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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - No. 80-62RESOLUTION NO. 80-62 RESOLUTION APPROVING AMENDED AND RESTATED MEMBER AGREEMENT FOR CONSTRUCTION OPERATION AND FINANCING OF NCPA GEOTHERMAL GENERATING UNIT #2 PROJECT BE IT RESOLVED BY the City Council of the City of Lodi as follows: SECTION 1. The attached Amendment to the Member Agreement for construction, operation, and financing of NCPA Geothermal Generating Unit No. 2 dated June 15, 1977, is hereby approved by this City Council. SECTION 2. The City Council of the City of Lodi does hereby authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute such Amendment. Dated: April 23, 1980 I hereby certify that Resolution No. 80-62 was passed and adopted by the City Council of Lodi in an adjourned regular meeting held April 23, 1980 by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen - Hughes, Katnich, McCarty, Pinkerton and Katzakian Noes: Councilmen - None Absent: Councilmen - None dd ALICE M. REIMCHE CITY CLERK 80-62 ?/'1/ .0 ' - Rev. 2/l3/�0 ' Rev. 2/l4 0 2 A�[hD[D AND R[S[h[[D �[B[R T CR[[���T F0K C0�5[RUC[IVN, �%HClNI 6 \ 811[RA[[0U ] OF N[PA G(U[UERKAL C[�[R A7l�� Ii -`2 PROJECT 4 � Th iS AgreeN2Dt, ma de as of J a nuarJ/ �, 1980, 'by and 0 between Morthe�n California Powe� /\gsu�J/� a- joint''0wer� apencJy 7 of the 5tate'ofCaliforoia, hereinafLer called "f4CPA," and O those of its members who ex'ecute this Agreement,,-hereinafte' t 9 called "PurchasYng Purticipatiny " wifm��seth: ' }O that - ll WHEREAS, NCPA and those of its members therein desig- ' \2 nated as "Participating Members"entered into an agreement 13 called ' "NCPA Member Agreement for Participation in Electric Po:or 14 Development Fund," dated July l, 1975, as amended, hereinafter ' 15 culled the Development Fund Agreement, to provide for the devaJ- l6 opment and planning of electric generating projects and a'ssocl- 17 ated works and xhich Development Fund Agreement resulted in tile lQ creation � of the following n ow ng amo g Lhos e � 19 Participating Members: %O - City of Alameda 14'994% 21 ['ty of R^OOS 0.167% ' 22 CiLy of Gridley 0'334% 23 City of Healdsburg 3'177% 24 Ci ty of Lodi 14.560% 23 City of Lompoc 3.266% / 20 City of Roseville 3-177% 27 Ciiy of Santa Clara 54'651% 28 Ci Cy Of Uk i ah 4.972% Plumus'Sierra R' - E' C. 0.102% U U l00'00O% [ r � r 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 t8 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 +rlHERFAS, pursuant to L}in f)evelol)i ^nt Fund A 9ri�(:i„r.11t, '1CPA has entered into a Steam Sales Ayrc-i21;rent" ,:i th Shell Oil Company, dated as of June 27, 1977, here - c inafter called the Shell Agreement, tidiich prov1des for the supply of geothermal steam for an electric generating plant to be kno'rrn as NCPA Geothermal Generating Unit No. 2; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Cevelopinent Fund Agreement and particularly article 10(c) thereof, NCPA and some or all of the Participating I•iembers entered into a further agreement with respect to the specific project to be constructed under- the - Shell Agreement, to prepare for the financing of the Project, which may include the issuance of Bonds, vihich agreement ,vas entitled "Member Agreement for Construction, Operation, and Financing of NCPA Geothermal Generating Unit n2 Project" and dared -as of June 15, 1977, herein called :the-"Member-Agree„1ent. , and WHEREAS, such agreement provided for supplemental agree- ments to clarify the assurances and make the obligations thereof more specific, to satisfy legal requirements, and provide security for the bonds to be issued thereunder; and WHEREAS, the changes contained in this revision have been negotiated to accomplish the purposes' set forth in the next " above recital; now therefore, the said Member Agreement is hereby revised to read as follows: 1. Definitions. Terms used herein that are defined in the Development Fund Agreement have the same neani ng in tris Agreement as in that agreement, unless otherviise specified, and{`__ in addition: N 1 (a)",",t,rcI'mont" means the for 2 Constrortion, Operation, and Financing of NCPA Geother:.al 3 Generating Unit Pio. 2 Project, as ,;:.ended from tiine to 4 time. 5 (b) "Bonds" means bonded indebtedness, loans, letters 6 of credit or any other evidences of indebtedness issued 7 to finance the Project. For the purposes of this Agree- 3 ment, Bonds whether issued by NCPA or by a nonprofit 9 corporation acting on behalf of NCPA shall be treated 10 as NCPA Bonds. 