regardless of whether payment is made under this Agreement, another agreement in the DRAMDRAM IV Pilot Program, any other demand resource agreement or program, or any combination thereof; (By) the use of the Joint Resource does not result in Buyer making payment more than once in respect of capacity relating to a particular Customer customer registered in the Joint Resource, regardless of whether payment is made under this Agreement, another agreement in the DRAMDRAM IV Pilot Program, any other demand resource agreement or program, or any combination thereof; and (Cz) Seller has the right to access and provide to Buyer the records and data regarding any DRAM Resource Customer that is not designated by Seller under Section 1.6(g1.6(d) as part of the amount to be used to show Demonstrated Capacity for a type of Product under this Agreement to permit Buyer to audit such Joint Resource under Section 1.6(j1.6(g) to the same extent Buyer may audit PDRs or RDRRs that are not Joint Resources.

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Samples: Resource Purchase Agreement

Additional Seller Representations, Warranties and Covenants. On the Execution Date, Seller represents and warrants to Buyer that Seller has not used, granted, pledged, assigned, or otherwise committed any of the Monthly Quantity to meet the RAR, Local RAR and/or Flexible RAR, as applicable, or confer Resource Adequacy Benefits upon, any entity other than Buyer during the Delivery Period. Seller covenants that throughout the Delivery Period: Seller will deliver the Product to Buyer free and clear of all liens, security interests, claims and encumbrances or any interest therein or thereto by any person; Seller has been authorized by each Customer, to act as an aggregator on behalf of such Customer to participate as a PDR or RDRR in the DRAM Resource, if Seller is not also a Customer; The DRP has been authorized by each Customer to act on behalf of such Customer to participate as a PDR or RDRR for the DRAM Resource, if Seller is not the DRP; and Seller will not use, grant, pledge, assign, or otherwise commit any Product Monthly Contracted Quantity to meet the RAR, Local RAR, and/or Flexible RAR, as applicable, of, or confer Resource Adequacy Benefits of the Product upon, any entity other than Buyer during the Delivery Period; During each month of the Delivery Period, if any participating Customers in the DRAM Resource have a Prohibited Resource, Seller shall ensure that such Prohibited Resource is not used to reduce load during a Dispatch by any PDR or RDRR providing Product to Buyer during such month, as follows: For all Residential Customers, Seller shall include a provision in its contract forbidding the use of Prohibited Resources to reduce load during a Dispatch by any PDR or RDRR providing Product to Buyer. Any Customer customer that does not accept the prohibition will not be eligible to participate in the Seller’s DRAM Resource. For all non-Residential Customers, Seller shall require from that each of its non-Residential Customers Customer execute an attestation form attesting to one of the following conditions: the Customer (1) agreeing that it does not have have, and will not use, a Prohibited Resource on site; the Customer has a Prohibited Resource on site and will not use the resource to reduce load during a Dispatch by any PDR or RDRR providing Product to Buyer; , or, (2) if applicable, certifying that the Customer has is required to, and affirmatively elects to, use a Prohibited Resource on site and may have to use the resource during Demand Response events for operational, health or safety reasons. The total , providing the nameplate capacity in kW of the Customer’s resource(s) will be used as the Default Adjustment Value (DAV) to adjust the Demand Response incentives / charge for the Customer’s account. For condition 1 above, the Customer’s attestation must include the service account number. For conditions 2 and 3 above, each attestation must provide the service account number, the number of unit(s) of Prohibited Resources on siteResource, and agreeing to a default adjustment in which the amount of Product such Customer can provide is reduced by the nameplate capacity of the Prohibited Resource (or, if the Customer has multiple Prohibited Resources, by the sum of the nameplate capacity values from all Prohibited Resources on the site) (the “Default Adjustment Value”). For condition (3), this Default Adjustment Value will be subtracted from the Potential Load Reduction or Nominated Capacity. Customers must agree to a default adjustment in which the amount of Product such Customer can provide is reduced by the Default Adjustment Value, regardless of whether the Prohibited Resource was actually used. Customers with multiple service accounts enrolled through Seller may submit one attestation form per attestation scenario. Seller shall collect and store all such Customer attestations and make them available upon request, to a Verification Administrator or the CPUC. Seller shall also collect and store supporting documentation, such as nameplate capacities for each resource under each attestation scenario, and make them available upon request to the CPUC or to the Buyer, the Verification Administrator or as directed by the CPUC. For non-Residential Customers, the attestation shall occur at the time of enrollment and may be provided with a wet signature, a click, or an electronic signature. Any non-Residential Customer customer that does not complete this component of the enrollment process will not be eligible to participate in Seller’s DRAM Resource. Consistent with CPUC Resolution E-4906, the Seller’s contractual agreement is contingent upon compliance with both the prohibition and the submission of the Customers’ attestations, which are subject to verification. Seller shall include provisions in its contracts that Customers are subject to random annual audits (1) requiring compliance with verification requests and facility access for site visits as deemed necessary by the Verification Administrator; (2) requiring the Customer to provide the Verification Administrator with written operating manifest(s), date and time stamped photo(s) of the Prohibited Resource unit(s), load curtailment plan(s), single line diagram(s) permit copy(ies), or other information or documentation about their onsite Prohibited Resources; and (3) allowing the Buyer or its contractor(s) to install monitoring equipment at the Sites for the purposes of verification of attestations. Seller