First Amendment to Restated Partial Requirements Agreement Among Metropolitan Edison Company, Pennsylvania Electric Company, and FirstEnergy Solutions Corp.
Exhibit
10-17
First
Amendment to Restated Partial Requirements Agreement
Among
Metropolitan
Edison Company, Pennsylvania Electric Company, and
FirstEnergy
Solutions Corp.
This First
Amendment to the Restated Partial Requirements Agreement dated January 1, 2003
("Restated Agreement") is entered into by and among Metropolitan Edison Company,
a Pennsylvania corporation, Pennsylvania Electric Company, a Pennsylvania
corporation, on behalf of itself and The Waverly Electric Power and Light
Company, a New York corporation (collectively "Buyers"), and FirstEnergy
Solutions Corp. ("Seller"), an Ohio corporation, on this 29th day of August,
2003. Buyers and Seller are all wholly owned subsidiaries of FirstEnergy Corp.,
a registered public utility holding company. The Buyers and Sellers may be
individually referred to as a "Party" or collectively as "Parties;". Unless specifically modified herein, all terms
and conditions of the Restated Agreement remain in full force and effect. All
capitalized terms have the same meaning as in the Restated
Agreement.
WHEREAS the Parties
desire to amend their respective rights and obligations under the Restated
Agreement to permit Buyers to obtain all or a portion of their Provider of Last
Resort Obligation directly from third party suppliers where it is economic and
reasonable to do so;
NOW THEREFORE, in
consideration of the mutual agreements, covenants and conditions herein
contained, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound,
Buyers and Sellers agree as follows:
1. |
Notwithstanding
any provision of the Restated Agreement, the Parties agree that where
economic and reasonable to do so, Buyers may purchase all or a portion of
capacity, energy, ancillary services and other services necessary to
satisfy their Provider of Last Resort Obligation for which Committed
Resources have not been obtained from parties other than Seller. Seller
may act as agent for Buyer in procuring the capacity, energy, ancillary
services, and other services necessary to satisfy Buyers Provider of Last
Resort Obligation. Buyers authorize Seller to act as agent for Buyers and
to enter into any agreements as are reasonably necessary to obtain the
capacity, energy, ancillary services, and other services necessary to
satisfy this Provider of Last Resort Obligation on Buyers'
behalf. | |
2. |
Buyers will
be responsible for all costs of the capacity, energy, ancillary services,
and other services acquired by Seller on their behalf. Seller will charge
no fee or commission for providing this service to Buyers.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, this First Amendment has been executed and delivered by the
duly authorized officers of the Parties as of August 29, 2003.
FirstEnergy Solutions Corp. | |||
By:/s/ Xxx X.
Xxxxxxxx |
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Xxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Senior Vice President |
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Metropolitan
Edison Company
Pennsylvania
Electric Company
The Waverly
Electric Power and Light Company
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Senior Vice President |
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56701
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[Execution
Copy]
Restated
Partial Requirements Agreement
Among
Metropolitan
Edison Company, Pennsylvania Electric Company, and
FirstEnergy
Solutions
Corp.
This Restated
Partial Requirements Agreement ("Restated Agreement") dated as January 1,2003,
is entered into by and between Metropolitan Edison Company, a Pennsylvania
corporation, Pennsylvania Electric Company, a Pennsylvania corporation, on
behalf of itself and The Waverly Electric Power and Light Company, a New York
corporation (collectively "Buyers"), and FirstEnergy Solutions Corp. ("Seller"),
an Ohio corporation, all wholly owned subsidiaries of FirstEnergy Corp., a
registered utility holding company. The Buyers and Sellers may individually be
referred to as a "Party" or collectively as "Parties" in this Restated
Agreement.