11 (c) "Bond Indenture" means any indenture or other 12 instrument pursuant to which (i) securities having the 13 benefit of Section 5(b) may be issued or (ii) money, 14 the repayment of which is secured by Section 5(b), may !S be borrowed. 16 (d) "Electric System" means all properties and 17 assets, real and personal, tangible and intangible, of 18 the Purchasing Participating Member now or hereafter 19 existing, used or pertaining to the generation, trans- 20 mission, transformation, distribution and sale of electric 21 pourer and energy, including all midi tions, extensions, 22 expansions, improvements and betterments thereto and 23 equippings thereof; provided, however, that to the extent 24 the Purchasing Partici pati ng Member is not the sole owner 25 of an asset or property, only the Purchasing Participating / 26 Member's o:•inership interest in such asset or property 27 shall be considered to be part of its Electric Sys tem. 23 3 (e) "Genera ti ng Pl ant" means the plan t provi ded 'for - 2 in the Shell hgreeinent. 3 (f) "NCPA Geothermal Generating Unit ;;2 Project" 4 or ''Project" means the Generating Plant and all other 5 NCPA works contemplated by the She ii Agreement, or %•,,hich 6 are necessary or convenient for delivering the output of 7 the Generating Plant to Participating Veribers or others. 3 (g) "Purchasing Participating Members" means those 9 Participating Members who participate in carrying out 10 the Shell Agreement by signing this Agreement. 11 (h) "Purchasing Participation Percentage" means 12 those percentages derived by dividing the Participation 13 Percentage of each Purchasing Participating iM:ember by -- 14 the sum of the Participation Percentages of all Purchasi 15 Participating Members. 16 (i) "Revenues" means all income, rents, rates, fees, 17 charges, and other moneys derived by the Purchasing Parti - 18 c i p a t i n g Flember from the ownership or operation of its 19 Electric System, including, without limiting the gener- 20 ality of the foregoing, (i) all income, rents, rates, j 21 fees, charges, or other moneys derived from the sale, 22 furnishing, and supplying of the electric power and 23 energy and other services, facilities, and commodities 24 sold, furnished, or supplied through the facilities of 25 the Electric System, (ii) the earnings on and income 26 derived from the i noes tment of such income, rents, rates. I 27 fees, charges or other moneys to the extent that the use -)8 of such earnings and income is limited by or pursuant to 1 law to the E lr•ctric Systrin 1116 { i i i) the i.i•0t.rcI.15 2 by tine PurCh-as ing. Part icipat ir;r,• ;',r,b�r directly or in - 3 di rectly from the sale, lease or other di sposi tion of 4 a part of the Electric System as permitted hereby, but 5 the term "Revenues" shall not include customers' deposits 6 or any other deposits subject to refund until such de - 1 posits have become the property of the Purchasing Parti - 8 cipating Member. 9 0) "Trustee" means the trustee under a Bond 10 Indenture or., if trete is no trustee, the panty identified 11 therein as "Trustee" for purposes of this Agreement. 12 2. Purpose. The purpose of this Agreement is to allo- 13 Cate the electric power to be made available from the NCPA 14 Geothermal Generating Unit ,:2 to Purchasing Participating 15 Members, and to provide a niechan i sin for the financing of such 16 Project. 17 3. Construction and Operation. NCPA will use its best 18 efforts to finance, construct, clan, and operate the Pro - .19 ject, and make all necessary replacements, and obtain all neces- 20 sary authority and rights, and do all things necessary and 21 convenient therefor. Purchasing Participating ilevlbers will 22 cooperate with NCPA to that end, and ,vill give any and all 23 clarifying assurances by supplemental agreements that may be 24 reasonably necessary in the opinion of NCPA's bond counsel to 25 make the obligation herein more specific, to satisfy legal re - 26 qu i rements and provide security for the Bonds , including, - 27 but not limited to, covenants on the issuance of additional 28 5 I inklebteuness payable out of Revonues of