Exhibit 10.87.2
[XXXXXXX STATION]
POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF DECEMBER 15, 1999
AS AMENDED AND RESTATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 13, 2000
BETWEEN
COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY
AND
MIDWEST GENERATION, LLC
XXXXXXX GENERATING STATION
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION 1
(a) DEFINITIONS 1
(b) INTERPRETATION 9
(c) LEGAL REPRESENTATION OF PARTIES 9
(d) TITLES AND HEADINGS 10
2. TERM 10
3. GENERATING CAPACITY 10
(a) CHARACTER 10
(b) SUPPLY 10
(c) DISPATCH 10
(d) ENERGY IMBALANCE 10
5. METERING; BILLING; PAYMENT 11
(a) METERING 11
(b) METER INACCURACIES 11
(c) BILLING 11
(d) BILLING DISPUTES. 12
(d) BILLING DISPUTES 12
(e) ANNUAL SETTLEMENT AMOUNT PAYMENT 12
6. OPERATION OF RESERVED UNITS 12
(a) STANDARD OF OPERATION 12
(b) ELECTRIC ENERGY GENERATION. 12
(b) ELECTRIC ENERGY GENERATION 12
(c) OUTAGES 14
(i) PLANNED OUTAGES 14
(ii) MAINTENANCE OUTAGES 15
(iii) FORCED OUTAGES 15
(iv) INFORMATION RELATED TO OUTAGES 15
(d) OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS 15
(e) FUEL SOURCE AND EMISSIONS REPORTS 15
(f) RECORDS 16
7. COMPENSATION 16
(a) MONTHLY CHARGES 16
(i) MONTHLY CAPACITY CHARGE 16
(ii) ENERGY CHARGE 16
(iii) START UP AND SUPPORT CHARGES 16
(iv) LOW LOAD CHARGES 17
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(v) ANCILLARY SERVICES 17
MINIMUM TAKE TRUE-UP 17
8. TESTING 18
9. ANCILLARY SERVICES 18
10. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY 18
(a) ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE PROCEDURE 20
(b) ARBITRATION 20
(c) OBLIGATIONS TO PAY CHARGES AND PERFORM 21
(d) PRELIMINARY INJUNCTIVE RELIEF 21
(e) SETTLEMENT DISCUSSIONS 22
12. ASSIGNMENT; TRANSFER OF STATION 22
(a) ASSIGNMENT 22
(b) COLLATERAL ASSIGNMENT 22
(c) TRANSFER OF STATION DURING THE TERM 23
13. TERMINATION BY COMED WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN XXXXX 00
00. XXXXXXX; TERMINATION AND REMEDIES 23
(a) SELLER'S DEFAULT 23
(b) COMED DEFAULT 24
(c) REMEDIES AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE 24
(e) TERMINATIONS UNDER SECTION 13 25
15. FORCE MAJEURE 25
16. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES 26
17. INDEMNIFICATION 28
18. NOTICES 28
19. CONFIDENTIALITY 30
20. GOVERNING LAW 30
21. PARTIAL INVALIDITY 30
22. WAIVERS 31
24. ENTIRE AGREEMENT AND AMENDMENTS 31
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APPENDICES
Appendix A Equivalent Availability Factor
Appendix B Design Limits
Appendix C MAIN Guide Number 3A
Appendix D EO Communications and Guidelines
Appendix E Reporting Forms
Appendix F Regulating Performance Value Methodology
Appendix G GADS Cause Codes
POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENT (including Appendices, this
"AGREEMENT") dated as of December 15, 1999, as amended and restated as of
September 13, 2000, between COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY, an Illinois
corporation ("COMED"), and MIDWEST GENERATION, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company ("SELLER"; ComEd and Seller are sometimes referred to
herein individually as a "PARTY" and collectively as the "PARTIES");
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, Seller owns and operates the Xxxxxxx electric generation
station;
WHEREAS, ComEd desires to receive and purchase, and Seller
desires to deliver and sell, electric capacity, energy and other
generation-related services;
WHEREAS, ComEd desires to determine the dispatching of the units
at such station as provided in this Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Parties are parties to a Power Purchase Agreement
for the Xxxxxxx electric generation station dated as of December 15, 1999, as
amended as of July 12, 2000 ("PPA"); and
WHEREAS, the Parties have agreed to amend further the PPA in
certain respects and to integrate said amendment and the prior amendment into a
restated agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and
agreements herein set forth, the Parties hereto agree as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
(a) DEFINITIONS. As used in this Agreement, (i) the terms set
forth below in this Section 1(a) shall have the respective meanings so set
forth, (ii) the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement shall have the
meanings therein so specified and (iii) the terms "AVAILABLE," "AVAILABLE
HOURS," "EQUIVALENT AVAILABILITY FACTOR," "FORCED OUTAGE," "MAINTENANCE OUTAGE,"
"NET DEPENDABLE CAPACITY," "PLANNED OUTAGE," "PLANNED OUTAGE EXTENSION,"
"SERVICE HOURS" and "UNAVAILABLE", and the associated terms referred to and used
in the calculation of such terms, shall have the respective meanings assigned to
such terms in Appendix A.
"ADJUSTMENT FACTOR" means, with respect to a month, the factor
(rounded to four decimal places) obtained from the following:
(a) if such month is a Summer Month:
GROUP EAF ADJUSTMENT FACTOR
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Greater than or equal to 90% (100 +[(Group EAF - 90) x
2]) /100
Greater than or equal to 70% (Group EAF + 10)/100
but less than 90%
Greater than or equal to 50% but (80 + [(Group EAF - 70) x
less than 70% 4])/100
Less than 50% Zero
(b) if such month is a Non-Summer Month:
GROUP EAF ADJUSTMENT FACTOR
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Greater than or equal to 50% (Group EAF + 25)/100
Less than 50% Zero
provided, however that all outage hours and derating attributable to
ComEd transmission system problems, outages or stability load
restrictions shall be deemed Available Hours.
"AFFECTED PARTY" has the meaning specified in Section 15(a).
"AGC" means Automatic Generation Control.
"ANCILLARY SERVICES" has the meaning set forth in Section 9.
"ANNUAL SETTLEMENT AMOUNT," for a Contract Year, means a payment
to be made by ComEd to compensate Seller for natural gas costs
(commodity only), to the extent that the commodity price of natural gas
consumed in generating megawatts at ComEd's request above the Minimum
Energy Amount for such Contract Year is greater than $2.52 per MMBTU,
after deducting therefrom the amount by which such commodity price is
less than $2.52 per MMBTU. Such Annual Settlement Amount shall be
calculated as follows:
ANNUAL SETTLEMENT = SUM{ (DGP - DGC) x CCT x 12,000
/ 1000} for all subsequent days in such
Contract Year once the Minimum Energy Amount
for such Contract Year has been met.
WHERE:
DGP ($/ MMBTU) = Daily Gas Price - Chicago City
Gate Average as reported by Natural Gas
Institute in their Daily Gas Price Index
Publication.
DGC ($ / MMBTU) = $2.52.
CCT (MWHr) = Daily Xxxxxxx Net Generation
requested by ComEd (excludes generation sold
to third parties by Seller).
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12,000 (BTU / NKWHR)= Xxxxxxx Station True-up Defined Heat Rate.
"ASSET SALE AGREEMENT" means the Asset Sale Agreement dated as of
March 22, 1999, between ComEd and Seller, governing the transfer of the
Station from ComEd to Seller.
"BANKRUPTCY" means any case, action or proceeding under any
bankruptcy, reorganization, debt arrangement, insolvency or receivership
law or any dissolution or liquidation proceeding commenced by or against
a Person and, if such case, action or proceeding is not commenced by
such Person, such case or proceeding shall be consented to or acquiesced
in by such Person or shall result in an order for relief or shall remain
undismissed for 90 days.
"BUSINESS DAY" means each weekday (Monday through Friday)
except the days on which the following holidays are observed:
New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day,
Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
"CHANGE OF LAW" means the adoption, promulgation, modification or
reinterpretation of any law, rule, regulation, ordinance, order or other
Requirement of Law of any federal, state, county or local government,
governmental agency, court, commission, department or other such entity
which occurs subsequent to the date of execution of this Agreement but
excluding any change in law relating to (i) taxation of net income or
(ii) any requirement regarding reduction or control of nitrogen oxide
(NOx), carbon dioxide or volatile organic materials under any
Requirement of Law.
"COLD START" means a Successful Start-Up of a Reserved Unit
before which such Reserved Unit has been off-line for 48 hours or more.
"COMED CONTROL AREA" means the ComEd electrical system bounded by
interconnection (tie-line) metering and telemetry and wherein ComEd
controls generation to maintain the system's interchange schedule with
other control areas and contributes to frequency regulation of the
interchange.
"COMED EMS" means the electronic hardware and software owned
by ComEd and known as the "ComEd Energy Management System."
"COMED EVENT OF DEFAULT" has the meaning specified in
Section 14(b).
"COMED SYSTEM" the electric transmission and distribution
system owned by ComEd and its affiliates.
"CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION" has the meaning specified in Section
18.
