El Paso Electric 10-K 2002 FY Annual report

EXHIBIT 10.05-01

AMENDMENT NO. 14 TO THE

ARIZONA NUCLEAR POWER PROJECT

PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT

1. PARTIES:

The Parties to this Amendment No. 14 to the Arizona Nuclear Power Project Participation Agreement, hereinafter referred to as “Amendment No. 14,” are:ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY, a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Arizona, hereinafter referred to as “Arizona”;SALT RIVER PROJECT AGRICULTURAL IMPROVEMENT AND POWER DISTRICT, an agricultural improvement district organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Arizona, hereinafter referred to as “Salt River Project”;SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY, a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of California, hereinafter referred to as “Edison”;PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NEW MEXICO, a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of New Mexico, hereinafter referred to as “PNM”; EL PASO ELECTRIC COMPANY, a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Texas, hereinafter referred to as “El Paso”;SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC POWER AUTHORITY, a joint powers agency organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of California, doing business in the State of Arizona asSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC POWER AUTHORITY ASSOCIATION, hereinafter referred to as “SCPPA”; andDEPARTMENT OF WATER AND POWER OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, a municipal corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of California, hereinafter referred to as “LADWP,” hereinafter individually referred to as “Party” and collectively as “Parties.”

2. RECITALS:

2.1 Arizona, Salt River Project, Edison, PNM, El Paso, SCPPA and LADWP are parties to a certain agreement entitled Arizona Nuclear Power Project Participation Agreement, dated as of August 23, 1973, as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated as of January 1, 1974, Amendment No. 2, dated as of August 28, 1975, Amendment No. 3, dated as of July 22, 1976, Amendment No. 4, dated as of December 15, 1977, Amendment No. 5, dated as of December 5, 1979, Amendment No. 6, effective as of October 16, 1981, Amendment No. 7, effective as of April 1, 1982, Amendment No. 8, executed as of September 12, 1983, Amendment No. 9, executed as of June 12, 1984, Amendment No. 10, executed as of November 21, 1985, Amendment No. 11, effective January 10, 1987, Amendment No. 12, effective August 5, 1988, and Amendment No. 13, effective June 15, 1991, hereinafter, as so amended, referred to as the “Participation Agreement.”

2.2 The Parties wish to establish procedures through this Amendment No. 14 for allocating the costs associated with Postretirement Benefits other than Pensions in accordance with the Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) 106 adopted by the Financial Accounting Standards Board.

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3. AGREEMENT:

For and in consideration of the premises and the mutual obligations of and undertakings by the Parties as hereinafter provided in this Amendment No. 14 to the Participation Agreement, the Parties agree as follows:

4. EFFECTIVE DATE:

This Amendment No. 14 shall become effective after it has been executed by all Parties. The procedures for allocating costs that are associated with this Amendment shall be applied retroactively to January 1, 1993.

5. DEFINED TERMS:

5.1 The italicized words and phrases used in this Amendment No. 14 shall have meanings ascribed to them in Section 3 of the Participation Agreement as amended by this Amendment No. 14.

5.2 All references to a “Section” or “Sections” in this Amendment No. 14 shall mean a Section or Sections of the Participation Agreement unless the text expressly states otherwise.

6. AMENDMENTS TO THE PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT MADE BY THIS AMENDMENT NO. 14:

6.1 Section 3 – DEFINITIONS is amended by:

6.1.1 The addition of new Section 3.44A, which reads in its entirety as follows:

3.44A   Postretirement Benefits: As defined in SFAS 106, all forms of benefits, other than retirement income, provided by theOperating Agent to its retirees.

6.1.2 The addition of a new Section 3.51B, which reads in its entirety as follows:

3.51B   Return on Assets: The earnings on the investments of the plan assets intended for the post retirement health and welfare benefits trusts.

6.1.3 The renumbering of Section 3.52A to 3.52B and the addition of a new Section 3.52A which reads in its entirety as follows:

3.52A   SFAS: Statement of Financial Accounting Standards of the Financial Accounting Standards Board.

6.1.4 The renumbering of Sections 3.54K and L to 3.54L and 3.54M, respectively, and the addition of a new Section 3.54K, which reads in its entirety as follows:

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3.54K   Transition Obligation: The unrecognized amount of the (i) accumulatedPostretirement Benefits obligation in excess of (ii) the fair value of plan assets plus any recognized accrued post-retirement benefit cost or less any recognized prepaid post-retirement benefit cost as of the date of adoption of SFAS 106.

