Exhibit 10.31
POWER PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT
AMONG
LG&E POWER MARKETING INC.,
LG&E POWER INC.
AND
OGLETHORPE POWER CORPORATION
(AN ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION CORPORATION)
Dated as of January 1, 1997
ACKNOWLEDGMENT REGARDING CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION:
Oglethorpe Power Corporation (An Electric Membership Corporation) (the
"Company") acknowledges that certain confidential information is contained
throughout the Power Purchase and Sale Agreement and the Exhibits attached
thereto and therefore such confidential information has been omitted from the
copy filed with this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 1996, and an asterisk (*) has been inserted indicating such
omission at the exact place in the Agreement and the Exhibits where such
confidential information has been omitted. A copy of this Agreement without any
omission of confidential information has been filed separately with the
Secretary of the Commission as an attachment to a request for confidentiality
with respect to the omitted information.
POWER PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT
AMONG
LG&E POWER MARKETING INC.,
LG&E POWER INC.
AND
OGLETHORPE POWER CORPORATION
(AN ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION CORPORATION)
Table of Contents Page
Article 1
Definitions and Construction .........................................3
Article 2
Purchases and Sales...................................................4
2.1 Sales by LPM............................................4
2.2 Sales by OPC............................................4
2.2.1 Must Run Resources........................4
2.2.2 Dispatchable OPC Resources................5
2.2.3 Manner of Request. ......................5
2.3 Remedy for Breach of MW Representation..................5
2.4 Customer Choice Load....................................5
2.5 Failure to Deliver or Receive...........................6
2.6 Stranded Costs..........................................7
Article 3
OPC Resources.........................................................8
3.1 OPC Contracts...........................................8
3.2 Information on OPC Resources and System.................8
3.3 Allocation of OPC Resources.............................8
3.4 RESERVED................................................9
3.5 Dispersed Generation....................................9
3.6 Load Management.........................................9
3.7 ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Fuel...........................................9
3.8 Coal....................................................9
3.9 SEPA Energy.............................................9
3.10 Block Power Sale Agreements............................10
3.11 New Resources..........................................10
3.12 Emission Allowances....................................10
Article 4
Transmission.........................................................10
4.1 Transmission and Scheduling............................10
4.2 Title and Risk of Loss.................................11
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4.3 Scheduling.............................................11
4.4 Delivery Points........................................11
4.5 Transformer and Transmission Loss Adjustments..........12
4.6 Imbalances and Regulation Deviation Errors.............13
4.7 Non-Territorial Contractual Delivery Obligations.......13
4.8 Control Area...........................................13
4.9 Other OPC or GTC Responsibilities......................13
Article 5
Price................................................................14
5.1 OPC's Contract Price...................................14
5.2 RESERVED
5.3 LPM's Contract Price...................................14
5.4 Amounts Due to OPC and LPM.............................14
5.4.1 [ ]*
5.4.2 RESERVED.................................15
5.4.3 RESERVED.................................15
5.4.4 RESERVED.................................15
5.4.5 [ ]*
5.4.6 [ ]*
5.4.7 [ ]*
5.4.8 [ ]*
5.5 RESERVED...............................................17
5.6 RESERVED...............................................17
Article 6
Term.................................................................17
6.1 Term...................................................17
6.2 RESERVED
Article 7
Confidential Information.............................................18
7.1 Confidentiality and Authorization to Use Information...18
7.2 Authorized Disclosure..................................18
7.3 Return of Confidential Information.....................18
7.4 Right to Remedies......................................19
7.5 Georgia Trade Secrets Act..............................19
Article 8
Billing, Payment and Records.........................................19
8.1 Billing Statements.....................................19
8.2 Offset of Payment Obligations..........................19
8.3 Payments...............................................19
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* Indicates information that has been filed separately with the Secretary of the
Commission as an attachment to a request for confidentiality with respect to the
omitted information.
8.4 Audit Rights...........................................20
8.5 Subsequent Payment Adjustments.........................20
8.6 Records................................................20
Article 9
Taxes................................................................21
9.1 Seller's Obligation....................................21
9.2 Buyer's Obligation.....................................21
9.3 Exemption Certificates.................................21
9.4 [ ]*
Article 10
Indemnification and Remedies.........................................21
10.1 General Indemnity......................................21
10.2 Limitation on Remedies.................................21
10.3 Duty to Mitigate.......................................22
10.4 DISCLAIMER.............................................22
10.5 [ ]*
10.6 Relation with November 1996 Agreement..................23
Article 11
Conditions Precedent to Extension of Term............................23
11.1 Regulatory Authorizations..............................23
11.2 OPC Restructuring......................................23
11.3 Board Approval.........................................23
Article 12
Representations and Warranties.......................................23
12.1 Mutual Representations.................................23
12.2 Additional OPC Representations.........................24
12.3 Additional LG&E Parties Representations................24
12.4 Mutual Assistance......................................25
12.5 Good Title.............................................25
12.6 Power Quality..........................................25
12.7 Other Contracts........................................25
12.8 Continuing Representations and Warranties..............25
Article 13
Defaults and Remedies................................................25
13.1 Events of Default......................................25
13.2 Early Termination; Remedies............................26
13.3 [ ]*
13.4 Failure to Pay.........................................27
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* Indicates information that has been filed separately with the Secretary of the
Commission as an attachment to a request for confidentiality with respect to the
omitted information.
13.5 Effect of Regulation...................................27
13.6 Notice to LPI..........................................27
Article 14
Arbitration..........................................................27
14.1 Applicability; Selection of Arbitrators................27
14.2 Discovery, Hearing.....................................28
14.3 Decision...............................................28
14.4 Expenses...............................................28
Article 15
Force Majeure........................................................29
15.1 Effect of Force Majeure................................29
Article 16
Material Changes.....................................................29
16.1 [ ]*
16.2 [ ]*
Article 17
Miscellaneous........................................................30
17.1 Assignment.............................................30
17.1.1 General..................................30
17.1.2 Assignment for Security..................31
17.2 Notices................................................31
17.3 Applicable Law.........................................31
17.4 Survival of Obligations................................31
17.5 Entire Agreement.......................................32
17.6 No Partnership.........................................32
17.7 Amendment..............................................32
17.8 Third Parties..........................................32
17.9 Waiver.................................................32
17.10 Character of Sales by OPC..............................32
17.11 Severability...........................................32
17.12 RESERVED...............................................32
17.13 Headings...............................................32
17.14 Counterparts...........................................32
17.15 LPI Obligations........................................33
17.15.1 Failure of Performance of LPM....33
17.15.2 Further Covenants of LPI.........33
17.15.3 No Discharge.....................34
17.16 Administration.........................................34
17.17 RESERVED...............................................34
17.18 Further Assurances.....................................34
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* Indicates information that has been filed separately with the Secretary of the
Commission as an attachment to a request for confidentiality with respect to the
omitted information.
17.19 RUS Approval...........................................34
17.20 Other..................................................34
17.21 Novation of Interim Agreement..........................34
Schedule A
Exhibits
1.25(iii) Energy Costs for Certain OPC Resources
1.25(iv) Energy Costs for Qualifying Facilities
1.43 Level B-1 Diagram
1.62 Participating Members
2.1 Off-System Sales Contracts
2.2.1 [ ]*
2.2.2 [ ]*
3.2(i) OPC Resources
3.2(ii) [ ]*
3.3 LPM's Share of Participating Member OPC Resources
4.1(b) [ ]*
5.3 LPM Sales Price
5.4.1(a) [ ]*
5.4.1(b) [ ]*
5.4.5 [ ]*
5.4.6 [ ]*
5.4.7(a) [ ]*
5.4.7(b) [ ]*
5.4.8(a) [ ]*
5.4.8(b) [ ]*
17.2 Notices and Payment
18 Map of EMC Service Territory
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* Indicates information that has been filed separately with the Secretary of the
Commission as an attachment to a request for confidentiality with respect to the
omitted information.
POWER PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT
AMONG
LG&E POWER MARKETING INC.
LG&E POWER INC.
AND
OGLETHORPE POWER CORPORATION
(AN ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION CORPORATION)
This Power Purchase and Sale Agreement dated as of January 1, 1997,
together with any permitted future amendments ("Agreement") is entered into by
and among Oglethorpe Power Corporation (An Electric Membership Generation and
Transmission Corporation), a corporation organized and existing under Title 46
of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, together with any permitted successor
or assign ("OPC"), LG&E Power Inc., a corporation organized and existing under
the laws of the State of Delaware, together with any permitted successor or
assign ("LPI"), and LG&E Power Marketing Inc., a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the State of California, together with any permitted
successor or assign ("LPM") (collectively, LPI and LPM are referred to herein as
"LG&E Parties").
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS, OPC is an electric generation corporation which operates on a
cooperative basis and which supplies certain electric requirements of its member
cooperatives for electric power and energy supplied to their wholesale and
retail customers;
WHEREAS, LPM is a power marketer authorized by the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission to purchase and sell electric energy for resale at
negotiated, market-based rates;
WHEREAS, LPM is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of LPI;
WHEREAS, the existing OPC Resources are demonstrably insufficient to
supply the anticipated peak electric requirements of OPC and its member
cooperatives in 1998, in light of the 1996 Official Load Forecast, and the
termination of uneconomic existing power purchase resources;
WHEREAS, OPC has reasonably determined that it is not economically
efficient at this time for OPC to plan for the construction or acquisition of
additional generating facilities to supply the electric requirements of OPC and
its member cooperatives, and that the native load electric requirements of its
cooperative members can economically and efficiently be supplied through the
purchase from a power marketer of such requirements for electric energy;
WHEREAS, in accordance with such strategic plan for serving its member
cooperatives, OPC has requested bids from various power marketers, and LPM has
been selected as a successful bidder to supply certain electric requirements of
its member cooperatives;
WHEREAS, LPM desires to purchase Electric Energy from OPC for resale (i)
to OPC at prices consistent with this Agreement and (ii) to third parties at
such prices as LPM shall determine;
WHEREAS, the Parties believe that their respective objectives can be
achieved if OPC sells to LPM a portion of the Electric Energy that OPC is
obligated to take or purchase from Must Run Resources and offers to sell to LPM
certain other Electric Energy which OPC is entitled to take or purchase, as more
specifically set forth herein, and LPM agrees to supply OPC at wholesale with
Electric Energy it has purchased from OPC or from other sources;
WHEREAS, on November 19, 1996, LPM, LG&E Energy Corp., and OPC entered
into a long-term power purchase and sales agreement pursuant to which LPM has
agreed to sell Electric Energy to OPC to satisfy certain of OPC's requirements
for Electric Energy (the "November 1996 Agreement");
WHEREAS, in the November 1996 Agreement, OPC agreed to sell to LPM a
portion of the Electric Energy that OPC is obligated to take or purchase from
Must Run Resources (as defined in the November 1996 Agreement) and to offer and
to sell to LPM certain other Electric Energy which OPC is entitled to take or
purchase, as more specifically set forth therein;
WHEREAS, Sawnee EMC and Coweta-Fayette EMC chose not to participate in
the November 1996 Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Parties entered into an Interim Agreement on December 31,
1996, ("Interim Agreement") under which OPC is required to sell or to offer to
sell, and LPM shall be required to purchase or entitled to purchase, certain of
the OPC Resources;
WHEREAS, under the Interim Agreement, LPM is required to sell to OPC at
certain prices Electric Energy it has purchased from OPC or from other sources;
WHEREAS, the Interim Agreement will terminate upon the execution of this
Agreement or on 24:00 CPT on January 23, 1997, whichever is earlier;
WHEREAS, the Parties intend this Agreement to cover the purchase and
sale of Electric Energy by LPM to OPC to satisfy certain OPC requirements for
Electric Energy; specifically for Sawnee EMC and Coweta-Fayette EMC, which were
not included in the November 1996 Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Parties intend this Agreement to operate as a novation of
the Interim Agreement and to be interpreted as if it was in full force and
effect as of January 1, 1997;
WHEREAS, OPC intends to enter into a second long-term contract with
another power marketer to provide on a long-term basis all or a portion of OPC's
requirements for Electric Energy that are not provided under the November 1996
Agreement or this Agreement, but which is not in place at the time of execution
of this Agreement;
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WHEREAS, the Parties recognize that until implementation of the second
long-term contract with another power marketer, OPC will operate portions of the
OPC Resources that are not allocated to LPM under either the November 1996
Agreement or under this Agreement, and that after implementation of the second
long-term contract with another power marketer LPM will be one of two power
marketers supplying certain electric requirements of OPC's member cooperatives,
and that the administration and implementation of this Agreement will require
coordination with OPC and the administration and implementation of the second
long-term contract with another power marketer and OPC;
WHEREAS, the Parties recognize that OPC may in the future enter into
additional agreements with power marketers to serve Customer Choice Load or
other load growth not served under this Agreement; provided, that such
additional agreements shall not interfere with OPC's ability to perform under
this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants
set forth herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, OPC and the
LG&E Parties hereby agree as follows:
Article 1
Definitions and Construction
All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined, whether
singular or plural, shall have the respective meanings set forth in Schedule A.
Defined terms in this Agreement shall include in the singular number the plural
and in the plural number the singular. Whenever the context may require, any
pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms.
Any reference in this Agreement to "Section," "Article," "Exhibit" or "Schedule"
shall be references to this Agreement. Unless the context requires otherwise,
any reference in this Agreement to any document shall mean such document and all
schedules, exhibits, and attachments thereto as amended and in effect from time
to time. Unless otherwise stated, any reference in this Agreement to any person
shall include its permitted successors and assigns and, in the case of any
governmental authority, any person succeeding to its functions and capacities.
The words "hereof," "herein," "hereto" and "hereunder" and words of similar
import when used in this Agreement shall, unless otherwise expressly specified,
refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this
Agreement. Whenever the term "including" is used herein in connection with a
listing of items included within a prior reference, such listing shall be
interpreted to be illustrative only, and shall not be interpreted as a
limitation on or exclusive listing of the items included within the prior
reference.
In the event of a conflict between the text of this Agreement and any
Exhibit or Schedule, the terms of the Agreement shall prevail. The Parties
acknowledge that each Party and its counsel have reviewed and revised this
Agreement and that the normal rule of construction to the effect that any
ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be employed
in the interpretation of this Agreement.
