SF-1/A

As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on October 14, 2022

Registration Nos. 333-267322

and 333-267322-01

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

Amendment No. 1

to

FORM SF-1

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

KANSAS GAS SERVICE, A DIVISION OF ONE GAS, INC.	KANSAS GAS SERVICE SECURITIZATION I, L.L.C.
(Exact name of registrant, sponsor and depositor as specified in its charter)	(Exact name of registrant and issuing entity as specified in its charter)

Oklahoma	Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

001-36108

(Commission File Number)

0001587732	0001944984
(Central Index Key Number)	(Central Index Key Number)

46-3561936	88-3970012
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

15 East Fifth Street Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103 (918) 947-7000 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of depositor’s principal executive offices) 15 East Fifth Street, Suite 2662 Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103 (918) 947-7095 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of issuing entity’s principal executive offices)

Joseph L. McCormick

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Assistant Secretary

ONE Gas, Inc.

15 East Fifth Street

Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103

(918) 947-7000

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

With Copies to:

Timothy S. Taylor Jonathan D. Bobinger Jamie L. Yarbrough Baker Botts L.L.P. 910 Louisiana Street Houston, Texas 77002-4995 (713) 229-1234 Michael F. Fitzpatrick, Jr. Adam R. O’Brian Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP 200 Park Avenue New York, NY 10166 (212) 309-1071

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:

As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Registration Statement.

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ☐

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ☐

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ☐

The Registrants hereby amend this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrants shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, or until this Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. These securities may not be sold until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell nor does it seek an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.

Subject to completion, dated October 14, 2022

PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS

$336,000,000 Series 2022-A Senior Secured Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds

Kansas Gas Service, a division of ONE Gas, Inc.

Sponsor, Depositor and Initial Servicer

Central Index Key Number: 0001587732

Kansas Gas Service Securitization I, L.L.C.

Issuing Entity

Central Index Key Number: 0001944984

Tranche

Expected weighted average life (years)

Principal amount offered*

Scheduled final payment date

Final maturity date

Interest rate

Initial price to public

Underwriting discounts and commissions

Proceeds to issuing entity (before expenses)

CUSIP

ISIN

A

$

336,000,000

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$

* Principal amount is approximate and subject to change.

The total initial price to the public is $             . The total amount of the underwriting discounts and commissions is $             . The total amount of proceeds to the issuing entity before deduction of expenses (estimated to be $             ) is $             . The distribution frequency is semi-annually. The first scheduled payment date is                     , 2023.

Investing in the Series 2022-A Senior Secured Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds involves risks. Please read “Risk Factors” beginning on page 18 to read about factors you should consider before buying the securitized utility tariff bonds.

Kansas Gas Service, a division of ONE Gas, Inc. (“KGS”), as “depositor”, is offering up to $336,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Series 2022-A Senior Secured Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds (the “securitized utility tariff bonds”) to be issued by Kansas Gas Service Securitization I, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (the “issuing entity” or “us”) and wholly owned subsidiary of KGS. KGS is the “seller,” the “initial servicer” and the “sponsor” with regard to the securitized utility tariff bonds. The securitized utility tariff bonds are senior secured obligations of the issuing entity and will be secured by the securitized utility tariff property (the “securitized utility tariff property”) consisting of the right to impose and collect securitized utility tariff charges (the “securitized utility tariff charge”) paid by all existing and future retail customers located within KGS’s service area. Securitized utility tariff charges are required to be adjusted at least semi-annually, and more frequently as necessary, to correct any under-collection or over-collection of securitized utility tariff charges during the preceding 6 months and to ensure the projected recovery of amounts sufficient to provide all payments of debt service and other required amounts and charges in connection with the securitized utility tariff bonds. The primary forms of credit enhancement for the securitized utility tariff bonds will be provided by such statutory true-up mechanism, as well as by general, excess funds and capital subaccounts held under the indenture governing the securitized utility tariff bonds.

Each securitized utility tariff bond will be entitled to interest on          and          of each year, beginning on                      , 2023. The first scheduled payment date is                      , 2023. Interest will accrue from the date of issuance and must be paid by the purchaser of the securitized utility tariff bonds if the securitized utility tariff bonds are delivered after that date. On each payment date, scheduled principal payments shall be paid sequentially in accordance with the expected sinking fund schedule in this prospectus, but only to the extent funds are available in the collection account after payment of certain fees and expenses and after payment of interest.

The securitized utility tariff bonds represent obligations only of the issuing entity, Kansas Gas Service Securitization I, L.L.C., and are secured only by the assets of the issuing entity, consisting principally of the securitized utility tariff property and related assets to support its obligations under the securitized utility tariff bonds. Please read “Description of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds—The Security for the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds,” and “Description of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property” in this prospectus. The securitized utility tariff property includes the right to impose, bill, charge, collect and receive securitized utility tariff charges from KGS’s retail customers in amounts sufficient to make payments on the securitized utility tariff bonds, as described further in this prospectus. KGS and its affiliates, other than the issuing entity, are not liable for any payments on the securitized utility tariff bonds. The securitized utility tariff bonds are not a debt or obligation of the State of Kansas or any of its political subdivisions, agencies or instrumentalities and are not a charge on its or any of its political subdivisions, agencies or instrumentalities’ full faith and credit or taxing power.

All matters relating to the structuring and pricing of the securitized utility tariff bonds have been considered by KGS and the State Corporation Commission of the State of Kansas, acting through its designated representatives.

Neither the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

The underwriters expect to deliver the securitized utility tariff bonds through the book-entry facilities of The Depository Trust Company for the accounts of its participants including Clearstream Banking, S.A. and Euroclear Banks SA/NV, as operator of the Euroclear System against payment on or about                      , 2022. There currently is no secondary market for the securitized utility tariff bonds, and we cannot assure you that one will develop.

J.P. Morgan RBC Capital Markets

Structuring agent and joint bookrunner Joint bookrunner

The date of this prospectus is                      , 2022.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS		iv
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION		vi
PROSPECTUS SUMMARY OF TERMS		1
RISK FACTORS		18
RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH POTENTIAL JUDICIAL, LEGISLATIVE OR REGULATORY ACTIONS		18
SERVICING RISKS		22
WEATHER-RELATED DAMAGE AND OTHER NATURAL DISASTER RISKS		24
RISKS TO NATURAL GAS INDUSTRY		25
RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE UNUSUAL NATURE OF THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF PROPERTY		26
RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH POTENTIAL BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS OF THE SELLER OR THE SERVICER		27
OTHER RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH AN INVESTMENT IN THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDS		30
REVIEW OF SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF PROPERTY		36
DESCRIPTION OF THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF PROPERTY		40
Creation of Securitized Utility Tariff Property; Financing Order		40
Tariff; Securitized Utility Tariff Charges		40
Securitized Utility Tariff Charge Customer Classes		41
Billing and Collection Terms and Conditions		42
THE SECURITIZATION ACT		43
Overview		43
KGS May Securitize Qualified Extraordinary Costs and Related Upfront and Ongoing Financing Costs		43
Constitutional Matters		45
The Kansas Commission May Adjust Securitized Utility Tariff Charges		47
Securitized Utility Tariff Charges are Nonbypassable		47
The Securitization Act Protects Securitized Utility Tariff Bondholders’ Security Interest on Securitized Utility Tariff Property		47
The Securitization Act Characterizes the Transfer of Securitized Utility Tariff Property as a True Sale		48
KGS’S FINANCING ORDER		49
THE DEPOSITOR, SELLER, INITIAL SERVICER AND SPONSOR		54
About KGS		54
KGS’s Customer Base and Natural Gas Consumption		55
Credit Policy		56
Billing Process		56
Collection, Termination of Service and Write-off Policy		56
Alternatives to Gas as An Energy Source for KGS Customers		57
Additional Natural Gas Utility Considerations		57
Weather Rules		57
Forecasting Natural Gas Customers		58

