“Loss” means any Liability, loss, damage, deficiency, assessment, judgment, penalty, cost, expense, insurance premium increase, judgment, payment, assessment, fine, penalty, interest, or cost of settlement, including costs of investigation and defense, court costs, and reasonable fees of attorneys, accountants and experts or other reasonable expenses of litigation or other Legal Proceeding.
“Material Adverse Effect” means any material adverse change, effect or development that is materially adverse to the financial condition, assets or operations of a Contributed Entity and its Contributor Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than changes, effects, or developments arising out of or resulting from (a) changes in conditions in the economy or capital or financial markets, securities markets, insurance markets, or commodities markets, including changes in interest or exchange rates, (b) changes in legal, regulatory, political, economic or business conditions or changes in GAAP or other applicable accounting standards, including any change or development resulting from the action or inaction of a Governmental Entity, (c) the pendency of, negotiation, execution, announcement, performance of, or consummation of the Transactions, (d) acts of war, sabotage or terrorism, or any escalation or worsening of any such acts of war, sabotage or terrorism threatened or underway, (e) earthquakes or other natural disasters, (f) changes in wholesale or retail markets for electric power or fuel, or national, regional or local electric transmission systems or operations thereof in connection with the Facilities, (g) changes generally affecting the industries in which the Contributor Subsidiaries operate, including the electric and power generation industry in general, including the solar, wind, renewable, hydroelectric, biofuel, pumped storage hydro and battery energy industry and their operations or operators, (h) any strike, work stoppage, lockout, or other labor disturbance, or (i) any epidemic, pandemic, or disease outbreak (including the Covid-19 virus) or other health crisis or public health event, or any response thereto by any Governmental Entity, including the imposition of any “lockdowns,” stay-at-home or shelter-in-place orders, curfews, restrictions or similar measures.
“Order” means any award, decision, injunction, judgment, order, ruling, subpoena, or verdict entered, issued, made, or rendered by any court, administrative agency, or other Governmental Entity or by any arbitrator having jurisdiction over such Person or the business, assets, properties, or operations of such Person.
“Ordinary Course of Business” means, with respect to any Person, actions that are consistent with the past practices of such Person, taken in the ordinary course of the normal day-to-day operations of such Person.
“Permits” means, with respect to operations of any Contributor Subsidiary, all permits (including conditional use permits, special use permits and Environmental Permits), licenses, approvals, Consents, waivers, exemptions, variances, franchises, registrations, Orders, judgments, decrees, certifications, submissions, filings, tariffs, rates, plans and other authorizations issued by or filed with any Governmental Entity under any Law.
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