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exv10w5

Exhibit 10.5

SECURITY AGREEMENT

     This SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of January 1, 2009, is entered
into by and between RENEGY HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Debtor”), and AZ
BIOMASS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Secured Party”). Debtor and Secured
Party may be referred to herein individually as a “Party,” and collectively as the
“Parties.”

Recitals

     A. The Parties have entered into that certain Membership Interest Purchase Agreement, dated as
of the date hereof (the “Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which Secured Party purchased
from Debtor the all of the authorized Class A Membership Interests of Snowflake White Mountain
Power, LLC, an Arizona limited liability company (“SWMP”).

     B. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, Secured Party has transferred the amount of $12,300,000
(the “Purchase Amount”) to that certain deposit account (the “Deposit Account”),
entitled “Renegy Holdings, Inc.,” account number 103690226750, maintained by Debtor with US Bank
National Association as the depository bank (the “Depository Bank”). In connection with
such transfer, the Parties and the Depository Bank have entered into that certain Blocked Account
Control Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “Deposit Account Control Agreement”).
Secured Party has agreed to instruct the Depository Bank to allow Debtor to withdraw the funds
contained in the Deposit Account in accordance with Section 2.02 of the Purchase Agreement subject
to Debtor’s contingent obligations to refund to Secured Party the Purchase Amount, or portions
thereof, pursuant to Section 2.02 and Section 12.03 of the Purchase Agreement.

     C. In order to induce Secured Party to transfer the full amount of the Purchase Amount to the
Deposit Account as of the date hereof and as security for Debtor’s contingent obligations to refund
to Secured Party the Purchase Amount, or portions thereof, pursuant to Section 2.02 and Section
12.03 of the Purchase Agreement, Debtor has agreed to grant Secured Party a security interest in
all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Collateral (defined below).

     D. Debtor has determined that it is in its best interests to execute this Agreement inasmuch
as Debtor will derive substantial direct and indirect benefits from (i) the transfer of the full
amount of the Purchase Amount to the Deposit Account as of the date hereof and (ii) the release of
portions thereof in accordance with Section 2.02 of the Purchase Agreement, and Debtor understands
and agrees that Secured Party has relied on this representation in connection with entering into
the Purchase Agreement and transferring the Purchase Amount to the Deposit Account as of the date
hereof.

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     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, and
other good and valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged,
the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:

     1. Definitions. Any term used or defined in the Code (as defined below) that is not
defined in this Agreement has the meaning given to that term in the Code, as in effect from time to
time, when used in this Agreement. Other capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the
respective meanings assigned to them in the Purchase Agreement. As used herein the terms “Debtor,”
“Secured Party,” “Party,” “Parties,” “Purchase Agreement,” “Deposit Account,” “Depository Bank,”
and “Deposit Account Control Agreement” shall have the meanings specified above, and the following
terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context hereof otherwise clearly
requires:

     A “Bankruptcy Event” shall be deemed to have occurred with respect to Debtor upon the
occurrence of any of the events set forth under the definition of “Bankruptcy” contained in that
certain Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of SWMP dated as of the date
hereof .

     “Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, United States Code, and any other existing or future
law (or any successor law or statute) of any jurisdiction, domestic (including state and federal)
or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, conservatorship, moratorium or
similar law for the relief of debtors.

     “Code” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York from
time to time, or in any jurisdiction the laws of which may be applicable to or in connection with
the creation, perfection or priority of any security interest created or purported to be created
under this Agreement.

     “Collateral” means all of Debtor’s right, title and interest in, to and under the
following described property of Debtor: (i) the Deposit Account; (ii) all money, investments,
interest and other funds on deposit in or credited to the Deposit Account; and (iii) all proceeds
of any of the foregoing.

     “Event of Default” means any one or more of the following: (i) a Bankruptcy Event
shall have occurred; (ii) Debtor shall have failed to timely pay in full any of the Secured
Obligations on or before the date such payment is due; (iii) this Agreement or the Deposit Account
Control Agreement at any time and for any reason shall cease to create a valid and perfected first
priority security interest in and to the Collateral or ceases to be in full force and effect or is
declared null and void, or the validity or enforceability of this Agreement, the Deposit Account
Control Agreement or the obligations of Debtor under Section 2.02 or Section 12.03 of the Purchase
Agreement is contested by Debtor or Debtor denies it has any further liability for the Secured
Obligations prior to the fulfillment thereof; and (iv) Debtor shall create, incur, assume or permit
to exist any Lien, upon or with respect to any Collateral, other than the Liens created pursuant to
this Agreement.

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     “Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, general
partnership, limited partnership, proprietorship, other business organization, trust, union,
association or governmental or regulatory authority.

     “Secured Obligations” means collectively, the full, prompt and complete payment to
Secured Party of (i) all funds in the Deposit Account upon notice of Secured Party’s decision to
exercise its right to rescind the Purchase Agreement following a Rescission Event (as defined under
and in accordance with the provisions of Section 12.03 of the Purchase Agreement) and (ii) funds in
an amount equal to the Holdback Amount upon a the occurrence of a Holdback Return Event (as defined
under and in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02 of the Purchase Agreement).

     2. Grant of Security Interest. As security for the due and punctual payment and
performance of the Secured Obligations in full, Debtor hereby agrees that Secured Party shall have,
and Debtor hereby grants to and creates in favor of Secured Party, a continuing first priority Lien
on and security interest in and to the Collateral. The intent of the parties hereto is that the
Collateral secures all Secured Obligations of the Debtor, whether or not such Secured Obligations
exist under this Agreement or the Purchase Agreement; provided, however, that if Debtor is
permitted to withdraw funds from the Deposit Account pursuant to the Deposit Account Control
Agreement and Debtor withdraws such funds in compliance with the terms of the Deposit Account
Control Agreement, Secured Party’s security interest shall automatically terminate as to such
properly withdrawn funds.

     3. Representations and Warranties. Debtor represents and warrants to Secured Party
that on the date hereof:

          (a) Debtor is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of the State of Delaware. Debtor has full power and authority to execute and deliver this
Agreement and the Deposit Account Control Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder and
thereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby including to own,
hold, sell, transfer and grant a security interest in the Collateral.

          (b) The execution and delivery by Debtor of this Agreement and the Deposit Account Control
Agreement, and the performance by Debtor of its obligations hereunder and thereunder have been duly
and validly authorized by all appropriate action in accordance with the organizational and
governing documents of Debtor and applicable Law. This Agreement and the Deposit Account Control
Agreement have been duly and validly executed and delivered by Debtor and, assuming valid execution
and delivery by Secured Party and, solely with respect to the Deposit Account Control Agreement,
the Depository Bank, constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of Debtor enforceable
against Debtor in accordance with their terms.

          (c) The execution and delivery by Debtor of this Agreement and the Deposit Account Control
Agreement and the performance by Debtor of its obligations under this Agreement and the Deposit
Account Control Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby
will not:

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               (i) conflict with or result in a violation or breach of any of the terms, conditions or
provisions of the organizational documents of Debtor;

               (ii) conflict with or result in a violation or breach of any term or provision of any Law or
Order applicable to Debtor; or

               (iii) conflict with or result in a violation or breach of, constitute (with or without notice
or lapse of time or both) a default under, require Debtor to obtain any consent, approval or action
of, make any filing with or give any notice to any Person as a result or under the terms of, result
in or give to any Person any right of termination, cancellation, acceleration or modification in or
with respect to, or result in the creation or imposition of any Lien (other than liens created
under this Agreement and the Deposit Account Control Agreement) upon Debtor or any of its Assets
and Properties under any Material Contract or Permit to which Debtor is a party or by which any of
its Assets and Properties is bound.

          (d) Collateral Ownership. After deposit by Secured Party of the Purchase Amount into
the Deposit Account Debtor shall be the sole legal and beneficial owner of the Collateral, and
Debtor has, and at all times during the term of this Agreement will have, good and marketable title
to the Collateral, free and clear of all pledges, Liens, claims, or encumbrances, and will have at
all times full right, power and authority to grant a security interest in the Collateral to Secured
Party in the manner provided herein, free and clear of any lien, security interest, adverse claims
or other charges or encumbrances, subject in all respects to the rights of Secured Party under this
Agreement and the Deposit Account Control Agreement.

          (e) Security Interest Perfection. Debtor has taken all actions necessary or desirable
to establish Secured Party’s “control” (pursuant to and within the meaning of Section 9-104(a)(2)
of the Code) over the Deposit Account. Upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
Deposit Account Control Agreement, Secured Party’s security interest in the Collateral conferred
hereby will be a valid, perfected, first priority security interest.

          (f) Assignment Restrictions. There are no restrictions upon the ability of Debtor to
grant a security interest in any of the Collateral.

          (g) Governmental Approvals. No consent, approval, authorization or order of, and no
notice to or filing with any court, governmental authority or third party is required in connection
with, the grant by Debtor of the security interest herein.

          (h) Debtor Information. Debtor’s exact name and chief executive office and principal
place of business are as follows: Renegy Holdings, Inc., 3418 North Val Vista Drive, Mesa, Arizona
85213.

     4. Further Assurances. Debtor will faithfully preserve, protect and defend Secured
Party’s security interest in the Collateral as a prior perfected security interest under the Code,
superior and prior to the rights of all third Persons, and will do all such other acts and things
upon reasonable request therefor by Secured Party. Debtor will execute, deliver, file and record,
and Debtor hereby authorizes Secured Party to so file, all such other documents and instruments,
including, without limitation, financing statements, security agreements, assignments and

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documents and powers of attorney with respect to the Collateral, and pay all fees and taxes
related thereto (other than Secured Party’s attorneys’ fees), as Secured Party in its reasonable
discretion may deem necessary or advisable from time to time in order to attach, continue,
preserve, perfect, and protect said security interest, and Debtor hereby irrevocably appoints
Secured Party, its officers, employees and agents, or any of them, as attorneys-in-fact for Debtor
to execute, deliver, file and record such items for Debtor and in Debtor’s name, place and stead.
This power of attorney, being coupled with an interest, shall be irrevocable for the term of this
Agreement. At Secured Party’s request, Debtor shall take or cause to be taken all actions
reasonably necessary or desirable to perfect the security interest granted hereunder by “control,”
in accordance with the provisions of Section 9-104 of the Code. Without limiting the foregoing, at
any time and from time to time, upon the written request of Secured Party, and at the sole expense
of Debtor, the Debtor shall promptly and duly execute and deliver any and all such further
instruments and documents and take such further action as Secured Party may reasonably deem
desirable to obtain the full benefits of this Agreement and of the rights and powers herein
granted.

     5. Covenants. Debtor covenants and agrees as follows:

          (a) Debtor shall furnish to Secured Party any information that Secured Party from time to time
reasonably requests concerning any covenant, provision or representation contained herein or any
other matter in connection with the Collateral.

          (b) So long as any of the Secured Obligations remain unsatisfied, Debtor shall, at its own
expense, appear and defend any action, suit or proceeding that purports to affect its title to, or
right or interest in, the Collateral or the security interest of Secured Party therein. Debtor
shall give prompt written notice to Secured Party (and in any event not later than 15 days prior to
any change described below in this clause (b) of (i) any change in the location of Debtor’s chief
executive office or principal place of business; (ii) any change in Debtor’s name; (iii) any change
in Debtor’s identity or structure in any manner that might make any financing statement filed in
connection with any of the Collateral incorrect or misleading; (iv) any change in Debtor’s
jurisdiction of organization; or (v) any change in Debtor’s registration as an organization.
During the term of this Agreement, Debtor shall not exchange, sell, convey, transfer, assign or
otherwise dispose of any of the Collateral or any right, title or interest therein. Debtor shall
not create, incur or permit to exist any Liens upon or with respect to any of the Collateral other
than the security interest in the Collateral created by this Agreement.

     6. Obligations as to Collateral. The powers conferred on Secured Party hereunder are
solely to protect its interest in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon it to exercise
any such powers. Except for the custody of any Collateral in its possession and the accounting for
moneys actually received by it hereunder, Secured Party shall have no duty as to the Collateral or
as to the taking of any necessary steps to preserve rights against prior parties or any other
rights pertaining to the Collateral. Secured Party shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable
care in the custody and preservation of the Collateral in its possession if Secured Party takes
such action for that purpose substantially similar to actions Secured Party takes with respect to
its own property.

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     7. Appointment of Attorney-in-Fact. Debtor hereby irrevocably appoints Secured Party
(together with its officers, employees and agents) as Debtor’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact,
with full authority in the place and stead of Debtor and in the name of Debtor or otherwise, from
time to time, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, to take action
and to execute any instrument that Secured Party may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the
purposes of this Agreement, including, without limitation, to:

          (a) ask for, demand, collect, sue for, recover, compromise, receive and give acquittance and
receipts for money due and to become due under or in respect of any of the Collateral;

          (b) receive, indorse and collect any drafts or other instruments or documents, in connection
with clause (a) above;

          (c) file any claims or take any action or institute any proceedings that Secured Party may
deem necessary or desirable for the collection of any of the Collateral or otherwise to enforce the
rights of Secured Party with respect to any of the Collateral; and

          (d) (i) prepare, file and sign Debtor’s name on any proof of claim in any bankruptcy or
similar proceeding or similar document against any account debtor, (ii) do all acts and things
necessary, in Secured Party’s sole discretion, to fulfill Debtor’s obligations to Secured Party
under this Agreement, the Purchase Agreement or otherwise, (iii) demand, sue for, collect,
compromise and give acquittances for any and all Collateral, (iv) prosecute, defend or compromise
any action, claim or proceeding with respect to any of the Collateral, and (v) take such other
action as Secured Party may deem appropriate, including extending or modifying the terms of payment
of Debtor’s debtors.

This power of attorney, being coupled with an interest, shall be irrevocable for the life of this
Agreement.

     8. Remedies. After there exists any Event of Default, and for so long as such Event
of Default is continuing:

          (a) Secured Party shall have and may exercise all the rights and remedies available to Secured
Party under the Code in effect at the time, and such other rights and remedies as may be provided
by law and as set forth below, including without limitation to take over and collect all of the
Collateral, and to exercise any and all rights provided for under Section 7. Debtor hereby
waives all claims of damages due to or arising from or connected with any of the rights or remedies
exercised by Secured Party pursuant to this Agreement.

          (b) In addition to, and without limitation of, any rights of Secured Party under this
Agreement, the Purchase Agreement and applicable law, if any Event of Default occurs, any and all
funds in the Deposit Account may, without prior notice to Debtor, be offset and applied toward the
payment of the Secured Obligations owing to Secured Party, whether or not the Secured Obligations,
or any part thereof, shall then be due. This right of setoff may be enforced or exercised by
Secured Party regardless of whether or not Secured Party has made any demand under this Section
8 or whether the Secured Obligations are contingent, matured, or
unmatured.

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Any delay, neglect or conduct by Secured Party in exercising its rights under this
Section 8 will not be a waiver of the right to exercise this right of setoff. It is
understood that nothing in this Section 8(b) shall be construed to limit Secured Party’s
right to cause Debtor to remit any amounts in the Deposit Account to Secured Party.

     9. Absolute Rights and Obligations and Shortfall. All rights of Secured Party and all
obligations of Debtor under this Agreement shall be absolute and unconditional, irrespective of (i)
any lack of validity or enforceability of the Purchase Agreement; (ii) any exchange, release or
nonperfection of any portion of the Collateral; (iii) any change in the time, manner or place of
payment of, or other term of, or any portion of Debtor’s or any other obligor’s obligations under
the Purchase Agreement; or (iv) any other amendment, modification, extension or waiver of, or
consent to any departure from, the Purchase Agreement. In the event that the proceeds of any sale,
collection or realization of or upon the Collateral by or on behalf of Secured Party are
insufficient to pay all amounts to which Secured Party is legally entitled under the Purchase
Agreement, Debtor shall remain liable to Secured Party for and shall pay to Secured Party any
deficiency, together with interest thereon at the rate provided in the Purchase Agreement or, if no
interest is so provided, at such other rate as shall be fixed by applicable law, together with the
reasonable costs of collection and the fees and expenses of any attorneys employed by Secured Party
to collect such deficiency, which may remain after such sale, collection or realization. This
Agreement shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any
payment of any of the Secured Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be returned by Secured
Party or by any other Person upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of Debtor, any
Subsidiary of Debtor or any other Person, or any other similar action or proceeding or otherwise,
all as though such payment had not been made.

     10. Failure or Delay to Exercise Rights. No failure or delay on the part of Secured
Party in exercising any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver
thereof or of any other right, remedy, power or privilege of Secured Party hereunder; nor shall any
single or partial exercise of any such right, remedy, power or privilege preclude any other or
further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. No waiver
of a single Event of Default shall be deemed a waiver of a subsequent Event of Default. The rights
and remedies of Secured Party under this Agreement are cumulative and in addition to any rights or
remedies which it may otherwise have, and Secured Party may enforce any one or more remedies
hereunder successively or concurrently at its option.