WHEREAS, Buyers are
electric distribution companies with an obligation to serve retail customers
under New York and Pennsylvania law (hereinafter "Provider of Last Resort
Obligation"); and
WHEREAS, Seller is
authorized to sell wholesale capacity, energy, and ancillary services to Buyers
under First Revised Service Agreement Nos. 1 and 2 pursuant to Solutions FERC
Electric Tariff, Original Volume No.1; and
WHEREAS, Buyers
desire to obtain the wholesale capacity, energy and ancillary services necessary
to satisfy their retail Provider of Last Resort Obligation from
Seller
WHEREAS, the
Parties desire to restate their obligations under their Partial Requirements
Agreement dated September 1, 2002;
NOW THEREFORE, in
consideration of the mutual agreements, covenants and conditions herein
contained, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound,
Buyers and Seller hereby agree as follows:
1. |
Purchase.
Buyers agree to purchase from Seller the portion of their Provider of Last
Resort Obligation for which committed capacity, energy and ancillary
services resources ("Committed Resources") have not been obtained as of
the date of this Restated Agreement. For purposes of this Restated
Agreement, Committed Resources include, but are not limited to,
non-utility generation under contract to Buyers, Buyer owned generating
facilities, purchased power contracts, and distributed
generation. |
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2. |
Sale.
Seller agrees to supply all capacity, energy and ancillary services
required to meet the Buyers' Provider of Last Resort Obligation, less any
Committed Resources, and will comply with all requirements of the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, the New York Public Service Commission, the
Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, and the applicable requirements of
PJM Interconnection, LLC. |
3. |
Forecast
of Provider of Last Resort Obligation and Committed Resources.
No later than sixty days prior to the beginning of any calendar year,
Buyers shall provide Seller a forecast ("Annual Forecast") of their
Provider of Last Resort Obligation and Committed Resources for that
calendar year. The capacity, energy, and ancillary services requirements
associated with the Provider of Last Resort Obligation and Committed
Resources for each month of that Annual Forecast will be provided in the
format and detail agreed upon by the Parties. Buyers will update the
Annual Forecast on a monthly basis for known changes. Buyers will change
the amount of Provider of Last Resort Obligation or Committed Resources
for any month of the Annual Forecast by written notice to Seller no later
than five business days prior to the beginning of that month. Seller will
be responsible for supplying all capacity, energy, and ancillary services
required by Buyers' Provider of Last Resort customers regardless of the
Annual Forecast supplied by Buyers. |
4. |
Transmission
and Delivery Points. Seller will provide capacity, energy, and
ancillary services, including losses, to Buyers at their respective zones
within PJM. Title to capacity, energy, and ancillary services will pass to
Buyers at the delivery points. |
5. |
Price for
Provider of Last Resort Service. Metropolitan Edison Company and
Pennsylvania Electric Company will pay Seller $41.65 and $41.41 per MWH,
respectively for all capacity, energy, and ancillary services provided to
Buyers under Section 1 of this Restated Agreement. The Parties will agree
upon a transfer date for the funds remitted to Seller that will be no less
frequently than monthly. |
6. |
Effective
Date and Term. This Restated Agreement shall be effective January
1,2003 and will remain in effect until December 31,2003. This initial term
will be automatically extended for successive periods of one year unless
either Party gives sixty days notice of termination to the other Party
prior to the end of the calendar year. Unless otherwise agreed by the
Parties, such termination shall not affect or excuse the performance of
transactions entered into on behalf of either Party prior to notice of
termination. This Restated Agreement shall remain in effect until both
Parties have fully performed their obligations under said
transactions. |
7. |
Regulatory
Out Provision. In the event that a Party's obligations under this
Restated Agreement are materially and adversely affected by a change in
law, rule, regulation, or other action by a governmental authority or
regulatory agency, the adversely affected Party may terminate this
Restated Agreement upon sixty days written notice to the other
Party. |
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8. |
Governing
Law. This Restated Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania without
regard to the choice of law rules thereof. |
9. |
Execution
in Counterparts; Facsimile Signatures. This Restated Agreement may be
executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be considered an
original instrument, but all of which shall be considered one and the same
agreement, and shall become binding when all counterparts have been signed
by each of the Parties and delivered to each Party hereto. Deli very of an
executed signature page counterpart by telecopies shall be as effective as
delivery of a manually executed
counterpart. |
10. |
Representation
and Warranties. Each Party represents and warrants that it has full
authority and right to enter into this Restated
Agreement. |
11. |
Effect of
Restated Agreement. This Restated Agreement supercedes and replaces
all prior agreements between the Parties with respect to the subject
matter hereof, including the September 1, 2002 Partial Requirements
Agreement. |
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, this Restated Agreement has been executed and delivered by the
duly authorized officers of the Parties as of the date first above
written.
