Exhibit 10.10
POWER SALE, FUEL
SUPPLY
AND SERVICES
AGREEMENT
THIS POWER SALE, FUEL SUPPLY AND SERVICES
AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of
January 3, 2006 (the “Agreement Date”), is by and
between MIRANT AMERICAS ENERGY MARKETING, LP , a Delaware
limited partnership (“MAEM”), and MIRANT POTOMAC
RIVER, LLC , a Delaware limited liability company (the
“Project Company”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Project Company owns and
operates a certain electric generating facility as set forth on
Exhibit A hereto (the “Generating
Station”);
WHEREAS, Project Company may enter
into contracts with third parties to sell capacity, electricity,
ancillary services and/or other related products generated by, or
available from, the Generating Station;
WHEREAS, in the absence of such
third party contracts, Project Company desires to contract herein
to sell all or a portion of the capacity, electricity, ancillary
services and/or other related products generated by, or available
from, the Generating Station to MAEM, and MAEM desires to purchase
such capacity, electricity, ancillary services and/or other related
products on the terms and conditions set forth herein;
and
WHEREAS, Project Company desires
that MAEM perform certain services related to the management and
operation of the Generating Station, and MAEM desires to perform
such services.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the foregoing and the mutual covenants contained herein, and other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged by the Parties, the Parties hereby
agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1.
DEFINITIONS
The following capitalized terms,
whether used in the singular or plural, shall be defined as
provided in this Article 1.
“ Agreement ” has
the meaning set forth in the first paragraph hereof.
“ Agreement Date
” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this
Agreement.
“ Asset Companies
” means any Affiliates of MAEM either directly or indirectly
owned by Mirant Corporation, other than Mirant Potomac River, LLC,
which own electric generating facilities in the United
States.
“ Claims ” means
all claims or actions, threatened or filed, whether groundless,
false or fraudulent, that directly or indirectly relate to the
subject matter of an indemnity, and the resulting 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.
“ Collateral Costs
” means an amount determined on a monthly basis by MAEM, in
good faith, as the cost incurred by MAEM or Mirant North America,
LLC to post collateral in the form of cash and/or letters of credit
to third parties as required under the terms of the transactions
attributed to the Asset Book based on the weighted average of the
borrowing rates under the senior credit facilities, senior notes
and other indebtedness for borrowed money of Mirant North America,
LLC.
“ Delivery Point
” means, with respect to Products generated by, or available
from, the Generating Station, the high side of the generation
step-up transformer located at the Generating Station, where it
connects to the Transmission Provider’s transmission system;
and, with respect to Products generated by, or available from,
sources other than the Generating Station, such other point on the
Transmission Provider’s transmission system as MAEM and
Project Company may determine.
“ Direct Contracts
” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1.
“ Emission Allowances
” means authorizations under state or federal (as applicable)
air quality regulations to emit either one ton of nitrogen oxides
(“NOx”) or sulfur dioxide (“SO 2
”) at any time during any applicable calendar
year.
“ Event of Default
” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.1.
“ Expenses ” has
the meaning set forth in Section 8.2.
“ Facility Lease Event of
Default ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
the Participation Agreements dated as of December 18, 2000
among Mirant Mid-Atlantic, LLC and the owners of the leased assets
at the Dickerson and Morgantown generating stations, Wilmington
Trust Company and State Street Bank and Trust Company of
Connecticut, National Association.
“ FERC ” means
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, or its
successor.
“ Force Majeure ”
means an event or circumstance which prevents one Party from
performing its obligations, which event or circumstance was not
anticipated as of the date the transaction was agreed to, which is
not within the reasonable control of, or the result of
the
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negligence of, the claiming Party, and which, by
the exercise of due diligence, the claiming Party is unable to
overcome or avoid or cause to be avoided. Force Majeure shall
not be based on (i) the loss of MAEM’s markets;
(ii) MAEM’s inability economically to use or resell the
Product purchased hereunder; (iii) the loss or failure of
Project Company’s supply; or (iv) Project
Company’s ability to sell the Product at a price greater than
the purchase price set forth in this Agreement. Neither Party
may raise a claim of Force Majeure based in whole or in part on
curtailment by a Transmission Provider unless (i) such Party
has contracted for firm transmission with a transmission provider
for the Product to be delivered to or received at the Delivery
Point and (ii) such curtailment is due to “force
majeure” or “uncontrollable force” or a similar
term as defined under the Transmission Provider’s tariff;
provided, however, that existence of the foregoing factors shall
not be sufficient to conclusively or presumptively prove the
existence of a Force Majeure absent a showing of other facts and
circumstances which in the aggregate with such factors establish
that a Force Majeure as defined in the first sentence hereof has
occurred.
“ Fuel ” means
coal.
“ Fuel Delivery Point
” means the physical location at the Generating Station where
MAEM shall deliver coal to Project Company.
“ Generating Station
” has the meaning provided in the recitals.
