Master Power Agreement. A copy of the Master Power Agreement for New Hampshire is provided in Appendix B. All Respondents must have an updated executed Master Power Agreement prior to the indicative bid date. The winning Supplier will be required to execute a confirmation within two (2) business days of being notified that it has been selected as the winning Supplier. Under Article 7 of the Master Power Agreement, failure of the winning supplier to deliver Requirements would constitute an event of default under the Master Power Agreement, allowing Liberty Utilities to terminate and recover liquidated damages from the Supplier. 3.2 Proposal Process and Submission Dates The following table outlines the key dates associated with this procurement process. Process Step Date Issue Request for Proposal May 1, 2018 Submit Respondent Proposal Information May 15, 2018 – 5pm EPT Submit Indicative Pricing June 5, 2018– 10am EPT Submit Final Pricing June 12, 2018– 10am EPT Execute Agreements and Submit solicitation process summary, Agreements and retail rates to NHPUC No later than three business days after receipt of all executed agreements. NHPUC Reviews and Approves Energy Service Rates No later than five business days after filing of Energy Service Rates Service Begins August 1, 2018 One (1) copy of a Respondent’s Proposal Information must be submitted by e-mail or mailed to the following address: Liberty Utilities (Granite State Electric) Corp. c/o Liberty Utilities Service Corp. 15 Buttrick Rd Londonderry, NH 03053 603-216-3608 (phone) 603-421-1769 (fax) Attn: John Warshaw Liberty Utilities is conducting the procurement process in three steps. The first step is for Respondents to provide Liberty Utilities with their background and financial information by 5:00 p.m. EPT on Tuesday, May 15, 2018. Upon receipt, Liberty Utilities will
evaluate each Respondent’s qualifications and will notify any Respondent that does not qualify by at least one business day before indicative pricing is due. Liberty Utilities will not evaluate any indicative or final pricing if the Respondent does not have an executed Master Power Agreement. The Master Power Agreement must be executed prior to submitting indicative pricing. The second step in this process is for Respondents to provide indicative pricing information by 10:00 a.m. EPT on Tuesday, June 5, 2018 at the above address. Liberty Utilities will evaluate the indicative pricing as described above, and if required, Liberty Utilities may seek clarifications from Respondents. The third step is for Respondents to provide final pricing information by 10:00 a.m. EPT on Tuesday, June 12,2018 at the above address. Liberty Utilities requests final pricing be valid until 2:00 p.m that same day. Liberty Utilities intends to evaluate the final pricing and select a Supplier that day by that time. Final pricing shall be binding until execution of a confirmation. Respondents should specify the manner in which they will accept a binding acceptance of their offer by Liberty Utilities prior to receipt of an executed agreement (letter of intent or e-mail) or they will be deemed to be bound by Liberty Utilities’ acceptance communicated in any of the preceding manners. Within three business days of receipt of all executed agreements, Liberty Utilities will file with the NHPUC a confidential summary of the solicitation process, the executed agreement(s) and proposed Energy Service Rates. Consistent with the Default Service Settlement Agreement, the NHPUC will have five business days to either approve the proposed Energy Service Rates or reject them. If the NHPUC denies Liberty Utilities’ request for approval of the retail rates, the agreement(s) will be void and the parties will have no further obligation under the agreements(s). At any time, Liberty Utilities, at its sole discretion, reserves the right to issue additional instructions or requests for additional information, to extend the due date, to modify any provision in this RFP or any appendix thereto and to withdraw this RFP. 3.3 Contact Person/Questions All questions regarding this Request for Proposal should be directed to Mr. Warshaw at the address provided in Section 3.2 above. 3.4 Right to Select Supplier Liberty Utilities shall have the exclusive right to select or reject any and/or all of the proposals submitted at any time, for any reason. 4. Service Features