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Article 2
Purchases and Sales
2.1 Sales by LPM. (a) In each Interval of the Term, LPM shall sell and
deliver, or cause to be delivered, and OPC shall purchase and receive, or cause
to be received, an amount of Electric Energy equal to the sum of (i) LPM's Share
of Participating Member Load in that Interval, plus (ii) LPM's Share of
Participating Member Off-System Sales in that Interval, plus (iii) LPM's Share
of Participating Member Customer Choice Load in that Interval. This Agreement
shall constitute the single agreement under which LPM is obligated to supply at
wholesale Electric Energy to serve LPM's Share of Participating Member Load,
LPM's Share of Participating Member Customer Choice Load, and LPM's Share of
Participating Member Off-System Sales in accordance with the terms hereof, and
no further request, schedule or agreement by OPC is needed.
(b) The Parties recognize and agree that [
]* (iii) neither of the
foregoing shall entitle LPM to avoid its obligations hereunder or to adjust the
LPM Sales Price, except as expressly permitted under the provisions of this
Agreement.
(c) In lieu of selling or buying Electric Energy, LPM reserves the right
to broker Electric Energy from or to Louisville Gas and Electric Company and OPC
agrees to accept or supply such Electric Energy pursuant to its Interchange
Agreement or other existing contracts with Louisville Gas and Electric Company
in complete satisfaction of LPM's obligations hereunder; provided, that any such
arrangements shall be performed at a price and under terms and conditions that
are the same as those specified herein; and provided, further, that OPC shall
have no obligation to participate in any such arrangement unless LPM establishes
to OPC's satisfaction that Louisville Gas and Electric Company has all requisite
regulatory authorization to perform in accordance with the foregoing.
2.2 Sales by OPC. OPC shall on a real time basis inform LPM of LPM's
Share of Participating Member OPC Resources, including Must Run Resources and
Dispatchable Resources, that are available for the delivery of OPC Energy, in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the OPC Contracts and the
Administrative Procedures.
2.2.1 Must Run Resources. In each Interval of the Term, OPC shall
sell and LPM shall purchase all of the OPC Energy from LPM's Share of
Participating Member OPC Resources associated with Must Run Resources
(other than purchased power resources) that are actually available
during such Interval. OPC represents that the Must Run Resources are
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the Commission as an attachment to a request for confidentiality with respect
to the omitted information.
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currently as of the Effective Date and shall, except for Allowed Must
Run Outage Hours, remain during each Interval of the Term capable of the
production and sale of at least [ ]* set forth in Exhibit 3.2(i).
Exhibit 2.2.1 sets forth by calendar quarter, the number of hours
("Allowed Must Run Outage Hours") for which the Must Run Resources may
generate [ ]* set forth in Exhibit 3.2(i).
2.2.2 Dispatchable OPC Resources. (a) With respect to
Dispatchable Resources, OPC hereby offers to sell to LPM on an exclusive
basis, and LPM has the exclusive right, but not the obligation, to
purchase from OPC any OPC Energy from LPM's Share of Participating
Member OPC Resources associated with Dispatchable Resources which is
available during each Interval of the Term. OPC represents that the
Dispatchable Resources (other than purchased power resources) are
currently as of the Effective Date and shall, except for Allowed
Dispatchable Outage Hours, remain during each Interval of the Term
capable of the production and sale [ ]* set forth in Exhibit 3.2(i), and
that LPM shall have the right, during each Interval during the Term to
Schedule Electric Energy from each Dispatchable Resource to the extent
of its availability. Exhibit 2.2.2 sets forth by Summer and Non-Summer
Period designation the number of hours ("Allowed Dispatchable Outage
Hours") for which the Dispatchable Resources may generate [ ]* set forth
in Exhibit 3.2(i).
(b) LPM shall effect the acceptance of an OPC offer made pursuant
to paragraph (a) of this Section 2.2.2 by complying with the provisions
of 2.2.3 and the Scheduling procedures set forth in Article 4. OPC shall
sell and LPM shall purchase all such Electric Energy Properly Requested
by LPM.
2.2.3 Manner of Request. LPM shall Properly Request OPC Energy
from LPM's Share of Participating Member OPC Resources through (i) a
recorded telephone conversation between the Parties, or (ii) such other
method of communication, including electronic communication, as the
Administrative Committee may determine is appropriate. Such requests
shall be confirmed in the manner, if any, established by the
Administrative Committee for the type of communication in question. The
Parties agree not to contest or assert any defense to the validity or
enforceability of telephonic requests under Laws relating to whether
certain agreements are to be in writing or signed by the party to be
thereby bound, or the authority of any employee of such Party to make
such communication. Each Party consents to the recording of its
representatives' telephone conversations without any further notice. All
recordings or electronic communications may be introduced into evidence
to prove oral agreements between the Parties.
2.3 Remedy for Breach of MW Representation. If at any time during the
Term either OPC's representation set forth in Section 2.2.1 or Section 2.2.2(a)
ceases to be correct (i.e. the OPC Resource is not capable of producing the
required Mws), [ ]*
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Commission as an attachment to a request for confidentiality with respect to the
omitted information.
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2.4 Customer Choice Load. (a) Subject to paragraph (b) below, LPM shall
be obligated to serve [ ]* of the requirements for Electric Energy of any
Customer Choice Customer [ ]*; provided, that such obligation shall not entitle
LPM to serve any portion of such requirements, and OPC or the Participating
Member shall have the right to seek and accept bids from third parties for all
or any portion of such requirements; and provided further, that LPM shall have
the option but not the obligation to submit a bid to serve a greater percentage
than that designated above of any such Customer Choice Customer's requirements
on such price and other terms as may be mutually agreeable with OPC or the
affected Participating Member.
(b) LPM may within forty-eight (48) hours after OPC's request bid on a
case by case basis to serve all of the requirements of (i) any Customer Choice
Customer whose [ ]* and (ii) any Customer Choice Customer whose load is [ ]*, at
such price and on such other terms as may be acceptable to LPM. To the extent
OPC accepts such bid, then LPM shall be obligated to serve 100% of such Customer
Choice Customer's requirements in accordance with such bid, and such
requirements shall be included in LPM's Share of Participating Member Customer
Choice Load. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Agreement, OPC or a Participating Member shall have the right to seek and accept
bids from third parties to serve all of the requirements of the Customer Choice
Customers described in this paragraph (b).
(c) The aggregate of all Customer Choice Load that LPM either is
obligated to serve, or agrees to serve, as the case may be, shall be LPM's Share
of Participating Member Customer Choice Load.
(d) The price applicable to LPM's Share of Participating Member Customer
Choice Load shall be the Customer Choice Price; provided, that if LPM offers,
other than pursuant to this Agreement, to directly serve a Customer Choice
Customer at a price that is less than the applicable Customer Choice Price, then
LPM shall be obligated to serve 100% of the requirements of such Customer Choice
Customer under this Agreement at a comparable price.
2.5 Failure to Deliver or Receive. (a) Unless excused by Force Majeure
or the unexcused failure of Buyer's performance, if Seller fails to deliver, or
cause to be delivered, the Contract Quantity, [ ]*
(b) Unless excused by Force Majeure or the unexcused failure of Seller's
performance, if Buyer fails to receive, or cause to be received, the Contract
Quantity, [ ]*
(c) The parties recognize that GSOC shall be responsible for maintaining
the stability and reliability of OPC's generation and GTC's transmission system.
OPC or its designee, GSOC, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide
LPM with advance notice of possible transmission constraints, voltage
deterioration, or similar system events or occurrences that might result in a
prospective failure by, or inability of OPC to Schedule or deliver Electric
Energy Properly Requested by LPM, such that LPM, to the extent practicable,
shall be able to determine whether or not to modify the OPC Resources from which
it desires to receive Electric Energy or the amount
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Commission as an attachment to a request for confidentiality with respect to the
omitted information.
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thereof or to bear the risk associated with its original request, and OPC and
LPM shall each use commercially reasonable efforts to discuss and agree upon the
necessary redispatching. In the event OPC and LPM are unable to agree in
advance, and OPC or its designee determines in good faith that in order to
assure the stability and reliability of OPC's generation and GTC's transmission
system, it is necessary in accordance with Prudent Utility Practice to deliver
Electric Energy from an OPC Resource other than the OPC Resource associated with
Electric Energy Properly Requested by LPM, then the further provisions of this
paragraph 2.5(c) shall apply. The Administrative Committee shall review all
relevant facts concerning the alternative delivery Scheduled and dispatched by
OPC or its designee. If the Administrative Committee determines unanimously that
the actions taken by both OPC and LPM were consistent with Prudent Utility
Practice and their respective obligations under this Section 2.5(c), then any
additional costs associated [ ]*. If the Administrative Committee does not so
determine, then the Party determined unanimously by the Administrative Committee
to be at fault shall bear [ ]*. If the Administrative Committee cannot in good
faith reach a unanimous decision, then the matter shall be subject to
arbitration under Article 14.
(d) The provisions of this Section 2.5 shall not apply to the
circumstances in which adjustments have been made pursuant to Section 5.4.
2.6 Stranded Costs. In the event retail wheeling is instituted in
Georgia, for whatever reason, and OPC or any Participating Member, may be
entitled to receive compensation associated with stranded generating or other
assets, the LG&E Parties shall have no claim or entitlement to any such
compensation, nor shall the LG&E Parties have any obligation or liability for
the payment of any such compensation, attributable to OPC Resources.
Article 3
OPC Resources
3.1 OPC Contracts. (a) OPC shall be responsible for compliance with the
OPC Contracts. In connection therewith, OPC shall be permitted to make OPC
Off-System Sales to comply with the OPC Off-System Sales Contracts, which
Electric Energy for LPM's Share of Participating Member Off-System Sales shall
be provided to OPC by LPM pursuant to Section 2.1 and at the prices set forth in
Section 5.3. OPC shall have the right during the Term to enter into new
contracts or other agreements to make sales, purchases or exchanges of Electric
Energy, without the prior consent of LPM, including new contracts for (i) sales
of capacity and Electric Energy from resources not included within OPC
Resources, (ii) purchases and sales of capacity and Electric Energy to serve
Customer Choice Customers as provided in Section 2.4, (iii) sales of capacity
and Electric Energy under the EMC Contracts, (iv) purchases and sales of
capacity and Electric Energy as required to serve OPC Load and Participating
Member Load not included within LPM's Share of Participating Member Load, or to
serve LPM's Share of Participating Member Load after the Term, and (v) as
expressly set forth elsewhere in this Agreement and in the November 1996
Agreement; provided, that such contracts or agreements shall not adversely
affect or otherwise interfere with OPC's ability to perform its obligation to
sell Electric Energy to or to purchase Electric Energy from LPM hereunder.
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Commission as an attachment to a request for confidentiality with respect to the
omitted information.
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(b) Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to assign, impose or
otherwise transfer any rights or obligations under the OPC Off-System Sales
Contracts to the LG&E Parties, and OPC shall retain all of its rights and
obligations, including its obligation to maintain, or cause to be maintained,
generation and transmission system stability and reliability. Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, OPC shall not be required to take any
action inconsistent with its rights and obligations under the OPC Contracts.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Party shall be
required to take any action inconsistent with its rights and obligations under
the NERC or SERC guidelines. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect the rights
or obligations of the parties to the EMC Contracts. OPC shall have the right to
terminate, amend, or otherwise modify the OPC Contracts, subject to the
provisions of Section 16.1.
3.2 Information on OPC Resources and System. (a) OPC acknowledges and
agrees that LPM requires information concerning OPC Contracts, OPC Resources,
Participating Member Load and Energy Cost in order to satisfy LPM's obligations
hereunder.
(b) OPC has delivered to LPM the following information: (i) a list of
all OPC Resources and OPC Contracts, which list is attached as Exhibit 3.2(i);
(ii) a statement of the expected availability and current transformer loss
factor of each OPC Resource, including nuclear generating units, which statement
is attached as Exhibit 3.2(ii); and (iii) a schedule of forecast OPC Load, which
was delivered to LPM on February 7, 1996. OPC hereby agrees to update such
information promptly as new information becomes available to OPC during the Term
and to promptly provide such updated information to LPM.
3.3 Allocation of OPC Resources. (a) LPM's Share of OPC Resources is
specified in Exhibit 3.3. LPM shall not be entitled to purchase OPC Energy in
excess of the quantity of Electric Energy associated with the OPC Resource, or
portion thereof (in the case of certain OPC Resources comprised of more than one
generating unit) designated in such Exhibit; provided, that with respect to any
OPC Resource with a minimum operating level under the applicable OPC Contracts
that exceeds the amount of Electric Energy associated with such percentage, LPM
shall be entitled to purchase such minimum level under the terms of this
Agreement, but only if such purchase is in accordance with the Administrative
Procedures and necessary to commit such OPC Resource.
(b) OPC shall have the right to expand, retrofit, upgrade, or otherwise
modify the OPC Resources, subject to the provisions of Section 16.1; provided,
that such expansion, retrofit, upgrade, or other modification shall not
adversely affect or otherwise interfere with OPC's ability to perform its
obligation to sell Electric Energy to or to purchase Electric Energy from LPM
hereunder. OPC shall bear the costs of such expansion, retrofit, upgrade, or
other modification, and any incremental or expanded capacity and Electric Energy
associated with such activity, shall not be included within OPC Resources.
3.4 RESERVED.
3.5 Dispersed Generation. Generating facilities currently owned by
individual Participating Members will not be an OPC Resource, but will remain
the property of each such
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Participating Member which may use such generating facilities as it shall
determine from time to time.
3.6 Load Management. Load management switching equipment and any other
demand side management of individual Participating Members will not be an OPC
Resource, but will remain the property of such Participating Members which may
use, or direct OPC on such Participating Member's behalf to coordinate the use
of such load management switching equipment or other demand side management as
it shall determine from time to time.
3.7 ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Fuel. LPM will provide fuel to generate the Electric Energy
it purchases associated with ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, in accordance with the fuel procurement
provisions of that certain agreement between OPC and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Energy Limited
Partnership, dated June 12, 1992.