     11. Costs and Expenses. Debtor shall pay or reimburse Secured Party within five
Business Days after demand for all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by it in connection with
the administration, enforcement, attempted enforcement or preservation of any rights or remedies
under this Agreement, including reasonable attorneys’ fees; provided , however that for the
avoidance of doubt such cost , expenses and fees shall not include any cost, expenses and fees
incurred in the preparation and negotiation of this Agreement or the Deposit Account Control
Agreement.

     12. Amendment. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, and no
consent to any departure by Debtor therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by
Secured Party and Debtor, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific
instance and for the specific purpose for which given.

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     13. Notices. All notices, statements, requests and demands given to or made upon
either party hereto in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be given or made as
provided in the Purchase Agreement.

     14. Assignment. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of
Secured Party and Debtor and their respective successors and assigns, except that Debtor may not
assign or transfer its obligations hereunder or any interest herein without the prior written
consent of Secured Party.

     15. Choice of Law, Venue, Jury Trial.

          (a) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT OF LAWS (OTHER THAN NEW YORK GENERAL
OBLIGATIONS LAW 5-1401 AND 5-1402).

          (b) Each of the Parties hereby irrevocably consents and agrees that any legal action or
proceeding with respect to this Agreement may be brought in any of the courts of the State of New
York and the courts of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York, and the
appellate courts from any thereof having subject matter jurisdiction and, by execution and delivery
of this Agreement and such other documents executed in connection herewith, each Party hereby (a)
accepts the exclusive jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts (provided that to the extent that such
courts refuse to exercise jurisdiction hereunder for any reason whatsoever, the parties consent
that any legal action or proceeding shall be brought in any U.S. District Court or court of the
State of Arizona located in the Maricopa County, Arizona); (b) irrevocably agrees to be bound by
any final judgment (after any and all appeals) of any such court with respect to such documents;
(c) irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection which it may now or
hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceedings with respect to such
documents brought in any such court, and further irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, any claim that any such suit, action or proceedings brought in any such court has
been brought in any inconvenient forum; (d) agrees that service of process in any such action may
be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar
form of mail), postage prepaid, to such Party at its address set forth below, or at such other
address of which the other Parties shall have been notified; and (e) agrees that nothing herein
shall affect the right to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law.

          (c) EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT
MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION BASED HEREON, OR ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR
IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY AGREEMENT CONTEMPLATED TO BE EXECUTED IN CONJUNCTION
HEREWITH, OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALING, STATEMENTS (WHETHER VERBAL OR WRITTEN) OR
ACTIONS OF ANY PARTY. THIS PROVISION IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR THE PARTIES ENTERING INTO THIS
AGREEMENT.

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     16. Indemnification. Debtor agrees to defend, indemnify and hold Secured Party
harmless from and against any and all any and all liabilities or obligations of Secured Party to
Depository Bank under Section 6 of the Deposit Account Control Agreement if such liabilities or
obligations arise as a result of Secured Party’s delivery of instructions to Depository Bank: (i)
after the occurrence, and during the continuance, of an Event of Default or (ii) directing
Depository Bank to transfer funds to Debtor.

     17. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate the remaining provisions hereof, and any
such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

     18. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, and
by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which, when so executed, shall be
deemed an original, but all such counterparts shall constitute one and the same instrument. Debtor
acknowledges and agrees that a facsimile transmission to Secured Party of the signature pages
hereof purporting to be signed on behalf of Debtor shall constitute effective and binding execution
and delivery hereof by Debtor.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto, by their representatives thereunto duly authorized,
have executed and delivered this Agreement as of the day and year first above set forth.

	 	 	 	 	 
	DEBTOR:

 	 	 
	RENEGY HOLDINGS, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

 	 	 
	By:  	/s/ Robert M. Worsley
 	 	 
	 	Name:  	Robert M. Worsley 	 	 
	 	Title:  	Chief Executive Officer 	 	 
	 
	SECURED PARTY:

AZ BIOMASS LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company

 	 	 
	By:  	Antrim Corporation
 	 	 
	 	Its:  Manager 	 
	 	 	 
	By:  	     /s/ Francine E. Lyons
 	 	 
	 	Name:  	Francine E Lyons 	 	 
	 	Title:  	Vice President 	 	 
	 

[Execution Page of Security Agreement]exv10w6

Exhibit 10.6

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

OF

SNOWFLAKE WHITE MOUNTAIN POWER, LLC

Dated as of January 1, 2009

 

THE SALE OF INTERESTS DESCRIBED IN AND REPRESENTED BY THIS LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT HAS
NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR
REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS IN RELIANCE UPON EXEMPTIONS FROM THE
REGISTRATION AND/OR QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS. IN ADDITION, TRANSFER OF THE INTERESTS IS SUBJECT TO THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER
AND OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH HEREIN. THE INTERESTS MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE OR SOLD
EXCEPT (I) IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH HEREIN AND (II) PURSUANT TO AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND/OR QUALIFICATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND ALL APPLICABLE
STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES THAT DO NOT REQUIRE REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Pages
	 
	Article I DEFINITIONS	 	 	2	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 1.1.

	 	Definitions
	 	 	2	 
	Section 1.2.

	 	References; Gender; Number; Certain Phrases
	 	 	11	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Article II FORMATION; OFFICES; TERM	 	 	11	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 2.1.

	 	Formation and Continuation of the Company
	 	 	11	 
	Section 2.2.

	 	Name, Office and Registered Agent
	 	 	11	 
	Section 2.3.

	 	Purpose
	 	 	12	 
	Section 2.4.

	 	Term
	 	 	12	 
	Section 2.5.

	 	Organizational and Fictitious Name Filings; Preservation of Limited Liability	 	 	12	 
	Section 2.6.

	 	No Partnership Intended
	 	 	12	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Article III RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE MEMBERS	 	 	12	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 3.1.

	 	Members; Membership Interest
	 	 	12	 
	Section 3.2.

	 	Meetings
	 	 	13	 
	Section 3.3.

	 	Management Rights
	 	 	13	 
	Section 3.4.

	 	Other Activities
	 	 	14	 
	Section 3.5.

	 	No Right to Withdraw
	 	 	14	 
	Section 3.6.

	 	Limitation of Liability of Members
	 	 	14	 
	Section 3.7.

	 	Deficit Upon Liquidation
	 	 	14	 
	Section 3.8.

	 	Company Property; Membership Interests
	 	 	15	 
	Section 3.9.

	 	Retirement, Resignation, Expulsion, Bankruptcy or Dissolution of a Member	 	 	15	 
	Section 3.10.

	 	Exercise Under a Security Agreement
	 	 	15	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Article IV CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS; CAPITAL ACCOUNTS	 	 	15	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 4.1.

	 	Capital Contributions
	 	 	15	 
	Section 4.2.

	 	Capital Accounts
	 	 	15	 
	Section 4.3.

	 	[Intentionally Omitted]
	 	 	16	 
	Section 4.4.

	 	Working Capital Loans
	 	 	16	 
	Section 4.5.

	 	No Third Party Beneficiary
	 	 	17	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Article V ALLOCATIONS	 	 	17	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 5.1.

	 	Book Allocations
	 	 	17	 
	Section 5.2.

	 	Special Allocations
	 	 	18	 
	Section 5.3.

	 	Tax Allocations
	 	 	19	 
	Section 5.4.

	 	Transfer or Change in Company Interest
	 	 	20	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Article VI DISTRIBUTIONS	 	 	20	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 6.1.

	 	Distributions
	 	 	20	 
	Section 6.2.

	 	Withdrawal of Capital
	 	 	20	 
	Section 6.3.

	 	Withholding Taxes
	 	 	20	 
	Section 6.4.

	 	Distributions in Kind
	 	 	21	 

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	Section 6.5.

	 	Limitation upon Distributions
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	Article VII ACCOUNTING AND RECORDS	 	 	21	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 7.1.

	 	Fiscal Year
	 	 	21	 
	Section 7.2.

	 	Books and Records and Inspection
	 	 	21	 
	Section 7.3.

	 	Bank Accounts, Notes and Drafts
	 	 	23	 
	Section 7.4.

	 	Financial Statements
	 	 	23	 
	Section 7.5.

	 	Partnership Status and Tax Elections
	 	 	24	 
	Section 7.6.

	 	Company Tax Returns
	 	 	24	 
	Section 7.7.

	 	Tax Audits
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	Article VIII MANAGEMENT	 	 	27	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 8.1.

	 	Manager
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	Section 8.2.

	 	Compensation of the Manager
	 	 	31	 
	Section 8.3.

	 	Removal or Resignation of the Manager
	 	 	32	 
	Section 8.4.

	 	Third Party Reliance
	 	 	32	 
	Section 8.5.

	 	Officers
	 	 	33	 
	Section 8.6.

	 	Contracts with Affiliates
	 	 	33	 
	Section 8.7.

	 	Insurance
	 	 	33	 
	Section 8.8.

	 	Duties; Indemnification
	 	 	33	 
	Section 8.9.

	 	DSR Credit Support
	 	 	34	 
	Section 8.10.

	 	Tax Credit Matters
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	Article IX BUDGET	 	 	36	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 9.1.

	 	Preparation
	 	 	36	 
	Section 9.2.

	 	Amendments and Supplements
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	Article X TRANSFERS; RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL; PURCHASE OPTION	 	 	36	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 10.1.

	 	Prohibited Transfers
	 	 	36	 
	Section 10.2.

	 	Conditions to Transfer by Investor
	 	 	37	 
	Section 10.3.

	 	Transfers by Sponsor
	 	 	37	 
	Section 10.4.

	 	Right of First Offer
	 	 	38	 
	Section 10.5.

	 	Admission
	 	 	39	 
	Section 10.6.

	 	No Effect
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	Article XI DISSOLUTION AND WINDING-UP	 	 	39	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 11.1.

	 	Events of Dissolution
	 	 	39	 
	Section 11.2.

	 	Distribution of Assets
	 	 	40	 
	Section 11.3.

	 	De-Commissioning of the Facility
	 	 	40	 
	Section 11.4.

	 	In-Kind Distributions
	 	 	40	 
	Section 11.5.

	 	Certificate of Cancellation
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	Article XII MISCELLANEOUS	 	 	40	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 12.1.

	 	Notices
	 	 	40	 
	Section 12.2.

	 	Amendments; Lease Amendments; Review of Proposals
	 	 	41	 
	Section 12.3.

	 	Partition
	 	 	43	 
	Section 12.4.

	 	Waivers and Modifications
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	Section 12.5.

	 	Severability
	 	 	43	 
	Section 12.6.

	 	Successors; No Third-Party Beneficiaries
	 	 	43	 
	Section 12.7.

	 	Entire Agreement
	 	 	43	 
	Section 12.8.

	 	Public Statements
	 	 	43	 
	Section 12.9.

	 	Governing Law
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	Section 12.10.

	 	Further Assurances
	 	 	44	 
	Section 12.11.

	 	Counterparts
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	Section 12.12.

	 	Confidentiality
	 	 	44	 
	Section 12.13.

	 	Joint Efforts
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	Section 12.14.

	 	Specific Performance
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	Section 12.15.

	 	Survival
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EXHIBITS

	 	 	 
	Exhibit A

	 	Information on Members, Ownership of Membership Interests, and Initial Capital
Account Balances
	Exhibit B

	 	Budget
	Exhibit C

	 	Limited DRO Amounts
	Exhibit D

	 	Financing Documents

SCHEDULES

	 	 	 
	Schedule 1

	 	Initial Gross Asset Values
	Schedule 7.4(a)

	 	Form of Monthly Report
	Schedule 7.4(b)

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AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

OF

SNOWFLAKE WHITE MOUNTAIN POWER, LLC

     THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) of
Snowflake White Mountain Power, LLC, an Arizona limited liability company (the “Company”),
is made and entered into as of January 1, 2009 (the “Effective Date”), by and among Renegy
Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Sponsor”), and AZ Biomass LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (“Investor” and collectively with Sponsor, the “Members”).

WITNESSETH:

     WHEREAS, the Company was formed by virtue of its Certificate of Formation, filed with the
Secretary of State of the State of Arizona on April 15, 2003, under the name Snowflake White
Mountain Power, LLC;

     WHEREAS, Sponsor currently is the sole Member of the Company and has executed the Operating
Agreement of the Company dated December 19, 2008 (the “Current Agreement”);

     WHEREAS, the Company owns and operates a 24 MW baseload capacity open-loop biomass plant
located in Snowflake, Arizona;

     WHEREAS, the parties are parties to a Membership Interest Purchase Agreement dated as of
January 1, 2009 (“Membership Interest Purchase Agreement”) pursuant to which, upon the
satisfaction of the conditions set forth therein, Investor will purchase the Class A Interests from
Sponsor; and

     WHEREAS one of the conditions set forth in the Membership Interest Purchase Agreement is the
execution and delivery by the Members of this Agreement, providing for the admission of the
Investor as a Member of the Company in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof and setting
forth those agreements governing the relations between the Members in respect of the Company.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein and
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree to adopt this Agreement in its entirety and to continue the
Company as a limited liability company under the Act upon the following terms and conditions:

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ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

     Section 1.1. Definitions. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used throughout this Agreement shall have
the respective meanings set forth below:

     “Accounting Firm” means the Company’s primary independent accounting firm, which shall
be Ernst & Young LLP or such other nationally or regionally recognized firm of certified public
accountants selected by the Manager.

     “Act” means the Arizona Limited Liability Company Act, (Chapter 4 of Title 29 601
et seq, Arizona Revised Statutes) and any successor statute, as the same may be
amended from time to time.

     “Adjusted Capital Account Deficit” means, with respect to any Member, the deficit
balance, if any, in the Member’s Capital Account, as of a specified time, after giving effect to
the following adjustments:

          (a) credit to such Capital Account any amounts that such Member is obligated to restore or
deemed obligated to restore pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(c) and the
penultimate sentences of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(g)(1) and Treasury Regulations
Section 1.704-2(i)(5) (including any Limited DRO of the Member); and

          (b) debit to such Capital Account the items described in Treasury Regulations Sections
1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) and (6).

     The foregoing definition of Adjusted Capital Account Deficit is intended to comply with the
provisions of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and shall be interpreted
consistently therewith.

     “Adjusted PV” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.2(b).

     “Affiliate” of a specified Person means any Person that directly or indirectly through
one or more intermediaries controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such
specified Person. As used in this definition of Affiliate, the term “control” of a specified
Person including, with correlative meanings, the terms, “controlled by” and “under common control
with,” means (a) the ownership, directly or indirectly, of 50 percent or more of the equity
interest in a Person or (b) the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and
policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise;
provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of this
Agreement, the Company will be deemed not to be an Affiliate of any Member or the Manager.

     “Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof, as the
same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.

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     “Bankruptcy” of a Person means the occurrence of any of the following events: (i) the
filing by such Person of a voluntary case or the seeking of relief under any chapter of Title 11 of
the United States Bankruptcy Code, as now constituted or hereafter amended (the “Bankruptcy
Code”), (ii) the making by such Person of a general assignment for the benefit of its
creditors, (iii) the admission in writing by such Person of its inability to pay its debts as they
mature, (iv) the filing by such Person of an application for, or consent to, the appointment of any
receiver or a permanent or interim trustee of such Person or of all or any portion of its property,
including the appointment or authorization of a trustee, receiver or agent under applicable law or
under a contract to take charge of its property for the purposes of enforcing a lien against such
property or for the purpose of general administration of such property for the benefit of its
creditors, (v) the filing by such Person of a petition seeking a reorganization of its financial
affairs or to take advantage of any bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, readjustment of debt or
liquidation law or statute, or an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed
against it in any proceeding under any such law or statute, (vi) an involuntary case is commenced
against such person by the filing of a petition under any chapter of Title 11 of the Bankruptcy
Code and within 60 days after the filing thereof either the petition is not dismissed or the order
for relief is not stayed or dismissed, (vii) an order, judgment or decree is entered appointing a
receiver or a permanent or interim trustee of such Person or of all or any portion of its property,
including the entry of an order, judgment or decree appointing or authorizing a trustee, receiver
or agent to take charge of the property of such Person for the purpose of enforcing a lien against
such property or for the purpose of general administration of such property for the benefit of the
creditors of such Person, and such order, judgment or decree shall continue unstayed and in effect
for a period of 60 days, or (viii) an order, judgment or decree is entered, without the approval or
consent of such Person, approving or authorizing the reorganization, insolvency, readjustment of
debt or liquidation of such Person under any such law or statute, and such order, judgment or
decree shall continue unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 days.

     “Budget” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.1.

     “Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday and any day that is a legal
holiday or a day on which banking institutions in New York are authorized by law or governmental
action to close.

     “Capital Account” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2(a).

     “Capital Contribution” means, with respect to any Member, the amount of money and the
initial Gross Asset Value of any property contributed to the Company with respect to the Membership
Interest in the Company held or purchased by such Member.

     “Class A Interest” means one or more Membership Interests designated as the “Class A
Interests.”

     “Class A Member” means the Member or Members that hold Class A Interests, which shall
be the Investor unless and until another Person acquires all or a portion of the Class A

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Interests pursuant to a Transfer that occurs in accordance with Section 3.10 or Article X of
this Agreement.

