Contract Year A twelve (12) month period during the term of the Agreement commencing on the Effective Date and each anniversary thereof.
Payment of Monthly Bills 10.3.1 SECI shall pay the amount payable under the Monthly Bill/Supplementary Bill by the Due Date to such account of the SPD, as shall have been previously notified by the SPD as below. 10.3.2 All payments required to be made under this Agreement shall also include any deduction or set off for: i) deductions required by the Law; and ii) amount claimed by SECI, if any, from the SPD, will be adjusted from the monthly energy payment. In case of any excess payment adjustment, the interest applicable will be same as rate of Late Payment surcharge will be applicable on day to day basis. The SPD shall open a bank account (the “SPD’s Designated Account") for all Tariff Payments (including Supplementary Bills) to be made by SECI to the SPD, and notify SECI of the details of such account at least ninety (90) Days before the dispatch of the first Monthly Bill. SECI shall also designate a bank account at New Delhi ("SECI Designated Account") for payments to be made by the SPD to SECI, if any, and notify the SPD of the details of such account ninety (90) Days before the SCSD. SECI and the SPD shall instruct their respective bankers to make all payments under this Agreement to the SPD’s Designated Account or SECI’s Designated Account, as the case may be, and shall notify either Party of such instructions on the same day.