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                                                                    Exhibit 4.12

                              ACCEPTABLE GUARANTEE

            This GUARANTEE AGREEMENT (this "Guarantee"), dated as of March 30,
2000 between NRG Energy, Inc., a corporation duly organized and validly existing
under the laws of Delaware (the "Guarantor"), and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as
Bond Trustee (the "Bond Trustee") on behalf of Holders of the Bonds.

                                    RECITALS

            1. NRG South Central Generating LLC (the "Issuer") and Louisiana
Generating LLC (with respect to certain sections) have entered into the
Indenture dated as of March 30, 2000 with the Bond Trustee (the "Indenture").

            2. In order to fund the Debt Service Reserve Account so that the
obligations of the Issuer under Article 6 of the Indenture shall be released,
and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are acknowledged, the Guarantor has agreed to guarantee the payment of the
Guaranteed Obligation (as defined below).

            Accordingly, the Guarantor agrees with the Bond Trustee as follows:

                                    ARTICLE 1
                                   DEFINITIONS

            Unless otherwise defined, all capitalized terms used in this
Guarantee shall have the meanings given in the Indenture. The rules of
interpretation set forth in Article 1 of the Indenture shall apply to this
Guarantee.

                                    ARTICLE 2
                                    GUARANTEE

            2.01 The Guarantee. The Guarantor absolutely, unconditionally and
irrevocably guarantees to the Trustee on behalf of the Holders of the Bonds and
their respective successors and assigns the prompt payment of up to the Debt
Service Reserve Required Balance (as such amount may be reduced or increased
from time to time, the "Guaranteed Obligation") upon receipt of a written
request from the Issuer therefor.

            The Guarantor further agrees that it will promptly pay the amount
specified in such written notice, but in no event more than the Guaranteed
Obligation, on the date of receipt of such written notice. The delivery of such
notice by the Depositary Bank to the Guarantor in accordance with Section 6.6 of
the Indenture shall constitute sufficient demand on the Guarantor to make the
payment specified in such notice.

            2.02 Obligations Unconditional. The obligations of the Guarantor
under Section 2.01 are absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, irrespective of
any actual or asserted lack of value, genuineness, validity, regularity or
enforceability of the obligations of the Issuer under the Indenture, any other
Transaction Document or any other agreement or instrument

                     NRG South Central Generating Indenture
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referred to therein, or any substitution, release or exchange of any other
guarantee of or security for the Guaranteed Obligation, and, to the fullest
extent permitted by Applicable Law, irrespective of any other circumstance
whatsoever that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or
defense of a surety or guarantor, it being the intent of this Article 2 that the
obligations of the Guarantor under this Guarantee shall be absolute and
unconditional, under any and all circumstances.

            Subject to Section 2.01, the Guarantor expressly waives diligence,
presentment, demand of payment, protest and all notices whatsoever, and any
requirement that the Bond Trustee or any Holder exhaust any right, power or
remedy or proceed against the Issuer, the Subsidiary Guarantor or any Additional
Guarantor under the Indenture or any other Transaction Document or any other
agreement or instrument referred to therein, or against any other Person under
any other guarantee of, or security for, any of the Guaranteed Obligation.

            2.03 Instrument for the Payment of Money. The Guarantor acknowledges
that this guarantee constitutes instrument for the payment of money only, and
consents and agrees that the Bond Trustee or any Holder, at its sole option, in
the event of a dispute by such Guarantor in the payment of any moneys due
hereunder, shall have the right to bring motion-action under New York CPLR
Section 3213.

            2.04 Reduction of Guaranteed Obligation. The Guaranteed Obligation
shall be reduced automatically in accordance with Section 6.6(d) of the
Indenture and the Depositary Bank shall promptly provide to the Guarantor notice
of such reduction. Contemporaneous with the giving of such notice, the Bond
Trustee shall annotate this Guarantee to reflect the Guaranteed Obligation as so
reduced.

                                    ARTICLE 3
                         REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

            The Guarantor represents and warrants that:

            3.01 Power and Authority. The Guarantor has the corporate power and
authority to (i) execute and deliver this Guarantee and perform its obligations
hereunder, (ii) to conduct its business as currently conducted and (iii) to own
its property.

            3.02 Valid Existence. The Guarantor is duly organized and is validly
existing under and pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization
and is qualified to do business and is in good standing in all jurisdictions
necessary for it to conduct its business and own its property except where the
failure to so qualify or be in good standing would not reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect.

            3.03 Due Authorization. The execution, delivery and performance by
the Guarantor of this Guarantee have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action, and do not and shall not require any further consents or
approvals which have not been obtained, or violate any provision of any
Applicable Law or breach any agreement presently in effect with respect to or
binding on the Guarantor or its properties except where such violations or
breach would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

                     NRG South Central Generating Indenture
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            3.04 Binding Obligation. This Guarantee is a legal, valid and
binding obligation of the Guarantor, enforceable against it in accordance with
its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited in each case by
bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or
similar laws affecting the enforceability of creditors' rights generally (and-to
the possible judicial application of foreign laws or governmental action
affecting the rights of creditors generally) and except as such enforceability
is subject to the application of general principles of equity (regardless of
whether the issue of enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or
at law), including without limitation (i) the possible unavailability of
specific performance, injunctive relief or any other equitable remedy and (ii)
concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing.

                                    ARTICLE 4
                                  MISCELLANEOUS

            4.01 Notices. All notices required or permitted under the terms and
provisions of this Guarantee shall be in writing (including by telex or fax) in
the English language delivered to the intended recipient. Any such notice shall
be effective when received if given in accordance with the provisions of Section
12.5 of the Indenture to the address set out beneath such party's signature to
this Guarantee.

            4.02 Severability. If any provision hereof is invalid, illegal or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction, then to the fullest extent permitted by law,
(i) the other provisions hereof shall remain in full force and effect in such
jurisdiction and shall be liberally construed in favor of the Bond Trustee and
the Holders in order to carry out the intentions of the parties hereto as nearly
as may be possible and (ii) the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of
any provision hereof in any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity, legality
or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.

            4.03 Benefit of Guarantee. This Guarantee shall be binding upon and
inure to the benefit of the Guarantor, the Bond Trustee, the Holders and their
respective successors, transferees and assigns.

            4.04 Language. The language of this Guarantee is the English
language and no translation made or to be made hereof shall have any legal
validity.

            4.05 Governing Law. This Guarantee shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York applicable to
agreements made and to be performed entirely within the State of New York,
without regard to principles of conflicts of law thereof (other than Section
5-1401 of the New York General Obligations Law) to the extent the application of
such principles would cause the application of the laws of any other
jurisdiction.

            4.06 Further Assurances. The Guarantor shall execute and deliver all
such instruments and take all such actions as may be reasonably necessary to
effectuate fully the purposes of this Guarantee.

            4.07 Term. This Guarantee shall terminate upon the earlier to occur
of indefeasible payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligation and reduction of
the Guaranteed Obligation to zero.

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            4.08 Amendments. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this
Guarantee, any provision of this Guarantee may be amended or modified only by an
instrument in writing signed by the parties hereto.

            4.09 Submission to Jurisdiction and Venue. Any legal action or
proceeding against the Guarantor with respect to this Guarantee shall be brought
and enforced in the U.S. state or federal courts located in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York, New York, and, by execution and delivery of
this Guarantee, the Guarantor irrevocably accepts for itself and in respect of
its property, generally, irrevocably and unconditionally, the jurisdiction of
the aforesaid courts. A judgment, after exhaustion of all available appeals, in
any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and binding upon the Guarantor
and may be enforced in any other jurisdiction by a suit upon such judgment, a
certified copy of which shall be conclusive evidence of the judgment.

            4.10 Appointment of Process Agent. The Guarantor irrevocably
designates, appoints and empowers CT Corporation System, with offices on the
date of this Guarantee at 111 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York 10011, as its
designee, appointee and agent with respect to any action or proceeding to
receive, accept and acknowledge for and on its behalf, and in respect of its
property, service of any and all legal process, summons, notices and documents
which may be served in any such action or proceeding and agrees that the failure
of any such agent to give any advice of any service of process to it shall not
impair or affect the validity of such service or of any judgment based thereon.
If for any reason such designee, appointee and agent shall cease to be available
to act as such, the Guarantor shall designate a new designee, appointee and
agent in the United States on the terms and for the purposes of this provision
reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee. The Guarantor further irrevocably
consents to the service of process out of any of the aforementioned courts in
any such action or proceeding by the mailing of copies thereof by registered or
certified mail, postage prepaid, to it, at its address set forth below, such
service to become effective 30 days after such mailing. Nothing in this
Guarantee shall affect the right of the Trustee to serve process or to commence
legal proceedings or otherwise proceed against the Guarantor in any other
jurisdiction in any other manner permitted by law. The Guarantor waives
irrevocably, to the extent permitted by law, any objection to the laying of
venue in New York, New York, and any claim of inconvenient forum in respect of
any such action in New York, New York to which it might otherwise be entitled in
any actions arising out of or based on this Guarantee.

                     NRG South Central Generating Indenture

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      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each party has caused this Guarantee to be duly
executed and delivered by its officer thereto duly authorized as of the date
first above written.

NRG Energy, Inc.
Guarantor

By: /s/ Craig A. Mataczynski
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Title: Senior Vice President
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Address:  1221 Nicollet Mall
          Suite 700
          Minneapolis, Minnesota 55403

Attention: Vice President and General Counsel
Telephone: (612) 373-5300
Telecopy:  (612) 373-5392
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THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK,
not in its individual capacity, but solely
as Bond Trustee

By: /s/ Annette M. Marsula
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       Annette M. Marsula
Title: Vice President
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Address:   The Chase Manhattan Bank
           Capital Markets Fiduciary Services
           450 W. 33rd Street, 15th Floor
           New York, New York 10001

Attention: Annette Marsula
           International and Project Finance Group
Telephone: (212) 946-7557
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                                                                    Exhibit 4.13

                        ASSIGNMENT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

                           Dated as of March 30, 2000

                                       by

                            LOUISIANA GENERATING LLC

                                       to

                           THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK,

                              as Collateral Agent
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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

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                                    ARTICLE I
                         DEFINITIONS; RULES OF INTERPRETATION .............................................     2
SECTION 1.1.          Definitions .........................................................................     2
SECTION 1.2.          Certain Louisiana Terms .............................................................     6
SECTION 1.3.          Rules of Interpretation .............................................................     6

                                   ARTICLE II
                  ASSIGNMENT AND GRANT OF SECURITY INTERESTS ..............................................     6

SECTION 2.1.          Assignment and Grant of Security Interest. ..........................................     6
SECTION 2.2.          Security Interest Absolute ..........................................................     8
SECTION 2.3.          Power of Attorney ...................................................................     9
SECTION 2.4.          Inspection and Verification .........................................................    11

                                   ARTICLE III
              GENERAL REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS ...........................................    12

SECTION 3.1.          Title and Authority .................................................................    12
SECTION 3.2.          Validity, Perfection and Priority of Lien. ..........................................    12
SECTION 3.3.          No Liens; Other Financing Statements. ...............................................    13
SECTION 3.4.          Chief Executive Office; Name; Records. ..............................................    13
SECTION 3.5.          Additional Statements and Schedules. ................................................    14
SECTION 3.6.          Further Actions .....................................................................    14

                                   ARTICLE IV
            SPECIAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING INVENTORY AND EQUIPMENT .........................................    15

SECTION 4.1.          Maintenance of Insurance; Protection of Security Interest. ..........................    15
SECTION 4.2.          Location of Inventory and Equipment. ................................................    15
SECTION 4.3           Inventory Records ...................................................................    15
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                                    ARTICLE V
                          SPECIAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING
                     RECEIVABLES, CONTRACTS AND INSTRUMENTS ...............................................    15

SECTION 5.1.          Additional Representations and Warranties ...........................................    15
SECTION 5.2.          Maintenance of Records; Legending of Records ........................................    16
SECTION 5.3.          Modification of Terms; No Payment to Grantor ........................................    16
SECTION 5.4.          Collection ..........................................................................    16
SECTION 5.5.          Instruments .........................................................................    17

                                   ARTICLE VI
                      SPECIAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING CONTRACTS .............................................    17

SECTION 6.1.          Security Interest in Contract Rights ................................................    17
SECTION 6.2.          Further Protection ..................................................................    18
SECTION 6.3.          Liabilities Under Receivables and Contracts .........................................    18
SECTION 6.4.          Remedies ............................................................................    18

                                   ARTICLE VII
                      DUTY OF CARE OF COLLATERAL AGENT ....................................................    19

SECTION 7.1.          Collateral Agent's Duties; Reasonable Care ..........................................    19
SECTION 7.2.          Further Protection ..................................................................    19

                                  ARTICLE VIII
                      REMEDIES UPON OCCURRENCE OF A TRIGGER EVENT .........................................    19

SECTION 8.1.          Remedies; Obtaining the Guarantor Security Agreement Collateral upon
                      Trigger Event .......................................................................    19
SECTION 8.2.          Remedies; Disposition of the Guarantor Security Agreement Collateral. ...............    20
SECTION 8.3.          Louisiana Remedies ..................................................................    21
SECTION 8.4.          Waiver ..............................................................................    22
SECTION 8.5.          Application of Proceeds; Grantor Liable for Deficiency. .............................    24
SECTION 8.6.          No Waiver; Remedies Cumulative ......................................................    24
SECTION 8.7.          Discontinuance of Proceedings .......................................................    24
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                                   ARTICLE IX
                         MISCELLANEOUS ....................................................................    25

SECTION 9.1.            Notices ...........................................................................    25
SECTION 9.2.            Amendment .........................................................................    25
SECTION 9.3.            Successors and Assigns ............................................................    25
SECTION 9.4.            Survival ..........................................................................    25
SECTION 9.5.            Headings Descriptive. .............................................................    25
SECTION 9.6.            Severability ......................................................................    25
SECTION 9.7.            Grantor's Duties ..................................................................    26
SECTION 9.8.            Termination; Release ..............................................................    26
SECTION 9.9.            Reinstatement .....................................................................    26
SECTION 9.10.           Counterparts ......................................................................    26
SECTION 9.11            Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial ...................    27
SECTION 9.12.           Authority of Collateral Agent .....................................................    28
SECTION 9.13.           Conflict with Intercreditor Agreement .............................................    28
SECTION 9.14.           Indemnities and Expenses ..........................................................    28
SECTION 9.15.           Entire Agreement ..................................................................    28
SECTION 9.16.           Independent Security ..............................................................    29
SECTION 9.17.           Third Party Beneficiaries .........................................................    29
SECTION 9.18.           Limitation of Liability ...........................................................    29
SECTION 9.19.           Merger of Collateral Agent ........................................................    29
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Schedule I - Filing Offices
Schedule II - Instruments
Schedule III - Copyrights
Schedule IV - Patents
Schedule V - Trademarks
Schedule 4.2 - Location of Inventory and Equipment
Exhibit A Legal Description of Site

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                        ASSIGNMENT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

                  ASSIGNMENT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of March 30, 2000
(this "Agreement"), made by Louisiana Generating LLC (the "Grantor"), in favor
of The Chase Manhattan Bank, as collateral agent (together with its successors
in such capacity, the "Collateral Agent") for the benefit of the Secured
Parties.

