Operating Standards (A) Distributor and its Dealer(s) shall conduct the operation of their respective businesses related to the resale of the Product(s) in a clean and safe manner and shall otherwise conduct no business which could interfere with the sale of Product(s) or damage the goodwill of the Valero brand or the Marks. Without limiting the foregoing, Distributor and its Dealer(s) shall, at all times during the term of this Agreement, fully comply with VMSC’s then current “Basic Operational Requirements” which Distributor acknowledges have been received and reviewed by Distributor. Furthermore, without limiting any provision to the contrary herein, Distributor and its Dealer(s) shall fully comply with VMSC’s “Commitment to Excellence Requirements”, which Distributor acknowledges have been received and reviewed by Distributor. As of the Commencement Date, Distributor and its Dealer(s) agree to participate in the Commitment to Excellence Program (“CTE Program”). The CTE Program provides that each Station meets the established Commitment to Excellence Requirements which consists of requirements from each of the following VMSC documents: VMSC’s Basic Image Requirements, Wholesale Branding Manual, and Basic Operational Requirements. VMSC reserves the right to amend, change, or otherwise modify the “Basic Operational Requirements”, “Commitment to Excellence Requirements” and the “CTE Program” from time to time, in VMSC’s sole and absolute discretion.
(B) Distributor and its Dealer(s) shall comply with all Laws of any governing authority or agency having jurisdiction or purporting to have jurisdiction relating to the handling, storage, testing, sale, distribution, transportation, and/or use of the Product(s) and shall further comply with all rules, guidelines, and procedures of VMSC in connection with the loading, transportation, handling, storing, testing, selling, dispensing, and/or use of the Product(s).
(C) Subject to Paragraph 12 of this Agreement, Distributor and its Dealer(s) shall continuously offer at least three grades of “Valero” branded gasoline at each Station.
(D) Distributor and its Dealer(s) will utilize and maintain updated point of sale systems as required by VMSC. VMSC also reserves the right to install, and Distributor and its Dealer(s) agree to utilize, update and maintain, other automated systems, at Distributor’s cost, as required by VMSC, including but not limited, such systems necessary to poll, at frequencies determined by VMSC, each Station’s Product sales.
(E) VMSC may inspect or review compliance by Distributor and its Dealer(s) with the requirements of this Paragraph 8 in any reasonable manner that VMSC determines, including, but not limited to, announced and unannounced visits.
(F) Distributor expressly understands and agrees that a confidential relationship is established between VMSC and Distributor under this Agreement and that, as a result thereof, VMSC will be disclosing and transmitting to Distributor certain confidential and proprietary information in connection with the Distributor’s operation of the Station. Distributor hereby agrees that Distributor shall not, during the term of this Agreement or thereafter, communicate, divulge or use for the benefit of any other person, persons, partnership, association or corporation and, following the expiration or termination of this Agreement, shall not use for the benefit of Distributor, or any of its principals, any confidential information, knowledge or know-how concerning the methods of operation (including pricing) of the Station which may be communicated to Distributor or its principals or of which they may be apprised in connection with the operation of the Station(s) under the terms of this Agreement. Distributor shall divulge such confidential information only to such of Distributor’s employees as must have access to it in order to operate the Station(s). Any and all information, knowledge, know-how, techniques and any materials used in or related to the Station which VMSC provides to Distributor in connection with this Agreement shall be deemed confidential for purposes of this Agreement. Such confidential information does not include information that, at the time it was disclosed to or learned by Distributor, was part of the public domain, nor information that, after the time it was disclosed to or learned by Distributor, became part of the public domain through disclosure, publication or communication by persons other than Distributor or its employees. Distributor shall not at any time, without VMSC’s prior written consent, copy, duplicate, record or otherwise reproduce such materials or information, in whole or in part, nor otherwise make the same available to any unauthorized person.
(G) Distributor acknowledges that strict compliance with the terms and conditions of this Paragraph 8 is a material and important part of the consideration for this Agreement.
Operating Statements In the case of each Mortgage Loan, the related Mortgage or another Mortgage Loan document requires the related Mortgagor, in some cases at the request of the lender, to provide the holder of such Mortgage Loan with at least quarterly operating statements and rent rolls (if there is more than one tenant) for the related Mortgaged Property and annual financial statements of the related Mortgagor, and with such other information as may be required therein.
Production Report and Lease Operating Statements Within 60 days after the end of each fiscal quarter, a report setting forth, for each calendar month during the then current fiscal year to date, the volume of production and sales attributable to production (and the prices at which such sales were made and the revenues derived from such sales) for each such calendar month from the Oil and Gas Properties, and setting forth the related ad valorem, severance and production taxes and lease operating expenses attributable thereto and incurred for each such calendar month.