shall include additional and separate provisions near the beginning of its contracts with Customers explaining and implementing these restrictions in its agreements with Customers, specifying that Customer compliance will be subject to verification, indicating the consequences for noncompliance with the provision. All contracts Contracts with non-Residential Customers shall indicate that the non-compliance consequences will be as set forth in this section. If the instance of non-compliance involves clerical or administrative errors, such as an inaccurate listing of a Customer name or the nameplate value of a Prohibited Resource in an attestation, or a failure to include a Customer’s Prohibited Resource on an attestation, provided in all cases that such Prohibited Resource is not used in violation of the terms of this Agreement (collectively, “Type One Non-Compliance”), Seller shall specify that Customers will have sixty (60) calendar days from receipt of notice to cure such Type-One Non-Compliance. If the instance of non-compliance involves either (1a) the Customer attested to the “does not attest to the use have” or “no-use” provisions of any Prohibited Resource Resource(s) but is using verified to have used a Prohibited Resource to reduce load during a demand response event; or (2b), a Customer intentionally submits an invalid nameplate capacity value for the Prohibited Resource(s) that is lower than the actual capacity value on the nameplate (collectively “Type Two Non-Compliance”), then Customer will be removed from Seller’s DRAM Resource DR program as follows. If there is an instance of (xa) an uncured Type One Non-Compliance, or (yb) a Type Two Non-Compliance, the consequences will be removal from Seller’s DRAM Resource DR program and ineligibility to enroll in any DRAM Seller’s Resource or Buyer’s demand response DR program subject to the prohibited resource requirement in D.00-00-000 for twelve calendar months from the removal date (for a single instance of noncompliance), or three years from the removal date (for two or more instances of noncompliance). Seller shall provide such documentation as may be reasonably necessary for Buyer to verify the accuracy of the attestations referenced in subsections B(1)–(3B(1) and (2) above and Seller’s compliance with and enforcement of this Section 7.2(b)(v). For all non-Residential Customers, (1a) Sellers will provide the Default Adjustment Values default adjustment values (DAVs) monthly (with Demonstrated Capacity information); and, (2b) Sellers will ensure that CAISO bids in the wholesale market bids reflect portfolio amounts prior to de-rating. Seller shall comply with any Prohibited Resource audit verification plan that is developed in accordance with D. 00-00-000 and approved by the CPUC. On an annual basis, Seller shall provide to Buyer the language on the prohibition included in its respective Residential Customer residential customer contracts. Seller will develop metrics, targets and record keeping systems to assess the effectiveness of its Customer outreach and notification efforts required under this Section 7.2(b)(v), and will provide such materials to the CPUC upon Buyer, the CPUC, and the Verification Administrator upon the request of Buyer or the CPUC’s request. Seller shall include provisions in its contracts with non-Residential Customers permitting updates to providing that Customers may adjust their attestations to DAV, if (1a) add, remove or modify an on-site Prohibited Resource; (2) the Customer’s change in DAV results from a change in the operational status or use of a Prohibited Resource to reduce load during any Dispatch; or (3) change the Default Adjustment Value, but only if, in each case, the change is supported by documentation that confirms the operational change and can be verified by a Verification Administrator. Verification methods for Customers under the condition noted in Section 7.2(b)(v)(I)(3) above shall be based on documentation of nameplate capacity, instead of load curtailment plans.. If further documentation in the form of load curtailment plans are required, Seller shall comply associated with the Verification AdministratorCustomer’s requests for supporting materials. The Buyer Service Account; and, (b) Seller has been directed by the CPUC to require a standardized non-disclosure agreement (NDA) that the Verification Administrator executes with the Buyer. This NDA pertains to all sellers and their customers from whom they collect market-sensitive, proprietary data. Verification information obtained from sellers and their customers is only to be submitted to and collected by the Verification Administrator consistent with CPUC Resolution E-4906. Under the terms of verified this NDA, third party customers’ market-sensitive, proprietary information shall not to be shared with the Buyer, will be kept under seal, and shall be made available to the Commission upon request. Per Ordering Paragraph 14 of CPUC Resolution E-4906, all aggregators must store Customer attestations and make them available to the CPUC upon request. The Seller shall store non-Residential Customer attestations and make them available to the Buyer or Commission upon requestchange in operational status. If any respective PDR or RDRR is a Joint Resource, Seller shall ensure that: (Ax) the use of the Joint Resource does not result in Buyer making payment in respect of Demonstrated Capacity for a type of Product in excess of the total capacity of the Joint Resource, whether to Seller or any other party, regardless of whether payment is made under this Agreement, another agreement in the DRAMDRAM IV Pilot Program, any other demand resource agreement or program, or any combination thereof; (By) the use of the Joint Resource does not result in Buyer making payment more than once in respect of capacity relating to a particular Customer customer registered in the Joint Resource, regardless of whether payment is made under this Agreement, another agreement in the DRAMDRAM IV Pilot Program, any other demand resource agreement or program, or any combination thereof; and (Cz) Seller has the right to access and provide to Buyer the records and data regarding any DRAM Resource Customer that is not designated by Seller under Section 1.6(g1.6(d) as part of the amount to be used to show Demonstrated Capacity for a type of Product under this Agreement to permit Buyer to audit such Joint Resource under Section 1.6(j1.6(g) to the same extent Buyer may audit PDRs or RDRRs that are not Joint Resources.