                              W I T N E S S E T H:

         WHEREAS, pursuant to the Acquisition Agreement, the Grantor is
acquiring the Project from Cajun; and

         WHEREAS, the Grantor is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Issuer, and
the Issuer has simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement
issued and sold the Initial Bonds pursuant to the Indenture; and

         WHEREAS, payments of the principal of, premium (if any), interest on
and any other amounts due with respect to the Initial Bonds will be serviced by
repayment of the Guarantor Loan and guaranteed (subject to certain limitations)
by the Grantor; and

         WHEREAS, the Working Capital Facility Banks, the Working Capital
Facility Agent and the Issuer are parties to the Working Capital Facility
providing, subject to the terms and conditions thereof, for the making of loans
to the Issuer for working capital purposes; and

         WHEREAS, to secure its obligations under the Finance Documents, the
Grantor is entering into this Agreement with the Collateral Agent, pursuant to
which the Collateral Agent, acting on behalf of the Secured Parties, will obtain
a continuing Lien on and perfected security interest in, the Guarantor Security
Agreement Collateral.

                  NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the Secured Parties
entering into the Finance Documents and to induce the Secured Parties to release
the proceeds of the issuance and sale of the Initial Bonds, and for other good
and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby
acknowledged, the Grantor hereby agrees with the Collateral Agent as follows:
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                                    ARTICLE I
                      DEFINITIONS; RULES OF INTERPRETATION

                  SECTION 1.1.  Definitions.

                  (a) For all purposes of this Agreement, capitalized terms used
but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in Appendix A
to the Trust Indenture, dated as of March 30, 2000, among NRG South Central
Generating LLC, the Grantor and The Chase Manhattan Bank as Bond Trustee (the
"Indenture").

                  (b) The following terms shall have the following respective
 meanings unless the context otherwise requires. The definitions shall be
 equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined.
 Commercial terms used herein but not defined herein or in Appendix A to the
 Indenture shall have the meanings specified for such terms in the Uniform
 Commercial Code as in effect any relevant jurisdiction.

                  "Acquisition Agreement" shall mean the Fifth Amended and
Restated Asset Purchase and Reorganization Agreement, dated as of September 21,
1999 among the Grantor, Ralph K. Mabey, as Chapter 11 Trustee of Cajun and, as
to certain sections of the agreement only, NRG Energy, Inc.

                  "Agreement" shall have the meaning specified in the preamble
hereto.

                  "Chattel Paper" shall mean "chattel paper" as such term is
 defined in the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any relevant
 jurisdiction.

                  "Contract Rights" shall have the meaning specified in Section
6.1.

                  "Contracts" shall mean all contracts to which the Grantor now
is, or hereafter will be, bound, or a party, beneficiary or assignee, including,
without limitation, all of the Project Documents, including all exhibits,
schedules and appendices thereto, and all other instruments, agreements and
documents executed and delivered with respect to such contracts, all Third Party
Consents, and all revenues, rentals, Proceeds and other sums of money due and to
become due from any of the foregoing, as the same may be modified, supplemented
or amended from time to time in accordance with their respective terms.

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                  "Copyrights" shall mean all of the following now owned or
hereafter acquired by the Grantor: (a) all copyright rights in any work subject
to the copyright laws of the United States, whether as author, assignee,
transferee or otherwise; and (b) all registrations and applications for
registration of any such copyright rights in the United States, including
registrations, recordings, supplemental registrations and pending applications
for registration in the United States Copyright Office, including, without
limitation, those listed on Schedule III.

                  "Documents" shall mean "documents" as such term is defined in
the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any relevant jurisdiction.

                  "Equipment" shall mean all "equipment" (as such term is
defined in the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any relevant
jurisdiction), now or hereafter owned or leased by the Grantor and, in any
event, shall include, but shall not be limited to, all equipment used in
connection with the Project, all machinery, manufacturing equipment, data
processing equipment, computers, tools, office equipment, appliances, furniture,
furnishings, fixtures, spare parts, vehicles, motor vehicles, and any manuals,
instructions, blueprints, computer software and similar items which relate to
the above, and any and all additions to, substitutions for and replacements of
any of the foregoing, wherever located, together with all improvements thereon
and all attachments, components, parts, equipment and accessories installed
thereon or affixed thereto.

                  "Financing Statements" shall mean all financing statements,
recordings, filings or other instruments of registration necessary and
appropriate to perfect a security interest or lien by filing in any appropriate
filing or recording office in accordance with the Uniform Commercial Code as
enacted in any and all relevant jurisdictions or any other relevant applicable
law.

                  "Fixtures" shall mean "fixtures" as such term is defined in
 the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any relevant jurisdiction and in
 any event shall include all goods now or hereafter attached to, placed on, or
 incorporated in the Site.

                  "General Intangibles" shall mean all "general intangibles" (as
such term is defined in the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any relevant
jurisdiction) now or hereafter owned by the Grantor and shall include, but not
be limited to, all Trademarks, trademark applications, trademark registrations,
tradenames, fictitious business names, business names, company names, business
identifiers, prints, labels, trade styles and service marks (whether or not
registered), including logos and/or designs, Copyrights, Patents, patent
applications, goodwill of the Grantor's business symbolized by any of the
foregoing, trade

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secrets, license rights, license agreements, permits, franchises and any rights
to tax refunds to which the Grantor is now or hereafter may be entitled.

                  "Goods" shall mean "goods" as such term is defined in the
Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any relevant jurisdiction.

                  "Grantor" shall have the meaning specified in the preamble
hereto.

                  "Guarantor Security Agreement Collateral" shall have the
meaning specified in Section 2.1(a).

                  "Instruments" shall mean "instruments" as such term is defined
in the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any relevant jurisdiction.

                  "Insurance Policies" shall mean all insurance policies to
which the Grantor now is, or hereafter will be, a party, including, without
limitation, all insurance policies required pursuant to this Agreement and the
other Finance Documents.

                  "Insurance Proceeds" shall mean all amounts and proceeds of
any kind (including interest, if any, thereon) paid or payable pursuant to any
Insurance Policy.

                  "Intellectual Property" shall mean, collectively, Copyrights,
Patents and Trademarks.

                  "Inventory" shall mean all of the inventory of the Grantor of
every type or description, including all "inventory" as such term is defined in
the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any relevant jurisdiction, now owned
or hereafter acquired and wherever located, including without limitation,
whether raw, in process or finished, all materials usable in processing the same
and all documents of title covering any inventory, including, but not limited
to, work in process, materials used or consumed in the Grantor's business, now
owned or hereafter acquired or manufactured by the Grantor and held for sale in
the ordinary course of its business, all present and future substitutions
therefor, parts and accessories thereof and all additions thereto, and all
proceeds thereof and products of such inventory in any form whatsoever.

                  "Inventory Records" shall mean all books, records and other
property and General Intangibles at any time relating to the Inventory.

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                  "Investment Property" shall mean "investment property" as such
term is defined in the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any relevant
jurisdiction.

                  "Patents" shall mean all of the following now owned or
hereafter acquired by the Grantor: (a) all letters patent of the United States,
all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications for letters
patent of the United States, including registrations, recordings and pending
applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, including,
without limitation, those listed on Schedule IV; and (b) all reissues,
continuations, divisions, continuations-in-part, renewals or extensions thereof,
and the inventions disclosed or claimed therein, including the right to make,
use and/or sell the inventions disclosed or claimed therein.

                  "Proceeds" shall mean "proceeds" as such term is defined in
the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any relevant jurisdiction or under
other relevant law and, in any event, shall include, but shall not be limited
to, (i) any and all proceeds of any insurance, indemnity, warranty or guaranty
payable to the Collateral Agent or the Grantor from time to time, and claims for
insurance, indemnity, warranty or guaranty effected or held for the benefit of
the Grantor with respect to any of the Guarantor Security Agreement Collateral,
(ii) any and all payments (in any form whatsoever) made or due and payable to
the Grantor from time to time in connection with any requisition, confiscation,
condemnation, seizure or forfeiture of all or any part of the Guarantor Security
Agreement Collateral by any Governmental Authority (or any person acting under
color of Governmental Authority) and (iii) any and all other amounts from time
to time paid or payable under or in connection with any of the Guarantor
Security Agreement Collateral.

                  "Receivables" shall mean any "account" as such term is defined
 in the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any relevant jurisdiction and in
 any event shall include, but not be limited to, all of the Grantor's rights to
 payment for goods (including, without limitation, electricity) sold or leased,
 or services performed, by the Grantor, whether now in existence or arising from
 time to time hereafter, including, without limitation, rights evidenced by an
 account, note, contract, contract rights (including any and all rights to
 liquidated damage payments), security agreement, chattel paper, or other
 evidence of indebtedness or security, together with (i) all security pledged,
 assigned, hypothecated or granted to or held by the Grantor to secure the
 foregoing, (ii) all guarantees, warranties, endorsements, indemnifications or
 collateral on, or of, any of the foregoing, (iii) all powers of attorney for
 the execution of any evidence of indebtedness or security or other writing in
 connection therewith, (iv) all books, correspondence, credit files, records,
 ledger cards, invoices and other papers relating thereto, including, without
 limitation, all similar information stored on a magnetic medium or other
 similar storage device and other papers and documents in the possession or
 under the control of the Grantor or any computer bureau from time to time
 acting for the Grantor, (v) all evidences

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 of the filing of Financing Statements and other statements and the registration
 of other instruments in connection therewith and amendments thereto, notices to
 other creditors or secured parties, and certificates from filing or other
 registration officers, (vi) all credit information, reports and memoranda
 relating thereto, and (vii) all other writings related in any way to the
 foregoing.

                  "Security Entitlement" shall have the meaning assigned to that
 term under the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any relevant
 jurisdiction.

                  "Security Interest" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 2.1.

                  "Site" shall mean "Cajun I Property" and "Cajun II Property",
 collectively, as such terms are defined in the Title Insurance Policy delivered
 pursuant to Section 5(u) of the Purchase Agreement and as described in Exhibit
 A hereto.

                  "Trademarks" shall mean all of the following now owned or
 hereafter acquired by the Grantor: (i) all trademarks, service marks, trade
 names, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business
 names, trade styles, trade dress, logos, other source or business identifiers,
 designs and general intangibles of like nature, now existing or hereafter
 adopted or acquired, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all
 registration and recording applications filed in connection therewith,
 including registrations and registration applications in the United States
 Patent and Trademark Office, any State of the United States or any political
 subdivision thereof, and all extensions or renewals thereof, including, without
 limitation, those listed on Schedule V; (ii) all goodwill associated therewith
 or symbolized thereby; and (iii) all other assets, rights and interests that
 uniquely reflect or embody such goodwill.

                  "UCC" shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from
time to time in the State of New York; provided that, if by reason of mandatory
provisions of law, the perfection or priority of the security interest granted
hereunder in any Guarantor Security Agreement Collateral is governed by the
Uniform Commercial Code in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New
York, the term "UCC" shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in such
other jurisdiction solely for the purposes of the provisions hereof relating to
such perfection or priority.

                  SECTION 1.2. Certain Louisiana Terms. To the extent that the
laws of the State of Louisiana govern any provision of this Agreement, or there
is a provision of this Agreement related to an asset located in the State of
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security interest is perfected under the laws of the State of Louisiana (and
nothing in this Section 1.2 is intended to derogate from any choice of law
provision contained in this Agreement), then the following definitions shall
apply, unless the context requires otherwise: the term "personal property" shall
be deemed to include movable property; the term "intangible property" shall be
deemed to include incorporeal property; the term "county" shall be deemed to
mean parish; and the terms "Uniform Commercial Code", "UCC" or "Code" and words
of similar import shall include the Louisiana Commercial Laws, La. R.S.
Sections 10:1-101 et seq.