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Annual Forecast Variance		58
Write-off and Delinquency Experience		58
Delinquencies		60
KANSAS GAS SERVICE SECURITIZATION I, L.L.C., THE ISSUING ENTITY		61
General		61
Restricted Purposes		62
Our Relationship with KGS		62
Managers and Officers		62
Manager Fees and Limitation on Liabilities		63
We are a Separate and Distinct Legal Entity from KGS		64
Administration Agreement		64
THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF CHARGES		65
Initial Securitized Utility Tariff Charges		65
DESCRIPTION OF THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDS		66
General		66
Payments of Interest and Principal on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds		66
Redemption of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds		71
Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds Will Be Issued in Book-Entry Form		71
Definitive Certificated Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds		75
Registration and Transfer of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds		76
The Security for the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds		76
The Collection Account for the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds		77
How Funds in the Collection Account Will Be Allocated		80
How Funds in the Subaccounts Will Be Used upon Repayment of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds		81
Reports to Holders of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds		82
Website		82
We and the Trustee May Modify the Indenture		82
What Constitutes an Event of Default on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds		86
Our Covenants		89
Access to the List of Securitized Utility Tariff Bondholders		92
We Must File an Annual Compliance Statement		92
The Trustee Must Provide an Annual Report to All Securitized Utility Tariff Bondholders		92
What Will Trigger Satisfaction and Discharge of the Indenture		92
Our Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance Options		93
No Recourse to Others		94
Governing Law		95
THE TRUSTEE		96
WEIGHTED AVERAGE LIFE AND YIELD CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDS		99
Weighted Average Life Sensitivity		99

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ESTIMATED ANNUAL FEES AND EXPENSES		101
THE SALE AGREEMENT		102
KGS’s Sale and Assignment of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property		102
Conditions to the Sale of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property		103
KGS’s Representations and Warranties		103
KGS’s Covenants		108
KGS’s Obligation to Indemnify Us and the Trustee and to Take Legal Action		111
Successors to KGS		112
Amendment		112
THE SERVICING AGREEMENT		113
Servicing Procedures		113
Securitized Utility Tariff Charge Adjustment Process		114
Servicer Compensation		116
KGS’s Representations and Warranties as Servicer		116
The Servicer Will Indemnify Us, Other Entities and the Kansas Commission in Limited Circumstances		118
Limitation on Liability of Servicer and Others		118
The Servicer Will Provide Statements to Us, the Kansas Commission and the Trustee		118
The Servicer Will Provide Assessments Concerning Compliance with the Servicing Agreement		119
Matters Regarding KGS as the Servicer		120
Events Constituting a Default by the Servicer		121
The Trustee’s Rights if the Servicer Defaults		121
Waiver of Past Defaults		122
The Replacement of KGS as Servicer with a Successor Servicer		122
The Obligations of a Successor Servicer		122
Amendment		123
HOW A BANKRUPTCY MAY AFFECT YOUR INVESTMENT		124
USE OF PROCEEDS		128
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION		129
The Underwriters’ Sales Price for the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds		129
No Assurance as to Resale Price or Resale Liquidity for the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds		129
Various Types of Underwriter Transactions that May Affect the Price of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds		129
AFFILIATIONS AND CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS		131
MATERIAL U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES		132
General		132
Income Tax Status of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds and Us as Issuing Entity		133
Tax Consequences to U.S. Holders		133
Tax Consequences to Non-U.S. Holders		134

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MATERIAL KANSAS INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES		137
ERISA CONSIDERATIONS		138
General		138
Regulation of Assets Included in a Plan		139
Prohibited Transaction Exemptions		139
Consultation with Counsel		140
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS		141
RATINGS FOR THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDS		142
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION		143
INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE		144
INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 AND VOLCKER RULE MATTERS		145
RISK RETENTION		146
LEGAL MATTERS		147
OFFERING RESTRICTIONS IN CERTAIN JURISDICTIONS		148
NOTICE TO RESIDENTS OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA		148
NOTICE TO RESIDENTS OF UNITED KINGDOM		149
NOTICE TO RESIDENTS OF CANADA		150
NOTICE TO PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS IN SWITZERLAND		151
NOTICE TO PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS IN HONG KONG		152
NOTICE TO PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS IN JAPAN		153
NOTICE TO PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS IN TAIWAN		154
GLOSSARY OF DEFINED TERMS		155

ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

This prospectus is part of a registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission or SEC. This prospectus provides information about us, the securitized utility tariff bonds and Kansas Gas Service, a division of ONE Gas, Inc., as depositor, sponsor and initial servicer. This prospectus describes the terms of the securitized utility tariff bonds offered hereby. You should carefully review this prospectus, any free writing prospectus the issuing entity files with the SEC, and the information, if any, contained in the documents referenced in this prospectus under the heading “Where You Can Find More Information.”

References in this prospectus to the terms “we,” “us,” “our” or “the issuing entity” mean Kansas Gas Service Securitization I, L.L.C. References to “KGS,” “the sponsor,” “the initial servicer,” “the depositor” or “the seller” mean Kansas Gas Service, a division of ONE Gas, Inc. References to “ONE Gas” means ONE Gas, Inc., an Oklahoma corporation. KGS is a division of ONE Gas. References to “the securitized utility tariff bonds” or “the bonds” mean our Series 2022-A Senior Secured Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds offered pursuant to this prospectus. References to “the servicer” refer to KGS and any successor servicer under the servicing agreement referred to in this prospectus. References to the “Securitization Act” mean the Utility Financing and Securitization Act, established by the Kansas Legislature, which provides for the securitization of “qualified extraordinary costs” (such as fuel costs incurred during extreme weather events) by issuing “securitized utility tariff bonds.” The Securitization Act is codified at K.S.A. § 66-1,240 – 66-1,253. Unless the context otherwise requires, the term “retail customer” means an end-use customer who purchases natural gas for consumption from KGS. We also refer to the State Corporation Commission of the State of Kansas as “the Kansas commission.” You can find a glossary of some of the other defined terms we use in this prospectus on page 155 of this prospectus.

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We have included cross-references to sections in this prospectus where you can find further related discussions. You can also find references to key topics in the table of contents.

You should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus. Neither we nor any underwriter, agent, dealer, salesperson, the Kansas commission or KGS has authorized anyone else to provide you with any different information. Neither we nor any underwriter, agent, dealer, salesperson, the Kansas commission or KGS take any responsibility for, nor provide any assurance as to the reliability of, any different information that others may give you. If anyone provides you with different or inconsistent information, you should not rely on it. We are not offering to sell the securitized utility tariff bonds in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted. The information in this prospectus is current only as of the date of this prospectus.

We expect to deliver the securitized utility tariff bonds against payment for the securitized utility tariff bonds on or about the date specified in the last paragraph of the cover page of this prospectus, which will be the          business day following the date of pricing of the securitized utility tariff bonds. Since trades in the secondary market generally settle in two business days, purchasers who wish to trade securitized utility tariff bonds on the date of pricing or the succeeding                  business days will be required, by virtue of the fact that the securitized utility tariff bonds initially will settle in T +     , to specify alternative settlement arrangements to prevent a failed settlement.