th,, Flectric System, if. 2 any. 3 The Bonds shall be secured only Y b tileRevenues of the 4 Electric System of the Purchasing Participating i;embers. The 5 Bonds inay be issued by NCPA or by a nonprofit corporation 6 acting on behalf of NCPA, which for the purposes of this Agree- 7 meat are treated as NCPA Bonds. Any such nonprofit corporation 8 may hold title (fee or leasehold interest) to the Project during 9 the period. when its Bonds are outstanding, but shall theri 10 transfer ownership of the Project-to NCPA. 11 If Bonds are issued by a nonprofit corporation on behalf 12 of NCPA, NCPA shall transfer and. assign to such nonprofit cor- 13 poration that portion of the payments received hereunder from 14 Purchasing Participating Members which is sufficient to meet 15 j the nonprofit- corporation's obligations,. including debt service 16 on Bonds, and upon notice from NCPA. each Purchasing Participating 17 Member may be required to pay such portion directly to the non- 18 profit corporation. Such transfer and assignir,ent by NCPA shall 19 be made effective for such time as NCPA shall determine and pro- 20 vide. 21 4. Sale of Po_:er from Generating Plant. NCPA vii 11 do 22 all things necessary and possible to deliver the output of the 23 Project to Purchasing Participating Flembers in accordance :lith 24 their Purchasing Participation Percentages, at a point on or 25 adjacent to the Electric System of the Purchasing Participating 26 Merrber, reasonably well adapted to the ability of such f4ember to 27 utilize the power, and to maize all necessary and passible arra gents for transmission of such pg::er over the lines of- ,8 others, 6 • 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 . 8 9 10 lI 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 2I 22 23 24 25 r 26 27 78 (, 0 and for additional po'::er required froin others as coserves o-iino;t p1anni:d or t'mf'VQ0nCy SO, -vice interruptions. 5. Rates and Charnes. until Fonds are issued, total costs of the Project to NCPA will be paid pursuant to the Develop ment Fund Agreement. (a) Com;nencing :;,ith the commercial operation of the Project, NCPA or a nonprofit corporation undertaking , to finance the Project on behalf of NCPA, shall fix charges based on the anticipated power output of tine Project to produce Revenues not exceeding the amounts anticipated to be needed to meet the total costs to provide povrer from the Project, including .but not limited to debt set -vice on Bonds, purchase of steam and all other -payments provided for under. the Shell Agreement, operation and maintenance costs and necessary replacements, and a reasonable reserve for contingencies, and to repay NCPA for all other Project costs. (b) Commencing with the issuance of Bonds for the Project, but only to the extent that the funds provided under Section 5(a) hereof are not sufficient for such purpose and that the obligations under this Sec.tion 5(b) of the Purchasing Participating i•1embers are pledged or assigned at the sole discretion of NCPA under any security agreement for Project Bonds of NCPA or a nonprofit cor- poration which has .issued Project Bonds on behalf of NCPA, each Purchasing Participating I:emnber shall pay to NCPA, to such corporation or to an assignee of either of diem (consent to which assignment is hereby given) an amount 7 L-A 1 equal to such Purchasing Partir.ipat I[Iq ':ember's ritl-CAWasi-ng 2 Participation Percentage of the total cost to pay all 3 amounts of principal and interest on the Bonds and all 4 other payments required to be made under the Sond In= S denture or other agreement or instrui„ent providing for-. 6 the is and repayment.of the Sends. 7 The obligation of this Section 5 is incurred by each 8 Purchasing Participating Iaember for the benefit of future 9 holders of MCPA Project Bonds and for the provider of the LO steam under the Shell Agreement, among others, under the 11 Project, and shall comiaence and continue to exist and be 12 honored by Purchasing Participating t•;embers whether or 13 not pot•:er is furnished to them from the Project at all 14 times or at all, (which provision may be characterized 15 as an obligation to pay all --costs on "a take -or -pay basis 16 whether or not such project output is delivered or pro - L7 vided), to the extent that such a provision is, at the 18 sole discretion of NCPA, included in any security agree.: _ 19 ment for NCPA Project Bonds. 