                  SECTION 1.3. Rules of Interpretation. Except as otherwise
expressly provided herein, the rules of interpretation set forth in Section 1.1
to the Indenture shall apply to this Agreement.

                                   ARTICLE II
                    ASSIGNMENT AND GRANT OF SECURITY INTERESTS

                  SECTION 2.1. Assignment and Grant of Security Interest. (a) As
security for the prompt and complete payment and performance when due of all of
the Secured Obligations, the Grantor hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, for
itself and for the ratable benefit of all the Secured Parties, a continuing
security interest of first priority (the "Security Interest") in all of the
Grantor's right, title and interest in, to and under the following, in each
case, whether now owned or existing or hereafter acquired, arising or created,
and wherever located: (i) all Receivables; (ii) all Documents; (iii) all
Equipment; (iv) all General Intangibles; (v) all Inventory; (vi) all cash
collateral accounts established with respect to the Grantor, and all checking,
savings, deposit, securities or other accounts of the Grantor, including,
without limitation, the Depositary Accounts and any successor accounts thereto,
and all property on deposit therein or credited thereto, including, without
limitation, all Investment Property, Security Entitlements, Financial Assets,
securities, instruments or cash on deposit therein or credited thereto and all
Security Entitlements with respect thereto; (vii) all Contracts and Contract
Rights, to the extent assignable pursuant to their terms, including, without
limitation, all Contract Rights under the Project Documents to which the Grantor
is a party; (viii) all cash, accounts, deposits, securities and insurance
policies now or at any time hereafter in the possession or under control of the
Grantor or its bailees and any interest therein; (ix) all Insurance Policies and
all Loss Proceeds; (x) all Governmental Approvals, provided that any
Governmental Approval which by its terms or by operation of law would become
void, voidable, terminable or revocable (or would constitute a breach or default
thereunder or under applicable law) if mortgaged, pledged or assigned hereunder
or if a security interest therein were granted hereunder are expressly excepted
and excluded from the Lien and the terms of this Agreement to the extent, and
only to the extent, necessary so as to avoid such voidness, voidability,
terminability or revocability or breach or default; (xi) all Fixtures,
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without limitation, those now or hereafter attached to, placed on, or
incorporated in the Site; (xii) all natural gas, fuel oil, electricity and
related products; (xiii) without limiting the generality of the foregoing, all
other personal property, Goods, Instruments, Chattel Paper, credits, claims,
demands, assets, books and records, customer lists, ledger cards, credit files,
print-outs and other materials and records pertaining to any of the foregoing,
of the Grantor, whether now existing or hereafter acquired from time to time and
whether or not of a type which may be subject to a security interest under the
UCC as in effect in the State of New York; and (xiv) any and all additions and
accessions to any of the foregoing, all improvements thereto, all substitutions
and replacements therefor and all products and Proceeds thereof (all of the
above collectively, the "Guarantor Security Agreement Collateral"); provided,
however, that the Guarantor Security Agreement Collateral hereunder expressly
excludes and the Security Interest granted thereupon shall not attach to the
Assets Specifically Held for Resale; provided, further that the Security
Interest in the Debt Service Reserve Account granted herein to the Collateral
Agent shall be for the sole benefit of the Holders of the Bonds and the Bond
Trustee.

                  (b) The security interest granted to the Collateral Agent
 pursuant to this Agreement extends to all Guarantor Security Agreement
 Collateral of the kind which is the subject of this Agreement which the Grantor
 may acquire at any time during the continuation of this Agreement, whether such
 Guarantor Security Agreement Collateral is in transit or in the Grantor's, the
 Collateral Agent's, any other Secured Party's or any other Person's
 constructive, actual or exclusive occupancy or possession until the release
 thereof pursuant to Section 9.8.

                  (c) The assignments and security interests under this
 Agreement granted to the Collateral Agent shall not relieve the Grantor from
 the performance of any term, covenant, condition or agreement on the Grantor's
 part to be performed or observed under or in respect of any of the Guarantor
 Security Agreement Collateral pledged by it hereunder or from any liability to
 any Person under or in respect of any of such Guarantor Security Agreement
 Collateral or impose any obligation on the Collateral Agent to perform or
 observe any such term, covenant, condition or agreement on the Grantor's part
 to be so performed or observed or impose any liability on the Collateral Agent
 for any act or omission on the part of the Grantor or for any breach of any
 representation or warranty on the part of the Grantor contained in this
 Agreement or any other Project Document, or in respect of the Guarantor
 Security Agreement Collateral pledged by it hereunder or made in connection
 herewith or therewith. The obligations of the Grantor contained in this
 paragraph shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the discharge of
 the Grantor's other obligations hereunder.

                  (d) This Agreement shall create a continuing security interest
 in the Guarantor Security Agreement Collateral until the release thereof
 pursuant to Section 9.8.

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                  SECTION 2.2. Security Interest Absolute. The parties hereto
shall not challenge or question in any proceeding the validity or enforceability
of this Agreement as a whole or any term or provision contained herein or the
validity of any Lien or Financing Statement in favor of the Collateral Agent.
All rights of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties and all
security interests hereunder shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be
absolute and unconditional irrespective of:

                  (a) any invalidity, irregularity or unenforceability of any
Finance Document or any other agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any
amendment, change or modification of any of the Finance Documents;

                  (b) any impairment, modification, change, exchange, release or
subordination of or limitation on, any liability to, or stay of actions or lien
enforcement proceedings against, the Grantor, its property or its estate in
bankruptcy resulting from any bankruptcy, arrangement, readjustment,
composition, liquidation, rehabilitation or similar proceeding against or
otherwise involving or affecting the Grantor;

                  (c) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or
in any other term of, all or any of the Secured Obligations, or any other
amendment or waiver of or any consent to any departure from any Finance
Document;

                  (d) any change in the time, order or method of attachment or
perfection of Liens or the filing or recording of Financing Statements or other
Security Documents and irrespective of anything contained in any filing or
agreement to which the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party may now or
hereafter be a party;

                  (e) any exchange, release or non-perfection of any other
collateral, or any release or amendment or waiver of, or consent to departure
from, any guaranty for all or any of the Secured Obligations; or

                  (f) any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a
defense available to, or a discharge of, the Grantor or a third party pledgor,
except as otherwise provided herein.

                  SECTION 2.3. Power of Attorney. (a) The Grantor hereby
irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself
and the other Secured Parties, or any Person, officer or agent thereof whom the
Collateral Agent may designate, as the Grantor's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority in the place and
stead of the Grantor and in the name of the Grantor or in its own name, at the
Grantor's

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cost and expense, to exercise at any time in the Collateral Agent's discretion
all or any of the following powers, which, being coupled with an interest, shall
be irrevocable until the Debt Termination Date (as defined in the Intercreditor
Agreement):

                           (i) to receive, take, endorse, sign, assign and
         deliver, all in the Collateral Agent's name or the Grantor's name, any
         and all checks, notes, drafts, and other documents or instruments
         relating to the Guarantor Security Agreement Collateral;

                           (ii) to receive, open and dispose of all mail
         addressed to the Grantor and to notify postal authorities to change the
         address for delivery thereof to such address as the Collateral Agent
         designates;

                           (iii) to request from account debtors of the Grantor,
         in the Grantor's name or in the name of the Collateral Agent or the
         Collateral Agent's designee, information concerning the Receivables and
         the amounts owing thereon;

                           (iv) to transmit to account debtors indebted on
         Receivables notice of the Collateral Agent's interest therein;

                           (v) to notify account debtors indebted on Receivables
         to make payment directly to the Collateral Agent;

                           (vi) to take or bring, in the Grantor's name or in
         the Collateral Agent's name on behalf of the Secured Parties, all
         steps, actions, suits or proceedings deemed by the Collateral Agent to
         be necessary or desirable to enforce or effect collection of the
         Receivables;

                           (vii) to the fullest extent permitted by law, to
         prepare, sign and file any Financing Statements or file this Agreement
         in the name of the Grantor as debtor;

                           (viii) if the Grantor shall have failed to do so in a
         timely manner, to take or cause to be taken all actions necessary to
         perform or comply, or cause performance or compliance with, the
         covenants of the Grantor contained in any Transaction Document;

                           (ix) to sign and endorse any invoices, freight or
         express bills, bills of lading, storage or warehouse receipts, drafts
         against debtors, assignments, verifications, notices and other
         documents in connection with any of the Guarantor Security Agreement
         Collateral;

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                           (x) to defend any suit, action or proceeding brought
         against the Grantor with respect to any Guarantor Security Agreement
         Collateral;

                           (xi) to settle, compromise or adjust any suit, action
         or proceeding described in the preceding clause (x) and, in connection
         therewith, to give such discharges or releases as the Collateral Agent,
         acting pursuant to the Intercreditor Agreement, or as otherwise
         expressly provided herein, may deem appropriate;

                           (xii) generally, to sell or transfer and make any
         agreement with respect to or otherwise deal with any of the Guarantor
         Security Agreement Collateral as fully and completely as though the
         Secured Parties were the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and
         to do, at the Secured Parties' option and the Grantor's expense, at any
         time, or from time to time, all acts and things which the Collateral
         Agent, acting pursuant to the Intercreditor Agreement, or as otherwise
         expressly provided herein, deem necessary to protect, preserve or
         realize upon the Guarantor Security Agreement Collateral and the Liens
         of the Secured Parties thereon;

                           (xiii) to execute, in connection with any
         foreclosure, any endorsements, assignments or other instruments of
         conveyance or transfer with respect to the Guarantor Security Agreement
         Collateral;

                           (xiv) to exercise the Grantor's rights under any
         Contract in accordance with Section 6.1; and

                           (xv) to exercise any and all other rights, remedies,
         powers and privileges of the Grantor with respect to the Guarantor
         Security Agreement Collateral;

provided, however, that the Collateral Agent shall not exercise its powers under
clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv)
or (xv) unless a Trigger Event of which the Collateral Agent has actual
knowledge has occurred and is continuing.

                  (b) The Grantor hereby ratifies all that said attorney shall
 lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. The Grantor hereby
 acknowledges and agrees that in acting pursuant to this power-of-attorney the
 Collateral Agent shall be acting in its own interest and in the interest of the
 other Secured Parties and the Grantor acknowledges and agrees that the
 Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties shall have no fiduciary duties
 to the Grantor and the Grantor hereby waives any claims to the rights of a
 beneficiary of a fiduciary relationship hereunder. To the extent applicable,
 this power of attorney shall be deemed given pursuant to the provisions of La.
 R.S. Section 9: 5388.

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                  SECTION 2.4. Inspection and Verification. The Collateral Agent
and such Persons as the Collateral Agent may reasonably designate shall have the
right, no more often than once each year, unless an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, and, if an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, at any reasonable time or times, in each case upon ten (10) days'
notice and at the Grantor's own cost and expense, to inspect the Guarantor
Security Agreement Collateral, all records related thereto (and to make extracts
and copies from such records) and the premises upon which any of the Guarantor
Security Agreement Collateral is located, to discuss the Grantor's affairs with
the appropriate officers of the Grantor and its independent accountants and to
verify under reasonable procedures the validity, amount, quality, quantity,
value, condition and status of, or any other matter relating to, the Guarantor
Security Agreement Collateral, including, in the case of Receivables or
Guarantor Security Agreement Collateral in the possession of any third party, by
contacting account debtors or the third party possessing such Guarantor Security
Agreement Collateral for the purpose of making such a verification. The
Collateral Agent shall have the absolute right to share any information it gains
from such inspection or verification with any other Secured Party.

                                   ARTICLE III
             GENERAL REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS

                  The Grantor hereby represents, warrants and covenants to the
Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties, which representations,
warranties and covenants shall survive execution and delivery of this Agreement
and the making and repayment of the Secured Obligations, subject to the
provisions of Section 9.9, as follows:

                  SECTION 3.1. Title and Authority. The Grantor has good and
valid rights in and title to the Guarantor Security Agreement Collateral with
respect to which it has purported to grant a Security Interest hereunder and has
full power and authority to grant to the Collateral Agent the Security Interest
in such Guarantor Security Agreement Collateral pursuant hereto and to execute,
deliver and perform its obligations in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement, without the consent or approval of any Person other than any consent
or approval that has been obtained and is in full force and effect.

                  SECTION 3.2.  Validity, Perfection and Priority of Lien.

                  (a) This Agreement creates in favor of the Collateral Agent,
 for itself and for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid
 and enforceable security interest in the Guarantor Security Agreement
 Collateral and the proceeds thereof owned by the Grantor, and when Financing
 Statements in appropriate form are filed in the offices specified on Schedule I

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hereto, the Lien created under this Agreement will constitute a fully perfected
Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Grantor
in such Guarantor Security Agreement Collateral and the proceeds thereof, in
each case prior and superior in right to any other Person, subject only to
Permitted Liens.

