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26.14Material Adverse Change

The amount of Unsecured Credit granted to a Customer, if any, and the amount of the Customer’s Operating Requirement shall be subject to change, at the discretion of the ISO, in the event that there is a material adverse change affecting the risk of nonpayment by the Customer, which includes, but is not limited to:  (a) a material change in financial status pursuant to Section 26.2.1.4 of this Attachment K, (b) Customer’s failure to timely cure its default under the ISO Tariffs or the tariffs of another independent system operator or regional transmission organization, (c) the issuance of a notice of alleged violation or show cause order, imposition of a sanction or other administrative order by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Environmental Protection Agency, New York State Public Service Commission, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation or any other regulatory body, independent system operator, or regional transmission organization, including the ISO, which could have a material adverse effect on the Customer’s financial condition, (d) a downgrade of an Equivalency Rating, (e) a significant change in the Customer’s “Expected Default Frequency (EDF)” as determined by Moody’s KMV CreditEdge, (f) a significant variation in the Customer’s credit evaluation, (g) a significant increase in a Customer’s credit default swap (CDS) spreads, or (h) a significant decline in a Customer’s market capitalization.  In the event the ISO invokes its rights pursuant to this Section 26.14, the ISO will provide the affected Customer with a written explanation of the reasons the ISO declared a material adverse change.

Table K-1Tangible Net Worth Credit Matrix

 

Customer

Rating

Starting Point for Determining

Unsecured Credit

Senior Long-term Unsecured Debt Rating

Issuer Rating or

Equivalency Rating

 

 

(% of Tangible Net Worth)

S&P, Fitch, and Dominion

Moody’s

S&P, Fitch, Dominion, and NYISO

Moody’s

A+

or higher

A1

or higher

AA-

or higher

Aa3

or higher

7.5%

A

A2

A+

A1

6.5%

A-

A3

A

A2

5.0%

BBB+

Baa1

A-

A3

4.0%

BBB

Baa2

BBB+

Baa1

2.5%

BBB-

Baa3

BBB

Baa2

1.5%

BB+

or lower

Ba1

or lower

BBB-

or lower

Baa3

or lower

0%

 

Effective Date: 7/15/2015 - Docket #: ER15-1590-000 - Page 1