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Samples: Resource Purchase Agreement

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Additional Seller Representations, Warranties and Covenants. On the Execution Date, Seller represents and warrants to Buyer that Seller has not used, granted, pledged, assigned, or otherwise committed any of the Monthly Quantity to meet the RAR, Local RAR and/or Flexible RAR, as applicable, or confer Resource Adequacy Benefits upon, any entity other than Buyer during the Delivery Period. Seller represents and warrants to Buyer that as of the Execution Date the Unit is incremental to the CAISO Area Baseline List. Seller covenants that throughout the Delivery Period: Seller will deliver the Product to Buyer free and clear of all liens, security interests, claims and encumbrances or any interest therein or thereto by any person; . Seller has been authorized by each Customer, to act as an aggregator on behalf of such Customer to participate as a PDR in the DRAM DR Resource, if Seller is not also a Customer; . The DRP has been authorized by each Customer to act on behalf of such Customer to participate as a PDR for the DRAM DR Resource, if Seller is not the DRP; and . Seller will not use, grant, pledge, assign, or otherwise commit any Monthly Contracted Quantity to meet the RAR, Local RAR, and/or Flexible RAR, as applicable, or confer Resource Adequacy Benefits of the Product upon, any entity other than Buyer during the Delivery Period; . During each month of the Delivery Period, if any participating Customers in the DRAM DR Resource have a Prohibited Resource, Seller shall ensure that such Prohibited Resource is not used to reduce load during a Dispatch by any PDR providing Product to Buyer during such month, as follows: For all Residential Customers, Seller shall include a provision in its contract forbidding the use of Prohibited Resources to reduce load during a Dispatch by any PDR providing Product to Buyer. Any Customer that does not accept the prohibition will not be eligible to participate in the Seller’s DRAM DR Resource. Seller shall require from each of its non-Residential Customers an attestation form attesting to one of the following conditions: the Customer does not have a Prohibited Resource on site; the Customer has a Prohibited Resource on site and will not use the resource to reduce load during a Dispatch by any PDR providing Product to Buyer; or, or the Customer has a Prohibited Resource on site and may have to use the resource during Demand Response events for operational, health or safety reasons. The total nameplate capacity in kW of the Customer’s resource(s) will be used as the Default Adjustment Value (DAV) to adjust the Demand Response incentives / charge for the Customer’s account. For condition 1 above, the Customer’s attestation must include the service account number. For conditions 2 and 3 above, each attestation must provide the service account number, the number of unit(s) of Prohibited Resources on site, and the nameplate capacity of the Prohibited Resource (or, if the Customer has multiple Prohibited Resources, the sum of the nameplate capacity values from all Prohibited Resources on site) (the “Default Adjustment Value”). For condition (3), this Default Adjustment Value will be subtracted from the Potential Load Reduction or Nominated Capacity. Customers must agree to a default adjustment in which the amount of Product such Customer can provide is reduced by the Default Adjustment Value, regardless of whether the Prohibited Resource was actually used. Customers with multiple service accounts enrolled through Seller may submit one attestation form per attestation scenario. Seller shall collect and store all such Customer attestations and make them available upon request, to a Verification Administrator or the CPUC. Seller shall also collect and store supporting documentation, such as nameplate capacities for each resource under each attestation scenario, and make them available upon request to Buyer, the Verification Administrator or the CPUC. For non-Residential Customers, the attestation shall occur at the time of enrollment and may be provided with a wet signature, a click, or an electronic signature. Any non-Residential Customer that does not complete this component of the enrollment process will not be eligible to participate in Seller’s DRAM DR Resource. Consistent with CPUC Resolution E-4906, the Seller’s contractual agreement is contingent upon compliance with both the prohibition and the submission of the Customers’ attestations, which are subject to verification. Seller shall include provisions in its contracts that Customers are subject to random annual audits (1) requiring compliance with verification requests and facility access for site visits as deemed necessary by the Verification Administrator; (2) requiring the Customer to provide the Verification Administrator with written operating manifest(s), date and time stamped photo(s) of the Prohibited Resource unit(s), load curtailment plan(s), single line diagram(s) permit copy(ies), or other information or documentation about their onsite Prohibited Resources; and (3) allowing the Buyer or its contractor(s) to install monitoring equipment at the Sites for the purposes of verification of attestations. Seller shall include additional and separate provisions near the beginning of its contracts with Customers explaining and implementing these restrictions specifying that Customer compliance will be subject to verification, indicating the consequences for noncompliance with the provision. All contracts with non-Residential Customers shall indicate that the non-compliance consequences will be as set forth in this section. If the instance of non-compliance involves clerical or administrative errors, such as an inaccurate listing of a Customer name or the nameplate value of a Prohibited Resource in an attestation, or a failure to include a Customer’s Prohibited Resource on an attestation, provided in all cases that such Prohibited Resource is not used in violation of the terms of this Agreement (collectively, “Type One Non-Compliance”), Seller shall specify that Customers will have sixty (60) calendar days from receipt of