20 The Purchasing Participating Member shall make payments 21 under this Agreement solely from the Revenues of, and as 22 an operating expense of, its Electric System, whether or 23 not the Project is completed, operable, operating, or 24 retired and notwithstanding the suspension, interruption, 25 interference, reduction or curtailment of Project output. 26 or the po::er and energy contracted for in whole or in part, 27 t for any reason whatsoever, to the extent that such a pro 28 vision is, at the sole discretion of NCPA, includable in L-A . C 1 my security a�(irne:.ent for NCPA Project roads. Slrch Pay - 2 r;ent.s are not subject to any re,':uction, :ihether by offset 3 or otherwise, and are not conditioned upon perfors:;ance by 4 NCPA or any other Purchasing Participating .Member under 5 this Agreement or any other agreement. Nothing herein ' 6 shall be construed as prohibiting Purchasing Participating Member from using any other funds and revenues for pur-- 8 poses of satisfying any provisions of this. Agreement. 9 No Purchasing Participating FSember shall be liable 10 under this Agreement for tine debts of any other Purchasing 11 -Participating i•lember. 12 The Purchasing Participating Member covenants and 13 agrees to establish and collect fees and charges for l 14 electric power furnished through.facilities of its. 15 Electric System sui�ficient to provide Revenues-adeo,uate 16 to meet its obligation under this Agreement and to pay 17 any and all other amounts payable from or constituting l8 a charge and lien upon any or all such Revenues. - 19 The Purchasing Participating Member covenants and 20 agrees that it shall, at all tines, operate the proper - 21 ties of its Electric System and the business in connec- 22 tion therewith in an efficient manner and at reasonable 23 cost and shall maintain its Electric System in good 24 repair, working order, and condition. 25 5A. Annual Budget and Billing Statement. NCPA will ( 26 adopt an annual budget pursuant to Section 8. r 27 A billing statement prepared by .DCPA will be sent to 28 the Purchasing Participating Member not later than the fifteenth 9 I ( 15th) day after the end of the bi 11 i ng P(. .od show-i ng titre 2 amount payable by the Purchasing Participating L'ewber as its 3 Purchasin Partici atin Percentage of monthly costs, as month 9 P 9 _ Y 4 costs are defined in the Bond Indenture, for the preceding 5 1 billing period and the amount of any credits. Amounts shown on 6 the billing statement are due and payable thirty (30) days after 7 the date of the billing statement. Any amount due and 'not paid 8 by the Purchasing Participating Member within thirty (30) days 9 aftgr the date of the billing statement shall bear interest from 10 the due date until paid at an annual rate to be established by 11 NCPA at the time of the adoption of the Annual Budget. 12 On or .before the day five (5) calendar months after the 13 cnd of each fiscal year, 14CPA shall submit to the Purchasing 14 Participating Member a statement of the aggregate monthly costs 15 for such fiscal.-year. If the actual monthly costs and the 16 Purchasing Participating i•9enber's Purchasing Participation Per- 17 centage thereof, pursuant to this Agreement or under the Bond 18 Indenture, and other amounts payable for any fiscal year exceed. 19 tine estimate thereof on the basis of :•rhich the Purchasing Parti- �0 cipating member has been billed, the deficiency shall be added 21 to the next succeeding billing statement. If the actual aggre- 22 gate monthly costs and the Purchasing Participating Member's 23 Purchasing Participation Percentage thereof and any adjustment 24 of or credit to the Purchasing Participating Plember's Purchasing 25 Participation Percentage thereof or other amounts payable for 26 any fiscal year are less than the estimate on the basis of which k 27 the Purchasing Participating ilember has been billed, NCPA shall, 10 i 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 crf.dit Such excess atjailist the . urchasing Participating ,:E:::.