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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION

Certain statements included in this prospectus are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. The forward-looking statements relate to our ability to pay principal and interest on the securitized utility tariff bonds when scheduled to be paid, the ability of our servicer to collect securitized utility tariff charges, the value of the securitized utility tariff property, the outcome of regulatory, administrative and legal proceedings, market conditions and other matters. The following discussion is intended to identify important factors that could cause future outcomes to differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements.

Forward-looking statements include the items identified in the preceding paragraph, the information concerning possible or assumed future remittances of securitized utility tariff charges and other statements contained in this prospectus identified by words such as “anticipate,” “estimate,” “expect,” “project,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” “should,” “goal,” “forecast,” “guidance,” “could,” “may,” “continue,” “might,” “potential,” “scheduled,” “likely,” and other words and terms of similar meaning.

One should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which are applicable only as of the date of this prospectus. Known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by forward-looking statements. Those factors may affect the value of the securitized utility tariff bonds. In addition to any assumptions and other factors referred to specifically in connection with the forward-looking statements, factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those contemplated in any forward-looking statement include, but are not limited to, those set forth below:

• the length and severity of a pandemic or other health crisis, such as the outbreak of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (“COVID-19”) or variants thereof, including the impact to us and KGS’s operations, customers, contractors, vendors and employees, and the measures that international, federal, state and local governments, agencies, law enforcement and/or health authorities implement to address it,

• competition from alternative forms of energy, including, but not limited to, electricity, solar power, wind power, geothermal energy and biofuels,

• broader use of alternative energy sources by KGS’s retail customers,

• possible loss of local distribution company franchises or other adverse effects caused by the actions of municipalities,

• advances in technology, including technologies that increase efficiency or that improve electricity’s competitive position relative to natural gas,

• the ability of KGS’s retail customers to continue paying their utility bills,

• economic conditions in KGS’s service area, including the economy’s effects on its retail customers,

• terrorist attacks, cyberattacks, or other malicious acts that may damage or disrupt operating or information technology systems,

• acts of nature and the potential effects of threatened or actual terrorism and war,

• the accuracy of the servicer’s estimates of growth in KGS’s retail customer base, and

• the accuracy of the servicer’s forecast of retail customers and/or the payment of securitized utility tariff charges.

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These factors are not necessarily all of the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any of our forward-looking statements. Other factors could also have material adverse effects on our future results. These and other risks are described in greater detail under the caption “Risk Factors” in this prospectus. All forward-looking statements attributable to us and KGS or to persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these factors. Any such forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which such statement is made, and other than as required under securities laws, we undertake no obligation to update these statements whether as a result of new information, subsequent events or change in circumstances, expectations or otherwise.

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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY OF TERMS

The following section is only a summary of selected information and does not provide you with all the information you will need to make your investment decision. There is more detailed information in this prospectus. To understand all of the terms of the offering of the securitized utility tariff bonds, carefully read this entire prospectus. You should carefully consider the Risk Factors beginning on page 18 of this prospectus before you invest in the securitized utility tariff bonds.

Securities offered: $336,000,000 Series 2022-A Senior Secured Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, scheduled to pay principal semi-annually in accordance with the expected amortization schedule. Only the securitized utility tariff bonds are being offered through this prospectus.

Tranche	Principal amount*
A	$	336,000,000

   * Principal amount is approximate and subject to change

Issuing entity and capital structure: Kansas Gas Service Securitization I, L.L.C. is a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of KGS and a limited liability company formed under Delaware law. We were formed solely to purchase and own the securitized utility tariff property, to issue the securitized utility tariff bonds, and to perform activities incidental thereto. Please read “Kansas Gas Service Securitization I, L.L.C., The Issuing Entity” in this prospectus.

In addition to the securitized utility tariff property, our assets will include a capital investment by KGS (and not from the proceeds of the sale of the securitized utility tariff bonds) which will not be less than 0.50% of the original principal amount of the securitized utility tariff bonds (to be held in the capital subaccount). We will also have an excess funds subaccount to retain, until the next payment date, any amounts collected and remaining after all scheduled payments on the securitized utility tariff bonds have been timely made.

Issuing entity’s address: 15 East Fifth Street, Suite 2662, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103

Issuing entity’s telephone number: (918) 947-7095

Depositor, seller, initial servicer and sponsor: KGS is a regulated natural gas utility that provides natural gas distribution to approximately 72 percent of the natural gas distribution customers in Kansas. ONE Gas, Inc. is incorporated under the laws of the state of Oklahoma and is a 100-percent regulated natural gas distribution utility. KGS, acting as the initial servicer, and any successor servicer, referred to in this prospectus as the “servicer,” will service the securitized utility tariff property securing the securitized utility tariff bonds under a servicing agreement with us. Please read the section entitled “The Depositor, Seller, Initial Servicer and Sponsor” in this

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prospectus. Neither KGS nor any other affiliate (other than us) is an obligor on the securitized utility tariff bonds.

KGS’s address: 15 East Fifth Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103

KGS’s phone number: (918) 947-7000

Trustee: U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association. Please read “The Trustee” in this prospectus for a description of the trustee’s duties and responsibilities under the indenture.

Purpose of transaction: This issuance of the securitized utility tariff bonds will enable KGS to recover certain qualified extraordinary costs related to Winter Storm Uri. Please read “KGS’s Financing Order” in this prospectus.

Transaction overview: In February 2021, Kansas experienced sub-zero temperatures brought by Winter Storm Uri, which led to a significant increase in demand for electricity and natural gas. Sub-zero temperatures and increased demand for electricity and natural gas caused by the winter storm placed significant stress on utilities, including KGS. Jurisdictional natural gas utilities were ordered to do everything necessary to ensure that natural gas service continued to be provided to their customers in Kansas, and by June 30, 2021, KGS had incurred and deferred approximately $390 million of qualified extraordinary costs related to the winter event.

The Securitization Act permits utilities to utilize a financing mechanism through which it can recover “qualified extraordinary costs” (as defined in the Securitization Act) resulting from such storms by issuing securitized utility tariff bonds. Under the Securitization Act and the financing order, KGS’s retail customers will pay securitized utility tariff charges, which are nonbypassable charges included in their monthly charges. These charges will fund payments of principal and interest on the securitized utility tariff bonds. Unless the context infers otherwise, references in this prospectus to the “financing order” are to the financing order issued by the Kansas commission in KGS’s Docket No. 22-KGSG-466-TAR on August 18, 2022.

On August 18, the Kansas commission approved KGS’s application, as modified by the Kansas commission’s financing order. Accordingly, the Kansas commission: (1) authorized, subject to the terms of the financing order, the issuance of securitized utility tariff bonds in an aggregate amount not to exceed the qualified extraordinary costs less the portion of these costs attributable to the sales for resale customer class and financing costs; (2) approved the creation of securitized utility tariff property consisting of the right to impose and collect securitized utility tariff charges in an amount to be calculated as provided in the financing order; (3) approved the form of tariff, as approved in the financing order, to implement the securitized utility tariff charges; (4) approved the securitization of qualified extraordinary costs, including upfront financing costs and ongoing financing cost estimates (subject to review of the Kansas commission’s designated representatives); and (5) approved the review of the

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structure of the proposed securitization financing through a pre-issuance review and ultimate issuance advice letter process.

The primary transactions underlying the issuance and sale of the securitized utility tariff bonds are as follows:

• KGS will transfer and sell the securitized utility tariff property to us in exchange for the net proceeds from the sale of the securitized utility tariff bonds,

• we will sell the securitized utility tariff bonds, which will be secured primarily by the securitized utility tariff property, to the underwriters named in this prospectus, and

• KGS will act as the initial servicer of the securitized utility tariff property.

