Common use of PROVIDER’S RESPONSIBILITIES Clause in Contracts

PROVIDER’S RESPONSIBILITIES. 6.1 Revisions to Exhibit B shall be submitted to the T&D business contact (as identified in Exhibit A) and shall become effective five (5) Business Days after the revised Exhibit B has been submitted, unless the T&D notifies the Provider in writing prior to the expiration of this five (5) Business Day period that the information received is inaccurate or incomplete. Upon receipt of such notice, the Provider shall correct such information within five (5) Business Days thereof. Such corrected revision shall become effective five (5) Business Days after the revised Exhibit B has been re-submitted to the T&D. 6.2 The Provider shall designate a business contact and a technical contact (which may be the same person) in Exhibit B. The business contact and the technical contact will attend the applicable Maine EBT Competitive Electricity Provider training workshops prior to the Provider being eligible to conduct initial and subsequent EDI/EBT testing. In the event the designated contacts change, the Provider will use its best efforts to arrange for training for the new contact person as soon as practical. 6.3 The T&D shall be entitled to rely on the reasonable representations made by the business contact person designated by the Provider regarding the implementation and administration of the provisions of this Agreement. 6.4 The Provider shall be responsible for its initial testing costs of the Electronic Data Transmission Vehicle (“EDTV”) as well as the cost of ensuring that its data transfer system remains compatible with the EDTV used by the T&D as the same may be replaced or modified from time to time. 6.5 The Provider shall be responsible for all relationships with, and the performance of, third party vendors with which it contracts, and the T&D shall be entitled to deal directly with the Provider’s technical contact person as to any EDTV issues. 6.6 EBT Standards will be modified or changed in accordance with the procedures outlined in the EBT Standards or any successor Precept. When the EBT Standards are modified or changed, the T&D will review the changes to determine if additional testing is required. If additional testing is warranted, the T&D will propose a testing schedule, and there shall be a reasonable opportunity for testing before EBT modifications are implemented. It shall be the Provider’s responsibility to successfully implement modifications and changes in EBT Standards. The T&D will reject invalid or nonconforming EBT transactions. 6.7 If the responsibilities with respect to the ownership of the Load Asset are redefined during the Term of Agreement in accordance with the Precepts, then the Provider shall be responsible for such new products and obligations associated with the Load Asset, including, but not limited to, Day Ahead Load Obligations and Real Time Load Obligations. If the concept of the Load Asset is eliminated during the Term of Agreement, the Provider shall continue to provide the equivalent Day Ahead Load Obligations and Real Time Load Obligations in effect immediately prior to such elimination. Transmission costs under the ISO-NE and T&D utility’s Transmission Tariff, and all costs allocated on the basis of Network Load, shall be the responsibility of the T&D utility’s customers. The Provider shall be responsible for the provision of and payment for ancillary services which are not included under the ISO-NE Open Access Transmission Tariff and are the responsibility of Load Serving Entities (“LSE’s”) pursuant to the Precepts, unless the customer opts to assume these responsibilities. 6.8 Provider shall deliver Standard Offer Service to the Maine Load Zone and shall assume all obligations related to this locational definition, or any subsequent definition, of the applicable Standard Offer Service customer load. Any costs imposed on LSEs or marketers in accordance with SMD or any other congestion management plan shall be the responsibility of the Provider, and shall not be the responsibility of the T&D utility. It is the intent of the parties that for each FTR Auction conducted by ISO-NE for month(s) wholly or partially within the term of this contract, those ARRs received by or credited to T&D for the time period that falls within the term of this contract and associated with Standard Offer Service shall be assigned or paid to Provider. ARRs will automatically be assigned by ISO-NE within the SMD Settlement System to Provider because Provider will own all of the applicable Ownership Shares for the Load Assets associated with Standard Offer Service. However, in the event that any ARRs are assigned by ISO-NE to T&D and a known fraction of those ARRs are associated with Standard Offer Service, T&D shall promptly notify Provider and re-assign or pay such ARRs to Provider. 6.9 The Provider shall be responsible for providing, in a timely manner, all of the data necessary for the T&D to produce and distribute the information disclosure labels required by the applicable Precepts, and shall be responsible for the accuracy of this data;provided, however, that a Provider of Standard Offer Service to medium and large commercial customers shall be required to provide disclosure label information only if such information is requested by a customer. 6.10 If Provider has been designated by the MPUC to provide Standard Offer Service to residential customers in the T&D’s service territory, then Provider shall purchase any electricity made available by eligible generators in accordance with Chapter 315 of the MPUC’s regulations, any technical specifications adopted thereunder, and the T&D’s Terms and Conditions.

PROVIDER’S RESPONSIBILITIES. 6.1 Revisions to Exhibit B shall be submitted to the T&D business contact (as identified in Exhibit A) Business Contact and shall become effective five (5) Business Days business days after the revised Exhibit B has been submitted, unless the T&D notifies the Provider in writing prior to the expiration of this five (5) Business Day period that the information received is inaccurate or incomplete. Upon receipt of such notice, the Provider shall correct such information within five (5) Business Days thereof. Such corrected revision shall become effective five (5) Business Days after the revised Exhibit B has been re-submitted to the T&D. 6.2 The Provider shall designate a business contact and a technical contact (which may be the same person) in Exhibit B. The business contact and the technical contact will attend the applicable Maine EBT Competitive Electricity Provider training workshops Training Workshops prior to the Provider being eligible to conduct initial and subsequent EDI/EBT testing. In the event the designated contacts change, the Provider will use its best efforts to arrange for training for the new contact person as soon as practical. 6.3 The T&D shall be entitled to rely on the reasonable representations made by the business contact person Business Contact Person designated by the Provider regarding the implementation and administration of the provisions of this Agreement. 6.4 The Provider shall be responsible for its initial testing costs of the Electronic Data Transmission Vehicle (“EDTV”) as well as the cost of ensuring that its data transfer system remains compatible with the EDTV used by the T&D as the same may be replaced or modified from time to time. 6.5 The Provider shall be responsible for all relationships with, and the performance of, third party vendors with which it contracts, and the T&D shall be entitled to deal directly with the Provider’s technical contact person Contact Person as to any EDTV issues. 6.6 EBT Standards will be modified or changed in accordance with the procedures outlined in the EBT Standards or any successor Precept. When the EBT Standards are modified or changed, the T&D will review the changes to determine if additional testing is required. If additional testing is warranted, the T&D will propose a testing schedule, and there shall be a reasonable opportunity for testing before EBT modifications are implemented. It shall be the Provider’s responsibility to successfully implement modifications and changes in EBT Standards. The T&D will reject invalid or nonconforming EBT transactions. 6.7 If A Provider serving customers in an investor-owned T&D utility territory within the ISO-NE control area shall deliver to that investor-owned T&D utility's local transmission network [A provider serving customers in a consumer-owned T&D utility's territory within the ISO-NE control area shall deliver to the local transmission network of the investor-owned T&D utility that is contiguous to that consumer-owned utility's service territory. A Provider serving customers in the Maritimes control area shall deliver to the Northern Maine Transmission System administered by the Northern Maine Independent System Administrator (NMISA). ] 6.8 NEPOOL’s Standard Market Design (SMD) was implemented on March 1, 2003. If, as a result of implementing either SMD or other interim market reforms (e.g., Nodal Settlement), the responsibilities with respect to the ownership of the Load Asset LSE’s are redefined during the Term term of Agreement in accordance with the Preceptsthis agreement, then the Provider provider shall be responsible for such new products and obligations associated with the Load Assetstandard offer load, including, but not limited to, Day Ahead Load Obligations Obligation and Real Time Load Obligations. If the concept of the Load Asset is eliminated during the Term of Agreement, the Provider shall continue to provide the equivalent Day Ahead Load Obligations and Real Time Load Obligations in effect immediately prior to such elimination. Transmission costs under the ISO-NE NEPOOL, NMISA and T&D utility’s Transmission Tariff, and all costs allocated on the basis of Network Load, Tariff shall be the responsibility of the T&D utility’s customers. The Provider shall be responsible for the provision of and payment for ancillary services which are not included under the ISO-NE Open Access Transmission Tariff and are the responsibility of Load Serving Entities (“LSE’s”) pursuant to the Precepts, unless the customer opts to assume these responsibilities. 6.8 Provider 6.9 Under SMD, provider shall deliver Standard Offer Service to the Maine Load Zone and shall assume all obligations related to this locational definition, or any subsequent definition, of the applicable Standard Offer Service standard offer service customer load. Any costs imposed on LSEs or marketers in accordance with SMD or any other congestion management plan shall be the responsibility of the Providerthose entities, and shall not be the responsibility of the T&D utility. It is the intent of the parties that for each FTR Auction conducted by ISO-NE for month(s) wholly or partially within the term of this contract, those ARRs received by or credited to T&D for the time period that falls within the term of this contract and associated with Standard Offer Service shall be assigned or paid to Provider. ARRs will automatically be assigned by ISO-NE within the SMD Settlement System to Provider because Provider will own all of the applicable Ownership Shares for the Load Assets associated with Standard Offer Service. However, in the event that any ARRs are assigned by ISO-NE to T&D and a known fraction of those ARRs are associated with Standard Offer Service, T&D shall promptly notify Provider and re-assign or pay such ARRs to Provider. 6.9 6.10 The Provider shall be responsible for providing, in a timely manner, all of the data necessary for the T&D to produce and distribute the information disclosure labels required by the applicable Precepts, and shall be responsible for the accuracy of this data;provided, however, that a Provider of Standard Offer Service to medium and large commercial customers shall be required to provide disclosure label information only if such information is requested by a customerdata. 6.10 If Provider has been designated by the MPUC to provide Standard Offer Service to residential customers in the T&D’s service territory, then Provider shall purchase any electricity made available by eligible generators in accordance with Chapter 315 of the MPUC’s regulations, any technical specifications adopted thereunder, and the T&D’s Terms and Conditions.

PROVIDER’S RESPONSIBILITIES. 6.1 Revisions to Exhibit B shall be submitted to the T&D business contact (as identified in Exhibit A) Business Contact and shall become effective five (5) Business Days after the revised Exhibit B has been submitted, unless the T&D notifies the Provider in writing prior to the expiration of this five (5) Business Day period that the information received is inaccurate or incomplete. Upon receipt of such notice, the Provider shall correct such information within five (5) Business Days thereof. Such corrected revision shall become effective five (5) Business Days after the revised Exhibit B has been re-submitted to the T&D. 6.2 The Provider shall designate a business contact and a technical contact (which may be the same person) in Exhibit B. The business contact and the technical contact will attend the applicable Maine EBT Competitive Electricity Provider training workshops Training Workshops prior to the Provider being eligible to conduct initial and subsequent EDI/EBT testing. In the event the designated contacts change, the Provider will use its best efforts to arrange for training for the new contact person as soon as practical. 6.3 The T&D shall be entitled to rely on the reasonable representations made by the business contact person Business Contact Person designated by the Provider regarding the implementation and administration of the provisions of this Agreement. 6.4 The Provider shall be responsible for its initial testing costs of the Electronic Data Transmission Vehicle (“EDTV”) as well as the cost of ensuring that its data transfer system remains compatible with the EDTV used by the T&D as the same may be replaced or modified from time to time. 6.5 The Provider shall be responsible for all relationships with, and the performance of, third party vendors with which it contracts, and the T&D shall be entitled to deal directly with the Provider’s technical contact person Contact Person as to any EDTV issues. 6.6 EBT Standards will be modified or changed in accordance with the procedures outlined in the EBT Standards or any successor Precept. When the EBT Standards are modified or changed, the T&D will review the changes to determine if additional testing is required. If additional testing is warranted, the T&D will propose a testing schedule, and there shall be a reasonable opportunity for testing before EBT modifications are implemented. It shall be the Provider’s responsibility to successfully implement modifications and changes in EBT Standards. The T&D will reject invalid or nonconforming EBT transactions. 6.7 If the responsibilities with respect to the ownership of the Load Asset are redefined during the Term of Agreement A Provider serving customers in accordance with the Precepts, then the Provider shall be responsible for such new products and obligations associated with the Load Asset, including, but not limited to, Day Ahead Load Obligations and Real Time Load Obligations. If the concept of the Load Asset is eliminated during the Term of Agreement, the Provider shall continue to provide the equivalent Day Ahead Load Obligations and Real Time Load Obligations in effect immediately prior to such elimination. Transmission costs under a T&D utility territory within the ISO-NE and T&D utility’s Transmission Tariff, and all costs allocated on the basis of Network Load, shall be the responsibility of the T&D utility’s customers. The Provider shall be responsible for the provision of and payment for ancillary services which are not included under the ISO-NE Open Access Transmission Tariff and are the responsibility of Load Serving Entities (“LSE’s”) pursuant to the Precepts, unless the customer opts to assume these responsibilities. 6.8 Provider control area shall deliver Standard Offer Service to the Maine Load Zone and shall assume all obligations related to this locational definition, or any subsequent definition, of the applicable Standard Offer Service customer load. Any costs imposed on LSEs or marketers in accordance with SMD or any other congestion management plan shall be the responsibility of the Provider, and shall not be the responsibility of the T&D utility. It is the intent of the parties that for each FTR Auction conducted by ISO-NE for month(s) wholly or partially within the term of this contract, those ARRs received by or credited to T&D for the time period that falls within the term of this contract and associated with Standard Offer Service shall be assigned or paid to Provider. ARRs will automatically be assigned by ISO-NE within the SMD Settlement System to Provider because Provider will own all of the applicable Ownership Shares for the Load Assets associated with Standard Offer Service. However, in the event that any ARRs are assigned by ISO-NE to T&D and a known fraction of those ARRs are associated with Standard Offer Service, T&D shall promptly notify Provider and re-assign or pay such ARRs to Provider. 6.9 The Provider shall be responsible for providing, in a timely manner, all of the data necessary for the T&D to produce and distribute the information disclosure labels required by the applicable Precepts, and shall be responsible for the accuracy of this data;provided, however, that a Provider of Standard Offer Service to medium and large commercial customers shall be required to provide disclosure label information only if such information is requested by a customer. 6.10 If Provider has been designated by the MPUC to provide Standard Offer Service to residential customers in the T&D’s service territory, then Provider shall purchase any electricity made available by eligible generators in accordance with Chapter 315 of the MPUC’s regulations, any technical specifications adopted thereunder, and the T&D’s Terms and Conditionsnetwork according to paragraph 6.

