EXHIBIT B.7
MODIFICATION AND AMENDMENT OF NUCLEAR FUEL LEASE
This Modification and Amendment is to the Nuclear Fuel Lease dated as of
January 4, 1982, as amended and restated as of February 11, 1992, between
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY, not in its individual capacity but solely as Trustee
(herein in such capacity called "Lessor") under the Trust Agreement dated as
of January 4, 1982, as amended and restated as of February 11, 1992, between
it and State Street Bank and Trust Company of Connecticut, N.A., as Trustor,
and The Connecticut Light and Power Company and Western Massachusetts
Electric Company, as beneficiaries, and THE CONNECTICUT LIGHT AND POWER
COMPANY and WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS ELECTRIC COMPANY, as lessees (herein
collectively called "Lessees").
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, Lessor and Lessees entered into a Nuclear Fuel Lease Agreement dated
as of January 4, 1982 which was amended as of March 1, 1983 (the "Original
Nuclear Fuel Lease"); and
WHEREAS, Lessor and Lessees amended and restated the Original Nuclear Fuel
Lease effective as of February 11, 1992 (as so amended and restated, the
"Lease"); and
WHEREAS, the Lessees announced as of July 17, 1998 their intention to
permanently cease operations at Millstone Unit No. 1 ("Unit 1") and on July
21, 1998 gave certification of such decision to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (the "NRC"); and
WHEREAS, the Lessees have also given certification to the NRC that fuel has
been permanently removed from the reactor vessel of Unit 1; and
WHEREAS, upon docketing of such certifications by the NRC, the Unit 1 license
from the NRC no longer authorizes operation of the reactor or emplacement of
or retention of fuel in the reactor vessel; and
WHEREAS, Section 23(a)(ix) of the Lease provides, inter alia, (i) that it
shall be an Event of Termination under the Lease if any license, approval or
consent granted to any Lessee and required for the operation of any Unit
shall be revoked, withdrawn or withheld and such revocation, withdrawal or
withholding shall remain effective, or in Lessees' reasonable judgment which
shall be exercised within ninety days following such revocation, withdrawal
or withholding, is likely to remain effective for a period of eighteen
consecutive calendar months after its date of issuance, and Lessor shall have
given notice to Lessees that Lessor desires to terminate the Lease, and (ii)
that unless Lessor and the Collateral Agent shall have determined in their
reasonable judgment that such revocation, withdrawal or withholding does or
will have a material adverse affect on the financial condition or business
prospects of any Lessee, Lessor may only give notice to Lessees that it
wishes to partially terminate the Lease in accordance with Section 24(a)(vi)
thereof as it applies only to the Unit or Units affected by such revocation,
withdrawal or withholding; and
WHEREAS, the Lessor, the Collateral Agent and Lessees have determined in
their reasonable judgment that it is appropriate that the Lease be partially
terminated pursuant to Section 24(a)(vi) thereof with respect to Unit 1 only;
and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 24(a)(vi) of the Lease the Lessees are required
on the Final Settlement Date established pursuant to Section 24(a)(ii) of the
Lease to obtain the release pursuant to Section 12(b) of all Nuclear Fuel
located at or intended to be used in the Unit or Units as to which any
partial termination applies; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Lease the Lessees are required,
inter alia, in order to obtain the release from the Lease of a portion (but
not all) of the Nuclear Fuel, to pay to Lessor an amount equal to the SLV for
such portion of the Nuclear Fuel to be released; and
WHEREAS, the Majority Lenders (which also constitute the holders of 66 2/3%
in aggregate principal amount of all IT Notes outstanding) and the Collateral
Agent have consented to the modification and amendment of the terms of the
Lease to provide for the partial termination of the Lease with respect to the
Unit 1 Nuclear Fuel (as defined below) and the release of such Unit 1 Nuclear
Fuel from the Lease upon alternative terms as set forth below.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and other good and valuable
consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, Lessor and Lessees
hereby agree as follows:
1. Unless the context otherwise requires, all capitalized terms used in
this Agreement and not defined herein shall have the meanings specified
therefor in the Lease.
