KRS 278.684: Property right to securitized property -- Right to transfer or assign --

Default and sequestration -- Rights of successor to electric utility.

(1) All securitized property that is specified in a financing order constitutes an existing,

present, intangible property right or interest therein, notwithstanding the fact that

the imposition and collection of securitized surcharges depends on the electric

utility performing its servicing functions relating to the collection of securitized

surcharges and on future electricity consumption. The property right or interest

therein exists regardless:

(a) Of whether the revenues or proceeds arising from the property have been

billed, accrued, or collected; and

(b) That the value or amount of the property is dependent on the future provision

of service to customers by the electric utility, its successors, or assignees and

on the future consumption of electricity by its customers.

(2) Securitized property specified in a financing order exists until the securiti zed bonds

issued pursuant to the financing order are paid in full and all financing costs and

other costs of the securitized bonds have been recovered in full.

(3) Any portion of securitized property specified in a financing order issued to an

electric uti lity may be transferred, sold, conveyed, or assigned to a successor or

assignee that is wholly -owned, directly or indirectly, by the electric utility and

created for the limited purpose of acquiring, owning, or administering securitized

property or issuing securitized bonds under the financing order. Any portion of

securitized property may be pledged to secure:

(a) Securitized bonds issued pursuant to the financing order;

(b) Amounts payable to financing parties and to counterparties under any

ancillary agreements; and

(c) Other financing costs.

(4) Any transfer, sale, conveyance, assignment, grant of a security interest in, or pledge

of securitized property by an electric utility or an affiliate of the electric utility to an

assignee, to the extent previous ly authorized in a financing order, does not require

the prior consent and approval of the commission.

(5) If an electric utility defaults on any required remittance of securitized surcharges

arising from securitized property specified in a financing order , a court, upon

application by an interested party and without limiting any other remedies available

to the applying party, shall order the sequestration and payment of the revenues

arising from the securitized property to the financing parties, their succ essors, or

assignees. The financing order shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding

any reorganization, bankruptcy, or other insolvency proceedings with respect to the

electric utility, its successors, or assignees.

(6) The interest of a transferee, purchaser, acquirer, assignee, or pledgee in securitized

property specified in a financing order issued to an electric utility, and in the

revenue and collections arising from that property, shall not be subject to setoff,

counterclaim, surcharge, or defense by:

(a) The electric utility; or

(b) Any other person in connection with the reorganization, bankruptcy, or other

insolvency of the electric utility or of any other entity.

(7) Any successor to an electric utility, whether pursuant to any reorganization,

bankruptcy, or other insolvency proceeding, any merger or acquisition, sale or other

business combination, transfer by operation of law as a result of the electric utility

restructuring or otherwise, shall perform and satisf y all obligations of, and have the

same rights under a financing order as, the electric utility under the financing order

in the same manner and to the same extent as the electric utility, including

collecting and paying to the person entitled to receive t he revenues, collections,

payments, or proceeds of the securitized property. Nothing in KRS 278.670 to

278.696 and 65.114 shall limit or impair any authority of the commission

concerning the transfer or succession of interests of electric utilities.

(8) Securitized bonds shall be nonrecourse to the credit or any assets of the electric

utility other than the securitized property as specified in the financing order and any

rights under any ancillary agreement.