“ Good Utility
Practices ” mean any of the practices, methods or acts
engaged in or approved by a significant portion of the electric
energy industry with respect to similar facilities during the
relevant time period which in each case, in the exercise of
reasonable judgment in light of the facts known or that should have
been known at the time a decision was made, could have been
expected to accomplish the desired result at reasonable cost
consistent with good business practices, reliability, safety, law,
regulation, environmental protection and expedition. Good
Utility Practices are not intended to be limited to the optimum
practices, methods or acts to the exclusion of all others, but
rather to delineate the acceptable practices, methods or acts
generally accepted in such industry.
“ Gross Revenues
” has the meaning provided in Section 8.2.
“ Interest Rate ”
means, for any date, two percent (2%) over the per annum rate of
interest equal to the prime lending rate as may from time to time
be published in the Wall Street Journal under “Money
Rates”; provided that the Interest Rate shall never exceed
the maximum interest rate permitted by applicable law.
“ ISO ” means PJM
Interconnection, LLC, or its successor.
“ ISO FERC Tariff
” means the Open Access Transmission and Energy Markets
Tariff for the Midwest Independent Transmission System
Operator, Inc., as amended from time to time, as on file with
and approved by the FERC.
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“ MAEM ” has the
meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this
Agreement.
“ MET ” has the
meaning set forth in Section 11.1(b).
“ Net Market Revenues
” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.2.
“ Non-MIRMA Asset Book
” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.
“ Offer ” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a).
“ Party ” means
any of MAEM or Project Company. In the context where MAEM is
referenced as a “Party,” a reference to the
“other Party” shall mean Project Company. In the
context where Project Company is referenced as a
“Party,” a reference to the “other Party”
shall mean MAEM. References to “either Party” or
the “Parties” shall have comparable
meanings.
“ Products ”
means electric capacity, energy, ancillary services and/or any
other related products which are or may become commercially
recognized in the ISO markets during the term of this
Agreement.
“ Project Company
” has the meaning set forth in this first paragraph of this
Agreement.
“ Purchased Power
” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2.
“ Scheduling ” or
“ Schedule ” means the acts of MAEM and/or its
designated representatives of notifying, requesting and confirming
to its counterparties and their designated representatives
(including, but not limited to, the ISO or any Transmission
Provider) the quantity and type of Products to be delivered on any
given day or days during the period of delivery at a specified
Delivery Point.
“ Service Fee ”
has the meaning set forth in Section 8.1.
“ Third Party Contracts
” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.2(b).
“ Transmission
Providers ” means the entity or entities transmitting
Products on behalf of Project Company or MAEM to or from the
Delivery Point including, but not limited to, the ISO or a regional
transmission organization.
“ Transportation
Providers ” means the entity or entities transporting
Fuel on behalf of Project Company or MAEM to or from the Generating
Station.
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ARTICLE 2.
PRODUCT SALES
2.1
Intercompany Product
Sales .
(a)
Transactions
. With the exception of any
Direct Contracts as described in Section 4.1, Project Company
shall sell and deliver, and MAEM shall purchase and receive, or
cause to be received, at the Delivery Point, all Products generated
by, and/or available from, the Generating Station. MAEM shall
resell such Products as described in Section 2.2. MAEM
shall pay Net Market Revenues to Project Company, on a monthly
basis, for all Products purchased by MAEM hereunder. In
selling Products generated by, or available from, the Generating
Station, MAEM shall attempt to maximize Net Market Revenues for
Project Company.
(b)
Transmission and
Scheduling .
Project Company shall be responsible for delivery of Products to
the Delivery Point. MAEM shall arrange and be responsible for
transmission service at and from the Delivery Point. MAEM
shall serve as Scheduling agent on behalf of Project Company to
Schedule and deliver Products with respect to all transaction
involving the Generating Station.
(c)
Title, Risk of Loss and
Indemnity . The following
provision shall apply to all transactions involving the Generating
Station except for Direct Contracts as described in
Section 4.1. As between the Parties, Project Company
shall be deemed to be in exclusive possession and control (and be
responsible for any damages or injury caused thereby) of the
Products prior to delivery thereof at the Delivery Point, and MAEM
shall be deemed to be in exclusive possession and control (and be
responsible for any damages or injury caused thereby) of the
Products at and after delivery thereof at the Delivery Point.
Project Company warrants that it will deliver to MAEM all Products
free and clear of all liens, claims and encumbrances arising prior
to delivery thereof at the Delivery Point. Title to and risk
of loss related to delivered Products shall transfer from Project
Company to MAEM at the Delivery Point. Each Party shall
indemnify, defend and hold harmless each other Party from any
Claims arising from any act or incident occurring during the period
when possession, control and title to Products is vested or deemed
to be vested in the indemnifying Party, except to the extent such
Claims arise from such other Party’s breach of this Agreement
or its gross negligence or willful misconduct.
2.2
Resale of Products by
MAEM .
(a)
Offers . MAEM may re-sell the Products purchased
from Project Company by submitting offers to sell the Products in
the day-ahead and/or real-time markets administered by the ISO
(“Offers”).
(b)
Third Party Contracts
. In addition to submitting
Offers, MAEM may resell the Products purchased from Project Company
by entering into bilateral contracts, forward sales, financial
transactions (including but not limited to, hedges, swaps,
contracts for differences and options), tolling agreements, power
purchase agreements and other transactions (“Third Party
Contracts”).