Operating Plan To Agent and Lenders, as soon as available, but not later than thirty (30) days after the end of each Fiscal Year, an annual combined operating plan (the "Operating Plan") for Parent and its Subsidiaries, approved by the Board of Directors of Parent, for the following Fiscal Year, which (i) includes a statement of all of the material assumptions on which such plan is based, (ii) includes projected monthly income statement, balance sheets and source and use of funds for the following year and (iii) Borrowing Availability projections, all prepared on the same basis and in similar detail as that on which operating results are reported (and in the case of cash flow projections, representing management's good faith estimates of future financial performance based on historical performance), and including plans for personnel, Capital Expenditures and facilities.
Budget Consulting Engineer/Architect shall advise City if, in its opinion, the amount budgeted for construction is not sufficient to adequately design and construct the improvement as requested.
Operating Budgets (i) The Borrowers shall, not later than thirty (30) days before the Commercial Operation Date for any Plant, adopt an Operating Budget with respect to such Plant and an updated aggregate Operating Budget for the Project from such date to the conclusion of the calendar year immediately following the then-current calendar year and provide a copy of such operating plan and budget at such time to the Administrative Agent.
(ii) No less than sixty (60) days in advance of the beginning of each calendar year with respect to each Plant that has achieved its Commercial Operation Date, the Borrowers shall similarly adopt an operating plan and a budget setting forth in reasonable detail the projected requirements for Operation and Maintenance Expenses and Maintenance Capital Expenses for the ensuing two (2) calendar years for each Plant that has achieved its Commercial Operation Date and an aggregate operating plan and budget for the Project and provide a copy of each such operating plan and budget at such time to the Administrative Agent. (Each such operating plan and budget is herein called an "Operating Budget").
(iii) Each Operating Budget shall include the same items and detail as provided in the Financial Model and be prepared in accordance with a form similar to the Madera Operating Budget delivered on the Closing Date (or a form otherwise approved by the Administrative Agent) and shall become effective upon approval of the Administrative Agent (acting in consultation with the Consultants if the Administrative Agent reasonably determines that such consultation is necessary or desirable). The Administrative Agent's approval of such updated Operating Budgets shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
(iv) If the Borrowers have not adopted an annual Operating Budget covering the applicable two-year period for each Plant that has achieved its Commercial Operation Date and for the Project before the beginning of any calendar year following the Madera Funding or any Operating Budget adopted by the Borrowers has not been accepted by the Administrative Agent before the beginning of any upcoming calendar year, the Operating Budget for each relevant Plant for the preceding calendar year shall, until the adoption of an annual Operating Budget by the Borrowers and acceptance of such Operating Budget by the Administrative Agent, be deemed to be in force and effective as the annual Operating Budget for such Plant for such upcoming calendar year; provided that if the initial Operating Budget for any Plant is not approved by the Administrative Agent, the Borrowers may use a budget for such Plant that is consistent with the Financial Model until an initial Operating Budget is approved, and the Borrowers shall work diligently to prepare an initial Operating Budget for each Plant that is acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
(v) If either the actual Operation and Maintenance Expenses or Maintenance Capital Expenses for any Fiscal Quarter is in excess of the applicable Permitted Operating Budget Deviation Levels, the Borrowers may deliver to the Administrative Agent and the Consultants a proposed updated Operating Budget(s), which shall be subject to approval by the Administrative Agent. Such proposed updated Operating Budget(s) shall not become effective until approved by the Administrative Agent.
(vi) Each Operating Budget delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 7.01(j) shall be accompanied by a memorandum addressing all material deviations from the Financial Model.
Operating Budget (a) No less than forty-five (45) days prior to the Substantial Completion of each train of the Project, and no less than forty-five (45) days prior to the beginning of each calendar year thereafter, the Borrower shall prepare a proposed operating plan and a budget setting forth in reasonable detail the projected requirements for Operation and Maintenance Expenses for the Borrower and the Project for the ensuing calendar year (or, in the case of the initial Operating Budget, the remaining portion thereof) and provide the Independent Engineer, the Common Security Trustee, and the Senior Facility Agent with a copy of such operating plan and budget (the “Operating Budget”). Each Operating Budget shall be prepared in accordance with a form approved by the Independent Engineer, shall set forth all material assumptions used in the preparation of such Operating Budget, and shall become effective upon approval of the Senior Facility Agent, acting reasonably and in consultation with the Independent Engineer; provided, that if the Senior Facility Agent shall not have approved or disapproved the Operating Budget within thirty (30) days after receipt thereof, such Operating Budget shall be deemed to have been approved; and provided, further that the Senior Facility Agent shall have neither the right nor the obligation to approve costs for Gas purchase contracts for the Project contained in the Operating Budget. If the Borrower does not have an effective annual Operating Budget before the beginning of any calendar year, until such proposed Operating Budget is approved, the Operating Budget most recently in effect shall continue to apply; provided, that (A) any items of the proposed Operating Budget that have been approved shall be given effect in substitution of the corresponding items in the Operating Budget most recently in effect, (B) costs for Gas purchase contracts for the Project shall be as provided by the Borrower and (C) all other items shall be increased by the lesser of (x) two and one-half percent (2.5%) and (y) the increase proposed by the Borrower for such item in such proposed Operating Budget.