FirstEnergy Solutions Corp. | |||
By:
/s/
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx X.
Xxxxxxxx, President |
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Metropolitan
Edison Company
Pennsylvania
Electric Company
The Waverly
Electric Power and Light Company
By: /s/ H
Xxxxx Xxxx
H. Xxxxx Xxxx, President |
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Date:
March 28, 2003
cc: X.
Xxxxxxx, A. Garfield, X. Xxxxxx,
D. Blank, X. Xxxx, X. X' Xxxxxx.
X. Xxxxxx, X. Xxxxxx, X. Xxxxx
From: X.
Xxxxxxx
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Among
Metropolitan
Edison Company, Pennsylvania Electric Company, and
FirstEnergy
Solutions
Corp.
This Partial
Requirements Agreement ("Agreement") dated as of September 1, 2002, is entered
into by and between Metropolitan Edison Company, a Pennsylvania corporation,
Pennsylvania Electric Company, a Pennsylvania corporation, on behalf of itself
and The Waverly Power and Light Company, a New York corporation (collectively
"Buyers"), and FirstEnergy Solutions Corp. ("Seller"), an Ohio corporation, all
wholly owned subsidiaries of FirstEnergy Corp., a registered utility holding
company. The Buyers and Sellers may individually be referred to as a "Party" or
collectively as "Parties" in this Agreement.
WHEREAS, Buyers are
electric distribution companies with an obligation to serve retail customers
under New York and Pennsylvania law (hereinafter "Provider of Last Resort
Obligation"); and
WHEREAS, Seller is
authorized to sell wholesale capacity, energy, and ancillary services to Buyers
under First Revised Service Agreement Nos. 1 and 2 pursuant to Solutions FERC
Electric Tariff, Original Volume No.1; and
WHEREAS, Buyers
desire to obtain the wholesale capacity, energy and ancillary services necessary
to satisfy their retail Provider of Last Resort Obligation from
Seller;
NOW THEREFORE, in
consideration of the mutual agreements, covenants and conditions herein
contained, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound,
Buyers and Seller hereby agree as follows:
1. |
Purchase.
Buyers agree to purchase from Seller the portion of their Provider of Last
Resort Obligation for which committed capacity, energy and ancillary
services resources ("Committed Resources") have not been obtained as of
the date of this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, Committed
Resources include, but are not limited to, non-utility generation under
contract to Buyers, Buyer owned generating facilities, purchased power
contracts, and distributed generation under contract to
Buyers. |
2. |
Sale.
Seller agrees to supply all capacity, energy and ancillary services
required to meet the Buyers'. Provider of Last Resort Obligation, less any
Committed Resources, and will comply with all requirements of the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, the New York Public Service Commission, the
Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, and the applicable requirements of
PJM Interconnection, LLC. |
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3. |
Forecast
of Provider of Last Resort Obligation and Committed Resources. No
later than five business days after the effective date of this Agreement,
and no later than sixty days prior to the beginning of any subsequent
calendar year, Buyers shall provide Seller a forecast ("Annual Forecast")
of their Provider of Last Resort Obligation and Committed Resources for
that calendar year. The capacity, energy, and ancillary services
requirements associated with the Provider of Last Resort Obligation and
Committed Resources for each month of that Annual Forecast will be
provided in the format and detail agreed upon by the Parties. Buyers will
update the Annual Forecast on a monthly basis for known changes. Seller
will be responsible for supplying all capacity, energy, and ancillary
services required by Buyers' Provider of Last Resort customers regardless
of the accuracy of the Annual Forecast supplied by
Buyers. |
4. |
Transmission
and Delivery Points. Seller will provide capacity, energy, and
ancillary services, including losses, to Buyers at their respective
Transmission Zones within PIM. Title to capacity, energy, and ancillary
services will pass to Buyers at the delivery
points. |
5. |
Compensation
for Provider of Last Resort Service. Seller will provide capacity,
energy, and ancillary services to Buyers, and Buyers will remit to Seller
all amounts collected from retail customers for Provider of Last Resort
generation service under their respective retail tariffs, less: 1) any
revenue based taxes paid by Buyers; 2) Buyers' cost of Committed
Resources; 3) generation-related PJM costs incurred by Buyers as a direct
result of their Provider of Last Resort Obligation; and 4) an amount to be
calculated by multiplying the rate determined in Schedule A by the actual
monthly sales supplied by Seller. The Parties will agree upon a transfer
date for the funds remitted to Seller that will be no less frequently than
monthly. | |
6. |
Effect of
Commonwealth Court decision. If the decision in ARRIPA v.
Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, et al., 792 A.2d 636 (2002)
becomes final or is affirmed with respect to the lack of authority under
Pennsylvania law for Metropolitan Edison Company and Pennsylvania Electric
Company to record deferred Provider of Last Resort Obligations on their
books, Buyer may not continue to reduce the shopping credit by application
of item 4) in paragraph 5 of this Agreement, and any prior reductions to
the shopping credit revenue from application of item 4) will be remitted
to Seller. |
7. |
Effective
Date and Term. This Agreement shall be effective September 1, 2002 and
will remain in effect until December 31,2002. This initial term will be
automatically extended for successive periods of one year unless either
Party gives at least sixty days notice of termination to the other Party
prior to the end of the calendar year. Unless otherwise agreed by the
Parties, such termination shall not affect or excuse the performance of
transactions entered into or incurred on behalf of either Party prior to
notice of termination. This Agreement shall remain in effect until both
Parties have fully performed said transactions and
obligations. |
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8. |
Regulatory
Out Provision. In the event that a Party's obligations under this
Agreement are materially and adversely affected by a change in law, rule,
regulation; or other action by a governmental authority or regulatory
agency, the adversely affected Party may terminate this Agreement upon
sixty days written notice to the other
Party. |
9. |
Governing
Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania without regard to the
choice of law rules thereof. |
10. |
Execution
in Counterparts; Facsimile Signatures. This Agreement may be executed
in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be considered an original
instrument, but all of which shall be considered one and the same
agreement, and shall become binding when all counterparts have been signed
by each of the Parties and delivered to each Party hereto. Delivery of an
executed signature page counterpart by telecopies shall be as effective as
delivery of a manually executed counterpart. | |
11. |
Representation
and Warranties. Each Party represents and warrants that it has full
authority and right to enter into this
Agreement. |
12. |
General.
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the Parties relating to
the subject matter and revokes and supercedes any previous agreement of
the Parties related to the subject matter. No amendment or modification to
this Agreement will be enforceable unless reduced to writing and executed
by both Parties. |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
this Agreement has been executed and delivered by the duly authorized officers
of the Parties as of August 30, 2002.
FirstEnergy Solutions Corp. |
Metropolitan
Edison Company
Pennsylvania
Electric Company
The Waverly
Power and Light Company | ||
By:/s/ Xxx X.
Xxxxxxxx |
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By: /s/ H.
Xxxxx Xxxx | |
Xxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Senior Vice President |
H. Xxxxx Xxxx,
President | ||
(53237)
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Schedule
A
As a condition of
this Agreement, beginning in 2003 Buyers will reduce the shopping credit by the
following calculation.
rate = [BALBOP * (Mp / Mf)] / GWHf
Pay Down Amount = rate* sales supplied by Seller for the calendar
month.
where,
BALBOP = Provider of Last Resort Deferred Balance at beginning of period
excluding interest accrued subsequent to the effective date of this
Agreement
Mp = Number of months in the period
Mr = Number of months remaining in the total amortization
period
GWHf = Sales forecasted to be supplied by Seller for the
period
Rate shall be
calculated annually for application in the subsequent calendar
year.
(53237)
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