     “Class B Interest” means one or more Membership Interests designated as the “Class B
Interests.”

     “Class B Member” means the Member or Members that hold Class B Interests, which shall
be the Sponsor unless and until another Person acquires all or a portion of the Class B Interests
pursuant to a Transfer that occurs in accordance with Section 3.10 or Article X of
this Agreement.

     “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

     “Company” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof.

     “Company Items” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.7(b).

     “Company Tax Returns” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.6.

     “Confidential Information” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.12.

     “Consultation” or “Consult” means to confer with and reasonably consider and
take into account the reasonable suggestions, comments or opinions of another Person.

     “Credit Support Amounts” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.9.

     “Current Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof.

     “Debt Repayment Period” means the period of time commencing on the day following the
date on which the Preference Period ends and ending on the date on which the Project Debt
(including principal and accrued interest) has been repaid in full.

     “Depreciation” means for each Fiscal Year or part thereof, an amount equal to the
depreciation, amortization, or other cost recovery deduction allowable for United States federal
income tax purposes with respect to an asset for such Fiscal Year or part thereof, except that if
the Gross Asset Value of an asset differs from its adjusted basis for United States federal income
tax purposes anytime during such Fiscal Year, the depreciation, amortization, or other cost
recovery deduction for such Fiscal Year or part thereof shall be an amount which bears the same
ratio to such Gross Asset Value as the United States federal income tax depreciation, amortization,
or other cost recovery deduction for such Fiscal Year or part thereof bears to such adjusted tax
basis. If such asset has a zero adjusted tax basis, the depreciation, amortization, or other cost
recovery deduction for each taxable year shall be determined under a method reasonably selected by
the Manager.

     “DSR Credit Support” means any letter of credit or other form of credit support for
the debt service reserve account provided by the Sponsor pursuant to the Financing Documents.

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     “Effective Date” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof.

     “Effective Date PV” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.2(b).

     “Event of Default” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(a).

     “Facility” means the 24 MW baseload capacity open-loop biomass plant located in
Snowflake, Arizona that generates electricity by burning exclusively “open-loop biomass” as defined
in section 45(c)(3)(A)(ii) of the Code (other than the minimum amount of fossil fuel required for
start-up and flame stabilization).

     “Financing Documents” means the documents described on Exhibit D.

     “Fiscal Year” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1.

     “Fuel Supply Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Biomass Fuel Supply Agreement
dated January 1, 2008 by and among Renegy Trucking, LLC, Renegy, LLC and the Company.

     “GAAP” means United States generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from
time to time, consistently applied throughout the applicable period.

     “Governmental Body” means the federal government of the United States, any state of
the United States or political subdivision thereof, and any entity exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government and
any other governmental entity, instrumentality, agency, authority or commission.

     “Gross Asset Value” means, with respect to any asset, the asset’s adjusted tax basis
for federal income tax purposes, except as follows:

          (a) the initial Gross Asset Value of any asset contributed by a Member to the Company shall be
the gross fair market value of such asset as of the date of contribution (as determined by
agreement between the Class A Member and the Class B Member); provided, that as of the date
hereof the Gross Asset Values of the Company assets shall be as reflected on Schedule 1.

          (b) the Gross Asset Values of all Company assets shall be adjusted to equal their respective
fair market values as of the following times: (i) the acquisition of an additional Membership
Interest in the Company by any new or existing Member in exchange for the provision of services to
or for the benefit of the Company or for more than a de minimis Capital Contribution; (ii) the
distribution by the Company to a Member of more than a de minimis amount of money or Company
property as consideration for a Membership Interest in the Company; and (iii) the liquidation of
the Company within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g);
provided, however, that adjustments pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii)

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shall be made only if the Manager reasonably determines that such adjustments are necessary or appropriate to
reflect the relative economic interests of the Members in the Company;

          (c) the Gross Asset Value of any Company asset distributed to any Member in kind shall be
adjusted to equal the gross fair market value of such asset on the date of distribution (as
determined by agreement between the Class A Member and the Class B Member);

          (d) the Gross Asset Values of all Company assets shall be adjusted to reflect any adjustments
to the adjusted basis of such assets pursuant to Sections 734(b) or 743(b) of the Code, but only to
the extent that such adjustments are required to be taken into account in determining Capital
Accounts pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m); provided,
however, that Gross Asset Values shall not be adjusted pursuant to this subsection (d) to
the extent that the Manager determines that an adjustment pursuant to subsection (b) is necessary
or appropriate in connection with a transaction that would otherwise result in an adjustment
pursuant to this subsection (d); and

          (e) if the Gross Asset Value of an asset has been determined or adjusted pursuant to
subsection (a), (b) or (d) above, such Gross Asset Value shall thereafter be adjusted by the
Depreciation taken into account with respect to such asset.

     “Increase PV” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.2(b).

     “Investor” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof.

     “IRS” means the Internal Revenue Service or any successor agency thereto.

     “Lease” means the Lease dated September 1, 2005, between the Company and Catalyst
Paper (Snowflake) Inc. (“Catalyst”) as successor to Abitibi Consolidated Sales Corp., as
amended, pursuant to which Catalyst shall provide the land for the Facility and perform certain
services on behalf of the Company.

     “Legal Requirement” means any law (including common law), statute, act, decree,
ordinance, rule, directive (to the extent having the force of law), order, writ, judgment,
injunction, treaty, code or regulation or any interpretation of any of the foregoing, as enacted,
issued or promulgated by any Governmental Body, including all amendments, modifications,
extensions, replacements or re-enactments thereof.

     “Lender” means CoBank, ACB, and any other financial institution that may become a
party to the Financing Documents.

     “Limited DRO” shall mean, with respect to each Member, the dollar amount specified for
that Member in Exhibit C that represents the maximum amount of the Member’s deficit in its
Capital Account that the Member is obligated to restore to the Company upon the liquidation of the
Company.

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     “Management Fee” shall mean, for any calendar year or portion thereof, the product of
(i) the actual operating expenses of the Company for that period as set forth in the financial
statements delivered pursuant to Section 7.4(c) hereof (excluding the cost of fuel,
including biomass, for the Facility) and (ii) 10%.

     “Manager” means Sponsor, in its capacity as managing member of the Company under this
Agreement, or such other Person that is appointed pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement to manage and run the day-to-day operations of the Company. The Manager is a
“manager” of the Company within the meaning of the Act.

     “Member” or “Members” means the “Members” (as such term is defined in
the introductory paragraph hereof) in their capacity as members of the Company within the meaning
of the Act, and any other Person that has been admitted as a member of the Company pursuant to the
terms hereof.

     “Membership Interest” means the limited liability company interest of a Member in the
Company, which shall consist of the Member’s Capital Account and rights to an allocation of income,
gain, credit, deduction and loss and to distributions of the Company, in each case as herein
provided, and which interest entitles such Member to receive information and to consent
to or approve such actions or omissions of the Company or another Member with respect to which
the consent or approval of such Member is permitted or expressly required hereunder or required
under the Act, and all other rights and obligations of such Member, and, for convenience, shall be
designated as either a “Class A Interest” or a “Class B Interest.”

     “Membership Interest Purchase Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the introductory
paragraph hereof.

     “Net Cash Flow” means, with respect to any period, cash receipts of the Company
(excluding for the avoidance of doubt all borrowings under the Financing Documents, but including
Capital Contributions) and funds released from, or reductions to, established Company reserves,
decreased by (a) cash expenses (including payments of Sponsor Affiliate Fees, legal fees,
management fees, Credit Support Amounts and expenses, payments pursuant to the Operation and
Maintenance Agreement, interest, and expense reimbursements), (b) amortization and other payments
under the Financing Documents or other Company indebtedness, (c) capital expenditure payments to
the extent not paid from borrowings under the Financing Documents, (d) repayment of Working Capital
Loans, (e) funds set aside to establish Company reserves and additions to Company reserves
established in accordance with Section 6.5 of this Agreement and (f) payment of any Credit
Support Amounts (and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon).

     “Non-Defaulting Member” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(a).

     “Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.1.

     “Offer” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.4.

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     “Offer Termination Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.4.

     “Offered Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.4.

     “Offered Terms” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.4.

     “Officers” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.5.

     “PPA Amendment” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.2(a).

     “Permitted Investments” means (a) domestic or eurodollar time deposits, money market
instruments or certificates of deposit with banks rated at least “A” by Standard & Poor’s Ratings
Services or Moody’s Investors Services, Inc.; (b) commercial paper of industrial corporations rated
at least “A-1” by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services or “P-1” by Moody’s Investors Services, Inc.;
(c) direct obligations of, or obligations unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of
America or an agency or instrumentality thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the
United States of America; or (d) mutual funds that invest primarily in the securities described in
(a) through (c) above.

     “Person” means any corporation, limited liability company, any form of partnership,
any joint venture, trust, estate, Governmental Body or other legal or commercial entity or any
natural person.

     “Placed In Service Date” means June 10, 2008, which is the date that the Facility is
determined to have been “originally placed in service” for purposes of Section 45 of the Code.

     “Preference Period” means the period of time commencing on the Effective Date and
ending on the last to occur of (a) the Target IRR Date, or (b) the date that is ten years following
the Placed In Service Date.

     “Prime Rate” means, for each day that any payment obligation hereunder is outstanding,
the most recent published prime rate, as reported for each such day either in The Wall Street
Journal (Eastern Edition) under “Money Rates” or, if such rate does not so appear, in such other
nationally recognized publication as Manager may, from time to time, specify in a notice delivered
to the Members. On days when such a rate is not reported, the most recently reported rate on a
preceding day will be deemed to be the applicable rate.

     “Project Debt” means the approximately $50 million of debt and credit enhancement
obtained by the Company on a nonrecourse basis to finance the development and construction of the
Facility, consisting of term loans provided by Lender and an issuance of tax-exempt bonds on behalf
of the Company by the City of Show Low, Arizona.

     “Project Documents” has the meaning set forth in the Financing Documents.

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     “Prudent Industry Practice” means any of the practices, methods and acts engaged in or
approved by managers of independent power generation facilities in North America financed on a
non-recourse basis and similar in size and type to the Facility during the relevant time period, or
any of the practices, methods and acts which, in the exercise of commercially reasonable judgment
in light of the facts known at the time the decision was made, could have been expected to
accomplish the desired result at a reasonable cost consistent with good management practices
utilized by similar facilities in the independent power industry. Prudent Industry Practice is not
intended to be limited to the optimum practice, method or act to the exclusion of all others, but
rather is intended to include acceptable practices, methods and acts generally accepted in North
America as applicable to the management of independent power facilities.

     “Representatives” means, with respect to any Person, the managing member(s), officers,
directors, employees, representatives or agents (including investment bankers, financial advisors,
attorneys, accountants, brokers and other advisors) of such Person, to the extent that such
officer, director, employee, representative or agent of such Person is acting in his or her
capacity as an officer, director, employee, representative or agent of such Person.

     “Residual Period” means the period of time commencing on the day following the date on
which the Debt Repayment Period ends.

     “ROFO Interest” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.4.

     “Secured Party” means any secured party or parties as defined under any of the
Financing Documents.

     “Sponsor” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof.

     “Sponsor Affiliate Fees” means any and all fees payable to Sponsor or any of its
Affiliates under the terms of Section 8.2 of this Agreement or the Fuel Supply Agreement.

     “Target IRR” means the aggregate cumulative after-tax return on the sum of (a) all
Capital Contributions made by the Class A Member to the Company and (b) all amounts paid by the
Class A Member to the Class B Member as part of the purchase price for its Class A Interest
pursuant to the Membership Interest Purchase Agreement, in each case made at or prior to the
determination of such return, which shall be 13% per annum. For the avoidance of doubt, the
after-tax return shall be determined based on the net after-tax effect of all allocations of
income, loss, deduction, and credits (including the Tax Credits) and all distributions made to the
Class A Member by the Company at or prior to such determination, and shall assume an effective tax
rate of 35% and the full utilization by the Class A Member of all tax items allocated to it.

     “Target IRR Date” means, with respect to the Class A Member, the date on which the
Target IRR is obtained.

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     “Tax” (and, with correlative meaning, “Taxes” and “Taxable”) means:

               (i) any federal, state, local or foreign net income, gross income, gross receipts, windfall
profit, severance, property, production, sales, use, license, excise, franchise, net worth,
employment, payroll withholding, alternative or add-on minimum, ad valorem, transfer, stamp, or
environmental tax, or any other tax, custom, duty, governmental fee or other like assessment or
charge of any kind whatsoever, together with any interest or penalty, addition to tax or additional
amount imposed by any Governmental Body; and

               (ii) any liability for the payment of amounts with respect to payment of a type described in
clause (i), including as a result of being a member of an affiliated, consolidated, combined or
unitary group, as a result of succeeding to such liability as a result of merger, conversion or
asset transfer or as a result of any obligation under any tax sharing arrangement or tax indemnity
agreement.

     “Tax Credits” means the tax credits provided by Section 45 of the Code with respect to
the sale of electricity produced by the Facility.

     “Tax Matters Partner” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.7(a).

     “Tax Return” means any return, report or similar statement required to be filed with
respect to any Taxes (including any attached schedules) for any taxable period after the Effective
Date, including any information return, claim for refund, amended return or declaration of
estimated Tax.

     “Termination Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4.

     “Transfer” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.1.

     “Treasury Regulations” mean the regulations promulgated under the Code, as such
regulations are in effect on the date hereof.

     “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York or any other
applicable jurisdiction.

     “Unrelated Person” means, as to any point in, or period of, time, a Person that is not
related to the Company within the meaning of Section 45(e)(4) of the Code.

     “Utility Regulation Event” means the occurrence of any event outside of the Class A
Member’s control (including, without limitation, a change in law or a Transfer by the Class B
Member of any direct or indirect interest in the Company to an electric utility) and that causes or
will cause the Class A Member, or its direct or indirect owners, solely as a result of Class A
Member’s ownership of the Class A Interests or entering into the Transaction Agreements or any
transaction contemplated hereby or thereby, to be subject generally to, or not exempt from,
financial, organizational or rate regulation as a “public utility” under applicable Arizona state

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law or any other state or other laws and regulations respecting the rates or the financial or
organizational regulation of public utilities.

     “Working Capital Loan” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.4.

     Section 1.2. References; Gender; Number; Certain Phrases. All references in this Agreement to an “Article,” “Section,” “Exhibit” or “Schedule” are to
an Article, Section, Exhibit or Schedule of this Agreement, unless the context requires otherwise.
The words “this Agreement,” “hereof,” “hereunder,” “herein,” “hereby,” “thereof,” “thereunder,” or
words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to a particular Article,
Section, subsection, clause or other subdivision hereof, unless the context requires otherwise.
Whenever the context requires, the words used herein include the masculine, feminine and neuter
gender, and the singular and the plural. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” mean
“include, without limitation,” “includes, without limitation,” and “including, without limitation,”
respectively.

ARTICLE II

FORMATION; OFFICES; TERM

     Section 2.1. Formation and Continuation of the Company. The Company was formed on April 15, 2003, by virtue of the filing of its Certificate of
Formation with the Secretary of State of the State of Arizona. The Members hereby acknowledge the
continuation of the Company as a limited liability company pursuant to the Act. This Agreement is
effective as of the Effective Date and supersedes and replaces entirely all prior agreements
governing the operations of the Company and the rights and obligations of its Members. The rights
and liabilities of the Members shall be as provided in the Act, except as otherwise provided
herein. As of the Effective Date, all powers of persons designated as “authorized persons” under
the Act shall cease, and the Manager hereupon becomes the designated “authorized person” and shall
continue as the designated “authorized person” within the meaning of the Act.

     Section 2.2. Name, Office and Registered Agent.

          (a) The name of the Company shall be “Snowflake White Mountain Power, LLC” or such other name
or names as may be agreed to by the Members from time to time. The principal office of the Company
shall be 3418 North Val Vista Drive, Mesa, Arizona 85213. The Manager may at any time change the
location of such office to another location, provided that the Manager gives prompt written notice
of any such change to all Members and the registered agent of the Company.

          (b) The registered office of the Company in the State of Arizona is located at 2394 East
Camelback Road, Phoenix, Arizona 85016. The registered agent of the Company for service of
process at such address is CT Corporation System. The registered office and registered agent may
be changed by the Manager at any time in accordance with the Act provided that the Manager gives
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registered agent’s primary duty as
such is to forward to the Company at its principal office and place of business any notice that is
served on it as registered agent.

     Section 2.3. Purpose. The purpose and business of the Company is to own, develop, construct, operate, maintain,
obtain financing for, and sell or otherwise dispose of the Facility (and the assets connected
therewith) and to operate the Facility and sell the output of the Facility, and otherwise to do all
things reasonably necessary or advisable in connection therewith. The Company may engage in any
kind of activity and perform and carry out contracts of any kind necessary to, or in connection
with or convenient or incidental to, the accomplishment of such purpose, so long as such activities
and contracts may be lawfully carried on or performed by a limited liability company under the laws
of the State of Arizona.