3.8 Coal. The November 1996 Agreement sets forth procedures, prices, and
terms relating to acquisition of and payment for coal for Plant ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and
Plant ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. The procurement of coal for the purpose of performing this
Agreement shall be governed by and subject to the procedures, terms, conditions,
and prices set forth in Section 3.8 and all associated exhibits of the November
1996 Agreement, which are incorporated herein by reference.
3.9 SEPA Energy. Each of the Participating Members is presently entitled
to an allocation of hydro-electric power from SEPA, the cost of which is billed
directly by SEPA to each EMC. As provided in the definition of Participating
Member Load, LPM's Share of Participating Member Load does not include
requirements supplied by SEPA Energy Scheduled for delivery to the Participating
Members pursuant to the SEPA Contracts; provided, however, that OPC shall
Schedule delivery of SEPA Energy to the Participating Members as requested by
LPM, to the extent permitted by SEPA under the SEPA Contracts and consistent
with the CSA.
3.10 Block Power Sale Agreements. OPC has canceled Block 3 of the
Georgia Power Block Power Sale Agreement, and OPC has given timely notice to
Georgia Power to cancel Block 4 as of August 31, 1997 and Block 2 as of August
31, 1998. [ ]*
3.11 New Resources. OPC shall have the right during the Term to
construct, purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire additional generating or
purchased power resources, including entering into agreements with Qualifying
Facilities, which resources shall not be included within OPC Resources;
provided, that such construction, purchase, lease or other arrangement shall not
adversely affect or otherwise interfere with OPC's ability to perform its
obligation to sell Electric Energy to or to purchase Electric Energy from LPM
hereunder.
3.12 Emission Allowances. [ ]*
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Commission as an attachment to a request for confidentiality with respect to the
omitted information.
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Article 4
Transmission
4.1 Transmission and Scheduling. (a) [ ]*
(b) [ ]*
4.2 Title and Risk of Loss. As between LPM and OPC, Seller shall be
deemed to be in exclusive control (and responsible for any damages or injury
caused thereby) of the Contract Quantity prior to the Delivery Point, and Buyer
shall be deemed to be in exclusive control (and responsible for any damages or
injury caused thereby) of the Contract Quantity at and from the Delivery Point.
Title to and risk of loss of Electric Energy shall transfer from Seller to Buyer
at and from the Delivery Point.
4.3 Scheduling. OPC and LPM agree to adopt and maintain reasonable
procedures to facilitate LPM's ability on an hourly basis to (i) supply LPM's
Share of Participating Member Load and (ii) purchase OPC Energy associated with
LPM's Share of OPC Resources. The Parties shall also establish procedures
whereby (a) OPC shall communicate to LPM on a same-time basis the availability
of, and estimated Energy Cost for, each OPC Resource, as such availability and
Energy Cost may change from time to time, and the projected LPM's Share of
Participating Member Load; and (b) LPM shall provide all necessary Scheduling
information, including the duration of proposed transactions, [ ]*. Upon
communication of such information, LPM shall Properly Request the amounts of
Electric Energy that LPM desires to purchase from each such OPC Resource within
LPM's Share of OPC Resources. [ ]*
4.4 Delivery Points. (a) LPM shall specify one or more Delivery Points
for (i) OPC Energy Scheduled and purchased by LPM from OPC and (ii) Electric
Energy Scheduled and sold by LPM to OPC. [
]*
(b) [ ]*
4.5 Transformer and Transmission Loss Adjustments. (a) With respect to
LPM purchases of OPC Energy from an OPC Resource that is a generating plant
which interconnects directly into the ITS, [ ]*
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Commission as an attachment to a request for confidentiality with respect to the
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(b) For purposes of supplying OPC with Electric Energy to serve LPM's
Share of Participating Member Load and LPM's Share of Participating Member
Customer Choice Load, [ ]*
(c) For purposes of supplying OPC with Electric Energy to satisfy
LPM's Share of OPC's Off-System Sales obligations, [ ]*
(d) For purposes of supplying Electric Energy to satisfy LPM's sales to
third parties that accept delivery on the ITS or for delivery at Points of
Interconnection, [ ]*
(e) For purposes of supplying Electric Energy to permit OPC to pump
water to the upper reservoir at the Rocky Mountain Pumped Storage Hydroelectric
Generating Facility ("Rocky Mountain"), [ ]*
(f) The Parties agree and understand [ ]*
4.6 Imbalances and Regulation Deviation Errors. (a) The Parties
recognize that actual LPM's Share of Participating Member Load, LPM's Share of
Participating Member Customer Choice Load, and LPM's Share of Participating
Member Off-System Sales may vary in any Interval even when the foregoing have
been reasonably forecast by LPM and Electric Energy has been Scheduled as
Properly Requested by LPM. [ ]*
(b) [ ]*
4.7 Non-Territorial Contractual Delivery Obligations. For purposes of
supplying Electric Energy to satisfy OPC's sales obligations to LPM of Electric
Energy to be resold by LPM to third parties that accept delivery on the ITS or
delivery at Points of Interconnection, [ ]*
4.8 Control Area. OPC reserves the right, at any point during the Term,
to establish and operate a Control Area, or to contract with others to establish
and operate a Control Area. Such Control Area would be utilized pursuant to 18
C.F.R. Part 35 to match Electric Energy input and output within the electric
system, maintain scheduled interchange with other Control Areas, maintain the
frequency of the Electric Energy system within reasonable limits and provide
sufficient generating capacity to maintain operating services.
4.9 Other OPC or GTC Responsibilities. In addition to the above, OPC or
GTC shall also be responsible for the following:
(a) all communications with other owners of the ITS and for
discharging all obligations for the Oglethorpe Power System under the
ITSA, except for ITS related costs otherwise expressly addressed herein.
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Commission as an attachment to a request for confidentiality with respect to the
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(b) OPC, or GTC, as the case may be, shall be responsible for
responding to any transmission requests filed under its open access
transmission tariff or pursuant to Section 211 of the Federal Power Act,
or other applicable legal requirements. OPC, or GTC, as the case may be,
shall represent such interest before FERC or any other regulatory agency
or court.
Article 5
Price
5.1 OPC's Contract Price. Subject to Section 5.4, the Contract Price for
Electric Energy sold by OPC to LPM shall be the Energy Cost for OPC Energy that
LPM Properly Requests.
5.2 RESERVED.
5.3 LPM's Contract Price. Subject to Section 5.4, (i) with respect to
sales of Electric Energy by LPM to OPC relating to LPM's Share of Participating
Member Load, the Contract Price shall be, during each calendar year of the Term,
the LPM Sales Price [ ]* as set
forth in Exhibit 5.3; (ii) with respect to LPM's Share of Participating Member
Customer Choice Load which LPM is required to serve, the Contract Price shall be
the Customer Choice Price; (iii) with respect to LPM's Share of Participating
Member Customer Choice Load served at a price quoted by LPM, the Contract Price
shall be the price quoted by LPM; and (iv) with respect to sales of Electric
Energy by LPM to OPC relating to LPM's Share of Participating Member Off-System
Sales, the Contract Price shall be as agreed to by the Parties (the "LPM
Off-System Sales Price"); provided, [ ]*
5.4 Amounts Due to OPC and LPM. Each month OPC shall charge LPM an
amount equal to the aggregate Energy Costs attributable to the OPC Energy that
is Properly Requested by and delivered to LPM. Each month LPM shall charge OPC
an amount equal to the sum of the following products: (i) the LPM's Share of
Participating Member Load [ ]* purchased by
and delivered to OPC during the month, multiplied by the LPM Sales Price
applicable to the respective Participating Member, as set forth in Exhibit 5.3;
(ii) LPM's Share of Participating Member Customer Choice Load attributable to a
Customer Choice Customer and purchased by and delivered to OPC during the month,
multiplied by the applicable Customer Choice Price; (iii) each OPC Off-System
Sales quantity purchased by and delivered to OPC from LPM during the month,
multiplied by the LPM Off-System Sales Price applicable to each such OPC
Off-System Sale; provided, that the amounts so determined shall be subject to
the following adjustments:
5.4.1 [ ]*
(b) Exhibit 5.4.1(b) sets forth an example of the intended
operation of this Section.
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Commission as an attachment to a request for confidentiality with respect to the
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(c) [ ]*
5.4.2 RESERVED.
5.4.3 RESERVED.
5.4.4 RESERVED.
5.4.5 [ ]*
5.4.6 [ ]*
5.4.7 [ ]*
(b) Exhibit 5.4.7(b) sets forth an example of the intended
operation of this Section.
(c) [ ]*
5.4.8 [ ]*
(b) Exhibit 5.4.8(b) sets forth an example of the intended
operation of this Section.
(c) [ ]*
5.5 RESERVED.
5.6 RESERVED.
Article 6
Term
6.1 Term. (a) This Agreement shall be deemed effective as of 00:00:01
CPT on January 1, 1997, and shall remain in effect until 24:00 CPT on April 30,
1997 (the "Termination Date"), subject to Sections 6.1(b) [ ]* (the "Term"). The
applicable provisions of this Agreement shall continue in effect after the
Termination Date in accordance with the provisions of Section 17.4.
(b) Upon approval of this Agreement by the Board of Directors of
Oglethorpe Power Corporation as evidenced by a properly attested corporate
resolution, the Termination Date set forth in Section 6.1(a), shall be extended
to 24:00 CPT on December 31, 1997, subject to Section 6.1(c),
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Commission as an attachment to a request for confidentiality with respect to the
omitted information.
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unless earlier terminated pursuant to this Agreement. The Term shall be deemed
to include any extension effective by virtue of this Section 6.1(b).
(c) In the event the conditions precedent set forth in Article 11 are
satisfied on or before June 1, 1997, then the Term shall be further extended
until 24:00 CPT on December 31, 1999, unless earlier terminated pursuant to this
Agreement, and the Term shall be deemed to include any such extension. OPC shall
provide LPM with written notice promptly following the satisfaction of the
conditions precedent described in Article 11, which notice shall specify the
date ("Long Term Commencement Date") on which such conditions precedent were
satisfied. In the event a condition precedent set forth in Article 11 has not
been satisfied on or before June 1, 1997, then the extension provision in this
Section 6.1(c) shall be of no further force and effect.
6.2 RESERVED.
Article 7
Confidential Information
7.1 Confidentiality and Authorization to Use Information. OPC expressly
authorizes and grants its consent to LPM to use Confidential Information,
whether acquired before or after the Effective Date, pertaining to, without
limitation, OPC, OPC Resources, OPC Load, Participating Member Load, OPC
Off-System Sales and the Participating Members, for the purpose of exercising
LPM's rights under this Agreement, including LPM's right to buy Electric Energy
from OPC or any other person and to sell Electric Energy to OPC or any other
person, whether Electric Energy is produced by or attributable to OPC Resources
or other resources. Each Party agrees that it shall not disclose Confidential
Information whether acquired before or after the Effective Date, to any third
party other than each Party's officers, directors, employees, advisors or
representatives, or each Party's Affiliates (or as to OPC, the EMCs), their
officers, directors, employees, advisors or representatives who need to know and
agree to maintain the confidentiality of the Confidential Information
(collectively, "Representatives") during the Term and for a period of not more
than three (3) years after the Termination Date. Each Party shall be responsible
for any breach of this Agreement by its Representatives.
7.2 Authorized Disclosure. Notwithstanding anything contained in this
Article 7, Confidential Information may be disclosed to any governmental,
judicial or regulatory authority requiring such Confidential Information,
provided that: (i) such Confidential Information is submitted under applicable
provisions, if any, for confidential treatment by such governmental, judicial or
regulatory authority; (ii) prior to such disclosure, the Party who supplied the
information is given notice of the disclosure requirement so that it may take
whatever action it deems appropriate, including intervention in any proceeding
and the seeking of an injunction to prohibit such disclosure; and (iii) the
Party subject to the governmental, judicial or regulatory authority endeavors to
protect the confidentiality of any Confidential Information to the extent
reasonable under the circumstances and to use its good faith efforts to prevent
the further disclosure of any Confidential Information provided to any
governmental judicial or regulatory authority.
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Commission as an attachment to a request for confidentiality with respect to the
omitted information.
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7.3 Return of Confidential Information. Upon (i) the termination of this
Agreement and (ii) the request of a Party, the other Party shall return all
written Confidential Information (including written confirmation of oral
communications) provided by the requesting Party which was stamped
"confidential" and shall not retain any copies of such written Confidential
Information. In the event of such request, all documents, analyses,
compilations, studies or other materials prepared by the returning Party or its
Representatives that contain or reflect Confidential Information (other than
computer archival and backup tapes or archival and backup files (collectively
"Computer Tapes") and billing and trading records (collectively, "Other
Records")) shall be destroyed and no copy thereof shall be retained (such
destruction to be confirmed in writing by a duly authorized officer of the
returning Party). Computer Tapes and Other Records shall be kept confidential in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
7.4 Right to Remedies. In the event of an unauthorized disclosure to a
third party, the limitations on remedies contained in Section 10.2 shall not
apply, and in the event of a breach no Party will have an adequate remedy at law
and accordingly shall, in addition to any other available legal or equitable
remedies, be entitled to an injunction against such breach without any
requirement to post a bond as a condition of such relief.
7.5 Georgia Trade Secrets Act. Except as expressly provided in Article 7
of this Agreement, including OPC's consent to the use by LPM of Confidential
Information in its trading operations pursuant to this Agreement, the rights of
the Parties under this Agreement are in addition to and not in lieu of their
rights under Georgia law, including the Georgia Trade Secrets Act of 1990.
Nothing in this Article 7 shall be construed as a waiver on the part of any
Party of any privilege or objection of any kind to the disclosure or use of
Confidential Information.