PROVIDER’S RESPONSIBILITIES. 6.1 Revisions to Exhibit B shall be submitted to the T&D business contact (as identified in Exhibit A) Business Contact and shall become effective five (5) Business Days business days after the revised Exhibit B has been submitted, unless the T&D notifies the Provider in writing prior to the expiration of this five (5) Business Day period that the information received is inaccurate or incomplete. Upon receipt of such notice, the Provider shall correct such information within five (5) Business Days thereof. Such corrected revision shall become effective five (5) Business Days after the revised Exhibit B has been re-submitted to and validated by the T&D. 6.2 The Provider shall designate a business contact and a technical contact (which may be the same person) in Exhibit B. The business contact and the technical contact (or their designated company representative) will attend the applicable Maine EBT Competitive Electricity Provider training workshops Training Workshops prior to the Provider being eligible to conduct initial and subsequent EDI/EBT testing. In the event the a designated contacts changecontact changes, the Provider will use its best efforts to arrange for training for the new contact person as soon as is practical. 6.3 The T&D shall be entitled to rely on the reasonable representations made by the business contact person Business Contact Person designated by the Provider regarding the implementation and administration of the provisions of this Agreement. 6.4 The Provider shall be responsible for its initial testing costs of the Electronic Data Transmission Vehicle electronic data transmission vehicle (the “EDTV”) as well as the cost of ensuring that its data transfer system remains compatible with the EDTV used by the T&D as the same may be replaced or modified from time to time. 6.5 The Provider shall be responsible for all relationships with, and the performance of, third party vendors with which it contracts, and the T&D shall be entitled to deal directly with the Provider’s technical contact person Business or Technical Contact Person as to any EDTV issues. 6.6 EBT Standards will be modified or changed in accordance with the procedures outlined in the EBT Standards or any successor Precept. When the EBT Standards are modified or changed, in accordance with the T&D EBT change control process, the T&D’s and the providers will review the changes to determine if additional testing is required. If additional testing is warranted, the T&D will propose a testing schedule, and there shall be a reasonable opportunity for testing before EBT modifications are implemented. It shall be the Provider’s responsibility to successfully implement modifications and changes in EBT Standards. The T&D will reject invalid or nonconforming EBT transactions. 6.7 If The Provider acknowledges that if the responsibilities with respect T&D has disconnected a Customer’s Distribution Service, that Customer will not be receiving Generation Service from the Provider until such time as the Customer’s Distribution Service is reconnected by the T&D. If, following disconnection, the T&D closes the Customer’s account and issues a final bill to the ownership of Customer, the Load Asset are redefined during T&D will notify the Term of Agreement Provider in accordance with the procedures outlines in the Precepts, then and as of the date of the final meter reading, the Customer will no longer be enrolled with that Provider. If, following disconnection, the Customer’s T&D service is re-connected prior to the closing of the Customer’s account and the issuance to the Customer of a final bill, the Customer shall remain enrolled with the Provider. 6.8 The Provider may request transfers of customers from one Load Asset ID to another Load Asset ID. The T&D will transfer customers to a new Load Asset ID upon receipt of an enrollment from the Provider. The T&D will transfer customers to another Provider upon receipt of an enrollment transaction from the new Provider in accordance with the applicable Precepts. 6.9 The Provider is responsible for complying with information disclosure label requirements. Upon mutual agreement, The T&D may produce and distribute information disclosure labels to the Provider’s customers, at the Provider’s expense. 6.10 Prior to requesting customer specific information from the T&D, the Provider shall be responsible for such new products and obligations associated complying with the Load Asset, including, but not limited to, Day Ahead Load Obligations and Real Time Load Obligations. If the concept of the Load Asset is eliminated during the Term of Agreement, the Provider shall continue to provide the equivalent Day Ahead Load Obligations and Real Time Load Obligations customer authorization requirements set forth in effect immediately prior to such elimination. Transmission costs under the ISO-NE and T&D utility’s Transmission Tariff, and all costs allocated on the basis of Network Load, shall be the responsibility of the T&D utility’s customers. The Provider shall be responsible for the provision of and payment for ancillary services which are not included under the ISO-NE Open Access Transmission Tariff and are the responsibility of Load Serving Entities (“LSE’s”) pursuant to the Precepts, unless the customer opts to assume these responsibilitiesChapter 322. 6.8 Provider shall deliver Standard Offer Service to the Maine Load Zone and shall assume all obligations related to this locational definition, or any subsequent definition, of the applicable Standard Offer Service customer load. Any costs imposed on LSEs or marketers in accordance with SMD or any other congestion management plan shall be the responsibility of the Provider, and shall not be the responsibility of the T&D utility. It is the intent of the parties that for each FTR Auction conducted by ISO-NE for month(s) wholly or partially within the term of this contract, those ARRs received by or credited to T&D for the time period that falls within the term of this contract and associated with Standard Offer Service shall be assigned or paid to Provider. ARRs will automatically be assigned by ISO-NE within the SMD Settlement System to Provider because Provider will own all of the applicable Ownership Shares for the Load Assets associated with Standard Offer Service. However, in the event that any ARRs are assigned by ISO-NE to T&D and a known fraction of those ARRs are associated with Standard Offer Service, T&D shall promptly notify Provider and re-assign or pay such ARRs to Provider. 6.9 The Provider shall be responsible for providing, in a timely manner, all of the data necessary for the T&D to produce and distribute the information disclosure labels required by the applicable Precepts, and shall be responsible for the accuracy of this data;provided, however, that a Provider of Standard Offer Service to medium and large commercial customers shall be required to provide disclosure label information only if such information is requested by a customer. 6.10 If Provider has been designated by the MPUC to provide Standard Offer Service to residential customers in the T&D’s service territory, then Provider shall purchase any electricity made available by eligible generators in accordance with Chapter 315 of the MPUC’s regulations, any technical specifications adopted thereunder, and the T&D’s Terms and Conditions.

PROVIDER’S RESPONSIBILITIES. 6.1 Revisions to Exhibit B 5.1 The Provider shall be submitted to manage and supply the T&D business contact (Services in accordance with this contract in all material respects. 5.2 The Provider shall meet the Milestones specified in Schedule 1. 5.3 The Provider shall appoint a manager for the Services, such person as identified in Exhibit A) and Schedule 1. That person shall become effective five (5) Business Days after the revised Exhibit B has been submitted, unless the T&D notifies have authority to contractually bind the Provider in writing prior on all matters relating to the expiration of this five (5) Business Day period that the information received is inaccurate or incomplete. Upon receipt of such notice, the Provider shall correct such information within five (5) Business Days thereof. Such corrected revision shall become effective five (5) Business Days after the revised Exhibit B has been re-submitted to the T&D. 6.2 The Provider shall designate a business contact and a technical contact (which may be the same person) in Exhibit B. The business contact and the technical contact will attend the applicable Maine EBT Competitive Electricity Provider training workshops prior to the Provider being eligible to conduct initial and subsequent EDI/EBT testing. In the event the designated contacts change, the Provider will use its best efforts to arrange for training for the new contact person as soon as practical. 6.3 The T&D shall be entitled to rely on the reasonable representations made by the business contact person designated by the Provider regarding the implementation and administration of the provisions of this Agreement. 6.4 The Provider shall be responsible for its initial testing costs of the Electronic Data Transmission Vehicle (“EDTV”) as well as the cost of ensuring that its data transfer system remains compatible with the EDTV used by the T&D as the same may be replaced or modified from time to time. 6.5 The Provider shall be responsible for all relationships with, and the performance of, third party vendors with which it contracts, and the T&D shall be entitled to deal directly with the Provider’s technical contact person as to any EDTV issues. 6.6 EBT Standards will be modified or changed in accordance with the procedures outlined in the EBT Standards or any successor Precept. When the EBT Standards are modified or changed, the T&D will review the changes to determine if additional testing is required. If additional testing is warranted, the T&D will propose a testing schedule, and there shall be a reasonable opportunity for testing before EBT modifications are implemented. It shall be the Provider’s responsibility to successfully implement modifications and changes in EBT Standards. The T&D will reject invalid or nonconforming EBT transactions. 6.7 If the responsibilities with respect to the ownership of the Load Asset are redefined during the Term of Agreement in accordance with the Precepts, then the Provider shall be responsible for such new products and obligations associated with the Load Asset, including, but not limited to, Day Ahead Load Obligations and Real Time Load Obligations. If the concept of the Load Asset is eliminated during the Term of Agreement, the Provider shall continue to provide the equivalent Day Ahead Load Obligations and Real Time Load Obligations in effect immediately prior to such elimination. Transmission costs under the ISO-NE and T&D utility’s Transmission Tariff, and all costs allocated on the basis of Network Load, shall be the responsibility of the T&D utility’s customersServices. The Provider shall be responsible for use all reasonable endeavours to ensure that the provision of and payment for ancillary services which are not included under the ISO-NE Open Access Transmission Tariff and are the responsibility of Load Serving Entities (“LSE’s”) pursuant to the Precepts, unless the customer opts to assume these responsibilities. 6.8 Provider shall deliver Standard Offer Service to the Maine Load Zone and shall assume all obligations related to this locational definition, or any subsequent definition, of the applicable Standard Offer Service customer load. Any costs imposed on LSEs or marketers in accordance with SMD or any other congestion management plan shall be the responsibility of same person acts as the Provider, and shall not be the responsibility of the T&D utility. It is the intent of the parties that for each FTR Auction conducted by ISO-NE for month(s) wholly or partially within 's manager throughout the term of this contract, those ARRs received by or credited but may replace that person from time to T&D for time where reasonably necessary in the time period that falls within the term of this contract and associated with Standard Offer Service shall be assigned or paid to Provider. ARRs will automatically be assigned by ISO-NE within the SMD Settlement System to Provider because Provider will own all interests of the applicable Ownership Shares for the Load Assets associated with Standard Offer Service. However, in the event that any ARRs are assigned by ISO-NE to T&D and a known fraction of those ARRs are associated with Standard Offer Service, T&D shall promptly notify Provider and re-assign or pay such ARRs to Provider's business. 6.9 5.4 The Provider shall be responsible ensure they attend and prepare as necessary for providingany Review Meetings convened under clause 27 of this contract, and shall acknowledge a request from HEE to hold a Review Meeting or an extra-ordinary review meeting within three 3 Business Days. 5.5 The Provider shall use reasonable endeavours to observe all health and safety and security requirements that apply at any of the Premises. 5.6 The Provider undertakes to fulfil the obligations of its roles and responsibilities set out in the HEE Quality Framework and the terms of this contract, including demonstrating leadership accountability for educational governance within the organisation such as at board level, senior leadership level or equivalent that ensures effective accountability for continuous improvement of quality and performance. 5.7 The Provider shall provide the Services: (a) in accordance with the terms of this contract; (b) with all due skill care and diligence using appropriately experienced, qualified and trained personnel; (c) in accordance with Good Practice and more particularly the HEE Quality Framework; (d) in accordance with regulatory requirements of any Regulator in respect of the Services; (e) in compliance with Applicable Laws and Guidance (including the holding and maintaining of all necessary licences, authorisations and permissions in order to ensure compliance in all respects with its obligations under this contract); (f) using all reasonable endeavours to ensure that it does not do, and to procure that none of its employees, directors, officers or agents does, anything that may damage the name, reputation or goodwill of HEE or the NHS in any material respect; and (g) in a manner which does not infringe the Intellectual Property Rights of any third Party. 5.8 The Provider shall ensure invoices are sent to HEE in a timely mannerfashion, all of the data necessary for the T&D to produce and distribute the information disclosure labels required by the applicable Precepts, and shall be responsible for the accuracy of this data;provided, however, that a Provider of Standard Offer Service to medium and large commercial customers shall be required to provide disclosure label information only if such information is requested by a customer. 6.10 If Provider has been designated by the MPUC to provide Standard Offer Service to residential customers in the T&D’s service territory, then Provider shall purchase any electricity made available by eligible generators in accordance with Chapter 315 of Schedule 2. 5.9 The Provider shall ensure that there is responsibility for compliance with this contract at the MPUC’s regulationshighest governance level within its organisation for healthcare education and training, any technical specifications adopted thereunderthis is expected to be at board level, with a nominated director responsible for all education and the T&D’s Terms training. The Provider shall report to this board and Conditionspublicly all activity and funding associated with this contract.