     Section 2.4. Term. The term of the Company commenced on April 15, 2003, and shall continue until the date that
the Company is dissolved pursuant to Section 11.1 (the “Termination Date”).

     Section 2.5. Organizational and Fictitious Name Filings; Preservation of Limited
Liability. The Manager shall cause the Company to register as a foreign limited liability company and
file such fictitious or trade names, statements or certificates in such jurisdictions and offices
as necessary or appropriate for the conduct of the Company’s operation of its business. The
Manager may take any and all other actions as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate to perfect
and maintain the status of the Company as a limited liability company or similar type of entity
under the laws of Arizona and any other state or jurisdiction other than Arizona in which the
Company engages in business and continue the Company as a limited liability company and to protect
the limited liability of the Members as contemplated by the Act.

     Section 2.6. No Partnership Intended. Other than for purposes of determining the status of the Company under the Code and the
applicable Treasury Regulations and under any applicable state, municipal or other income tax law
or regulation, the Members intend that the Company not be a partnership, limited partnership or
joint venture and this Agreement shall not be construed to suggest otherwise.

ARTICLE III

RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE MEMBERS

     Section 3.1. Members; Membership Interest. The Company shall have as Members only those Persons as may be properly admitted as Members
pursuant to the terms hereof in addition to or as assignees of the Members. Sponsor hereby
continues as a Member and AZ Biomass LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, is hereby admitted
as a Member as an assignee of Sponsor’s Class A Interests. Membership Interests shall be
designated for convenience as either “Class A Interests” or “Class B Interests.” The Class A
Interests and the Class B Interests together represent 100% of the Membership Interests. The name,
address, class of Membership Interest, percentage of class held, and initial Capital Account
balances of each Member are set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto. The Manager, without the
consent of any other Person, is hereby authorized to, and shall, update Exhibit A from time to time
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to reflect accurately the information therein. Any reference in this Agreement to
Exhibit A shall be deemed to be a reference to Exhibit A as amended and in effect from time to
time. If a Member transfers all of its Membership Interest to another Person pursuant to and in
accordance with the terms hereof, the transferor shall automatically cease to be a Member.

     Section 3.2. Meetings.

          (a) Except as otherwise permitted by this Agreement, all actions of the Members shall be taken
at meetings of the Members which may be called by the Manager for any reason and shall be called by
the Manager within ten days following the written request of a Member. The Members may conduct at
such meeting any Company business that is permitted under the Act or this Agreement. Meetings
shall be at a reasonable time and place. Accurate minutes of any meeting shall be taken and filed
with the minute books of the Company. Promptly following each meeting, the minutes of the meeting
shall be sent to the Manager and each Member.

          (b) With respect to meetings of the Members, the presence in person or by proxy of all Members
shall constitute a quorum for purposes of transacting business at any meeting of the Members.
Except as otherwise provided herein, with respect to those matters required or permitted to be
voted upon by the Members, the affirmative vote of all of the then outstanding Membership Interests
shall be required to approve any such matter, in addition to any other approval required by this
Agreement or the Act. Members may participate in a meeting of the Members by means of conference
telephone or similar communications equipment so that all persons participating in the meeting can
hear each other or by any other means permitted by law. Such participation shall constitute
presence in person at such meeting.

          (c) Written notice stating the place, day and hour of the meeting of the Members, and the
purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered either personally, via
facsimile or by mail, by or at the direction of the Manager, to each Member of record entitled to
vote at such meeting not less than five Business Days nor more than 30 days prior to the meeting.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, meetings of the Members may be held without notice so long as all
the Members are present in person or by proxy.

          (d) Any action may be taken by the Members without a meeting if such action is authorized or
approved by the prior written consent of all Members. In no instance where action is authorized by
written consent pursuant to this Section 3.2(d) need a meeting of Members be called or
noticed; provided, however, a copy of the action taken by written consent must be sent promptly to
all Members and all actions by written consent shall be filed with the minute books of the Company.

     Section 3.3. Management Rights. Except as otherwise provided herein, and for the avoidance of doubt, except for the Manager
when acting in its capacity as the managing member of the Company pursuant hereto, no Member shall
have any right, power or authority to take part in the management or control of the business of, or
transact any business for, the Company, to sign for or on behalf of the Company or to bind the
Company in any manner whatsoever.

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Neither the Manager nor any Member shall hold out or represent
to any third party that any Member, except the Manager acting in its capacity as the managing
member of the Company pursuant hereto, has any such power or right or that any Member is anything
other than a member in the Company. A Member shall not be deemed to be participating in the
control of the business of the Company by virtue of its possessing or exercising any rights set
forth in this Agreement or the Act or any other agreement relating to the Company.

     Section 3.4. Other Activities. Notwithstanding any duty otherwise existing at law or in equity, each Member, the Manager
and their Affiliates may engage in or possess an interest in other business ventures of every
nature and description, independently or with others, even if such activities compete directly with
the business of the Company, and neither the Company nor any of the Members shall have any rights
by virtue of this Agreement in and to such other business ventures or the profits derived from
them; provided, however, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, for a period of ten years after the
Effective Date, none of the Sponsor or its Affiliates, or the Class A Member, shall engage in any
activities relating to the production of electricity from biomass fuel within a seventy-five (75)
mile radius of the Facility or which would adversely affect the supply (or price) of biomass fuel
to the Facility.

     Section 3.5. No Right to Withdraw. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, no Member shall have any right to
voluntarily resign or otherwise withdraw from the Company without the prior written consent of all
remaining Members of the Company, in their sole and absolute discretion. Notwithstanding the
preceding sentence, the Class A Member shall be entitled to withdraw from the Company at
any time following the occurrence of a Utility Regulation Event. Upon any withdrawal based on
a Utility Regulation Event, the Class A Member shall not be paid any amount, and its Capital
Account balance shall revert to the Company.

     Section 3.6. Limitation of Liability of Members. Each Member’s liability shall be limited as set forth in the Act and other applicable law.
Except as otherwise required by the Act, the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company,
whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, shall be the debts, obligations and liabilities
solely of the Company, and the Members shall not be obligated personally for any of such debts,
obligations or liabilities solely by reason of being a Member of the Company. To the fullest
extent permitted by law, in no event shall any Member or Manager be liable under this Agreement to
another Member for any lost profits, or lost tax credits or other tax benefits of, or any
consequential, punitive, special or incidental damages incurred by, such Member arising from a
breach of this Agreement.

     Section 3.7. Deficit Upon Liquidation. Except to the extent of any Limited DRO that a Member may be obligated to restore and as
otherwise provided by law with respect to third-party creditors of the Company, upon the
dissolution, liquidation, winding-up or termination of the Company, none of the Members shall be
liable to the Company, to the other Members, to the creditors of the Company or to any other third
party for or on account of any deficit in its Capital Account, nor shall such deficits be deemed
assets of the Company.

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     Section 3.8. Company Property; Membership Interests. All property owned by the Company, whether real or personal, tangible or intangible and
wherever located, shall be deemed to be owned by the Company and no Member, individually, shall
have any ownership of such property. The Membership Interests shall constitute personal property.

     Section 3.9. Retirement, Resignation, Expulsion, Bankruptcy or Dissolution of a Member. The retirement, resignation, expulsion, Bankruptcy or dissolution of a Member shall not, in
and of itself, dissolve the Company. The personal representative of the bankrupt Member shall, for
the purpose of settling the estate, have all of the rights of such Member, including the same
rights and subject to the same limitations that such Member would have had under the provisions of
this Agreement to Transfer its Membership Interest. The personal representative of a Member shall
not become a substituted Member except as provided in this Agreement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any purchaser of a Membership Interest in accordance with the exercise by a Secured
Party of the terms of any Security Agreement included as part of the Financing Documents and the
applicable provisions of the UCC shall, upon execution of a counterpart to this Agreement, be
admitted as a Member with respect to the transferred Membership Interest.

     Section 3.10. Exercise Under a Security Agreement. Each Member acknowledges that each Member has granted a security interest in its Membership
Interest to Lender pursuant to the Financing Documents. If Lender (or permitted successor or
assignee thereof) exercises its rights under the Financing Documents with respect to either
Member’s Membership Interests, all of such Member’s obligations under this Agreement will cease
(except for those obligations and liabilities accrued through such date or relating to any taxable
year or portion thereof prior to such date, and except for its obligations under Sections 3.4,
4.4 and 8.10), and Lender (or any permitted successor or assignee thereof) shall have all of
the rights and obligations of such Member as a member hereunder relating to any taxable year or
portion thereof after such date (except for those obligations under Sections 3.4 and 4.4).

ARTICLE IV

CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS; CAPITAL ACCOUNTS

     Section 4.1. Capital Contributions. No Capital Contributions shall be required or permitted from the Members following the
Effective Date unless all of the Members consent thereto in writing.

     Section 4.2. Capital Accounts.

          (a) There shall be established and maintained throughout the full term of the Company in
accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv) for each Member, a capital account
(a “Capital Account”) which shall be credited with (i) such Member’s Capital Contributions,
(ii) allocations of income and gain to such Member pursuant to Sections 5.1 and 5.2
and (iii) the amount of any Company liabilities assumed by such Member or which are secured by any
property distributed by the Company to such Member. Each Member’s Capital Account shall be debited
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property distributed to such
Member, (v) allocations of deductions and losses to such Member pursuant to Sections 5.1
and 5.2 and (vi) the amount of any liabilities of such Member assumed by the Company or
which are secured by any property contributed by such Member to the Company.

          (b) The Members acknowledge and agree that the Capital Account balances of each Member as of
the Effective Date are as set forth in Exhibit A.

          (c) If all or a portion of a Membership Interest is Transferred in accordance with the terms
of this Agreement, the transferee shall succeed to the Capital Account of the transferor to the
extent it relates to the Membership Interest so Transferred.

          (d) The provisions of this Agreement relating to maintenance of Capital Accounts are intended
to comply with Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b), and shall be interpreted and applied in a
manner consistent with such Treasury Regulation.

     Section 4.3. [Intentionally Omitted]

     Section 4.4. Working Capital Loans. During the Preference Period to the extent that working capital on-hand is not sufficient
to cover the operating costs and working capital needs of the Company (for the avoidance of doubt,
including all debt service obligations and other amounts required to be paid by the Company under
the Financing Documents, but excluding any distributions to be made to the Members pursuant to
Section 6.1), and provided that Investor or its permitted assigns (other than the Lender
and any Persons acquiring the Class A Interests through the exercise by the Lender of its security
interest in the Class A Interests) holds the Class A Interests, Sponsor shall be required to
advance to the Company, when and as needed, funds sufficient to cover the operating costs and
working capital needs of the Company and to timely satisfy all debt service obligations and other
amounts required to be paid by the Company under the Financing Documents (“Working Capital
Loans”); provided, that the aggregate principal amount of such Working Capital Loans
outstanding (and which is the maximum amount of Working Capital Loans which Sponsor shall be
required to fund) shall not at any time exceed $6.5 million. Working Capital Loans will bear
interest at a per annum rate of the Prime Rate plus 200 basis points and will be repaid out of
available cash flow or proceeds from sales or refinancings effected in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement, as reasonably determined by the Manager from time to time after making provision
for payment of all third party expenses and in accordance with the applicable provisions of the
Financing Documents (which provide that such amounts shall be paid pursuant to “Waterfall
Level 8,” as defined therein and are subject to the provisions of the Subordination
Agreement dated January 1, 2009 among Sponsor, the Company and CoBank ACB as Administrative Agent),
but prior to any distributions to the Members in their capacity as Members of the Company, and
shall become due and payable at the earlier of the expiration of the Preference Period, or the
dissolution of the Company. Except as provided in this Section 4.4, no Member shall be
required to loan money to the Company absent its consent thereto in writing. For the avoidance of
doubt and notwithstanding any provision to the contrary set forth in any Financing Document,
neither the Lender nor any of its permitted successors and assigns shall have any right to enforce
the provisions of this Section 4.4.

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     Section 4.5. No Third Party Beneficiary. To the fullest extent permitted by law, no creditor or other third party having dealings
with the Company shall have the right to enforce the right or obligation of any Member to make
Capital Contributions or loans or to pursue any other right or remedy hereunder or at law or in
equity, it being understood and agreed that the provisions of this Agreement shall be solely for
the benefit of, and may be enforced solely by, the parties hereto and their respective successors
and permitted assigns. None of the rights or obligations of the Members herein set forth to make
Capital Contributions or loans to the Company shall be deemed an asset of the Company for any
purpose by any creditor or other third party, nor may such rights or obligations be sold,
transferred or assigned by the Company or pledged or encumbered by the Company to secure any debt
or other obligation of the Company or of any of the Members. In addition, it is the intent of the
parties hereto that no distribution to any Member shall be deemed a return of money or other
property in violation of the Act. The payment of such money or distribution of such property shall
be deemed to be a compromise within the meaning of the Act and, to the fullest extent permitted by
law, any Member receiving the payment of any such money or distribution of any such property shall
not be required to return any such money or property to any Person, the Company or any creditor of
the Company. However, if any court of competent jurisdiction holds that, notwithstanding the
provisions of this Agreement, any Member is obligated to return
such money or property, such obligation shall be the obligation of such Member and not of the
other Members. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a deficit Capital Account of a
Member shall not be deemed to be a liability of such Member nor an asset or property of the
Company.

ARTICLE V

ALLOCATIONS

     Section 5.1. Book Allocations.

          (a) For purposes of maintaining the Capital Accounts pursuant to Section 4.2, after
giving effect to the special allocations set forth in Section 5.2, all items of Company
income and gain shall be allocated as follows:

               (i) such items of Company income and gain generated during the Preference Period shall be
allocated 99 percent with respect to the Class A Interest and 1 percent with respect to the Class B
Interest;

               (ii) such items of Company income and gain generated during the Debt Repayment Period shall be
allocated 20 percent with respect to the Class A Interest and 80 percent with respect to the Class
B Interest; and

               (iii) such items of Company income and gain generated during the Residual Period shall be
allocated 5 percent with respect to the Class A Interest and 95 percent with respect to the Class B
Interest.

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          (b) For purposes of maintaining the Capital Accounts pursuant to Section 4.2, after
giving effect to the special allocations set forth in Section 5.2, all items of Company
deduction or loss shall be allocated as follows:

               (i) such items of Company deduction or loss generated during the Preference Period shall be
allocated 99 percent with respect to the Class A Interest and 1 percent with respect to the Class B
Interest;

               (ii) such items of Company deduction or loss generated during the Debt Repayment Period shall
be allocated 20 percent with respect to the Class A Interest and 80 percent with respect to the
Class B Interest; and

               (iii) such items of Company deduction or loss generated during the Residual Period shall be
allocated 5 percent with respect to the Class A Interest and 95 percent with respect to the Class B
Interest;

provided, however, that items of Company deduction or loss shall not be allocated to a
Member to the extent that such allocation would cause an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit. Any
deduction or loss in excess of that limitation shall be allocated to the other Members provided
that such deduction or loss shall, to the extent permissible, reduce subsequent allocations of
deductions or losses to those Members and increase deductions or losses to the Member for whom
deductions or losses were limited.

     Section 5.2. Special Allocations.

          (a) Items of gross income and receipts from the sale of electricity shall be specially
allocated as follows:

               (i) such items generated during the Preference Period shall be allocated 99 percent with
respect to the Class A Interest and 1 percent with respect to the Class B Interest;

               (ii) such items generated during the Debt Repayment Period shall be allocated 20 percent with
respect to the Class A Interest and 80 percent with respect to the Class B Interest; and

               (iii) such items generated during the Residual Period shall be allocated 5 percent with
respect to the Class A Interest and 95 percent with respect to the Class B Interest.

          (b) Any allocations pursuant to Section 5.1 and Section 5.2(a) shall be
subject to any adjustment required to comply with Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b),
including any qualified income offset within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d), and any minimum gain chargeback or partner nonrecourse debt minimum gain
chargeback within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2. Any nonrecourse deductions
(within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(1)) generated during

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any period shall be allocated to the Members in the same manner as deductions and losses are allocated with
respect to such period under Section 5.1, and any partner nonrecourse deductions (within
the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)) shall be allocated to the Member that bears
the economic risk of loss with respect to the debt to which such deductions are allocable. Any
special allocations of items pursuant to this Section 5.2(b) shall be taken into account,
to the extent permitted by the Treasury Regulations, in computing current and subsequent
allocations of income, gain, credits, deductions or losses pursuant to Section 5.1 and
Section 5.2(a) so that the net amount of any items so allocated and all other items
allocated to each Member shall, to the extent possible, be equal to the amount that would have been
allocated to each Member pursuant to Section 5.1 and Section 5.2(a) had such
special allocations under this Section 5.2(b) not occurred.

          (c) For purposes of maintaining the Capital Accounts of the Members pursuant to Section
4.2, all items of Company credits (including to the extent applicable Tax Credits) shall be
allocated in the same manner as the allocations of book items of Company gross income and receipts
from the sale of electricity are made pursuant to this Section 5.2.

     Section 5.3. Tax Allocations.