"CONTRACT YEAR" means, in the case of the First Contract Year,
the period beginning on the Effective Date and ending on the day prior
to the first anniversary of such beginning date, if the Effective Date
is the first day of a calendar month, or ending
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on the day prior to the first anniversary of the beginning of the
month immediately following the Effective Date, if the Effective Date
is not the first day of a month; and, in the case of subsequent
Contract Years, means the period beginning on the day immediately
following the end of the preceding Contract Year and ending on the
day prior to the first anniversary of such beginning day. First
Contract Year refers to the first such period commencing on the
Effective Date; Second Contract Year refers to the second such
period; and so on.
"DEFAULT RATE" means (i) the "Prime Rate" as published from time
to time in the "Money Rates" section of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, plus
(ii) 2.5% (250 basis points) per annum.
"DESIGN LIMITS" means, with respect to a Reserved Unit, the items
listed in Appendix B with respect to such Reserved Unit.
"EFFECTIVE DATE" means December 15, 1999.
"ELECTRIC ENERGY" has the meaning specified in Section 4(a).
"EMERGENCY CONDITION" means a condition or situation which (i) in
the sole judgment of ComEd (or any ISO) presents an imminent physical
threat of danger to life, or significant threat to health or property,
(ii) in the sole judgment of ComEd (or any ISO) could cause a
significant disruption on or significant damage to the ComEd System (or
any material portion thereof) or the transmission system of a third
party (or any material portion thereof), (iii) in the sole judgment of
Seller could cause significant damage to the equipment that constitutes
the Station (or any material portion thereof) or (iv) in the sole
judgment of ComEd could cause significant damage to the equipment
located in the switchyard associated with the Station (or any material
portion of such switchyard).
"ENERGY CHARGE" means an amount determined under Section 7(a)(ii)
in respect of a month.
"EO" means ComEd's Electric Operations Department.
"EO GENERATION DISPATCHER" means the Person so designated from
time to time by ComEd as contemplated in Appendix D. Notice provisions
for the EO Generation Dispatcher are contained in Appendix D.
"EQUIVALENT AVAILABILITY ADJUSTMENT FACTOR" means, for a Contract
Year, one minus the sum of (i) the product of 0.17 multiplied by the
number of Summer Months in such Contract Year in which the Equivalent
Availability Factor of the Reserved Units is less than 80%, plus (ii)
the product of 0.04 multiplied by the number of Non-Summer Months in
such Contract Year in which the Equivalent Availability Factor of the
Reserved Units is less than 80%. Any adjustment pursuant to the
foregoing in respect of a partial month during the First Contract Year
(as the result of the Effective Date occurring during a month) shall be
prorated by multiplying it by a fraction, the numerator
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of which is the number of days from the Effective Date through the
last day of such month and the denominator of which is the total
number of days in such month. For the First Contract Year, only the
months of August 2000 through December 2000, if the Equivalent
Availability Factor of the Reserved Units is less than 80% for such
month, will be used in calculating the Equivalent Availability
Adjustment Factor.
"FERC" means the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
"FORCE MAJEURE EVENT" has the meaning specified in Section 15(a).
"GOVERNMENTAL ACTION" has the meaning specified in Section 15(a).
"GROUP" means, with respect to a Contract Year, all of the
Reserved Units for such Contract Year.
"GROUP EAF" means the Equivalent Availability Factor of the
Group, subject to the following adjustment and clarifications: (i) to
the extent that Seller declares a Substitute Unit to be Available to
ComEd for the generation of Electric Energy, the Available generating
capacity of such Substitute Unit may be used to offset the Unavailable
generating capacity of a Reserved Unit (up to (i) if such calculation is
being performed for a Summer Month, 90% of the Net Dependable Capacity
of such Reserved Unit as set forth in Appendix B or (ii) if such
calculation is being performed for a Non-Summer Month, 75% of the Net
Dependable Capacity of such Reserved Unit as set forth in Appendix B)
for purposes of calculating Group EAF; (ii) for clarity and the
avoidance of doubt, hours attributable to Planned Outages (including
extensions), Maintenance Outages (including extensions) and Forced
Outages shall be Unavailable hours for the purposes of calculating Group
EAF; and (iii) Availability of a Reserved Unit shall be measured on the
Station side of the Point of Delivery unless an event on the Station
side of the Point of Delivery has caused equipment on the transmission
system side of the Point of Delivery to be malfunctional or
nonfunctional.
"HOT START" means a Successful Start-Up of a Reserved Unit before
which such Reserved Unit has been off-line for eight hours or less.
"INTERCONNECTION AGREEMENT" means the Facilities, Interconnection
and Easement Agreement dated as of the Effective Date between ComEd and
Seller with respect to the Station.
"ISO" means any Person that becomes responsible under applicable
FERC guidelines for the transmission system to which the Station is
connected.
"LENDERS" means (i) any person or entity that, from time to time,
has made loans to Seller, its permitted successors or permitted assigns
for the financing or refinancing of a Station or which are secured by a
Station, (ii) any holder of such indebtedness, (iii) any trustee on
behalf of any such holders or (iv) any Person who purchases a Station in
connection with a sale-leaseback or other lease arrangement in which the
Seller is the lessee of such Station pursuant to a net lease.
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"LOW LOAD CHARGES" means an amount determined under Section
7(a)(iv) in respect of a month.
"MAIN" means the Mid-America Interconnected Network.
"MINIMUM LOAD" means the "Minimum Operating Level" for a Reserved
Unit (below which it cannot operate in a stable manner) as set forth in
Appendix B. Minimum Load for a Reserved Unit shall be measured in net
megawatts.
"MINIMUM ENERGY AMOUNT" means, (a) with respect to the First
Contract Year, the product of (i) 2,000,000 megawatt hours, multiplied
by (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the Reserved Capacity for
the First Contract Year and the denominator is 2,698 megawatts and (b)
for all subsequent Contract Years, the product of (i) 2,700,000 megawatt
hours, multiplied by (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the
Reserved Capacity for such Contract Year and the denominator is 2,698
megawatts.
"MINIMUM TAKE TRUE-UP" means (i) the product of the Minimum
Energy Amount for a Contract Year, multiplied by the Equivalent
Availability Adjustment Factor for such Contract Year, multiplied by the
megawatt hour charge for such Contract Year, as determined from the
table in Section 7(a)(ii), less (ii) the aggregate amounts paid or
payable by ComEd to Seller under Section 7(a)(ii) in respect of the
months (including, in the case of the First Contract Year, any partial
month) constituting such Contract Year.
"MONTHLY CAPACITY CHARGE" means an amount determined under
Section 7(a) in respect of a month.
"NERC" means the North American Electric Reliability Council.
"NON-SUMMER MONTH" means any month other than a Summer Month.
"NON-SUMMER CAPACITY CHARGE" means, with respect to a Non-Summer
Month, (i) $1,667 per megawatt-month during the First through Third
Contract Years and (ii) $2,083 per megawatt-month during the Fourth and
Fifth Contract Years.
"NON-SUMMER CAPACITY PAYMENT" means, for a Non-Summer Month, the
sum of the following calculations for each Reserved Unit during such
month: the result of (i) the product (a) the Net Dependable Capacity of
such Reserved Unit as determined from Appendix B, multiplied by (b) the
Non-Summer Capacity Charge for such month, multiplied by (c) the
Adjustment Factor for such month, minus (ii) the Regulation Adjustment
for such Reserved Unit for such month.
"PERSON" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint
venture, limited liability company, association, joint stock company,
trust, unincorporated organization, entity, government or other
political subdivision.
"POINT OF DELIVERY" means the point of Electric Energy delivery
from the Station to the ComEd System specified in the Interconnection
Agreement.
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"PRUDENT UTILITY PRACTICE" means any of the practices, methods
and acts required or approved by any ISO or engaged in or approved by a
significant portion of the electric utility industry in the United
States of America during the relevant time period, or any of the
practices, methods and acts which, in the exercise of reasonable
judgment in light of the facts known at the time the decision was made,
could have been expected to accomplish the desired result at a
reasonable cost consistent with good business practices, reliability,
safety and expedition. "Prudent Utility Practice" is not intended to be
limited to the optimum practice, method or act to the exclusion of all
others, but rather to be acceptable practices, methods or acts generally
accepted in the United States of America.
"REGULATION ADJUSTMENT" means, with respect to a Reserved Unit
for a given month, (i) if the Adjustment Factor for such Reserved Unit
for such month is zero or the Service Hours for such Reserved Unit for
such month are less than twenty-four, an amount equal to zero, or (ii)
in all other cases, an amount equal to the RPV Adjustment.
"REQUIREMENT OF LAW" means any foreign, federal, state and local
laws, statutes, regulations, rules, codes or ordinances enacted,
adopted, issued or promulgated by any federal, state, local or other
governmental authority or regulatory body (including those pertaining to
electrical, building, zoning, environmental and occupational safety and
health requirements) or a tariff filed with any federal, state, local or
other governmental authority or regulatory body.
"RESERVED CAPACITY" means, with respect to a Contract Year, the
aggregate Net Dependable Capacity of the Reserved Units (as set forth in
Appendix B).
"RESERVED UNIT" means each, and "RESERVED UNITS" means all, of
the generating units of the Station except those units with respect to
which this Agreement has been terminated in accordance with Section 13.
"RAW RPV" means, with respect to a Reserved Unit, its (together
with any Substitute Unit substituted for such Reserved Unit) "regulating
performance value," which shall be calculated by ComEd EMS on a monthly
basis in accordance with the methodology set forth in Appendix G.