PROVIDER’S RESPONSIBILITIES. 6.1 Revisions to Exhibit B shall be submitted to the T&D business contact (as identified in Exhibit A) and shall become effective five (5) Business Days after the revised Exhibit B has been submitted, unless the T&D notifies the Provider in writing prior to the expiration of this five (5) Business Day period that the information received is inaccurate or incomplete. Upon receipt of such notice, the Provider shall correct such information within five (5) Business Days thereof. Such corrected revision shall become effective five (5) Business Days after the revised Exhibit B has been re-submitted to the T&D. 6.2 The Provider shall designate a business contact and a technical contact (which may be the same person) in Exhibit B. The business contact and the technical contact will attend the applicable Maine EBT Competitive Electricity Provider training workshops prior to the Provider being eligible to conduct initial and subsequent EDI/EBT testing. In the event the designated contacts change, the Provider will use its best efforts to arrange for training for the new contact person as soon as practical. 6.3 The T&D shall be entitled to rely on the reasonable representations made by the business contact person designated by the Provider regarding the implementation and administration of the provisions of this Agreement. 6.4 The Provider shall be responsible for its initial testing costs of the Electronic Data Transmission Vehicle (“EDTV”) as well as the cost of ensuring that its data transfer system remains compatible with the EDTV used by the T&D as the same may be replaced or modified from time to time. 6.5 The Provider shall be responsible for all relationships with, and the performance of, third party vendors with which it contracts, and the T&D shall be entitled to deal directly with the Provider’s technical contact person as to any EDTV issues. 6.6 EBT Standards will be modified or changed in accordance with the procedures outlined in the EBT Standards or any successor Precept. When the EBT Standards are modified or changed, the T&D will review the changes to determine if additional testing is required. If additional testing is warranted, the T&D will propose a testing schedule, and there shall be a reasonable opportunity for testing before EBT modifications are implemented. It shall be the Provider’s responsibility to successfully implement modifications and changes in EBT Standards. The T&D will reject invalid or nonconforming EBT transactions. 6.7 If the responsibilities with respect to the ownership of the Load Asset are redefined during the Term of Agreement in accordance with the Precepts, then the Provider shall be responsible for such new products and obligations associated with the Load Asset, including, but not limited to, Day Ahead Load Obligations and Real Time Load Obligations. If the concept of the Load Asset is eliminated during the Term of Agreement, the Provider shall continue to provide the equivalent Day Ahead Load Obligations and Real Time Load Obligations in effect immediately prior to such elimination. Transmission costs under the ISO-ISO- NE and T&D utility’s Transmission Tariff, and all costs allocated on the basis of Network Load, shall be the responsibility of the T&D utility’s customers. The Provider shall be responsible for the provision of and payment for ancillary services which are not included under the ISO-NE Open Access Transmission Tariff and are the responsibility of Load Serving Entities (“LSE’s”) pursuant to the Precepts, unless the customer opts to assume these responsibilities. 6.8 Provider shall deliver Standard Offer Service to the Maine Load Zone and shall assume all obligations related to this locational definition, or any subsequent definition, of the applicable Standard Offer Service customer load. Any costs imposed on LSEs or marketers in accordance with SMD or any other congestion management plan shall be the responsibility of the Provider, and shall not be the responsibility of the T&D utility. It is the intent of the parties that for each FTR Auction conducted by ISO-NE for month(s) wholly or partially within the term of this contract, those ARRs received by or credited to T&D for the time period that falls within the term of this contract and associated with Standard Offer Service shall be assigned or paid to Provider. ARRs will automatically be assigned by ISO-NE within the SMD Settlement System to Provider because Provider will own all of the applicable Ownership Shares for the Load Assets associated with Standard Offer Service. However, in the event that any ARRs are assigned by ISO-NE to T&D and a known fraction of those ARRs are associated with Standard Offer Service, T&D shall promptly notify Provider and re-assign or pay such ARRs to Provider. 6.9 The If the Provider has been designated by the MPUC to provide Standard Offer Service to the residential and small commercial customers in the T&D’s service territory, the Provider shall be responsible for providing, in a timely manner, all of the data necessary for the T&D to produce and distribute the information disclosure labels required by the applicable Precepts, and shall be responsible for the accuracy of this data;provided, however, that a Provider of Standard Offer Service to medium and large commercial customers shall be required to provide disclosure label information only if such information is requested by a customerdata. 6.10 If Provider has been designated by the MPUC to provide Standard Offer Service to residential customers in the T&D’s service territory, then Provider shall purchase any electricity made available by eligible generators in accordance with Chapter 315 of the MPUC’s regulations, any technical specifications adopted thereunder, and the T&D’s Terms and Conditions.

PROVIDER’S RESPONSIBILITIES. 6.1 Revisions to Exhibit B shall be submitted to the T&D business contact (as identified in Exhibit A) Business Contact and shall become effective five (5) Business Days business days after the revised Exhibit B has been submitted, unless the T&D notifies the Provider in writing prior to the expiration of this five (5) Business Day period that the information received is inaccurate or incomplete. Upon receipt of such notice, the Provider shall correct such information within five (5) Business Days thereof. Such corrected revision shall become effective five (5) Business Days after the revised Exhibit B has been re-submitted to and validated by the T&D. 6.2 The Provider shall designate a business contact and a technical contact (which may be the same person) in Exhibit B. The business contact and the technical contact will attend the applicable Maine EBT Competitive Electricity Provider training workshops Training Workshops prior to the Provider being eligible to conduct initial and subsequent EDI/EBT testing. In the event the designated contacts change, the Provider will use its best efforts to arrange for training for the new contact person as soon as practical. 6.3 The T&D shall be entitled to rely on the reasonable representations made by the business contact person Business Contact Person designated by the Provider regarding the implementation and administration of the provisions of this Agreement. 6.4 The Provider shall be responsible for its initial testing costs of the Electronic Data Transmission Vehicle (“EDTV”) as well as the cost of ensuring that its data transfer system remains compatible with the EDTV used by the T&D as the same may be replaced or modified from time to time. 6.5 The Provider shall be responsible for all relationships with, and the performance of, third party vendors with which it contracts, and the T&D shall be entitled to deal directly with the Provider’s technical contact person Contact Person as to any EDTV issues. 6.6 EBT Standards will be modified or changed in accordance with the procedures outlined in the EBT Standards or any successor Precept. When the EBT Standards are modified or changed, the T&D will review the changes to determine if additional testing is required. If additional testing is warranted, the T&D will propose a testing schedule, and there shall be a reasonable opportunity for testing before EBT modifications are implemented. It shall be the Provider’s responsibility to successfully implement modifications and changes in EBT Standards. The T&D will reject invalid or nonconforming EBT transactions. 6.7 If A Provider serving customers in an investor-owned T&D utility territory within the responsibilities with respect ISO-NE control area shall deliver to that investor-owned T&D utility's local transmission network. A provider serving customers in a consumer-owned T&D utility's territory within the ISO-NE control area shall deliver to the ownership local transmission network of the Load Asset are redefined during investor- owned T&D utility that is contiguous to that consumer-owned utility's service territory. A Provider serving customers in the Term of Agreement in accordance with Maritimes control area shall deliver to the Precepts, then Northern Maine Transmission System administered by the Provider shall be responsible for such new products and obligations associated with the Load Asset, including, but not limited to, Day Ahead Load Obligations and Real Time Load Obligations. If the concept of the Load Asset is eliminated during the Term of Agreement, the Provider shall continue to provide the equivalent Day Ahead Load Obligations and Real Time Load Obligations in effect immediately prior to such elimination. Northern Maine Independent System Administrator (NMISA). 6.8 Transmission costs under the ISO-NE NEPOOL, NMISA and T&D utility’s Transmission Tariff, and all costs allocated on the basis of Network Load, Tariff shall be the responsibility of the T&D utility’s customers. The Provider shall be responsible for the provision of and payment for ancillary services which are not included under the ISO-NE Open Access Transmission Tariff and are the responsibility of Load Serving Entities (“LSE’s”) pursuant to the Precepts, unless the customer opts to assume these responsibilities. 6.8 Provider shall deliver Standard Offer Service to the Maine Load Zone and shall assume all obligations related to this locational definition, or any subsequent definition, of the applicable Standard Offer Service customer load. 6.9 Any costs imposed on LSEs LSE’s or marketers in accordance with SMD or any other a congestion management plan shall be the responsibility of the Providerthose entities, and shall not be the responsibility of the T&D utility. It is the intent of the parties that for each FTR Auction conducted by ISO-NE for month(s) wholly or partially within the term of this contract, those ARRs received by or credited to T&D for the time period that falls within the term of this contract and associated with Standard Offer Service shall be assigned or paid to Provider. ARRs will automatically be assigned by ISO-NE within the SMD Settlement System to Provider because Provider will own all of the applicable Ownership Shares for the Load Assets associated with Standard Offer Service. However, in the event that any ARRs are assigned by ISO-NE to T&D and a known fraction of those ARRs are associated with Standard Offer Service, T&D shall promptly notify Provider and re-assign or pay such ARRs to Provider. 6.9 The Provider shall be responsible for providing, in a timely manner, all of the data necessary for the T&D to produce and distribute the information disclosure labels required by the applicable Precepts, and shall be responsible for the accuracy of this data;provided, however, that a Provider of Standard Offer Service to medium and large commercial customers shall be required to provide disclosure label information only if such information is requested by a customer. 6.10 If Provider has been designated by the MPUC to provide Standard Offer Service to residential customers in the T&D’s service territory, then Provider shall purchase any electricity made available by eligible generators in accordance with Chapter 315 of the MPUC’s regulations, any technical specifications adopted thereunder, and the T&D’s Terms and Conditions.

