Delay Damages If the Commercial Operation Date is not achieved by the date set forth therefor in Section 3.1(a) (as extended pursuant to Section 3.1(c)), Seller shall pay to Buyer damages for each month from and after such date until the Commercial Operation Date at the rate of $1.50 per kwh of Contract Maximum Amount up to a maximum of twelve (12) months of delay, pro rated for partial months (“Delay Damages”). Delay Damages shall be due under this Section 3.2(a) without regard to whether Buyer exercises its right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.3; provided, however, that if Buyer exercises its right to terminate this Agreement under Section 9.3, Delay Damages shall be due and owing to the extent that such Delay Damages were due and owing at the date of such termination. If the Facility has not achieved the Commercial Operation by the date set forth therefor in Section 3.1(a) (as the same may be extended in accordance with Section 3.1(c)), for any reason, Seller shall have the right to terminate this Agreement at any time after that deadline date (as so extended) until either the Facility achieves the Commercial Operation Date or Buyer terminates this Agreement under Section 9.3 (regardless of whether or not Seller elected to continue to construct the Project). In the event Seller so terminates this Agreement, Seller shall be liable to Buyer on the date of such termination for (x) the entire amount of Delay Damages that would otherwise accrue (or have accrued) by such date plus (y) the undrawn amount of any Development Period Security provided to Buyer by Seller; provided, however, that if Seller terminates this Agreement on the deadline set forth for the Commercial Operation Date in Section 3.1(a) (as the same may be extended in accordance with Section 3.1(c)), Seller shall not be required to pay any Delay Damages hereunder but shall forfeit the Development Period Security. Subject to the foregoing sentence, neither Party shall have any liability to the other Party with respect to a termination of this Agreement by Seller under this Section 3.2(b). Each Party agrees and acknowledges that (i) the damages that Buyer would incur due to Seller’s delay in achieving the Commercial Operation Date would be difficult or impossible to predict with certainty, and (ii) it is impractical and difficult to assess actual damages in the circumstances stated, and therefore the Delay Damages and other damages as agreed to by the Parties and set forth herein are a fair and reasonable calculation of such damages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Article shall not limit the amount of damages payable to Buyer if this Agreement is terminated by Buyer as a result of Seller’s failure to achieve the Commercial Operation Date. Any such termination damages shall be determined in accordance with Article 9. By the tenth (10th) day following the end of the calendar month in which Delay Damages first become due and continuing by the tenth (10th) day of each calendar month during the period in which Delay Damages accrue (and the following months if applicable), Buyer shall deliver to Seller an invoice showing Buyer’s computation of such damages and any amount due Buyer in respect thereof for the preceding calendar month. No later than ten (10) days after receiving such an invoice, Seller shall pay to Buyer, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account specified in writing by Buyer or by any other means agreed to by the Parties in writing from time to time, the amount set forth as due in such invoice. If Seller fails to pay such amounts when due, Buyer may draw upon the Development Period Security for payment of such Delay Damages, and Buyer may exercise any other remedies available for Seller’s default hereunder.