�,�_r s tiext billinti stati'!;i:nt. If a Purchesina Participating shall question or dispute the correctness of any billing statement by NCPA, it shall pay NCPA the amount claimed %Aen due and shall ,•ri thin Ithirty (30) days of its receipt request an explanation from NCPA. If the bill is determined to be incorrect, WCPA will issue a corrected bi 1 1 and refund any ar,?ount which may be due the Purchasing Participating F,einber. If NCPA and the Pur'chasino' Participating i-lembe'r fail to acree o*n* the 'corre'ct'nessof' a bill tiii.thi.n th*i,-rt''--(3J)' days'• after the Member has requested an explanatiori� 'the -parties 'shall promptly su6fliit''tile disoui to to arbitration under section 1280 et seq: of the Code of Ci'vi l Procedure.. '5B_ Obligation in the Event -of befault. Upon failure of the Purchasing Partiti'pating flember to make any payrient in full when due under this Agreement or to perform any other obli- gation hereunder, NCPA shall make demand upon such Purchasing Participating i•?ember, and if said failure is not remedied within thirty (30) days from the date of such demand, it shall consti- tute a default at the expiration of such period. Notice of such demand shall be provided to the other Purchasing Participating Members by NCPA. Upon the failure of the Purchasing Participating Member to make any payment -Which failure constitutes a default under this, Agrees -hent, NCPA shall use its best efforts to sell and transfer all or a portion of such Purchasing Participating Member's Purchasing Participation Percentage of Project output 11 t' 1 2 3 i 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 crf.dit Such excess atjailist the . urchasing Participating ,:E:::.�,�_r s tiext billinti stati'!;i:nt. If a Purchesina Participating shall question or dispute the correctness of any billing statement by NCPA, it shall pay NCPA the amount claimed %Aen due and shall ,•ri thin Ithirty (30) days of its receipt request an explanation from NCPA. If the bill is determined to be incorrect, WCPA will issue a corrected bi 1 1 and refund any ar,?ount which may be due the Purchasing Participating F,einber. If NCPA and the Pur'chasino' Participating i-lembe'r fail to acree o*n* the 'corre'ct'nessof' a bill tiii.thi.n th*i,-rt''--(3J)' days'• after the Member has requested an explanatiori� 'the -parties 'shall promptly su6fliit''tile disoui to to arbitration under section 1280 et seq: of the Code of Ci'vi l Procedure.. '5B_ Obligation in the Event -of befault. Upon failure of the Purchasing Partiti'pating flember to make any payrient in full when due under this Agreement or to perform any other obli- gation hereunder, NCPA shall make demand upon such Purchasing Participating i•?ember, and if said failure is not remedied within thirty (30) days from the date of such demand, it shall consti- tute a default at the expiration of such period. Notice of such demand shall be provided to the other Purchasing Participating Members by NCPA. Upon the failure of the Purchasing Participating Member to make any payment -Which failure constitutes a default under this, Agrees -hent, NCPA shall use its best efforts to sell and transfer all or a portion of such Purchasing Participating Member's Purchasing Participation Percentage of Project output 11 t 2 3 4 5 b 7 s 9 10 11 12 13 C14 t 15 tb 17 13 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 25 27 as for al l or -a portion of the remainder t , : Lr-, cin of this A,,,Jr.ee,-.. ;fent. tf all or any portior) of the Purchasing Participating Purchasing Participation Percentage of Project output is transferred, the Purchasing Participating Fle:fl,ber's share shal not be reduced, and the purchasing Parti ci pati ng ilerrber shall remain liable to NCPA to pay the full amount of its Purchasing Participation Percentage of monthly costs as if such sa.le had not been made, except that such liability shall be discharged to the extent that NCPA shall receive payment from the transferee 'thereof. If such default small cause NCPA to be in default under I the Bond Indenture, NCPA may terminate the provisions of this Agreement insofar as the same entitle the P urcliasing Participat- ing �iernber to its Purchasing Participation Percentage of Project output. Except for such termination, the obligations of the Purchasing Participating' Member under tris A reernent shall con - g tinue in full force and effect. Upon the failure of any Purchasing Participating fjember to make any payment which failure constitutes a default under this Agreement, or upon termination, and except as transfers