notice to cure such Type-One Non-Compliance. If the instance of non-compliance involves either (1) the Customer does not attest to the use of any Prohibited Resource but is using a Prohibited Resource to reduce load during a demand response event; or (2), a Customer submits an invalid nameplate capacity value for the Prohibited Resource(s) that is lower than the actual capacity value on the nameplate (collectively “Type Two Non-Compliance”), then Customer will be removed from Seller’s DRAM DR Resource as follows. If there is an instance of (x) an uncured Type One Non-Compliance, or (y) a Type Two Non-Compliance, the consequences will be removal from Seller’s DRAM DR Resource and ineligibility to enroll in any DRAM DR Seller’s Resource or Buyer’s demand response program subject to the prohibited resource requirement in D.00-00-000 for twelve calendar months from the removal date (for a single instance of noncompliance), or three years from the removal date (for two or more instances of noncompliance). Seller shall provide such documentation as may be reasonably necessary for Buyer to verify the accuracy of the attestations referenced in subsections B(1)–(3) above and Seller’s compliance with and enforcement of this Section 7.2(b)(v7.2(c)(v). For all non-Residential Customers, (1) Sellers will provide the Default Adjustment Values (DAVs) monthly (with Demonstrated Capacity information); and, (2) Sellers will ensure that CAISO wholesale market bids reflect portfolio amounts prior to de-rating. Seller shall comply with any Prohibited Resource audit verification plan that is developed in accordance with D. 00-00-000 and approved by the CPUC. On an annual basis, Seller shall provide to Buyer the language on the prohibition included in its respective Residential Customer contracts. Seller will develop metrics, targets and record keeping systems to assess the effectiveness of its Customer outreach and notification efforts required under this Section 7.2(b)(v7.2(c)(v), and will provide such materials to the Buyer, the CPUC, and the Verification Administrator upon the request of Buyer or the CPUC. Seller shall include provisions in its contracts with non-Residential Customers permitting updates to their attestations to (1) add, remove or modify an on-site Prohibited Resource; (2) change the status or use of a Prohibited Resource to reduce load during any Dispatch; or (3) change the Default Adjustment Value, but only if, in each case, the change is supported by documentation that confirms the operational change and can be verified by a Verification Administrator. Verification methods for Customers under the condition noted in Section 7.2(b)(v)(I)(37.2(c)(v)(I)(3) above shall be based on documentation of nameplate capacity, instead of load curtailment plans.. . If further documentation in the form of load curtailment plans are required, Seller shall comply with the Verification Administrator’s requests for supporting materials. The Buyer has been directed by the CPUC to require a standardized non-disclosure agreement (NDA) that the Verification Administrator executes with the Buyer. This NDA pertains to all sellers and their customers from whom they collect market-sensitive, proprietary data. Verification information obtained from sellers and their customers is only to be submitted to and collected by the Verification Administrator consistent with CPUC Resolution E-4906. Under the terms of this NDA, third party customers’ market-sensitive, proprietary information shall not to be shared with the Buyer, will be kept under seal, and shall be made available to the Commission upon request. Per Ordering Paragraph 14 of CPUC Resolution E-4906, all aggregators must store Customer attestations and make them available to the CPUC upon request. The Seller shall store non-Residential Customer attestations and make them available to the Buyer or Commission upon request. If any respective PDR is a Joint Resource, Seller shall ensure that: (A) provide Product that counts towards [Insert] MW of Buyer’s system resource adequacy incremental procurement requirement established by the use Electric System Reliability Procurement Decision. To the extent a change in Applicable Law occurs after execution of this Agreement that causes Seller to fail to perform this covenant, it shall not be an Event of Default if Seller has used commercially reasonable efforts to comply with such change in Applicable Law. NOTICES Notices Notices, requests, statements or payments from one Party to the Joint Resource does not result other Party shall be made to the addresses and persons specified in Buyer making payment Section 8.2. All Notices, requests, statements or payments from one Party to the other Party shall be made in respect of Demonstrated Capacity for a type of Product in excess of the total capacity of the Joint Resourcewriting and may be delivered by hand delivery, whether to Seller or any other partyfirst class United States mail, regardless of whether payment is made under this Agreement, another agreement in the DRAM, any other demand resource agreement or programovernight courier service, or any combination thereof; e-mail. Notice from one Party to the other Party by e-mail (Bwhere confirmation of successful transmission is received) shall be deemed to have been received on the use day on which it was transmitted (unless transmitted after 5:00 p.m. at the place of the Joint Resource does not result in Buyer making payment more than once in respect of capacity relating to receipt or on a particular Customer registered in the Joint Resource, regardless of whether payment is made under this Agreement, another agreement in the DRAM, any other demand resource agreement or program, or any combination thereof; and (C) Seller has the right to access and provide to Buyer the records and data regarding any DRAM Resource Customer day that is not a Business Day, in which case it shall be deemed received on the next Business Day). Notice from one Party to the other Party by hand delivery or overnight delivery shall be deemed to have been received when delivered. A Party may change its contact information by providing Notice of the same in accordance herewith. Contact Information For Buyer: Billing