The securitized utility tariff bonds are not obligations of the trustee, our managers, KGS or of any of their affiliates other than us. The securitized utility tariff bonds are also not debt or obligations of the State of Kansas, the Kansas commission or any other public subdivision, agency or instrumentality of the State of Kansas.

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Parties to transaction and responsibilities

The following chart represents a general summary of the parties to the transactions underlying the offering of the securitized utility tariff bonds, their roles and their various relationships to the other parties:

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Flow of funds

The following chart represents a general summary of the flow of funds:

The security for the securitized utility tariff bonds: The securitized utility tariff bonds will be secured by the collateral pledged pursuant to the indenture. The principal asset of the trust estate will be the securitized utility tariff property. The Securitization Act and financing order provide for the creation and establishment of the securitized utility tariff property, which is a present contract right in favor of KGS, its transferees and other financing parties, to impose, bill, charge, collect and receive securitized utility tariff charges from KGS’s existing and future retail customers, as well as to obtain periodic adjustments to such charges as provided in the financing order. In addition, the securitized utility tariff property consists of all revenues, collections, claims, rights to payments, payments, money or proceeds arising from the aforementioned rights and interests.

The indenture’s trust estate will also consist of:

• our rights under the sale agreement pursuant to which we will acquire the securitized utility tariff property, under an administration agreement and under the bill of sale delivered by KGS pursuant to the sale agreement,

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• our rights under the servicing agreement and any subservicing, agency, intercreditor or collection agreements executed in connection with the servicing agreement,

• the collection account for the securitized utility tariff bonds and all subaccounts of the collection account,

• all rights to compel the servicer to file for and obtain periodic adjustments to the securitized utility tariff charges in accordance with the Securitization Act and the financing order,

• all present and future claims, demands, causes and choses in action in respect of any or all of the foregoing,

• all accounts, chattel paper, deposit accounts, documents, general intangibles, goods, instruments, investment property, letters of credit, letters-of-credit rights, money, commercial tort claims and supporting obligations related to the foregoing, other than any cash released to us by the trustee on any payment date to be distributed to KGS as a return of its invested capital in us, and

• all payments on or under and all proceeds in respect of any or all of the foregoing.

The subaccounts consist of a capital subaccount, which will be funded at closing in the amount of 0.50% of the initial aggregate principal amount of the securitized utility tariff bonds, a general subaccount, into which the servicer will deposit all securitized utility tariff charge collections, and an excess funds subaccount, into which we will transfer any amounts collected and remaining on a payment date after all payments to securitized utility tariff bondholders and other parties have been made. Amounts on deposit in each of these subaccounts will be available to make payments on the securitized utility tariff bonds on each payment date. For a description of the securitized utility tariff property, please read “Description of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property” in this prospectus.

For a description of the securitized utility tariff bonds, please read “Description of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds” in this prospectus.

The securitized utility tariff property: In general terms, all of the rights and interests of KGS that are transferred to us pursuant to the sale agreement are referred to in this prospectus as the “securitized utility tariff property.” The securitized utility tariff property includes the right to impose, bill, charge, collect and receive securitized utility tariff charges in amounts sufficient to pay principal and interest and ongoing financing costs in connection with the securitized utility tariff bonds, to obtain periodic adjustments to such charges as provided in the financing order and all revenues, collections, claims, rights to payments, payments, money or proceeds arising from the foregoing rights and interests. Securitized utility tariff charges are payable by KGS’s retail customers.

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The securitized utility tariff property is the principal collateral securing the securitized utility tariff bonds. Securitized utility tariff charges authorized in a financing order are irrevocable and not subject to reduction, impairment, or adjustment by further action of the Kansas commission, except for semi-annual and interim true-up adjustments to correct over-collections or under-collections and to provide for the expected recovery of amounts sufficient to timely provide payments of scheduled debt service and ongoing financing costs in connection with the securitized utility tariff bonds. See “KGS’s Financing Order—True-Ups.” All revenues and collections resulting from securitized utility tariff charges are part of the securitized utility tariff property.

We will purchase the securitized utility tariff property from KGS to support the issuance of the securitized utility tariff bonds. KGS, as the initial servicer, will bill and collect the securitized utility tariff charges from current and future retail customers. KGS will include the securitized utility tariff charges in its bills to its retail customers and is required to show the securitized utility tariff charges as a separate line item.

State and Kansas commission pledges: The State of Kansas has pledged in the Securitization Act that it will not alter the provisions of the part of the Securitization Act which authorizes the Kansas commission to create a present contract right by the issuance of a financing order, to create securitized utility tariff charges, and to make the securitized utility tariff charges imposed by a financing order irrevocable, binding and nonbypassable charges, taking or permitting any action that impairs or would impair the value of the securitized utility tariff property or the security for the securitized utility tariff bonds or revises the qualified extraordinary costs (as defined in the Securitization Act) for which recovery is authorized, or, except for adjustments discussed in “KGS’s Financing Order—True-ups” and “The Servicing Agreement—Securitized Utility Tariff Charge Adjustment Process” in this prospectus, reducing, altering or impairing the securitized utility tariff charges that are to be imposed, billed, charged, collected and remitted for the benefit of the securitized utility tariff bondholders until the principal, interest and premium, if any, and any other charges incurred and contracts to be performed in connection with the securitized utility tariff bonds have been paid and performed in full. However, nothing will preclude limitation or alteration if and when full compensation is made for the full protection of the securitized utility tariff charges collected pursuant to the financing order and the full protection of the securitized utility tariff bondholders and any assignee or financing party. Please read “Risk Factors—Risks Associated with Potential Judicial, Legislative or Regulatory Actions” and “The Securitization Act—KGS May Securitize Qualified Extraordinary Costs and Related Upfront and Ongoing Financing Costs” in this prospectus.

The Kansas commission has jurisdiction over KGS pursuant to K.S.A. § 66-1,200 et seq. The State of Kansas and its agencies, including the Kansas commission, have pledged that the State of Kansas and its agencies shall not

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(i) alter the statute that authorizes the creation of the securitized utility tariff property and the securitized utility tariff charges imposed by the financing order, which are irrevocable, binding or nonbypassable charges for all existing and future retail customers within the service area of the public utility, (ii) take any action that would impair the value of the securitized utility tariff property or the security for the securitized utility tariff bonds, (iii) impair the rights and remedies of bondholders, assignees and financing parties in any way, or (iv) except for changes expressly allowed by law pursuant to the adjustment mechanism, reduce, alter, or impair the securitized utility tariff charges to be imposed, billed, charged, collected and remitted until the securitized utility tariff bonds have been paid and performed in full. Please read “Risk Factors—Risks Associated with Potential Judicial, Legislative or Regulatory Actions” and “KGS’s Financing Order—State and Commission Pledges” in the prospectus.

True-up mechanism for payment of scheduled principal and interest: Securitized utility tariff charges are required to be adjusted semi-annually to:

• correct any under-collection or over-collection of securitized utility tariff charges during the preceding 6 months, and

• ensure the expected recovery of amounts sufficient to timely provide all payments of debt service and other required amounts and charges in connection with the securitized utility tariff bonds.

In addition to semi-annual true-up adjustments, additional true-up adjustments may be made more frequently at any time during the term of the securitized utility tariff bonds to correct any under- or over-collection in order to assure timely payment of the securitized utility tariff bonds as scheduled. There shall be quarterly true-up adjustments for the securitized utility tariff bonds remaining outstanding during the year immediately preceding the scheduled final payment date for the securitized utility tariff bonds.