(b) Each Operating Budget delivered pursuant to this Section 1.12 shall contain Operating Budget Categories, and shall specify for each Fiscal Quarter and for each such Operating Budget Category the amount budgeted for such category for such Fiscal Quarter.
Synchronization, Commissioning and Commercial Operation 4.1.1 The Power Producer shall give at least fifteen (15) days written notice to the SLDC / ALDC / DISCOM as the case may be, of the date on which it intends to synchronize the Power Project to the Grid System.
4.1.2 Subject to Article 4.1.1, the Power Project may be synchronized by the Power Producer to the Grid System when it meets all the connection conditions prescribed in the Grid Code and otherwise meets all other Indian legal requirements for synchronization to the Grid System.
4.1.3 The synchronization equipment and all necessary arrangements / equipment including Remote Terminal Unit (RTU) for scheduling of power generated from the Project and transmission of data to the concerned authority as per applicable regulation shall be installed by the Power Producer at its generation facility of the Power Project at its own cost. The Power Producer shall synchronize its system with the Grid System only after the approval of GETCO / SLDC / ALDC and GEDA.
4.1.4 The Power Producer shall immediately after each synchronization / tripping of generator, inform the sub-station of the Grid System to which the Power Project is electrically connected in accordance with applicable Grid Code.
4.1.5 The Power Producer shall commission the Project within SCOD.
4.1.6 The Power Producer shall be required to obtain Developer and/ or Transfer Permission, Key Plan drawing etc, if required, from GEDA. In cases of conversion of land from Agricultural to Non-Agriculture, the commissioning shall be taken up by GEDA only upon submission of N.A. permission by the Power Producer.
4.1.7 The Power Producer shall be required to follow the Forecasting and Scheduling procedures as per the Regulations issued by Hon’ble GERC from time to time. It is to clarify that in terms of GERC (Forecasting, Scheduling, Deviation Settlement and Related Matters of Solar and Wind Generation Sources) Regulations, 2019 the procedures for Forecasting, Scheduling & Deviation Settlment are applicable to all solar generators having combined installed capacity above 1 MW connected to the State Grid / Substation including those connected via pooling stations.
Annual Operating Plan Purchaser may be required to submit a written annual operating plan, as specified by, and at the request of the Forest Officer.
Annual Operating Budget Manager shall, on or before December 20 in each calendar year during the Term, deliver to Owner for Owner’s approval, an annual operating budget for the Community for the next calendar year (the “Annual Operating Budget”) which shall include separate line items for Capital Replacements and set forth an estimate, on a monthly basis, of Gross Revenues and Community Expenses, together with an explanation of anticipated changes to Tenants charges, payroll rates and positions, non-wage cost increases, the proposed methodology and formula employed by Manager in allocating shared Community Expenses, and all other factors differing from the then current calendar year. The Annual Operating Budget shall be accompanied by a narrative description of operating objectives and assumptions. If Owner does not approve an Annual Operating Budget or any portion thereof, it shall do so, to the extent practicable, on a line item basis. Manager and Owner shall cooperate to resolve disputed items, provided if the Annual Operating Budget is not approved by Owner within thirty (30) days of Owner’s receipt, Manager shall operate under the expired Annual Operating Budget until a new Annual Operating Budget is approved, provided that line items for Impositions, insurance premiums and utilities shall be the amounts actually incurred for such items. If agreement on the Annual Operating Budget cannot be reached within forty-five (45) days of Owner’s receipt (which time may be extended upon mutual agreement of the parties), the matter shall be resolved by arbitration. The Annual Operating Budget as approved by Owner, or as resolved by arbitration, will be the “Approved Budget” for the applicable calendar year. Manager will obtain Owner’s prior approval for any expenditure which will, or is reasonably expected to, result in a variance of 5% or more of any Approved Budget.
