Common use of The Right to Withdraw Prior to Program Launch Clause in Contracts

The Right to Withdraw Prior to Program Launch. After receiving bids from power suppliers, the Authority must provide to the Parties the report from the electrical utility consultant retained by the Authority that compares the total estimated electrical rates that the Authority will be charging to customers as well as the estimated greenhouse gas emissions rate and the amount of estimated renewable energy used with that of the incumbent utility. If the report provides that the Authority is unable to provide total electrical rates, as part of its baseline offering, to the customers that are equal to or lower than the incumbent utility or to provide power in a manner that has a lower greenhouse gas emissions rate or uses more renewable energy than the incumbent utility, a Party may, immediately after an affirmative vote of the Party’s governing board, withdraw its membership in the Authority without any financial obligation, except those financial obligations incurred through the Party’s share of the credit guarantee described in 5.3.4, as long as the Party provides written notice of its intent to withdraw to the Authority Board no more than fifteen business days after receiving the report. Costs incurred prior to withdrawal will be calculated as a pro-rata share of start-up costs expended to the date of the Party’s withdrawal, and it shall be the responsibility of the withdrawing Party to pay its share of said costs if they have a material/adverse impact on remaining Authority members or ratepayers.