6.2 Appendix E – Cost of Operating Work andCapital Improvements, is amended by the deletion of Sections E.1.6, E.5.1 and E.5.2 and the substitution in lieu thereof of new Sections E.1.6, E.5.1, and E.5.2, which reads in their entirety as follows:

E.1.6 The portion of theOperating Agent’s employee pensions and benefits expenses as defined under FPC Account 926 (including theTransition Obligationand related interest and theReturn on Assets), which is the sum of the amounts determined by (1) applying the Benefits Ratio computed in accordance with Sections E.5.1 and E.5.2 hereof to the total labor charges of ANPP operating and maintenance expenses, including without limitation the labor portion of expenses chargeable to ANPP pursuant to Sections E.1.1, E.1.2, E.1.3 and E.1.4 hereof, (2) theTransition Obligation and related interest pursuant to Sections E.7A.1, E.7A.2 and E.7A.3 and (3) theReturn on Assetspursuant to Sections E.7B.1 and E.7B.2.

E.5.1   The Benefits Ratio set forth below shall be applied to the labor expense portion of the ANPP operations and maintenance expenses, to theOperating Agent’s direct labor charges incurred in effectingCapital Improvements, and to the labor expenses included in the Operating Agent’s supervisory and administrative and general expense accounts. Estimated and actual Benefits Ratios shall be determined, adjusted and used in the manner set forth in Section E.10 hereof.

Benefits Ratio =	B
	L

Where:

B = TheOperating Agent’s total system employee pensions and benefits (as defined in FPC Account 926, excluding theTransition Obligationand related interest and theReturn on Assets) includingPayroll Taxes and worker’s compensation expense on labor charged to employee pensions and benefits. TheTransition Obligationand related interest will be billed separately and the expectedReturn on Assets will be credited separately to theParticipants.

L = TheOperating Agent’s total labor distributed, including accruals less labor charged to pensions and benefits, less labor charged to injuries and damages.

E.5.2     The following example sets forth the method to be employed by the Operating Agent to determine the Benefits Ratio:

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EXAMPLE COMPUTATION

OF BENEFITS RATIO

(Based onOperating Agent’s 1997 Expenses)

Pensions and Benefits	Labor			Total
Employee Pensions and Benefits	$	2,542,461		$	60,804,375
Payroll Taxes on Labor at Total Labor Rate		7.067	%		179,676
Compensation Insurance at Total Labor Rate		0.502	%		12,775
Less theTransition Obligation related toPostretirement Benefits andInterest on theTransition Obligation, billed outside of the Benefits Ratio					17,141,515
Less expectedReturn on Assets					<8,706,403	>
Total Employee Pensions and Benefits net of theTransition Obligation and Related Interest and ExpectedReturn on Assets				$	52,561,714
Labor Base
Labor charged to operation and maintenance, construction and miscellaneous general ledger accounts				$	323,082,848
Less total labor charged to Pensions and Benefits					1,799,288
Less total labor charged to Injuries and Damages					399,809
Total applicable labor				$	320,883,751
Benefits Ratio: $52,561,714/$320,883,751					16.38	%

6.3   Appendix E – Cost of Operating Work and Capital Improvements, is amended by adding the new Sections E.7A, E.7B and E.7C which read in their entirety as follows:

E.7A Transition Obligation

E.7A.1 TheOperating Agent’s Transition Obligationat January 1, 1993 is $182,918,448 of which $43,000,000 is allocable to Palo Verde. Future changes in corporate-wide benefit plan levels covered under SFAS 106

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that may affect the level of theOperating Agent’s Transition Obligation,shall be applied to Palo Verde at the rate of 23.508%. Any such changes to theTransition Obligation will be reflected in the year that the actuarial valuation reports such changes.

E.7A.2 Interest on the unamortizedTransition Obligationbalance at January 1 of each year will be calculated using the current year’s discount rate per the current year’s actuarial valuation. Since the actuarial valuation is usually not available until mid-year, an estimated rate, based on the prior year’s actuarial valuation will be used until the current year’s actuarial valuation is available. At that time, the interest related to theTransition Obligation will be trued-up to reflect the current year’s valuation. In the event of removal of one or moreGenerating Unitsfrom service prior to 2013, an actuarial study will be completed to recalculate the remainingTransition Obligation pertaining to Palo Verde on a stand-alone basis.