                  (b) (i) Fully executed Financing Statements or other
appropriate filings, recordings or registrations containing a description of the
Guarantor Security Agreement Collateral have been delivered to the Collateral
Agent for filing in each governmental, municipal or other office specified in
Schedule I, which are all the filings, recordings and registrations that are
necessary to publish notice of and protect the validity of and to establish a
valid and perfected security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent (for the
benefit of itself and for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties) in respect
of all Guarantor Security Agreement Collateral in which the Security Interest
may be perfected by filing, recording or registration in the United States (or
any political subdivision thereof) and its territories and possessions, and no
further or subsequent filing, refiling, recording, rerecording, registration or
reregistration is necessary in any such jurisdiction, except as provided under
Applicable Law with respect to the filing of continuation statements and except
that recordation of the Security Interest in the United States Patent and
Trademark Office may be necessary with respect to Guarantor Security Agreement
Collateral consisting of Patents and Trademarks and recordation of the Security
Interest, in addition to registration of any unregistered copyrights, in the
United States Copyright Office may be necessary with respect to Guarantor
Security Agreement Collateral consisting of Copyrights. The Grantor will pay any
applicable filing fees and related expenses. The Grantor hereby irrevocably
authorizes the Collateral Agent to file any such Financing Statements without
its signature as the debtor.

                  (ii) The Instruments listed on Schedule II hereto, which, as
of the date hereof, constitute all instruments of the Grantor, and all other
Chattel Paper have been stamped to indicate the Security Interest of the
Collateral Agent for itself and the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties
hereunder.

                  SECTION 3.3. No Liens; Other Financing Statements. (a) Except
for the Lien granted to the Collateral Agent for itself and the ratable benefit
of the Secured Parties hereunder and Permitted Liens, and, further, except for
the interest in and control over the Depositary Accounts of and by the
Depositary Bank as provided in the Indenture, the Grantor is, and as to all
Guarantor Security Agreement Collateral whether now existing or hereafter
acquired after the date hereof, the Grantor will and will continue to be the
owner of valid and marketable title in and to each item of the Guarantor
Security Agreement Collateral free and clear of any and all Liens other than
Permitted Liens and the Grantor shall defend the Guarantor Security

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Agreement Collateral against all claims and demands of all Persons at any time
claiming the same or any interest therein adverse to the Collateral Agent or any
other Secured Party.

                  (b) Other than Financing Statements filed in connection
herewith, there is no Financing Statement (or similar statement or instrument of
registration under the law of any jurisdiction) covering or purporting to cover
any interest of any kind in the Guarantor Security Agreement Collateral except
(i) Financing Statements filed in connection with Permitted Liens, and (ii)
Financing Statements for which proper termination statements have been delivered
to the Collateral Agent for filing. The Grantor will not execute or authorize
any Financing Statement (or similar statement or instrument of registration
under the law of any jurisdiction) or statements relating to the Guarantor
Security Agreement Collateral to be filed in any public office, except Financing
Statements filed or to be filed in respect of and covering the security
interests granted hereby to the Collateral Agent by the Grantor and Financing
Statements filed in respect of and covering Permitted Liens.

                  SECTION 3.4. Chief Executive Office; Name; Records. (a) The
chief executive office and principal place of business of the Grantor is located
at 10719 Airline Highway, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70816-4271. The Grantor's
taxpayer identification number is 41-1870498. Except as permitted by the
Indenture, the Grantor will not (i) move its chief executive office, (ii) change
its taxpayer identification number or limited liability company status or (iii)
change its name from, nor carry on business under any name other than
"Louisiana Generating LLC," unless, in the case of clause (i), (ii) or (iii),
it has complied with the requirements of Section 3.4(b). The originals of all
documents evidencing all Contracts and Receivables of the Grantor, and the only
original books of account and records concerning the Guarantor Security
Agreement Collateral are, and will continue to be, kept at, and controlled and
directed (including, without limitation, for general accounting purposes) from,
such chief executive office, or at such new location for such chief executive
office as the Grantor may establish in accordance with Section 3.4(b).

                  (b) The Grantor shall not establish a new location for its
chief executive office or change its taxpayer identification number, limited
liability company status or name or the name under which it presently conducts
its business unless (i) it has given to the Collateral Agent not less than
thirty (30) days' prior written notice of its intention so to do, clearly
describing such new location or specifying such new name (if applicable), as the
case may be, and providing such other information in connection therewith as the
Collateral Agent may reasonably request, and (ii) with respect to such new
location, taxpayer identification number, organizational status or name, as the
case may be, the Grantor shall have taken all action, satisfactory to the
Collateral Agent, to maintain the security interest of the Collateral Agent in

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the Guarantor Security Agreement Collateral intended to be granted hereby at all
times fully perfected and in full force and effect.

                  SECTION 3.5. Additional Statements and Schedules. The Grantor
shall execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent, from time to time, for its
convenience in maintaining a record of the Guarantor Security Agreement
Collateral, such written statements and schedules as the Collateral Agent may
reasonably require, designating, identifying or describing the Guarantor
Security Agreement Collateral.

                  SECTION 3.6. Further Actions. The Grantor will, at its own
expense, make, execute, endorse, acknowledge, file and/or deliver to the
Collateral Agent from time to time such lists, descriptions and designations of
its Guarantor Security Agreement Collateral, warehouse receipts, receipts in the
nature of warehouse receipts, bills of lading, documents of title, vouchers,
invoices, schedules, confirmatory assignments, conveyances, Financing
Statements, transfer endorsements, powers of attorney, certificates, reports and
other assurances or instruments and take such further steps relating to the
Guarantor Security Agreement Collateral and other property or rights covered by
the Security Interest hereby granted by the Grantor to perfect, preserve or
protect its security interest in the Guarantor Security Agreement Collateral
within thirty (30) days after any request by the Collateral Agent or such
earlier date as may be required by applicable law or necessary to preserve or
protect the security interests in the Guarantor Security Agreement Collateral
granted by the Grantor pursuant to this Agreement, including the payment of any
fees and taxes required in connection with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, the granting of the Lien created hereby and the filing of any
Financing Statements or other documents in connection herewith.

                                   ARTICLE IV
          SPECIAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING INVENTORY AND EQUIPMENT

                  SECTION 4.1. Maintenance of Insurance; Protection of Security
Interest. The Grantor shall carry with respect to the Guarantor Security
Agreement Collateral and its use such insurance, if any, as shall be required
under the Indenture.

                  SECTION 4.2. Location of Inventory and Equipment. All
Inventory and Equipment to be owned as of the Closing Date (as defined in the
Acquisition Agreement) of the Acquisition (as defined in the Indenture) by the
Grantor will be located at one of the locations shown on Schedule 4.2 (other
than Equipment undergoing repairs). The Grantor agrees that all Inventory and
Equipment now held or subsequently acquired by it shall be kept at (or shall be
in transport to) one of the locations on Schedule 4.2.

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                  SECTION 4.3 Inventory Records. The Grantor shall maintain, at
its own cost and expense, satisfactory and complete Inventory Records.

                                    ARTICLE V
                          SPECIAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING
                     RECEIVABLES, CONTRACTS AND INSTRUMENTS

                  SECTION 5.1. Additional Representations and Warranties. As of
the time when each of its Receivables arises, the Grantor shall be deemed to
have represented and warranted to the best of its knowledge that such Receivable
and all records, papers and documents relating thereto (if any) are genuine and
in all respects what they purport to be, and that all papers and documents (if
any) relating thereto (i) will (subject to dispute, return, replacement,
settlement or compromise) represent the genuine, legal, valid and binding
obligation of the account debtor evidencing indebtedness unpaid and owed by such
account debtor arising out of the performance of labor or services or the sale
and delivery of the merchandise listed therein, or both, (ii) will be the only
original writings evidencing and embodying such obligation of the account debtor
named therein (other than copies created for purposes other than general
accounting purposes), (iii) will (subject to dispute, return, replacement,
settlement or compromise) evidence true and valid obligations, enforceable in
accordance with their respective terms, not subject to the fulfillment of any
contract or condition whatsoever unless set forth in the writing and not subject
to any defenses, set-offs or counterclaims or stamp or other taxes, and not
subject to any provisions prohibiting the Security Interest granted hereunder,
and (iv) will be in compliance and will conform with all Applicable Law.

                  SECTION 5.2. Maintenance of Records; Legending of Records. The
Grantor will keep and maintain at its own cost and expense satisfactory and
complete records of its Receivables for at least five (5) years from the date on
which the Receivable comes into existence, including, without limitation,
records of all payments received and all credits granted thereon, and the
Grantor will make the same available to the Collateral Agent and the other
Secured Parties for inspection in accordance with Section 2.4. The Grantor
shall, at its own cost and expense, deliver all tangible evidence of its
Receivables (including, without limitation, all documents evidencing the
Receivables) and books and records that the Collateral Agent may request to the
Collateral Agent or to its representatives (copies of which evidence and books
and records may be retained by the Grantor) at any reasonable time during normal
business hours upon the Collateral Agent's demand. The Grantor shall, at the
Collateral Agent's request and at the Grantor's own cost and expense, legend in
form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, the Guarantor Security
Agreement Collateral, as well as books, records and documents of the Grantor
evidencing or pertaining to the Guarantor

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Security Agreement Collateral, with an appropriate reference to the fact that
the items constituting the Guarantor Security Agreement Collateral have been
assigned to the Collateral Agent and that the Collateral Agent has a security
interest therein.

                  SECTION 5.3. Modification of Terms; No Payment to Grantor. The
Grantor shall not, other than in the ordinary course of business, rescind or
cancel any indebtedness evidenced by any Receivable or make any adjustment with
respect thereto, or extend or renew the same, or compromise or settle any
dispute, claim, suit or legal proceeding relating thereto, or sell any
Receivable or interest therein, without the prior written consent of the
Collateral Agent, acting pursuant to the Intercreditor Agreement, or as
otherwise expressly provided herein. The Grantor will duly fulfill all
obligations on its part to be fulfilled under or in connection with the
Receivables and will do nothing to impair the rights of the Collateral Agent in
the Receivables.

                  SECTION 5.4. Collection. The Grantor shall take all
commercially reasonable actions to cause to be collected from the account
debtors of each of the Receivables, as and when due (including Receivables that
are delinquent, such Receivables to be collected in accordance with generally
accepted commercial collection procedures), any and all amounts owing under or
on account of such Receivables, and apply forthwith upon receipt thereof all
such amounts as are so collected to the outstanding balance of such Receivables.

                  SECTION 5.5. Instruments. If any of the Receivables becomes
evidenced by an Instrument having a face value in excess of $5,000 and a
maturity of thirty (30) days or longer, the Grantor shall promptly notify the
Collateral Agent thereof in writing, and within ten (10) days of a request by
the Collateral Agent therefor, shall deliver such Instrument to the Collateral
Agent appropriately endorsed to the order of the Collateral Agent as further
security hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, at such time that an Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, or at such time as the Grantor
shall own or acquire Instruments which in the aggregate exceed $20,000, the
Grantor shall deliver all Instruments to the Collateral Agent within ten (10)
days, appropriately endorsed to the order of the Collateral Agent as further
security hereunder.

                                   ARTICLE VI
                       SPECIAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING CONTRACTS

                  SECTION 6.1. Security Interest in Contract Rights. The
Grantor's grant, pursuant to Section 2.1, to the Collateral Agent, of a security
interest in all of its right, title and interest in and to each and all of the
Contracts and the contract rights thereunder, includes, but is not limited to:

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                           (i) all (A) rights to payment under any Contract and
         (B) payments due and to become due under any Contract, in each case
         whether as contractual obligations, damages or otherwise;

                           (ii) all of its claims, rights, powers, privileges
         and remedies under any Contract; and

                           (iii) all of its rights under any Contract to make
         determinations, to exercise any election (including, without
         limitation, election of remedies) or option or to give or receive any
         notice, consent, waiver or approval together with full power and
         authority with respect to any Contract to demand, receive, enforce,
         collect or receipt for any of the foregoing rights or any property the
         subject of any of the Contracts, to enforce or execute any checks or
         other instruments or orders, to file any claims and to take any action
         which, in the opinion of the Collateral Agent, may be necessary or
         advisable in connection with any of the foregoing (the Contracts,
         together with all of the foregoing in this Section 6.1, the "Contract
         Rights");

provided, however, that, unless a Trigger Event shall have occurred and be
continuing, notwithstanding anything else herein to the contrary, the Grantor
may, subject to the terms and provisions of the Finance Documents, exclusively
exercise all of its rights, powers, privileges and remedies under the Contracts.

                  SECTION 6.2. Further Protection. The Grantor warrants and
forever shall defend the title to the Contract Rights against the claims and
demands of any Person other than the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties,
and hereby grants the Collateral Agent full power and authority, upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of a Trigger Event, to take all actions as
the Collateral Agent, acting pursuant to the Intercreditor Agreement, or as
otherwise expressly provided herein, reasonably deems necessary or advisable to
effectuate the provisions set forth in this sentence.

                  SECTION 6.3. Liabilities Under Receivables and Contracts.
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding (including, without limitation,
the grant of any rights to the Collateral Agent), the Grantor shall remain
liable under each of the Receivables and Contracts to observe and perform all
the conditions and obligations to be observed and performed by it thereunder and
under or with respect to the Guarantor Security Agreement Collateral, all in
accordance with the terms of any agreement giving rise to each such Receivable,
Contract or procurement of Guarantor Security Agreement Collateral. Neither the
Collateral Agent nor any other Secured Party shall have any obligation or
liability under any Receivable (or any agreement giving rise thereto) or
Contract or with respect to the Guarantor Security Agreement

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Collateral by reason of or arising out of this Agreement or the receipt by the
Collateral Agent of any payment relating to such Receivable, Contract or
Guarantor Security Agreement Collateral pursuant hereto, nor shall the
Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party be obligated in any manner to
perform any of the obligations of the Grantor under or pursuant to any
Receivable (or any agreement giving rise thereto) or under or pursuant to any
Contract, to make any payment, to make any inquiry as to the nature or the
sufficiency of any payment received by it or as to the sufficiency of any
performance by any party under any Receivable (or any agreement giving rise
thereto) or under any Contract, to present or file any claim, to take any action
to enforce any performance or to collect the payment of any amounts which may
have been assigned to it or to which it may be entitled at any time or times.

