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Power Purchase Agreement-Fenchuganj<br />

“Average Dependable Capacity” means an amount equal to:<br />

(a)<br />

(b)<br />

the sum of each Dependable Capacity in effect during a Contract Year multiplied by the<br />

number of hours that each such Dependable Capacity was in effect during such Contract<br />

Year; divided by<br />

the number of hours in the Contract Year;<br />

provided, that periods during which Force Majeure Events exist shall be excluded from each<br />

determination of the number of hours in clause (a) and clause (b) of the preceding formula;<br />

“Back-Up Metering System” means any meters and metering devices installed, owned and<br />

maintained by the Company as backup to the Metering System;<br />

“Bangladesh Bank” means the bank established under Article 3 of the Bangladesh Bank Order,<br />

1972 (P.O. No. 127 of 1972) for the purpose of carrying on the business of central banking and<br />

also includes its successors;<br />

“Bangladesh Treasury” means the Treasury and Debt Management and Administration Division<br />

within the Finance Division of the Government of Bangladesh’s Ministry of Finance, and any<br />

successor or substitute agency of the GOB;<br />

“Bank Rate” means the most recent applicable weighted average yield for one-year Bangladesh<br />

Treasury notes (expressed as a rate per annum), such yield established in the auction arranged<br />

by the Bangladesh Bank from time to time; provided, that if such auction is discontinued or<br />

withdrawn by Bangladesh Bank or otherwise such yield becomes unavailable for any reason,<br />

then the Parties shall agree (or if not agreed, as determined by the Expert pursuant to Section<br />

19.3) and use a the rate that reflects the cost of one-year borrowing of the GOB from commercial<br />

lenders;<br />

“Bid Date” means [insert date], 2011;<br />

“Bid Exchange Rate (X 0 )” – means 1 USD = Taka 73.00.<br />

“<strong>BPDB</strong>” means the Bangladesh Power Development Board, constituted under the Bangladesh<br />

Water and Power Development Boards Order, 1972 (P.O. No. 59 of 1972) and its successors and<br />

permitted assigns;<br />

“<strong>BPDB</strong> Event of Default” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section <strong>4.</strong>3;<br />

“<strong>BPDB</strong> Letter(s) of Credit” means the unconditional and irrevocable letter of credit from a bank<br />

in the form of Schedule 5 as provided by <strong>BPDB</strong> to the Company pursuant to Section 13.2(i);<br />

“<strong>BPDB</strong> Letter of Credit Adjustment Day” bears the meaning ascribed thereto in Section<br />

13.2(i)(i)(E);<br />

“<strong>BPDB</strong> Letter of Credit Amount” means, as of the relevant date, an amount equal to the<br />

aggregate of the next two (2) Months of Capacity Payments plus the next two (2) Months of<br />

Variable Operation and Maintenance Payments (as adjusted in each case for exchange rate and<br />

inflation in accordance with Section 13.1 through the last Day of the Month immediately prior to<br />

the required delivery date) determined as at the Commercial Operations Date on the basis of the<br />

Contracted Facility Capacity assuming that the Facility will be Dispatched at eighty-five percent<br />

(85%) of Contracted Facility Capacity at all times during that two Month period and, thereafter,<br />

computed every 365 Days starting from the Commercial Operations Date (in accordance with<br />

Section 13.2(i)) on the basis of then-prevailing Dependable Capacity and assuming that the<br />

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