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By continuing you agree to the Smart Meter Program
Terms and Privacy.

Acceptance of GAAO Terms:

For the purposes of these Terms and Conditions, "Smart Meter Program", “GAAO”, “we”, “us” or “our” means General Account Agent Organization. Your access to this proprietary software and use of the intellectual property [the “Program”] constitutes your acceptance of the following terms of use [the “Terms”]. If you DO NOT agree to these Terms, DO NOT Register to use the Program.

Membership Agreement

The Member, hereby retains General Account Agent Organization to perform a complete regulatory analysis of the factors and procedures used by Member Utility to render billings for all our existing utility meters and any acquired during this agreement. General Account Agent Organization will seek refunds and reductions in our utility costs. General Account Agent Organization's regulatory analysis conducted under the following terms and conditions will cover: ALL Regulated Tariffed Services. We direct General Account Agent Organization to provide us with the expertise and guidance of their regulatory analysts and support from their Smart Meter Program proprietary software technology for a maximum of thirty-six (36) months from this date for proper development and completion of a full term integrated study of our utility expenditures and billing.

a. We hereby appoint General Account Agent Organization as our Authorized Agent for the term of this agreement to work on our behalf, directly with Member Utility, advising us of all findings, recommendations, and negotiations.

b. We will provide General Account Agent Organization with access to any meter usage data or utility related information and communications General Account Agent Organization deems essential, for the term of this agreement so that General Account Agent Organization may continue this analysis, detect further overcharges that may occur, and monitor utility compliance with regulatory requirements.

c. We mutually agree that in return for the services described above, the Member shall pay General Account Agent Organization fifty percent of each previous Member Utility monthly bill refund, and a performance fee to be determined per kwh or fifty percent of each verified avoided cost in future Member Utility monthly billing, for a maximum term of 36 months following activation of the Member’s proprietary Smart Meter Program. After the maximum term ALL avoided cost become the Member’s. The Membership Fee is guaranteed by General Account Agent Organization to be fully funded through gross refunds, credits, or utility-related cost reductions in Member Utility monthly billing. The Member will have the option to a limited license of their proprietary Smart Meter Program software as a service for $250 per meter per month after the maximum term.

d. Upon fulfillment of this agreement by both parties, if there are no verified avoided costs through the application of General Account Agent Organization regulatory compliance recommendations, the Member will owe General Account Agent Organization nothing. These terms and conditions constitute the entire agreement, and can be changed only by mutual written consent.

This Agreement is legally accepted upon completing the “Smart Meter Program” registration, which constitutes a completely executed Mutual Non-Disclosure Agreement, Designation of General Account Agent, and Membership Agreement as of the Effective Date.

Your privacy is important to us:

Therefore, we guarantee that:

We do not rent or sell ANY information to anyone.
Any information you provide shall be secured by us.
You can erase ANY data we have stored in your Program at ANY time. To request data termination, please contact our Program Support.

Mutual Non Discloser Policy

THIS AGREEMENT governs the disclosure of information by and between, General Account Agent Organization and the Member as of today (the "Effective Date").

1. Definition of Confidential Information. As used herein, "Confidential Information" shall mean any and all technical and non-technical information related to regulatory compliance, measurement, metering, and/or associated cost of utility usage or consumption from the Member Utility through General Account Agent Organization to the Member, including but not limited to any:

(a) Patent(s) and patent applications,

(b) Trade secret,

(d) Proprietary information - ideas, techniques, sketches, drawings, work of authorship, models, inventions, know-how, processes, apparatuses, equipment, algorithms, software programs, software source documents, and formulae related to the current, future, and proposed products and services of each of the parties, and including, without limitation, their respective information concerning research, experimental work, development, design details and specifications, engineering, financial information, procurement requirements, purchasing, manufacturing, customer lists, investors, employees, business and contractual relationships, business forecasts, sales and merchandising, marketing plans and information the disclosing party provides regarding third parties.