In addition, with regard to the per-retail customer charge, if the customer count for a particular class of retail customers declines by more than 10% from that identified in KGS’s 2020 Annual Report filed with the Kansas commission, then the allocation factors for each class of retail customers will be recalculated using the most recent 12-month customer count for each retail customer class in the next regular true-up.

Please read “The Securitized Utility Tariff Charges,” “KGS’s Financing Order” and “The Servicing Agreement—Securitized Utility Tariff Charge Adjustment Process” in this prospectus.

Nonbypassable securitized utility tariff charges: The nonbypassable securitized utility tariff charges are applied to all existing and future retail customers receiving natural gas service from KGS or its successors or assignees under Kansas commission-approved rate schedules or under special contracts, even if a retail customer elects to purchase natural gas from an alternative natural gas supplier following a fundamental change in

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regulation of public utilities in Kansas; provided, however, if a customer disconnects from KGS’s gas distribution system and switches to alternative sources of energy that meet all of its energy needs, such customer will no longer be a retail customer and will not be subject to paying securitized utility tariff charges. Please read “The Securitized Utility Tariff Charges,” “KGS’s Financing Order” and “The Servicing Agreement—Securitized Utility Tariff Charge Adjustment Process” in this prospectus.

Initial securitized utility tariff charge as a percentage of average residential customer’s total gas bill: KGS estimates that on an annualized basis the initial securitized utility tariff charges would represent approximately 4.7% of the total bill received by an average residential customer based on rates as of August 2022.

Payment dates: Interest on the securitized utility tariff bonds is payable semi-annually on              and             . Interest will be calculated on a 30/360 basis. The first scheduled interest and principal payment date is             , 2023.

Interest payments: Interest is due on each payment date. Interest will accrue with respect to the securitized utility tariff bonds from the date we issue the securitized utility tariff bonds at the interest rate specified in the table below.

Tranche	Interest Rate
A		%

If any payment date is not a business day, payments scheduled to be made on such date may be made on the next succeeding business day and no interest shall accrue upon such payment during the intervening period.

On each payment date, we will pay interest on the securitized utility tariff bonds equal to the following amounts:

• if there has been a payment default, any interest payable but unpaid on any prior payment dates, together with interest on such unpaid interest, if any, and

• accrued interest on the principal balance of the securitized utility tariff bonds from the close of business on the preceding payment date, or the date of the original issuance of the securitized utility tariff bonds, as applicable, after giving effect to all payments of principal made on the preceding payment date, if any.

We will pay interest on the securitized utility tariff bonds before we pay the principal of the securitized utility tariff bonds. Please read “Description of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds—Payments of Interest and Principal on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds” in this prospectus. We will calculate interest on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

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Principal payments and record dates and payment sources: On each payment date for the securitized utility tariff bonds, referred to in this prospectus as a “payment date,” we will pay amounts of principal and interest then due or scheduled to be paid on the securitized utility tariff bonds from amounts available in the collection account and the related subaccounts held by the trustee. We will make these payments to the holders of record of the securitized utility tariff bonds on each record date, referred to in this prospectus as a “record date.” These available amounts, which will include the applicable securitized utility tariff charges collected by the servicer and remitted to the trustee since the last payment date, are described in greater detail under “Description of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds—The Collection Account for the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds.” The trustee will pay the principal of securitized utility tariff bonds in the amounts and on the payment dates specified in the expected amortization schedule described in this prospectus, but only to the extent securitized utility tariff charge collections received from the servicer and amounts available from trust accounts held by the trustee are sufficient to make principal payments after payment of amounts having a higher priority of payment. Please read “Description of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds—How Funds in the Collection Account Will Be Allocated.”

Failure to pay a scheduled principal payment on any payment date or the entire outstanding amount of the securitized utility tariff bonds by the scheduled final payment date will not result in a default. The failure to pay the entire outstanding principal balance of the securitized utility tariff bonds will result in a default only if such payment has not been made by the final maturity date.

If there is a shortfall in the amounts available to make principal payments on the securitized utility tariff bonds that are due and payable, on or after the final maturity date or upon an acceleration following an event of default, the trustee will distribute principal from the collection account based on the principal amount then due and payable on the payment date.

Weighted average life:	Tranche	Expected weighted average life (years)
	A

Scheduled final payment date and final maturity date: The scheduled final payment date and the final maturity date of the securitized utility tariff bonds are as set forth in the table below.

Tranche	Scheduled final payment date	Final maturity date
A

Optional redemption: None. Non-call for the life of the securitized utility tariff bonds.

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Mandatory redemption: None. We are not required to redeem the securitized utility tariff bonds at any time prior to maturity.

Priority of payments: On each payment date for the securitized utility tariff bonds, the trustee will allocate or pay all amounts on deposit in the general subaccount of the collection account in the following order of priority:

1. payment of the trustee’s fees, plus expenses and any outstanding indemnity amounts not to exceed $200,000 in any 12-month period, provided, however, that such cap shall be disregarded and inapplicable upon the acceleration of the securitized utility tariff bonds following the occurrence of an event of default,

2. payment of the servicing fee relating to the securitized utility tariff bonds with respect to such payment date, plus any unpaid servicing fees relating to the securitized utility tariff bonds from prior payment dates,

3. payment of the due and unpaid administration fee, which will be a fixed amount specified in the administration agreement between us and KGS, and the due and unpaid fees of our independent manager, which will be in an amount specified in an agreement between us and our independent manager,

4. payment of all of our other ordinary periodic operating expenses relating to the securitized utility tariff bonds for such payment date, such as accounting and audit fees, rating agency fees, legal fees and certain reimbursable costs of the servicer under the servicing agreement,

5. payment of the interest then due on the securitized utility tariff bonds, including any past-due interest,

6. payment of the principal due to be paid on the securitized utility tariff bonds at final maturity or acceleration upon an event of default,

7. payment of the principal then scheduled to be paid on the securitized utility tariff bonds in accordance with the expected sinking fund schedule, including any previously unpaid scheduled principal,

8. payment of any of our remaining unpaid operating expenses and any remaining amounts owed pursuant to the basic documents, including all remaining amounts owed to the trustee,

9. replenishment of the amount, if any, by which the initial balance of the capital subaccount of the securitized utility tariff bonds exceeds the amount in the capital subaccount as of such payment date,

10. the return on the invested capital then due and payable, which shall be the sum of the rate of return payable to KGS on its capital contribution which has been deposited into the capital subaccount, equal to KGS’s cost of capital, which is currently 8.6012%, plus any return on the invested capital not paid on any prior payment date shall be paid to KGS,

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11. allocation of the remainder, if any, to the excess funds subaccount of the securitized utility tariff bonds, and

12. after the securitized utility tariff bonds have been paid in full and discharged, and all of the other foregoing amounts have been paid in full, the balance, together with all amounts in the capital subaccount and the excess funds subaccount of the securitized utility tariff bonds, released to us free and clear of the lien of the indenture, which funds, less an amount equal to the initial deposit into the capital subaccount plus any unpaid return on invested capital, will be distributed to KGS and credited to KGS’s customers in the form of a credit to their natural gas bills.

The amount of the servicer’s fee referred to in clause 2 above will be 0.05% of the aggregate initial principal amount of the securitized utility tariff bonds (for so long as KGS is the servicer) on an annualized basis. The priority of distributions for the collected securitized utility tariff charges, as well as available amounts in the subaccounts, are described in more detail under “Description of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds—How Funds in the Collection Account Will Be Allocated.”