          (a) Except as provided in Section 5.3(b), all allocations of tax items of Company
income, gain, credits, deductions and losses for any period shall be allocated in the
same manner as the corresponding allocations of book items of Company income, gain, credits,
deductions and losses were made for such period pursuant to Sections 5.1 and 5.2.

          (b) Tax items of Company gross income and receipts from the sale of electricity and Tax
Credits shall be allocated in the same manner as allocations of book items of Company gross income
and receipts from the sale of electricity were made pursuant to Section 5.2.

          (c) Notwithstanding Section 5.3(a), if, as a result of contributions of property by a
Member to the Company or an adjustment to the Gross Asset Value of Company assets pursuant to this
Agreement, there exists a variation between the adjusted basis of an item of Company property for
federal income tax purposes and such property’s Gross Asset Value, allocations of income, gain,
loss, and deduction shall, solely for tax purposes, be allocated among the Members so as to take
into account such variation using the remedial method provided pursuant to Treasury Regulations
Section 1.704-3.

          (d) Any elections or other decisions relating to Capital Accounts (including allocations
pursuant to Sections 5.1 and 5.2) and tax allocations (including allocations pursuant to
this Section 5.3) shall be made jointly by the Tax Matters Partner and the Class A Member.
Allocations pursuant to this Section 5.3 are solely for purposes of federal, state and
local taxes and shall not affect, or in any way be taken into account in computing, any Member’s
Capital Account or share of book income, gain, deductions or losses or distributions pursuant to
any provision of this Agreement.

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     Section 5.4. Transfer or Change in Company Interest. If the respective Membership Interests of the existing Members in the Company change or if
a Membership Interest is Transferred in compliance with this Agreement to any other Person, then,
for the Fiscal Year in which the Transfer occurs, all income, gains, credits (including Tax
Credits), losses, deductions, and other tax incidents resulting from the operations of the Company
shall be allocated, as between transferor and transferee, by taking into account their varying
interests using the closing of the books method in accordance with Section 706 of the Code, unless
otherwise agreed by all the Members.

ARTICLE VI

DISTRIBUTIONS

     Section 6.1. Distributions. On or before February 14, May 15, August 14, and November 14 of each calendar year
following the Effective Date, the Manager shall cause the Company to distribute all Net Cash Flow
attributable to the prior calendar quarter to the Members; provided, that (a) with respect
to the first distribution after the Effective Date, such distribution shall be of all Net Cash Flow
attributable to the period of such calendar year after the Effective Date and (b) such distribution
is permitted under the Financing Documents. Except as provided in Section 11.2, all
distributions made pursuant to this Section 6.1 shall be made between the Members as
follows:

          (a) Net Cash Flow attributable to the Preference Period shall be distributed (i) with respect
to the Class A Interest, in an amount equal to the greater of (A) 50 percent of the Net Cash Flow
attributable to the portion of the applicable quarter occurring during the Preference Period and
(B) an amount equal to the tax detriment resulting from the allocation to the Class A Member of net
income that is attributable to such quarter, determined based on an assumed tax rate of 35 percent,
and (ii) the balance of the Net Cash Flow attributable to the portion of the applicable quarter
occurring during the Preference Period with respect to the Class B Interest;

          (b) Net Cash Flow attributable to the Debt Repayment Period shall be distributed 20 percent
with respect to the Class A Interest and 80 percent with respect to the Class B Interest; and

          (c) Net Cash Flow attributable to the Residual Period shall be distributed 5 percent with
respect to the Class A Interest and 95 percent with respect to the Class B Interest.

     Section 6.2. Withdrawal of Capital. No Member shall have the right to withdraw capital from the Company or to receive or demand
distributions or return of its Capital Contributions until the Company is dissolved in accordance
with this Agreement and applicable provisions of the Act. No Member shall be entitled to demand or
receive any interest on its Capital Contributions.

     Section 6.3. Withholding Taxes. If the Company is required to withhold taxes with respect to any allocation or distribution
to any Member pursuant to any applicable federal, state,

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local or foreign tax laws, the Company may, after first notifying the Member and permitting the Member, if legally permitted, to contest
the applicability of such taxes, withhold such amounts and make such payments to taxing authorities
as are necessary to ensure compliance with such tax laws. Any funds withheld by reason of this
Section 6.3 shall nonetheless be deemed distributed to the Member in question for all
purposes under this Agreement. If the Company did not withhold from actual distributions any
amounts it was required to withhold, the Company may, at its option, (a) require the Member to
which the withholding was credited to reimburse the Company for such withholding; or (b) reduce any
subsequent distributions by the amount of such withholding. This obligation of a Member to
reimburse the Company for taxes that were required to be withheld shall continue after such Member
transfers or liquidates its Membership Interest in the Company, but only with respect to
withholding obligations that relate to the period through the date of such transfer or liquidation.
Each Member agrees to furnish the Company with any representations and forms as shall reasonably
be requested by the Company to assist it in determining the extent of, and in fulfilling, any
withholding obligations it may have.

     Section 6.4. Distributions in Kind. There shall be no distributions of the assets of the Company (other than cash) in kind
without the prior written consent of all the Members.

     Section 6.5. Limitation upon Distributions. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Agreement, including the foregoing provisions of
this Article VI, to the contrary, no distribution shall be made: (a) if such distribution
would violate any contract or agreement to which the Company is then a party (including the
Financing Documents) or any Legal Requirement then applicable to the Company; (b) to the extent
that the Manager in its reasonable discretion, determines that any amount otherwise distributable
should be retained by the Company to pay, or to establish a reserve for the payment of, any
liability or obligation of the Company, whether liquidated, fixed, contingent or otherwise, or to
hedge an existing investment, and the Class A Member consents to each such reserve, such consent
not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed; or (c) to the extent that the cash
available to the Company is insufficient to permit such distribution.

ARTICLE VII

ACCOUNTING AND RECORDS

     Section 7.1. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Company shall be the calendar year (the “Fiscal Year”).
Unless otherwise required by the Code, the Company shall have the same Fiscal Year for income tax
and for financial and accounting purposes.

     Section 7.2. Books and Records and Inspection.

          (a) The Manager shall keep, or cause to be kept by the Company, full and accurate books of
account, financial records and supporting documents, which shall reflect, completely, accurately
and in reasonable detail, each transaction of the Company and such other matters as are usually
entered into the records or maintained by Persons engaged in a business of like character or as are
required by law, and all other documents and writings of the Company. The books of account,
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writings of the Company shall be kept and maintained at the principal office of the Company. The financial records and
reports of the Company shall be kept in accordance with GAAP and kept on an accrual basis.

          (b) In addition to and without limiting the generality of Section 7.2(a), the Manager
shall keep, or cause to be kept by the Company, at its principal office:

               (i) true and full information regarding the status of the business and financial condition of
the Company, including financial statements for the three most recent years;

               (ii) promptly after becoming available, a copy of the Company’s federal, state, and local
income tax returns for each year;

               (iii) a current list of the name and last known business, residence or mailing address of each
Member and the Manager;

               (iv) a copy of this Agreement and the Company’s Certificate of Formation, and all amendments
thereto, together with executed copies of any written powers of
attorney pursuant to which this Agreement and such Certificate of Formation and all amendments
thereto have been executed;

               (v) true and full information regarding the amount of cash and a description and statement of
the agreed value of any other property and services contributed by each Member and which each
Member has agreed to contribute in the future, and the date upon which each became a Member;

               (vi) copies of records and supporting documents relating to expenses incurred by Manager or
its Affiliates on behalf of the Company and subject to reimbursement pursuant to Section
8.2; and

               (vii) copies of records that would enable a Member to determine the Member’s relative shares
of the Company’s distributions and the Member’s relative voting rights.

          (c) All books and records of the Company shall be open to inspection and copying by any of the
Members, former Members or their authorized Representatives during business hours and at such
Member’s or former Member’s expense, for any purpose reasonably related to such Member’s or former
Member’s interest in the Company, and the Company and/or the Manager shall maintain the books and
records of the Company for a period of five years following the dissolution of the Company. The
Members shall provide the Company with written notice prior to the expiration of such five year
period if the Member desires to make copies of such books and records prior to destruction thereof.
The Members’ or their authorized Representatives’ rights under this Section 7.2(c) shall
continue during the five year period despite termination or expiration of this Agreement.

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     Section 7.3. Bank Accounts, Notes and Drafts.

          (a) All funds not required for the immediate needs of the Company shall be placed in Permitted
Investments, which investments shall have a maturity appropriate for the anticipated cash flows
needs of the Company. All Company funds shall be deposited and held in accounts which are in the
name of the Company and separate from all other accounts maintained by the Manager and the Members,
and the Company’s funds shall not be commingled with any other funds of any other Person, including
any Manager, any Member or any Affiliate of a Manager or a Member.

          (b) The Members acknowledge that the Manager may maintain Company funds in accounts, money
market funds, certificates of deposit, other liquid assets in excess of the insurance provided by
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or other depository insurance institutions and that the
Manager shall not be accountable or liable for any loss of such funds resulting from failure or
insolvency of the depository institution.

          (c) Checks, notes, drafts and other orders for the payment of money shall be signed by such
persons as the Manager from time to time may authorize. When the Manager so authorizes, the
signature of any such person may be a facsimile.

     Section 7.4. Financial Statements.

          (a) Within 15 days following end of each calendar month, the Manager shall furnish to each
Member a monthly report substantially in the form set forth in Schedule 7.4(a) hereto.

          (b) Within 45 days after the end of each of the first three quarters of each Fiscal Year, the
Manager shall furnish to each Member (i) unaudited financial statements with respect to such
quarter of the Company, consisting of (A) a balance sheet showing the Company’s financial position
as of the end of such quarter, (B) profit and loss statements for such quarter, (C) a statement of
cash flows for such quarter, certified by a responsible officer of the Manager as true complete and
correct in all material respects and (ii) a summary of the Tax Credits generated and the number of
kilowatt hours produced and sold by the Company to Unrelated Persons and to any other person during
such quarter, substantially in the form set forth in Schedule 7.4(b) hereto.

          (c) Within 90 days after the end of each Fiscal Year, the Manager shall furnish to each Member
(i) financial statements with respect to such Fiscal Year (which shall be prepared in accordance
with GAAP) that are audited and certified by the Accounting Firm, (ii) a statement of each Member’s
closing Capital Account balance as of the end of such Fiscal Year, (iii) a summary of the Tax
Credits generated and the number of kilowatt hours produced and sold by the Company to Unrelated
Persons and to any other person during each calendar quarter during the Fiscal Year, substantially
in the form set forth in Schedule 7.4(b) hereto. The audited financial statements must
include (A) a balance sheet showing the Company’s financial position

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as of the end of such Fiscal Year, (B) profit and loss statements for such Fiscal Year and (C)
a statement of cash flows for such Fiscal Year.

          (d) Within 90 days after the end of each Fiscal Year, the Sponsor shall furnish to the Class A
Member financial statements with respect to such Fiscal Year (which shall be prepared in accordance
with GAAP and which may be unaudited) for Sponsor and Renegy, LLC, including (A) a balance sheet
showing the applicable company’s financial position as of the end of such Fiscal Year, (B) profit
and loss statements for such Fiscal Year and (C) a statement of cash flows for such Fiscal Year.

     Section 7.5. Partnership Status and Tax Elections.

          (a) It is the intent of the Members that the Company be taxed as a partnership for United
States federal, state and local income tax purposes. The Members hereby agree not to elect to be
excluded from the application of Subchapter K of Chapter 1 of Subtitle A of the Code or any similar
state statute and agree not to elect for the Company to be treated as a corporation, or an
association taxable as a corporation, under the Code or any similar state statute.

          (b) The Company shall make the following elections and take the following positions under
United States income tax laws and regulations and any similar state statutes:

               (i) Adopt the Fiscal Year as the annual accounting period; and

               (ii) Adopt the accrual method of accounting.

          (c) The Company may (and, at the request of either Member, shall) file an election under
Section 754 of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder to adjust the basis of the Company
assets under Section 734(b) of the Code or Section 743(b) of the Code and any corresponding
elections under the applicable sections of state and local law.

          (d) The Company shall file an election under Section 6231(a)(1)(B)(ii) of the Code and the
Treasury Regulations thereunder to treat the Company as a partnership to which the provisions of
Sections 6221 through 6234 of the Code, inclusive, apply.

     Section 7.6. Company Tax Returns. The United States federal income Tax Returns for the Company and
all other Tax Returns of the Company with respect to taxable years ending after the date hereof
(the “Company Tax Returns”) shall be prepared as directed by the Manager in Consultation with the
other Members, subject, in the case, of federal and state income Company Tax Returns, to this
Section 7.6. The Manager, in Consultation with the other Members, may extend the time for
filing any such Company Tax Returns as provided for under applicable statutes; provided, however,
that in all events, the United States federal income tax return of the Company and all applicable
state and local income tax returns shall be filed no later than the first day of the eighth month
following the end of the applicable taxable period. At the Company’s expense, the Manager shall
cause the Company to retain the Accounting Firm to prepare or review the necessary federal and
state income Company Tax Returns. Each Member

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shall provide such information, if any, as may be reasonably necessary by the Company for
purposes of preparing such Company Tax Returns, provided that such information is readily available
from regularly maintained accounting records. At least ninety (90) days prior to filing the
federal and state income Company Tax Returns, the Manager shall deliver to the other Members for
their review, a copy of the Company’s federal and state income Company Tax Returns in the form
proposed to be filed for each Fiscal Year, and shall incorporate all reasonable changes or comments
to such proposed Company Tax Returns requested in good faith by the other Members at least sixty
(60) days prior to the filing date for such returns. If the Manager and the Class A Member or any
other Member disagree as to any reasonably requested change to be made to one or more of the
Company Tax Returns, as proposed in accordance with the preceding sentence, and the Manager and
such Member(s) do not reach agreement as to such matter at least fifty (50) days prior to the
filing date of the applicable Company Tax Return, the unresolved matter shall be referred to the
Independent Accountant to determine whether the filing position with respect to each such
unresolved matter as proposed by the Manager or the requesting Member is more likely to be
sustained on its merits by the applicable Tax Authority, and the filing position so determined by
the Independent Accountant shall be the filing position taken by the Company for purposes of filing
the applicable Company Tax Returns. The Manager thereafter shall cause the Company to timely file
such Company Tax Returns in accordance with the foregoing, taking into account any applicable
extensions (but in all events, within the time periods required by the second sentence of this
Section 7.6); provided, that if the Independent Accountant does not render a
decision prior to the applicable time period required by the second sentence of this Section
7.6 the Manager shall file the applicable Company Tax Return utilizing the filing position that
it determines is more likely than not to be sustained on its merits by the applicable Tax Authority
and, if the Independent Accountant subsequently adopts the other filing position, the Manager shall
file with the applicable Tax Authority an amendment to the applicable Company Tax Return to reflect
such filing position. Within ten (10) days after filing such federal and state income Company Tax
Returns, the Manager shall cause the Company to deliver to each Member a copy of the Company’s
federal and state income Tax Returns as filed for each Fiscal Year, together with any additional
tax-related information in the possession of the Company that such Member may reasonably request in
order to properly prepare its own income Tax Returns.

     Section 7.7. Tax Audits.

          (a) Sponsor is hereby designated as the “tax matters partner,” as that term is defined in
Section 6231(a)(7) of the Code, of the Company (the “Tax Matters Partner”), with all of the
rights, duties and powers provided for in sections 6221 through 6234 of the Code, inclusive.
Sponsor is hereby directed and authorized to take whatever steps Sponsor, in its reasonable
discretion, deems necessary or desirable to perfect such designation, including filing any forms or
documents with the IRS and taking such other action as may from time to time be required under the
Treasury Regulations. The Tax Matters Partner shall promptly deliver to each other Member a copy
of all notices, communications, reports and writings received from the IRS relating to or
potentially resulting in an adjustment of Company Items, shall promptly advise each of the other
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IRS in connection therewith and shall keep the other Members advised of all substantive
material developments with respect to any proposed adjustments which come to its attention. In
addition, the Tax Matters Partner shall (i) provide the other Members with a draft copy of any
material substantive correspondence or filing to be submitted by the Company in connection with any
administrative or judicial proceedings relating to the determination of Company Items reasonably in
advance of such submission, (ii) incorporate all reasonable changes or comments to such
correspondence or filing requested by the other Members and (iii) provide the other Members with a
final copy of such correspondence or filing. The Tax Matters Partner will provide each Member with
notice reasonably in advance of any meetings or conferences with respect to any administrative or
judicial proceedings relating to the determination of Company Items (including any meetings or
conferences with counsel or advisors to the Company with respect to such proceedings) and each
Member shall have the right to attend, at its sole cost and expense, in any such meetings or
conferences. The Tax Matters Partner shall take such action as may be necessary to cause, to the
extent possible, each other Member to become a “notice partner” within the meaning of section
6231(a) of the Code. If Sponsor Transfers all of its Membership Interest (other than to an
Affiliate), Sponsor shall be removed as the Tax Matters Partner and the then-current Members of the
Company shall select a replacement Tax Matters Partner for the Company effective as of the date of
the Transfer of all of Sponsor’s Membership Interest (other than to an Affiliate).