                  SECTION 6.4. Remedies. Upon the occurrence of any Trigger
Event, the Collateral Agent shall have the rights set forth in Article VIII,
and, acting pursuant to the Intercreditor Agreement, or as otherwise expressly
provided herein, may (i) enforce all remedies, rights, powers and privileges of
the Grantor under any or all of the Contracts, (ii) sell any or all of the
Contract Rights at public or private sale upon at least ten (10) days' prior
written notice and/or (iii) substitute itself or any nominee or trustee in lieu
of the Grantor as party to any of the Contracts and to notify the obligor of any
Contract Right (the Grantor hereby agreeing to deliver any such notice at the
request of the Collateral Agent) that all payments and performance under the
relevant Contract shall be made or rendered to the Collateral Agent or such
other Person as the Collateral Agent may designate.

                                   ARTICLE VII
                        DUTY OF CARE OF COLLATERAL AGENT

                  SECTION 7.1. Collateral Agent's Duties; Reasonable Care. The
Collateral Agent shall have the duty to exercise reasonable care in the custody
and preservation of any Guarantor Security Agreement Collateral in its
possession, which duty shall be fully satisfied if the Collateral Agent
maintains safe custody of such Guarantor Security Agreement Collateral in
accordance with customary banking standards.

                  SECTION 7.2. Further Protection. In acting hereunder, the
Collateral Agent shall be entitled to the same rights, indemnities and
immunities as afforded to it under the Intercreditor Agreement.

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                                  ARTICLE VIII
                   REMEDIES UPON OCCURRENCE OF A TRIGGER EVENT

                  SECTION 8.1. Remedies; Obtaining the Guarantor Security
Agreement Collateral upon Trigger Event. (a) Upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of a Trigger Event, the Collateral Agent, acting pursuant to the
Intercreditor Agreement, or as otherwise expressly provided herein, shall be
entitled to exercise on behalf of itself and the other Secured Parties, all the
rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC as in effect in any
relevant jurisdiction and all rights now or hereafter existing under all other
Applicable Law to enforce this Agreement and the security interests contained
herein, and, in addition, subject to any Applicable Laws then in effect, the
Collateral Agent, acting pursuant to the Intercreditor Agreement, or as
otherwise expressly provided herein, may, but is under no obligation to, in
addition to its other rights and remedies hereunder, including without
limitation under Section 8.2 and Section 8.6, and also the rights of the
Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties under any of the Transaction
Documents, do any of the following to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
law:

                  (i) personally, or by agents, trustees or attorneys,
immediately take possession of the Guarantor Security Agreement Collateral or
any part thereof, from the Grantor or any other Person who then has possession
of any part thereof with or without notice or process of law, and for that
purpose may enter upon the Grantor's premises or such other Person's premises
where any of the Guarantor Security Agreement Collateral is located and remove
the same and use in connection with such removal any and all services, supplies,
aids and other facilities of the Grantor;

                  (ii) instruct the obligor or obligors of any agreement,
instrument or other obligation (including, without limitation, the Receivables
and the Contracts) constituting the Guarantor Security Agreement Collateral to
make any payment required by the terms of such instrument or agreement directly
to the Collateral Agent; and

                  (iii) take possession of the Guarantor Security Agreement
Collateral or any part thereof, by directing the Grantor in writing to turn over
the same to the Collateral Agent at the Project Site or, to the extent such
Guarantor Security Agreement Collateral may be moved, to deliver the same to the
Collateral Agent at any other place or places designated by the Collateral
Agent, in which event the Grantor shall, at its own expense, (A) forthwith turn
over the same to the Collateral Agent at one of the locations on Schedule 4.2 or
cause the same to be moved to the place or places so designated by the
Collateral Agent and there delivered to the Collateral Agent, as the case may
be, (B) store and keep any Guarantor Security Agreement Collateral so turned
over or delivered to the Collateral Agent at one of the locations on

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Schedule 4.2 or at such place or places pending further action by the Collateral
Agent as provided in Section 8.2, and (C) while the Guarantor Security Agreement
Collateral shall be so stored and kept, provide such guards and maintenance
services as shall be necessary to protect the same and to preserve and maintain
the Guarantor Security Agreement Collateral in good condition.

                  (b) The Grantor's obligation to turn over or deliver the
Guarantor Security Agreement Collateral as set forth above is of the essence of
this Agreement and, accordingly, upon application to a court of equity having
jurisdiction, the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to obtain a decree
requiring specific performance by the Grantor of said obligation.

                  (c) When Guarantor Security Agreement Collateral is in the
Collateral Agent's possession, (i) the Grantor shall pay (or reimburse the
Collateral Agent on demand for) all reasonable expenses (including the cost of
any insurance and payment of taxes or other charges) incurred in the custody,
preservation, use or operation of the Guarantor Security Agreement Collateral,
and the obligation to reimburse all such expenses shall be secured hereby, and
(ii) the risk of accidental loss or damage shall be on the Grantor to the extent
of any deficiency in any effective insurance coverage.

                  SECTION 8.2. Remedies; Disposition of the Guarantor Security
Agreement Collateral. Any Guarantor Security Agreement Collateral repossessed by
the Collateral Agent under or pursuant to Section 8.1 and any other Guarantor
Security Agreement Collateral, whether or not so repossessed by the Collateral
Agent, may, to the extent permitted by any contract terms governing such
Guarantor Security Agreement Collateral and to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, be sold, leased or otherwise disposed of under one or more
contracts or as an entirety, whether by public or private sale and without the
necessity of gathering at the place of sale the property to be sold, and in
general in such manner, at such time or times, at such place or places and on
such terms (whether cash or credit, and in the case of credit, without
assumption of future credit risk) as the Collateral Agent may, in compliance
with Applicable Law, determine to be commercially reasonable. If any Guarantor
Security Agreement Collateral is sold by the Collateral Agent upon credit or for
future delivery, the Collateral Agent shall not be liable for the failure of the
purchaser to pay for the same and in such event the Collateral Agent may resell
the Guarantor Security Agreement Collateral. In no event shall the Grantor be
credited with any part of the proceeds of sale of any Guarantor Security
Agreement Collateral until payment thereof in cash or cash equivalents has
actually been received by the Collateral Agent. Any of the Guarantor Security
Agreement Collateral may be sold, leased or otherwise disposed of, or options or
contracts may be entered to do so, in the condition in which the same existed
when taken by the Collateral Agent or after any overhaul or repair which the
Collateral Agent shall determine to be commercially reasonable.

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Any such disposition shall be made upon not less than ten (10) days' written
notice to the Grantor specifying the time such disposition is to be made and, if
such disposition shall be a public sale, specifying the place of such sale. Any
such sale may be adjourned by announcement at the time and place fixed therefor,
and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place to
which it was so adjourned. To the extent permitted by Applicable Law, the
Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party may itself bid for and become the
buyer of the Guarantor Security Agreement Collateral or any item thereof offered
for sale at a public auction without accountability to the Grantor.

                  SECTION 8.3. Louisiana Remedies. To the extent that the laws
of the State of Louisiana govern any provision of this Agreement, or there is a
provision of this Agreement related to an asset located in the State of
Louisiana or in which a security interest is perfected under the laws of the
State of Louisiana (and nothing in this Section 8.3 is intended to derogate from
any choice of law provision contained in this Agreement), in addition to all
other rights and remedies provided or permitted by Louisiana and other laws, if
a Trigger Event shall have occurred, the Collateral Agent shall have the right
to cause the Guarantor Security Agreement Collateral to be seized and sold under
Louisiana executory or ordinary process, at the Collateral Agent's sole option,
without appraisement, appraisement being hereby expressly waived, as an entirety
or in portions as the Collateral Agent may determine, to the highest bidder for
cash, and otherwise exercise the rights, powers and remedies afforded herein and
under applicable Louisiana law. For purposes of Louisiana executory process, the
Guarantor acknowledges the liens and security interests herein created and the
Secured Obligations, and the Guarantor does hereby confess judgment in favor of
the Secured Parties for the full amount of the Secured Obligations, whether now
existing or hereafter arising. Any and all declarations of fact made by
authentic act before a notary public in the presence of two witnesses by a
person declaring that such facts lie within his or her knowledge shall
constitute authentic evidence of such facts for purpose of executory process.
The Guarantor waives: (a) the benefit of appraisement as provided in Louisiana
Code of Civil Procedure Articles 2332, 2336, 2723 and 2724, and all other laws
conferring the same; (b) the demand and three days' delay accorded by Louisiana
Code of Civil Procedure Articles 2639 and 2721; (c) the notice of seizure
required by Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure Articles 2293 and 2721; (d) the
three days' delay provided by Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure Articles 2331
and 2722; and (e) the benefit of the other provisions of Louisiana Code of Civil
Procedures Articles 2331, 2722 and 2723, not specifically mentioned above. In
the event the Guarantor Security Agreement Collateral or any part thereof is
seized as an incident to an action for the recognition of enforcement of this
Agreement by executory process, ordinary process, sequestration, writ of fieri
facias or otherwise, the Guarantor and the Collateral Agent agree that the court
issuing any such order shall, if petitioned for by the Collateral Agent, direct
the applicable marshal or sheriff to appoint as a keeper of the Guarantor
Security Agreement Collateral, the Collateral Agent or any agent

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designated by the Collateral Agent at the time such seizure is effected. This
designation of a keeper will be pursuant to La. R.S. Sections
9:5136-9:5140.2. The Collateral Agent or its agent shall be entitled to all the
rights and benefits of a keeper afforded thereunder as the same may be amended,
and shall be entitled to reasonable compensation, in excess of its reasonable
costs and expenses incurred in the administration or preservation of the
Guarantor Security Agreement Collateral, an amount equal to One Thousand
Dollars ($1,000) per day. References in this Agreement to a "receiver" or words
of similar input shall include a keeper appointed pursuant to the provisions of
this Section 8.3. The Collateral Agent shall not be under any obligation to
petition such court for the appointment of a keeper.

                  SECTION 8.4. Waiver. (a) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS
AGREEMENT, THE GRANTOR HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW,
NOTICE OR JUDICIAL HEARING IN CONNECTION WITH THE COLLATERAL AGENT'S TAKING
POSSESSION OR THE COLLATERAL AGENT'S DISPOSITION OF ANY OF THE COLLATERAL IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY AND ALL PRIOR
NOTICE AND HEARING FOR ANY PREJUDGMENT REMEDY OR REMEDIES AND ANY SUCH RIGHT
WHICH THE GRANTOR WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OR ANY STATUTE OF
THE UNITED STATES OR OF ANY STATE, AND THE GRANTOR HEREBY FURTHER WAIVES:

                           (i) all damages occasioned by such taking of
         possession except any damages which are finally judicially determined
         to have been the direct result of the Collateral Agent's gross
         negligence or wilful misconduct;

                           (ii) all other requirements as to the time, place and
         terms of sale or other requirements with respect to the enforcement of
         the Collateral Agent's and the other Secured Parties' rights hereunder;

                           (iii) demand of performance or other demand, notice
         of intent to demand or accelerate, notice of acceleration, presentment,
         protest, advertisement or notice of any kind to or upon the Grantor or
         any other Person; and

                           (iv) all rights of redemption, appraisement,
         valuation, stay, extension or moratorium now or hereafter in force
         under any applicable law in order to prevent or delay the enforcement
         of this Agreement or the absolute sale of the Guarantor Security
         Agreement Collateral or any portion thereof, and the Grantor, for
         itself and all who may claim under it, insofar as it or they may now or
         hereafter lawfully do so, hereby waives the benefit of such laws.

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                  (b) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Grantor hereby: (i) authorizes the Collateral Agent, in its sole discretion and
without notice to or demand upon the Grantor and without otherwise affecting the
obligations of the Grantor hereunder from time to time, to take and hold other
collateral granted to it by any other Person (in addition to the Guarantor
Security Agreement Collateral) for payment of any Secured Obligations, or any
part thereof, and to exchange, enforce or release such other collateral or any
part thereof, and to accept and hold any endorsement or guarantee of payment of
the Secured Obligations or any part thereof, and to release or substitute any
endorser or guarantor or any other Person granting security for or in any way
obligated upon any Secured Obligations, or any part thereof; and (ii) waives and
releases any and all right to require the Collateral Agent or the other Secured
Parties to collect any of the Secured Obligations from any specific item or
items of Guarantor Security Agreement Collateral or from any other party liable
as guarantor or in any other manner in respect of any of the Secured Obligations
or from any collateral (other than the Guarantor Security Agreement Collateral)
for any of the Secured Obligations.

                  (c) Any sale of, or the grant of options to purchase, or any
other realization upon, any Guarantor Security Agreement Collateral shall,
provided that it is done in accordance with applicable law and this Agreement,
operate to divest all right, title, interest, claim and demand, either at law or
in equity, of the Grantor therein and thereto, and shall be a perpetual bar both
at law and in equity against the Grantor and against any and all Persons
claiming or attempting to claim the Guarantor Security Agreement Collateral so
sold, optioned or realized upon, or any part thereof, from, through and under
the Grantor.