Representative Contract Representative Name] [Name] Phone: Phone: Email: Email: Supply Plan Contact Settlements [Name] [Name] Phone: Phone: Email: Email: Other Buyer Contact Information Wire Transfer Credit and Collections BNK: Attn: Credit and Emerging Risk ABA: Phone: (000) 000-0000 ACCT: Email: XXXXxxxXxxxxx@xxx.xxx Notices of Event of Default or Potential Event of Default to: [Name] Phone: Email: For Seller: Billing Representative Contract Representative [Name] [Name] Phone: Phone: Email: Email: Supply Plan Contact [Name] Phone: Email: Other Seller Contact Information ACH Credit and Collections BNK: Attn: ABA: Phone: ACCT: Email: Notices of Event of Default or Potential Event of Default to: [Name] Phone: Email: The Parties acknowledge and agree that those persons set forth in this Section 8.2 are designated by Seller under Section 1.6(g) each Party as part of their respective authorized representatives to act on their behalf for the amount to be used to show Demonstrated Capacity for a type of Product under this Agreement to permit Buyer to audit such Joint Resource under Section 1.6(j) to the same extent Buyer may audit PDRs that are not Joint Resources.purposes described therein. EVENTS OF DEFAULT; TERMINATION

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Samples: Demand Response Agreement

Additional Seller Representations, Warranties and Covenants. On the Execution Date, Seller represents and warrants to Buyer that Seller has not used, granted, pledged, assigned, or otherwise committed any of the Monthly Quantity to meet the RAR, Local RAR and/or Flexible RAR, as applicable, or confer Resource Adequacy Benefits upon, any entity other than Buyer during the Delivery Period. Seller represents and warrants to Buyer that as of the Execution Date the Unit is incremental to the CAISO Area Baseline List. Seller covenants that throughout the Delivery Period: Seller will deliver the Product to Buyer free and clear of all liens, security interests, claims and encumbrances or any interest therein or thereto by any person; . Seller has been authorized by each Customer, to act as an aggregator on behalf of such Customer to participate as a PDR in the DRAM Resource, if Seller is not also a Customer; . The DRP has been authorized by each Customer to act on behalf of such Customer to participate as a PDR for the DRAM Resource, if Seller is not the DRP; and . Seller will not use, grant, pledge, assign, or otherwise commit any Monthly Contracted Quantity to meet the RAR, Local RAR, and/or Flexible RAR, as applicable, or confer Resource Adequacy Benefits of the Product upon, any entity other than Buyer during the Delivery Period; . During each month of the Delivery Period, if any participating Customers in the DRAM Resource have a Prohibited Resource, Seller shall ensure that such Prohibited Resource is not used to reduce load during a Dispatch by any PDR providing Product to Buyer during such month, as follows: For all Residential Customers, Seller shall include a provision in its contract forbidding the use of Prohibited Resources to reduce load during a Dispatch by any PDR providing Product to Buyer. Any Customer that does not accept the prohibition will not be eligible to participate in the Seller’s DRAM Resource. Seller shall require from each of its non-Residential Customers an attestation form attesting to one of the following conditions: the Customer does not have a Prohibited Resource on site; the Customer has a Prohibited Resource on site and will not use the resource to reduce load during a Dispatch by any PDR providing Product to Buyer; or, or the Customer has a Prohibited Resource on site and may have to use the resource during Demand Response events for operational, health or safety reasons. The total nameplate capacity in kW of the Customer’s resource(s) will be used as the Default Adjustment Value (DAV) to adjust the Demand Response incentives / charge for the Customer’s account. For condition 1 above, the Customer’s attestation must include the service account number. For conditions 2 and 3 above, each attestation must provide the service account number, the number of unit(s) of Prohibited Resources on site, and the nameplate capacity of the Prohibited Resource (or, if the Customer has multiple Prohibited Resources, the sum of the nameplate capacity values from all Prohibited Resources on site) (the “Default Adjustment Value”). For condition (3), this Default Adjustment Value will be subtracted from the Potential Load Reduction or Nominated Capacity. Customers must agree to a default adjustment in which the amount of Product such Customer can provide is reduced by the Default Adjustment Value, regardless of whether the Prohibited Resource was actually used. Customers with multiple service accounts enrolled through Seller may submit one attestation form per attestation scenario. Seller shall collect and store all such Customer attestations and make them available upon request, to a Verification Administrator or the CPUC. Seller shall also collect and store supporting documentation, such as nameplate capacities for each resource under each attestation scenario, and make them available upon request to Buyer, the Verification Administrator or the CPUC. For non-Residential Customers, the attestation shall occur at the time of enrollment and may be provided with a wet signature, a click, or an electronic signature. Any non-Residential Customer that does not complete this component of the enrollment process will not be eligible to participate in Seller’s DRAM Resource. Consistent with CPUC Resolution E-4906, the Seller’s contractual agreement is contingent upon compliance with both the prohibition and the submission of the Customers’ attestations, which are subject to verification. Seller shall include provisions in its contracts that Customers are subject to random annual audits (1) requiring compliance with verification requests and facility access for site visits as deemed necessary by the Verification Administrator; (2) requiring the Customer to provide the Verification Administrator with written operating manifest(s), date and time stamped photo(s) of the Prohibited Resource unit(s), load curtailment plan(s), single line diagram(s) permit