are ;rade pursuant to the foregoing paragraph, the Purchasing Partici- pating i'lernber's Purchasing Participation Percentage of each non - defaulting Purchasing Participating iiember shall, to the extent included in the Bonds, be automatically increased for the re- maining term of this Agreement pro rata with that of the other nondefaulting Purchasing Participating Members and the defaulting Purchasing Participating !'ember's Purchasing Participation Percentage shall, {but only. for purposes of_ corrputi ng the respeL tive Purchasing Participation Percentages of the nondefaulting 12 I '' PT.rrchasing Pa"rtir.ipating r'o-ibeirs), '.e rr,d,it: ed Corrospoil, iir-,yIy; 2 I providod, ho,;r_ver, that tn(2 suin of su,:h i rrcreases for ally non - 3 defaulting Purchasing Particii:ating ':e:.her small not exceed, 4 ;rithout written consent of the nondefault.in9 Purchasing Partici- 5 pating i•ieribers, an accumulated maxiv-,ium of 25% of the nondefaultinc 6 Purchasing Participating i•iember's original Purchasing Partici pa- 7 tion Percentage. 3 If the Purchasing Participating Member shall fail or. 9 refuse to pay any amounts due to NCPA, the fact that other 10 Purchasing Participating iiembers have increased their obligations 11 to make such payrrrents shall not relieve the defaul ti ng Purchasing 12 Participating ilembe'r of its liability for such payments, and 13 ! any Purchasing Participating hien.bers increasing such obligation 14 shall have a right of recovery from the defaulting Purchasing 15 Participating -i ember to the extent of such respective increase. 16 The Trustee shall have the right, as a third party bane - 17 ficiary, to initiate and maintain suit to enforce this Agreement 13 to the extent provided in the Bond Indenture. 19 5C. Covenant :wi th Respect to Additional Ob 1_i pati ons 20 of Purchasing Participatinq 'Member: The Purchasing Participating 21 Member shall not issue bonds, notes or other evidences -of in - 22 debtedness, or cause indebtedness to be issued on its behalf 23 or.enter into an agreement to take or to take -or -pay for po,::er 24 and energy from a project, payable from the Revenues of its 25 Electric System on a parity with or superior to the payment of 26 operating expenses of its Electric System, (including monthly 27 costs as defined in the Bond Indenture), unless such indebted - 23 ness or agreement is on a parity with operating expenses and 13 1 ' either ( i ) an inriep0nrient consuItinq engineer or onginee rifig 2 firin or corporation having a national and favorable reputation 3. for speciai skill, knowledge and experience in analyzing the 4 operations of electric utility systems shall render and file with 5 ?;CPA a iritten opinion that the incurrence of any such•.irldebted- 6 ness or the entering into any such agreement will not materially 7 adversely affect the capacity of such Purchasing Participating 3 ,'lember to greet its obligations and covenants under this Agree - 9 meat; or (ii) the annual payments under such indebtedness or 10 agreement are fixed and tine Revenues for the fiscal year next 11 preceding the approval of such indebtedness or agreement are at 12 least (a) 1.25 times the maximum annual amount of such payments 13 pursuant to Section 5(b) hereof and under tine proposed indebted- 1 14 ness or agreement and all other. similar indebtedness and agree -/{t/ 15 raents, plus (b) the sum of ail 'oLher anrourits "pay"abl,e r r orrr or -- 1.6 constituting a charge or lien upon any of the Revenues in such 17 preceding fiscal year. 13. 6. Transfer, Assiqnnent,Sale and Exchan«e of Power 19 a_nd_Rights Thereto. This Section places no restraint upon any 20 transfer, assignment, sale or exchange of Project power or 21 rights thereto, of any Purchasing Participating t,ember when such 22 transfer, assignment, sale or exchange is for the direct or 23 indirect use of the customers of its Electric System. truth 24 regard to such transfers, assignments, sales or exchanges the 25 Purchasing Participating Member has unfettered rights so far 26 as this /agreement is concerned. � tom, 27. As used in this Section, the transfer, assignment, �. 