PROVIDER’S RESPONSIBILITIES. 6.1 Revisions to Exhibit B shall be submitted to the T&D business contact (as identified in Exhibit A) and shall become effective five (5) Business Days after the revised Exhibit B has been submitted, unless the T&D notifies the Provider in writing prior to the expiration of this five (5) Business Day period that the information received is inaccurate or incomplete. Upon receipt of such notice, the Provider shall correct such information within five (5) Business Days thereof. Such corrected revision shall become effective five (5) Business Days after the revised Exhibit B has been re-submitted to the T&D. 6.2 The Provider shall designate a business contact and a technical contact (which may be the same person) in Exhibit B. The business contact and the technical contact will attend the applicable Maine EBT Competitive Electricity Provider training workshops prior to the Provider being eligible to conduct initial and subsequent EDI/EBT testing. In the event the designated contacts change, the Provider will use its best efforts to arrange for training for the new contact person as soon as practical. 6.3 The T&D shall be entitled to rely on the reasonable representations made by the business contact person designated by the Provider regarding the implementation and administration of the provisions of this Agreement. 6.4 The Provider shall be responsible for its initial testing costs of the Electronic Data Transmission Vehicle (“EDTV”) as well as the cost of ensuring that its data transfer system remains compatible with the EDTV used by the T&D as the same may be replaced or modified from time to time. 6.5 The Provider shall be responsible for all relationships with, and the performance of, third party vendors with which it contracts, and the T&D shall be entitled to deal directly with the Provider’s technical contact person as to any EDTV issues. 6.6 EBT Standards will be modified or changed in accordance with the procedures outlined in the EBT Standards or any successor Precept. When the EBT Standards are modified or changed, the T&D will review the changes to determine if additional testing is required. If additional testing is warranted, the T&D will propose a testing schedule, and there shall be a reasonable opportunity for testing before EBT modifications are implemented. It shall be the Provider’s responsibility to successfully implement modifications and changes in EBT Standards. The T&D will reject invalid or nonconforming EBT transactions. 6.7 If the responsibilities with respect to the ownership of the Load Asset are redefined during the Term of Agreement in accordance with the Precepts, then the Provider shall be responsible for such new products and obligations associated with the Load Asset, including, but not limited to, Day Ahead Load Obligations and Real Time Load Obligations. If the concept of the Load Asset is eliminated during the Term of Agreement, the Provider shall continue to provide the equivalent Day Ahead Load Obligations and Real Time Load Obligations in effect immediately prior to such elimination. Transmission costs under the ISO-NE and T&D utility’s Transmission Tariff, and all costs allocated on the basis of Network Load, shall be the responsibility of the T&D utility’s customers. The Provider shall be responsible for the provision of and payment for ancillary services which are not included under the ISO-NE Open Access Transmission Tariff and are the responsibility of Load Serving Entities (“LSE’s”) pursuant to the Precepts, unless the customer opts to assume these responsibilities. 6.8 Provider shall deliver Standard Offer Service to the Maine Load Zone and shall assume all obligations related to this locational definition, or any subsequent definition, of the applicable Standard Offer Service customer load. Any costs imposed on LSEs or marketers in accordance with SMD or any other congestion management plan shall be the responsibility of the Provider, and shall not be the responsibility of the T&D utility. It is the intent of the parties that for each FTR Auction conducted by ISO-NE for month(s) wholly or partially within the term of this contract, those ARRs received by or credited to T&D for the time period that falls within the term of this contract and associated with Standard Offer Service shall be assigned or paid to Provider. ARRs will automatically be assigned by ISO-NE within the SMD Settlement System to Provider because Provider will own all of the applicable Ownership Shares for the Load Assets associated with Standard Offer Service. However, in the event that any ARRs are assigned by ISO-NE to T&D and a known fraction of those ARRs are associated with Standard Offer Service, T&D shall promptly notify Provider and re-assign or pay such ARRs to Provider. 6.9 The Provider shall be responsible for providing, in a timely manner, all of the data necessary for the T&D to produce and distribute the information disclosure labels required by the applicable Precepts, and shall be responsible for the accuracy of this data;provided, however, that a Provider of Standard Offer Service to medium and large commercial customers shall be required to provide disclosure label information only if such information is requested by a customer. 6.10 If Provider has been designated by the MPUC to provide Standard Offer Service to residential customers in the T&D’s service territory, then Provider shall purchase any electricity made available by eligible generators in accordance with Chapter 315 of the MPUC’s regulations, any technical specifications adopted thereunder, and the T&D’s Terms and Conditions.

PROVIDER’S RESPONSIBILITIES. 6.1 Revisions to Exhibit B shall be submitted to the T&D business contact (as identified in Exhibit A) Business Contact and shall become effective five (5) Business Days business days after the revised Exhibit B has been submitted, unless the T&D notifies the Provider in writing prior to the expiration of this five (5) Business Day period that the information received is inaccurate or incomplete. Upon receipt of such notice, the Provider shall correct such information within five (5) Business Days thereof. Such corrected revision shall become effective five (5) Business Days after the revised Exhibit B has been re-submitted to and validated by the T&D. 6.2 The Provider shall designate a business contact and a technical contact (which may be the same person) in Exhibit B. The business contact and the technical contact will attend the applicable Maine EBT Competitive Electricity Provider training workshops Training Workshops prior to the Provider being eligible to conduct initial and subsequent EDI/EBT testing. In the event the designated contacts change, the Provider will use its best efforts to arrange for training for the new contact person as soon as practical. 6.3 The T&D shall be entitled to rely on the reasonable representations made by the business contact person Business Contact Person designated by the Provider regarding the implementation and administration of the provisions of this Agreement. 6.4 The Provider shall be responsible for its initial testing costs of the Electronic Data Transmission Vehicle (“EDTV”) as well as the cost of ensuring that its data transfer system remains compatible with the EDTV used by the T&D as the same may be replaced or modified from time to time. 6.5 The Provider shall be responsible for all relationships with, and the performance of, third party vendors with which it contracts, and the T&D shall be entitled to deal directly with the Provider’s technical contact person Contact Person as to any EDTV issues. 6.6 EBT Standards will be modified or changed in accordance with the procedures outlined in the EBT Standards or any successor Precept. When the EBT Standards are modified or changed, the T&D will review the changes to determine if additional testing is required. If additional testing is warranted, the T&D will propose a testing schedule, and there shall be a reasonable opportunity for testing before EBT modifications are implemented. It shall be the Provider’s responsibility to successfully implement modifications and changes in EBT Standards. The T&D will reject invalid or nonconforming EBT transactions. 6.7 If A Provider serving customers in an investor-owned T&D utility territory within the responsibilities with respect ISO-NE control area shall deliver to that investor-owned T&D utility's local transmission network. A provider serving customers in a consumer-owned T&D utility's territory within the ISO-NE control area shall deliver to the ownership local transmission network of the Load Asset are redefined during investor-owned T&D utility that is contiguous to that consumer-owned utility's service territory. A Provider serving customers in the Term of Agreement in accordance with Maritimes control area shall deliver to the Precepts, then Northern Maine Transmission System administered by the Provider shall be responsible for such new products and obligations associated with the Load Asset, including, but not limited to, Day Ahead Load Obligations and Real Time Load Obligations. If the concept of the Load Asset is eliminated during the Term of Agreement, the Provider shall continue to provide the equivalent Day Ahead Load Obligations and Real Time Load Obligations in effect immediately prior to such elimination. Northern Maine Independent System Administrator (NMISA). 6.8 Transmission costs under the ISO-NE NEPOOL, NMISA and T&D utility’s Transmission Tariff, and all costs allocated on the basis of Network Load, Tariff shall be the responsibility of the T&D utility’s customers. The Provider shall be responsible for the provision of and payment for ancillary services which are not included under the ISO-NE Open Access Transmission Tariff and are the responsibility of Load Serving Entities (“LSE’s”) pursuant to the Precepts, unless the customer opts to assume these responsibilities. 6.8 Provider shall deliver Standard Offer Service to the Maine Load Zone and shall assume all obligations related to this locational definition, or any subsequent definition, of the applicable Standard Offer Service customer load. 6.9 Any costs imposed on LSEs LSE’s or marketers in accordance with SMD or any other a congestion management plan shall be the responsibility of the Providerthose entities, and shall not be the responsibility of the T&D utility. It is the intent of the parties that for each FTR Auction conducted by ISO-NE for month(s) wholly or partially within the term of this contract, those ARRs received by or credited to T&D for the time period that falls within the term of this contract and associated with Standard Offer Service shall be assigned or paid to Provider. ARRs will automatically be assigned by ISO-NE within the SMD Settlement System to Provider because Provider will own all of the applicable Ownership Shares for the Load Assets associated with Standard Offer Service. However, in the event that any ARRs are assigned by ISO-NE to T&D and a known fraction of those ARRs are associated with Standard Offer Service, T&D shall promptly notify Provider and re-assign or pay such ARRs to Provider. 6.9 The Provider shall be responsible for providing, in a timely manner, all of the data necessary for the T&D to produce and distribute the information disclosure labels required by the applicable Precepts, and shall be responsible for the accuracy of this data;provided, however, that a Provider of Standard Offer Service to medium and large commercial customers shall be required to provide disclosure label information only if such information is requested by a customer. 6.10 If Provider has been designated by the MPUC to provide Standard Offer Service to residential customers in the T&D’s service territory, then Provider shall purchase any electricity made available by eligible generators in accordance with Chapter 315 of the MPUC’s regulations, any technical specifications adopted thereunder, and the T&D’s Terms and Conditions.

PROVIDER’S RESPONSIBILITIES. 6.1 Revisions to Exhibit B shall be submitted to the T&D business contact (as identified in Exhibit A) Business Contact and shall become effective five (5) Business Days business days after the revised Exhibit B has been submitted, unless the T&D notifies the Provider in writing prior to the expiration of this five (5) Business Day period that the information received is inaccurate or incomplete. Upon receipt of such notice, the Provider shall correct such information within five (5) Business Days thereof. Such corrected revision shall become effective five (5) Business Days after the revised Exhibit B has been re-submitted to the T&D. 6.2 The Provider shall designate a business contact and a technical contact (which may be the same person) in Exhibit B. The business contact and the technical contact will attend the applicable Maine EBT Competitive Electricity Provider training workshops Training Workshops prior to the Provider being eligible to conduct initial and subsequent EDI/EBT testing. In the event the designated contacts change, the Provider will use its best efforts to arrange for training for the new contact person as soon as practical. 6.3 The T&D shall be entitled to rely on the reasonable representations made by the business contact person Business Contact Person designated by the Provider regarding the implementation and administration of the provisions of this Agreement. 6.4 The Provider shall be responsible for its initial testing costs of the Electronic Data Transmission Vehicle (“EDTV”) as well as the cost of ensuring that its data transfer system remains compatible with the EDTV used by the T&D as the same may be replaced or modified from time to time. 6.5 The Provider shall be responsible for all relationships with, and the performance of, third party vendors with which it contracts, and the T&D shall be entitled to deal directly with the Provider’s technical contact person Contact Person as to any EDTV issues. 6.6 EBT Standards will be modified or changed in accordance with the procedures outlined in the EBT Standards or any successor Precept. When the EBT Standards are modified or changed, the T&D will review the changes to determine if additional testing is required. If additional testing is warranted, the T&D will propose a testing schedule, and there shall be a reasonable opportunity for testing before EBT modifications are implemented. It shall be the Provider’s responsibility to successfully implement modifications and changes in EBT Standards. The T&D will reject invalid or nonconforming EBT transactions. 6.7 If A Provider serving customers in an investor-owned T&D utility territory within the responsibilities with respect ISO-NE control area shall deliver to that investor-owned T&D utility's local transmission network. A provider serving customers in a consumer-owned T&D utility's territory within the ISO-NE control area shall deliver to the ownership local transmission network of the Load Asset are redefined during investor-owned T&D utility that is contiguous to that consumer-owned utility's service territory. A Provider serving customers in the Term of Agreement in accordance with Maritimes control area shall deliver to the Precepts, then Northern Maine Transmission System administered by the Provider shall be responsible for such new products and obligations associated with the Load Asset, including, but not limited to, Day Ahead Load Obligations and Real Time Load Obligations. If the concept of the Load Asset is eliminated during the Term of Agreement, the Provider shall continue to provide the equivalent Day Ahead Load Obligations and Real Time Load Obligations in effect immediately prior to such elimination. Northern Maine Independent System Administrator (NMISA). 6.8 Transmission costs under the ISO-NE NEPOOL, NMISA and T&D utility’s Transmission Tariff, and all costs allocated on the basis of Network Load, Tariff shall be the responsibility of the T&D utility’s customers. The Provider shall be responsible for the provision of and payment for ancillary services which are not included under the ISO-NE Open Access Transmission Tariff and are the responsibility of Load Serving Entities (“LSE’s”) pursuant to the Precepts, unless the customer opts to assume these responsibilities. 6.8 Provider shall deliver Standard Offer Service to the Maine Load Zone and shall assume all obligations related to this locational definition, or any subsequent definition, of the applicable Standard Offer Service customer load. 6.9 Any costs imposed on LSEs LSE’s or marketers in accordance with SMD or any other a congestion management plan shall be the responsibility of the Providerthose entities, and shall not be the responsibility of the T&D utility. It is the intent of the parties that for each FTR Auction conducted by ISO-NE for month(s) wholly or partially within the term of this contract, those ARRs received by or credited to T&D for the time period that falls within the term of this contract and associated with Standard Offer Service shall be assigned or paid to Provider. ARRs will automatically be assigned by ISO-NE within the SMD Settlement System to Provider because Provider will own all of the applicable Ownership Shares for the Load Assets associated with Standard Offer Service. However, in the event that any ARRs are assigned by ISO-NE to T&D and a known fraction of those ARRs are associated with Standard Offer Service, T&D shall promptly notify Provider and re-assign or pay such ARRs to Provider. 6.9 6.10 The Provider shall be responsible for providing, in a timely manner, all of the data necessary for the T&D to produce and distribute the information disclosure labels required by the applicable Precepts, and shall be responsible for the accuracy of this data;provided, however, that a Provider of Standard Offer Service to medium and large commercial customers shall be required to provide disclosure label information only if such information is requested by a customerdata. 6.10 If Provider has been designated by the MPUC to provide Standard Offer Service to residential customers in the T&D’s service territory, then Provider shall purchase any electricity made available by eligible generators in accordance with Chapter 315 of the MPUC’s regulations, any technical specifications adopted thereunder, and the T&D’s Terms and Conditions.