          (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, Investor, in Consultation with the other Members, shall
direct the defense of any claims made by the IRS to the extent that such claims relate to the
adjustment of Company items with respect to taxable years of the Company up to and including the
end of the Preference Period (“Company Items”) and, in connection therewith, shall cause
the Company to retain and to pay the fees and expenses of counsel and other advisors chosen by
Investor in Consultation with the other Members.

          (c) Notwithstanding Section 7.7(a) or Section 7.7(b), neither the Tax Matters
Partner nor any Member shall enter into a settlement agreement with the IRS that purports to bind
any Members other than the Members entering into such settlement, and neither the Tax Matters
Partner nor any Member shall (i) file a petition contemplated by section 6226(a) or section 6228 of
the Code, (ii) intervene in any action as contemplated by section 6226(b) of the Code, (iii) file
any request contemplated by section 6227(b) of the Code, or (iv) enter into an agreement extending
the period of limitations as contemplated by section 6229(b)(1)(B) of the Code without the prior
consent of the Investor (on or prior to the expiration of the Preference Period) or the Tax Matters
Partner (after the expiration of the Preference Period).

          (d) If for any reason the IRS disregards the election made by the Company pursuant to
Section 7.5(d) and commences any audit or proceeding in which it makes a claim, or proposes
to make a claim, against any Member that could reasonably be expected to result in the disallowance
or adjustment of any items of income, gain, loss, deduction or credit (including Tax Credits)
allocated to such Member by the Company, then such Member shall promptly advise the other Members
of the same, and such Member, in Consultation with the other Members, shall use all reasonable
efforts to convert the portion of such audit or proceeding that relates to such

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items into a Company level proceeding consistent with the Company’s election pursuant to
Section 7.5(d). In the event that such Member is unsuccessful in so converting such
proceeding, the Member subject to such audit or proceeding shall provide notification, information,
documents, correspondence and a reasonable opportunity to participate to, and shall Consult with,
the other Members to the same degree as required of the Tax Matters Partner in Section
7.7(b), but only with respect to items of income, gain, loss, deduction, or credit that relate
to the Company, and not to the extent such notification, information, documents, correspondence, or
opportunity to participate would materially adversely affect the audit of or proceeding involving
the items that do not relate to the Company or result in the dissemination of information regarding
such Member that relates to matters other than items of income, gain, loss, deduction, or credit
with respect to the Company.

          (e) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the provisions of Section 7.2(c)
and this Section 7.7 shall survive the Termination Date and shall remain in full force and
effect until the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations for any audits of the
Company’s tax returns for taxable years in which the Investor is a Member.

ARTICLE VIII

MANAGEMENT

     Section 8.1. Manager.

          (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 8.1(b), the powers of the Company shall be
exercised by or under the authority of, and the business and affairs of the Company shall be
managed under the direction of, the Manager and the Manager shall take all actions for and on
behalf of the Company not otherwise provided for in this Agreement. In addition, the Manager may
vest in the Officers of the Company the authority to take such actions for and on behalf of the
Company not otherwise provided for in this Agreement, or reserved to the Members or the Manager, to
the extent any such actions are not inconsistent with or in breach of the terms of this Agreement
or a directive of the Manager. The Company, and the Manager or any Officer on behalf of the
Company, may enter into and perform the Financing Documents and the Fuel Supply Agreement and any
other Project Document to which the Company is a party, in each case as in effect on the Effective
Date or the date hereof, as applicable, and any documents contemplated thereby or related thereto,
without any further act, vote or approval of any Person, including any Member, notwithstanding any
other provision of this Agreement. The Manager and each Officer is hereby authorized to enter into
the documents described in the preceding sentence on behalf of the Company, but such authorization
shall not be deemed a restriction on the power of the Manager or any Officer to enter into other
documents on behalf of the Company. Without limitation of the foregoing, it is understood and
acknowledged that the Manager shall provide the following services to the Company:

               (i) coordinate with Catalyst to ensure compliance with all Project Documents and Financing
Documents pursuant to the terms of the Lease and to oversee the Catalyst’s operation of the
Facility;

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               (ii) review all Legal Requirements containing or establishing compliance requirements in
connection with the operation and maintenance of the Facility and applicable to the Company in
connection with its obligations under the Project Documents and Financing Documents and assist
Company in securing and complying, as appropriate, with all permits (including the air quality
control permit), licenses and government authorizations and approvals necessary for the ownership,
operation and maintenance of the Facility (and renewals and replacements of the same);

               (iii) maintain operating logs and reports documenting the performance of its obligations under
this Agreement, all consistent with Prudent Industry Practices, including maintaining information
reasonably necessary to verify any calculations made pursuant to this Agreement;

               (iv) deliver to Company copies of any notices received by Manager on the Company’s behalf and
provide information necessary for Company to create reports required to be produced by Company
under the Project Documents as well as deliver any information related to the Facility or the
Company as any Member may reasonably request.

               (v) maintain true, complete and accurate cost ledgers and accounting records for the Company
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles applicable to the Project and this
Agreement and to reflect the services provided and expenses paid or incurred by it pursuant to this
Agreement and all other Project Documents and Financing Documents;

               (vi) provide (or arrange for the provision of) such operating and maintenance and engineering
consulting for the Project as may be necessary or desirable from time to time in accordance with
Prudent Industry Practices;

               (vii) respond in a reasonably timely manner to written requests for information regarding the
Facility from the Members to the extent such information is reasonably accessible to the Manager;

               (viii) coordinate with Catalyst to ensure the continuous and efficient operation of the
Facility under the Lease;

               (ix) cause the ash produced by the Facility to be tested monthly for compliance with
applicable Legal Requirements and conditions for disposal and furnish the Members with the results
of such tests; and

               (x) furnish to the Members true and correct copies of all of the Financing Documents, and all
amendments thereto, and all notices (including any notice of any event of default), waivers,
requests for waivers, and correspondence with the Lenders or their agent under the Financing
Documents or the Lease.

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          (b) Subject to Section 3.2(d) and Section 12.2(c), neither the Manager nor any
Officer shall have any authority to, and the Manager covenants and agrees that it shall not, cause
the Company to do or take any of the following actions without the prior consent of all of the
Members having been obtained:

               (i) sell, lease, transfer, assign or distribute (excluding cash distributions made in
accordance with this Agreement) all or substantially all of the assets of the Company;

               (ii) cause the Company to incur in any single transaction or in any series of related
transactions indebtedness for borrowed money in an aggregate principal amount that exceeds
$2,500,000 (excluding amounts borrowed under the Financing Documents, amounts advanced by the
Manager pursuant to Section 4.4 and any Permitted Debt, as defined and set forth in the
Financing Documents);

               (iii) cause the Company to guarantee the payment of money or the performance of any contract
or other obligation of any Person or cause the Company to become liable as a surety, guarantor,
accommodation endorser or otherwise, for or upon the obligation of any other Person or incur any
contingent obligations not otherwise permitted hereunder or which does not constitute Permitted
Debt;

               (iv) issue, sell, buy-back or redeem any limited liability company interests of the Company,
unless a Member or the Company is otherwise entitled to take any such action on behalf of the
Company or as otherwise provided herein;

               (v) except for transactions contemplated by or provided for in the Fuel Supply Agreement,
approve transactions between the Company and any Member, the Manager or any Affiliates of a Member
or the Manager, unless such transaction satisfies the requirements of Section 8.6;

               (vi) approve the Budget as described in Section 9.1, and any amendments or
modifications thereto, and approve any expenditures not provided for in the Budget;

               (vii) approve expenditures of more than $50,000 in a Fiscal Year under an operation and
maintenance agreement that are not otherwise provided in the Budget;

               (viii) cause the Company to enter into any Agreement or obligation that would require the
payment of more than $150,000 in a Fiscal Year, except as otherwise provided in the Budget;

               (ix) cause the Company to settle claims, litigation or arbitration if, as a result, the
Company is obligated to pay more than $100,000;

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               (x) cause the Company to guarantee the payment of money or the performance of any contract or
other obligation of any Person in excess of $250,000;

               (xi) cause the Company to make any Tax elections, except as expressly provided for in this
Agreement;

               (xii) cause the Company to engage in any business or activity other than that described in
Section 2.3;

               (xiii) cause or permit the Company to take any action or omit to take any action required to
maintain the Company’s status as an “exempt wholesale generator” under Section 1262 of the Public
Utility Holding Company Act of 2005 or that would cause the Company to be regulated as a “utility”
under Arizona law;

               (xiv) amend one or more of the Financing Documents in any manner that could materially affect
the interests of the Members;

               (xv) amend or terminate the Company’s Certificate of Formation, execute any documents that
causes the Company to combine, merge or consolidate with or into any other entity, or purchase or
otherwise acquire all or substantially all of the assets of any Person; or

               (xvi) assign the Company’s rights or obligations under any Financing Document, the Fuel Supply
Agreement or any other Project Document to any Person, except as specifically permitted by the
Financing Documents;

provided, however, that any such consent required of a Member, other than under
clause “(i)” above, shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. A Member will be
deemed to have consented if no response is received from a Member within 15 Business Days of
receipt of a written request for consent regarding any of the matters described above.

          (c) The Manager shall devote such time, effort and skill to the Company’s business affairs as
is necessary and proper to promote the Company’s welfare and success in accordance with Prudent
Industry Practice. Notwithstanding any duty otherwise existing at law or in equity, the Members
expressly recognize that the Manager has or may have substantial other business activities and
agree that the Manager and its Affiliates, officers, directors, employees, and agents, as the case
may be (other than those persons who are Officers or employees of the Company), shall not be bound
to devote all of their business time to the affairs of the Company and that the Manager or its
Affiliates may engage for their own account and for the accounts of others in other businesses or
activities.

          (d) Notwithstanding any duty otherwise existing at law or in equity, the Manager shall act in
good faith and in the best interests of the Company at all times and in accordance with the
covenants and agreements made in this Agreement and shall not be required to prefer the business or
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entity in which the Manager or its Affiliates may have an interest. In carrying out its
duties hereunder, the Manager shall not be liable to the Company or to any Member for its good
faith actions or failure to act (including actions taken or omitted to be taken in good faith in
accordance with the written direction of all Members), for any errors of judgment, or for any act
or omission believed in good faith to be within the scope of authority conferred by this Agreement,
but nothing herein shall relieve the Manager for any liability for breach of such standard, fraud,
willful misconduct, gross negligence, or a knowing violation of law in the performance of its
duties under this Agreement.

          (e) Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement:

               (i) each of the Members and the Manager shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon
the records of the Company and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to
the Company by any other Person who is a Member, the Manager or any Officer or employee of the
Company, or by any other individual as to matters the Members or the Manager reasonably believe are
within such other individual’s professional or expert competence and who has been selected with
reasonable care by or on behalf of the Company, including information, opinions, reports or
statements as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities, profits or losses of the Company
or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of assets from which distribution to the
Members might properly be paid;

               (ii) the Manager shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated
in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction,
consent or other paper or document, but the Manager, in its discretion, may make such further
inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit; and

               (iii) the Manager shall not be required to take any action hereunder, nor shall any other
provision of this Agreement be deemed to impose a duty on the Manager to take any action, if the
Manager shall reasonably determine, or shall have been advised by counsel, that such action is
contrary to any applicable law or this Agreement.

     Section 8.2. Compensation of the Manager. During the period that Sponsor is serving as the
Manager, the Company shall pay to the Manager for fair value received hereunder as follows: (a) 90
percent of the Management Fee within ten days after the delivery to the Members of the reports
described in Section 7.4(c) and (b) 10 percent of the Management Fee upon delivery of the
United States federal income Tax Return, as filed, in accordance with Section 7.6 for each
Fiscal Year to which the reports and Tax Return relate. In addition, the Company will reimburse
the Manager and its Affiliates on a timely basis for reasonable and appropriately incurred
out-of-pocket expenses incurred on behalf of the Company, including without limitation amounts paid
to third-party non-Affiliate consultants and contractors engaged to perform services on behalf of
the Company as permitted hereunder. The payment of the Management Fee shall be made out of funds
available to the Company after the payment of debt service and all other amounts payable to the
Lenders and others under the Financing Documents (which shall be as part of “Waterfall Level
8,” as defined therein, and subject to the provisions of the Subordination Agreement dated
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ACB as Administrative Agent) but before any distributions to the Members, and, to the extent
any portion of the Management Fee is not paid when due it shall be deferred, and shall bear
interest at the Prime Rate plus 200 basis points until paid.

     Section 8.3. Removal or Resignation of the Manager. The Manager may be removed (i) for “cause” by
the consent of the Class A Member, or (ii) if the Sponsor fails to advance any Working Capital
Loans required to be advanced under Section 4.4 and such failure continues for 90 days
after notice from the Class A Member; provided, that if any removal pursuant to clause (ii)
above occurs prior to such time as the Company receives a revised air permit to operate the
Facility such removal also shall require the consent of Lender under the Financing Documents. For
purposes of this section, “cause” means (a) intentional misconduct, gross negligence or
fraud by the Manager in the performance of its duties and obligations under this Agreement; (b)
violation of any material Law directly caused by the Manager’s gross dereliction of its duty,
including any environmental Law, that is not remedied within 90 days of notice, provided,
that if such violation is not capable of being remedied within such time period such violation is
not remedied within a reasonable period of time (having due regard for the circumstances of the
violation); (c) breach of any material provision of this Agreement directly caused by the Manager’s
gross dereliction of its duty that is not cured within 90 days of notice, provided, that if
such breach is not capable of being cured within such time period such breach is not cured within a
reasonable period of time (having due regard to the circumstances of the breach); or (d) the
Bankruptcy or dissolution of the Manager. Upon the removal of the Manager as provided above, the
Class A Member shall select a new Manager, subject to the approval of Lender, as long as such
approval is not unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. Sponsor shall not resign as Manager
or assign its rights as Manager to any other Person during the Preference Period (except pursuant
to an exercise of any remedy by Lender pursuant to any Financing Document) (x) without the consent
of the Class A Member, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed and
(y) until Sponsor has designated a successor Manager that is reasonably acceptable to the Class A
Member (provided, that for the purpose of clarity, Lender (or its permitted successors,
designees or assigns) is deemed a reasonably acceptable successor Manager by Class A Member).
Following the Preference Period, upon a resignation of the Manager (except for any such resignation
following an event that constitutes “cause” as described above), so long as Sponsor or an Affiliate
thereof holds a Membership Interest, a new Manager shall be selected by Sponsor and shall not be
subject to approval of the Investor. Following the Preference Period, any Manager that is an
Affiliate of Sponsor shall have the right to assign its rights as Manager to another Affiliate of
Sponsor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any such removal of or resignation by Sponsor as the
Manager shall have no effect on Sponsor’s right to receive any portion of the Management Fee
provided for in Section 8.2 which, as of such termination, is accrued but not paid.

     Section 8.4. Third Party Reliance. Third parties dealing with the Company shall be entitled to
rely conclusively on the power and authority of the Manager. No third Person dealing with the
Company shall be required to ascertain whether the Manager is acting in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement. All third Persons may rely on a document executed by the Manager as
binding the Company.

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     Section 8.5. Officers. The Manager may, from time to time as it deems advisable, appoint officers
of the Company (the “Officers”) and assign, in writing, titles (including President, Vice
President, Secretary and Treasurer) to any such person. Unless the Manager decides otherwise, if
the title is one commonly used for officers of a business corporation formed under the Act, the
assignment of such title shall constitute the delegation to such person of the authorities and
duties that are normally associated with that office. Any delegation pursuant to this Section
8.5 may be amended or revoked at any time by the Manager. All Officers shall serve at the
discretion of and subject to the direction of the Manager.

     Section 8.6. Contracts with Affiliates. The Company may enter into contracts and agreements with
the Manager or any Affiliates of the Manager for the rendering of services, the sale or lease of
supplies and equipment to the Company necessary or appropriate for the operation of the Company
business consistent with its purposes stated herein; provided, however, that for any contracts or
agreements entered with the Manager or any Affiliates of the Manager after the date hereof, the
cost of such services, supplies and equipment, and the other terms of such contracts and agreements
must be no less favorable, and on arms’ length terms, to the Company than those available from
unrelated third parties that are engaged in the business of rendering comparable services or
selling or leasing comparable supplies and equipment. The Members acknowledge and agree that all
contracts and agreements with the Manager or any Affiliates of the Manager that are contemplated or
provided for in any of the Transaction Agreements are deemed to comply with the requirements of
this Section 8.6 and fees payable thereunder are for fair value received by the Company
under such Transaction Agreements.

     Section 8.7. Insurance. The Company shall acquire and maintain (including making changes to
coverage and carriers) such casualty, general liability (including product liability), property
damage and other types of insurance with respect to the Facility and/or the operations of the
Company, as is required by the Transaction Agreements, and such additional insurance as may
otherwise be determined by the Manager to be necessary or advisable from time to time.