"RPVACT" means, with respect to a Reserved Unit for a given
month, the product of
Raw RPV x [(hours on AGC)/(Service Hours - Start-Up Adjustment)]
For purposes of the foregoing calculation, the term "START-UP
ADJUSTMENT" means, with respect to a given month, the sum of : [(2
hours) x (the number of Hot Starts in such month)] + [(4 hours) x (the
number of Warm Starts in such month)] + [(6 hours) x (the number of Cold
Starts in such month)].
"RPV ADJUSTMENT" means, with respect to a Reserved Unit for a
given month, the amount determined from the following:
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RPV ADJUSTMENT
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If (RPVmin - RPVact) is less than zero [(RPVmin - RPVact) x $5,330)]
If (RPVmin - RPVact) is zero zero
If (RPVmin - RPVact) is greater
than zero [(RPVmin - RPVact) x $5,330]
For purposes of the foregoing calculation, the term "RPVMIN" means the
"Unit RPV" listed for such Reserved Unit in Appendix B.
"SELLER'S EVENT OF DEFAULT" has the meaning specified in
Section 14(a).
"START-UP AND SUPPORT CHARGES" means an amount determined under
Section 7(a)(iii).
"STATION" means the Xxxxxxx generating station being conveyed to
Seller pursuant to the Asset Sale Agreement.
"SUBSTITUTE UNIT" means a generating unit (other than a
combustion turbine generating unit or peaker that is subject to a power
purchase agreement with ComEd) within the ComEd Control Area which is
not a Reserved Unit under this Agreement at the time in question.
"SUCCESSFUL START-UP" means causing, at the request of ComEd, a
generating unit to achieve electrical synchronization with the
transmission provider's system to which the Station is interconnected
and to maintain at least the Minimum Load for such generating unit for a
period of two hours.
"SUMMER CAPACITY CHARGE" means, with respect to a Summer Month,
(i) $6,666 per megawatt-month during the First through Third Contract
Years and (ii) $8,333 per megawatt-month during the Fourth and Fifth
Contract Years.
"SUMMER CAPACITY PAYMENT" means, for a Summer Month, the sum of
the following calculations for each Reserved Unit during such month: the
result of (i) the product of (a) the Net Dependable Capacity of such
Reserved Unit, multiplied by (b) the Summer Capacity Charge for such
month, multiplied by (c) the Adjustment Factor for such month, minus
(ii) the Regulation Adjustment for such Reserved Unit for such month.
"SUMMER MONTH" means each of June, July, August and September.
"SUMMER PERIOD" means the period from May 15 through September 15
or, if the Effective Date or the Termination Date falls from May 15
through September 15 of a given year, then for the resulting shorter
period for such year.
"TERM" has the meaning specified in Section 2.
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"TERMINATION DATE" means the earlier of (i) the day immediately
preceding the fifth anniversary of the Effective Date if the Effective
Date is the first day of a month and otherwise the day immediately
preceding the fifth anniversary of the first day of the month
immediately following the Effective Date and (ii) the date on which this
Agreement is terminated by a Party pursuant to its terms.
"WARM START" means a Successful Start-Up of a Reserved Unit
before which such Reserved Unit has been off-line for more than eight
hours, but less than 48 hours.
(b) INTERPRETATION. In this Agreement, unless a clear contrary
intention appears:
(i) the singular includes the plural and vice versa;
(ii) reference to any Person includes such Person's successors
and assigns but, in the case of a Party, only if such successors and
assigns are permitted by this Agreement, and reference to a Person in a
particular capacity excludes such Person in any other capacity or
individually;
(iii) reference to any gender includes each other gender;
(iv) reference to any agreement (including this Agreement),
document, instrument or tariff means such agreement, document,
instrument or tariff as amended or modified and in effect from time to
time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms
hereof;
(v) reference to any Requirement of Law means such
Requirement of Law as amended, modified, codified or reenacted, in
whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including, if
applicable, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder;
(vi) reference to any Section or Appendix means such Section of
this Agreement or such Appendix to this Agreement, as the case may be,
and references in any Section or definition to any clause means such
clause of such Section or definition;
(vii) "hereunder", "hereof", "hereto" and words of similar
import shall be deemed references to this Agreement as a whole and
not to any particular Section or other provision hereof or thereof;
(viii) "including" (and with correlative meaning "include") means
including without limiting the generality of any description preceding
such term; and
(ix) relative to the determination of any period of time,
"from" means "from and including", "to" means "to but excluding" and
"through" means "through and including".
(c) LEGAL REPRESENTATION OF PARTIES. This Agreement was
negotiated by the Parties with the benefit of legal representation and any
rule of construction or interpretation
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otherwise requiring this Agreement to be construed or interpreted against any
Party shall not apply to any construction or interpretation hereof or thereof.
(d) TITLES AND HEADINGS. Section and Appendix titles and
headings in this Agreement are inserted for convenience of reference only and
are not intended to be a part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation
of, this Agreement.
2. TERM
This Agreement shall have a term (the "TERM") commencing on
the Effective Date and ending on the Termination Date. The provisions of
Sections 6(e) (Fuel Source and Emissions Reports), 6(f) (Records), 10
(Limitation of Liability), 11 (Disagreements), 14 (Default, Termination and
Remedies), and 16 (Indemnification) shall survive the termination of this
Agreement.
3. GENERATING CAPACITY
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Seller
shall, consistent with Prudent Utility Practice, cause the aggregate Net
Dependable Capacity of the Reserved Units during a Contract Year to be not
less than the Reserved Capacity for such Contract Year.
4. ELECTRIC ENERGY SUPPLY
(a) CHARACTER. All electric energy which Seller shall sell and
deliver to ComEd from a Reserved Unit (or a Substitute Unit) hereunder (such
electric energy being referred to herein as the "ELECTRIC ENERGY") shall be
consistent with the requirements of Section 5.7 of the Interconnection
Agreement.
(b) SUPPLY. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, Seller shall make available at the Point of Delivery to ComEd for
delivery and sale, and ComEd may receive and purchase from Seller, Electric
Energy. If a Reserved Unit is not Available, Seller may use a Substitute Unit
to fulfil such obligation; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (i) if such Substitute
Unit is not located within the Station, Seller shall be responsible for
arranging transmission service for delivery to the Station from such
Substitute Unit and (ii) such Substitute Unit shall have an RPVmin not less
than the Unavailable Reserved Unit. ComEd shall not be obligated to receive
or purchase any Electric Energy from Seller except such Electric Energy as is
dispatched by ComEd pursuant to Section 4(c).
(c) DISPATCH. ComEd may dispatch the delivery of Electric
Energy from each Reserved Unit (or Substitute Unit) in accordance with the
provisions set forth in Appendix D at a rate up to such Reserved Unit's Net
Dependable Capacity as set forth in Appendix B or such Substitute Unit's Net
Dependable Capacity, as the case may be (or such greater or lesser rate as
Seller may from time to time declare to be Available in accordance with
Section 3 of Appendix D), at any time when such Reserved Unit is so declared
by Seller to be Available.
(d) ENERGY IMBALANCE. ComEd shall hold Seller harmless from any
energy imbalance charges that result from ComEd's dispatch orders under this
Agreement.
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5. METERING; BILLING; PAYMENT
(a) METERING. All Electric Energy delivered by Seller to ComEd
from the Station under this Agreement shall be metered at billing meter
installations provided, installed, owned, maintained and tested as provided
in Section 5.18 of the Interconnection Agreement. At Sellers option and
expense, back-up meters and associated metering equipment independent of the
Metering Equipment may be installed at the Station; and such back-up meters
and metering equipment shall be used in accordance with the practices and
procedures established by the Parties for billing adjustments of discovered
billing meter inaccuracies. Any such back-up meters may be tested by ComEd at
Seller's expense, and any inaccuracies shall be handled as provided in
Section 5.18 of the Interconnection Agreement. All Electric Energy delivered
by Seller to ComEd from a Substitute Unit not located at the Station shall be
metered at billing meter installations provided, installed, owned, maintained
and tested by ComEd, if available, and otherwise at the billing meter
installation available at the site where the Substitute Unit is located. In
the event that ComEd's billing meters are not in service, ComEd will use
meter information from the meters it uses for dispatch for the period that
the billing meters are unavailable and provide the information to Seller. As
soon as practicable but in any event no later than five Business Days after
the end of each calendar month, ComEd shall provide Seller with information
from the billing meter installations owned or controlled by ComEd for
Seller's use in preparing billing statements and Seller shall have the right
to witness such meter readings and testing.
(b) METER INACCURACIES. ComEd shall provide to Seller copies
of all routine meter calibration test results. If any test of the billing
meters by ComEd or Seller discloses an inaccuracy of more than 0.5% fast or
0.5% slow, then a billing adjustment shall be made to correct for the
inaccuracy. For purpose of the billing adjustment, if the inaccuracy is
traceable to a specific event or occurrence at a reasonably ascertainable
time, then the adjustment shall extend back to that time; otherwise, it shall
be assumed that the error has existed for a period equal to one-half of the
time elapsed since the meter was installed or one-half of the time since the
last meter test, whichever is later. At any metering location, should the
billing meter at any time fail to register, the delivered Electric Energy
shall be determined by ComEd from the best available data, unless Seller
objects within 30 days. Such disagreements shall be resolved pursuant to
Section 11.