PROVIDER’S RESPONSIBILITIES. 6.1 Revisions to Exhibit B shall be submitted to the T&D business contact (as identified in Exhibit A) and shall become effective five (5) Business Days after the revised Exhibit B has been submitted, unless the T&D notifies the Provider in writing prior to the expiration of this five (5) Business Day period that the information received is inaccurate or incomplete. Upon receipt of such notice, the Provider shall correct such information within five (5) Business Days thereof. Such corrected revision shall become effective five (5) Business Days after the revised Exhibit B has been re-submitted to the T&D. 6.2 The Provider shall designate a business contact and a technical contact (which may be the same person) in Exhibit B. The business contact and the technical contact will attend the applicable Maine EBT Competitive Electricity Provider training workshops prior to the Provider being eligible to conduct initial and subsequent EDI/EBT testing. In the event the designated contacts change, the Provider will use its best efforts to arrange for training for the new contact person as soon as practical. 6.3 The T&D shall be entitled to rely on the reasonable representations made by the business contact person designated by the Provider regarding the implementation and administration of the provisions of this Agreement. 6.4 The Provider shall be responsible for its initial testing costs of the Electronic Data Transmission Vehicle (“EDTV”) as well as the cost of ensuring that its data transfer system remains compatible with the EDTV used by the T&D as the same may be replaced or modified from time to time. 6.5 The Provider shall be responsible for all relationships with, and the performance of, third party vendors with which it contracts, and the T&D shall be entitled to deal directly with the Provider’s technical contact person as to any EDTV issues. 6.6 EBT Standards will be modified or changed in accordance with the procedures outlined in the EBT Standards or any successor Precept. When the EBT Standards are modified or changed, the T&D will review the changes to determine if additional testing is required. If additional testing is warranted, the T&D will propose a testing schedule, and there shall be a reasonable opportunity for testing before EBT modifications are implemented. It shall be the Provider’s responsibility to successfully implement modifications and changes in EBT Standards. The T&D will reject invalid or nonconforming EBT transactions. 6.7 If the responsibilities with respect to the ownership of the Load Asset are redefined during the Term of Agreement in accordance with the Precepts, then the Provider shall be responsible for such new products and obligations associated with the Load Asset, including, but not limited to, Day Ahead Load Obligations and Real Time Load Obligations. If the concept of the Load Asset is eliminated during the Term of Agreement, the Provider shall continue to provide the equivalent Day Ahead Load Obligations and Real Time Load Obligations in effect immediately prior to such elimination. Transmission costs under the ISO-NE and T&D utility’s Transmission Tariff, and all costs allocated on the basis of Network Load, shall be the responsibility of the T&D utility’s customers. The Provider shall be responsible for the provision of and payment for ancillary services which are not included under the ISO-NE Open Access Transmission Tariff and are the responsibility of Load Serving Entities (“LSE’s”) pursuant to the Precepts, unless the customer opts to assume these responsibilities. 6.8 Provider shall deliver Standard Offer Service to the Maine Load Zone and shall assume all obligations related to this locational definition, or any subsequent definition, of the applicable Standard Offer Service customer load. Any costs imposed on LSEs or marketers in accordance with SMD or any other congestion management plan shall be the responsibility of the Provider, and shall not be the responsibility of the T&D utility. It is the intent of the parties Parties that for each FTR Auction conducted by ISO-NE for month(s) wholly or partially within the term of this contract, those ARRs received by or credited to T&D for the time period that falls within the term of this contract and associated with Standard Offer Service shall be assigned or paid to Provider. ARRs will automatically be assigned by ISO-NE within the SMD Settlement System to Provider because Provider will own all of the applicable Ownership Shares for the Load Assets associated with Standard Offer Service. However, in the event that any ARRs are assigned by ISO-NE to T&D and a known fraction of those ARRs are associated with Standard Offer Service, T&D shall promptly notify Provider and re-assign or pay such ARRs to Provider. 6.9 The Provider shall be responsible for providing, in a timely manner, all of the data necessary for the T&D to produce and distribute the information disclosure labels required by the applicable Precepts, and shall be responsible for the accuracy of this data;provided, however, that a Provider of Standard Offer Service to medium and large commercial customers shall be required to provide disclosure label information only if such information is requested by a customerdata. 6.10 If Provider has been designated by the MPUC to provide Standard Offer Service to residential customers in the T&D’s service territory, then Provider shall purchase any electricity made available by eligible generators in accordance with Chapter 315 of the MPUC’s regulations, any technical specifications adopted thereunder, and the T&D’s Terms and Conditions.

PROVIDER’S RESPONSIBILITIES. 6.1 Revisions to Exhibit B shall be submitted to the T&D business contact (as identified in Exhibit A) and shall become effective five (5) Business Days after the revised Exhibit B has been submitted, unless the T&D notifies the Provider in writing prior to the expiration of this five (5) Business Day period that the information received is inaccurate or incomplete. Upon receipt of such notice, the Provider shall correct such information within five (5) Business Days thereof. Such corrected revision shall become effective five (5) Business Days after the revised Exhibit B has been re-submitted to the T&D. 6.2 The Provider shall designate a business contact and a technical contact (which may be the same person) in Exhibit B. The business contact and the technical contact will attend the applicable Maine EBT Competitive Electricity Provider training workshops prior to the Provider being eligible to conduct initial and subsequent EDI/EBT testing. In the event the designated contacts change, the Provider will use its best efforts to arrange for training for the new contact person as soon as practical. 6.3 The T&D shall be entitled to rely on the reasonable representations made by the business contact person designated by the Provider regarding the implementation and administration of the provisions of this Agreement. 6.4 The Provider shall be responsible for its initial testing costs of the Electronic Data Transmission Vehicle (“EDTV”) as well as the cost of ensuring that its data transfer system remains compatible with the EDTV used by the T&D as the same may be replaced or modified from time to time. 6.5 The Provider shall be responsible for all relationships with, and the performance of, third party vendors with which it contracts, and the T&D shall be entitled to deal directly with the Provider’s technical contact person as to any EDTV issues. 6.6 EBT Standards will be modified or changed in accordance with the procedures outlined in the EBT Standards or any successor Precept. When the EBT Standards are modified or changed, the T&D will review the changes to determine if additional testing is required. If additional testing is warranted, the T&D will propose a testing schedule, and there shall be a reasonable opportunity for testing before EBT modifications are implemented. It shall be the Provider’s responsibility to successfully implement modifications and changes in EBT Standards. The T&D will reject invalid or nonconforming EBT transactions. 6.7 If the responsibilities with respect to the ownership of the Load Asset are redefined during the Term of Agreement in accordance with the Precepts, then the Provider shall be responsible for such new products and obligations associated with the Load Asset, including, but not limited to, Day Ahead Load Obligations and Real Time Load Obligations. If the concept of the Load Asset is eliminated during the Term of Agreement, the Provider shall continue to provide the equivalent Day Ahead Load Obligations and Real Time Load Obligations in effect immediately prior to such elimination. Transmission costs under the ISO-NE and T&D utilityT&D’s Transmission Tariff, and all costs allocated on the basis of Network Load, shall be the responsibility of the T&D utilityT&D’s customers. The Provider shall be responsible for the provision of and payment for ancillary services which are not included under the ISO-NE T&D’s Open Access Transmission Tariff and are the responsibility of Load Serving Entities (“LSE’s”) pursuant to the Precepts, unless the customer opts to assume these responsibilities. 6.8 Provider shall deliver provide Standard Offer Service to in the Maine Load Zone T&D’s service territory and shall assume all obligations related to this locational definitionservice location, or any subsequent definition, of the applicable Standard Offer Service customer load. Any costs imposed on LSEs or marketers in accordance with SMD or any other congestion management plan shall be the responsibility of the Provider, and shall not be the responsibility of the T&D utility. It is the intent of the parties that for each FTR Auction conducted by ISO-NE for month(s) wholly or partially within the term of this contract, those ARRs received by or credited to T&D for the time period that falls within the term of this contract and associated with Standard Offer Service shall be assigned or paid to Provider. ARRs will automatically be assigned by ISO-NE within the SMD Settlement System to Provider because Provider will own all of the applicable Ownership Shares for the Load Assets associated with Standard Offer Service. However, in the event that any ARRs are assigned by ISO-NE to T&D and a known fraction of those ARRs are associated with Standard Offer Service, T&D shall promptly notify Provider and re-assign or pay such ARRs to Provider.T&D. 6.9 The Provider shall be responsible for providing, in a timely manner, all of the data necessary for the T&D to produce and distribute the information disclosure labels required by the applicable Precepts, and shall be responsible for the accuracy of this data;provideddata; provided, however, that a Provider of Standard Offer Service to medium and large commercial customers shall be required to provide disclosure label information only if such information is requested by a customer. 6.10 If Provider has been designated by the MPUC to provide Standard Offer Service to residential customers in the T&D’s service territory, then Provider shall purchase any electricity made available by eligible generators in accordance with Chapter 315 of the MPUC’s regulations, any technical specifications adopted thereunder, and the T&D’s Terms and Conditions.