                  SECTION 8.5. Application of Proceeds; Grantor Liable for
Deficiency. The Collateral Agent shall apply the net proceeds of any collection,
sale or other realization of all or any part of the Guarantor Security Agreement
Collateral pursuant to this Agreement, and any other cash at the time of such
collection, sale or other realization held by the Collateral Agent under this
Agreement, in accordance with Article V of the Intercreditor Agreement. The
Grantor shall remain liable to the extent of any deficiency between the amount
of proceeds of the Guarantor Security Agreement Collateral and the aggregated
amount of the Secured Obligations in accordance with the Finance Documents.

                  SECTION 8.6. No Waiver; Remedies Cumulative. No failure or
delay on the part of any Secured Party in exercising any right, remedy, power or
privilege hereunder and no course of dealing between the Grantor and any Secured
Party shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial
exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or
further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or
privilege. A waiver by any Secured Party of any right or remedy hereunder on any
one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to any right or remedy which any
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any future occasion. The rights and remedies herein expressly provided are
cumulative and may be exercised singly or concurrently and as often and in such
order as any Secured Party deems expedient and are not exclusive of any rights
or remedies which the Secured Parties would otherwise have whether by agreement
or now or hereafter existing under Applicable Law. No notice to or demand on the
Grantor in any case shall entitle the Grantor to any other or further notice or
demand in similar or other circumstances or constitute a waiver of the rights of
the Secured Parties to any other or future action in any circumstances without
notice or demand.

                  SECTION 8.7. Discontinuance of Proceedings. In case any
Secured Party shall have instituted any proceeding to enforce any right, power
or remedy under this Agreement by foreclosure, sale, entry or otherwise, and
such proceeding shall have been discontinued or abandoned for any reason or
shall have been determined adversely to such Secured Party, then, in every such
case, subject to the terms of any final non-appealable judgment rendered in any
such proceeding, the Grantor, the Secured Parties and each holder of any of the
Secured Obligations shall be restored to their former positions and rights
hereunder with respect to the Guarantor Security Agreement Collateral, subject
to the Security Interest created under this Agreement, and all rights, remedies
and powers of the Secured Parties shall continue as if no such proceeding had
been instituted.

                                   ARTICLE IX
                                 MISCELLANEOUS

                  SECTION 9.1. Notices. Unless otherwise specifically herein
provided, all notices required or permitted under the terms and provisions
hereof shall be in writing and any such notice shall become effective if given
in accordance with the provisions of Section 12.5 of the Indenture.

                  SECTION 9.2. Amendment. No waiver, amendment, modification or
termination of any provision of this Agreement, or consent to any departure by
the Grantor therefrom, shall in any event be effective without the prior written
consent of the Collateral Agent, acting pursuant to the Intercreditor Agreement,
or as otherwise expressly provided herein, and none of the Guarantor Security
Agreement Collateral shall be released without the written consent of the
Collateral Agent, acting pursuant to the Intercreditor Agreement, or as
otherwise expressly provided herein. Any such waiver or consent shall be
effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which
given.

                  SECTION 9.3. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Grantor and the Secured Parties,
all future holders of the Secured

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Obligations and their respective successors, transferees and assigns (to the
extent such successors, transferees and assigns are permitted under the Finance
Documents and the documents regarding additional Permitted Indebtedness), except
that the Grantor may not assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations
under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent
and in accordance with this Agreement.

                  SECTION 9.4. Survival. All agreements, statements,
representations and warranties made by the Grantor herein or in any certificate
or other instrument delivered by the Grantor or on its behalf under this
Agreement shall be considered to have been relied upon by the Secured Parties
and shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other
Finance Documents regardless of any investigation made by any Secured Party or
made on their behalf.

                  SECTION 9.5. Headings Descriptive. The headings of the several
sections of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not in
any way affect the meaning or construction of any provision of this Agreement.

                  SECTION 9.6. Severability. In case any provision in or
obligation under this Agreement shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in
any jurisdiction, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions or obligations, or of such provision or obligation in any other
jurisdiction, shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

                  SECTION 9.7. Grantor's Duties. Anything herein contained to
the contrary notwithstanding, the Grantor shall remain liable to perform all of
its obligations under or with respect to the Guarantor Security Agreement
Collateral, and the Secured Parties shall not have any obligations or
liabilities under or with respect to any Guarantor Security Agreement Collateral
by reason of or arising out of this Agreement, nor shall the Secured Parties be
required or obligated in any manner to perform or fulfill any of the obligations
of the Grantor under or with respect to any Guarantor Security Agreement
Collateral.

                  SECTION 9.8. Termination; Release. (a) Upon the occurrence of
the Debt Termination Date, this Agreement shall terminate (except as provided in
Section 9.4), and the Collateral Agent, at the written request and expense of
the Grantor, will promptly execute and deliver to the Grantor the proper
instruments (including UCC termination statements on form UCC-3) acknowledging
the termination of this Agreement, and will duly assign, transfer and deliver to
the Grantor (without recourse and without any representation or warranty of any
kind) such of the Guarantor Security Agreement Collateral as may be in the
possession of the Collateral Agent and has not theretofore been disposed of or
otherwise applied or released.

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                  (b) Upon the sale or disposition of any portion of the
Guarantor Security Agreement Collateral permitted pursuant to the terms of the
Finance Documents, including, but not limited to, any Permitted Asset Sale, the
purchaser of such Guarantor Security Agreement Collateral shall, upon such
purchase, acquire good title to the Guarantor Security Agreement Collateral so
purchased, free of the security interest created by this Agreement. The
Collateral Agent, upon the request, and at the expense, of the Grantor, shall
execute and deliver all such documentation necessary to evidence such release of
the security interest created in such Guarantor Security Agreement Collateral
pursuant to this Agreement.

                  SECTION 9.9. Reinstatement. This Agreement shall continue to
be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any amount
received by any Secured Party in respect of the Secured Obligations is rescinded
or must otherwise be restored or returned by such Secured Party upon the
insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the
Grantor or upon the appointment of any intervenor or conservator of, or trustee
or similar official for, the Grantor or any substantial part of its assets, or
upon the entry of an order by a bankruptcy court avoiding payment of such
amount, or otherwise, all as though such payments had not been made.

                  SECTION 9.10. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in
any number of counterparts, each of which, taken together, shall constitute one
and the same instrument and any of the parties hereto may execute this Agreement
by signing any such counterpart.

                  SECTION 9.11 Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver
of Jury Trial. (a) THIS AGREEMENT IS A CONTRACT MADE UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE
OF NEW YORK OF THE UNITED STATES AND SHALL FOR ALL PURPOSES BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF SUCH STATE WITHOUT REGARD TO THE
CONFLICT OF LAW RULES THEREOF (OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL
OBLIGATIONS LAW). Regardless of any provision in any other Finance Document, for
purposes of the UCC, New York shall be deemed to be the Depositary Bank's
location and the Depositary Accounts (as well as the securities entitlements
related thereto) shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York, without
regard to the conflict of law rules thereof (other than Section 5-1401 of the
New York General Obligations Law).

                  (b) Any legal action or proceeding against the Grantor with
respect to this Agreement may be brought in the courts of the State of New York
in the County of New York or of the State of Louisiana in any parish or of the
United States for the Southern District of New York or any federal district of
Louisiana and, by execution and delivery of this Agree-

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ment, the Grantor hereby irrevocably submits and accepts for itself and in
respect of its property, generally and unconditionally, the jurisdiction of the
aforesaid courts. The Grantor agrees that a judgment, after exhaustion of all
available appeals, in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and
binding upon the Grantor, and may be enforced in any other jurisdiction, by a
suit upon such judgment, a certified copy of which shall be conclusive evidence
of the judgment. The Grantor hereby irrevocably designates, appoints and
empowers CT Corporation System with offices on the date hereof at 111 Eighth
Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10011, as its designee, appointee and agent to receive,
accept and acknowledge for and on its behalf, and in respect of its property,
service of any and all legal process, summons, notice and documents which may be
served in any such action or proceeding. If for any reason such designee,
appointee and agent shall cease to be available to act as such agent, the
Grantor agrees to designate a new designee, appointee and agent in New York City
on the terms and for the purposes of this provision satisfactory to the
Collateral Agent. The Grantor further irrevocably consents to the service of
process out of any of the aforementioned courts in any such action or proceeding
by the mailing of copies thereof by registered or certified mail, postage
prepaid, to the Grantor at its address referred to in Section 12.5(a) of the
Indenture, such service to become effective thirty (30) days after such mailing.
Nothing herein shall affect the right of the Collateral Agent or any other
Person to serve process in any other manner permitted by law or to commence
legal proceedings or otherwise proceed against the Grantor in any other
jurisdiction.

                  (c) The Grantor hereby irrevocably waives any objection which
it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any of the aforesaid
actions or proceedings arising out of or in connection with this Agreement in
the courts referred to in clause (b) above and hereby further irrevocably waives
and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such action or
proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

                  (d) WITH REGARD TO THIS AGREEMENT, EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY
WAIVES THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY.

                  SECTION 9.12. Authority of Collateral Agent. The Grantor
 acknowledges that the rights and responsibilities of the Collateral Agent under
 this Agreement with respect to any action taken by the Collateral Agent or the
 exercise or non-exercise by the Collateral Agent of any option, right, request,
 judgment or other right or remedy provided for herein or resulting or arising
 out of this Agreement shall, as between the Collateral Agent and the other
 Secured Parties, be governed by this Agreement, the other Finance Documents and
 by such other agreements with respect thereto as may exist from time to time
 among them, but, as between the Collateral Agent and the Grantor, the
 Collateral Agent shall be conclusively presumed to be

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acting as agent for the Secured Parties with full and valid authority so to act
or refrain from acting, and the Grantor shall not be under any obligation, or
entitlement, to make any inquiry respecting such authority.

                  SECTION 9.13. Conflict with Intercreditor Agreement. In case
of a conflict between any provision of this Agreement and any provision of the
Intercreditor Agreement, the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement shall
control. No such conflict shall be deemed to exist merely because this Agreement
imposes greater obligations on the Grantor than the Intercreditor Agreement.

                  SECTION 9.14. Indemnities and Expenses. The obligation of the
Grantor to pay the costs and expenses of, and to indemnify, defend and hold
harmless, the Collateral Agent, its agents, officers, directors and
representatives and the other Secured Parties under and in connection with this
Agreement shall be as provided in Section 2.4 of the Intercreditor Agreement as
in effect as of the date hereof. No amendment to such Section 2.4 or termination
of the Intercreditor Agreement shall affect the provisions of this Section 9.16
unless such amendment or termination shall have been consented to by the parties
to this Agreement in accordance with the provisions hereof and of the other
Finance Documents.

                  SECTION 9.15. Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with
any other agreement executed in connection herewith, is intended by the parties
as a final expression of their agreement as to the matters covered hereby and is
intended as a complete and exclusive statement of the terms and conditions
thereof.

                  SECTION 9.16. Independent Security. The security provided for
in this Agreement shall be in addition to and shall be independent of every
other security which the Collateral Agent or the other Secured Parties may at
any time hold for any of the Secured Obligations hereby secured, whether or not
under the Security Documents. The execution of any other Security Document shall
not modify or supersede the security interest or any rights or obligations
contained in this Agreement and shall not in any way affect, impair or
invalidate the effectiveness and validity of this Agreement or any term or
condition hereof. The Grantor hereby waives its right to plead or claim in any
court that the execution of any other Security Document is a cause for
extinguishing, invalidating, impairing or modifying the effectiveness and
validity of this Agreement or any term or condition contained herein. The
Collateral Agent shall be at liberty to accept further security from the Grantor
or from any third party and/or release such security without notifying the
Grantor and without affecting in any way the obligations of the Grantor under
the Security Documents or the other Finance Documents. The Collateral Agent,
acting pursuant to the Intercreditor Agreement, or as otherwise expressly
provided herein, shall determine if any security conferred upon the Collateral
Agent and the

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other Secured Parties under the Security Documents shall be enforced by the
Collateral Agent, as well as the sequence of securities to be so enforced.

                  SECTION 9.17. Third Party Beneficiaries. The agreements of the
parties hereto are intended to benefit the Secured Parties and their respective
successors and assigns.

                  SECTION 9.18. Limitation of Liability. The provisions of
Section 12.11 of the Indenture shall apply to this Agreement.

                  SECTION 9.19. Merger of Collateral Agent. Any corporation into
which the Collateral Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be
consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or
consolidation to which the Collateral Agent shall be a party, or any corporation
succeeding to the business of the Collateral Agent shall be the successor of the
Collateral Agent hereunder without the execution or filing of any paper with any
party hereto or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto except
where an instrument of transfer or assignment is required by law to effect such
succession, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding.

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                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by their duly authorized officers as
of the date first above written.