Article 8
Billing, Payment and Records
8.1 Billing Statements. OPC shall deliver to LPM no later than on the
tenth (10th) day of each month (or the first Business Day thereafter), a
statement (the "Statement") setting forth for the immediately prior month the
amounts of Electric Energy purchased by OPC from LPM at the applicable LPM Sales
Price, the respective LPM Off-System Sales Prices, and the respective Customer
Choice Prices, all as adjusted pursuant to Section 5.4, and the amounts of
Electric Energy purchased by LPM from OPC at the applicable Energy Cost. To the
extent that OPC has not yet received or been able to compile the applicable
Energy Cost figures as of such date, OPC may set forth on such Statement its
good-faith estimate of the Energy Cost of an OPC Resource, for such OPC
Resource; and provided, that OPC shall compile the actual Energy Costs and
"true-up" such estimates as promptly as practicable pursuant to Section 8.5. It
is expressly agreed that during the Term, the Statements related to amounts due
pursuant to this Agreement shall be consolidated with Statements submitted
pursuant to the November 1996 Agreement.
8.2 Offset of Payment Obligations. The Parties shall discharge their
obligations to pay through netting, consolidating obligations incurred under
this Agreement and the November 1996 Agreement, in which case the Party, if any,
owing the greater aggregate amount shall pay to the other
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Party the difference between the amounts owed, as set forth in Section 8.3. Each
Party reserves to itself all rights, setoffs, counterclaims and other remedies
and defenses, consistent with Article 10, which such Party has or may be
entitled to arising from or out of this Agreement. All outstanding obligations
to make payments under this Agreement may be offset against each other, set-off
or recouped therefrom.
8.3 Payments. The Party owing the other shall pay the amount owing under
the Statement, which payment shall be due on or before the later of the
following: (i) the tenth (10th) Business Day after receipt of the Statement or
(ii) the twentieth (20th) day of the month in which the Statement is received
(or the first Business Day thereafter). Payment shall be made by wire transfer
to the payment address provided in Exhibit 17.2. If either Party, in good faith,
disputes any part of any Statement, it shall provide a written explanation of
the basis for the dispute and pay the portion of such Statement conceded to be
correct no later than the due date as calculated in accordance with the
preceding sentence. If any amount disputed is determined to be due to the other
Party, it shall be paid within ten (10) days of such determination, along with
interest calculated at the Interest Rate from the original due date until the
date paid. Absent such a good faith dispute, overdue payments shall bear
interest from, and including, the due date to, but excluding, the date of
payment at a rate equal to the Interest Rate.
8.4 Audit Rights. (a) Each Party or any third party representative of a
Party shall have the right, at its sole expense and during normal working hours,
to examine the records of the other Party to the extent reasonably necessary to
verify the accuracy of any Statement, charge or computation made pursuant to
this Agreement. If requested, a Party shall provide to the other Party
statements evidencing the quantities of Electric Energy delivered at the
Delivery Point. With respect to records held in the custody of a third party
pursuant to a confidentiality provision of an OPC Contract, if an audit is
requested by a Party, the Parties shall select an independent auditor to perform
the audit consistent with the rights of OPC under the contract and such
confidentiality arrangements as may be required by the contract in question.
Subject to any additional limitations that may be imposed under the OPC Contract
in question, such examinations by an independent auditor shall not be performed
more frequently than once each calendar year. The Party requesting the audit
shall pay all costs, including those of the independent auditor, associated with
the audit.
(b) If any such examination reveals any inaccuracy in any statement, the
necessary adjustments in such statement and the payments thereof will be
promptly made and shall bear interest calculated at the Interest Rate from the
date the overpayment or underpayment was made; provided, however, that no
adjustment for any statement or payment will be made unless objection to the
accuracy thereof was made prior to the lapse of two (2) years from the rendition
thereof; and provided, further, that this provision of this Agreement will
survive any termination of this Agreement for a period of two (2) years from the
date of such termination for the purpose of such statement and payment
objections.
8.5 Subsequent Payment Adjustments. The Parties understand that in
certain cases monthly ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ will need to be made on an estimated basis,
including with respect to the calculation of Energy Cost for each of the OPC
Resources. In addition, the Parties understand that after the fact adjustments
to amounts owed or revenues received may be made pursuant to the CSA or other
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Contracts, which adjustments may affect the Energy Cost and associated amounts
payable by LPM to OPC under this Agreement. Each Party shall cooperate in
good-faith with the other Party to obtain the requisite information and perform
the necessary computations so as to "true-up" or otherwise adjust any estimated
or adjusted ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ promptly.
8.6 Records. Each Party shall keep such records as may be needed to
afford a clear history of the Scheduled purchases and sales hereunder. In
maintaining such records, OPC and LPM may rely upon the logs and other meter
information routinely recorded by Transmission Providers or utilities
responsible for coordination of the purchases and sales.
Article 9
Taxes
9.1 Seller's Obligation. Seller is liable for and shall pay, or cause to
be paid, or reimburse Buyer if Buyer has paid, all Taxes applicable to the sale
of Electric Energy arising prior to the Delivery Point(s). If Buyer is required
to remit any such Tax, the amount shall be deducted from any sums becoming due
to Seller. Seller shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless Buyer from any
Claims for such Taxes.
9.2 Buyer's Obligation. Buyer is liable for and shall pay, cause to be
paid, or reimburse Seller if Seller has paid, all Taxes applicable to a purchase
of Electric Energy arising at and from the Delivery Point(s), including any
Taxes imposed or collected by a taxing authority with jurisdiction over Buyer.
Buyer shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless Seller from any Claims for such
Taxes.
9.3 Exemption Certificates. Either Party, upon written request of the
other, shall provide a certificate of exemption or other reasonably satisfactory
evidence of exemption if either Party or a purchase or sale is exempt from
Taxes, and shall use reasonable efforts to obtain and cooperate with obtaining
any exemption from or reduction of any Taxes. Each Party shall use reasonable
efforts to administer this Agreement and implement the provisions in accordance
with the intent to minimize Taxes.
9.4 [ ]*
Article 10
Indemnification and Remedies
10.1 General Indemnity. Subject to Section 10.2, Seller and Buyer shall
each indemnify, defend and hold harmless the other Party from any Claims or
other losses arising from (i) any act or incident occurring when title to the
Contract Quantity is vested in the indemnifying Party pursuant to Section 4.2
and (ii) any Event of Default.
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Commission as an attachment to a request for confidentiality with respect to the
omitted information.
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10.2 Limitation on Remedies. THE PARTIES CONFIRM THAT THE EXPRESS
REMEDIES AND MEASURES OF DAMAGES PROVIDED IN THIS AGREEMENT SATISFY THE
ESSENTIAL PURPOSES HEREOF. FOR BREACH OF ANY PROVISION FOR WHICH AN EXPRESS
REMEDY OR MEASURE OF DAMAGES IS PROVIDED, SUCH EXPRESS REMEDY OR MEASURE OF
DAMAGES SHALL BE THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY, THE RESPONSIBLE PARTY'S
LIABILITY SHALL BE LIMITED AS SET FORTH IN SUCH PROVISION AND ALL OTHER REMEDIES
OR DAMAGES AT LAW OR IN EQUITY ARE WAIVED REGARDLESS OF THE FAULT, NEGLIGENCE OR
STRICT LIABILITY OF THE PARTY WHOSE LIABILITY IS RELEASED OR LIMITED THEREBY. IF
NO REMEDY OR MEASURE OF DAMAGES IS EXPRESSLY HEREIN PROVIDED, THE RESPONSIBLE
PARTY'S LIABILITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO DIRECT ACTUAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING INTEREST
AS PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW) ONLY, SUCH DIRECT ACTUAL DAMAGES SHALL BE THE
SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY AND ALL OTHER REMEDIES OR DAMAGES AT LAW OR IN EQUITY
ARE WAIVED. UNLESS EXPRESSLY HEREIN PROVIDED, NO PARTY SHALL BE LIABLE FOR
CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, MULTIPLE, EXEMPLARY OR INDIRECT DAMAGES,
LOST PROFITS OR OTHER BUSINESS INTERRUPTION DAMAGES, BY STATUTE, IN TORT OR IN
CONTRACT UNDER ANY INDEMNITY PROVISION OR OTHERWISE. IT IS THE INTENT OF THE
PARTIES THAT THE LIMITATIONS HEREIN IMPOSED ON REMEDIES AND THE MEASURE OF
DAMAGES BE WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CAUSE OR CAUSES RELATED THERETO, INCLUDING THE
NEGLIGENCE OF ANY PARTY, WHETHER SUCH NEGLIGENCE BE SOLE, JOINT OR CONCURRENT,
OR ACTIVE OR PASSIVE. TO THE EXTENT ANY DAMAGES REQUIRED TO BE PAID HEREUNDER
ARE LIQUIDATED, INCLUDING DAMAGES PROVIDED IN SECTION 2.5 AND 4.4, THE PARTIES
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE DAMAGES ARE DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE, OTHERWISE
OBTAINING AN ADEQUATE REMEDY IS INCONVENIENT, AND THE LIQUIDATED DAMAGES
CONSTITUTE A REASONABLE APPROXIMATION OF THE HARM OR LOSS.
10.3 Duty to Mitigate. Each Party agrees that it has a duty to mitigate
damages and covenants that it will use commercially reasonable efforts to
minimize any damages it may incur as a result of the other Party's performance
or nonperformance of this Agreement.
10.4 DISCLAIMER. EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH HEREIN, OPC, WITH RESPECT
TO THE SALE OF ELECTRIC ENERGY TO LPM, AND LPM, WITH RESPECT TO THE SALE OF
ELECTRIC ENERGY TO OPC, EXPRESSLY NEGATES ANY OTHER REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY,
WRITTEN OR ORAL, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY
REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY WITH RESPECT TO CONFORMITY TO MODELS OR SAMPLES,
MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
10.5 [ ]*
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10.6 Relation with November 1996 Agreement. The Parties agree that
Proper Requests, Schedules, information regarding OPC Load, Participating Member
Load, and OPC Resources, and other information required to be provided under
this Agreement may be consolidated with Proper Requests, Schedules, and
information required to be provided under the November 1996 Agreement.
Article 11
Conditions Precedent to Extension of Term
11.1 Regulatory Authorizations. The Parties' obligations to commence
delivery of Electric Energy under the long term arrangement contemplated by
Section 6.1(c) of this Agreement shall be subject to receipt of any governmental
consents or approvals required to perform this Agreement, including approval by
the RUS without modification of this Agreement and the OPC Restructuring.
11.2 OPC Restructuring. The Parties' obligations to commence delivery of
Electric Energy under the long term arrangement contemplated by Section 6.1(c)
of this Agreement shall be subject to completion of the OPC Restructuring, and
execution of new wholesale power contracts with OPC, as contemplated pursuant to
such OPC Restructuring, by EMCs (whose total requirements in the aggregate
represent at least eighty (80) percent of OPC Load).
11.3 Board Approval. The Parties' obligations to commence delivery of
Electric Energy under the long-term arrangement contemplated by Section 6.1(b)
and (c) of this Agreement shall be subject to the approval by the Board of
Directors of Oglethorpe Power Corporation.
Article 12
Representations and Warranties
12.1 Mutual Representations. On the Effective Date, January 1, 1997, the
Long Term Commencement Date, and the date of entering into each purchase or sale
of Electric Energy, each Party represents and warrants to the other Party: (i)
it is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of
the state of its incorporation and, in the case of LPM, is doing business as a
foreign corporation in the State of Georgia; (ii) it has all requisite corporate
power to own, operate and lease its properties and carry on its business as now
conducted; (iii) it has all regulatory authorizations, including any required
authorization from the Rural Utilities Service of the United States Department
of Agriculture ("RUS"), necessary for it to legally perform its obligations
under this Agreement; (iv) the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement are within its powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary
action and do not violate any of the terms or conditions in its governing
documents, any contract or other agreement to which it is a party or any Law
applicable to it; (v) this Agreement constitutes each Party's legally valid and
binding obligation enforceable against it in accordance with the terms thereof,
subject to any Equitable Defenses; (vi) there are no Bankruptcy Proceedings
pending or being contemplated by it or, to its knowledge, threatened against it;
(vii) there are no Legal Proceedings that would be reasonably likely to
materially adversely affect its ability to perform this Agreement; and (viii) it
has knowledge and experience in financial matters and in the electric industry
that enable it to evaluate the merits and risks of this Agreement.
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12.2 Additional OPC Representations. (a) OPC further represents and
warrants that on the Effective Date, January 1, 1997, the Long Term Commencement
Date and the date of entering into each purchase or sale of Electric Energy
hereunder: (i) the EMC Contracts are and will be in full force and effect
throughout the Term and will not be amended so as to adversely affect OPC's
ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement; (ii) Exhibit 3.2(i)
sets forth a true and complete list of each OPC Resource and each material
written OPC Contract; (iii) correct and complete copies of the OPC Contracts
listed on Exhibit 3.2(i) have previously been delivered to LPM by OPC; (iv)
except as stated on Exhibit 3.2(i), no amendments to the OPC Contracts are
proposed or pending as of the Effective Date; (v) each OPC Contract is valid,
binding and in full force and effect and enforceable by or against the
respective parties thereto in accordance with its terms; (vi) OPC has fulfilled,
and will continue to fulfill during the Term, all of its obligations under each
OPC Contract; (vii) there has not occurred any default by OPC or any event
which, with the lapse of time or the giving of notice or both will become a
default of OPC under any of the OPC Contracts; (viii) OPC is not in arrears in
respect of the performance or satisfaction of the terms or conditions to be
performed or satisfied by it under any of the OPC Contracts, and, to the best
knowledge of OPC, no waiver of any of such terms or conditions has been granted
thereunder by any of the parties thereto; and (ix) OPC shall maintain or cause
to be maintained the OPC Resources which are generating facilities owned by OPC,
in accordance with Prudent Utility Practice.
(b) OPC further represents and warrants that Exhibit 3.2(ii) and the
schedule of forecast load described in Section 3.2(b) reflect its best
RUS-approved forecasts and estimates as of the Effective Date of the matters
reflected therein and that any updates of such Exhibits required to be provided
hereunder shall be its best forecasts and estimates of the matters reflected
therein as of the date that the same are updated from time to time.
(c) OPC further represents and warrants that the power purchase and
sales agreement with Power Marketer shall contain (i) a representation and
warranty at least as favorable to LPM as the representation set forth in Section
12.3(b), (ii) a covenant on the part of Power Marketer to act in good faith in
the development of the Administrative Procedures, and (iii) no terms, conditions
or covenants that are inconsistent with OPC's obligations hereunder or which
would reasonably be expected to adversely affect LPM's ability to perform
hereunder.
