Utilities and Services Tenant shall be responsible for and shall pay promptly, directly to the appropriate supplier, all charges for water, gas, electricity, sewer, heat, light, power, telephone, refuse pickup, janitorial service, interior landscape maintenance and all other utilities, materials and services furnished directly to Tenant or the Premises or used by Tenant in, on or about the Premises during the Term, together with any taxes thereon. If any utilities or services are not separately metered or assessed to Tenant, Landlord shall make a reasonable determination of Tenant's proportionate share of the cost of such utilities and services and Tenant shall pay such amount to Landlord, as an item of additional rent, within fifteen (15) days after receipt of Landlord's statement or invoice therefor. Alternatively, Landlord may elect to include such cost in the definition of Building Costs in which event Tenant shall pay Tenant's proportionate share of such costs in the manner set forth in Section 4.2. Landlord shall not be liable for damages or otherwise for any failure or interruption of any utility or other service furnished to the Premises, and no such failure or interruption shall be deemed an eviction or entitle Tenant to terminate this Lease or withhold or xxxxx any rent due hereunder. Landlord shall at all reasonable times have free access to all electrical and mechanical installations of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if as a result of the actions of Landlord, its agents, contractors or employees or the inactions of Landlord if Landlord is required to act under this Lease, for more than three (3) consecutive business days following written notice to Landlord there is no HVAC service or electricity service to all or a portion of the Premises, or such an interruption of other essential utilities and building services, such as fire protection or water, so that all or a portion of the Premises cannot be used by Tenant, then Tenant's obligation to pay Basic Rent and Operating Expenses (or an equitable portion of such Basic Rent and Operating Expenses to the extent that less than all of the Premises are affected) shall thereafter be abated until the Premises are again useable by Tenant; provided, however, that if Landlord is diligently pursuing the repair of such utilities or services and Landlord provides substitute services reasonably suitable for Tenant's purposes, as for example, bringing in portable air- conditioning equipment, then there shall not be an abatement of Basic Rent or Operating Expenses. Any disputes concerning the foregoing shall be resolved by JAMS arbitration pursuant to Section 22.7 of this Lease. The foregoing provisions shall not apply in case of damage to, or destruction of, the Premises, which shall be governed by the provisions of Article XI of the Lease.