copy(ies), or other information or documentation about their onsite Prohibited Resources; and (3) allowing the Buyer or its contractor(s) to install monitoring equipment at the Sites for the purposes of verification of attestations. Seller shall include additional and separate provisions near the beginning of its contracts with Customers explaining and implementing these restrictions specifying that Customer compliance will be subject to verification, indicating the consequences for noncompliance with the provision. All contracts with non-Residential Customers shall indicate that the non-compliance consequences will be as set forth in this section. If the instance of non-compliance involves clerical or administrative errors, such as an inaccurate listing of a Customer name or the nameplate value of a Prohibited Resource in an attestation, or a failure to include a Customer’s Prohibited Resource on an attestation, provided in all cases that such Prohibited Resource is not used in violation of the terms of this Agreement (collectively, “Type One Non-Compliance”), Seller shall specify that Customers will have sixty (60) calendar days from receipt of notice to cure such Type-One Non-Compliance. If the instance of non-compliance involves either (1) the Customer does not attest to the use of any Prohibited Resource but is using a Prohibited Resource to reduce load during a demand response event; or (2), a Customer submits an invalid nameplate capacity value for the Prohibited Resource(s) that is lower than the actual capacity value on the nameplate (collectively “Type Two Non-Compliance”), then Customer will be removed from Seller’s DRAM Resource as follows. If there is an instance of (x) an uncured Type One Non-Compliance, or (y) a Type Two Non-Compliance, the consequences will be removal from Seller’s DRAM Resource and ineligibility to enroll in any DRAM Seller’s Resource or Buyer’s demand response program subject to the prohibited resource requirement in D.00-00-000 for twelve calendar months from the removal date (for a single instance of noncompliance), or three years from the removal date (for two or more instances of noncompliance). Seller shall provide such documentation as may be reasonably necessary for Buyer to verify the accuracy of the attestations referenced in subsections B(1)–(3) above and Seller’s compliance with and enforcement of this Section 7.2(b)(v). For all non-Residential Customers, (1) Sellers will provide the Default Adjustment Values (DAVs) monthly (with Demonstrated Capacity information); and, (2) Sellers will ensure that CAISO wholesale market bids reflect portfolio amounts prior to de-rating. Seller shall comply with any Prohibited Resource audit verification plan that is developed in accordance with D. 00-00-000 and approved by the CPUC. On an annual basis, Seller shall provide to Buyer the language on the prohibition included in its respective Residential Customer contracts. Seller will develop metrics, targets and record keeping systems to assess the effectiveness of its Customer outreach and notification efforts required under this Section 7.2(b)(v), and will provide such materials to the Buyer, the CPUC, and the Verification Administrator upon the request of Buyer or the CPUC. Seller shall include provisions in its contracts with non-Residential Customers permitting updates to their attestations to (1) add, remove or modify an on-site Prohibited Resource; (2) change the status or use of a Prohibited Resource to reduce load during any Dispatch; or (3) change the Default Adjustment Value, but only if, in each case, the change is supported by documentation that confirms the operational change and can be verified by a Verification Administrator. Verification methods for Customers under the condition noted in Section 7.2(b)(v)(I)(3) above shall be based on documentation of nameplate capacity, instead of load curtailment plans.. . If further documentation in the form of load curtailment plans are required, Seller shall comply with the Verification Administrator’s requests for supporting materials. The Buyer has been directed by the CPUC to require a standardized non-disclosure agreement (NDA) that the Verification Administrator executes with the Buyer. This NDA pertains to all sellers and their customers from whom they collect market-sensitive, proprietary data. Verification information obtained from sellers and their customers is only to be submitted to and collected by the Verification Administrator consistent with CPUC Resolution E-4906. Under the terms of this NDA, third party customers’ market-sensitive, proprietary information shall not to be shared with the Buyer, will be kept under seal, and shall be made available to the Commission upon request. Per Ordering Paragraph 14 of CPUC Resolution E-4906, all aggregators must store Customer attestations and make them available to the CPUC upon request. The Seller shall store non-Residential Customer attestations and make them available to the Buyer or Commission upon request. If any respective PDR is a Joint Resource, Seller shall ensure that: (A) the use of the Joint Resource does not result in Buyer making payment in respect of Demonstrated Capacity for a type of Product in excess of the total capacity of the Joint Resource, whether to Seller or any other party, regardless of whether payment is made under this Agreement, another agreement in the DRAM, any other demand resource agreement or program, or any combination thereof; (B) the use of the Joint Resource does not result in Buyer making payment more than once in respect of capacity relating to a particular Customer registered in the Joint Resource, regardless of whether payment is made under this Agreement, another agreement in the DRAM, any other demand resource agreement or program, or any combination thereof; and (C) Seller has the right to access and provide to Buyer the records and data regarding any DRAM Resource Customer that is not designated by Seller under Section 1.6(g) as part of the amount to be used to show Demonstrated Capacity for a type of Product under this Agreement to permit Buyer to audit such Joint Resource under Section 1.6(j) to the same extent Buyer may audit PDRs that are not Joint Resources.