PROVIDER’S RESPONSIBILITIES. 6.1 Revisions to Exhibit B shall be submitted to the T&D business contact (as identified in Exhibit A) and shall become effective five (5) Business Days after the revised Exhibit B has been submittedsubmitted to the T&D, unless the T&D notifies the Provider in writing prior to the expiration of this five (5) Business Day period that the information received is inaccurate or incomplete. Upon receipt of such notice, the Provider shall correct such information within five (5) Business Days thereofthereafter. Such corrected revision shall become effective five (5) Business Days after the revised Exhibit B has been re-submitted to the T&D. 6.2 The Provider shall designate a business contact and a technical contact (which may be the same person) in Exhibit B. The business contact and the technical contact will attend (or provide evidence of previous attendance of) the applicable Maine EBT Competitive Electricity Provider training workshops Training Workshops prior to the Provider being eligible to conduct initial and subsequent EDI/EBT testing. In the event that the designated contacts change, the Provider will use its best commercially reasonable efforts to arrange for training for the new contact person as soon as practicalpracticable. 6.3 The T&D shall be entitled to reasonably rely on the reasonable representations made by the business contact person designated by the Provider regarding the implementation and administration of the provisions of this Agreement. 6.4 The Provider shall be responsible for its initial testing costs of related to the Electronic Data Transmission Vehicle (“EDTV”) as well as the cost of ensuring that its data transfer system remains compatible with the EDTV used by the T&D as the same may be replaced or modified from time to time. 6.5 The Provider shall be responsible for all relationships with, and the performance of, third third-party vendors with which it contracts, and the T&D shall be entitled to deal directly with the Provider’s technical contact person Provider and such third-party vendors as to any EDTV issues. 6.6 If the EBT Standards will shall be modified or changed in accordance with the procedures outlined in the EBT Standards or any successor Precept. When the EBT Standards are modified or changedthereto, the T&D will review the changes to determine if additional testing is required. If additional testing is warranted, the T&D will propose a testing schedule, and there shall be a reasonable opportunity for testing before EBT modifications are implemented. It shall be the Provider’s responsibility to successfully implement modifications and changes in EBT Standards. The T&D will reject invalid or nonconforming EBT transactions. 6.7 If the responsibilities with respect to the ownership of the Load Asset are redefined during the Term of Agreement in accordance with the Precepts, then the Provider shall be responsible for such new products and obligations associated with the Load Asset, including, but not limited to, Day Ahead Load Obligations and Real Time Load Obligations. If the concept of the Load Asset is eliminated during the Term of Agreement, the Provider shall continue to provide the equivalent Day Ahead Load Obligations and Real Time Load Obligations in effect immediately prior to such elimination. Transmission costs under the ISO-NE Transmission, Market and Services Tariff as it may be amended from time to time (“ISO-NE Tariff”) and T&D utility’s Transmission TariffTariff (if any), and all costs allocated on the basis of Network Load, shall be the responsibility of the T&D utility’s customers. The Provider shall be responsible for the provision of and payment for ancillary services which are not included under the ISO-NE Open Access Transmission Tariff and are the responsibility of Load Serving Entities (“LSE’s”) pursuant to the Precepts, unless the customer opts to assume these responsibilities. 6.8 Provider shall deliver Standard Offer Service SOS to the Maine Load Zone (the “Delivery Point”) and shall assume all obligations related to this locational definition, or any subsequent definition, of the applicable Standard Offer Service customer load. Any costs imposed on LSEs or marketers in accordance with SMD or any other congestion management plan Load Assets shall be the responsibility of the Providerapplicable LSE, and shall not be the responsibility of the T&D utility. It is the intent of the parties Parties that for each FTR Auction conducted by ISO-NE for month(s) wholly or partially within the term Term of this contractService, those ARRs received by or credited to T&D for the time period that falls those months wholly or partially within the term Term of this contract Service and associated with Standard Offer Service SOS shall be assigned or paid to Provider. ARRs will automatically be assigned by ISO-NE within the SMD Settlement System to Provider because Provider will have been designated by T&D to own all of the applicable Ownership Shares for the Load Assets associated with Standard Offer ServiceSOS. However, in the event that any ARRs are assigned by ISO-NE to T&D and a known fraction of those ARRs are associated with Standard Offer Servicethe SOS, T&D shall promptly notify Provider and re-assign or pay such ARRs to Provider. 6.9 The To the extent required by the applicable Precepts, the Provider shall be responsible for providingprovide, in a timely manner, all of the data necessary for the T&D to produce and distribute the information disclosure labels required by the applicable Preceptsor comparable information in a timely manner, and shall be responsible for the accuracy of this data;providedsuch data; provided, however, that a Provider of Standard Offer Service to medium and large commercial Large Non-residential customers shall be required to provide disclosure label information only if such information is requested by a customer. 6.10 If Provider has been designated by the MPUC to provide Standard Offer Service to residential customers in the T&D’s service territory, then Provider shall purchase any electricity made available by eligible generators in accordance with Chapter 315 of the MPUC’s regulations, any technical specifications adopted thereunder, and the T&D’s Terms and Conditions.

PROVIDER’S RESPONSIBILITIES. 6.1 Revisions to Exhibit B shall be submitted to the T&D business contact (as identified in Exhibit A) Business Contact and shall become effective five (5) Business Days business days after the revised Exhibit B has been submitted, unless the T&D notifies the Provider in writing prior to the expiration of this five (5) Business Day period that the information received is inaccurate or incomplete. Upon receipt of such notice, the Provider shall correct such information within five (5) Business Days thereof. Such corrected revision shall become effective five (5) Business Days after the revised Exhibit B has been re-submitted to and validated by the T&D. 6.2 The Provider shall designate a business contact and a technical contact (which may be the same person) in Exhibit B. The business contact and the technical contact will attend the applicable Maine EBT Competitive Electricity Provider training workshops Training Workshops prior to the Provider being eligible to conduct initial and subsequent EDI/EBT testing. In the event the a designated contacts changecontact changes, the Provider will use its best efforts to arrange for training for the new contact person as soon as is practical. 6.3 The T&D shall be entitled to rely on the reasonable representations made by the business contact person Business Contact Person designated by the Provider regarding the implementation and administration of the provisions of this Agreement. 6.4 The Provider shall be responsible for its initial testing costs of the Electronic Data Transmission Vehicle electronic data transmission vehicle (the “EDTV”) as well as the cost of ensuring that its data transfer system remains compatible with the EDTV used by the T&D as the same may be replaced or modified from time to time. 6.5 The Provider shall be responsible for all relationships with, and the performance of, third party vendors with which it contracts, and the T&D shall be entitled to deal directly with the Provider’s technical contact person Business or Technical Contact Person as to any EDTV issues. 6.6 EBT Standards will be modified or changed in accordance with the procedures outlined in the EBT Standards or any successor Precept. When the EBT Standards are modified or changed, in accordance with the T&D EBT change control process, the T&D’s and the providers will review the changes to determine if additional testing is required. If additional testing is warranted, the T&D will propose a testing schedule, and there shall be a reasonable opportunity for testing before EBT modifications are implemented. It shall be the Provider’s responsibility to successfully implement modifications and changes in EBT Standards. The T&D will reject invalid or nonconforming EBT transactions. 6.7 If The Provider acknowledges that if the responsibilities with respect T&D has disconnected a Customer’s Distribution Service, that Customer will not be receiving Generation Service from the Provider until such time as the Customer’s Distribution Service is reconnected by the T&D. If, following disconnection, the T&D closes the Customer’s account and issues a final bill to the ownership of Customer, the Load Asset are redefined during T&D will notify the Term of Agreement Provider in accordance with the procedures outlines in the Precepts, then and as of the date of the final meter reading, the Customer will no longer be enrolled with that Provider. If, following disconnection, the Customer’s T&D service is re-connected prior to the closing of the Customer’s account and the issuance to the Customer of a final bill, the Customer shall remain enrolled with the Provider. 6.8 The Provider may request transfers of customers from one Load Asset ID to another Load Asset ID. The T&D will perform such transfers as soon as practicable. The cost of performing such transfers will be paid by the Provider. The T&D will transfer customers to another Provider upon receipt of an enrollment transaction from the new Provider in accordance with the applicable Precepts. 6.9 The Provider is responsible for complying with information disclosure label requirements. Upon mutual agreement, The T&D may produce and distribute information disclosure labels to the Provider’s customers, at the Provider’s expense. 6.10 Prior to requesting customer specific information from the T&D, the Provider shall be responsible for such new products and obligations associated complying with the Load Asset, including, but not limited to, Day Ahead Load Obligations and Real Time Load Obligations. If the concept of the Load Asset is eliminated during the Term of Agreement, the Provider shall continue to provide the equivalent Day Ahead Load Obligations and Real Time Load Obligations customer authorization requirements set forth in effect immediately prior to such elimination. Transmission costs under the ISO-NE and T&D utility’s Transmission Tariff, and all costs allocated on the basis of Network Load, shall be the responsibility of the T&D utility’s customers. The Provider shall be responsible for the provision of and payment for ancillary services which are not included under the ISO-NE Open Access Transmission Tariff and are the responsibility of Load Serving Entities (“LSE’s”) pursuant to the Precepts, unless the customer opts to assume these responsibilitiesChapter 322. 6.8 Provider shall deliver Standard Offer Service to the Maine Load Zone and shall assume all obligations related to this locational definition, or any subsequent definition, of the applicable Standard Offer Service customer load. Any costs imposed on LSEs or marketers in accordance with SMD or any other congestion management plan shall be the responsibility of the Provider, and shall not be the responsibility of the T&D utility. It is the intent of the parties that for each FTR Auction conducted by ISO-NE for month(s) wholly or partially within the term of this contract, those ARRs received by or credited to T&D for the time period that falls within the term of this contract and associated with Standard Offer Service shall be assigned or paid to Provider. ARRs will automatically be assigned by ISO-NE within the SMD Settlement System to Provider because Provider will own all of the applicable Ownership Shares for the Load Assets associated with Standard Offer Service. However, in the event that any ARRs are assigned by ISO-NE to T&D and a known fraction of those ARRs are associated with Standard Offer Service, T&D shall promptly notify Provider and re-assign or pay such ARRs to Provider. 6.9 The Provider shall be responsible for providing, in a timely manner, all of the data necessary for the T&D to produce and distribute the information disclosure labels required by the applicable Precepts, and shall be responsible for the accuracy of this data;provided, however, that a Provider of Standard Offer Service to medium and large commercial customers shall be required to provide disclosure label information only if such information is requested by a customer. 6.10 If Provider has been designated by the MPUC to provide Standard Offer Service to residential customers in the T&D’s service territory, then Provider shall purchase any electricity made available by eligible generators in accordance with Chapter 315 of the MPUC’s regulations, any technical specifications adopted thereunder, and the T&D’s Terms and Conditions.

