Common use of ARRANGING FOR FIRM ALL-REQUIREMENTS POWER SUPPLY Clause in Contracts

ARRANGING FOR FIRM ALL-REQUIREMENTS POWER SUPPLY. Competitive Supplier shall participate in or make appropriate arrangements with the ISO-NE, any relevant regional transmission organization, wholesale suppliers or any other entity to ensure an uninterrupted flow of reliable, safe, firm, All-Requirements Power Supply to the Local Distributor for delivery to Participating Consumers, and take Commercially Reasonable steps to cooperate with the ISO-NE to deliver All-Requirements Power Supply to the Point of Delivery. Competitive Supplier shall not be responsible to the Town or any Participating Consumers in the event the Local Distributor disconnects, curtails or reduces service to Participating Consumers (notwithstanding whether such disconnection is directed by the ISO-NE) in order to facilitate construction, installation, maintenance, repair, replacement or inspection of any of the Local Distributor’s facilities, to maintain the safety and reliability of the Local Distributor’s electrical system, or due to any other reason, including emergencies, forced outages, potential overloading of the Local Distributor’s transmission and/or distribution circuits, Force Majeure or the non- payment of any distribution service costs or other such costs due for services provided by the Local Distributor to a Participating Consumer.

ARRANGING FOR FIRM ALL-REQUIREMENTS POWER SUPPLY. Competitive Supplier shall participate in or make appropriate arrangements with the ISO-NE, any relevant regional transmission organization, wholesale suppliers or any other entity to ensure an uninterrupted flow of reliable, safe, firm, All-Requirements Power Supply to the Local Distributor for delivery to Participating Consumers. In the event the Competitive Supplier is unable to deliver sufficient electricity to the grid to serve Participating Consumers, the Competitive Supplier shall utilize such arrangements as may be necessary to continue to serve Participating Consumers under the terms of this ESA, and take Commercially Reasonable steps to cooperate with the ISO-NE to deliver All-Requirements Power Supply to the Point of Deliveryshall bear any costs it may incur in carrying out these obligations. Competitive Supplier shall not be responsible to the Town City or any Participating Consumers in the event the Local Distributor disconnects, curtails or reduces service to Participating Consumers (notwithstanding whether such disconnection is directed by the ISO-NE) in order to facilitate construction, installation, maintenance, repair, replacement or inspection of any of the Local Distributor’s facilities, to maintain the safety and reliability of the Local Distributor’s electrical system, or due to any other reason, including emergencies, forced outages, potential overloading of the Local Distributor’s transmission and/or distribution circuits, Force Majeure or the non- payment of any distribution service costs or other such costs due for services provided by the Local Distributor to a Participating Consumer.