E.7A.3 TheTransition Obligationwill be amortized over 20 years on a straight line basis, starting January 1, 1993. TheOperating Agentshall bill theTransition Obligation and related interest for the year on a monthly basis as set forth below:

TRANSITION OBLIGATION AND RELATED INTEREST

BILLED OUTSIDE OF THE BENEFITS LOAD

	TOTAL COMPANY			BILLED TO PALO VERDE
TotalTransition Obligation Fixed At 1-1-93 To Be Amortized Over 20 Years	$	182,918,448		$	43,000,000
One Year’s Amortization Of theTransition Obligation (“T.O.”)		9,145,922			2,150,000
Interest On The Unamortized Balance Of The T.O. At 1-1-93		15,090,772			3,547,500
Total 1993Transition Obligation & Interest		24,236,694			5,697,500
Interest On The Unamortized Balance Of the T.O. At 1-1-93
Unamortized Balance At 1-1-93		182,918,448			43,000,000
1993 Discount Rate		8.25	%		8.25	%
Interest OnTransition Obligation		15,090,772			3,547,500

E.7B Return on Assets

E.7B.1 The current year expectedReturn on Assetswill be estimated annually by the actuary. AnyReturn on Assets related to any trusts established for the purpose of obtaining preferential tax treatment (i.e., union versus

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non-union), shall be allocated by the actuary to Palo Verde based on the ability of Palo Verde to participate in such trust.

E.7B.2 As soon as practical after the end of each calendar year, the actualReturn on Assets will be determined by the actuary and allocated to Palo Verde. The actuary shall then calculate the allocation of total trust(s) assets at the end of each calendar year to Palo Verde based on current year trust(s) contributions, earnings and distributions. The allocation of trust assets to Palo Verde will be the basis for the allocation of expectedReturn on Assets annually by the actuary.

E.7C Funding of Postretirement Benefit Costs

E.7C.1 AllPostretirement Benefitcosts, other than the expectedReturn on Assets and the TransitionObligation and related interest, as defined in SFAS 106, are to be billed through the Benefits Ratio.

E.7C.2 Postretirement Benefits that have been collected either through the Benefits Load, or asTransition Obligation and related interest, as adjusted for theReturn on Assets, shall be funded by the Operating Agentin irrevocable external trusts intended for postretirement health and welfare benefits. Funding will occur within an administratively reasonable time period on approximately a quarterly basis.

7. EXECUTION BY COUNTERPARTS:

This Amendment No. 14 may be executed in any number of counterparts, and upon execution by allParticipants, each executed counterpart shall have the same force and effect as an original instrument and as if allParticipants had signed the same instrument. Any signature page of this Amendment No. 14 may be detached from any counterpart of this Amendment No. 14 without impairing the legal effect of any signature thereon, and may be attached to another counterpart of this Amendment No. 14 identical in form hereto but having attached to it one or more signature pages.

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8. SIGNATURE CLAUSE:

The signatories hereto represent that they have been appropriately authorized to enter into this Amendment No. 14 on behalf of the Party for whom they sign.

	ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
	By:	/s/ James M. Lewis
	Its:	Exec. VP Generation
	Date:	3/31/00
	SALT RIVER PROJECT AGRICULTURAL IMPROVEMENT AND POWER DISTRICT
	By:	/s/ William P. Schroder
	Its:	President
	Date:	2/28/00
ATTEST AND COUNTERSIGN:
By:
Its:
Date:
	SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY
	By:	/s/ Harold B. Ray
	Its:	Executive Vice President
	Date:	3/20/00

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	PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NEW MEXICO
	By:	/s/ Patrick J. Goodman
	Its:	VICE PRESIDENT – POWER PRODUCTION
	Date:	4-19-00
	EL PASO ELECTRIC COMPANY
	By:	/s/ John C. Horne
	Its:	Vice President
	Date:	5/11/00
	SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC POWER AUTHORITY, doing business in the State of Arizona as SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC POWER AUTHORITY ASSOCIATION
	By:	/s/ Joseph F. Hsu
	Its:	President
	Date:	April 24, 2000
ATTEST AND COUNTERSIGN:
By:
Its:

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DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND POWER OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES
By:	/s/ Enrique Martinez
Its:	Asst. General Manager – Power Service
Date:	June 20, 2000

STATE OF ARIZONA	)
	) ss.
County of Maricopa	)

On this 31 day of March, 2000, before me, the undersigned Notary Public, personally appeared James M. Lewis who acknowledged himself to be the Exec. Vice President of ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY, an Arizona corporation, and that he as such officer, being authorized to do, executed the foregoing instrument for the purposes therein contained by signing the name of the company by himself as such Exec. Vice President.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and official seal.

/s/ Twyla Hannah

Notary Public

My Commission Expires:	[SEAL]
May 12, 2002

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STATE OF ARIZONA	)
	) ss.
County of Maricopa	)

On this 28^th day of February, 2000, before me, the undersigned Notary Public, personally appeared WILLIAM P. SCHRADER who acknowledged himself to be the President of SALT RIVER PROJECT AGRICULTURAL IMPROVEMENT AND POWER DISTRICT, an Arizona corporation, and that he as such officer, being authorized to do, executed the foregoing instrument for the purposes therein contained by signing the name of the company by himself as such SALT RIVER PROJECT AGRICULTURAL IMPROVEMENT AND POWER DISTRICT.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and official seal.

/s/ Karen C. Umber

Notary Public

My Commission Expires:	[SEAL]
July 30, 2002

STATE OF CALIFORNIA	)
	) ss.
County of Los Angeles	)

On this 20^th day of March, 2000, before me, the undersigned Notary Public, personally appeared Harold B. Ray who acknowledged himself to be the Exec. Vice President of SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY, a California corporation, and that he as such officer, being authorized to do, executed the foregoing instrument for the purposes therein contained by signing the name of the company by himself as such Exec. Vice President.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and official seal.

/s/ Marcelda G. Puentes

Notary Public

My Commission Expires:

4/13/2001

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STATE OF NEW MEXICO	)
	) ss.
County of Bernalillo	)

On this 19^th day of April, 2000, before me, the undersigned Notary Public, personally appeared Patrick J. Goodman who acknowledged himself to be the Vice President, Power Prod. of PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NEW MEXICO, a New Mexico corporation, and that he as such officer, being authorized to do, executed the foregoing instrument for the purposes therein contained by signing the name of the company by himself as such Public Service Company of New Mexico.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and official seal.

/s/ Barbara Baker

Notary Public

My Commission Expires:

6/23/02

STATE OF TEXAS	)
	) ss.
County of El Paso	)

On this 11^th day of May, 2000, before me, the undersigned Notary Public, personally appeared John C. Horne who acknowledged himself to be the Vice President of EL PASO ELECTRIC COMPANY, a Texas corporation, and that he as such officer, being authorized to do, executed the foregoing instrument for the purposes therein contained by signing the name of the company by himself as such Vice President.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and official seal.

/s/ Rhonda M. Pyle

Notary Public

My Commission Expires:

6/10/2003

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STATE OF CALIFORNIA	)
	) ss.
County of Los Angeles	)

On this 24^th day of April, 2000, before me, the undersigned Notary Public, personally appeared Joseph F. Hsu who acknowledged himself to be the President of SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC POWER AUTHORITY (doing business in the State of Arizona as SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA POWER AUTHORITY ASSOCIATION), a California joint powers agency, and that he as such officer, being authorized to do, executed the foregoing instrument for the purposes therein contained by signing the name of the company by himself as such President.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and official seal.

/s/ Candace Toscano

Notary Public

My Commission Expires:

May 12, 2003

STATE OF CALIFORNIA	)
	) ss.
County of Los Angeles	)

On this 20^th day of June, 2000, before me, the undersigned Notary Public, personally appeared Enrique Martinez who acknowledged himself to be the Assistant General Manager Power Services of DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND POWER OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, a department organized and existing under the Charter of the City of Los Angeles, a California municipal corporation, and that he as such officer, being authorized to do, executed the foregoing instrument for the purposes therein contained by signing the name of the company by himself as such Assistant General Manager – Power Services.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and official seal.

/s/ Daisy Cheung

Notary Public

My Commission Expires:	[SEAL]
November 17, 2002

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