                                    LOUISIANA GENERATING LLC,
                                    as Grantor

                                    By: /s/ Craig A. Mataczynski
                                       ---------------------------------------
                                       Name:  Craig A. Mataczynski
                                       Title: Vice President

                                    THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK,
                                    solely in its capacity as Collateral Agent

                                    By: /s/ Annette M. Marsula
                                        --------------------------------------
                                        Name: Annette M. Marsula
                                        Title: Vice President

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                           A C K N O W L E D G M E N T

STATE OF  Minnesota

COUNTY OF  Hennepin

         Before me, the undersigned Notary Public, duly commissioned, qualified
and sworn within and for the State and County aforesaid, personally came and
appeared Craig A. Mataczynski, who acknowledged that he/she is a Vice President
of Louisiana Generating LLC., a Delaware limited liability company (the
"Company"), that as such duly authorized Vice President , by and with the
authority of the Board of Directors of the Company, he/she signed and executed
the foregoing instrument for and on behalf of the Company, as his/her and its
free and voluntary act and deed, for the uses, purposes and benefits therein
expressed.

                                                /s/ Craig A. Mataczynski
                                                -------------------------------
                                                        (Signature)

Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 30 day of March, 2000

/s/ Kathryn J. Osteraas                                [Notary Public STAMP]
--------------------------
NOTARY PUBLIC

My commission expires:  1-31-2005

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                                                        Schedule I to Assignment
                                                          and Security Agreement

                                 Filing Offices

Office of the Clerk and Recorder of Mortgages, Parish of Pointe Coupee of the
State of Louisiana.

                                    Sch. I-1
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                                                       Schedule II to Assignment
                                                          and Security Agreement

                                  Instruments

                                      None.

                                   Sch. II - 1
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                                                      Schedule III to Assignment
                                                          and Security Agreement

                                   Copyrights

                                      None.

                                  Sch. III - 1
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                                                       Schedule IV to Assignment
                                                          and Security Agreement

                                     Patents

                                      None.

                                   Sch. IV - 1
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                                                    Schedule V to Assignment and
                                                              Security Agreement

                                   Trademarks

                                      None.

                                   Sch. V - 1
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                                                      Schedule 4.2 to Assignment
                                                          and Security Agreement

                       Location of Inventory and Equipment

 1.      5500 Hall Street
         St. Louis, Missouri  63147

 2.      Frank W. Hake Assoc.
         1790 Dock Street
         Memphis, Tennessee 38113

 3.      Cajun Electric Power Cooperative, Inc.
         10719 Airline Highway
         Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70816-4213

 4.      9951 Cajun 2 Road
         Louisiana Highway 981
         New Roads, Louisiana 70760

 5.      River Road
         Highway 415
         Jarreau, Louisiana 70749

 6.      Cajun Electric Power Cooperative, Inc.
         112 Telly Street
         New Roads, Louisiana 70760

                                  Sch. 4.2 - 1
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                                                                       Exhibit A

                            LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF SITE

                                   Exhibit A-1

                              CAJUN I POWER PLANT

     Two certain tracts of land located in the Parish of Pointe Coupee, State of
Louisiana, SECTIONS 16 AND 17, T4S-R11E AND SECTION 91, T4S-R11E, on the West
bank of the Mississippi River, being a portion of a tract known as "NINA
PLANTATION", and more particularly described as Tract "A" and Tract "B"
according to a map of survey prepared by Cletus Langlois, Registered
Professional Land Surveyor dated March 24, 2000, and entitled "ALTA/ACSM Land
Title Survey: Cajun I Property (7808 River Road, HWY 415, Jarreau, LA. 70749)
Being a Portion of "Nina Plantation" Situated in Sections 16 & 17, Township 4
South, Range 11 East & Sections 90 & 91, Township 5 South, Range 11 East,
Southeastern Land District, West of the Mississippi River, Parish of Pointe
Coupee, State of Louisiana for Louisiana Generating, L.L.C.; The Chase Manhattan
Bank, as Collateral Agent & First American Title Insurance Company" (the
"Survey").

TRACT A: A certain tract or parcel of land designated as "Tract A" being located
in Section Sixteen (16), Township Four South (T-4-S), Range Eleven East (R-11-E)
and Sections Ninety and Ninety One (90 & 91), Township Five South (T-5-S), Range
Eleven East (R-11-E), Southeastern Land District, West of the Mississippi River,
Parish of Pointe Coupee, State of Louisiana more particularly described as
follows: Commencing at United States Geological Survey Monument P.B.M. 162/d
having a lambert coordinate of North 733,848.01 feet, East 1,992,848.17 feet;
thence South 17(degrees)05'12" East a distance of 3318.92 to a true Point of
Beginning being a placed one-half inch diameter iron pipe on the westerly
right-of-way limits of Louisiana State Highways Number 414 and 415; thence South
12(degrees)09'55" East along said westerly right-of-way limits of Louisiana
State Highways Number 414 and 415 a distance of 2431.12 feet to a found one-half
inch diameter iron pipe; thence North 65(degrees)24'55" West a distance of
192.70 feet to a calculated point being in an existing canal; thence North
59(degrees)25'25" West in said drainage canal a distance of 133.00 feet to a
calculated point; thence South 69(degrees)34'05" West in said drainage canal a
distance of 74.00 feet to a calculated point; thence South 18(degrees)02'05"
West in said drainage canal a distance of 105.00 feet to a calculated point;
thence South 29(degrees)02'05" West in said drainage canal a distance of 96.00
feet to a calculated point; thence South 72(degrees)06'05" West in said
drainage canal a distance of 89.00 feet to a calculated point; thence North
45(degrees)41'55" West in said drainage canal a distance of 93.00 feet to a
calculated point; thence North 6(degrees)59'35" East in said drainage canal a
distance of 177.00 feet to a calculated point; thence North 84(degrees)50'25"
West in said drainage canal a distance of 211.00 feet to a calculated point;
thence South 71(degrees)14'35" West in said drainage canal a distance of
237.00 feet to a calculated point; thence North 38(degrees)59'55" West in said
drainage canal a distance of 238.00 feet to a calculated point; thence North
65(degrees)42'55" West in said drainage canal a distance of 188.00 feet to a
calculated point; thence North 52(degrees)50'55" West in said drainage canal a
distance of 446.00 feet to a calculated point; Thence North 25(degrees)30'25"
West in said drainage canal a distance of 184.00 feet to a calculated point;
thence North 0(degrees)09'25" West in said drainage canal a distance of 234.00
feet to a calculated point; thence North 21(degrees)06'25" West in said
drainage canal a distance of 93.00 feet to a calculated point; thence North
45(degrees)37'55" West in said drainage canal a distance of 111.000 feet to a
calculated point; thence North 28(degrees)19'55" West in said drainage canal a
distance of 244.00 feet to a calculated point;

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thence North 58(degrees)02'55" West in said drainage canal a distance of 136.43
feet to a calculated point; thence North 30(degrees)33'28" West a distance of
451.62 feet to a calculated point being an existing drainage ditch; thence North
65(degrees)30'05" East in said drainage ditch a distance of 318.25 feet to a
calculated point; thence North 76(degrees)45'05" East in said drainage ditch a
distance of 276.83 feet to a placed one-half inch diameter iron pipe; thence
North 75(degrees)59'05" East in said drainage ditch a distance of 1300.27 feet
to the true Point of Beginning. Said above described tract or parcel of land
contains 75.53 acres as shown on the Survey.

TRACT B: A certain tract or parcel of land designated as "Tract B" located in
Sections Sixteen (16) & Seventeen (17), Township 4 South (T-4-S), Range Eleven
East (R-11-E) Southeastern Land District, West of the Mississippi River, Parish
of Pointe Coupee, State of Louisiana more particularly described as follows:
Commencing at United States Geological Survey Monument P.B.M. 162/d having a
lambert coordinate of North 733,848.01 feet, East 1,992,848.17 feet; thence
South 17(degrees)05'12" East a distance of 3318.92 feet to a placed one-half
inch diameter iron pipe being on the westerly right-of-way limits of Louisiana
State Highways Number 414 and 415; thence South 12(degrees)09'55" East along
said westerly right-of-way limits of Louisiana State Highway Number 414 and 415
a distance of 449.58 feet to a calculated point; thence North 68(degrees)45'05"
East a distance of 54.69 feet to a true Point of Beginning being a found
concrete monument on the easterly right-of-way limits of Louisiana State
Highways Number 414 and 415; thence North 68(degrees)45'05" East a distance of
1671.23 feet to a calculated point being at the average low water plane of the
Mississippi River; thence South 10(degrees)24'18" East along said low water
plane of the Mississippi River a distance of 1126.06 feet to a calculated
point; thence South 68(degrees)45'05" West a distance of 1636.20 feet to a
found concrete monument being on the easterly right-of-way limits of Louisiana
State Highways Number 414 and 415; thence North-12(degrees)09'55" West along
said easterly right-of-way limits of Louisiana State Highway Numbers 414 and
415 a distance of 1120.00 feet to the true Point of Beginning. Said above
described tract or parcel of land contains 41.99 acres as shown on the Survey.
LESS AND EXCEPT:

     A certain tract or parcel of land designated as Lease Site "C" being
located in Section Sixteen (16), Township Four South (T-4-S), Range Eleven East
(R-11-E) southeastern land district, west of the Mississippi River, Parish of
Pointe Coupee, State of Louisiana more particularly described as follows:
Commencing at United State Geological Survey Monument P.B.M. 162/d having a
Lambert Coordinate of North 733,848.01 feet, East 1,992,848.17 feet; thence
south 17(degrees)05'12" East a distance of 3318.92 feet to a true point of
beginning being a found one-half inch diameter iron pipe on the westerly
right-of-way limits of Louisiana State Highways number 414 and 415; then South
12(degrees)09'55" East along said westerly right-of-way limits of Louisiana
State Highways number 414 and 415 a distance of 552.06 feet to a calculated
point; then South 77(degrees)55'19" West a distance of 755.60 feet to a
calculated point; then North 12(degrees)20'41" West a distance of 160.60 feet
to a calculated point; then South 77(degrees)45'12" West a distance of 368.05
feet to a calculated point; then South 12(degrees)03'57" East a distance of
160.30 feet to a calculated point; then South 77(degrees)55'45" West a distance
of 215.72 feet to a calculated point; then South 49(degrees)13'50" West a
distance of 326.71 feet to a

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     calculated point in a drainage canal; then North 28(degrees)19' 55" West
     in the drainage canal a distance of 71.30 feet to a calculated point; then
     North 58(degrees)02' 55" West in the drainage canal a distance of 136.43
     feet to a calculated point; then North 30(degrees)33' 28" West a distance
     of 451.62 feet to a calculated point in an existing drainage ditch; then
     North 65(degrees)30' 05" East in the drainage ditch a distance of 318.25
     feet to a calculated point; then North 76(degrees)45' 05" East in the
     drainage ditch a distance of 276.83 feet to a found one-half inch diameter
     iron pipe; then North 75(degrees)59' 05" East in the drainage ditch a
     distance of 1300.27 feet to the true point of beginning, the above
     described tract or parcel of land containing 20.97 acres as shown on a
     survey entitled: "Map Showing Lease Site "C", Cajun 1 property being a
     portion of Tract "A", Cajun 1 property & "Nina" Plantation" by Patin
     Engineers & Surveyors, Inc. certified by Celtus Langlois, State of
     Louisiana registered professional land surveyor number 4723 dated March 24,
     2000.

                  CAJUN II - COOLING TOWER - TRACT 1 PROPERTY

     A certain tract or parcel of land containing 24.22 acres and being
designated as Tract "1", located in Section 5, Township 4 South - Range 11 East,
Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, and being more particularly described as
follows:

From a POINT OF REFERENCE being the northwest corner of Section 6, Township 4
South - Range 11 East, then proceed North a distance of 534.91' to a point and
corner; then proceed East a distance of 1,459.59' to the POINT OF BEGINNING;
from the POINT OF BEGINNING proceed N 18(degrees)29'37" W a distance of 692.66'
to a point and corner; then proceed N 71(degrees)30'23" E a distance of
1,207.11' to a point and corner; then proceed S 18(degrees)29'37" E a distance
of 51.13' to a point and corner; then proceed N 71(degrees)30'23" E a distance
of 1,215.70' to a point and corner; then proceed S 18(degrees)28'31" E a
distance of 199.64' to a point and corner; then proceed S 71(degrees)30'23" W a
distance of 1,269.37' to a point and corner; then proceed S 18(degrees)29'37" E
a distance of 441.96' to a point and corner; then proceed S 71(degrees)30'23" W
a distance of 1,153.43' to the POINT OF BEGINNING, containing 24.22 acres and is
more fully shown on a map titled "Survey showing Cooling Towers Serving Units #1
and #2 For Cajun Electric Power Co-op, Inc." by E.J. Giering III, P.L.S. and
dated March 31, 1983.

                   CAJUN II - WATER INTAKE - TRACT 2 PROPERTY

     A certain tract or parcel of land containing 48.53 acres and being
designated as Tract "2", located in Section 5 and Section 6, Township 4 South -
Range 11 East, Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, and being more particularly
described as follows:

From a POINT OF REFERENCE being the northwest corner of Section 6, Township 4
South - Range 11 East, proceed S 20(degrees)22'03" E a distance of 659.48' to an
iron bar on the Section Line between Section 6 and Section 35; then proceed N
71(degrees)30'46" E a distance of 3,136.49' to the POINT OF BEGINNING of Tract
2; then from the POINT OF BEGINNING, proceed N 18(degrees)29'12" W a distance of
1,347.89' to a point and corner; then proceed N 71(degrees)30'23" a distance
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of 135.63' to a point and corner; then proceed S 18(degrees)26'55" E a distance
of 1,089.25' to a point and corner; then proceed N 71(degrees)28'26" E a
distance of 2,250.41' to a point and corner on the westerly right-of-way line of
LA. Highway 981; then proceed N 21(degrees)33'53" W along the right-of-way line,
a distance of 742.52' to a point and corner; then proceed N 75(degrees)34'59" E,
crossing LA. Highway 981 and the right descending bank levee of the Mississippi
River, a distance of 1,274.96' to a Mississippi River traverse line; then
proceed S 14(degrees)52'25" E a distance of 912.96' to a point and corner; then
proceed S 71(degrees)30'46" W crossing the right descending bank levee and L.A.
Highway 981, a distance of 1,160.35' to an iron rod on the westerly right-of-way
line of L.A. Highway 981; then proceed S 71(degrees) 30'46" W a distance of
2,399.31' to the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing 48.53 acres and is more fully
shown on a map titled "Survey showing Water Intake Pump Station & Water Lines
for Cajun Electric Power Co-op, Inc." by E.J. Giering III, P.L.S. and dated
March 31, 1983.