12.3 Additional LG&E Parties Representations. (a) LPM further represents
and warrants that on the Effective Date, January 1, 1997, the Long Term
Commencement Date, and the date of entering into each purchase or sale of
Electric Energy hereunder (i) LPM is a power marketer authorized by the FERC to
purchase and sell Electric Energy at negotiated, market-based rates pursuant to
its Rate Schedule on file with and approved by the FERC; (ii) neither LPM nor
any of its Affiliates or subsidiaries will, during the Term, take any action
that could reasonably be anticipated to cause LPM to lose its authority as a
power marketer under the Federal Power Act to make wholesale sales of power at
market-based, negotiated rates; and (iii) LPM will, at all times during the
Term, act in accordance with Prudent Utility Practice and will comply with all
applicable regulatory requirements including SERC/NERC guidelines.
(b) LPM represents and warrants that it will cooperate with the Power
Marketer regarding administrative matters during the Term.
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(c) LPI represents that neither it nor any of its affiliates or
subsidiaries will, during the Term, take any action that could reasonably be
anticipated to (i) cause LPM to lose its authority as a power marketer under the
Federal Power Act to make wholesale sales of power at market-based, negotiated
rates; or (ii) impair LPM's ability to perform its obligations under this
Agreement, or LPI's ability to perform its obligations under Section 17.15.
(d) LPI further represents and warrants that as of the Effective Date
and January 1, 1997, it is not a "public utility" within the meaning of the
Federal Power Act, as amended.
12.4 Mutual Assistance. Each Party represents and warrants that it will
assist the other to the extent practicable with (i) obtaining all required
Regulatory Approvals associated with this Agreement; (ii) defending transmission
capacity reservations; and (iii) defending Qualifying Facility avoided cost
calculations.
12.5 Good Title. Each of OPC and LPM represents and warrants that it
will deliver to the other good title to Electric Energy delivered hereunder,
free and clear of all liens, claims and encumbrances arising prior to transfer
of title at the Delivery Point.
12.6 Power Quality. Each of OPC and LPM represents and warrants that it
will deliver to the other Electric Energy at the Delivery Point that is three
phase, sixty hertz, and at system nominal voltages.
12.7 Other Contracts. Neither OPC nor LPM nor any of its Affiliates or
subsidiaries will, during the Term, take any action, enter into any contracts or
otherwise incur obligations that could reasonably be anticipated to interfere
with or adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this
Agreement.
12.8 Continuing Representations and Warranties. Each Party covenants
that it will cause these representations and warranties to be materially true
and correct throughout the Term.
Article 13
Defaults and Remedies
13.1 Events of Default. An "Event of Default" shall mean with respect
to a Party ("Defaulting Party"):
13.1.1 The failure by the Defaulting Party to make, when due, any
payment required if such failure is not remedied within five (5)
Business Days after written notice of such failure is given to the
Defaulting Party by the other Party ("Notifying Party"); provided, that
the payment is not the subject of a good faith dispute as described in
Section 8.3; or
13.1.2 Any representation or warranty made by the Defaulting
Party herein shall prove to have been false or misleading in any
material respect when made or deemed to be repeated; or
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13.1.3 The failure by the Defaulting Party to perform any
obligation or covenant set forth in this Agreement (other than its
obligations to make any payment or obligations which are otherwise
specifically covered in this Section 13.1 as a separate Event of
Default, or its obligations to deliver or receive Electric Energy, a
remedy for which is provided in Section 2.5) and such failure is not
excused by Force Majeure or cured within five (5) Business Days after
written notice thereof to the Defaulting Party;
13.1.4 The Defaulting Party shall be subject to a Bankruptcy
Proceeding; or
13.1.5 LPM's loss of FERC authorization to charge the prices for
the sale of Electric Energy included in this Agreement or otherwise to
perform its obligations hereunder in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
13.2 Early Termination; Remedies. If an Event of Default occurs with
respect to a Defaulting Party at any time during the Term, the other party
("Non-Defaulting Party") may, for so long as the Event of Default is continuing,
(i) establish a date (which date shall be between five (5) and ten (10) Business
Days after the Non-Defaulting Party delivers notice to the Defaulting Party)
("Early Termination Date") on which this Agreement shall terminate and (ii)
withhold any payments due to the Defaulting Party under this Agreement;
provided, however, that if the Event of Default is that the Defaulting Party
becomes subject to a Bankruptcy Proceeding, then this Agreement shall
automatically terminate without notice and without any other action by either
Party as if an Early Termination Date had been immediately declared prior to
such Event of Default. Regardless of whether an Early Termination Date is
declared, if an Event of Default shall have occurred, the Non-Defaulting Party
shall be entitled to exercise any remedy available at law or equity consistent
with Article 10 to recover its damages, including attorneys' fees, resulting
from any Event of Default.
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13.4 Failure to Pay. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement, if either Party fails to pay the other any amounts when due, the
other Party shall have the right to (i) suspend performance under this Agreement
until such amounts plus interest have been paid and/or (ii) exercise any remedy
available at law or in equity to enforce payment of such amount plus interest;
provided, however, that if the Defaulting Party, in good faith, shall dispute
the amount of any such billing or part thereof and shall pay such amounts as it
concedes to be correct, no suspension shall be permitted.
13.5 Effect of Regulation. In the event OPC is or becomes regulated by a
federal, state or local regulatory body, and (i) such body shall disallow all or
any portion of any costs incurred or yet to be incurred by OPC under any
provision of this Agreement, such action shall not operate to excuse OPC from
performance of any obligation nor shall such action give rise to any right of
OPC
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to any refund or retroactive adjustment of any amounts payable hereunder; or
(ii) [ ]* then the sole and exclusive remedy for such default in performance
shall be as set forth in Section 4.4(b).
13.6 Notice to LPI. OPC shall provide a copy to LPI of any notice OPC
gives LPM under the provisions of this Article.
Article 14
Arbitration
14.1 Applicability; Selection of Arbitrators. (a) Except as otherwise
expressly provided in Sections 2.5, 4.4, 7.4 and Article 13 of this Agreement,
any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, or its
performance including the existence and validity of this Agreement, which cannot
be resolved after discussion between the Parties as set forth herein shall be
submitted to binding arbitration.
(b) Prior to initiating arbitration hereunder, a Party shall provide the
other Party with a written notice of the dispute, a proposed means for resolving
the same, and the support for such position. Thereafter, representatives of the
Parties shall meet to discuss the matter and attempt in good faith to reach a
negotiated resolution of the dispute. If the Parties have not agreed upon a
resolution of the dispute within ninety (90) days after the date of the original
notice provided under this paragraph, or such other time period as the Parties
may agree in writing to allow for discussions ("Negotiation Period"), then at
any time after the end of the Negotiation Period, a Party may provide written
notice to the other declaring an impasse ("Impasse Notice") and initiating
binding arbitration in accordance with the further provisions of this Article
14.
(c) Arbitration will be deemed to be initiated when an Impasse Notice,
properly addressed and stamped, is deposited with the United States Postal
Service. The Party initiating arbitration shall nominate one (1) arbitrator at
the same time it initiates arbitration. The other Party shall nominate one (1)
arbitrator within ten (10) calendar days of receiving the notice of arbitration.
The two arbitrators shall appoint a third, neutral arbitrator. The third,
neutral arbitrator shall be competent and experienced in matters involving the
energy business in the United States, with at least 15 years of electric
industry experience as a practicing attorney, and shall be unaffiliated and
without prior financial alliances with any Party, or either of the other
arbitrators.
(d) If the two arbitrators are unable to agree on a third arbitrator
within thirty (30) calendar days from initiation of arbitration, then a third
arbitrator shall be selected by the CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution ("CPR")
with due regard given to the selection criteria above and input from the Parties
and other arbitrators. Parties shall undertake to request CPR to complete
selection of the third arbitrator no later than sixty (60) calendar days from
initiation of arbitration. Costs charged by CPR for this service shall be borne
equally by OPC and the LG&E Parties.
(e) In the event CPR should fail to select the third arbitrator within
sixty (60) calendar days from initiation of arbitration, then any Party may
petition a court of competent jurisdiction in
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Georgia to select the third arbitrator. Due regard shall be given to the
selection criteria above and input from the Parties and other arbitrators.
(f) If prior to the conclusion of the arbitration any arbitrator becomes
incapacitated or otherwise unable to serve, then a replacement arbitrator shall
be appointed in the manner described above and applicable to the original
arbitrator being replaced.
14.2 Discovery, Hearing. Discovery and other pre-hearing procedures
shall be conducted as agreed by the parties, or if they cannot agree, as
determined by a majority of the arbitrators. Within fifteen (15) days after
completion of discovery, the Party submitting the Impasse Notice initiating
arbitration shall submit by overnight delivery to the other Party and the
arbitrators a precise statement of the dispute, means of resolving the dispute,
and the factual and/or legal support therefor. Within ten (10) days after
receiving such statement, the other Party shall submit by overnight mail to the
first Party and the arbitrators a precise statement of the alternative means of
resolving the dispute and the factual and/or legal support therefor. The Parties
shall conduct a hearing in Atlanta no later than sixty (60) days following
selection of the third arbitrator, or thirty (30) days after all prehearing
discovery has been completed, whichever is later, at which the Parties shall
present such evidence and witnesses as they may choose. Arbitration shall be
conducted in accordance with the non-administered arbitration rules and
procedures of the CPR, except where specifically modified by this Agreement.
14.3 Decision. The arbitrators shall consider the terms and conditions
of this Agreement, and any relevant evidence and testimony, and shall render
their decision within thirty (30) calendar days following conclusion of the
hearing. The arbitrators' decision will be limited to selecting one of the
alternatives specified in the statements of the Parties referred to in Section
14.2. The decision rendered by a majority of the arbitrators, made in writing,
shall be final and binding upon the Parties. Any such decision may be filed in a
court of competent jurisdiction and may be enforced by any Party as a final
judgment in such court. The arbitrators shall have no authority to award
special, exemplary, or consequential damages.
14.4 Expenses. The expenses of arbitration shall be borne equally by OPC
and the LG&E Parties, except that each Party shall bear the compensation and
expenses of its nominated arbitrator, own counsel, witnesses and employees;
provided further, that any costs incurred by a Party in seeking judicial
enforcement of any decision rendered in writing by the arbitrators, or a
majority of the arbitrators, shall be chargeable to and borne exclusively by the
Party against whom such court order is obtained.
Article 15
Force Majeure
15.1 Effect of Force Majeure. (a) If either OPC or LPM is rendered
unable by an event of Force Majeure to carry out, in whole or part, its
obligations hereunder and such Party gives notice and full details of the event
to the other Party as soon as practicable after the occurrence of the event,
then during the pendency of such Force Majeure but for no longer period, the
obligations of the Party affected by the event (other than the obligation to
make payments then due or becoming due with
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respect to performance prior to the event) shall be canceled to the extent
required, and if applicable subject to the provisions of Section 15.1(b). The
Party affected by the Force Majeure shall remedy the Force Majeure with all
reasonable dispatch.
(b) If due to Force Majeure, any portion of LPM's Share of OPC Resources
is not available, then LPM shall not be obligated to deliver the amount of
Electric Energy which is not available to LPM from LPM's Share of OPC Resources,
and at OPC's option, exercisable at the time OPC gives or receives notice of the
Force Majeure, either (i) [ ]*
Article 16
Material Changes
16.1 [ ]*
16.2 [ ]*
Article 17
Miscellaneous
17.1 Assignment.
17.1.1 General. (a) This Agreement shall be binding upon and
inure to the benefit of the permitted successors and permitted assigns
of the Parties, except that this Agreement may not be assigned by any
Party unless prior consent to such assignment is given in writing by the
other Parties and, if any Party is then an RUS borrower, the
Administrator. Any assignment made without a consent required hereunder
shall be void and of no force or effect as against the non-consenting
party.
(b) No sale, assignment, transfer or other disposition permitted
by this Agreement shall affect, release or discharge any Party from its
rights or obligations under this Agreement, except as may be expressly
provided by this Agreement.
17.1.2 Assignment for Security. (a) Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement, a Party, without the other Parties' consent
but, if such assigning Party is then a borrower of the RUS, only with
the consent of the Administrator, may assign, transfer, mortgage or
pledge its interest in this Agreement as security (an "Assignment for
Security") for any obligation secured by any indenture, mortgage or
similar lien on its system assets without limitation on the right of the
secured party to further assign this Agreement, including the assignment
to create a security interest for the benefit of the Government, acting
through the Administrator, or for the benefit of any third party.
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(b) After any Assignment for Security to the Administrator or
other secured party (including any indenture trustee under any indenture
securing the obligations of the Seller), the Administrator or other
secured party, without the approval of the other Parties to this
Agreement, may (i) cause this Agreement to be sold, assigned,
transferred or otherwise disposed of to a third party pursuant to the
terms governing such Assignment for Security, or (ii) if the
Administrator or other secured party first acquires this Agreement,
sell, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of this Agreement to a third
party; provided, however, that in either case the Party who made the
Assignment for Security is in default of its obligations to the
Administrator or other secured party that are secured by such security
interest.
17.2 Notices. All notices, requests, statements or payments shall be
made as specified in Exhibit 17.2. Notices required to be in writing shall be
delivered by letter, facsimile or other documentary form. Notice by facsimile or
hand delivery shall be deemed to have been received by the close of the Business
Day on which it was transmitted or hand delivered (unless transmitted or hand
delivered after close, in which case it shall be deemed received at the close of
the next Business Day). Notice by overnight mail or courier shall be deemed to
have been received two (2) Business Days after it was sent. A Party may change
its address by providing notice of same in accordance herewith.
17.3 Applicable Law. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE
PARTIES ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED,
ENFORCED AND PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA,
WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW.
17.4 Survival of Obligations. Upon the expiration of the Parties' sale
and purchase obligations under this Agreement, any monies, penalties or other
charges due and owing Seller shall be paid, any corrections or adjustments to
payments previously made shall be determined, and any refunds due Buyer made, as
soon as practicable. All indemnity and confidentiality obligations and audit
rights shall survive the termination of this Agreement in accordance with their
respective terms. The Parties' obligations provided in this Agreement shall
remain in effect for the purpose of complying with the provisions of this
Section.
