Ministry of Electricity and Energy: Electric Power Generation Enterprise
Ministry of Electricity and Energy: Electric Power Generation Enterprise
Ministry of Electricity and Energy: Electric Power Generation Enterprise
BETWEEN
AND
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FOR
[ ] POWER PLANT
AT
[ ]
NAY PYI TAW [Date]
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POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR [ ] POWER PLANT AT [ ].
1. Preamble.
(a) This Power Purchase Agreement for [ ] Power Plant at [ ]
(hereinafter referred to as the “Agreement”)is made on [ ] between
Electric Power Generation Enterprise, Ministry of Electricity and
Energy, Building No.27, Naypyitaw, (hereinafter referred to as “EPGE”
which expression includes its successors and legal representatives)
represented by U Than Naing Oo, Managing Director on the one part;
and
(b) [ ], with registered address at [ ] (hereinafter referred to as the
“Company” which expression includes its successors and legal
representatives) represented by [ ] on the other part.
2. Objectives.
In order to fulfill the increasing electricity demand of the Republic of the
Union of Myanmar, the Ministry of Electricity and Energy (“MOEE”) published
in the local newspaper an open invitation to all foreign and local investors to
submit a proposal in response to the Invitation for Bid and SRFP issued by
EPGE on [ ] including amendments thereof, for the purchasing of
electricity on IPP(BOO) basis in [ ] Region. In response to the Invitation,
MOEE received technical and commercial proposals from the companies
(“Tender Response”), and after evaluating the said proposals, MOEE has
determined to award the Company as the successful Bidder
Where,
The Company shall pay the Additional Gas Cost (if any)
in MMK The Cost of additional gas (denominated in
USD) shall be calculated based on the same USD:MMK
(as defined below) exchange rate used in calculating
the energy payment for such month in accordance with
Clause 4(e).
(xv) Company agreed to use the gas meter installed at the [ ] for
measuring the gas consumption of the Power Plant;
(xvi) Subject to any extension of the Original Commercial Operation
Date hereunder for Excusable Delays, the Company shall pay a
penalty of MMK [ ] per day to EPGE, if the Company fails to
achieve commercial operation by the Original Commercial
Operation Date. If the penalty in the preceding sentence has
accrued for more than thirty (30) days and remains unpaid,
EPGE shall be entitled to deduct the amount of penalty
payment from the energy payment payable to the Company in
accordance to Annex 5 following Commercial Operations Date;
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(xvii) Company shall submit weekly work progress reports every
seven (7) days beginning fourteen (14) days after the
Commencement Date;
(xviii) Company shall be responsible to run the Power Plant with
black start facility to synchronize with Myanmar’s national grid
in case of blackout;
(xix) Company shall dismantle the entire Gas engines Power Plant at
its own cost within three (3) months after the earlier of: (1)
expiry of the term of this Agreement (subject to
extension/renewal) or (2) termination of this Agreement.
(xx) The Company shall submit scheduled outage and maintenance
plan to EPGE at the start of the Commercial Operation Date
and thereafter on each anniversary of the Commercial
Operation Date over the term of this Agreement.
4. Payment Terms
(a) The energy payment payable by EPGE to Company hereunder shall be
calculated based on Annex 5.
(b) EPGE shall pay the requisite amount of energy payment on a monthly
basis, and all amounts of energy payment payable under this
Agreement shall be paid to Company’ bank account set out in Clause
4(f).
(c) EPGE shall not pay any amount of electric energy more than the
Guaranteed Electric Energy amount for dry seasons and wet seasons
as provided under Annex 5, unless the amount of electric energy more
than the Guaranteed Electric Energy for dry seasons and wet seasons
is instructed by EPGE or the load dispatch center. In the first week
after the end of each season, all Parties shall determine the amount of
excessive electric energy generated by mutual agreement.
(d) Company shall send invoice to EPGE for payment of the monthly
energy payment based on Annex 5. If there is no objection to the
amount invoiced within three (3) business days of receipt of the
relevant invoice, the amount invoiced shall be deemed as having been
approved by EPGE, and EPGE shall pay the invoiced amount by
account transfer within thirty (30) days from the date of receipt of
such invoice. In respect of invoices issued for energy payment where
the invoiced amount exceeds the actual energy payment amount, the
invoiced amount in excess shall be set-off from the immediately
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succeeding monthly invoice. If any dispute arises on the amount of
energy payment invoiced, EPGE shall pay the undisputed amount, and
the Parties shall negotiate settlement of the disputed amount.
(e) Subject to Annex 5, Company shall pay all applicable taxes in
accordance with Myanmar laws.