     Section 8.8. Duties; Indemnification.

          (a) To the extent that, at law or in equity, a Manager or Member has fiduciary duties and
liabilities relating thereto to the Company or to any Member or other Person bound by this
Agreement, a Manager or Member acting under this Agreement shall not be liable to the Company or to
any Member or other Person bound by this Agreement for its good faith reliance on the provisions of
this Agreement or for any act or omission performed or omitted in good faith on behalf of the
Company (and in a manner reasonably believed to be within the scope of such entity’s authority
hereunder). The provisions of this Agreement, to the extent that they restrict or eliminate the
duties and liabilities of a Manager or Member otherwise existing at law or in equity to the Company
or its Members or Manager, are agreed by the Manager and the Members to replace such other duties
and liabilities of such Manager or Member.

          (b) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, a Member and its Affiliates shall be
entitled to indemnification from the Company for any damages or loss incurred by such Person by
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provided that: (i) any such act or omission was undertaken in good faith on behalf of the
Company and in a manner reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the
Company; (ii) any such act or omission was reasonably believed to be within the scope of authority
conferred on such Person by this Agreement; (iii) any such act or omission was not in willful
breach of this Agreement, and (iv) with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, such Person
had no reasonable cause to believe his action or omission was unlawful, except that no Person shall
be entitled to be indemnified in respect of any damages or loss incurred by such Person by reason
of fraud, gross negligence, or willful misconduct with respect to such acts or omissions;
provided, however, that (x) any indemnity under this Section 8.8(b) shall
be provided out of and to the extent of Company assets only (including the proceeds of any
insurance policy), and no Member shall have any personal liability on account thereof, including
without limitation, any obligation to contribute money or other property to the Company and (y)
this indemnification shall not apply to any liabilities or obligations of any Affiliate of Sponsor
under the Fuel Supply Agreement.

          (c) Neither Manager nor any Member shall be liable to the Company or the another Member for
any special, incidental, exemplary, indirect or consequential damages of any nature as a result of
any breach of this Agreement or any of its duties or obligations hereunder, whether arising under
contract, tort (including negligence), strict liability or otherwise.

     Section 8.9. DSR Credit Support. Manager shall cause Sponsor to provide to the lenders under the
Financing Documents such DSR Credit Support as may be required thereunder. Sponsor shall be
reimbursed from the Company for all reasonable costs and expenses of providing such DSR Credit
Support in addition to the payment to the Manager of the Management Fee hereunder. Payment of such
costs and expenses to Sponsor shall be made from the time when incurred. To the extent Sponsor is
required to pay any amounts under the DSR Credit Support (at any time), such amounts (the
“Credit Support Amounts”) shall be considered as a loan to the Company, the principal
amount of which shall bear interest at a rate equal to the lesser of (a) the Prime Rate plus 200
basis points per annum compounded monthly, and (b) the maximum rate of interest allowed by
applicable law, from the date such Credit Support Amounts are paid under the DSR Credit Support
until such time as the Credit Support Amounts are repaid to the Sponsor. Notwithstanding any
provision to the contrary set forth herein, repayment of such Credit Support Amounts (together with
all accrued and unpaid interest thereon) shall be made prior to the distribution of any Net Cash
Flow to the Members.

     Section 8.10. Tax Credit Matters.

          (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement or any Transaction Agreement to the
contrary, the Manager shall not, and shall cause each of its Affiliates not to, cause or permit the
Company or any Person acting on behalf of the Company to take any action that would result in, or
refrain from taking any action reasonably within its control that is necessary to prevent, all or
any portion of the production and sale of electricity by the Company failing to qualify for Tax
Credits. For example, but without limitation, neither the Manager nor any of its Affiliates shall
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Company to generate any electricity from, or otherwise operate, the Facility using as a fuel
any material other than “open-loop biomass” (within the meaning of section 45(c)(3)(A)(ii) of the
Code) or (ii) cause or permit the Company or any Person acting on behalf of the Company to sell any
electricity generated by the Company to any Person who is a “related person” (within the meaning of
section 45(e)(4) of the Code); provided, that neither the Manager nor any of its Affiliates
shall be deemed in breach of this Section 8.10(a) by reason of any action which is due to
general market conditions or refusal to act of any non-Affiliated Person. In the event of any
nonfulfillment of or failure to comply with or perform the covenants contained in the preceding two
sentences, then promptly upon delivery of notice of such nonfulfillment or failure by Investor to
the Sponsor, the Sponsor shall pay to Investor, as liquidated damages and not a penalty, an amount
equal to (x) $1.54 multiplied by the difference between (A) the dollar amount of Tax Credits that
would have been allocated to Investor under this Agreement in the absence of such nonfulfillment or
failure and (B) the dollar amount of Tax Credits actually allocated to Investor as a result
of such nonfulfillment or failure plus (y) interest on the amount in clause (x) at a rate
equal to the Prime Rate plus 200 basis points, from the date the Investor would have recognized the
benefit of the Tax Credits that would have been allocated but for such nonfulfillment or failure,
to the date of payment. No nonfulfillment of or failure to comply with or perform the covenants
contained in the first two sentences of this Section 8.10(a) shall be cause for termination
of the Manager pursuant to Section 8.3 unless such nonfulfillment or failure is due to
fraud, willful misconduct, or gross negligence on the part of the Manager.

          (b) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement or any Transaction Agreement to the
contrary, the Manager shall not, and shall cause Renegy Trucking, LLC, Renegy, LLC, and each
Affiliate of Manager not to, take any action that would result in, or refrain from taking any
action within its control that is necessary to prevent, the liabilities of the Company from being
classified as “recourse liabilities” or “nonrecourse liabilities” or from being allocated among the
Members, in each case, pursuant to section 752 of the Code, in a manner not contemplated by the
Base Case Projections (as defined in the Membership Interest Purchase Agreement). For example, but
without limitation, neither Manager nor any of its Affiliates shall (i) cause or permit Renegy
Trucking, LLC or Renegy, LLC to become other than disregarded as an entity separate from Sponsor
under Treasury Regulations sections 301.7701-1 through 301.7701-3 or (ii) cause or permit the
occurrence of a “valuation event” (within the meaning of Treasury Regulations section
1.752-2(k)(2)(iii)) with respect to Renegy Trucking, LLC or Renegy, LLC. In the event of any
nonfulfillment of or failure to comply with or perform the covenants contained in the preceding two
sentences, then promptly upon delivery of notice of such nonfulfillment or failure by Investor to
the Sponsor, the Sponsor shall pay to Investor, as liquidated damages and not a penalty, an amount
equal to (x) $1.54 multiplied by the difference between (A) the dollar amount of Tax Credits that
would have been allocated to Investor under this Agreement in the absence of such nonfulfillment or
failure and (B) the dollar amount of Tax Credits actually allocated to Investor as a result of such
nonfulfillment or failure plus (y) any increase in the present value (discounted at 10 percent per
annum, based on annual compounding) of the net federal income tax liability of Investor (and the
Persons to whom the federal tax items of Investor are allocable, directly or indirectly)
attributable to the Class A Interest and resulting from such nonfulfillment or failure (excluding,
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clause (y), the effect on such tax liability of Tax Credits), plus (z) interest on the
amounts in clause (x) and clause (y) at a rate equal to the Prime Rate plus 200
basis points, from the date the Investor would have recognized the benefit of the Tax Credits or
other items of net loss or net deduction that would have been allocated but for such nonfulfillment
or failure, to the date of payment. No nonfulfillment of or failure to comply with or perform the
covenants contained in the first two sentences of this Section 8.10(b) shall be cause for
termination of the Manager pursuant to Section 8.3 unless such nonfulfillment or failure is
due to fraud, willful misconduct, or gross negligence on the part of the Manager.

ARTICLE IX

BUDGET

     Section 9.1. Preparation. The annual budget for the Company for Fiscal Year 2009 is attached
hereto as Exhibit B and is deemed approved by the Members. On or before September 1, 2009,
and October 1st of each year thereafter (which date is at least 30 days prior to the
date such Operating Budget is required to be delivered to the Lenders under the Financing
Documents) through the term of this Agreement (except for the year during which the Termination
Date occurs), the Manager will prepare in Consultation with the Members, and deliver to the Members
for approval (in accordance with Section 8.1(b), an annual budget for the following Fiscal Year.
Each such budget will contain a line-item specification of projected operating revenues and
expenses, as well as any necessary provision for expenditures or reserves for maintenance and
capital items and other extraordinary expenditures. If the Members cannot reach agreement in
respect of approval of any subsequent annual budget or any component or line item of any such
annual budget, then the annual budget or such component or line item in question shall reflect the
prior Fiscal Year’s actual experience for such item (or in the case of expense components or line
items, one hundred five percent (105%) of the prior Fiscal Year’s actual experience for such item),
excluding any extraordinary items from such previous Fiscal Year. The annual budget for the
Company for Fiscal Year 2009 as attached hereto as Exhibit B and each subsequent annual
budget as prepared and delivered by the Manager, and as approved by the Members hereunder, is
referred to herein as a “Budget.”

     Section 9.2. Amendments and Supplements. During the Fiscal Year covered by the Budget, the
Manager, in Consultation with the Members, may propose amendments to the Budget for approval by the
Members in accordance with Section 8.1(b).

ARTICLE X

TRANSFERS; RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL; PURCHASE OPTION

     Section 10.1. Prohibited Transfers. Except for transfers as provided for in Section 3.10 or
any transfers under the Financing Documents, no Member shall sell, transfer, assign, convey, or
otherwise dispose of all or any part of its Membership Interest or any interest, rights or
obligations with respect thereto, whether directly or indirectly by sale, transfer, assignment,
conveyance or other disposition of direct or indirect ownership interests in the Member (a
“Transfer”) except as provided in this Article X. A Member may not pledge,
mortgage, encumber or hypothecate all or any part of its Membership Interest without the prior
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all of the other Members, which consent may be withheld by such other Members in their
reasonable discretion, except as provided for in any Financing Document. Any attempted Transfer or
pledge, mortgage, encumbrance, or hypothecation, other than in strict accordance with this
Article X, shall be null and void, ab initio and the purported transferee shall have no
rights as a Member or otherwise in or to the Membership Interest.

     Section 10.2. Conditions to Transfer by Investor. Upon the satisfaction of the following
conditions, and subject to Section 10.4, Investor may Transfer all or a portion of its
Membership Interests and the transferee thereof shall be admitted as a Member with respect to such
transferred Membership Interest:

          (a) Investor and the prospective transferee each execute, acknowledge and deliver to the
Company such instruments of transfer and assignment with respect to such Transfer and such other
instruments as are reasonably necessary and satisfactory in form and substance to the Manager to
effect such Transfer and to confirm Investor’s intention that the transferee become a Member in its
place in respect of the Membership Interest Transferred;

          (b) the transferee executes, adopts and acknowledges this Agreement, and executes such other
agreements as the Manager may reasonably deem necessary or appropriate to confirm the undertaking
of the transferee to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and to assume the obligations of
Investor under this Agreement in respect of the Membership Interest Transferred;

          (c) the Transfer will not violate any securities laws or any other applicable federal or state
laws or the order of any court having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its assets;

          (d) the Transfer will not cause the Company to be classified as a corporation or publicly
traded partnership for tax purposes;

          (e) with respect to any transfer occurring prior to the “Contingent Events Date” (as defined
in the Member Interest Purchase Agreement) the transferee or a guarantor of the Investor’s
obligations under the Member Interest Purchase Agreement (and any related agreement executed
thereunder) is investment grade or there are credit enhancements in place acceptable to the Manager
to secure such obligations;

          (f) the Transfer will not result in the Company ceasing to be an “exempt wholesale generator,”
as defined in Section 1262 of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005; and

          (g) the Transfer does not require the Company to register as an “investment company” under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

     Section 10.3. Transfers by Sponsor. Upon the satisfaction of the following conditions, and subject
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withheld by such other Members in their reasonable discretion), except for a transfer to an
Affiliate of Sponsor which will not require such consent, Sponsor may Transfer all or a portion of
its Membership Interest and the transferee thereof shall be admitted as a Member with respect to
such transferred Membership Interest:

          (a) Sponsor and the prospective transferee each execute, acknowledge and deliver to the
Company instruments of transfer and assignment with respect to such Transfer and such other
instruments as are reasonably necessary and satisfactory in form and substance to the Manager to
effect such Transfer and to confirm Sponsor’s intention that the transferee become a Member in its
place in respect of the Membership Interest Transferred;

          (b) the transferee executes, adopts and acknowledges this Agreement, and executes such other
agreements as the Manager may reasonably deem necessary or appropriate to confirm the undertaking
of the transferee to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and to assume the obligations of
Sponsor under this Agreement in respect of the Membership Interest Transferred;

          (c) the Transfer will not violate any securities laws or any other applicable federal or state
laws or the order of any court having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its assets;

          (d) the Transfer will not cause the Company to be classified as a corporation or publicly
traded partnership for tax purposes;

          (e) the Transfer will not result in the Company ceasing to be an “exempt wholesale generator,”
as defined in Section 1262 of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005; and

          (f) the Transfer does not require the Company to register as an “investment company” under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

     Section 10.4. Right of First Offer

          (a) If Investor proposes to Transfer any of its Membership Interest (a “ROFO
Interest”), the Investor shall first deliver a written offer (an “Offer”) to Sponsor
offering to sell the ROFO Interest to Sponsor for a specified cash purchase price (the “Offered
Price”), which Offer shall set forth the material terms of the sale (the “Offered
Terms”). The Offer shall also set forth the notice information for Investor and the date on
which it terminates (the “Offer Termination Date”); provided that the Offer Termination
Date shall not be fewer than 20 days after the date the last Offer is delivered to Sponsor in
accordance with this Section 10.4(a). The Offer shall be irrevocable by Investor from the
date of delivery through 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Offer Termination Date, unless the
irrevocability of the Offer is earlier waived by Sponsor.

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          (b) Sponsor shall have the right, but not the obligation, to accept the Offer by electing to
purchase all, but not less than all, of the ROFO Interest at the Offered Price and on the Offered
Terms. To be effective, each such election must be made in writing and delivered to Investor in
accordance with the notice information set forth in the Offer prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York City
time) on the Offer Termination Date (unless the offer becomes revocable in accordance with
Section 10.4(a) and is revoked prior to such time, in which case delivery must be made
prior to revocation). If Sponsor elects to purchase the entire ROFO Interest, Investor and Sponsor
shall close the sale of the ROFO Interest for the Offered Price and on the Offered Terms within 30
days after the Offer Termination Date. If Sponsor does not timely elect to purchase the entire
ROFO Interest, or if such election is made, but the closing with respect to the entire ROFO
Interest does not occur within the 30-day period required by this Section 10.4(b), Investor
may for a period of 90 days following the Offer Termination Date or the expiration of the 30-day
closing period, as applicable, Transfer all, but not less than all, of the ROFO Interest to any
Person for purchase price consideration that is no less than the Offered Price and on terms that
are no more favorable to the transferee than the Offered Terms. If no transfer of the ROFO
Interest is made pursuant to this Section 10.4(b), any subsequent proposal by Investor to
transfer any of its Membership Interest shall again be subject to the provisions of this
Section 10.4.

          (c) This Section 10.4, and the rights of Sponsor under this Section 10.4 shall
not apply to any Transfer by Investor of all or any portion of its Membership Interests to an
Affiliate of Investor.

     Section 10.5. Admission. Any transferee of all or part of a Membership Interest pursuant to a
Transfer made in accordance with this Agreement, whether by assignment or by operation of law,
shall be admitted to the Company as a substitute Member upon its execution of a counterpart to this
Agreement and compliance with the terms of this Article X.

     Section 10.6. No Effect. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary set forth herein the
provisions of this Article X shall have no effect on any restrictions on Transfer set forth
in the Membership Interest Purchase Agreement, which shall continue in full force and effect.

ARTICLE XI

DISSOLUTION AND WINDING-UP

     Section 11.1. Events of Dissolution. The Company shall be dissolved and its affairs shall be wound
up upon the first to occur of any of the following:

          (a) the unanimous written consent of the Members to dissolve and terminate the Company;

          (b) the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution under the Act; or

          (c) at any time there are no members of the Company unless the Company is continued in
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     Section 11.2. Distribution of Assets. Upon the occurrence of one of the events set forth in
Section 11.1, the Members shall appoint one or more liquidators (which may include one or
more Members or the Manager). Upon their appointment, the liquidators shall proceed diligently to
wind-up the affairs of the Company and shall make final distributions as provided herein and in the
Act by the later of the end of the Company taxable year in which such event occurs or within 90
days after such date. The liquidators shall sell any and all Company property, including to
Members. The liquidators shall first pay, satisfy or discharge from Company funds all of the
debts, liabilities and obligations of the Company (including the Working Capital Loans and all
expenses incurred in liquidation) or otherwise make adequate provision for payment and discharge
thereof (including the establishment of a cash escrow fund for contingent, conditional or unmatured
liabilities in such amount and for such term as the liquidators may reasonably determine) in the
order of priority as provided by law. The balance of the assets of the Company shall be
distributed pro rata to the Members in accordance with the positive balance in their Capital
Accounts, after giving effect to all contributions, distributions and allocations for all periods.
The distribution of cash and/or property to a Member in accordance with the provisions of this
Section 11.2 constitutes a complete return to the Member of its Capital Contributions and a
complete distribution to the Member on its Membership Interest in the Company of all the Company’s
property and constitutes a compromise to which all Members have consented within the meaning of the
Act. If the assets of the Company remaining after the payment or discharge of the debts and
liabilities of the Company are insufficient to return Capital Contributions of each Member, such
Member shall have no recourse against the Company or any other Member.