17.5 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with the attached
Exhibits, constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties relating to the
subject matter contemplated by this Agreement and supersedes all prior
agreements, whether oral or written.
17.6 No Partnership. Nothing in this Agreement shall ever be deemed to
create or constitute a partnership, joint venture or association between the
Parties, or to impose a trust or partnership duty, obligation or liability on or
with regard to the Parties.
17.7 Amendment. No amendment or modification to this Agreement shall be
enforceable unless reduced to writing and executed by both Parties.
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17.8 Third Parties. The provisions of this Agreement shall not impart
rights enforceable by any person or entity not a Party or not a permitted
successor or assignee of a Party bound by this Agreement.
17.9 Waiver. No waiver by any Party of any one or more defaults by the
other in the performance of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be
construed as a waiver of any other default or defaults, whether of a like kind
or different nature.
17.10 Character of Sales by OPC. The sale by OPC to LPM of OPC Energy
under this Agreement does not constitute either a sale, lease, or the dedication
of ownership of any OPC Resource.
17.11 Severability. (a) Subject to the provisions of Article 16, should
any provision of this Agreement for any reason be declared invalid or
unenforceable by a final, non-appealable order of any court or regulatory body
having jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of the Agreement, and such portions shall remain in full
force and effect as if this Agreement had been executed without the invalid
portion. In the event any provision of this Agreement is declared invalid, the
Parties shall promptly renegotiate to restore this Agreement as near as possible
to its original intent and effect.
(b) The obligations of LPI and LPM are severable under this Agreement,
such that the invalidity or unenforceability of all or any portion of the
obligations of LPM or LPI under this Agreement shall not affect the validity or
enforceability of the obligations of the other.
17.12 RESERVED.
17.13 Headings. The headings used for the Articles are for convenience
and reference purposes only, and shall not be construed to modify, expand, or
restrict the provisions of this Agreement.
17.14 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in multiple
counterparts to be construed as one effective as of the Effective Date.
17.15 LPI Obligations.
17.15.1 Failure of Performance of LPM. (a) In the event LPM
fails, refuses, or is otherwise unable to make full and timely
performance of all obligations under this Agreement, LPI unconditionally
and irrevocably agrees to indemnify and hold harmless OPC from and
against any cost, expense or loss associated with such breach in excess
of the amounts contemplated under the Agreement. Subject to Section
10.3, OPC shall have the right to seek replacement service from any
available source. Nor shall it be necessary for OPC, in order to enforce
the performance of LPI under this Section, to first pursue its remedies
respecting the LPM obligations under the Agreement against LPM or any
other person.
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(b) Alternatively, if OPC consents and LPI has previously
obtained market rate authority from FERC, LPI may assume LPM's rights,
duties, and obligations under this Agreement. OPC's approval of this
alternative does not waive LPI's obligation under Section 17.15.1(a) to
indemnify and hold harmless OPC from and against any cost, expense or
loss associated with such breach by LPM in excess of the amounts
contemplated under the Agreement.
(c) LPI acknowledges and agrees that it has received reasonable
consideration for its guarantee of LPM's performance, and the Parties
acknowledge that this consideration is unrelated to the revenue or
profits earned by LPM under this Agreement.
17.15.2 Further Covenants of LPI. (a) Any other provision of this
Agreement notwithstanding, LPI shall have neither the obligation nor the
right to engage in, control or otherwise influence any FERC
jurisdictional transactions under this Agreement unless LPI shall have
previously obtained market rate authority from FERC and approval from
OPC. Except as provided by Section 17.15.1(c) and Section 17.15.1(b)
above, LPI shall not directly derive any income from any transaction
under this Agreement.
(b) LPI agrees to indemnify and hold harmless OPC from and
against any and all cost, expense, or loss in excess of amounts
contemplated to be paid by OPC under this Agreement, and which arises
from any or all regulatory consequences of LPI becoming a "public
utility" within the meaning of the Federal Power Act, as amended.
(c) In the event the FERC determines that LPI is a public utility
responsible for delivering Electric Energy to OPC under the terms of
this Agreement, then LPI agrees to take all necessary and appropriate
steps to obtain all authorizations required to perform this Agreement in
accordance with its terms, and shall indemnify and hold harmless OPC for
the difference, if any, between the Contract Price applicable for
purchases by OPC of Electric Energy under this Agreement and the rate
approved by FERC.
(d) LPI acknowledges that the provisions of this Section 17.15
constitute a material portion of the consideration to OPC for entering
into this Agreement, and that OPC is executing this agreement in
reliance on the enforceability and legality of such provisions. LPI
unconditionally and irrevocably agrees not to challenge, question, or
otherwise seek to undermine in any manner the enforceability or legality
of this Section 17.15, and agrees to file and diligently prosecute such
applications, briefs, testimony, or other pleadings as may be necessary
or appropriate in connection with any Legal Proceeding to support the
enforceability and legality of this Section 17.15.
17.15.3 No Discharge. The obligations of LPI under this Section
17.15 shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, remain in full
force and effect without regard to , and shall not be released,
discharged or in any way affected by, (i) an amendment to the Agreement;
(ii) the merger or consolidation of LPI or OPC with or into any entity,
or (iii) any sale, lease or transfer of all of the assets of LPI or OPC.
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17.16 Administration. OPC and LPM recognize that Administrative
Procedures are required to govern operations, such as those described in Section
4.3, under this Agreement that require coordination among OPC, LPM, and Power
Marketer, or their designees. The Administrative Procedures developed pursuant
to the November 1996 Agreement shall be applicable to this Agreement to the same
extent that such procedures are applicable to transactions and matters under the
November 1996 Agreement, and the Administrative Committee shall be constituted
by those same Parties, shall operate, and shall have the authority and powers
set forth in Section 17.16 of the November 1996 Agreement.
17.17 RESERVED.
17.18 Further Assurances. If any Party reasonably determines or is
reasonably advised that any further instruments or any other things are
necessary or desirable to carry out the terms of the Agreement, the other
Parties shall execute and deliver all such instruments and assurances and do all
things reasonably necessary and proper to carry out the terms of this Agreement.
17.19 RUS Approval. OPC shall use its best reasonable efforts to obtain
RUS approval of the long term arrangement contemplated in Section 6.1(c).
17.20 Other. LPM agrees that if at any time during the Term it is asked
to supply Electric Energy to any OPC member cooperative (other than indirectly
as contemplated herein, including supplies to Customer Choice Customers under
Section 2.4) then LPM shall either (i) decline to supply such Electric Energy or
(ii) offer to supply such Electric Energy through OPC or its designee.
17.21 Novation of Interim Agreement. The Parties agree that upon the
execution of this Agreement by each of the Parties, this Agreement shall act as
a novation of the Interim Agreement. All transactions entered into between the
Parties pursuant to the Interim Agreement shall be treated for all purposes as
if such transactions had been entered into pursuant to the terms and conditions
of this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be
executed by their duly authorized officers and copies delivered to each Party.
OGLETHORPE POWER CORPORATION
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Title: Pr sident and Chief Executive Officer Title: Assistant Secretary
LG&E POWER MARKETING INC.
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Title: Vice President Title: Secretary
LG&E POWER INC.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ Attest: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Title: Senior Vice President Title: Secretary
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SCHEDULE A
Definitions
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"Administrative Committee" means the committee described in Section
17.16.
"Administrative Procedures" mean the procedures developed by LPM, OPC
and Power Marketer pursuant to Section 17.16, which procedures address the
Scheduling and dispatch of the OPC Resources.
"Affiliate" means, with respect to any person, any other person (other
than an individual) that directly or indirectly, through one or more
intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with,
such person. For this purpose, "control" means the direct or indirect ownership
interest of more than fifty (50) percent of the outstanding capital stock or
other equity interests having ordinary voting power.
[ ]*
[ ]*
"Assignment for Security" has the meaning specified in Section 17.1.2.
"Bankruptcy Proceeding" means, with respect to a Party, that such Party
(i) makes any general assignment or any general arrangement for the benefit of
creditors, (ii) files a petition or otherwise commences, authorizes or
acquiesces in the commencement of a proceeding or cause of action under any
bankruptcy or similar law for the protection of creditors, or has such a
petition involuntarily filed against it and such petition is not withdrawn or
dismissed within thirty (30) days after such filing, (iii) otherwise becomes
bankrupt or insolvent (however evidenced), or (iv) is unable to pay its debts as
they fall due.
"Business Day" means a day on which the Federal Reserve Member Banks in
New York City are open for business; and a Business Day shall open at 8:00 a.m.
and close at 5:00 p.m. local time for each Party's principal place of business.
"Buyer" means either LPM or OPC, as the case may be, when it is the
Party who is obligated to purchase and receive, or cause to be received,
Electric Energy in connection with a sale hereunder.
"Claims" means all claims or actions, threatened or filed and whether
groundless, false or fraudulent, that directly or indirectly relate to the
subject matter of an indemnity, and the resulting
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losses, damages, expenses, attorneys' fees and court costs, whether incurred by
settlement or otherwise, and whether such claims or actions are threatened or
filed prior to or after the termination of this Agreement.
"Computer Tapes" has the meaning specified in Section 7.3.
"Confidential Information" means this Agreement and any other written
data or information (or an oral communication if the party requesting
confidentiality for such oral communication promptly confirms such communication
in writing) which is privileged, confidential or proprietary or which
constitutes a trade secret under the Georgia Trade Secrets Act of 1990, except
information which (i) is a matter of public knowledge at the time of its
disclosure or is thereafter published in or otherwise ascertainable from any
source available to the public without breach of this Agreement, (ii)
constitutes information which is obtained from a third party (who or which is
not an Affiliate of one of the Parties) other than by or as a result of
unauthorized disclosure, or (iii) prior to the time of disclosure had been
independently developed by the receiving Party or its Affiliates not utilizing
improper means.
"Contract Price" means the price in United States dollars (per MWh) to
be paid by Buyer to Seller for the purchase of Electric Energy that is Scheduled
or Properly Requested pursuant to this Agreement.
"Contract Quantity" means the amount of Electric Energy that Seller
agrees to sell and deliver, or cause to be delivered, to Buyer and Buyer agrees
to purchase and receive, or cause to be received, from Seller pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement.
"Control Area" means an electric power system or combination of electric
power systems to which a common automatic generation control scheme is applied.
"CPR" has the meaning specified in Section 14.1(d).
"CPT" means Central Prevailing Time and refers to the time in effect in
the Central Time Zone of the United States, whether Central Standard Time or
Central Daylight Savings Time.
"CSA" means that certain Coordination Services Agreement between Georgia
Power Company and Oglethorpe Power Corporation (An Electric Membership
Generation and Transmission Corporation), dated as of November 12, 1990, as
amended from time to time.
"Customer Choice Customer" means a retail customer or prospective
customer of a Participating Member which has a choice of supplier under Georgia
law as defined under the Georgia Territorial Electric Services Act, whether or
not such customer exercises its rights under the applicable statute on or after
the Effective Date of this Agreement, but shall not include any such retail
customer whose requirements are being served by a Participating Member, under an
existing agreement or rate schedule as of the Effective Date until after
expiration of the applicable agreement or rate schedule.
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"Customer Choice Load" means the Electric Energy requirements of
Customer Choice Customers.
"Customer Choice Price" means the price at which LPM will serve LPM's
Share of Participating Member Customer Choice Load, as set forth in Exhibit 5.3
in the case of Customer Choice Customers described in Section 2.4(a), and as set
forth in the applicable bid accepted by OPC in the case of Customer Choice
Customers described in Section 2.4(b). In the case of the Customer Choice
Customers described in Section 2.4(a), the applicable price set forth in Exhibit
5.3 shall be the price stated for the Participating Member listed in such
Exhibit in whose service territory, as depicted in Exhibit 18, the Customer
Choice Customer is located. If a Customer Choice Customer described in Section
2.4(a) is not located in the service territory of a Participating Member listed
on Exhibit 5.3, including a Customer Choice Customer within another supplier's
service territory that is physically within the boundaries of an EMC's service
territory, the applicable Customer Choice Customer Price shall be such price as
LPM may bid and such Customer Choice Customer shall accept.
"Defaulting Party" has the meaning specified Section 13.1.
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"Dispatchable Resources" means the OPC Resources that are so designated
in Exhibit 3.2(i).
[ ]*
"Effective Date" has the meaning specified in Section 6.1.
"Electric Energy" means energy in the form of electricity expressed in
megawatt-hours (MWh) (or in kilowatt-hours when energy is measured at the points
of delivery to the EMCs).
"EMC" means an electric membership corporation as defined in Section
46-3-171(3) of the Georgia Electric Membership Corporation Act.
"EMC Contract" means one of those certain Wholesale Power Contracts
between OPC and an EMC, which contract is dated on or after December 1, 1988, as
restated and/or amended from time to time, pursuant to which OPC sells and such
EMC purchases certain Electric Energy required to meet the energy requirements
of its customers for the operation of its system.
"EMC Metering Point" means that certain point at which deliveries of
Electric Energy to each EMC, respectively, are measured and received pursuant to
the EMC Contracts.
"Energy Cost" with respect to the OPC Energy under both this Agreement
and the November 1996 Agreement [ ]*
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Commission as an attachment to a request for confidentiality with respect to the
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"Equitable Defenses" means bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and
other laws affecting creditors' rights generally, and with regard to equitable
remedies, the discretion of the court before which proceedings to obtain the
same may be pending.
"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 13.1.
"FERC" means the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission or any successor
agency which enforces the Federal Power Act, as amended from time to time.
"FOB the Plant" means FOB railcar or FOB truck at Plant ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ or Plant
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, as applicable, at LPM's expense for unloading by OPC at OPC's expense.
"Force Majeure" means an event which is not within the reasonable
control of the Party (or, in the case of third party obligations or facilities,
the third party) claiming suspension (the "Claiming Party"), and which by the
exercise of due diligence the Claiming Party is unable to overcome in a
commercially reasonable manner or obtain or cause to be obtained a commercially
reasonable substitute performance therefor. Force Majeure includes, but is not
restricted to: [ ]*
[ ]*
"GPC" means Georgia Power Company.