(f) Company shall hold its bank account at either: (i) Myanmar Economics
Bank in Naypyitaw or (ii) Myanmar Economics Bank No.3 in Yangon to
receive energy payment made by EPGE. With respect to the energy
payments set out in this Agreement, EPGE shall make the energy
payments set out in this Agreement in Myanmar Kyat (“MMK”)
equivalent of the payment that is denominated in US Dollars, based
on the official USD:MMK exchange rate published by the Central Bank
of Myanmar on the date of payment.
(g) Within twenty (20) days following the signing date of this
Agreement, the Company shall deposit a performance bank
guarantee with a bank acceptable to Central Bank of Myanmar (the
“Performance Bank Guarantee”), which shall be valid for (30) days
after the Original Commercial Operations Date in the amount of ([ ])
to secure its timely completion of its obligations hereunder of the
Commercial Operation Date. At the time of providing the
Performance Bank Guarantee to EPGE by the Company, EPGE shall
return the bid Security to the Company. The Performance Bank
Guarantee shall be returned to the Company within seven (20)
business days after the successful completion of the Commercial
Operation Date.
(h) In respect of any extension of the Original Commercial Operation Date
the Performance Bank Guarantee shall be extended and valid for (30)
days after the Commercial Operation Date.
(i) After the Commercial Operation Date, the Company shall pay for
electricity it consumed from the grid for purpose of operating the Gas
Engines in accordance with EPGE’s regulations.
(j) Within 14 days after the end of each month, the representatives of
the Parties shall meet at the Site to determine the amount of
electricity the Company cannot produce due to planned and forced
outage of the Power Plant, system breakdown, transmission line fault,
unavailability of Gas Supply and other events. The representatives of
the Parties shall record such determination in writing and sign on the
same after the amount of electricity has been finalized.
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(k) The Parties shall settle any take-or-pay at the end of each season. Any
payment due to EPGE shall be adjusted to the energy payment in the
following month. Any payment due to the Company shall be made in
accordance with Clause 4 (m).
(l) EPGE shall be entitled to retain up to 30% of the energy payment for
the last month of the Term for a period of two (2) months, which
amount shall be released to the Company thereafter. The exact
amount to be retained by EPGE shall be subject to good faith
negotiations between the parties based on the historical Additional
Gas Cost (if any) paid to EPGE by the Company. EPGE shall be entitled
to deduct any amount payable to EPGE by the Company from the
foregoing retained amount.
(m) EPGE shall send credit note to the Company for any penalty payment
incurred by the Company to EPGE including but not limited to the COD
delay penalty pursuant to clause 3 (b) xvi, the Cost of Additional Gas
pursuant to clause 3(b)(xiv) and any take-or-pay pursuant to Annex 5.
If there is no objection to the amount in credit note within five (5)
business days of receipt of the relevant credit note, the amount shall
be deemed as having been approved by the Company, and the
Company shall pay the amount mentioned in the credit note by
account transfer to EPGE’s bank account within thirty (30) days from
the date of receipt of such credit note. If the Company do not pay the
amount mentioned in the credit note within thirty (30) days from the
date of receipt of such credit note, EPGE shall be entitled to withhold
the energy payment. If any dispute arises on the amount mentioned in
the credit note, the Company shall pay the undisputed amount, and
the Parties shall negotiate settlement of the disputed amount.
8. Defaults
(a) EPGE shall be in default under this Agreement (an “EPGE Default”)
upon the occurrence of any of the following events:
(i) The energy payment, unless disputed, is not paid within forty-
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five (45) days from the date of the invoice, or
(ii) EPGE is in breach of any obligation for which this Agreement
does not provide exclusive remedies; provided that: (A) the
Company shall first have provided EPGE with written notice of
the nature of such breach and of the Company’s intention to
terminate this Agreement as result of such breach, and (B)
EPGE shall have failed within forty-five (45) days after receipt
of such notice (or such extended period as is mutually agreed)
either (1) to commence to cure such breach and diligently
thereafter to pursue such cure, or (2) to provide reasonable
evidence that no such breach has occurred.
(b) Upon the occurrence of any EPGE Default, the Company may
terminate this Agreement in accordance with Clause 9 of this
Agreement
(c) The Company shall be in default under this Agreement (the
“Company’s Default”) upon the occurrence of any of the following
events:
(i) The actual heat rate of the Power Plant exceeding the Net
Guaranteed Heat Rate by more than five percent (5%) for more
than three (3) consecutive months during the terms of the
contract;
(ii) Company failing to maintain Net Guaranteed Output more
than one (1) month during the “dry season”, as determined in
Annex 5;
(iii) Company fails to comply with environmental standard
pursuant to local or international rules and regulations of
environmental and social impact during the term of this
Agreement, or
(iv) Company is in breach of any obligation for which this
Agreement does not provide exclusive remedies, provided
that: (A) EPGE shall first have provided the Company with
written notice of the nature of such breach and of EPGE’s
intention to terminate this Agreement as result of such breach,
and (B) the Company shall have failed within forty-five (45)
days after receipt of such notice (or such extended period as is
mutually agreed) either (1) to commence to cure such breach
and diligently thereafter to pursue such cure, or (2) to provide
reasonable evidence that no such breach has occurred.