(c) BILLING. As soon as practicable after the end of each
calendar month during the Term and after the Termination Date, Seller shall
render a statement to ComEd for the amounts due in respect of such month
under Section 7, which statement shall contain reasonable detail showing the
manner in which the Monthly Capacity Charge, Energy Charge, Start-Up and
Support Charges, Low Load Charges and any Minimum Take True-Up were
determined.
Xxxxxxxx for Electric Energy shall be based on ComEd revenue
quality meter information or, if such meters are not yet in service, on
information from the meters that ComEd uses for dispatch. The amount due to
Seller as shown on any such monthly statement rendered by Seller shall be
paid by ComEd within fifteen Business Days after the date such statement is
rendered to ComEd by electronic means to an account specified by Seller. Any
amount not paid when due shall bear interest from the due date until paid at
the Default Rate.
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(d) BILLING DISPUTES.
(i) If ComEd questions or contests the amount of any amount
claimed by Seller to be due under Section 7 of this Agreement, ComEd
shall make such payment under protest and thereafter shall be reimbursed
by Seller for any amount in error after resolution of the dispute in
accordance with Section 5(d)(ii).
(ii) In the event that ComEd, by timely notice to Seller,
questions or contests the correctness of any charge or payment claimed
to be due by Seller, Seller shall promptly review the questioned charge
or payment and shall notify ComEd, within fifteen Business Days
following receipt by Seller of such notice from ComEd, of the amount of
any error and the amount of any reimbursement that ComEd is entitled to
receive in respect of such alleged error. Any disputes not resolved
within fifteen Business Days after Seller's receipt of notice from ComEd
shall be resolved in accordance with Section 11. Upon determination of
the correct amount of any reimbursement, such amount shall be promptly
paid by Seller.
(iii) Reimbursements made by Seller to ComEd under this Section
5(d) shall include interest from the date the original payment was made
until the date such reimbursement together with interest is made, which
interest shall accrue at the Default Rate.
(e) ANNUAL SETTLEMENT AMOUNT PAYMENT.
ComEd shall pay Seller within thirty days after the end of each
Contract Year the Annual Settlement Amount for such Contract Year,
PROVIDED ComEd has received from Seller a calculation of such Annual
Settlement Amount at least fifteen (15) days before its due date. Seller
shall provide a schedule indicating actual natural gas costs (commodity
only) incurred by it during such Contract Year versus $2.52 per MMBTU
and calculating the Annual Settlement Payment, if any, due.
6. OPERATION OF RESERVED UNITS
(a) STANDARD OF OPERATION. Consistent with Prudent Utility
Practice, Seller shall operate each Reserved Unit in accordance with (i) the
applicable practices, methods, acts, guidelines, standards and criteria of
MAIN, NERC, any ISO and any successors to the functions thereof; (ii) the
requirements of the Interconnection Agreement; and (iii) all applicable
Requirements of Law. Seller will maintain all certifications, permits,
licenses and approvals necessary to operate and maintain each Reserved Unit
and to perform its obligations under this Agreement during the Term.
(b) ELECTRIC ENERGY GENERATION.
(i) During a Contract Year, ComEd shall have the right to
receive and purchase Electric Energy represented by the Reserved
Capacity of each Reserved Unit for such Contract Year. To the extent
that ComEd has not dispatched the full Reserved
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Capacity of the Reserved Units, Seller may sell the electric energy
represented by such undispatched Reserved Capacity to third parties
subject to the following requirements:
(w) if such undispatched Reserved Capacity relates to a Reserved
Unit which:
(i) has been synchronized to the ComEd System and is
delivering Electric Energy at the request of ComEd, the EO
Generation Dispatcher must have released such undispatched
capacity to Seller and any sales of electric energy from such
capacity shall be cancelable by Seller upon not more than ten
minutes notice through GCM from the EO Generation Dispatcher;
(ii) is off-line at the request of the EO Generation
Dispatcher and is operating in a two-hour start-up standby mode
at the request of ComEd, then any sales of electric energy from
such undispatched capacity shall be cancelable by Seller upon not
more than two hours notice through GCM from the EO Generation
Dispatcher;
(iii) is off-line at the request of the EO Generation
Dispatcher and is operating in an eight-hour start-up standby
mode at the request of ComEd, then any sales of electric energy
from such undispatched capacity shall be cancelable by Seller
upon not more than eight hours notice through GCM from the EO
Generation Dispatcher; or
(iv) is off-line at the request of the EO Generation
Dispatcher and is not operating in a start-up standby mode at the
request of ComEd, then any sales of electric energy from such
undispatched capacity shall be cancelable by Seller upon not more
than twenty-four hours notice through GCM from the EO Generation
Dispatcher.
(x) Seller shall be responsible for arranging transmission
service for any deliveries of electric energy contemplated by any such
sales to third parties (it being understood that this Agreement does not
grant any rights of access to, or use of, any transmission service);
(y) the delivery of electric energy contemplated by any such
sales to third parties shall be in accordance with the provisions of the
Interconnection Agreement; and
(z) Seller shall schedule the sale of any energy so released
through EO and shall respond to any recall of such energy by EO within
the applicable time period specified in Section 6(b)(i)(w).
(i) No sales of electric energy shall be made to any Person from
a Reserved Unit (or any portion thereof) declared by Seller to be
Unavailable.
(ii) In the event that a Reserved Unit shall have electric
generation capacity in excess of its Net Dependable Capacity set forth
in Appendix B, Seller may offer and sell such capacity and associated
electric energy to third parties on such terms as Seller shall
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determine in its sole discretion. Seller shall be responsible for
arranging transmission service for any deliveries of electric energy
contemplated by any such sales to third parties (it being understood
that this Agreement does not grant any rights of access to, or use of,
any transmission service); and the delivery of electric energy
contemplated by any such sales to third parties shall be in accordance
with the provisions of the Interconnection Agreement. It is further
understood that, in the event that any such sales to third parties
shall be made and there shall be a derating in the associated Reserved
Unit, such sales shall be curtailed in full before any curtailment of
Electric Energy dispatched by ComEd from such Reserved Unit as a result
of such derating.
(iii) Seller may not sell Ancillary Services with respect to any
undispatched Reserved Capacity referred to in Section 6(b)(i) or with
respect to any excess capacity referred to in Section 6(b)(ii).
(c) Outages
(i) PLANNED OUTAGES. On or prior to the Effective Date, Seller
shall submit to ComEd a proposed schedule of Planned Outages (including
Planned Deratings) scheduled by Seller for the following three Contract Years
for the Reserved Units at the Station, which schedule shall be supplemented
by Seller every six months following the Effective Date by notice to the EO
Generation Dispatcher to extend the period covered by such schedule by six
months; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no Planned Outage may be scheduled to cover
any portion of a Summer Period. Such schedule, and each supplement thereto,
shall indicate the planned start and completion dates for each Planned Outage
shown during the period covered thereby and the amount of generating capacity
that will be affected. Within sixty days of receipt of such schedule or any
supplement thereto, ComEd may request reasonable modifications therein.
Seller and ComEd shall work together to schedule Planned Outages to meet
their mutual requirements; however, it is understood that in the event of a
disagreement on such scheduling, ComEd will have the right to resolve such
disagreements as it reasonably determines to be appropriate in accordance
with Prudent Utility Practice. In addition, ComEd may at any time request,
and Seller shall make, changes to such schedule or any such supplement if
ComEd deems such changes to be necessary, PROVIDED THAT, Seller shall not be
required in connection with any such change to split a single Planned Outage
into more than one outage or to reduce the duration of a Planned Outage;
PROVIDED FURTHER that, except for changes requested during the first six
months of the Term, such changes do not affect any Planned Outages during the
six months immediately following Seller's receipt of such request; and
PROVIDED FURTHER, that if Seller reasonably incurs increased costs as a
result of ComEd's request to reschedule a Planned Outage, ComEd shall
reimburse Seller for the actual, documented increased out-of-pocket costs. At
least one week prior to any Planned Outage, Seller shall orally notify the EO
Generation Dispatcher of the expected start date of such Planned Outage, the
amount of generating capacity at the Reserved Units which will not be
available to ComEd during such Planned Outage, and the expected completion
date of such Planned Outage. Seller shall orally notify the EO Generation
Dispatcher promptly of any subsequent changes in such generating capacity not
available or any subsequent changes in the Planned Outage completion date. As
soon as practicable, all such oral notifications shall be confirmed in
writing.
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(ii) MAINTENANCE OUTAGES. To the extent that during any
Contract Year Seller needs to schedule a Maintenance Outage, Seller shall
notify the EO Generation Dispatcher of such outage and shall plan such outage
of generating capacity and use reasonable efforts to accommodate the
requirements and service obligations of ComEd. Notice of a proposed
Maintenance Outage shall include the expected start date of the outage, the
amount of unavailable generating capacity of the Reserved Units and the
expected completion date of the outage, and shall be given to ComEd at the
time the need for the outage is determined by Seller. ComEd shall promptly
respond to such notice and may request reasonable modifications in the
schedule for the outage to accommodate the requirements and service
obligations of ComEd. Seller shall use reasonable efforts to comply with such
requested modifications and shall, if requested by ComEd, reschedule its
Maintenance Outages, PROVIDED THAT it may do so in accordance with Prudent
Utility Practice. Seller shall notify the EO Generation Dispatcher promptly
of any subsequent changes in such generating capacity not available to ComEd
or any subsequent changes in such outage completion date. As soon as
practicable, any such notifications given orally shall be confirmed in
writing.