2. Subject to receipt of required regulatory approvals, effective as of
July 17, 1998, the Lease is hereby modified and amended by adding to Section
24 thereof the following new provision:
(c) Special Partial Termination with Respect to Unit 1.
Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary included in this Lease
including, without limitation, any provision included in Section 12(b),
Section 23(a)(ix), Section 24(a)(ii) or Section 24(a)(vi), this Lease may be
partially terminated with respect to the Nuclear Fuel located at or intended
to be used at Unit 1 (the "Unit 1 Nuclear Fuel") pursuant to Section
23(a)(ix) upon the following terms:
(i) The Lease may be partially terminated with respect to Unit 1 (the "Unit
1 Partial Termination") in accordance with the provisions of Section
23(a)(ix) upon the issuance by The Connecticut Light and Power Company of
Sixty-Four Million Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars ($64,800,000) of collateral
first mortgage bonds (the "CL&P Collateral First Mortgage Bonds) to the
Trustee, which CL&P Collateral First Mortgage Bonds shall be substantially in
the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and the issuance by Western Massachusetts
Electric Company of Fifteen Million Four Hundred Thousand Dollars
($15,400,000) of collateral first mortgage bonds (the "WMECO Collateral First
Mortgage Bonds" and, together with the CL&P Collateral First Mortgage Bonds,
the "Collateral First Mortgage Bonds") to the Trustee, which WMECO Collateral
First Mortgage Bonds shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2
hereto;
(ii) The Final Settlement Date with respect to the Unit 1 Partial Termination
shall be the date of the issuance of the Collateral First Mortgage Bonds, and
no amount shall be required to be paid to the Lessor pursuant to Section
24(a)(iii) on such date;
(iii) On the Final Settlement Date, the Unit 1 Nuclear Fuel shall be
released from this Lease pursuant to the provisions of Section 12(b) without
the receipt by the Lessor of any payment with respect to such Unit 1 Nuclear
Fuel;
(iv) Except as set forth in Section 24(c)(v), this Section 24(c) shall be
applicable only to the partial termination of this Lease in connection with
the permanent cessation of operations at Unit 1 and in no event shall be
applicable to any other Event of Termination occurring hereunder;
(v) (A) for purposes only of certain calculations required under this Lease,
"SLV" or "Stipulated Loss Value" shall include Deferred Unit 1 SLV, if any,
and (B) for purposes only of presentation of certain calculations required
under this Lease, the term "Batch" shall be deemed to include an entry which
identifies the amount of Deferred Unit 1 SLV, if any.
3. Subject to the receipt of required regulatory approvals, effective as of
July 17, 1998, the Lease is hereby further modified and amended as follows:
(a) Annex 1 to Schedule F to the Lease is deleted in its entirety and the
amended Annex 1 to Schedule F attached hereto as Attachment 1 is substituted
in lieu thereof.
(b) The definition of "Batch" in Section 1(a) is amended by adding the
following sentence immediately following the last sentence thereof:
"For purposes only of presentation of certain computations under this Lease,
the Deferred Unit 1 SLV shall be deemed to constitute a "Batch"; provided,
however, that no allocation of Fuel Cost or Additional Rent shall be made
pursuant to Section 7 of this Lease to such a Batch which consists of
Deferred Unit 1 SLV."
(c) The definition of "SLV" or "Stipulated Loss Value" in Section 1(a) of
the Lease is amended by adding thereto the following sentence:
"In addition, SLV or Stipulated Loss Value shall include for any date as of
which the same is required to be determined the Deferred Unit 1 SLV as of
such date, if any."
(d) Section 1(a) of the Lease shall be further amended by adding thereto the
following additional definitions:
"Deferred Unit 1 SLV" shall mean for any date on or after July 17, 1998 as of
which the same is required to be determined an amount equal to Original
Deferred Unit 1 SLV less the aggregate amount, if any, of Deferred Unit 1 SLV
Payments received by the Lessor as of such date.
"Deferred Unit 1 SLV Payment" shall mean any amount paid by a Lessee as
Additional Rent (i) in order to discharge, fully or in part, its payment
obligation under this Lease, and (ii) which relates to or is allocable to the
Nuclear Fuel which was located at or intended for use in Unit 1 as of July
17, 1998 and the SLV of which is included in Original Deferred Unit 1 SLV.