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(c)
Costs and Revenues
. All costs and revenues
associated with Offers and Third Party Contracts will be charged,
or paid, to Project Company as such costs and revenues are actually
incurred or received by MAEM, as further described in the
calculation of Net Market Revenues pursuant to
Section 8.2.
(d)
Strategies
. MAEM’s strategies with
respect to all Offers, Third Party Contracts and all Scheduling
activities shall be consistent with:
(i)
the operating parameters and
limitations of the Generating Station, as provided by Project
Company to MAEM;
(ii)
the limitations imposed by any
transmission service reservations for the purpose of transmitting
Power from the Generating Station;
(iii)
Project Company’s scheduled
maintenance plans, as agreed to between the Parties;
(iv)
the availability of the Generating
Station (including Fuel handling and storage facilities), as
communicated by Project Company to MAEM;
(v)
the ISO FERC Tariff and other ISO
rules and procedures in effect from time to time;
(vi)
applicable requirements of any
Transmission Provider and/or Transportation Provider;
(vii)
Fuel availability;
(viii)
Good Utility Practices;
(ix)
any environmental limitations
applicable to the Generating Station; and
(x)
operating protocols agreed to from
time to time by the Parties.
ARTICLE 3.
FUEL SERVICES
3.1
All Requirements Fuel
Supply . With the
exception of any Direct Contracts as described in Section 4.1,
MAEM shall procure and supply to Project Company, on an exclusive
basis, all Fuel required by the Generating Station in accordance
with Good Utility Practices and the terms and conditions of this
Agreement. Project Company shall reimburse MAEM for such Fuel
at MAEM’s actual cost. MAEM has entered into or will
enter into Fuel hedges and trading activities (including, but not
limited to, physical and financial hedges, swaps and options) in
connection with MAEM’s Fuel supply obligations pursuant to
this Section 3.1. The costs and revenues associated with
such Fuel hedging and trading activities will be attributed to the
Asset
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Book and charged to, or paid to, Project Company
as such costs and revenues are actually incurred or received by
MAEM, as further described in the calculation of Net Market
Revenues pursuant to Section 8.2.
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3.2
Transportation and
Scheduling . MAEM
shall schedule or arrange for scheduling services with its
Transportation Providers to deliver Fuel to the Fuel Delivery
Point. MAEM shall manage Fuel imbalances on behalf of Project
Company and all costs and revenues associated with Fuel imbalances
will be attributed to the Asset Book and charged to, or paid to,
Project Company as such costs and revenues are actually incurred or
received by MAEM.
3.3
Title, Risk of Loss and
Indemnity . As between
the Parties, MAEM shall be deemed to be in exclusive possession and
control (and be responsible for any damages or injury caused
thereby) of the Fuel prior to delivery thereof at the Fuel Delivery
Point, and Project Company shall be deemed to be in exclusive
possession and control (and be responsible for any damages or
injury caused thereby) of the Fuel at and after delivery thereof at
the Fuel Delivery Point. MAEM warrants that it will deliver
to Project Company all Fuel free and clear of all liens, claims and
encumbrances arising prior to delivery thereof at the Fuel Delivery
Point. Title to and risk of loss related to delivered Fuel
shall transfer from MAEM to Project Company at the Fuel Delivery
Point. Each Party shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless each
other Party from any Claims arising from any act or incident
occurring during the period when possession, control and title to
Products is vested or deemed to be vested in the indemnifying
Party, except to the extent such Claims arise from such other
Party’s breach of this Agreement or its gross negligence or
willful misconduct.
ARTICLE 4.
DIRECT CONTRACTS
4.1
Direct Contracts
.
(a)
Agency Services
. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary in Sections 2.1 or 3.1 of this Agreement, Project
Company may enter into contracts to (i) sell the Products
available from the Generating Station directly to a third party
rather than selling such Products to MAEM and/or (ii) purchase
Fuel required by the Generating Station directly from a third party
rather than purchasing such Fuel from MAEM (collectively
“Direct Contracts”). Project Company hereby
appoints MAEM as its agent in administering any Direct Contract
including, but not limited to, Scheduling, billing, settlements
with the ISO (if applicable) and other services required by Project
Company pursuant to the terms of such Direct Contract.
Project Company shall continue to pay MAEM the Service Fee for the
agency services provided by MAEM during the term of a Direct
Contract. As agent, MAEM shall neither directly purchase or
sell, or contract for the purchase or sale, nor take title to or
possession and control of any Products or Fuel. Rather, as
between MAEM and Project Company, when MAEM is acting as agent
under any Direct Contract, Project Company shall be deemed to have
title and exclusive possession and control of all Products sold to,
and all Fuel purchased from, third parties, and Project Company
shall bear the risk of loss associated with such Products and
Fuel.
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(b)
Costs and Revenues
. The calculation of Net
Market Revenues shall exclude any costs or revenues associated with
a Direct Contract. All such costs and revenues shall be paid
and received by Project Company. If a third party customer or
other entity pays MAEM any amounts due Project Company under a
Direct Contract, MAEM shall hold such amou