(iii) FORCED OUTAGES. Seller shall provide to the EO
Generation Dispatcher immediately an oral report of any Forced Outage
(including Forced Deratings) of the Reserved Units, which report shall
include the amount of generating capacity at the Reserved Units unavailable
because of such Forced Outage and the expected return date of such generating
capacity, and shall update such report by notice to the EO Generation
Dispatcher promptly as necessary to advise ComEd of changed circumstances. As
soon as practicable, all such oral reports shall be confirmed in writing.
(iv) INFORMATION RELATED TO OUTAGES. In addition to the
foregoing, Seller shall provide to the EO Generation Dispatcher information
relating to outages of generating capacity at the Station which would affect
Seller's ability to deliver Electric Energy from any Reserved Unit.
(d) OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS. The operating characteristics
of each Reserved Unit shall be consistent with the Design Limits for such
Reserved Unit set forth in Appendix B unless otherwise mutually agreed by the
Parties. Any changes to such operating characteristics which may affect the
delivery of Electric Energy pursuant to this Agreement must be agreed by the
Parties. Seller shall reduce, curtail or interrupt electrical generation at
the Station in accordance with Prudent Utility Practice or take other
appropriate action in accordance with the applicable provisions of the
Interconnection Agreement which in the reasonable judgment of ComEd may be
necessary to operate, maintain and protect the ComEd System or the
transmission system of another utility during an Emergency Condition or in
the reasonable judgment of Seller may be necessary to operate, maintain and
protect the equipment at the Station during an Emergency Condition.
(e) FUEL SOURCE AND EMISSIONS REPORTS. Seller shall provide
ComEd with information concerning Seller's fuel sources and emissions
(including carbon dioxide, nitrous oxides and sulfur dioxide emissions) as
reasonably requested by ComEd in order to allow ComEd to meet its statutory
reporting obligations (including those reporting obligations imposed by
Section 16-127 of the Illinois Public Utilities Act and associated rules of
the Illinois
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Commerce Commission) in respect of such information to governmental bodies,
customers or other Persons.
(f) RECORDS. Each Party shall keep and maintain all records
as may be necessary or useful in performing or verifying any calculations or
charges made pursuant to this Agreement, or in verifying such Party's
performance hereunder. All such records shall be retained by each Party for
at least three calendar years following the calendar year in which such
records were created. Each Party shall make such records available to the
other Party for inspection and copying at the other Party's expense, upon
reasonable notice during such Party's regular business hours. Each Party and
its agents, including auditors, shall have the right, upon thirty days
written notice prior to the end of an applicable three calendar year period
to request copies of such records. Each Party shall provide such copies, at
the other Party's expense, within thirty days of receipt of such notice or
shall make such records available to the other Party and its agents,
including auditors, in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this
Section.
7. COMPENSATION
(a) MONTHLY CHARGES. ComEd shall pay to Seller, in respect
of each calendar month during the Term, the following amounts:
(i) MONTHLY CAPACITY CHARGE. A Monthly Capacity Charge equal
to the Summer Capacity Payment, if such month is a Summer Month, or the
Non-Summer Capacity Payment, if such month is a Non-Summer Month; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, if the first month of the First Contract Year is a partial month (as
a result of the Effective Date occurring during a month), the amount payable
under this Section 7(a)(i) in respect of such partial month shall be prorated
by multiplying it by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days
from the Effective Date through the last day of such month and the
denominator of which is the total number of days in such month.
(ii) ENERGY CHARGE. An amount equal to the product of (x)
the Electric Energy (expressed in megawatt hours) sold to ComEd under this
Agreement during such month, multiplied by (y) the megawatt hour charge
applicable to such Electric Energy as determined from the following table:
ENERGY CHARGE
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Contract ($/Megawatt Hour)
Year
1 $30
2 31
3 32
4 33
5 34
(iii) START UP AND SUPPORT CHARGES. an amount equal to
the sum of:
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(1) the product of (x) the number of Cold Starts for each
Reserved Unit during such month, multiplied by (y) $10,700, plus
(2) the product of (x) the number of Warm Starts for each
Reserved Unit during such month, multiplied by (y) $7,500, plus
(3) the product of (x) the number of Hot Starts for each
Reserved Unit during such month, multiplied by (y) $3,700, plus
(4) the product of (x) the number of hours (if any) during
such month that a Reserved Unit was operated in the two-hour
start-up standby mode at the request of ComEd, multiplied by (y)
a fraction, the numerator of which is $30,000 and the denominator
of which is 24, plus.
(5) the product of (x) the number of hours (if any) during
such month that a Reserved Unit was operated in the eight-hour
start-up standby mode at the request of ComEd, multiplied by (y)
a fraction, the numerator of which is $15,000 and the denominator
of which is 24.
(iv) LOW LOAD CHARGES. An amount equal to the sum of the
following calculations for each Reserved Unit during such month: the product
of (1) the number of megawatt hours (if any) during such month that such
Reserved Unit was operated at the request of ComEd within the range set forth
opposite such Reserved Unit in the following table and (2) the Low Load
Charge set forth opposite such Reserved Unit in such table; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that no Low Load Charge shall be due if, due to a derating (not
directed by ComEd), the Reserved Unit is unable to operate above the Low Load
Range specified in the table below.
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GENERATING UNIT LOAD RANGE LOW LOAD CHARGE
(NET MWS) ($ PER MEGAWATT-HOUR)
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Unit 1 44-78 $15
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Xxxx 0 00-00 00
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Xxxx 0 00xxx00 40
45chi79 10
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Unit 4 25chi45 40
45chi79 10
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Unit 5 25chi45 40
45chi79 10
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(v) ANCILLARY SERVICES. There shall not be any additional charges
payable by ComEd or otherwise in respect of the Ancillary Services described in
Section 9.
(b) MINIMUM TAKE TRUE-UP. The amount otherwise payable under
Section 7(a)(ii) in respect of the last month of a Contract Year shall be
subject to upward adjustment to reflect the Minimum Take True-Up, if any.
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(c) ANNUAL SETTLEMENT AMOUNT. ComEd shall pay to Seller, with
respect to each Contract Year, the Annual Settlement Amount, if any, for such
Contract Year.
(d) AGREED UPON ADJUSTMENTS. Seller will reduce ComEd's monthly
charges by $1,062,500 for each of the four months September 2000 through
December 2000.
8. TESTING
Capability evaluations of the Reserved Units may be conducted by
ComEd at reasonable intervals. Such evaluations shall consist of a period of one
hour during which ComEd may request the Net Dependable Capacity of a Reserved
Unit to generate Electric Energy for delivery to the ComEd System. Once a test
period has been initiated, it must last one hour unless ComEd and the Station
general manager mutually agree to a shorter duration. In addition, ComEd may
request not more than once per Contract Year that a Reserved Unit undergo a
generating test as specified in Guide No. 3A of MAIN (a copy of which is
attached as Appendix C). No tests will be conducted or continued which, in the
opinion of Seller, should not be conducted or continued in accordance with
Prudent Utility Practice. If Seller prevents or discontinues a test in
accordance with Prudent Utility Practice, ComEd shall have the right to retest
the affected Reserved Unit upon prior notice to Seller. Seller shall have the
right to retest any Reserved Unit after the failure of any test performed at the
request of ComEd pursuant to this Section 8.
9. ANCILLARY SERVICES
As directed by ComEd, Seller shall provide the following
additional services (the "ANCILLARY SERVICES") with respect to the Reserved
Capacity (subject to any sale(s) of electric energy made by Seller to third
parties to the extent permitted under Section 6(b)(i) or (ii)):
(a) Reactive supply and voltage control from generation sources
(b) Regulation and frequency response
(c) Operating reserve - spinning
(d) Operating reserve - supplemental
The requirements of these services shall be as stated in ComEd's Open Access
Transmission Tariff as filed with FERC, and any other Requirements of Laws
and any requirements of MAIN, NERC, any ISO and any successors to the
functions thereof.
10. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
In no event or under any circumstances shall either Party
(including such Party's affiliates and such Party's and such affiliates'
respective directors, officers, employees and agents) be liable to the other
Party (including such Party's affiliates and such Party's and such affiliate's
respective directors, officers, employees and agents) for any special,
incidental, exemplary, indirect, punitive or consequential damages or damages in
the nature of lost profits, whether such loss is based on contract, warranty or
tort (including intentional acts, errors or omissions, negligence, indemnity,
strict liability or otherwise). A Party's liability under this
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Agreement shall be limited to direct, actual damages, and all other damages
at law or in equity are waived.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section
or any other Section hereof, if
(i) ComEd dispatches the delivery of Electric Energy from a
Reserved Unit in accordance with the provisions hereof (other than
during a ComEd Event of Default under Section 14(b)(i)) and Seller fails
to provide all of the Electric Energy so dispatched by ComEd, or
(ii) if Seller fails to declare a Reserved Unit Available at its
Net Dependable Capacity,
and, during such failure, Seller sells or provides electric energy from the
Reserved Unit to any Person other than ComEd (including Seller but excluding
provision or use of electric energy by Seller solely for use at the Station),
ComEd shall, in addition to any rights it has to an adjustment of payments
otherwise due hereunder or to terminate this Agreement, be entitled to
reimbursement by Seller for all of ComEd's out-of-pocket costs related to or
resulting from such failure by Seller, including:
(w) the costs to purchase and transmit electric energy in
substitution for the subject Electric Energy to the extent such costs
exceed the costs that would have been due hereunder had, in the case of
a failure under clause (i) above, Seller provided the Electric Energy
dispatched by ComEd, or the costs to purchase and transmit electric
energy in substitution for the Net Dependable Capacity (as set forth in
Appendix B) from the subject Reserved Unit to the extent such costs
exceed the costs that would have been due hereunder had, in the case of
a failure under clause (ii) above, Seller declared such Reserved Unit
Available and ComEd had dispatched Electric Energy from such Reserved
Unit in each case in an amount inclusive of the electric energy sold to
such Person;
(x) any and all amounts paid (whether in the form of cash
payments, xxxx credits, tariff adjustments or otherwise) by ComEd to its
customers pursuant to statute, tariff, order of a tribunal of competent
jurisdiction or other Requirement of Law because ComEd was unable to
provide electric energy to any of its customers to the extent that all
or any part of such inability could reasonably have been expected to
have been avoided absent such failure by Seller;
(y) attorneys', consultants' and witnesses' fees incurred by
ComEd in connection with a regulatory or judicial investigation or
proceeding of any kind related to or resulting from an inability of
ComEd to provide electric energy to any of its customers to the extent
that all or any part of such inability could reasonably have been
expected to have been avoided absent such failure by Seller; and
(z) any other amounts owed to third parties because of ComEd's
inability to deliver electric energy if all or any part of such
inability could reasonably have been expected to have been avoided
absent such failure by Seller.
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In addition, if ComEd is unable to provide electric energy to any customer or
third party and all or part of such inability could reasonably have been
expected to have been avoided absent such failure by Seller, ComEd will
suffer significant damages in addition to its out-of-pocket costs, the
quantification of which is difficult to ascertain. Accordingly, if ComEd is
unable to provide electric energy to any customer or third party and all or
any part such inability could reasonably have been expected to have been
avoided absent such failure by Seller, and, during such failure by Seller,
Seller sells or provides electric energy from the subject Reserved Unit to
any Person other than ComEd (including Seller but excluding provision or use
of electric energy by Seller solely for use at the Station), Seller shall pay
for each occurrence, in addition to the out-of-pocket costs described above,
liquidated damages to ComEd in the amount of $25,000 for each megawatt of Net
Dependable Capacity (as set forth in Appendix B) for the relevant Reserved
Unit.
11. DISAGREEMENTS
(a) ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE PROCEDURE. Except to the extent
otherwise provided in Section 5(d), if any disagreement arises on matters
concerning this Agreement, the disagreement shall be referred to one
representative of each Party, who shall attempt to timely resolve the
disagreement. If such representatives can resolve the disagreement, such
resolution shall be reported in writing to and shall be binding upon the
Parties. If such representatives cannot resolve the disagreement within a
reasonable time, or a Party fails to appoint a representative within 10 days of
written notice of the existence of a disagreement, then the matter shall proceed
to arbitration as provided in Section 11(b).
(b) ARBITRATION. If pursuant to Section 11(a), the Parties are
unable to resolve a disagreement arising on a matter pertaining to this
Agreement, such disagreement shall be settled by arbitration in Chicago,
Illinois. The arbitration shall be governed by the United States Arbitration
Act (9 U.S.C. Section 1 ET SEQ.), and any award issued pursuant to such
arbitration may be enforced in any court of competent jurisdiction. This
agreement to arbitrate and any other agreement or consent to arbitrate
entered into in accordance herewith will be specifically enforceable under
the prevailing arbitration law of any court having jurisdiction. Notice of
demand for arbitration must be filed in writing with the other Party to this
Agreement. Arbitration shall be conducted as follows:
(i) Either Party may give the other Party written notice in
sufficient detail of the disagreement and the specific provision of this
Agreement under which the disagreement arose. The demand for arbitration
must be made within a reasonable time after the disagreement has arisen.
In no event may the demand for arbitration be made if the institution of
legal or equitable proceedings based on such disagreement is barred by
the applicable statute of limitations. Any arbitration related to this
Agreement may be consolidated with any other arbitration proceedings
related to this Agreement.
(ii) The Parties shall attempt to agree on a person with special
knowledge and expertise with respect to the matter at issue to serve as
arbitrator. If the Parties cannot agree on an arbitrator within ten
days, each shall then appoint one person to serve as an arbitrator and
the two thus appointed shall select a third arbitrator with such special
knowledge and expertise to serve as Chairman of the panel of
arbitrators; and such three
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arbitrators shall determine all matters by majority vote; PROVIDED
HOWEVER, if the two arbitrators appointed by the Parties are unable to
agree upon the appointment of the third arbitrator within five days
after their appointment, both shall give written notice of such failure
to agree to the Parties, and, if the Parties fail to agree upon the
selection of such third arbitrator within five days thereafter, then
either of the Parties upon written notice to the other may require
appointment from, and pursuant to the rules of, the Chicago office of
the American Arbitration Association for commercial arbitration. Prior
to appointment, each arbitrator shall agree to conduct such arbitration
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(iii) The Parties shall have sixty days from the appointment of
the arbitrator(s) to perform discovery and present evidence and argument
to the arbitrator(s). During that period, the arbitrator(s) shall be
available to receive and consider all such evidence as is relevant and,
within reasonable limits due to the restricted time period, to hear as
much argument as is feasible, giving a fair allocation of time to each
Party to the arbitration. The arbitrator(s) shall use all reasonable
means to expedite discovery and to sanction noncompliance with
reasonable discovery requests or any discovery order. The arbitrator(s)
shall not consider any evidence or argument not presented during such
period and shall not extend such period except by the written consent of
both Parties. At the conclusion of such period, the arbitrator(s) shall
have forty-five calendar days to reach a determination. To the extent
not in conflict with the procedures set forth herein, which shall
govern, such arbitration shall be held in accordance with the prevailing
rules of the Chicago office of the American Arbitration Association for
commercial arbitration.
(iv) The arbitrator(s) shall have the right only to interpret
and apply the terms and conditions of this Agreement and to order any
remedy allowed by this Agreement, but may not change any term or
condition of this Agreement, deprive either Party or any right or
remedy expressly provided hereunder, or provide any right or remedy
that has been expressly excluded hereunder.
(v) The arbitrator(s) shall give a written decision to the
Parties stating their findings of fact and conclusions of law, and shall
furnish to each Party a copy thereof signed by him (them) within five
calendar days from the date of their determination. The arbitrator's(s')
decision shall be final and binding upon the Parties.
(vi) Each Party shall pay the cost of the arbitrator(s) with
respect to those issues as to which they do not prevail, as determined
by the arbitrator(s).
(c) OBLIGATIONS TO PAY CHARGES AND PERFORM. If a disagreement
should arise on any matter which is not resolved as provided in Section 11(a),
then, pending the resolution of the disagreement by arbitration as provided in
Section 11(b), Seller shall continue to operate the Reserved Units in a manner
consistent with the applicable provisions of this Agreement and ComEd shall
continue to pay all charges and perform all other obligations required in
accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement.
(d) PRELIMINARY INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. Nothing in this Section 11
shall preclude, or be construed to preclude, the resort by either Party to a
court of competent jurisdiction solely
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for the purposes of securing a temporary or preliminary injunction to
preserve the status quo or avoid irreparable harm pending arbitration
pursuant to this Section 11.
(e) SETTLEMENT DISCUSSIONS. The Parties agree that
no statements of position or offers of settlement made in the course
of the dispute process described in this Section 11 will be offered
into evidence for any purpose in any litigation or arbitration
between the Parties, nor will any such statements or offers of
settlement be used in any manner against either Party in any such
litigation or arbitration. Further, no such statements or offers of
settlement shall constitute an admission or waiver of rights by
either Party in connection with any such litigation or arbitration.
At the request of either Party, any such statements and offers of
settlement, and all copies thereof, shall be promptly returned to the
Party providing the same.
12. ASSIGNMENT; TRANSFER OF STATION
(a) ASSIGNMENT. Neither Party may assign its rights
or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent
of the other Party, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed. Notwithstanding the foregoing, ComEd shall have the right to
assign its rights and obligations hereunder without the consent of
Seller to (i) any entity that has a net worth of at least $500
million and credit ratings for long-term secured debt from Standard &
Poor's Ratings Group of BBB- or higher and from Xxxxx'x Investors
Service, Inc. of Baa3 or higher or (ii) any affiliate of ComEd. For
the purposes of this Section 12(a), any direct transfer or series of
direct transfers (whether voluntary or by operation of law) of a
majority of the outstanding voting equity interests of Seller (or any
entity or entities directly or indirectly holding a majority of the
outstanding voting equity interests of Seller) to any party other
than an affiliate controlled by, or under common control with, Seller
shall be deemed an assignment of this Agreement.
(b) COLLATERAL ASSIGNMENT. Notwithstanding the
above, ComEd hereby consents to the assignment by Seller of a
security interest in this Agreement to any Lenders; PROVIDED THAT
Owner shall have provided notice of any such assignment to ComEd.