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Samples: Demand Response Resource Purchase Agreement

Additional Seller Representations, Warranties and Covenants. On the Execution Date, Seller represents and warrants to Buyer that Seller has not used, granted, pledged, assigned, or otherwise committed any of the Monthly Quantity to meet the RAR, Local RAR and/or Flexible RAR, as applicable, or confer Resource Adequacy Benefits upon, any entity other than Buyer during the Delivery Period. Seller covenants that throughout the Delivery Period: Seller will deliver the Product to Buyer free and clear of all liens, security interests, claims and encumbrances or any interest therein or thereto by any person; Seller has been authorized by each Customer, to act as an aggregator on behalf of such Customer to participate as a PDR or RDRR in the DRAM Resource, if Seller is not also a Customer; The DRP has been authorized by each Customer to act on behalf of such Customer to participate as a PDR or RDRR for the DRAM Resource, if Seller is not the DRP; and Seller will not use, grant, pledge, assign, or otherwise commit any Product Monthly Contracted Quantity to meet the RAR, Local RAR, and/or Flexible RAR, as applicable, of, or confer Resource Adequacy Benefits of the Product upon, any entity other than Buyer during the Delivery Period; During each month of the Delivery Period, if any participating Customers in the DRAM Resource have a Prohibited Resource, Seller shall ensure that such Prohibited Resource is not used to reduce load during a Dispatch by any PDR or RDRR providing Product to Buyer during such month, as follows: For all Residential Customers, Seller shall include a provision in its contract forbidding the use of Prohibited Resources to reduce load during a Dispatch by any PDR or RDRR providing Product to Buyer. Any Customer that does not accept the prohibition will not be eligible to participate in the Seller’s DRAM ResourceSeller shall provide any returning Residential Customers with notice of such provision. For all non-Residential Customers, Seller shall require from that each of its non-Residential Customers Customer execute an attestation form attesting to one of the following conditions: the Customer (1) agreeing that it does not have have, and will not use, a Prohibited Resource on site; the Customer has a Prohibited Resource on site and will not use the resource to reduce load during a Dispatch by any PDR or RDRR providing Product to Buyer; , or, (2) if applicable, certifying that the Customer has is required to, and affirmatively elects to, use a Prohibited Resource on site and may have to use the resource during Demand Response events for operational, health or safety reasons. The total , providing the nameplate capacity in kW of the Customer’s resource(s) will be used as the Default Adjustment Value (DAV) to adjust the Demand Response incentives / charge for the Customer’s account. For condition 1 above, the Customer’s attestation must include the service account number. For conditions 2 and 3 above, each attestation must provide the service account number, the number of unit(s) of Prohibited Resources on siteResource, and agreeing to a default adjustment in which the amount of Product such Customer can provide is reduced by the nameplate capacity of the Prohibited Resource (or, if the Customer has multiple Prohibited Resources, by the sum of the nameplate capacity values from all Prohibited Resources on the site) (the “Default Adjustment Value”). For condition (3), this Default Adjustment Value will be subtracted from the Potential Load Reduction or Nominated Capacity. Customers must agree to a default adjustment in which the amount of Product such Customer can provide is reduced by the Default Adjustment Value, regardless of whether the Prohibited Resource was actually used. Customers with multiple service accounts enrolled through Seller may submit one attestation form per attestation scenario. Seller shall collect and store all such Customer attestations and make them available upon request, to a Verification Administrator or the CPUC. Seller shall also collect and store supporting documentation, such as nameplate capacities for each resource under each attestation scenario, and make them available upon request to Buyer, the Verification Administrator or the CPUC. For new non-Residential Customers, the attestation shall occur at the time of enrollment and may shall be provided with a wet signature, a click, or an electronic signature. Any For returning non-Residential Customer that does not complete this component Customers, Seller shall provide notice to the Customers of the enrollment process will not new provision and outreach to the Customers that a signature, which may be eligible an electronic signature, attesting to participate in Seller’s DRAM Resource. Consistent with CPUC Resolution E-4906, the Seller’s contractual agreement is contingent upon compliance with both the prohibition and or the submission of the Customers’ attestationsdefault adjustment, which are subject shall be provided to verificationSeller no later than December 31, 2017. Seller shall include provisions in its contracts that Customers are subject to random annual audits (1) requiring compliance with verification requests and facility access for site visits as deemed necessary by the Verification Administrator; (2) requiring the Customer to provide the Verification Administrator with written operating manifest(s), date and time stamped photo(s) of the Prohibited Resource unit(s), load curtailment plan(s), single line diagram(s) permit copy(ies), or other information or documentation about their onsite Prohibited Resources; and (3) allowing the Buyer or its contractor(s) to install monitoring equipment at the Sites for the purposes of verification of attestations. Seller shall include additional and separate provisions near the beginning of its contracts with Customers explaining and implementing these restrictions in its agreements with Customers, specifying that Customer compliance will be