PROVIDER’S RESPONSIBILITIES. 6.1 Revisions to Exhibit B shall be submitted to the T&D business contact (as identified in Exhibit A) Business Contact and shall become effective five (5) Business Days after the revised Exhibit B has been submitted, unless the T&D notifies the Provider in writing prior to the expiration of this five (5) Business Day period that the information received is inaccurate or incomplete. Upon receipt of such notice, the Provider shall correct such information within five (5) Business Days thereof. Such corrected revision shall become effective five (5) Business Days after the revised Exhibit B has been re-submitted to the T&D. 6.2 The Provider shall designate a business contact and a technical contact (which may be the same person) in Exhibit B. The business contact and the technical contact will attend the applicable Maine EBT Competitive Electricity Provider training workshops Training Workshops prior to the Provider being eligible to conduct initial and subsequent EDI/EBT testing. In the event the designated contacts change, the Provider will use its best efforts to arrange for training for the new contact person as soon as practical. 6.3 The T&D shall be entitled to rely on the reasonable representations made by the business contact person Business Contact Person designated by the Provider regarding the implementation and administration of the provisions of this Agreement. 6.4 The Provider shall be responsible for its initial testing costs of the Electronic Data Transmission Vehicle (“EDTV”) as well as the cost of ensuring that its data transfer system remains compatible with the EDTV used by the T&D as the same may be replaced or modified from time to time. 6.5 The Provider shall be responsible for all relationships with, and the performance of, third party vendors with which it contracts, and the T&D shall be entitled to deal directly with the Provider’s technical contact person Contact Person as to any EDTV issues. 6.6 EBT Standards will be modified or changed in accordance with the procedures outlined in the EBT Standards or any successor Precept. When the EBT Standards are modified or changed, the T&D will review the changes to determine if additional testing is required. If additional testing is warranted, the T&D will propose a testing schedule, and there shall be a reasonable opportunity for testing before EBT modifications are implemented. It shall be the Provider’s responsibility to successfully implement modifications and changes in EBT Standards. The T&D will reject invalid or nonconforming EBT transactions. 6.7 If A Provider serving customers in a T&D utility territory within the ISO-NE control area shall deliver to the T&D’s network according to paragraph 6.9. A provider serving customers in the Maritimes control area shall deliver to the Northern Maine Transmission System administered by the Northern Maine Independent System Administrator (NMISA). 6.8 NEPOOL’s Standard Market Design (SMD) was implemented on March 1, 2003. If, as a result of implementing either SMD or other interim market reforms, the responsibilities with respect to the ownership of the Load Asset Serving Entity (LSE’s) are redefined during the Term term of Agreement in accordance with the Preceptsthis agreement, then the Provider provider shall be responsible for such new products and obligations associated with the Load Assetstandard offer load, including, but not limited to, Day Ahead Load Obligations Obligation and Real Time Load Obligations. If the concept of the Load Asset is eliminated during the Term of Agreement, the Provider shall continue to provide the equivalent Day Ahead Load Obligations and Real Time Load Obligations in effect immediately prior to such elimination. Transmission costs under the ISO-NE NEPOOL, NMISA and T&D utility’s Transmission Tariff, and all costs allocated on the basis of Network Load, Tariff shall be the responsibility of the T&D utility’s customers. The Provider shall be responsible for the provision of and payment for ancillary services which are not included under the ISO-NE Open Access Transmission Tariff and are the responsibility of Load Serving Entities (“LSE’s”) pursuant to the Precepts, unless the customer opts to assume these responsibilities. 6.8 6.9 Under SMD, the Provider shall deliver Standard Offer Service to the Maine Load Zone and shall assume all obligations related to this locational definition, or any subsequent definition, of the applicable Standard Offer Service standard offer service customer load. Any costs imposed on LSEs or marketers in accordance with SMD or any other congestion management plan shall be the responsibility of the Providerthose entities, and shall not be the responsibility of the T&D utility. It is the intent of the parties that for each FTR Auction conducted by ISO-NE for month(s) wholly or partially within the term of this contract, those ARRs received by or credited to T&D for the time period that falls within the term of this contract and associated with Standard Offer Service SOS shall be assigned or paid to Provider. ARRs will automatically be assigned by ISO-NE within the SMD Settlement System to Provider because Provider will own all of the applicable Ownership Shares for the Load Assets associated with Standard Offer ServiceSOS. However, in the event that any ARRs are assigned by ISO-NE to T&D and a known fraction of those ARRs are associated with Standard Offer ServiceSOS, T&D shall promptly notify Provider and re-assign or pay such ARRs to Provider. 6.9 6.10 The Provider shall be responsible for providing, in a timely manner, all of the data necessary for the T&D to produce and distribute the information disclosure labels required by the applicable Precepts, and shall be responsible for the accuracy of this data;provided, however, that a Provider of Standard Offer Service to medium and large commercial customers shall be required to provide disclosure label information only if such information is requested by a customerdata. 6.10 If Provider has been designated by the MPUC to provide Standard Offer Service to residential customers in the T&D’s service territory, then Provider shall purchase any electricity made available by eligible generators in accordance with Chapter 315 of the MPUC’s regulations, any technical specifications adopted thereunder, and the T&D’s Terms and Conditions.

PROVIDER’S RESPONSIBILITIES. 6.1 Revisions to Exhibit B shall be submitted to the T&D business contact (as identified in Exhibit A) and shall become effective five (5) Business Days after the revised Exhibit B has been submitted, unless the T&D notifies the Provider in writing prior to the expiration of this five (5) Business Day period that the information received is inaccurate or incomplete. Upon receipt of such notice, the Provider shall correct such information within five (5) Business Days thereof. Such corrected revision shall become effective five (5) Business Days after the revised Exhibit B has been re-submitted to the T&D. 6.2 The Provider shall designate a business contact and a technical contact (which may be the same person) in Exhibit B. The business contact and the technical contact will attend the applicable Maine EBT Competitive Electricity Provider training workshops prior to the Provider being eligible to conduct initial and subsequent EDI/EBT testing. In the event the designated contacts change, the Provider will use its best efforts to arrange for training for the new contact person as soon as practical. 6.3 The T&D shall be entitled to rely on the reasonable representations made by the business contact person designated by the Provider regarding the implementation and administration of the provisions of this Agreement. 6.4 The Provider shall be responsible for its initial testing costs of the Electronic Data Transmission Vehicle (“EDTV”) as well as the cost of ensuring that its data transfer system remains compatible with the EDTV used by the T&D as the same may be replaced or modified from time to time. 6.5 The Provider shall be responsible for all relationships with, and the performance of, third party vendors with which it contracts, and the T&D shall be entitled to deal directly with the Provider’s technical contact person as to any EDTV issues. 6.6 EBT Standards will be modified or changed in accordance with the procedures outlined in the EBT Standards or any successor Precept. When the EBT Standards are modified or changed, the T&D will review the changes to determine if additional testing is required. If additional testing is warranted, the T&D will propose a testing schedule, and there shall be a reasonable opportunity for testing before EBT modifications are implemented. It shall be the Provider’s responsibility to successfully implement modifications and changes in EBT Standards. The T&D will reject invalid or nonconforming EBT transactions. 6.7 If the responsibilities with respect to the ownership of the Load Asset are redefined during the Term of Agreement in accordance with the Precepts, then the Provider shall be responsible for such new products and obligations associated with the Load Asset, including, but not limited to, Day Ahead Load Obligations and Real Time Load Obligations. If the concept of the Load Asset is eliminated during the Term of Agreement, the Provider shall continue to provide the equivalent Day Ahead Load Obligations and Real Time Load Obligations in effect immediately prior to such elimination. Transmission costs under the ISO-NE and T&D utility’s Transmission Tariff, and all costs allocated on the basis of Network Load, shall be the responsibility of the T&D utility’s customers. The Provider shall be responsible for the provision of and payment for ancillary services which are not included under the ISO-NE Open Access Transmission Tariff and are the responsibility of Load Serving Entities (“LSE’s”) pursuant to the Precepts, unless the customer opts to assume these responsibilities. 6.8 Provider shall deliver Standard Offer Service to the Maine Load Zone and shall assume all obligations related to this locational definition, or any subsequent definition, of the applicable Standard Offer Service customer load. Any costs imposed on LSEs or marketers in accordance with SMD or any other congestion management plan shall be the responsibility of the Provider, and shall not be the responsibility of the T&D utility. It is the intent of the parties that for each FTR Auction conducted by ISO-NE for month(s) wholly or partially within the term of this contract, those ARRs received by or credited to T&D for the time period that falls within the term of this contract and associated with Standard Offer Service shall be assigned or paid to Provider. ARRs will automatically be assigned by ISO-NE within the SMD Settlement System to Provider because Provider will own all of the applicable Ownership Shares for the Load Assets associated with Standard Offer Service. However, in the event that any ARRs are assigned by ISO-NE to T&D and a known fraction of those ARRs are associated with Standard Offer Service, T&D shall promptly notify Provider and re-assign or pay such ARRs to Provider. 6.9 The If the Provider has been designated by the MPUC to provide Standard Offer Service to the residential and small commercial customers in the T&D’s service territory, the Provider shall be responsible for providing, in a timely manner, all of the data necessary for the T&D to produce and distribute the information disclosure labels required by the applicable Precepts, and shall be responsible for the accuracy of this data;provided, however, that a Provider of Standard Offer Service to medium and large commercial customers shall be required to provide disclosure label information only if such information is requested by a customerdata. 6.10 If Provider has been designated by the MPUC to provide Standard Offer Service to residential customers in the T&D’s service territory, then Provider shall purchase any electricity made available by eligible generators in accordance with Chapter 315 of the MPUC’s regulations, any technical specifications adopted thereunder, and the T&D’s Terms and Conditions.

PROVIDER’S RESPONSIBILITIES. 6.1 Revisions to Exhibit B shall be submitted to the T&D business contact (as identified in Exhibit A) Business Contact and shall become effective five (5) Business Days business days after the revised Exhibit B has been submitted, unless the T&D notifies the Provider in writing prior to the expiration of this five (5) Business Day period that the information received is inaccurate or incomplete. Upon receipt of such notice, the Provider shall correct such information within five (5) Business Days thereof. Such corrected revision shall become effective five (5) Business Days after the revised Exhibit B has been re-submitted to and validated by the T&D. 6.2 The Provider shall designate a business contact and a technical contact (which may be the same person) in Exhibit B. The business contact and the technical contact (or their designated company representative) will attend the applicable Maine EBT Competitive Electricity Provider training workshops Training Workshops prior to the Provider being eligible to conduct initial and subsequent EDI/EBT testing. In the event the a designated contacts changecontact changes, the Provider will use its best efforts to arrange for training for the new contact person as soon as is practical. 6.3 The T&D shall be entitled to rely on the reasonable representations made by the business contact person Business Contact Person designated by the Provider regarding the implementation and administration of the provisions of this Agreement. 6.4 The Provider shall be responsible for its initial testing costs of the Electronic Data Transmission Vehicle electronic data transmission vehicle (the “EDTV”) as well as the cost of ensuring that its data transfer system remains compatible with the EDTV used by the T&D as the same may be replaced or modified from time to time. 6.5 The Provider shall be responsible for all relationships with, and the performance of, third party vendors with which it contracts, and the T&D shall be entitled to deal directly with the Provider’s technical contact person Business or Technical Contact Person as to any EDTV issues. 6.6 EBT Standards will be modified or changed in accordance with the procedures outlined in the EBT Standards or any successor Precept. When the EBT Standards are modified or changed, in accordance with the T&D EBT change control process, the T&D’s and the providers will review the changes to determine if additional testing is required. If additional testing is warranted, the T&D will propose a testing schedule, and there shall be a reasonable opportunity for testing before EBT modifications are implemented. It shall be the Provider’s responsibility to successfully implement modifications and changes in EBT Standards. The T&D will reject invalid or nonconforming EBT transactions. 6.7 If The Provider acknowledges that if the responsibilities with respect T&D has disconnected a Customer’s Distribution Service, that Customer will not be receiving Generation Service from the Provider until such time as the Customer’s Distribution Service is reconnected by the T&D. If, following disconnection, the T&D closes the Customer’s account and issues a final xxxx to the ownership of Customer, the Load Asset are redefined during T&D will notify the Term of Agreement Provider in accordance with the procedures outlines in the Precepts, then and as of the date of the final meter reading, the Customer will no longer be enrolled with that Provider. If, following disconnection, the Customer’s T&D service is re-connected prior to the closing of the Customer’s account and the issuance to the Customer of a final xxxx, the Customer shall remain enrolled with the Provider. 6.8 The Provider may request transfers of customers from one Load Asset ID to another Load Asset ID. The T&D will transfer customers to a new Load Asset ID upon receipt of an enrollment from the Provider. The T&D will transfer customers to another Provider upon receipt of an enrollment transaction from the new Provider in accordance with the applicable Precepts. 6.9 The Provider is responsible for complying with information disclosure label requirements. Upon mutual agreement, The T&D may produce and distribute information disclosure labels to the Provider’s customers, at the Provider’s expense. 6.10 Prior to requesting customer specific information from the T&D, the Provider shall be responsible for such new products and obligations associated complying with the Load Asset, including, but not limited to, Day Ahead Load Obligations and Real Time Load Obligations. If the concept of the Load Asset is eliminated during the Term of Agreement, the Provider shall continue to provide the equivalent Day Ahead Load Obligations and Real Time Load Obligations customer authorization requirements set forth in effect immediately prior to such elimination. Transmission costs under the ISO-NE and T&D utility’s Transmission Tariff, and all costs allocated on the basis of Network Load, shall be the responsibility of the T&D utility’s customers. The Provider shall be responsible for the provision of and payment for ancillary services which are not included under the ISO-NE Open Access Transmission Tariff and are the responsibility of Load Serving Entities (“LSE’s”) pursuant to the Precepts, unless the customer opts to assume these responsibilitiesChapter 322. 6.8 Provider shall deliver Standard Offer Service to the Maine Load Zone and shall assume all obligations related to this locational definition, or any subsequent definition, of the applicable Standard Offer Service customer load. Any costs imposed on LSEs or marketers in accordance with SMD or any other congestion management plan shall be the responsibility of the Provider, and shall not be the responsibility of the T&D utility. It is the intent of the parties that for each FTR Auction conducted by ISO-NE for month(s) wholly or partially within the term of this contract, those ARRs received by or credited to T&D for the time period that falls within the term of this contract and associated with Standard Offer Service shall be assigned or paid to Provider. ARRs will automatically be assigned by ISO-NE within the SMD Settlement System to Provider because Provider will own all of the applicable Ownership Shares for the Load Assets associated with Standard Offer Service. However, in the event that any ARRs are assigned by ISO-NE to T&D and a known fraction of those ARRs are associated with Standard Offer Service, T&D shall promptly notify Provider and re-assign or pay such ARRs to Provider. 6.9 The Provider shall be responsible for providing, in a timely manner, all of the data necessary for the T&D to produce and distribute the information disclosure labels required by the applicable Precepts, and shall be responsible for the accuracy of this data;provided, however, that a Provider of Standard Offer Service to medium and large commercial customers shall be required to provide disclosure label information only if such information is requested by a customer. 6.10 If Provider has been designated by the MPUC to provide Standard Offer Service to residential customers in the T&D’s service territory, then Provider shall purchase any electricity made available by eligible generators in accordance with Chapter 315 of the MPUC’s regulations, any technical specifications adopted thereunder, and the T&D’s Terms and Conditions.