"GSOC" means Georgia System Operations Corporation, a non-profit
corporation organized under the laws of the State of Georgia, or any successor
thereto.
"GTC" means Georgia Transmission Corporation, an electric membership
corporation organized and existing under Title 46 of the Official Code of
Georgia Annotated, or any successor thereto.
"Hartwell" means the simple cycle gas turbine Units 1 and 2, as
described in the power purchase agreement between OPC and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Energy
Limited Partnership, which is listed on Exhibit 3.2(i).
"Impasse Notice" has the meaning specified in Section 14.1(b).
"Integrated Transmission System" or "ITS" means the Transmission
Facilities as defined in the Revised and Restated Integrated Transmission System
Agreement between Oglethorpe Power Corporation (An Electric Membership
Generation & Transmission Corporation) and Georgia Power Company, dated as of
November 12, 1990, as amended from time to time.
"Interest Rate" means the Prime Rate plus two percent, or the maximum
lawful rate permitted by applicable Law, whichever is less.
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Commission as an attachment to a request for confidentiality with respect to the
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"Interruptible Load" means any load that can be interrupted in a power
control center.
"Interval" means an hour, or such other period of time as the
Administrative Committee may determine is appropriate in accordance with the
provisions of Section 17.16.
"ITS Loss Factor" means the Participating Member transmission loss
factor determined from time to time pursuant to the ITSA applicable to
deliveries of Electric Energy from any point on the ITS to any Participating
Member Metering Point, [ ]*
"ITSA" means the Revised and Restated Integrated Transmission System
Agreement between Oglethorpe Power Corporation (An Electric Membership
Generation & Transmission Corporation) and Georgia Power Company, dated as of
November 12, 1980, as amended from time to time.
"Law" means any law, rule, regulation, order, writ, judgment, decree or
other legal or regulatory determination by a court, regulatory agency or
governmental authority of competent jurisdiction.
"Legal Proceeding" means any suit, proceeding, judgment, ruling or order
by or before any court or any governmental authority.
"Level B-1" means the high side of the step-up transformer of a
generating plant that is an OPC Resource, or other input to the transmission
system (other than Points of Interconnection), either of which interconnects
directly into the ITS. Exhibit 1.43 illustrates Level B-1.
"LG&E Parties" means LPM and LPI.
"LPI" means LG&E Power Inc., or any successor thereto.
"Long Term Commencement Date" has the meaning specified in Section
6.1(c).
"LPM" means LG&E Power Marketing Inc., or any successor thereto.
"LPM Off-System Sales Price" has the meaning specified in Section 5.3.
"LPM Sales Price" means, [ ]* the
price for Electric Energy set forth for the applicable period in Exhibit 5.3.
"LPM's Share of Participating Member Customer Choice Load" means the
applicable percentage of Customer Choice Load served by the Participating Member
with Electric Energy
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Commission as an attachment to a request for confidentiality with respect to the
omitted information.
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acquired by OPC at the Contract Price established in Section 5.3(ii) or
5.3(iii), as determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.4.
"LPM's Share of Participating Member Load" means the percentage
reflected in Exhibit 1.62 of each Participating Member.
"LPM's Share of Participating Member Off-System Sales" means 5.822% of
OPC's Off-System Sales under the OPC Off-System Sales Contract listed in Exhibit
2.1, and the applicable percentage to which LPM expressly commits in writing for
OPC Off-System Sales under other OPC Off-System Sales Contracts by specific
reference to this Agreement.
"LPM's Share of OPC Resources" means the percentage of each OPC
Resource, or portion thereof, shown on Exhibit 3.3.
"Must Run Resources" means the OPC Resources that are so designated in
Exhibit 3.2(i).
"MWh" means megawatt-hour.
"Negotiation Period" has the meaning specified in Section 14.1(b).
"NERC" means the North American Electric Reliability Council.
"Non-Defaulting Party" has the meaning specified in Section 13.2.
"Non-Summer Period" has the meaning specified in Section 5.4.7.
"Non-Territorial Contractual Delivery Obligations" means an obligation,
based on a quantity of capacity, energy, or both, which an ITS participant is
contractually committed to deliver or make available from or through the ITS to
a nonterritorial entity, as further defined in the ITSA.
"Notifying Party" has the meaning specified in Section 13.1.1.
[ ]*
"OASIS" means Open Access Same-Time Information System, the information
system and standards of conduct contained in Part 37 of the FERC's regulations
(18 C.F.R. Part 37), as amended from time to time.
"OPC Contracts" means, as of a particular date, all EMC Contracts, the
CSA, other contracts, operating procedures and understandings (whether written
or oral, and if oral, written statements of the terms thereof) in effect on such
date affecting OPC's rights and obligations with respect to OPC Resources and to
the ITS.
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Commission as an attachment to a request for confidentiality with respect to the
omitted information.
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"OPC Energy" means all of the available Electric Energy which OPC owns,
purchases or otherwise has a right to take from OPC Resources.
"OPC Load" has the meaning set forth in the November 1996 Agreement.
"OPC Off-System Sales" means transactions undertaken by OPC or any
Participating Member pursuant to the OPC Off-System Sales Contracts.
"OPC Off-System Sales Contracts" means the contract listed on Exhibit
2.1 and, subject to the consent of LPM as to those contracts for which LPM will
supply Electric Energy under this Agreement, contracts entered into after the
Effective Date, between OPC or a Participating Member and third parties whose
facilities are not directly inter-connected to the facilities of either GTC or a
Participating Member, pursuant to which OPC or a Participating Member sells
Electric Energy to such third parties.
"OPC Resources" means the capacity entitlement or other rights with
respect to generating facilities from which, or power purchase contracts, or
other contracts or agreements, under which OPC is required or has the right to
take, purchase or otherwise acquire Electric Energy during the Term and which,
are listed in Exhibit 3.2(i).
"OPC Restructuring" means the transaction by which OPC shall restructure
to divide its business and assets into three specialized companies and, among
other things, place its transmission assets into GTC.
"Other Records" has the meaning specified in Section 7.3.
"Participating Member" means Coweta-Fayette EMC and Sawnee EMC as listed
in Exhibit1.62.
"Participating Member Load" means, as of a particular Interval, the
entire Electric Energy requirements (including the requirements of any retail
customer with a choice of supplier under applicable Law, which customer is being
served by a Participating Member as of the Effective Date) of the Participating
Member listed in Exhibit 1.62, measured at each Participating Member Metering
Point, after reducing such requirements to reflect the Participating Members'
aggregate allocation of SEPA Energy Scheduled for delivery to the Participating
Members and after reducing such requirements to reflect the Participating
Member's allocated share of total Electric Energy purchased by OPC under
contracts with Qualifying Facilities entered into after the Effective Date;
provided, that Participating Member Load shall not include requirements for
sales for resale of Electric Energy (i) by OPC other than sales for resale to a
Participating Member; or (ii) by a Participating Member, other than to load
physically located within the service territory assigned to such Participating
Member as of the Effective Date, as reflected in Exhibit 18.
"Party" means OPC, LPM, or LPI, as applicable, including permitted
assignees of each pursuant to this Agreement.
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"Plant Hatch" means the ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ Nuclear Plant, consisting of two
nuclear generating facilities (and associated common facilities) having a
current name plate capacity of 810 MW for Unit 1 and 820 MW for Unit 2.
"Plant ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇" means the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Plant, consisting of two
coal generating facilities (and associated common facilities) having a current
total name plate capacity (including interests of all owners) of 818 MW for Unit
1 and 818 MW for Unit 2.
"Plant Vogtle" means the ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Nuclear Plant, consisting of
two nuclear generating facilities (and associated common facilities) having a
current total name plate capacity (including interests of all owners) of 1160 MW
for Unit 1 and 1160 MW for Unit 2.
"Plant ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇" means the ▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Plant, consisting of two coal
generating facilities (and associated common facilities) having a current total
name plate capacity (including interests of all owners) of 865 MW for ▇▇▇▇ ▇ ▇▇▇
▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇.
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"Power Marketer" means a third party who is authorized by the FERC to
sell Electric Energy at market-based, negotiated rates, and with whom OPC
contracts on a long-term basis for the purchase of Electric Energy required to
supply the portion of OPC Load not supplied under this Agreement or the November
1996 Agreement.
"Prime Rate" means for any date, the per annum rate of interest
announced from time to time by Citibank, N.A., as its "prime" rate for
commercial loans, effective for such date as established from time to time by
such bank.
"Properly Requested" or "Properly Requests" means that LPM has notified
or notifies OPC of specified amounts of OPC Energy that LPM desires to purchase
from specific OPC Resources at specified times during the Term in accordance
with Section 4.3; provided, that any such request must be consistent with the
terms of this Agreement, the OPC Contracts, and the Administrative Procedures;
and provided, further, that all Electric Energy attributable to LPM's Share of
OPC Resources that are Must Run Resources (which LPM is obligated to purchase
pursuant to Section 2.2.1) shall be deemed to be Properly Requested for purposes
of this Agreement.
"Prudent Utility Practice" means any of the practices, methods and acts
engaged in or approved by a significant portion of the electric industry during
the relevant time period, or any of the practices, methods and acts that, 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
lowest 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
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Commission as an attachment to a request for confidentiality with respect to the
omitted information.
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exclusion of all others, but rather to include a spectrum of possible practices,
methods, or acts generally acceptable in the region in light of the
circumstances.
"Qualifying Facility" means a facility as defined in Section 210 of the
Public Utilities Regulatory Policy Act of 1978, as amended, and applicable FERC
regulations promulgated thereunder.
"Regulatory Approvals" means all current and future valid and applicable
orders, approvals, consents, authorizations, permits or certificates issued by
any courts or regulatory bodies (state or federal) having jurisdiction over a
Party, this Agreement, or the performance hereof.
[ ]*
"Representatives" has the meaning specified in Section 7.1.
"Rocky Mountain" means the Rocky Mountain Pumped Storage Hydroelectric
Generating Facility.
"RUS" has the meaning specified in Section 12.l(iii).
"Sales Price" has the meaning specified in Section 2.5(b).
"Scheduling," "Scheduled" or "Schedule" means or relates to the acts of
Seller, Buyer and their designated representatives, including each Party's
Transmission Providers, if applicable, of notifying, requesting and confirming
to each other the quantity of Electric Energy to be delivered in each Interval
on any given day or days at a specified Delivery Point.
"Seller" means either LPM or OPC, as the case may be, when it is the
Party who is obligated to sell and deliver, or cause to be delivered, Electric
Energy.
"SEPA" means the Southeastern Power Administration, a federal agency of
the United States Government, or any successor.
"SEPA Contracts" means those certain power purchase and sale agreements
between each Participating Member and SEPA pursuant to which each Participating
Member purchases Electric Energy from SEPA.
"SEPA Energy" means the aggregate amount of Electric Energy Scheduled
for delivery to the Participating Members pursuant to the SEPA Contracts.
"SERC" means the Southeastern Electric Reliability Council or any
successor.
"Statement" has the meaning specified in Section 8.1.
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Commission as an attachment to a request for confidentiality with respect to the
omitted information.
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"Taxes" means any or all ad valorem, property, occupation, severance,
generation, first use, conservation, Btu or energy, transmission, utility, gross
receipts, privilege, sales, use, consumption, excise, lease, transaction, and
other or new Taxes, governmental charges, licenses, fees, permits and
assessments, or increases therein, other than taxes based on net income or net
worth.
"Term" has the meaning specified in Section 6.1.
[ ]*
[ ]*
[ ]*
"Transmission Provider" means the entity or entities transmitting
Electric Energy on behalf of Seller or Buyer to or from the Delivery Point(s) in
connection with a particular purchase or sale.
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Commission as an attachment to a request for confidentiality with respect to the
omitted information.
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EXHIBIT 1.25(iii)
Energy Costs for Certain OPC Resources
OPC Resource Costs Included in Energy Cost
Big Rivers [ ]*
GPC [ ]*
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇
▇▇▇▇▇ 6
Florida Power Corp. [ ]*
Entergy Power Inc. [ ]*
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* Indicates information that has been filed separately with the Secretary of the
Commission as an attachment to a request for confidentiality with respect to
omitted information.
EXHIBIT 1.25(iv)
Energy Costs Paid by LPM for Certain Qualifying Facilities[ ]*
Year Energy Charges ($/MWh)
1997 [ ]*
1998 [ ]*
1999 [ ]*
[ ]*
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* Indicates information that has been filed separately with the Secretary of the
Commission as an attachment to a request for confidentiality with respect to
omitted information.
EXHIBIT 1.43
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇-▇ Diagram
EXHIBIT 1.62
Participating Members
EMC Percent of Requirements
COWETA-FAYETTE EMC 50%
SAWNEE EMC 50%
EXHIBIT 2.1
Off-System Sales Contracts
Sales Agreement with Alabama Electric Cooperation ("AEC"), dated March 31, 1994.
EXHIBIT 2.2.1
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Commission as an attachment to a request for confidentiality with respect to
omitted information.
EXHIBIT 2.2.2
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* Indicates information that has been filed separately with the Secretary of the
Commission as an attachment to a request for confidentiality with respect to
omitted information.
EXHIBIT 3.2(i)
OPC Resources1
Type of Resource OPC Resources
that are Dispatch- Minimum Maximum
able (OPC Resource) (OPC Resource)
Resources (MW) (MW)
Generating Units Rocky Mountain 1 110.0 212.0
Rocky Mountain 2 110.0 212.0
Rocky Mountain 3 110.0 212.0
Scherer1(2) 195.0 496.2
Scherer1(2) 195.0 498.0
Tallassee N/A 2.0
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ 1(3) 121.0 253.8
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ 2(3) 122.0 253.8
16.2 (summer)
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ CT N/A 19.8 (winter)
Minimum Minimum
(OPC Resource) (OPC Resource)
(MW) (MW)
Purchased Power GPC Block 1(4) 100 215
GPC Block 2(4) 100 215
GPC Block 4(4) 100 215
GPC Block 5(4) 0 107
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(1) The figures contained in this Exhibit shall not serve to limit the actual
output available from any OPC Resource.