subject to verification, indicating the and listing all potential consequences for noncompliance with the provision. All contracts with non-Residential Customers shall indicate that the non-compliance consequences will be as set forth in this section. If the instance of non-compliance involves clerical or administrative errors, such as an inaccurate listing of a Customer name or the nameplate value of a Prohibited Resource in an attestation, or a failure to include a Customer’s Prohibited Resource on an attestation, provided in all cases that such Prohibited Resource is not used in violation of the terms of this Agreement (collectively, “Type One Non-Compliance”), Seller shall specify that Customers will have sixty (60) calendar days from receipt of notice to cure such Type-One Non-Compliance. If the instance of non-compliance involves either (1) the Customer does not attest to the use of any Prohibited Resource but is using a Prohibited Resource to reduce load during a demand response event; or (2), a Customer submits an invalid nameplate capacity value for the Prohibited Resource(s) that is lower than the actual capacity value on the nameplate (collectively “Type Two Non-Compliance”), then Customer will be removed from Seller’s DRAM Resource as follows. If there is an instance of (x) an uncured Type One Non-Compliance, or (y) a Type Two Non-Compliance, the consequences will be removal from Seller’s DRAM Resource and ineligibility to enroll in any DRAM Seller’s Resource or Buyer’s demand response program subject to the prohibited resource requirement in D.00-00-000 for twelve calendar months from the removal date (for a single instance of noncompliance), or three years from the removal date (for two or more instances of noncompliance)compliance. Seller shall provide such documentation as may be reasonably necessary for Buyer to verify the accuracy of the attestations referenced in subsections B(1)–(3B(1) and (2) above and Seller’s compliance with and enforcement of this Section 7.2(b)(v). For all non-Residential Customers, (1) Sellers will provide the Default Adjustment Values (DAVs) monthly (with Demonstrated Capacity information); and, (2) Sellers will ensure that CAISO wholesale market bids reflect portfolio amounts prior to de-rating. Seller shall comply with any Prohibited Resource audit verification plan that is developed in accordance with D. 00-00-000 and approved by the CPUC. On an annual basis, Seller shall provide to Buyer the language on the prohibition included in its respective Residential Customer contracts. Seller will develop metrics, targets and record keeping systems to assess the effectiveness of its Customer outreach and notification efforts required under this Section 7.2(b)(v), and will provide such materials to the Buyer, the CPUC, and the Verification Administrator upon the request of Buyer or the CPUC. Seller shall include provisions in its contracts with non-Residential Customers permitting updates to their attestations to (1) add, remove or modify an on-site Prohibited Resource; (2) change the status or use of a Prohibited Resource to reduce load during any Dispatch; or (3) change the Default Adjustment Value, but only if, in each case, the change is supported by documentation that confirms the operational change and can be verified by a Verification Administrator. Verification methods for Customers under the condition noted in Section 7.2(b)(v)(I)(3) above shall be based on documentation of nameplate capacity, instead of load curtailment plans.. If further documentation in the form of load curtailment plans are required, Seller shall comply with the Verification Administrator’s requests for supporting materials. The Buyer has been directed by the CPUC to require a standardized non-disclosure agreement (NDA) that the Verification Administrator executes with the Buyer. This NDA pertains to all sellers and their customers from whom they collect market-sensitive, proprietary data. Verification information obtained from sellers and their customers is only to be submitted to and collected by the Verification Administrator consistent with CPUC Resolution E-4906. Under the terms of this NDA, third party customers’ market-sensitive, proprietary information shall not to be shared with the Buyer, will be kept under seal, and shall be made available to the Commission upon request. Per Ordering Paragraph 14 of CPUC Resolution E-4906, all aggregators must store Customer attestations and make them available to the CPUC upon request. The Seller shall store non-Residential Customer attestations and make them available to the Buyer or Commission upon request. If any respective PDR or RDRR is a Joint Resource, Seller shall ensure that: (Ax) the use of the Joint Resource does not result in Buyer making payment in respect of Demonstrated Capacity for a type of Product in excess of the total capacity of the Joint Resource, whether to Seller or any other party, regardless of whether payment is made under this Agreement, another agreement in the DRAMDRAM III Pilot Program, any other demand resource agreement or program, or any combination thereof; (By) the use of the Joint Resource does not result in Buyer making payment more than once in respect of capacity relating to a particular Customer customer registered in the Joint Resource, regardless of whether payment is made under this Agreement, another agreement in the DRAMDRAM III Pilot Program, any other demand resource agreement or program, or any combination thereof; and (Cz) Seller has the right to access and provide to Buyer the records and data regarding any DRAM Resource Customer that is not designated by Seller under Section 1.6(g1.6(d) as part of the amount to be used to show Demonstrated Capacity for a type of Product under this Agreement to permit Buyer to audit such Joint Resource under Section 1.6(j1.6(g) to the same extent Buyer may audit PDRs or RDRRs that are not Joint Resources.

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Samples: Resource Purchase Agreement

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