23 exchange or sale of power includes the transfer, assignment, 14 41 i 2 \ 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ( 14 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 exchant,e or sale of ria};ts 1. F;i�reto. (a) As to ,,ny olit.r t.jl`iposltliin VF frOji?ct 1)4:•:t?'t', ally Purchasing Participatinki i". oil?er !nay su1)icct to its C.bli- gations under Section 5 of this Atgreel,,ent transfer.- assign, ransfer;assign, sell or exchan e power to 'r,hi ch i t is esti tled under this Agreement to others only as provided for in tris Section. (b) Such power 'shall be offered first to those other Purchasing Participating Piembers in this Project which desire to acquire such po;•,er for the use of the customers of their Electric Systems solely. Each such Purchasing Participating Mlembe r shall be limited i n its right to such po:•:er as .against any other Purchasing Participating irember to its Purchasing Participation Percentage 'thereof. (c) Any such poser not accepted by other Purchasing Participating Members shall be offered secondly to such members of the Development Fund which are not Purchasina Participating flembers, 4hich shall be limited in their rights as against each other to the proportion ahich their Participation Percentage is to file total of the Partici- pation Percentage of all such members. {d} Such power may then be offered to any person or entity provided that at no time shall any portion of such power be transferred, assigned, sold or exchanged with nonexempt entities as defined in section 103(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, if. such transfer, sale or exchange will cause any Bonds issued l5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 _ 14 0 16 17 18 19 90 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 c �i th respect to the Project to I)e tr ea ted as i n d I J s tri al r etienue br,ncfs ,)i thin the nieani ng of secti on 103(b) of ta > > she Inger•nal Revenue Code of 1954, as ��►n r_nded, �.nd subject to federal income taxes. (e) Any such transfer, assigniient, sale or exchange of power provided for herein small be in accordance with terms and conditions set .forth by the Developr,.ent Fund Agreement and subject to the principles of economic dispatch. ( f ) The Participating i-ienibers receiving po,•;er under paragraph (b) or (c) above shall pay the transferring Purchasing Participating f;eriiber for such power an amount not more than the cost of such power to such transferring Purchasingg Participating i':enii;er under Section 5 of this Agreement plus all. other costs of such Purchasing Parti, -C cipating IMember related to such transferred power. (g) To the extent not prohibi ted by existing contracts no Purchasing Parti ci pati ng Me►nber sha 1 1 purchase povier from any other source exclusive of its ov.n generating projects if poaer is available under this Section at lower cost, to the extent of such availability and any other Participating I'lember receiving power by transfer, assignment,_ sale or exchange hereunder shall agree to the same restriction as a condition of such receipt. (h) Upon request NCPA will arrange such transaction under this Section as is desired by a Purchasing Partici- pa ti ng Member. L W 17 I (i)N, o Purrh,1,ing ?sr<:t.ifig Me:r,}}rr shall tr:n:;_r 2 o::nership of subs4-anLiiaI I al ] of its E11_ctric Sys 'L2 io 3 ariother esti ty until it has f r s t coli pl ied wi th the pro- 4 visions of this subsection. A consolidation :•lith another 5 governirentaI entity or than,- in governmental form is f 6 - not deemed a transfer of ov.nershi p. I ( ( 1) Gefore 1 ne date of such trans fer, the 8 ri guts of ,the trans ferri ng Purchas i ng' Parti c pati ng 9 hSember under this Agreement shall have been disposed 10 of by transfer, assignment, sale or exchange }pursuant 11 to provisions of subsections (a), (b), (c) and (e) of 12 this Section 6, and sobject.to the limitati.on5 of sub- 13 section 6(d), effective as of the date of tine transfer, 14 (2) Such disposition of power rust be under 15 terms and condi Lions that provide assurances to the 16 holders of any-outstanding Bonds secured by the t7 Revenues of the Electric System of the Purchasing 18 Participating Member t,rhi ch is transferring otivnershi p - 19 of its Electric System at least equivalent to the 20 pledge herein of such Revenues, in order that NCPA's 21 obligations under this Agreement, and under the Shell 22 Agreement, and under Bond Indentures for the Project, 23 and under other agreements made or to be made by 24 NCPA to carry out the ,.Project, may be promptly and 25 adequately met. NCPA may require that sufficient iI 26 moneys to discharge such obligations be irrevocably ` 27 I set aside and maintained in a trust account, as a 28 condition to the transfer of the Electric System, .if 17 r>1:1 1 no ucher adlequ ate .assurance is av3i 1 able. z (j) No transfers, assignments, sales or exch,anYes 3 shall diminish any Purchasing Parti cipat! ng ilember's 4 Project allocation without its consent, except in the 5 case of a Purchasing Participating i•ieinber which sells 6 its Electric System, and then only as provided in sub-. 