                   CAJUN II -- SWITCHYARD -- TRACT 3 PROPERTY

     A certain tract or parcel of land containing 11.94 acres and being
designated as Tract "3", located in Section 5 and Section 6, Township 4 South -
Range 11 East, Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, and being more particularly
described as follows:

From a POINT OF REFERENCE being the northwest corner of Section 6, Township 4
South - Range 11 East, proceed North a distance of 961.68' to a point and
corner; then proceed East a distance of 3,200.73' to the POINT OF BEGINNING;
then from the POINT OF BEGINNING proceed N 18(degrees)26'55" W a distance of
701.45' to a point and corner; then proceed N 71(degrees)30'17" E a distance of
740.77' to a point and corner;  then proceed S 18 (degrees)32'57" E a distance
of 701.52' to a point and corner; then proceed S 71(degrees)30'36" W a distance
of 742.00' to the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing 11.94 acres and is more
fully shown on a map titled "Survey showing Switchyard For Cajun Electric Power
Co-op, Inc." by E.J. Giering III, P.L.S. and dated March 31, 1983.

                CAJUN II -- COAL UNITS 1 & 2 -- TRACT 4 PROPERTY

     A certain tract or parcel of land containing 18.18 acres and being
designated as Tract "4", located in Section 4 and Section 5, Township 4 South -
Range 11 East, Point Coupee Parish, Louisiana, and being more particularly
described as follows:

From a POINT OF REFERENCE being the northwest corner of Section 6, Township 4
South - Range 11 East, proceed North a distance of 1,631.49' to a point and
corner; then proceed East a distance of 2,698.52'; then proceed N
71(degrees)27'53" E a distance of 380.0' to the POINT OF BEGINNING; then from
the POINT OF BEGINNING proceed N 18(degrees)32'07" W a distance of 327.0' to a
point and corner; then proceed S 71(degrees)27'53" W a distance of 67.0' to a
point and corner; then proceed N 18(degrees)32'07" W a distance of 44.0' to a
point and corner; then proceed N 71(degrees)27'53" E a distance of 67.0' to a
point and corner; then proceed N 18(degrees)32'07" W a distance of 845.0' to a
point and corner; then proceed N 71(degrees)27'53" E a distance of 710.0' to a
point and corner; then proceed S 18(degrees)32'07" E a distance of 793.75' to a
point and corner; then proceed S
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71(degree)27'53" W a distance of 110.0' to a point and corner; then proceed S
18(degree)32'07" E a distance of 78.9' to a point and corner; then proceed S
71(degree)27'53" W a distance of 81.0' to a point and corner; then proceed S
18(degree)32'07" E a distance of 343.35' to a point and corner; then proceed S
71(degree)27'53" W a distance of 519.0' to the POINT OF BEGINNING and
containing 18.18 acres and is more fully shown on a map titled "Survey showing
18.18 Acre Tract in Sections 4 & 5 of T 4 S - R 11 E, Pointe Coupee Parish,
Louisiana" by A.J. Brouillette, P.L.S. and dated March 31, 1983.

                   CAJUN II - COAL UNIT 3 - TRACT 5 PROPERTY

     A certain tract or parcel of land containing 10.54 acres and being
designated as Tract "5", located in Sections 4 and 5, Township 4 South - Range
11 East, Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, and being more particularly described
as follows:

     From a POINT OF REFERENCE being the northwest corner of Section 6,
Township 4 South - Range 11 East, proceed North a distance of 1,631.49' to a
point and corner; then proceed East a distance of 2,698.52' to the POINT OF
BEGINNING; then from the POINT OF BEGINNING proceed N 18(degree)32'07" W a
distance of 1,216.0' to a point and corner; then proceed N 71(degree)27'53" E a
distance of 380.0' to a point and corner; then proceed S 18(degree)32'07" E a
distance of 845.0' to a point and corner; then proceed S 71(degree)27'53" W a
distance of 67.0' to a point and corner; then proceed S 18(degree)32'07" E a
distance of 44.0' to a point and corner; then proceed N 71(degree)27'53" E a
distance of 67.0' to a point and corner; then proceed S 18(degree)32'07" E a
distance of 327.0' to a point and corner; then proceed S 71(degree)27'53" W a
distance of 380.0' to the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing 10.54 acres and is
more fully shown on a map titled "Survey showing 10.54 Acre Tract in Sections 4
& 5 of T 4 S- R 11 E, Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana" by A.J. Brouillette,
P.L.S. and dated October 5, 1979.

                      CAJUN II  COMMON FACILITIES PROPERTY

          A certain tract or parcel of land located in Sections 31, 32, 86 and
87, Township 4 South, Range 10 East and Sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 35, 37, and 38,
Township 4 South, Range 11 East, Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, being
more particularly described as follows:

     Begin at the corner common to Section 86 and Section 87, T4S-R10E and
Section 35 and Section 36, T4S-R11E, then proceed S 00 degrees 44' 39" E 1657.62
feet (S 00 degrees 00'00" W per title) to a point and corner; then N 69 degrees
52'18" W (N 70 degrees 31' 00" W per title) a distance of 330.50 feet to a
point; then N 63 degrees 15' 05" W a distance of 335.83 feet (N 62 degrees 30'
00" W 346.96 feet per title) to a point and corner; then S 21 degrees 47' 53" W
7240.38 feet (S 22 degrees 32' 58" W 7248.55 feet per title) to a point and
corner; then N 50 degrees 55' 15" W 404.03 feet (N 50 degrees 23' 23" W 404.93
feet per title) to a point; then along the arc of a curve to the left a distance
of 374.37 feet (374.18 feet per title) the curve having a radius of 5679.65 feet
with a delta of 3 degrees 46' 36" (3 degrees 46' 29" per title) to a point and
corner; then S 18 degrees 45' 05" W 516.65 feet (S 19 degrees 22' 47" W 514.00
feet per title) to a point and corner; then N 62 degrees 42' 09" W 61.12 feet (N
61 degrees 55' 34" W 60.51 feet per title) to a point and corner; then N 18
degrees 30' 51" E 7620.48 feet (N 19
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degrees 22' 47" E 7643.23 feet per title) to a point and corner; then S 68
degrees 06' 12" E (S 67 degrees 33' 00" E per title) 134.00 feet to a point;
then S 67 degrees 57' 24" E (S 62 degrees 30' 00" E per title) 171.77 feet to a
point and corner; then N 25 degrees 54' 58" E (N 26 degrees 28' 00" E per title)
1863.19 feet to a point; then along the arc of a curve to the right a distance
of 805.90 feet (810.41 feet per title) the curve having a radius of 1059.37 feet
with a delta of 43 degrees 35' 14" (43 degrees 49' 51" per title) to a point and
corner; then N 00 degrees 33' 01" W 926.70 feet (N 00 degrees 08' 00" E 937.87
feet per title) to a point; then N 14 degrees 05' 12" E 794.58 feet to a two
inch iron pipe (N 14 degrees 30' 00" E 792.0 feet per title); then N 13 degrees
41' 49" E 1649.98 feet (N 14 degrees 15' 40" E 1654.807 feet per title) to a
half inch iron rod; then N 71 degrees 14' 40" E 6430.36 feet to a point and
corner marked by a half inch iron rod; then N 16 degrees 55' 57" W 253.77 feet
to a point and corner marked by a half inch iron rod; then N 71 degrees 21' 02"
E 2891.01 feet to a point; then N 76 degrees 02' 17" E 394.16 feet to a point
and corner; then S 36 degrees 28' 35" E 340.83 feet to a point; then S 23
degrees 26' 38" E 1350.818 feet to a point; then S 23 degrees 51' 38" E 24.8
feet  to a point and corner; then N 68 degrees 53' 47" E 202.772 feet to a point
and corner; then N 60 degrees 26' 28" E 462.252 feet to a point; then N 53
degrees 54' 46" E 400.308 feet to a point; then N 54 degrees 19' 00" E 234.022
feet to a point; then N 54 degrees 19' 00" E 111.421 feet (calculated) more or
less a sufficient distance to the low water mark of the Mississippi River; then
proceed downstream along the low water mark of the Mississippi River a
sufficient distance to reach a point of intersection of the southeastern
boundary of the property herein described; then N 70 degrees 57' 14" W 1238.40
feet more or less for a sufficient distance to reach a point marked by an iron
rod; S 70 degrees 57' 14" W 5535.73 feet (S 71 degrees 30' 46" W 5568.978 feet
per title) to a point and corner marked by an iron bar; then N 20 degrees 22'
03" W 659.48 feet (N 20 degrees 45' 00" W 661.67 feet per title) to a point and
corner marked by an axle; then S 71 degrees 14' 01" W 1350.50 feet (S 71 degrees
54' 00" W 1331.88 feet per title) to a two inch iron pipe; then S 71 degrees 15'
00" W 3589.98 feet (3494.70 feet per title) to a point and corner marked by an
axle; then N 30 degrees 43' 32" W 814.80 feet (N 28 degrees 45' 00" W 795.22
feet per title) to a point and corner marked by a fence corner; then S 70
degrees 59' 15" W 1012.53 feet (S 72 degrees 03' 00" W 1006.47 feet per title)
to a point marked by a concrete monument; then along the arc of a curve to the
left a distance of 86.83 feet (86.13 feet per title) the curve having a radius
of 899.37 feet with a delta of 5 degrees 31' 54" (5 degrees 29' 13" per title)
to a point and corner marked by a concrete monument; then S 00 degrees 36' 39" E
1051.08 feet (S 00 degrees 08' 00" W 1050.01 feet per title) to a two inch iron
pipe which is the Point of Beginning, as shown on the map of survey prepared by
Neel-Schaffer, Inc. Brown & Butler, dated September 4, 1996, last revised March
27, 2000, entitled "ALTA/ACSM Land Title Survey of a 2428.6(double dagger) Acre
Tract in Sections 31, 32, 86 and 87, T-4-S, R-10-E, and Sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 35,
37 and 38, T-4-S, R-11-E, Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana"; LESS AND EXCEPT:

     five (5) tracts or parcels of land, together with all improvements thereon,
     more particularly described above as: Cajun II Cooling Tower -- Tract 1
     Property; Cajun II Water Intake -- Tract 2 Property; Cajun II Switchyard --
     Tract 3 Property; Cajun II Coal Units 1 & 2 -- Tract 4 Property; Cajun II
     Coal Unit 3 -- Tract 5 Property;

                                      and
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     the Cajun II - Ballpark Tract, a certain 15-acre tract or parcel of land,
     located in Sections 31 & 32, Township 4 South - Range 10 East, Pointe
     Coupee Parish, Louisiana, and being more particularly described as follows:

     From a POINT OF REFERENCE being the Northeast corner of Section 87, T-4-S,
     R-10-E proceed S 0(degrees)44'39" E a distance of 1657.62' to a point and
     corner; then proceed N 69(degrees)52'18" W a distance of 330.50' to a point
     and corner; then proceed N 63(degrees)15'05" W a distance of 335.83' to a
     point and corner; then proceed S 21(degrees)47'53" W a distance of 5991.98'
     to the POINT OF BEGINNING; from the POINT OF BEGINNING, continue S
     21(degrees)47'53" W a distance of 1143.40' to a point and corner on the
     northerly right-of-way line of the Union Pacific Railway Company; then
     proceed N 51(degrees)00'40" W along the northerly right-of-way line a
     distance of 240.80' to a point and corner; then proceed along a curve to
     the right, being 25' east of and parallel to the centerline of a railroad
     spur, (the curve having a radius of 930.37', a long chord of which bears N
     8(degrees)19'39" W - 945.49'), a distance of 991.79' to a point and corner;
     then proceed N 19(degrees)23'19" E a distance of 254.68' parallel to the
     centerline of a railroad spur to a point and corner; then proceed S
     68(degrees)12'07" E a distance of 715.28' to the POINT OF BEGINNING and
     containing 15.00 acres.

The Cajun II - Cooling Tower - Tract 1, Water Intake - Tract 2, Switchyard -
Tract 3, Coal Units 1 & 2 - Tract 4, Coal Unit 3 - Tract 5 and the Cajun II -
Common Facilities Property are collectively referred to as "Cajun II Property"
and are more particularly shown on a map of survey prepared by Neel-Schaffer,
Inc. Brown & Butler, dated September 4, 1996, last revised March 27, 2000,
entitled "ALTA/ACSM Land Title Survey of a 2428.6(double dagger) Acre Tract in
Sections 31, 32, 86 and 87, T-4-S, R-10-E, and Sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 35, 37 and
38. T-4-S, R-11-E, Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana".

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