"Original Deferred Unit 1 SLV" shall mean an amount equal to $81,065,950.68,
which represents the aggregate SLV of all Nuclear Fuel which as of July 17,
1998 was located at or intended to be used at Unit 1.
4. This Agreement of Modification and Amendment shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Connecticut.
5. Except as specifically modified and amended by this Agreement of
Modification and Amendment, the Lease shall remain in full force and effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Modification and
Amendment to be duly executed by their duly authorized officers as of the
day of , 1999.
THE CONNECTICUT LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY
By:/s/
Its:
WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS ELECTRIC COMPANY
By:/s/
Its:
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY, not in its individual capacity, but solely as Trustee
of the Niantic Bay Fuel Trust under Trust Agreement dated as of January 4,
1982, as amended and restated by an Amendment to and Restatement of Trust
Agreement dated as of February 11, 1992, between it and the Trustor and the
beneficiaries named therein
By:/s/
Its:
Attachment 1
Amended Annex 1
to Schedule F
ANNEX 1 TO SLV CONFIRMATION SCHEDULE
BASIC RENT PERIOD ENDING , 19
1. Batch Identification
Xxxx 0&0
XX0 Xxxx
Xxxx 0
XX0 Xxxx
Xxxx 0&0
X000 Xxxx
Xxxx 0
X000 Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx 0 SLV Batch
Batch No.
Aggregate For All Batches
2. Description of Nuclear Fuel State
3. Physical Location of Fuel
4. Person in Possession
5. Contract for Possession
6. SLV of each Batch as of the end of the prior Basic Rent Period (Item 13
on Annex 1 to last previous SLV Confirmation Schedule)
Unit 1&2
$
Aggregate For All Batches
$
7. Add: Fuel Cost Incurred or paid by or on behalf of Lessor for each Batch
during this Basic Rent Period (exclusive of capitalized Quarterly Lease
Charges and Additional Rent)
Unit 1&2
$
Aggregate For All Batches
$
7a. Add: Fuel Costs (transferred and assigned to new Batch)
Unit 1&2
$
Aggregate For All Batches
$
8. Add: Capitalized Quarterly Lease Charges for each Batch (amounts
allocated to Fuel Cost pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Fuel Lease)
Unit 1&2
$
Aggregate For All Batches
$
9. (a) Add: Additional Rent for each Batch (amounts allocated to Fuel Cost
pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Fuel Lease)
Unit 1&2
$
Aggregate For All Batches
$
(b) Add: Original Deferred Xxxx 0 XXX
Xxxx 0&0
$
(c) Less: Deferred Unit 1 SLV Payment during the Basic Rent Period
Unit 1&2
$
(d) Deferred Xxxx 0 XXX (Xxxx 9(b)-Item 9(c))
Unit 1&2
$
10. Item 6 + Item 7 + Item 8 + Item 9(a) + Item 9(d)
Unit 1&2
$
Aggregate For All Batches
$
11. Less: Burn-up Charge for each Batch for this Basic Rent Period
Unit 1&2
$
Aggregate For All Batches
$
12. Less: SLV of Nuclear Fuel removed from the Fuel Lease pursuant to
Section 12(b) thereof during this Basic Rent Period
Unit 1&2
$
Aggregate For All Batches
$
13. SLV of each Batch at the end of this Basic Rent Period (Item 10 - Item
11 - Item 12)
Unit 1&2
$
Aggregate For All Batches
$
Notes:
Items 1, 6, 7, 9, 11 and 12 are to be inserted by Lessor. All other items
are to be inserted by Lessees.
Item 2 is to include whether the Batch was in Heat Production during the
Basic Rent Period.
Item 8 is to be taken from Line 1, Column 3 and Line 2, Column 2 of Annex 2
to the Basic Rent Schedule.
Item 11 is to be taken from Item 12 of Annex 1 to the Basic Rent Schedule.
EXHIBIT A-1
FORM OF CL&P COLLATERAL FIRST MORTGAGE BOND
EXHIBIT A-2
FORM OF WMECO COLLATERAL FIRST MORTGAGE BOND