ComEd further agrees to execute documentation to evidence such
consent, PROVIDED it shall have no obligation to waive any of its
rights under this Agreement. ComEd recognizes that such consent may
grant certain rights to such Lenders, which shall be fully developed
and described in the consent documents, including (i) this Agreement
shall not be amended in any material respect or terminated (except
for termination pursuant to the terms of this Agreement) without the
consent of Lenders, which consent as to amendments shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed, (ii) Lenders shall be given notice
of, and a reasonable time period (but in no event more than the time
period provided to Seller) to cure, any Seller breach or default of
this Agreement, (iii) if a Lender forecloses, takes a deed in lieu or
otherwise exercises its remedies pursuant to any security documents,
that ComEd shall, at Lender's request, continue to perform all of its
obligations hereunder, and Lender or its nominee may perform in the
place of Seller, and may assign this Agreement to another party in
place of Seller (PROVIDED either (i) such proposed assignee is
creditworthy and possesses experience and skill in the operation of
electric generation plants or (ii) ComEd consents to the assignment
to such proposed assignee, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld (it being understood that ComEd may, in deciding whether to
grant such consent, take into account the creditworthiness and the
electric generation plant experience and skill of the proposed
assignee)), and enforce all of Seller's rights hereunder, (iv) that
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Lender(s) shall have no liability under this Agreement except during
the period of such Lender(s)' ownership and/or operation of a
Station(s), (v) that ComEd shall accept performance in accordance
with this Agreement by Lender(s) or its (their) nominee, (vi) that
ComEd shall make all payments to an account designated by Lender(s),
and (vii) that ComEd shall make representations and warranties to
Lender(s) as Lender(s) may reasonably request with regard to (A)
ComEd's corporate existence, (B) ComEd's corporate authority to
execute, deliver, and perform this Agreement, (C) the binding nature
of this Agreement on ComEd, (D) receipt of regulatory approvals by
ComEd with respect to its performance under this Agreement, and (E)
whether any defaults by Owner are known by ComEd then to exist under
this Agreement.
(c) TRANSFER OF STATION DURING THE TERM. Prior to
the Termination Date, Seller shall not sell or otherwise transfer any
interest in the Station to any Person without first obtaining ComEd's
written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed and may be conditioned upon the transferee's assumption of
the obligations of Seller under this Agreement in respect of the
Reserved Units. No such assignment shall relieve Seller from its
obligations hereunder, unless otherwise agreed to by ComEd in
writing. Any such sale or transfer without consent under this Section
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13. TERMINATION BY COMED WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN UNITS
Subject to the notice and other requirements contained
in this Section 13, ComEd shall have the right, in its sole
discretion, with respect to each of the Third Contract Year, the
Fourth Contract Year and the Fifth Contract Year, to terminate this
Agreement with respect to any generating unit or units located at the
Station (such rights to terminate being referred to herein
collectively as "TERMINATION OPTIONS" and individually as a
"TERMINATION OPTION"). ComEd may exercise a Termination Option with
respect to the Third, Fourth and/or Fifth Contract Years by providing
written notice of such exercise to Seller by no later than 90 days
before the first day of the applicable Contract Year. Such notice
shall contain (i) a statement that ComEd is exercising a Termination
Option or Termination Options and (ii) the Contract Year or Contract
Years with respect to which the Termination Option or Termination
Options being exercised relate. Such termination(s) shall become
effective as of the first day of the earliest Contract Year with
respect to which such termination(s) relate, and at such time this
Agreement shall terminate and be of no further force or effect with
respect to the generating unit or units so terminated, PROVIDED THAT,
the provisions of Sections 6(e) (Fuel Source and Emissions), 6(f)
(Records), 10 (Limitation of Liability), 11 (Disagreements), 14
(Default, Termination and Remedies), and 16 (Indemnification) shall
survive such termination(s), and PROVIDED FURTHER, that any such
termination(s) shall have no effect on this Agreement as it relates
to the generating unit or units that are not terminated in accordance
with this Section 13.
14. DEFAULT; TERMINATION AND REMEDIES
(a) SELLER'S DEFAULT. The occurrence and
continuation of any of the following events or circumstances at any
time during the Term, except to the extent caused by, or resulting
from, an act or omission of ComEd in breach of this Agreement, shall
constitute an event of default by Seller ("SELLER'S EVENT OF
DEFAULT"):
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(i) Seller fails to pay any sum due from it hereunder on the
due date thereof and such failure is not remedied within ten Business
Days after receipt of written notice thereof;
(ii) Seller shall without reasonable cause abandon or willfully
desert the Station for a period in excess of 24 hours;
(iii) Seller's Bankruptcy; or
(iv) Seller fails in any material respect to perform or comply
with any other obligation in this Agreement on its part to be observed
or performed which failure materially and adversely affects ComEd, and
if reasonably capable of remedy, is not remedied within 60 days after
ComEd has given written notice to Seller of such failure and requiring
its remedy; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if such remedy cannot reasonably be
cured within such period of 60 days, such failure shall not constitute a
Seller's Event of Default if Seller has promptly commenced and is
diligently proceeding to cure such default.
(b) COMED DEFAULT. The occurrence and continuation of any of the
following events or circumstances at any time during the Term, except to the
extent caused by, or resulting from, an act or omission of Seller in breach of
this Agreement, shall constitute an event of default by ComEd ("COMED EVENT OF
DEFAULT"):
(i) ComEd fails to pay any amount due from it pursuant to
Section 7 hereof on the due date thereof and such failure is not
remedied within ten Business Days after receipt of written notice
thereof;
(ii) ComEd fails to pay any sum (other than one set forth in
subsection (i) above) due from it hereunder on the due date thereof and
such failure is not remedied within fifteen days after Seller has given
written notice to ComEd of such failure and requiring its remedy;
(iii) ComEd's Bankruptcy; or
(iv) ComEd fails in any material respect to perform or comply
with any other obligation in this Agreement on its part to be observed
or performed which failure materially and adversely affects Seller, and
if reasonably capable of remedy, is not remedied within 60 days after
Seller has given written notice to ComEd of such failure and requiring
its remedy; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if such remedy cannot reasonably be
cured within such period of 60 days, such failure shall not constitute a
ComEd Event of Default if ComEd has promptly commenced and is diligently
proceeding to cure such default.
(c) REMEDIES AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE.
(i) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a ComEd
Event of Default or a Seller's Event of Default, the non-defaulting
party may at its discretion (A)
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terminate this Agreement upon 30 days prior written notice to the
Party in default and (B) exercise any other rights and remedies
available at law or in equity.
(ii) If a ComEd Event of Default under Section 14(b)(i) has
occurred and is continuing, Seller shall have the right to sell the
electric energy represented by the Reserved Capacity on a daily basis
during the continuance of such ComEd Event of Default to third parties.
(d) EXTENDED OUTAGE. ComEd may terminate this Agreement upon
thirty days prior written notice to Seller if an outage (including an outage
caused by, or resulting from, a Force Majeure Event) at the Station prevents
Seller from substantially performing its obligations hereunder for a consecutive
period of 120 days, PROVIDED THAT, if Seller demonstrates that it has taken
significant steps toward remediating the circumstances which led to such outage
and certifies in writing to ComEd that such outage will end within 300 days of
its commencement (and such outage in fact ends within such 300 days), then ComEd
may not so terminate this Agreement.
(e) TERMINATIONS UNDER SECTION 13. This Agreement shall terminate
at such time as all of the generating units located at the Station are
terminated by ComEd in accordance with Section 13, PROVIDED THAT, the provisions
of Sections 6(e) (Fuel Source and Emissions), 6(f) (Records), 10 (Limitation of
Liability), 11 (Disagreements), 14 (Default, Termination and Remedies), and 16
(Indemnification) shall survive such termination.
15. FORCE MAJEURE
(a) FORCE MAJEURE EVENT. For the purposes of this Agreement,
"FORCE MAJEURE EVENT" means any unforeseeable event, condition or circumstance
beyond the reasonable control of the Party affected (the "AFFECTED PARTY")
which, despite all reasonable efforts of the Affected Party to prevent it or
mitigate its effects, prevents the performance by such Affected Party of its
obligations hereunder. Subject to the foregoing, "Force Majeure Event" shall
include:
(i) explosion and fire (in either case to the extent not
attributable to the negligence of the Affected Party);
(ii) flood, earthquake, storm, or other natural calamity or act
of God;
(iii) strike or other labor dispute;
(iv) war, insurrection or riot;
(v) acts of, or failure to act by, legislative, judicial or
regulatory agencies or officials (collectively, "GOVERNMENTAL ACTION");
and
(vi) Change of Law.
(b) OBLIGATIONS UNDER FORCE MAJEURE.
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(i) If the Affected Party is rendered unable, wholly
or in part, by a Force Majeure Event, to carry out some or all of its
obligations under this Agreement, then, during the continuance of
such inability, the obligation of such Party to perform the
obligations so affected shall be suspended.
(ii) The Affected Party shall give written notice of such Force
Majeure Event to the other Party as soon as practicable after such event
occurs, which notice shall include information with respect to the
nature, cause and date of commencement of the occurrence(s), and the
anticipated scope and duration of the delay. Upon the conclusion of the
Force Majeure Event, the Affected Party shall, with all reasonable
dispatch, take all steps reasonably necessary to resume the
obligation(s) previously suspended.
(iii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Affected Party shall not
be excused under this Section 15(b) for (x) any non-performance of its
obligations under this Agreement having a greater scope or longer period
than is justified by the Force Majeure Event or (y) the performance of
obligations that arose prior to the Force Majeure Event. Nothing
contained herein shall be construed as requiring an Affected Party to
settle any strike, lockout or other labor dispute in which it may be
involved.