PROVIDER’S RESPONSIBILITIES. 6.1 Revisions to Exhibit B shall be submitted to the T&D business contact (as identified in Exhibit A) Business Contact and shall become effective five (5) Business Days business days after the revised Exhibit B has been submitted, unless the T&D notifies the Provider in writing prior to the expiration of this five (5) Business Day period that the information received is inaccurate or incomplete. Upon receipt of such notice, the Provider shall correct such information within five (5) Business Days thereof. Such corrected revision shall become effective five (5) Business Days after the revised Exhibit B has been re-submitted to the T&D. 6.2 The Provider shall designate a business contact and a technical contact (which may be the same person) in Exhibit B. The business contact and the technical contact will attend the applicable Maine EBT Competitive Electricity Provider training workshops Training Workshops prior to the Provider being eligible to conduct initial and subsequent EDI/EBT testing. In the event the designated contacts change, the Provider will use its best efforts to arrange for training for the new contact person as soon as practical. 6.3 The T&D shall be entitled to rely on the reasonable representations made by the business contact person Business Contact Person designated by the Provider regarding the implementation and administration of the provisions of this Agreement. 6.4 The Provider shall be responsible for its initial testing costs of the Electronic Data Transmission Vehicle (“EDTV”) as well as the cost of ensuring that its data transfer system remains compatible with the EDTV used by the T&D as the same may be replaced or modified from time to time. 6.5 The Provider shall be responsible for all relationships with, and the performance of, third party vendors with which it contracts, and the T&D shall be entitled to deal directly with the Provider’s technical contact person Contact Person as to any EDTV issues. 6.6 EBT Standards will be modified or changed in accordance with the procedures outlined in the EBT Standards or any successor Precept. When the EBT Standards are modified or changed, the T&D will review the changes to determine if additional testing is required. If additional testing is warranted, the T&D will propose a testing schedule, and there shall be a reasonable opportunity for testing before EBT modifications are implemented. It shall be the Provider’s responsibility to successfully implement modifications and changes in EBT Standards. The T&D will reject invalid or nonconforming EBT transactions. 6.7 If A Provider serving customers in an investor-owned T&D utility territory within the ISO-NE control area shall deliver to that investor-owned T&D utility's local transmission network [A provider serving customers in a consumer-owned T&D utility's territory within the ISO-NE control area shall deliver to the local transmission network of the investor-owned T&D utility that is contiguous to that consumer-owned utility's service territory. A Provider serving customers in the Maritimes control area shall deliver to the Northern Maine Transmission System administered by the Northern Maine Independent System Administrator (NMISA). ] 6.8 NEPOOL’s Standard Market Design (SMD) is scheduled to be implemented on March 1, 2003. If, as a result of implementing either SMD or other interim market reforms, the responsibilities with respect to the ownership of the Load Asset LSE’s are redefined during the Term term of Agreement in accordance with the Preceptsthis agreement, then the Provider provider shall be responsible for such new products and obligations associated with the Load Assetstandard offer load, including, but not limited to, Day Ahead Load Obligations Obligation and Real Time Load Obligations. If the concept of the Load Asset is eliminated during the Term of Agreement, the Provider shall continue to provide the equivalent Day Ahead Load Obligations and Real Time Load Obligations in effect immediately prior to such elimination. Transmission costs under the ISO-NE NEPOOL, NMISA and T&D utility’s Transmission Tariff, and all costs allocated on the basis of Network Load, Tariff shall be the responsibility of the T&D utility’s customers. The Provider shall be responsible for the provision of and payment for ancillary services which are not included under the ISO-NE Open Access Transmission Tariff and are the responsibility of Load Serving Entities (“LSE’s”) pursuant to the Precepts, unless the customer opts to assume these responsibilities. 6.8 Provider 6.9 Under SMD, provider shall deliver Standard Offer Service to the Maine Load Zone and shall assume all obligations related to this locational definition, or any subsequent definition, of the applicable Standard Offer Service standard offer service customer load. Any costs imposed on LSEs or marketers in accordance with SMD or any other congestion management plan shall be the responsibility of the Providerthose entities, and shall not be the responsibility of the T&D utility. It is the intent of the parties that for each FTR Auction conducted by ISO-NE for month(s) wholly or partially within the term of this contract, those ARRs received by or credited to T&D for the time period that falls within the term of this contract and associated with Standard Offer Service shall be assigned or paid to Provider. ARRs will automatically be assigned by ISO-NE within the SMD Settlement System to Provider because Provider will own all of the applicable Ownership Shares for the Load Assets associated with Standard Offer Service. However, in the event that any ARRs are assigned by ISO-NE to T&D and a known fraction of those ARRs are associated with Standard Offer Service, T&D shall promptly notify Provider and re-assign or pay such ARRs to Provider. 6.9 6.10 The Provider shall be responsible for providing, in a timely manner, all of the data necessary for the T&D to produce and distribute the information disclosure labels required by the applicable Precepts, and shall be responsible for the accuracy of this data;provided, however, that a Provider of Standard Offer Service to medium and large commercial customers shall be required to provide disclosure label information only if such information is requested by a customerdata. 6.10 If Provider has been designated by the MPUC to provide Standard Offer Service to residential customers in the T&D’s service territory, then Provider shall purchase any electricity made available by eligible generators in accordance with Chapter 315 of the MPUC’s regulations, any technical specifications adopted thereunder, and the T&D’s Terms and Conditions.

PROVIDER’S RESPONSIBILITIES. 6.1 Revisions to Exhibit B shall be submitted to the T&D business contact (as identified in Exhibit A) Business Contact and shall become effective five (5) Business Days business days after the revised Exhibit B has been submitted, unless the T&D notifies the Provider in writing prior to the expiration of this five (5) Business Day period that the information received is inaccurate or incomplete. Upon receipt of such notice, the Provider shall correct such information within five (5) Business Days thereof. Such corrected revision shall become effective five (5) Business Days after the revised Exhibit B has been re-submitted to and validated by the T&D. 6.2 The Provider shall designate a business contact and a technical contact (which may be the same person) in Exhibit B. The business contact and the technical contact will attend the applicable Maine EBT Competitive Electricity Provider training workshops Training Workshops prior to the Provider being eligible to conduct initial and subsequent EDI/EBT testing. In the event the a designated contacts changecontact changes, the Provider will use its best efforts to arrange for training for the new contact person as soon as is practical. 6.3 The T&D shall be entitled to rely on the reasonable representations made by the business contact person Business Contact Person designated by the Provider regarding the implementation and administration of the provisions of this Agreement. 6.4 The Provider shall be responsible for its initial testing costs of the Electronic Data Transmission Vehicle electronic data transmission vehicle (the “EDTV”) as well as the cost of ensuring that its data transfer system remains compatible with the EDTV used by the T&D as the same may be replaced or modified from time to time. 6.5 The Provider shall be responsible for all relationships with, and the performance of, third party vendors with which it contracts, and the T&D shall be entitled to deal directly with the Provider’s technical contact person Business or Technical Contact Person as to any EDTV issues. 6.6 EBT Standards will be modified or changed in accordance with the procedures outlined in the EBT Standards or any successor Precept. When the EBT Standards are modified or changed, in accordance with the T&D EBT change control process, the T&D’s and the providers will review the changes to determine if additional testing is required. If additional testing is warranted, the T&D will propose a testing schedule, and there shall be a reasonable opportunity for testing before EBT modifications are implemented. It shall be the Provider’s responsibility to successfully implement modifications and changes in EBT Standards. The T&D will reject invalid or nonconforming EBT transactions. 6.7 If The Provider acknowledges that if the responsibilities with respect T&D has disconnected a Customer’s Distribution Service, that Customer will not be receiving Generation Service from the Provider until such time as the Customer’s Distribution Service is reconnected by the T&D. If, following disconnection, the T&D closes the Customer’s account and issues a final xxxx to the ownership of Customer, the Load Asset are redefined during T&D will notify the Term of Agreement Provider in accordance with the procedures outlines in the Precepts, then and as of the date of the final meter reading, the Customer will no longer be enrolled with that Provider. If, following disconnection, the Customer’s T&D service is re-connected prior to the closing of the Customer’s account and the issuance to the Customer of a final xxxx, the Customer shall remain enrolled with the Provider. 6.8 The Provider may request transfers of customers from one Load Asset ID to another Load Asset ID. The T&D will perform such transfers as soon as practicable. The cost of performing such transfers will be paid by the Provider. The T&D will transfer customers to another Provider upon receipt of an enrollment transaction from the new Provider in accordance with the applicable Precepts. 6.9 The Provider is responsible for complying with information disclosure label requirements. Upon mutual agreement, The T&D may produce and distribute information disclosure labels to the Provider’s customers, at the Provider’s expense. 6.10 Prior to requesting customer specific information from the T&D, the Provider shall be responsible for such new products and obligations associated complying with the Load Asset, including, but not limited to, Day Ahead Load Obligations and Real Time Load Obligations. If the concept of the Load Asset is eliminated during the Term of Agreement, the Provider shall continue to provide the equivalent Day Ahead Load Obligations and Real Time Load Obligations customer authorization requirements set forth in effect immediately prior to such elimination. Transmission costs under the ISO-NE and T&D utility’s Transmission Tariff, and all costs allocated on the basis of Network Load, shall be the responsibility of the T&D utility’s customers. The Provider shall be responsible for the provision of and payment for ancillary services which are not included under the ISO-NE Open Access Transmission Tariff and are the responsibility of Load Serving Entities (“LSE’s”) pursuant to the Precepts, unless the customer opts to assume these responsibilitiesChapter 322. 6.8 Provider shall deliver Standard Offer Service to the Maine Load Zone and shall assume all obligations related to this locational definition, or any subsequent definition, of the applicable Standard Offer Service customer load. Any costs imposed on LSEs or marketers in accordance with SMD or any other congestion management plan shall be the responsibility of the Provider, and shall not be the responsibility of the T&D utility. It is the intent of the parties that for each FTR Auction conducted by ISO-NE for month(s) wholly or partially within the term of this contract, those ARRs received by or credited to T&D for the time period that falls within the term of this contract and associated with Standard Offer Service shall be assigned or paid to Provider. ARRs will automatically be assigned by ISO-NE within the SMD Settlement System to Provider because Provider will own all of the applicable Ownership Shares for the Load Assets associated with Standard Offer Service. However, in the event that any ARRs are assigned by ISO-NE to T&D and a known fraction of those ARRs are associated with Standard Offer Service, T&D shall promptly notify Provider and re-assign or pay such ARRs to Provider. 6.9 The Provider shall be responsible for providing, in a timely manner, all of the data necessary for the T&D to produce and distribute the information disclosure labels required by the applicable Precepts, and shall be responsible for the accuracy of this data;provided, however, that a Provider of Standard Offer Service to medium and large commercial customers shall be required to provide disclosure label information only if such information is requested by a customer. 6.10 If Provider has been designated by the MPUC to provide Standard Offer Service to residential customers in the T&D’s service territory, then Provider shall purchase any electricity made available by eligible generators in accordance with Chapter 315 of the MPUC’s regulations, any technical specifications adopted thereunder, and the T&D’s Terms and Conditions.