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(d) Upon the occurrence of any the Company Default, EPGE may
terminate this Agreement in accordance with Clause 9 of this
Agreement.
9. Termination
(a) If this Agreement is terminated before the stipulated period for sixty
(60) months (as extended/renewed hereunder) due to an EPGE
Default, EPGE shall remain obligated to pay the remaining amount of
the energy payment to the Company set out in Annex 5, but maximum
termination amount payable to the Company shall be based on energy
payments payable for a thirty six (36) months period. Such remaining
amount shall be paid in a lump sum within thirty (30) business days
after the termination of this Agreement. EPGE shall not be liable to
pay any termination payment in case of the Company’s Default. For
the avoidance of doubt, this Clause shall survive the termination of
this Agreement.
(b) The Company shall not terminate this Agreement other than for EPGE
Default.
(c) EPGE shall not terminate other than for the Company’s Default.
(d) In the event of breach, the other party shall provide formal notice of a
breach, after which, the breaching party shall have sixty (60) days to
cure this breach before the non-breaching Party may exercise its right
to terminate this Agreement.
(e) This Agreement can be terminated if both Parties agreed mutually to
terminate it or if either party is being affected by any Force Majeure
(as defined below) event for more than 180 days consecutively.
13. Confidentiality
The Parties to this Agreement shall keep secret and confidential and shall not
disclose the terms and conditions of this Agreement or any other confidential,
financial or trading information relating to the other Parties during the term
of this Agreement and following the expiration or termination hereof,
whether to their respective officers, directors, employees, agents,
contractors, sub- contractors or otherwise save (i) as expressly provided in
this Agreement; (ii) with the prior consent of the other Party; (iii) for project
financing purpose of the Company; or (iv) for information which are already
in the public domain or in the possession of the receiving Party prior to its
disclosure.
15. Amendments
This Agreement shall not be amended, save with the written consent of both
the Parties.
18. Indemnification.
Subject to the limitations set forth elsewhere in this Agreement, each Party
shall indemnify and hold harmless the other Party from and against any and
all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, actions, suits,
costs, expenses or disbursements (including all reasonable legal fees and
expenses, but excluding any incidental, consequential or punitive damage) of
any kind and nature whatsoever that may at any time or times be actually
imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against any of them (whether or not also
indemnified against by any other person) (“Losses”) as a result of:
(a) any breach by a Party of its obligations under this Agreement;
(b) any breach by a Party of its representations and warranties under this
Agreement; or
(c) claims of any kind (including claims based on personal injury or
property damages) asserted against a Party by any third parties arising
from any act or omission of the other Party.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the other Party shall use its commercially
reasonable efforts to mitigate any and all of its Losses arising out of or
resulting from such breach, act or omission.
23. Renegotiation
In the event that any situation or condition arises due to circumstances not
envisaged in this Agreement and warrants amendments to this Agreement,
the Parties shall re-negotiate and make the necessary amendments.
24. Miscellanceous
EPGE confirms that this contract has been prepared and finalized in
accordance with the comments of Ministry of Planning and Finance, Ministry
of Commence, the Attorney General’s Office and the Central bank of
Myanmar and signed by the permission of the Cabinet of the Government of
the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.
25. Annexes
The Annexes attached to this Agreement are herby made an integral part of
this Agreement.
The Annexes are:
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Annex 1 The Site
Annex 2 Gas Specifications
Annex 3 Dispatch Procedures
Annex 4 Technical Specifications
Annex 5 Payments and Tariffs
Annex 6 After Delivery Services
Annex 7 Company’s Designated Bank Account
Annex 8 Guaranteed Technical Parameters for Power Plant
Annex 9 Capability Comply with Regulation of Health and Safety
Annex 10 Invoice format
26. Notices
(a) Any notice or other communication in connection with this
Agreement or with any arbitration under this Agreement shall be in
writing in English (a “Notice”) and shall be sufficiently given or served
if delivered or sent:
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Or (in either case) to such other address or fax number or email
address as the relevant party may have notified to the other in writing
in accordance with this clause.
U Than Naing Oo
Managing Director
Witnesses
General Manager
Finance Department
Chief Engineer
Thermal Power Department
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For and on behalf of the Company
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