(c) CONTINUED PAYMENT OBLIGATION. A Party's obligation to make
payments already owing pursuant to this Agreement shall not be suspended by a
Force Majeure Event.
(d) AVAILABILITY. Notwithstanding this Section 15, outages or
deratings of Reserved Units caused by, or attributable to, Force Majeure Events
shall be considered periods that the affected capacity is Unavailable unless
such Force Majeure Event is an event described in clause (ii) or (iv) of Section
15(a) (in which case, such affected capacity shall be considered Available at
90% of the Net Dependable Capacity (as set forth in Appendix B) of the affected
Reserved Unit(s) for the duration of such Force Majeure Event during a Summer
Month and at 75% of such Net Dependable Capacity for the duration of such Force
Majeure Event during a Non-Summer Month).
16. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
(a) REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER. Seller hereby makes
the following representations and warranties to ComEd:
(i) Seller is a limited liability company duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of
Delaware, is qualified to business in the State of Illinois and has
the legal power and authority to own its properties, to carry on its
business as now being conducted and to enter into this Agreement and
carry out the transactions contemplated hereby and perform and carry
out all covenants and obligations on its part to be performed under
and pursuant to this Agreement.
(ii) The execution, delivery and performance by Seller of this
Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action,
and do not and will not require any consent or approval of Seller's
Board of Directors or
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equity holders other than that which has been obtained (evidence of
which shall be, if it has not heretofore been, delivered to ComEd).
(iii) The execution and delivery of this Agreement, the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and the fulfillment
of and compliance with the provisions of this Agreement, do not and will
not conflict with or constitute a breach of or a default under, any of
the terms, conditions or provisions of any legal requirements, or any
organizational documents, agreement, deed of trust, mortgage, loan
agreement, other evidence of indebtedness or any other agreement or
instrument to which Seller is a party or by which it or any of its
property is bound, or result in a breach of or a default under any of
the foregoing.
(iv) This Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding
obligation of Seller enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as
such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or similar laws relating to or affecting the enforcement
of creditors' rights generally or by general equitable principles,
regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding
in equity or at law.
(v) There is no pending, or to the knowledge of Seller,
threatened action or proceeding affecting Seller before any governmental
authority which purports to affect the legality, validity or
enforceability of this Agreement.
(vi) Seller has all governmental approvals necessary for it to
perform its obligations under this Agreement.
(b) REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF COMED. ComEd hereby makes
the following representations and warranties to Seller:
(i) ComEd is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and
in good standing under the laws of the State of Illinois, is qualified
to do business in the State of Illinois and has the legal power and
authority to own its properties, to carry on its business as now being
conducted and to enter into this Agreement and carry out the
transactions contemplated hereby and perform and carry out all covenants
and obligations on its part to be performed under and pursuant to this
Agreement.
(ii) The execution, delivery and performance by ComEd of this
Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action,
and do not and will not require any consent or approval of ComEd's Board
of Directors or shareholders other than that which has been obtained
(evidence of which shall be, if it has not heretofore been, delivered to
Seller).
(iii) The execution and delivery of this Agreement, the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and the fulfillment
of and compliance with the provisions of this Agreement do not and will
not conflict with or
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constitute a breach of or a default under, any of the terms,
conditions or provisions of any legal requirements, or its articles
of incorporation or bylaws, or any deed of trust, mortgage, loan
agreement, other evidence of indebtedness or any other agreement or
instrument to which ComEd is a party or by which it or any of its
property is bound, or result in a breach of or a default under any of
the foregoing.
(iv) This Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding
obligation of ComEd enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as
such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or similar laws relating to or affecting the enforcement
of creditors' rights generally or by general equitable principles,
regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding
in equity or at law.
(v) There is no pending, or to the knowledge of ComEd,
threatened action or proceeding affecting ComEd before any
governmental authority which purports to affect the legality,
validity or enforceability of this Agreement.
(vi) ComEd has all governmental approvals necessary for it to
perform its obligations under this Agreement.
17. INDEMNIFICATION
Each Party shall indemnify and hold harmless the other Party, and
its officers, directors, agents and employees from and against any and all
claims, demands, actions, losses, liabilities, expenses (including reasonable
legal fees and expenses), suits and proceedings of any nature whatsoever for
personal injury, death or property damage to each other's property or facilities
or personal injury, death or property damage to third parties caused by the
gross negligence or willful misconduct of the indemnifying Party that arise out
of or are in any manner connected with the performance of this Agreement, except
to the extent such injury or damage is attributable to the gross negligence or
willful misconduct of, or breach of this Agreement by, the Party seeking
indemnification hereunder. Title, and all risk relating to, all Electric Energy
purchased by ComEd under this Agreement shall pass to ComEd at the Point of
Delivery. ComEd shall indemnify Seller for liability from Electric Energy once
sold and delivered at the Point of Delivery. ComEd shall indemnify Seller for
liability from Electric Energy once sold and delivered at such Point of
Delivery; and Seller shall indemnify ComEd for liability from Electric Energy
prior to its delivery at such Point of Delivery.
18. NOTICES
Unless otherwise provided in this Agreement, any notice, consent
or other communication required to be made under this Agreement shall be in
writing and shall be sent by facsimile, delivered or sent to the address set
forth below or such other address as the receiving Party may from time to time
designate by written notice:
If to ComEd, to:
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Commonwealth Edison Company
Bank One Plaza, 37th Floor
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Executive Vice President-Enterprises
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Confirmation No.: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to:
Commonwealth Edison Company
Law Department
Room 1535
000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Associate General Counsel-
Corporate and Commercial
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Confirmation No.: (000) 000-0000
If to Seller, to:
Midwest Generation, LLC
One Financial Place -- Suite 3500
000 Xxxxx XxXxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: President
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Confirmation No.: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to:
Edison Mission Marketing & Trading Inc.
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Bulk Power Operations
Fax No.: (000) 000-0000
Confirmation No.: (000) 000-0000
and
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Midwest Generation, LLC
One Financial Place -- Suite 3500
000 Xxxxx XxXxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: General Counsel
Fax No.: (000) 000-0000
Confirmation No.: (000) 000-0000
All notices shall be effective when received.
19. CONFIDENTIALITY
Each Party agrees that it will treat in confidence all
documents, materials and other information marked "Confidential,"
"Proprietary" or with similar designation by the disclosing Party
("CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION") which it shall have obtained during the course
of the negotiations leading to, and its performance of, this Agreement
(whether obtained before or after the date of this Agreement). Confidential
Information shall not be communicated to any third party (other than, in the
case of Seller, to its affiliates, to its counsel, accountants, financial or
tax advisors, or insurance consultants, to prospective partners and other
investors in Seller and their counsel, accountants, or financial or tax
advisors, or in connection with any financing or refinancing, or its
permitted assignees or transferees; and in the case of ComEd, to its
affiliates, or to its counsel, accountants, financial advisors, tax advisors
or insurance consultants, or its permitted assignees or transferees). As used
herein, the term "Confidential Information" shall not include any information
which (i) is or becomes available to a Party from a source other than the
other Party, (ii) is or becomes available to the public other than as a
result of disclosure by the receiving Party or its agents or (iii) is
required to be disclosed under applicable law or judicial, administrative or
regulatory process, but only to the extent it must be disclosed.
20. GOVERNING LAW
Except as provided in Section 11, this Agreement shall be
deemed to be an Illinois contract and shall be construed in accordance with
and governed by the laws of Illinois without regard to its conflicts of laws
provisions.
21. PARTIAL INVALIDITY
Wherever possible, each provision hereof shall be interpreted
in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but in case
any one or more of the provisions contained herein shall, for any reason, be
held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such provision
shall be ineffective to the extent, but only to the extent, of such
invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without invalidating the remainder
of such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision or provisions or any
other provisions hereof, unless such a construction would be unreasonable. In
the event that such a construction would be unreasonable or would deprive a
Party of a material benefit under this Agreement, the Parties shall seek to
amend this Agreement to remove the invalid provision and otherwise provide
the benefit unless prohibited by any Requirements of Law.
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22. WAIVERS
The failure of either Party hereto to enforce at any time any
provision of this Agreement shall not be construed to be a waiver of such
provision, nor in any way to affect the validity of this Agreement or any
part hereof or the right of a Party thereafter to enforce each and every such
provision. A waiver under this Agreement must be in writing and state that it
is a waiver. No waiver of any breach of this Agreement shall be held to
constitute a waiver of any other or subsequent breach.
23. COMPETITIVE TRANSITION CHARGE
The Parties acknowledge that Seller has satisfied its
Competitive Transition Charge (as defined in the Illinois Public Utilities
Act) obligations with respect to the Stations by prepayment, which was
included in the Purchase Price paid under the Asset Sale Agreement.
24. ENTIRE AGREEMENT AND AMENDMENTS
Except as provided in the Asset Sale Agreement and the
Interconnection Agreement, this Agreement supersedes all previous
representations, understandings, negotiations and agreements either written
or oral between the Parties hereto or their representatives with respect to
the subject matter hereof and constitutes the entire agreement of the Parties
with respect to the subject matter hereof. No amendments or changes to this
Agreement shall be binding unless made in writing and duly executed by both
Parties.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this
Agreement as of the date set forth at the beginning of this Agreement.
COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Executive Vice President
MIDWEST GENERATION, LLC
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: President
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