2006-021-ORD-TXU ELECTRIC FRANCHISE

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immediately treat this underpayment as an Uncured Event of Default and exercise the remedies provided for in Section l3.C. D. The Company shall assist the City in its review by responding to all requests for information no later than thirty (30) days after receipt of a request. E. The City agrees to maintain the confidentiality of any non-public information obtained from Company to the extent allowed by law. City shall not be liable to Company for the release of any information the City is required to release by law. City shall provide notice to Company of any request for release of non-public information prior to releasing the information so as to allow Company adequate time to pursue available remedies for protection. If the City receives a request under the Texas Public Information Act that includes Company's proprietary information, City will notify the Texas Attorney General of the proprietary nature of the document(s). The City also will provide Company with a copy of this notification, and thereafter Company is responsible for establishing that an exception under the Texas Public Information Act allows the City to withhold the information. SECTION 9. RIGHT OF RENEGOTIATION. A. Should either Company or the City have cause to believe that a change in circumstances relating to the terms of this Franchise may exist, it may request that the other party provide it with a reasonable amount of information to assist in determining whether a change in circumstances has taken place. B. Should either party hereto determine that based on a change in circumstances, it is in the best interest to renegotiate all or some of the provisions of this Franchise, then the other party agrees to enter into good faith negotiations. Said negotiations shall involve reasonable, diligent, and timely discussions about the pertinent issues and a resolute attempt to settle those issues. The obligation to engage in such negotiations does not obligate either party to agree to an amendment of the Franchise as a result of such negotiations. A failure to agree does not show a lack of good faith. If, as a result of renegotiation, the City and Company agree to a change in a provision of this Ordinance, the change shall become effective upon passage of an ordinance by the City in accordance with the City Charter and acceptance of the amendment by Company. SECTION 10. WORK BY OTHERS. A. The City reserves the right to lay, and permit to be laid, storm, sewer, gas, water, wastewater and other pipe lines, cables, and conduits, or other improvements and to do and permit to be done any underground or overhead work that may be necessary or proper in, across, 10