(2) ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ minimum could be 330 MW if Georgia Power is not taking electric
energy from its ownership share of the generating facility.
(3) ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ minimum could be 430 if other co-owners are not taking electric
energy from their ownership share of the generating facility.
(4) 100% availability - minimum applies when energy is being scheduled under
the particular block.
EXHIBIT 3.2(i) (continued)
GPC Block 6(4) 0 108
Big Rivers 25 100
Entergy 25 100
74 (summer) 148 (summer)
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ 1(5) 91 (winter) 182 (winter)
74 (summer) 148 (summer)
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ 2(5) 91 (winter) 182 (winter)
Florida Power(6) 0 50 (1997)
275 (1998)
OPC Resources
that are Minimum Maximum
Must Run (OPC Resource) (OPC Resource)
Resources (MW) (MW)
Generating Units Hatch 1 N/A 234.9
Hatch 2 N/A 242.1
Vogtle 1 N/A 348.6
Vogtle 2 N/A 348.6
Purchased Power QF N/A 15.6
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(5) Unit minimums are governed by Section 7.2.1 of PPA: "Unit to be dispatched
at a level no less than 50% of the maximum operating levels." See Schedule
K of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ PPA for minimum and maximum capacities at certain
temperatures. If unit is on AGC, unit minimum is 100 MW and maximum is 150
MW. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ unit operation constraihned to no more than 2500 hours per
unit annually.
(6) Available only during 1997 and 1998 in the months of June through
September.
EXHIBIT 3.2(i) (continued)
OPC Resources and OPC Contracts
OPC Resource Operations Governed By
Georgia Power Blocks Block Power Sale Agreement between Georgia Power
Company and OPC, dated as of November 12, 1990.
Letters dated as of December 30, 1992 and December
8, 1993, extending term of Block Power Sale
Agreement. Letter dated as of August 30, 1994,
electing to reduce capacity OPC is obligated to
purchase under Block Power Sale Agreement.
Vogtle, Units 1 & 2 ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Nuclear Units Numbers One and Two
Purchase and Ownership Participation Agreement among
Georgia Power Company, OPC, Municipal Electric
Authority of Georgia and City of Dalton, Georgia,
dated as of August 27, 1976; Amendment, dated as of
January 18, 1977; Amendment Number Two, dated as of
February 24, 1977. ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Nuclear Units One
and Two Operating Agreement among Georgia Power
Company, OPC, Municipal Electric Authority of
Georgia and City of Dalton, Georgia, dated as of
August 27, 1976.
Hatch, Units 1 & 2 ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ Nuclear Plant Purchase and Ownership
Participation Agreement between Georgia Power
Company and OPC, dated as of January 6, 1975. Hatch
Operating Agreement between Georgia Power Company
and OPC, dated as of January 6, 1975.
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Units 1 & 2 Plant ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Units Numbers One and Two
Purchase and Ownership Participation Agreement among
Georgia Power Company, OPC, Municipal Electric
Authority of Georgia and City of Dalton, Georgia,
dated as of May 15, 1980; Amendment, dated as of
December 30, 1985; Amendment Number Two, dated as of
July 1, 1986; Amendment Number Three, dated as of
August 1, 1988; Amendment Number Four, dated as of
December 31, 1990. Plant ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Units
Numbers One and Two Operating Agreement among
Georgia Power Company, OPC, Municipal Electric
Authority of Georgia and City of Dalton, Georgia,
dated as of May 15, 1980; Amendment, dated as of
December 30, 1985; Amendment Number Two, dated as of
December 31, 1990. Plant ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Managing Board
Agreement among Georgia Power Company, OPC,
Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia and City of
Dalton, Georgia,
EXHIBIT 3.2(i) (continued)
dated as of December 31, 1990. Letter of Intent re:
Use of Eastern and Western Coal at ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, dated as
of January 16, 1992; Letter Agreement re: Capital
Modifications and Expenditures for the use of
Western Coal at Plant ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, dated as of July 7,
1992 (partially executed). Letter Agreement re:
Additional Amendments to the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Agreements, dated as of December 31, 1990.
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇, ▇, & ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Purchase and Ownership
Participation Agreement between Georgia Power
Company and OPC, dated as of March 26, 1976; Plant
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Operating Agreement between Georgia
Power Company and OPC, dated as of March 26, 1976.
Plant ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Combustion Turbine Agreement
between Georgia Power Company and OPC, dated as of
August 2, 1982; Amendment dated as of October 20,
1982.
Tallassee, Units 1 & 2 No Operative Documents.
Big Rivers Purchase Long Term Firm Power Purchase Agreement between Big
Rivers Electric Corporation and OPC, dated as of
December 17, 1990. Letter dated March 12, 1992. Long
Term Firm Power Purchase Agreement, dated as of July
19, 1989, by and between OPC and Big Rivers Electric
Corporation.
Entergy Purchase Unit Capacity and Entergy Purchase Agreement between
OPC and Entergy Power, Incorporated, dated as of
October 11, 1990, Amendment dated September 29,
1992.
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Energy Limited
Partnership Purchase Power Purchase Agreement between OPC and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Energy Limited Partnership, dated as of June 12,
1992. Agreement for Purchase of 230KVS Switchyard
and ITS Interconnection Facilities Agreement, dated
as of August 31, 1992.
EXHIBIT 3.2(i) (continued)
Rocky Mountain Pumped
Storage Resource Rocky Mountain Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Project
Ownership Participation Agreement, dated as of
November 18, 1988, by and between OPC and Georgia
Power Company. Rocky Mountain Pumped Storage
Hydroelectric Project Operating Agreement by and
between OPC and Georgia Power Company, dated as of
November 18, 1988. Pumped Storage Hydroelectric
Project Option Agreement, dated as of November 18,
1988. Reciprocity Letter Agreement, dated as of
November 18, 1988. Letters Relating to Rocky
Mountain (Title Defects Letter; ▇▇▇▇▇ County
Prepayment Letter; Letter Re: Other Commitments;
Letter Re: Cost of Construction).
QF Agreements Interconnection Policy of OPC and Members for
Cogeneration and Small Power Producers, dated as of
January, 1994. Agreement for Purchase of Power from
Georgia Waste Systems, Inc., dated January 1993.
Agreement for Purchase of Power from Southeast Paper
Manufacturing Co., dated as of February 29, 1988;
Amendment, dated as of November 11, 1991. Agreement
for Purchase of Power from Spartan ▇▇▇▇▇, dated as
of April 6, 1992. Agreement for Purchase of Power
from Buckeye Cellulose Corporation, executed August
6, 1983. Amendment dated September 21, 1993; Second
Amendment dated February 11, 1985; Third Amendment
dated December 10, 1991; and Fourth Amendment dated
September 1, 1996.
EXHIBIT 3.2(i) (continued)
Other Agreements
Integrated Transmission
System Agreement Revised and Restated Integrated Transmission System
Agreement between OPC and Georgia Power Company,
dated as of November 12, 1990. ITSA, Power Sale and
Coordination Umbrella Agreement between OPC and
Georgia Power Company, dated as of November 12,
1990.
Coordination Services Coordination Services Agreement between Georgia
Power Company and OPC, dated as of November 12,
1990.
Transmission O&M Transmission Facilities Operation and Maintenance
Contract between Georgia Power Company and OPC,
dated as of June 9, 1986.
ITS Transfer Capability Purchase of TVA ITS Interface capability from
Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia to OPC dated
December 17, 1990. Purchase of TVA ITS Interface
capability from GPC to OPC dated November 12, 1990.
Sale of FLA ITS Interface capability to GPC and from
OPC dated May 30, 1995.
SEPA SEPA Contract No. 89-00-1501-912 between SEPA and
OPC dated May 28, 1991 and amended in Supplemental
Agreement No. 1 dated November 26, 1991,
Supplemental Agreement No. 2 dated May 23, 1994,
Supplemental Agreement No. 3 dated January 30, 1995.
SEPA Contract No. 89-00-1501-916 between SEPA and
OPC dated December 29, 1993 and amended in
Supplemental Agreement No. 1 dated June 17, 1994,
Supplemental Agreement No. 2 dated July 28, 1995,
Supplemental Agreement No. 3 dated November 24,
1995.
Operating Procedures Rocky Mountain Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Plant
Coordination Procedures Agreement between Oglethorpe
Power Corporation and Georgia Power Company
effective June 1, 1995. Plant ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Units #1 and
#2 Dispatch Procedures Rev. 6. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Energy
Facility Operation and Maintenance Procedure for
Unit Dispatch effective June 6, 1994. Operating
Procedures for use between System Control Center and
Rocky Mountain Plant effective November 18, 1994.
EXHIBIT 3.2(ii)
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OPC Resource Total Forced Loss Factor
and
Scheduled
Outage Rate
Hatch 1(7) [ ]* [ ]*
Hatch 2(7) [ ]* [ ]*
Rocky Mountain
o ▇▇▇▇ ▇ [ ]* [ ]*
o ▇▇▇▇ ▇ [ ]* [ ]*
o ▇▇▇▇ ▇ [ ]* [ ]*
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ 1 [ ]* [ ]*
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ 2 [ ]* [ ]*
Tallassee 1 & 2 [ ]* [ ]*
Vogtle 1(7) [ ]* [ ]*
Vogtle 2(7) [ ]* [ ]*
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ 1 [ ]* [ ]*
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ 2 [ ]* [ ]*
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ CT [ ]* [ ]*
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(7) Nuclear planned outages exclude ramp down period prior to full expected
planned outages above.
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* Indicates information that has been filed separately with the Secretary of the
Commission as an attachment to a request for confidentiality with respect to
omitted information.
EXHIBIT 3.3
LPM's Share of OPC Resources
Resource Percentage Share
Plant Hatch
Unit 1 5.822% of unit
▇▇▇▇ ▇ 5.822% of unit
Plant Vogtle
Unit 1 5.822% of unit
▇▇▇▇ ▇ 5.822% of unit
Plant ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Unit 1 5.822% of unit
▇▇▇▇ ▇ ▇.▇▇▇% ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇ ▇ 5.822% of unit
Unit 2 5.822% of unit
CT 5.822% of unit
Rocky Mountain
Unit 1 5.822% of unit
▇▇▇▇ ▇ ▇.▇▇▇% ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇ ▇ 5.822% of unit
Tallassee 5.822% of total plant
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-Units 1 and 2 5.822% of total plant
Big Rivers Contract 5.822% of contract entitlement
Entergy 5.822% of contract entitlement
GPC Block 1 5.822% of contract entitlement
GPC Block 2 5.822% of contract entitlement
GPC Block 4 5.822% of contract entitlement
GPC Block 5 5.822% of contract entitlement
GPC Block 6 5.822% of contract entitlement
Florida Power Corp. 5.822% of contract entitlement
Southwire Company (QF) 5.822% of contract entitlement
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ (QF) 5.822% of contract entitlement
Georgia Waste Systems, Inc. (QF) 5.822% of contract entitlement
Southeast Paper Manufacturing Co. (QF) 5.822% of contract entitlement
Spartan ▇▇▇▇▇ (QF) 5.822% of contract entitlement
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* Indicates information that has been filed separately with the Secretary of the
Commission as an attachment to a request for confidentiality with respect to
omitted information.
EXHIBIT 4.1(b)
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* Indicates information that has been filed separately with the Secretary of the
Commission as an attachment to a request for confidentiality with respect to
omitted information.
EXHIBIT 5.3
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* Indicates information that has been filed separately with the Secretary of the
Commission as an attachment to a request for confidentiality with respect to
omitted information.
EXHIBIT 5.4.1(a)
[4 pages of omitted text]*
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* Indicates information that has been filed separately with the Secretary of the
Commission as an attachment to a request for confidentiality with respect to
omitted information.
EXHIBIT 5.4.1(b)
[1 page of omitted text]*
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* Indicates information that has been filed separately with the Secretary of the
Commission as an attachment to a request for confidentiality with respect to
omitted information.
EXHIBIT 5.4.5
[1 page of omitted text]*
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* Indicates information that has been filed separately with the Secretary of the
Commission as an attachment to a request for confidentiality with respect to
omitted information.
EXHIBIT 5.4.6
[1 page of omitted text]*
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* Indicates information that has been filed separately with the Secretary of the
Commission as an attachment to a request for confidentiality with respect to
omitted information.
EXHIBIT 5.4.7(a)
[4 pages of omitted text]*
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* Indicates information that has been filed separately with the Secretary of the
Commission as an attachment to a request for confidentiality with respect to
omitted information.
EXHIBIT 5.4.7(b)
[1 page of omitted text]*
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* Indicates information that has been filed separately with the Secretary of the
Commission as an attachment to a request for confidentiality with respect to
omitted information.
EXHIBIT 5.4.8(a)
[3 pages of omitted text]*
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* Indicates information that has been filed separately with the Secretary of the
Commission as an attachment to a request for confidentiality with respect to
omitted information.
EXHIBIT 5.4.8(b)
[1 page of omitted text]*
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* Indicates information that has been filed separately with the Secretary of the
Commission as an attachment to a request for confidentiality with respect to
omitted information.
EXHIBIT 17.2
Notices and Payment
LG&E Power Marketing, Inc.:
NOTICES AND CORRESPONDENCE PAYMENTS
LG&E Power Marketing Inc. PNC ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇ Fair Lake Circle, Suite 350 for LG&E Power Marketing, Inc.
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ [ ]*
Attn: President [ ]*
FAX # (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ Confirmation: LG&E Power Marketing Inc.
Credit and Collections
Attn: Accounts Payable
FAX # (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
[ ]*
INVOICES
LG&E Power Marketing, Inc.
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attn: Trading Accounts Payable, 7th Floor
FAX # (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
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* Indicates information that has been filed separately with the Secretary of the
Commission as an attachment to a request for confidentiality with respect to
omitted information.
Oglethorpe Power Corporation:
NOTICES AND CORRESPONDENCE PAYMENTS
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
P.O. Box 1349 for Oglethorpe Power Corporation Master
▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ Account
Attn: Manager, System Control [ ]*
FAX# (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ [ ]*
Confirmation: Oglethorpe Power Corporation
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Phone: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Fax: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
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* Indicates information that has been filed separately with the Secretary of the
Commission as an attachment to a request for confidentiality with respect to
omitted information.