Credit enhancement: The primary forms of credit enhancement are the true-up process and the capital subaccount.

True-up Process.    Securitized utility tariff charges are required to be adjusted at least semi-annually to:

• Correct any under-collection or over-collection of securitized utility tariff charges during the preceding 6 months, and

• ensure the expected recovery of amounts sufficient to timely provide all payments of debt service and other required amounts and charges in connection with the securitized utility tariff bonds.

The servicer may also make interim true-up adjustments more frequently under certain circumstances. Please read “KGS’s Financing Order—True-Ups.”

Collection account.    Under the indenture, the trustee will hold a collection account for the securitized utility tariff bonds, divided into various subaccounts. The primary subaccounts for credit enhancement purposes are:

• the general subaccount—the trustee will deposit into the general subaccount all securitized utility tariff charge collections remitted to it by the servicer with respect to the securitized utility tariff bonds and investment earnings on amounts in the general subaccount;

• the capital subaccount—KGS will deposit an amount equal to 0.50% of the original principal amount of the securitized utility tariff bonds into the capital subaccount on the date of issuance of the securitized utility tariff bonds; and

• the excess funds subaccount—any excess amount of collected securitized utility tariff charges held after the payment on a payment date of scheduled

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principal, interest and ongoing financing costs, and investment earnings on amounts in the excess funds subaccount of securitized utility tariff bonds will be held in the excess funds subaccount.

Each of these subaccounts for the securitized utility tariff bonds will be available to make payments on the securitized utility tariff bonds on each payment date. In addition, other subaccounts may be used, including an over-collateralization subaccount or other subaccount if necessary to obtain certain tax treatment, desired ratings or otherwise increase the tangible and quantifiable benefits of the securitization. KGS may implement such subaccounts only with the agreement of the Kansas commission’s designated representatives.

Reports to holders of securitized utility tariff bonds: Pursuant to the indenture, the trustee shall make available electronically on its reporting website to each securitized utility tariff bondholder and the Kansas commission a statement provided and prepared by the servicer containing information concerning, among other things, us and the collateral for the securitized utility tariff bonds. Unless and until the securitized utility tariff bonds are issued in definitive certificated form, the reports for the securitized utility tariff bonds will be provided to The Depository Trust Company. The reports will be available to beneficial owners of the securitized utility tariff bonds on the reporting website of the trustee or upon written request to the trustee or the servicer. These reports will not be examined and reported upon by an independent public accountant. In addition, no independent public accountant will provide an opinion thereon. Furthermore, if required by the Trust Indenture Act, the trustee will be required to mail a brief annual report to all holders of securitized utility tariff bonds containing information concerning the trustee. Please read “Description of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds—Reports to Holders of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds” and “—The Trustee Must Provide an Annual Report to All Securitized Utility Tariff Bondholders.”

Servicing compensation: We will pay the servicer on each payment date the servicing fee with respect to the securitized utility tariff bonds. As long as KGS or any affiliated entity acts as servicer, this fee will be 0.05% of the initial principal amount of the securitized utility tariff bonds on an annualized basis, plus reimbursement for its out-of-pocket costs for external accounting and legal services. If a successor servicer is appointed, the servicing fee will be negotiated by the successor servicer and the trustee, but will not, unless the Kansas commission consents, exceed 0.60% of the initial principal amount of the securitized utility tariff bonds on an annualized basis. In no event will the trustee be liable for any servicing fee in its individual capacity.

Federal income tax status: Baker Botts L.L.P. expects to issue an opinion, that, for U.S. federal income tax purposes (i) the issuance of the securitized utility tariff bonds will be a “qualifying securitization” within the meaning of Revenue Procedure 2005-62, 2005-2 CB 507 (“Revenue Procedure 2005-62”), (ii) we will not be treated as a taxable entity separate and apart from ONE Gas, of which our sole member, KGS,

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is a division and (iii) based on Revenue Procedure 2005-62, the securitized utility tariff bonds will constitute indebtedness of ONE Gas, of which our sole member, KGS, is a division. Each beneficial owner of a securitized utility tariff bond, by acquiring a beneficial interest, agrees to treat such securitized utility tariff bond as indebtedness of our sole member secured by the collateral for federal (and, to the extent applicable, state) income tax purposes unless otherwise required by appropriate taxing authorities. Please read “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences” in this prospectus.

Kansas state income tax status: In the opinion of Triplett Woolf Garretson, LLC, counsel to us and KGS, interest paid on the securitized utility tariff bonds generally will be taxed for Kansas income tax purposes consistently with its taxation for U.S. federal income tax purposes and (assuming that the securitized utility tariff bonds will be treated as debt obligations of ONE Gas for U.S. federal income tax purposes) such interest received by a person who is not otherwise subject to corporate or personal income tax in the state of Kansas will not be subject to tax in Kansas. Triplett Woolf Garretson, LLC expects to issue an opinion, that, for Kansas income tax purposes (1) we will not be treated as a taxable entity separate and apart from ONE Gas, and (2) the securitized utility tariff bonds will constitute indebtedness of ONE Gas, assuming, in each case, that such treatment applies for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Please read “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences” and “Material Kansas Income Tax Consequences” in this prospectus.

ERISA considerations: Employee benefit plans or other arrangements that are subject to ERISA or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code and investors acting on behalf of, or using assets of, such plans or arrangements may acquire the securitized utility tariff bonds subject to specified conditions. The acquisition, holding or disposition of the securitized utility tariff bonds could be treated as a direct or indirect prohibited transaction under ERISA and/or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code. Accordingly, by purchasing and holding the securitized utility tariff bonds, each investor that is or is acting on behalf of, or using assets of, such an employee benefit plan or arrangement subject to ERISA and/or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code will be deemed to certify by virtue of its acquisition of any securitized utility tariff bonds that the acquisition, holding and subsequent disposition of the securitized utility tariff bonds will not constitute or result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code or, in the case of a plan subject to applicable similar law, a non-exempt violation of applicable similar law. For further information, please read “ERISA Considerations” in this prospectus.

Credit ratings: The securitized utility tariff bonds are expected to receive credit ratings from two nationally recognized rating agencies. See “Ratings for the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds” in this prospectus.

Use of proceeds: Upon the issuance and sale of the securitized utility tariff bonds, we will use the net proceeds to pay to KGS the purchase price of KGS’s rights under the financing order, which are securitized utility tariff property.

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The net proceeds from the sale of the securitized utility tariff property (after payment of upfront financing costs) will be used by KGS to recover, finance or refinance the qualified extraordinary costs of KGS as approved by the Kansas commission. KGS’s qualified extraordinary costs are currently estimated to be approximately $328 million and are related to Winter Storm Uri. Please read “Use of Proceeds” in the prospectus.

1940 Act registration: We expect to rely on an exclusion from the definition of “investment company” under the 1940 Act contained in Rule 3a-7 under the 1940 Act, although there may be additional exclusions or exemptions available to us. We are being structured so as not to constitute a “covered fund” for purposes of the Volcker Rule under the Dodd-Frank Act

Risk retention: The securitized utility tariff bonds are not subject to the 5% risk retention requirements imposed by Section 15G of the Exchange Act due to the exemption provided in Rule 19(b)(8) of the risk retention regulations in 17 C.F.R. Part 246 of the Exchange Act or Regulation RR. For information regarding the requirements of the EU Securitization Regulation as to risk retention and other matters, please read “Risk Factors—Other Risks Associated with an Investment in the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds—Regulatory provisions affecting certain investors could adversely affect the liquidity and the regulatory treatment of investments in the securitized utility tariff bonds” in this prospectus.