     Section 11.3. De-Commissioning of the Facility. Any obligations for the de-commissioning of the
Facility will be the obligations of the Company, and the Members shall have no responsibility or
liability relating thereto.

     Section 11.4. In-Kind Distributions. There shall be no distribution of assets of the Company in
kind without the prior written consent of all of the Members.

     Section 11.5. Certificate of Cancellation.

          (a) When all debts, liabilities and obligations have been paid and discharged or adequate
provisions have been made therefor and all of the remaining property and assets have been
distributed to the Members, a Certificate of Cancellation shall be executed and filed by the
liquidators with the Secretary of State of the State of Arizona, which certificate shall set forth
the information required by the Act.

          (b) Upon the filing of the Certificate of Cancellation, the existence of the Company shall
cease.

ARTICLE XII

MISCELLANEOUS

     Section 12.1. Notices. Unless otherwise provided herein, any offer, acceptance, election, approval,
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required or permitted to be given hereunder (collectively referred to as a “Notice”),
shall be in writing and delivered (a) in person, (b) by registered or certified mail with postage
prepaid and return receipt requested, (c) by recognized overnight courier service with charges
prepaid or (d) by facsimile transmission, directed to the intended recipient at the address of such
Member set forth on Exhibit A or at such other address as any Member hereafter may designate to the
others in accordance with a Notice under this Section 12.1. A Notice or other
communication will be deemed delivered on the earliest to occur of (i) its actual receipt, (ii) the
fifth Business Day following its deposit in registered or certified mail, with postage prepaid, and
return receipt requested, (iii) the second Business Day following its deposit with a recognized
overnight courier service or (iv) the date of receipt of a facsimile or, if such date of receipt is
not a Business Day, the next Business Day following such date of receipt, provided the sender can
and does provide evidence of successful transmission.

     Section 12.2. Amendments; Lease Amendments; Review of Proposals.

          (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section 12.2, this Agreement may be modified
or amended only by an instrument in writing duly executed by all of the Members, the consent to and
execution of any such written instrument not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed by any Member.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Manager shall have the authority, without the consent of the
Members, to amend Exhibit A to reflect a resignation or withdrawal of a Member from the
Company in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, a Transfer of a Membership Interest in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the admission of a new Member in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement, or a change in percentage of Membership Interest resulting from any of the
foregoing events. The Manager will give the Members prompt notice of any amendment made pursuant
to this Section 12.2.

          (b) If within 365 days after the date hereof the Company enters into an agreement to amend
either or both Power Purchase Agreements included as part of the Project Documents (each, a
“PPA Amendment”) and, as a result of such PPA Amendment, the distributable Net Cash Flow of
the Company is increased, Sponsor and Investor agree to amend the “50 percent” value in Section
6.1(a) to equal a percentage amount that will, based on the Base Case Projections (as defined
in the Membership Interest Purchase Agreement), cause the Adjusted PV to equal (i) the Effective
Date PV plus (ii) five percent (5%) of the Increase PV (as defined below). For purposes of this
Section 12.2(b), the term “Adjusted PV” means (x) the Present Value of the Net Cash
Flow projected to be distributed to Investor with respect to the Class A Interest from 2009 through
2029 plus (y) the Present Value of the of the net federal income tax benefit to (or minus the
Present Value of the net federal income tax liability of) Investor (and the Persons to whom the
federal taxable items of Investor are allocable, directly or indirectly) attributable to federal
taxable items (other than Tax Credits) projected to be allocable with respect to the Class A
Interest from 2009 through 2029, in each case, determined using the Base Case Projections, and as
adjusted to take into account the amount and timing of the increased distributable Net Cash Flow
(and related federal income tax items of the Company other than Tax Credits) that Sponsor and
Investor agree are reasonably likely to result from such PPA Amendment. For purposes of this
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means (x) the Present Value of the Net Cash Flow projected to be distributed to Investor with respect to
the Class A Interest from 2009 through 2029 plus (y) the Present Value of the net federal income
tax benefit to (or minus the Present Value of the net federal income tax liability of) Investor
(and the Persons to whom the federal taxable items of Investor are allocable, directly or
indirectly) attributable to federal taxable items (other than Tax Credits) projected to be
allocable to Investor with respect to the Class A Interest from 2009 through 2029, in each case,
determined using the Base Case Projections. For purposes of this Section 12.2(b), the term
“Increase PV” means (x) the Present Value of the increase in Net Cash Flow projected to be
distributed to the Members with respect to the Membership Interests from 2009 through 2029 plus (y)
the Present Value of the net increase in the federal income tax benefit to and/or net decrease in
the federal income tax of (or minus the Present Value of the net increase in the federal income tax
liability of and/or net decrease in the federal income tax benefit to) the Members (and the Persons
to whom the federal taxable items of the Members are allocable, directly or indirectly)
attributable to federal taxable items (other than Tax Credits) projected to be allocable to the
Members with respect to the Membership Interests from 2009 through 2029, in each case resulting
solely from such PPA Amendment (as reasonably determined by Investor and Sponsor) and compared to
the Base Case Projections. For purposes of this Section 12.2(b), the term “Present
Value” means the present value of an amount or series of amounts discounted at the rate of ten
percent per annum, compounded annually.

          (c) If permitted by the Lender, Manager shall be entitled to amend the Lease to terminate that
portion of the Lease pursuant to which Catalyst currently is performing operations and maintenance
services for the Facility; provided, that (i) such amendment occurs within six (6) months
after the date hereof and (ii) contemporaneously with such amendment Sponsor enters into an
operations and maintenance agreement with the Company pursuant to which Sponsor (or an Affiliate)
will perform those operations and maintenance services previously performed by Catalyst for the
Facility at the same price and fee structure as previously charged by Catalyst, and which operation
and maintenance agreement contains such other terms and conditions as are consistent with the Lease
(prior to such amendment) and the provisions of Section 8.6 hereof.

          (d) From time to time Sponsor may furnish the Company with proposals for capital upgrades or
other ideas to improve the performance and operational efficiency and reliability of the Facility
which require the consent of all the Members to implement (each, a “Proposal”). The
Members agree to review all Proposals in good faith and to consider their potential impact on the
Base Case Projections and Net Cash Flow to the Company. To the extent the Company decides to
implement any Proposal, the Class A Member shall negotiate in good faith with Sponsor (i) if
financing is required to implement the Proposal, the terms upon which such financing shall be
provided (having due regard to the ability of Sponsor to finance or arrange for the financing of
such Proposal and the need for a market-based return for such financing), and (ii) a sharing of Net
Cash Flow attributable to the Increase PV reasonably likely to result from the Company’s
implementation of the Proposal (having due regard to the costs and expenses incurred by Sponsor in
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Sponsor of a development fee in connection with such Proposal of not less than 10% of the
greater of (x) such amount of costs and expenses and (y) the Increase PV resulting therefrom).

     Section 12.3. Partition. Each of the Members hereby irrevocably waives, to the extent it may
lawfully do so, any right that such Member may have to maintain any action for partition with
respect to the Company property.

     Section 12.4. Waivers and Modifications. Any waiver or consent, express, implied or deemed, to or
of any breach or default by any Person in the performance by that Person of its obligations with
respect to the Company or any action inconsistent with this Agreement is not a consent or waiver to
or of any other breach or default in the performance by that Person of the same or any other
obligations of that Person with respect to the Company or any other such action. Failure on the
part of a Person to insist in any one or more instances upon strict performance of any provisions
of this Agreement, to take advantage of any of its rights hereunder, or to declare any Person in
default with respect to the Company, irrespective of how long that failure continues, does not
constitute a waiver by that Person of its rights with respect to that Person or its rights with
respect to that default until the applicable statute of limitations period has lapsed. All waivers
and consents hereunder shall be in writing and shall be delivered to the other Members in the
manner set forth in Section 12.1. All remedies afforded under this Agreement shall be
taken and construed as cumulative and in addition to every remedy provided for herein and by
applicable law.

     Section 12.5. Severability. Any term or provision of this Agreement that is invalid or
unenforceable in any situation in any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or enforceability
of the remaining terms and provisions thereof or the validity or enforceability of the offending
term or provision in any other situation or in any other jurisdiction.

     Section 12.6. Successors; No Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is binding on and inures to
the benefit of the Members and their respective heirs, legal representatives, successors and
permitted assigns. Nothing in this Agreement shall provide any benefit to any third party or
entitle any third party to any claim, cause of action, remedy or right of any kind, it being the
intent of the Members that this Agreement shall not be construed as a third-party beneficiary
contract.

     Section 12.7. Entire Agreement. This Agreement, including the Exhibits and Schedules attached
hereto or incorporated herein by reference, constitutes the entire agreement of the Members with
respect to the matters covered herein. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and oral
understandings among the parties hereto with respect to such matters.

     Section 12.8. Public Statements. The Members shall Consult with one another and cooperate in
drafting language before any Member issues any public announcement, statement or other disclosure
with respect to the Transaction Agreements or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby and
no Member shall issue any such public announcement, statement or other disclosure before such
Consultation and before incorporating the reasonable comments of the other Member. If a public
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counsel to a Member, required by any Legal Requirement by obligations pursuant to any listing
agreement with any national securities exchange in order to discharge such Member’s disclosure
obligations, the issuing Member shall provide the other Members, in writing, no less than one
Business Day prior to such proposed statement, the content of the proposed statement and an
opportunity to comment on the statement. The issuing Member may thereafter release such statement
and, upon such release, shall promptly furnish the other Members with a copy thereof. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Member, upon the request of another Member, shall
provide to such Member, and such Member shall have the right to review in advance all information
relating to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements that appear in any filing
made in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

     Section 12.9. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of Arizona, excluding any conflict of laws rule or principle that might refer
the governance or construction of this Agreement to the law of another jurisdiction.

     Section 12.10. Further Assurances. In connection with this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby, each Member shall execute and deliver any additional documents and instruments
and perform any additional acts that may be reasonably required or useful to carry out the intent
and purpose of this Agreement and as are not inconsistent with the terms hereof.

     Section 12.11. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which shall be an original but all of which together will constitute one instrument, binding upon
all parties hereto, notwithstanding that all of such parties may not have executed the same
counterpart.

     Section 12.12. Confidentiality. The Members shall, and shall cause their respective Affiliates and
Representatives to, hold confidential and not use in any manner detrimental to the Company or any
Member all information they may have or obtain concerning the Company and its assets, business,
operations or prospects or this Agreement (the “Confidential Information”); provided,
however, that Confidential Information shall not include information that (a) becomes generally
available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure by a Member or any of its
Representatives, (b) becomes available to a Member or any of its Representatives on a
nonconfidential basis prior to its disclosure by the Company or its Representatives, (c) is
required or requested to be disclosed by a Member or any of its Affiliates or Representatives as a
result of any applicable Legal Requirement or rule or regulation of any stock exchange, (d) is
required or requested by the IRS or any other taxing authority in connection with the Facility or
Tax Credits relating thereto, including in connection with a request for any private letter ruling,
any determination letter or any audit, or (e) is voluntarily disclosed by a Member to the IRS or
other Governmental Body with jurisdiction over such Member in connection with such authority’s
review or approval of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. If such party is required
or requested to disclose any Confidential Information as described in clause (c)

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above, such party will provide the other Members with prompt Notice so that the other Members
may seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy or waive compliance with the non-disclosure
provisions of this Section 12.12 with respect to the information required to be disclosed.
If such protective order or other remedy is not obtained, or such other Members waive compliance
with the non-disclosure provisions of this Section 12.12 with respect to the information
required to be disclosed, the first party will furnish only that portion of such information that
legal counsel opines is required by law to be furnished or is otherwise required by applicable law
to be furnished and will exercise reasonable efforts, at the other Members’ expense, to obtain
reliable assurance that confidential treatment will be accorded such information. In the case of
disclosures to the IRS described in clause (d) above, a disclosing Member will obtain reliable
assurance that, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable Legal Requirements, such information
will not be made available for public inspection pursuant to Section 6110 of the Code. Nothing
herein shall be construed as prohibiting a party hereunder from using such Confidential Information
in connection with (i) any claim against another Member hereunder, (ii) any exercise by a party
hereunder of any of its rights hereunder or (iii) a disposition by a Member of all or a portion of
its Membership Interest or a disposition of an equity interest in such Member or its Affiliates,
provided that such potential purchaser shall have entered into a confidentiality agreement with
respect to Confidential Information on customary terms used in confidentiality agreements in
connection with corporate acquisitions before any such information may be disclosed.

     Section 12.13. Joint Efforts. To the full extent permitted by law, neither this Agreement nor any
ambiguity or uncertainty herein will be construed against any of the parties hereto, whether under
any rule of construction or otherwise. On the contrary, this Agreement has been prepared by the
joint efforts of the respective attorneys for, and has been reviewed by, each of the parties
hereto.

     Section 12.14. Specific Performance. The Members agree that irreparable damage will result if this
Agreement is not performed in accordance with its terms, and the Members agree that any damages
available at law for a breach of this Agreement would not be an adequate remedy. Therefore, to the
full extent permitted by law, the provisions hereof and the obligations of the Members hereunder
shall be enforceable in a court of equity, or other tribunal with jurisdiction, by a decree of
specific performance, and appropriate injunctive relief may be applied for and granted in
connection therewith. Such remedies and all other remedies provided for in this Agreement shall,
however, be cumulative and not exclusive and shall be in addition to any other remedies that a
Member may have under this Agreement, at law or in equity.

     Section 12.15. Survival. All indemnities and reimbursement obligations made pursuant to this
Agreement shall survive dissolution and liquidation of the Company until expiration of the longest
applicable statute of limitations (including extensions and waivers) with respect to the matter for
which a Person would be entitled to be indemnified or reimbursed, as the case may be.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Limited Liability Company Agreement to be
signed by their respective duly authorized officers as of the date first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	RENEGY HOLDINGS, INC., as a Member and as the Manager

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Robert M. Worsley
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Robert M. Worsley 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Chief Executive Officer 	 
	 
	 	AZ BIOMASS, LLC, as a Member

 	 
	 	By:  	Antrim Corporation, its Manager
 	 
	 
	 	By:  	
/s/ Francine E. Lyons
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Francine E. Lyons 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President 	 

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SCHEDULE 1

INITIAL GROSS ASSET VALUES AND CAPITAL ACCOUNTS

Gross Asset Values

Entire Project: $79,044,000

Renegy’s Portion of Project Deemed to be Contributed: $34,357,000 (calculated based on initial
capital account of $17,155,000 plus $17,202,000 share of project debt)

State Street’s Portion of Project Deemed to be Contributed: $44,687,000 (calculated based on
initial capital account of $12,300,000 plus $32,387,000 share of project debt)

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Schedule 1

 

EXHIBIT A

INFORMATION ON MEMBERS, OWNERSHIP OF MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS, AND

INITIAL CAPITAL ACCOUNT BALANCES

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Percentage of Class	 	Percentage of Class	 	 	 	Initial Capital
	Members	 	A Held	 	B Held	 	Address	 	Account Balance
	AZ Biomass, LLC

	 	 	100	%	 	 	0	%	 	c/o State Street
Bank and Trust
Company, Energy
Credit Investments
State Street
Financial Center
One Lincoln Street,
SFC 12
Boston
Massachusetts
02110-2900
	 	$	12,300,000	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Renegy Holdings, Inc.

	 	 	0	%	 	 	100	%	 	60 E. Rio Salado
Parkway Suite 1012
Tempe, Arizona 85281
	 	$	17,155,000	 

 

 

EXHIBIT B

BUDGET

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EXHIBIT C

LIMITED DRO AMOUNTS

	 	 	 
	 
	 	Limited DRO
	Class A Member
	 	$6,500,000
	Class B Member
	 	$0

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EXHIBIT D

LIST OF FINANCING DOCUMENTS

1. Credit Agreement, dated as of September 1, 2006, as amended and restated on January 1, 2009
(the “Credit Agreement”), by and among the Project Company, as a borrower, Renegy LLC, an
Arizona limited liability company, as a borrower, and Renegy Trucking, LLC, an Arizona limited
liability company, as a borrower, the financial institutions listed on Exhibit H thereto or who
later become a party thereto (the financial institutions party to this Agreement being collectively
referred to as the “Lenders”), COBANK, ACB, as letter of credit issuer, as administrative
agent for the Lenders and as collateral agent for the Secured Parties (as such term is defined in
the Credit Agreement).

2. All other Credit Documents (as such term is defined in the Credit Agreement).

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