Termination and Withdrawal After the fifth anniversary of the effective date of this Agreement, this Agreement may be terminated by a unanimous vote of the Incorporating Parties or their successors or assigns. If the Incorporating Parties vote to terminate this Agreement, they will file with the Commission and the PSC an explanation of their action and a proposal for an alternate plan for the safe, reliable and efficient operation of the NYS Transmission System. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 3.02, any Party may withdraw from this Agreement upon ninety (90) days prior written notice to the ISO Board. In the case of an Investor-Owned Transmission Owner, no further approval by the Commission is needed for such withdrawal from the ISO Agreement, if such Investor-Owned Transmission Owner has on file with the Commission its own open access transmission tariff. Any modification to this Article shall provide any Party with the right to withdraw from the Agreement pursuant to the unmodified provisions of this Article, within ninety (90) days of the effective date of such modification. If the tax-exempt status of LIPA’s Tax Exempt Bonds are jeopardized by LIPA’s participation in the ISO, LIPA may withdraw from this Agreement upon thirty (30) days prior written notice to the ISO Board; however, LIPA shall provide earlier notice whenever and as soon as it is reasonably practicable to do so. Any such notice shall contain an explanation in reasonably sufficient detail of the grounds for withdrawal. To the extent reasonably requested by LIPA, the ISO shall treat this explanation as confidential consistent with the ISO’s confidentiality procedures.