Minimum denomination: $2,000, or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof, except for one bond which may be of a smaller denomination.

Expected settlement:                 , 2022, settling flat. DTC, Clearstream and Euroclear.

Risk factors: You should consider carefully the risk factors beginning on page 18 of this prospectus before you invest in the securitized utility tariff bonds.

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Summary of risk factors

Set forth below is a summary of the material risk factors which you should consider before deciding whether to invest in the securitized utility tariff bonds. These risks can affect the timing or ultimate payment of the securitized utility tariff bonds and the value of your investment in the securitized utility tariff bonds.

• You may experience material payment delays or incur a loss on your investment in the securitized utility tariff bonds because the source of funds for payment is limited.

Risks associated with potential judicial, legislative or regulatory actions

• We and KGS are not obligated to indemnify you for changes in law.

• Future judicial action could reduce the value of your investment in the securitized utility tariff bonds.

• Future state action could reduce the value of your investment in the securitized utility tariff bonds.

• The Kansas commission might attempt to take actions that could reduce the value of your investment in the securitized utility tariff bonds.

• The servicer may not fulfill its obligations to act on behalf of the securitized utility tariff bondholders to protect bondholders from actions by the Kansas commission or the State of Kansas, or the servicer may be unsuccessful in any such attempt.

• Deregulation or restructuring of the natural gas utility market in Kansas might reduce collections of securitized utility tariff charges and the value of your investment in the securitized utility tariff bonds.

• A municipal entity may seek to acquire portions of KGS’s gas system and avoid payment of the securitized utility tariff charges.

Servicing risks

• Your investment in the securitized utility tariff bonds depends on KGS or its successor or assignee, acting as servicer of the securitized utility tariff property.

• Inaccurate customer count forecasting or unanticipated delinquencies or write-offs might reduce scheduled payments on the securitized utility tariff bonds.

• If we have to replace KGS as the servicer, we may experience difficulties finding and using a replacement servicer.

• Changes to billing and collection practices might reduce the value of your investment in the securitized utility tariff bonds.

• Limits on rights to terminate service might make it more difficult to collect the securitized utility tariff charges.

Weather-related damage and other natural disaster risks

• Storm-related damage or damage from other natural disasters to KGS’s system could impair payments on the securitized utility tariff bonds.

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Risks to natural gas industry

• Natural gas is subject to competition from alternative energy sources and future technological change might make alternative energy sources more attractive.

• Increases in natural gas prices could prompt customers to switch to alternative energy sources and negatively impact the collection of securitized utility tariff charges.

• Political, institutional and societal sentiment toward climate change and related policies could prompt customers to switch to alternative energy sources and negatively impact the collection of securitized utility tariff charges.

Risks associated with the unusual nature of the securitized utility tariff property

• Future adjustments to the securitized utility tariff charges by retail customer class might result in insufficient collection.

• Foreclosure of the trustee’s lien on the securitized utility tariff property might not be practical, and acceleration of the securitized utility tariff bonds before maturity might have little practical effect.

Risks associated with potential bankruptcy proceedings of the seller or the servicer

• The servicer will commingle the securitized utility tariff charges with other revenues it collects, which might obstruct access to the securitized utility tariff charges in case of the servicer’s bankruptcy and reduce the value of your investment in the securitized utility tariff bonds.

• The bankruptcy of ONE Gas might result in losses or delays in payments on the securitized utility tariff bonds.

• The sale of the securitized utility tariff property might be construed as a financing and not a sale in a case of ONE Gas’s bankruptcy which might delay or limit payments on the securitized utility tariff bonds.

• If the servicer enters bankruptcy proceedings, the remittance of certain securitized utility tariff charges by the servicer prior to the date of bankruptcy might constitute preferences, which means these funds might be unavailable to pay amounts owed on the securitized utility tariff bonds.

• Claims against KGS might be limited in the event of a bankruptcy of ONE Gas.

• The bankruptcy of ONE Gas might limit the remedies available to the trustee.

Other risks associated with an investment in the securitized utility tariff bonds

• KGS’s indemnification obligations under the sale agreement and the servicing agreement are limited and might not be sufficient to protect your investment in the securitized utility tariff bonds.

• Credit ratings do not indicate the expected rate of payment of principal on the securitized utility tariff bonds.

• A reduction of ONE Gas’s credit ratings might affect the market value of the securitized utility tariff bonds.

• The absence of a secondary market for the securitized utility tariff bonds might limit your ability to resell the securitized utility tariff bonds.

• You might receive principal payments for the securitized utility tariff bonds later than you expect.

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• KGS may cause the issuance, by another subsidiary or affiliated entity, of additional securitized utility tariff bonds secured by additional securitized utility tariff property that includes a nonbypassable charge on retail customers.

• KGS’s operations are subject to risks beyond its control, including cyber-security intrusions, terrorist attacks or other catastrophic events, which could limit KGS’s operations and ability to service the securitized utility tariff property.

• If the investment of collected securitized utility tariff charges and other funds held by the trustee in the collection account results in investment losses or the investments become illiquid, you may receive payment of principal and interest on the securitized utility tariff bonds later than you expect.

• Regulatory provisions affecting certain investors could adversely affect the liquidity and the regulatory treatment of investments in the securitized utility tariff bonds.

RISK FACTORS

Please carefully consider all the information we have included or incorporated by reference in this prospectus, including the risks described below and in “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information,” before deciding whether to invest in the securitized utility tariff bonds.

You may experience material payment delays or incur a loss on your investment in the securitized utility tariff bonds because the source of funds for payment is limited.

The only source of funds for payment of the securitized utility tariff bonds will be our assets, which consist of:

• the securitized utility tariff property securing the securitized utility tariff bonds, including the right to impose, bill, charge, collect and receive securitized utility tariff charges;

• the funds on deposit in the accounts held by the trustee; and

• our rights under various contracts we describe in this prospectus.

The securitized utility tariff bonds are not a charge on the full faith and credit or taxing power of the State of Kansas or any governmental agency or instrumentality, nor will the securitized utility tariff bonds be insured or guaranteed by KGS, including in its capacity as the sponsor, depositor, seller or initial servicer, or any of their respective affiliates (other than us), the trustee or any other person or entity. The securitized utility tariff bonds will be nonrecourse obligations, secured only by the collateral. Delays in payment on the securitized utility tariff bonds might result in a reduction in the market value of the securitized utility tariff bonds and, therefore, the value of your investment in the securitized utility tariff bonds. Thus, you must rely for payment of the securitized utility tariff bonds solely upon the collections of the securitized utility tariff charges, and funds on deposit in the accounts held by the trustee. Our organizational documents restrict our right to acquire other assets unrelated to the transactions described in this prospectus. Please read “Kansas Gas Service Securitization I, L.L.C., The Issuing Entity” in this prospectus.

RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH POTENTIAL JUDICIAL, LEGISLATIVE OR REGULATORY ACTIONS

We and KGS are not obligated to indemnify you for changes in law.