2. Identification of Confidential Information. If the Confidential Information is embodied in tangible material (including without limitation, software, hardware, drawings, graphs, charts, disks, tapes, prototypes and samples), it shall be labeled as "Confidential" or bear a similar legend. If the Confidential Information is disclosed orally or visually, it shall be identified as such at the time of disclosure.

3. Handling of Confidential Information. Each party agrees that at all times and notwithstanding any termination or expiration of this Agreement it will hold in strict confidence and not disclose to any third party Confidential Information of the other, except as approved in writing by the other party to this Agreement, and will use the Confidential Information for no purpose other than validation and verification of regulatory compliance, measurement, metering, and/or associated cost of utility usage or consumption from the Member Utility through General Account Agent Organization to the Member, or other party to this Agreement. Each party shall only permit access to Confidential Information of the other party to those of its employees or authorized representatives having a need to know and who have signed confidentiality agreements or are otherwise bound by confidentiality obligations at least as restrictive as those contained herein.

4. Terms and Termination. This Agreement shall terminate three (3) year(s) after the Effective Date. The Recipient's obligations under this Agreement shall survive termination of the Agreement between the parties and shall be binding upon the Recipient's heirs, successors and assigns indefinitely. Upon termination or expiration of the Agreement, or upon written request of the other party, each party shall promptly return to the other all documents and other tangible materials representing the other's Confidential Information and all copies thereof.

5. Warranties. Each party represents and warrants to the other party that (i) it has the requisite corporate authority to enter into and perform this Agreement, (ii) this Agreement constitutes its legally binding obligation, enforceable in accordance with its terms, and (iii) its execution and performance under this Agreement, including its disclosure of Confidential Information to the Recipient, will not result in a breach of any obligation to any third party or infringe or otherwise violate any third party’s rights.

6. No Export. Neither party shall export, directly or indirectly, any technical data acquired from the other pursuant to this Agreement or any product utilizing any such data to any country for which the U.S. Government or any agency thereof at the time of export requires an export license or other governmental approval without first obtaining such license or approval.

7. No Reverse Engineering. Each of the parties agrees that the software programs of the other party contain valuable confidential information and each party agrees it will not modify, reverse engineer, decompile, create other works from, or disassemble any software programs contained in the Confidential Information of the other party without the prior written consent of the other party.

8. No Grant of Rights. The parties recognize and agree that nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as granting any property rights, by license or otherwise, to any Confidential Information of the other party disclosed pursuant to this Agreement, or to any invention or any patent, copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property right that has issued or that may issue, based on such Confidential Information. Neither party shall make, have made, use or sell for any purpose any product or other item using, incorporating or derived from any Confidential Information of the other party.

9. Equitable Remedies. Recipient acknowledges that Recipient’s breach of this Agreement may cause irreparable harm to Discloser for which Discloser is entitled to seek injunctive or other equitable relief as well as monetary damages.

10. Miscellaneous. Neither party shall transfer or assign this Agreement to any other person or entity, whether by operation of law or otherwise, without the prior written consent of the other. Any such attempted assignment shall be void and of no effect. This Agreement shall be governed by, enforced under, construed and interpreted in accordance with, the laws of The State of Illinois without reference to any conflict of laws or principles. Each party agrees consent to venue and personal jurisdiction in Sangamon County, City of Springfield, State of Illinois. If any provision of this Agreement is found by a proper authority to be unenforceable or invalid such unenforceability or invalidity shall not render this Agreement unenforceable or invalid as a whole and in such event, such provision shall be changed and interpreted so as to best accomplish the objectives of such un-enforceable or invalid provision within the limits of applicable law. Neither party will assign or transfer any rights or obligations under this Agreement, including by operation of law, without the prior written consent of the other party. The Agreement is the complete and exclusive agreement regarding the disclosure of Confidential Information between the parties, and replaces any prior oral or written communications between the parties regarding Confidential Information.

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