7 section (i), and except•as provided in Section 5B. 3 7. Insurance and Inde+rinification. NCPA will obtain 9 comprehensive .and adequate casualty insurance on this Project. 10 :'DCPA small also indemnify and hold harmless its Purchasing 11 Partici pati ng Mlembers from any liability for bodily injury or 12 property dasnage resulting from any accident or occurrence arising 13 out of or in any :.iay related to its construction and operation 14 of such Project, and shall. obtain insurance for such rode+r:nific _ 15 tion agreements in limits fixed by NCPA. . 16 8. Decisions. A1"1 'decisions and expenditures by NCPA 17 under this Agreement shall be made in the manner provided for 18 decisions and expenditures in the Development Fund Agreement. 19 9. Term. This Agreement shall not take effect until 20 it has been executed by all Participating 1•Sernbers . This Agree- 21 ment shall not be binding upon Plumas-Sierra aural Electric 22 Cooperative until approved in writing by the Adrninistrato.r of 23 the Rural Electrification Administration. The term of this 24 Agreement shall continue until all Bonds i.ssue.d have been re- 25 tired, or full provisions made for their retirement, including 26 interest until retirement date. 27 10. Termination and Amendments. This Agreement shall 23 not be subject to termination by any party under any circum - r>1:1 . ' , . ` ~ } 2 t,Lor ba�(A -inon the defal "Of any oLher parly �\ 3 as specifically provided herein. 4 3o long as any of the 8onds are outstanding and unpuid 5 or funds are not set aside for the poyment or retirement thereof ` 6 in accordance with the D3od Indenture, this Agreement shall not 7 be amended, modified or oLhnrxiae changed, or rescih-ded, by 8 ag'reemcnt of the parties: (i) in any manner that will have a , 9 material adverse effect on the payment of the principal mf/ .and . \O premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds as '-they respectively il become payable, (ii) in any manner that would limit or rcdoce 12 the obligation of the Purchasing Participating Members to make 13 pyments pursuant to this Agreement, or (iii) without the consent 14 of the Trustee' In this regard, NCPA shall cause notice of the � ^' 15 proposed execution and delivery of any such amendn)ent together ' 10 with a copy of the pro.pn.sed amendment to. be 'mailed by first ' ' 17 class mail, postage prepaid, to the Trustee at least fifteen /15\ 18 days prior to the proposed date of execution and delivery of any ~ 19 such amendment' The Trustee shall be deemed to have consented 20. to the execution and delivery of any such amendment if NCPA ' 21 does not receive o letter of protest or objection thereto signed 22 by or on behalf of the Trustee on or before 4:30 o'clock P.m., 23 local time, at the principal office of the NCPA, on the fifteenth 24 (15th) day after the moiling of said notice and a copy of the pro 25 posed amendment. 26 IN UlTU[S3 HHEkEOF each Purchasing Participating Member 27 has executed this Agreement with the approval of its governing \ 28 body, and caused its official seal to be affixed and MCP& has lB U 8 _ o n 1 3 4 5 6 7 s 9i 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 is 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 authorizod this Agroou,ont in accordaticc ,qi Ln ti,e auorir.;t1on .. of its Cc„unission. NORMERN CALIFORNIA POWER AGrNCY By CI TY 0`F AI_AMIE DA — and CITY OF BIGGS By___ - -- — and CITY OF GRIDLEY BY -..---- a n d y-. ---and CITY OF HEALOSBURG Byand CIfY OF LODI By- and CITY OF L014POC By and 0 CITY OF ROSEVILLE By and CITY OF SANTA CLARA By and CITY OF UKIAH By--- —__----- ----- and PLUMAS-SIERRA RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE By - --- - - --- a n d - - — ----- --