Neither we nor KGS, nor any affiliate, successor or assignee, will indemnify you for any changes in the law, including any federal preemption or repeal or amendment of the Securitization Act, that might affect the value of the securitized utility tariff bonds. KGS will agree in the sale agreement to institute any legal or

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administrative action or proceeding as may be reasonably necessary to block or overturn any attempts to cause a repeal, modification or amendment of the Securitization Act that would be materially adverse to us, the trustee or the securitized utility tariff bondholders. However, we cannot assure you that KGS would be able to take this action or that any such action would be successful. Although KGS or any successor assignee might be required to indemnify us if legal action based on the law in effect at the time of the issuance of the securitized utility tariff bonds invalidates the securitized utility tariff property, such indemnification obligations do not apply for any changes in law after the date the securitized utility tariff bonds are issued, whether such changes in law are effected by means of any legislative enactment, any constitutional amendment or any final and non-appealable judicial decision. Please read “The Sale Agreement—KGS’s Covenants” in this prospectus.

Future judicial action could reduce the value of your investment in the securitized utility tariff bonds.

The securitized utility tariff property is the creation of the Securitization Act and the financing order that has been issued by the Kansas commission to KGS pursuant to the Securitization Act. The Securitization Act was enacted in April 2021. There is uncertainty associated with investing in bonds payable from an asset that depends for its existence on legislation because there is limited judicial or regulatory experience implementing and interpreting the legislation. The Securitization Act or any financing order or any provisions thereof might be directly contested in courts or otherwise become the subject of litigation. Because the securitized utility tariff property is a creation of the Securitization Act and the financing order, any judicial determination affecting the validity of or interpreting the Securitization Act or the financing order, the securitized utility tariff property or our ability to make payments on the securitized utility tariff bonds might have an adverse effect on the value of the securitized utility tariff bonds or cause a delay in the recovery of your investment. As of the date of this prospectus, no such litigation has arisen; however, we cannot assure you that a lawsuit challenging the validity of the Securitization Act or any financing order will not be filed in the future or that, if filed, such lawsuit will not be successful. If an invalidation of any relevant underlying legislative provision or any financing order provision were to result from such litigation, you might lose some or all of your investment or might experience delays in recovering your investment. Please read “The Securitization Act—Constitutional Matters” in this prospectus.

Other states have passed laws with financing provisions similar to some provisions of the Securitization Act, and some of these laws have been challenged by judicial actions or utility commission proceedings. To date, none of these challenges has succeeded, but future judicial challenges might be made. An unfavorable decision regarding another state’s law would not automatically invalidate the Securitization Act or the financing order, but it might provoke a challenge to the Securitization Act or the financing order, establish a legal precedent for a successful challenge to the Securitization Act or the financing order or heighten awareness of the political and other risks of the securitized utility tariff bonds, and in that way may limit the liquidity and value of the securitized utility tariff bonds. Therefore, legal activity in other states may indirectly affect the value of your investment in the securitized utility tariff bonds.

Future state action could reduce the value of your investment in the securitized utility tariff bonds.

Despite the State’s pledge and the Kansas commission’s pledge in the Securitization Act and the financing order, respectively, not to take or permit certain actions that would impair the value of the securitized utility tariff property or the securitized utility tariff charges, the Kansas legislature might attempt to repeal or amend the Securitization Act in a manner that limits or alters the securitized utility tariff property so as to reduce its value. For a description of the State’s pledge, please read “The Securitization Act—KGS May Securitize Qualified

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Extraordinary Costs and Related Upfront and Ongoing Financing Costs” in this prospectus. As of the date of this prospectus, we are not aware of any pending legislation in the Kansas legislature that would affect any provisions of the Securitization Act.

It might be possible for the Kansas legislature to repeal or amend the Securitization Act notwithstanding the State’s pledge if the legislature acts in order to serve a significant and legitimate public purpose, such as protecting the public health and safety, or responding to a national or regional catastrophe or emergency affecting KGS’s service area, or if such action or inaction otherwise is in the valid exercise of the State’s police power. Similarly, it might be possible for the Kansas commission to repeal or amend the financing order notwithstanding the Kansas commission’s pledge if it acts in order to serve a significant and legitimate public purpose. Any such action, as well as the costly and time-consuming litigation that likely would ensue, might adversely affect the price and liquidity, the dates of payment of interest and principal and the weighted average lives of the securitized utility tariff bonds. Moreover, the outcome of any litigation cannot be predicted. Accordingly, you might incur a loss on or delay in recovery of your investment in the securitized utility tariff bonds.

Except as described in “The Sale Agreement—KGS’s Obligation to Indemnify Us and the Trustee and to Take Legal Action” in this prospectus, neither we, KGS, nor any of its successors, assignees or affiliates will indemnify you for any change in law, including any amendment or repeal of the Securitization Act, that might affect the value of the securitized utility tariff bonds.

If an action of the Kansas legislature or the Kansas commission adversely affecting the securitized utility tariff property or the ability to collect securitized utility tariff charges were considered a “taking” under the United States or Kansas Constitutions, the State of Kansas might be obligated to pay compensation in an amount equal to the estimated value of the securitized utility tariff property at the time of the taking. However, even in that event, there is no assurance that any amount provided as compensation would be sufficient for you to recover fully your investment in the securitized utility tariff bonds or to offset interest lost pending such recovery.

Nothing in the State’s or Kansas commission’s pledge precludes any limitation or alteration of the Securitization Act or the financing order if full compensation is made by law for the full protection of the securitized utility tariff charges collected pursuant to the financing order and of the securitized utility tariff bondholders. It is unclear what “full compensation” and “full protection” would be afforded to the securitized utility tariff bondholders by the State of Kansas or the Kansas commission if such limitation or alteration were attempted.

Unlike the citizens of some other states, the citizens of the State of Kansas currently do not have the constitutional right to adopt or revise state laws by initiative or referendum. Thus, absent an amendment to the Kansas Constitution, the Securitization Act cannot be amended or repealed by direct action of the electorate of the State of Kansas.

The enforcement of any rights against the State of Kansas or the Kansas commission under their respective pledges may be subject to the exercise of judicial discretion in appropriate cases and to the limitations on legal remedies against state and local governmental entities in Kansas. These limitations might include, for example, the necessity to exhaust administrative remedies prior to bringing suit in a court, or limitations on type and locations of courts in which the State of Kansas or the Kansas commission may be sued, or limitations on awards or collection of damages.

The Kansas commission might attempt to take actions that could reduce the value of your investment in the securitized utility tariff bonds.

The Securitization Act provides that for a financing order issued to create securitized utility tariff property, the financing order must provide that the financing order is irrevocable and that the Kansas commission may not

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directly or indirectly, by any subsequent action, amend, modify or terminate a financing order or reduce, impair, postpone, terminate or otherwise adjust the securitized utility tariff charges authorized under a financing order, except for the true-up adjustments to the securitized utility tariff charges. In addition, the Kansas commission had pledged in the financing order that it will not amend, modify, or rescind the financing order by any subsequent action or reduce, impair, postpone, terminate, or otherwise adjust the securitized utility tariff charges. However, the Kansas commission retains the power to adopt, revise or rescind rules or regulations affecting KGS or a successor utility. The Kansas commission also retains the power to interpret the financing order granted to KGS, and in that capacity might be called upon to rule on the meanings of provisions of the financing order that might need further elaboration. Any new or amended regulations or orders from the Kansas commission might adversely affect the ability of the servicer to disconnect customers for nonpayment, assess late fees, impose deposit requirements or collect the securitized utility tariff charges in full and on a timely basis, which may negatively impact the rating of the securitized utility tariff bonds or their price and, accordingly, the amortization of the securitized utility tariff bonds and their weighted average lives.

The servicer is required to file with the Kansas commission, on our behalf, certain periodic true-up adjustments of the securitized utility tariff charges. The Kansas commission has 30 days after the date of a true-up adjustment filing to confirm the mathematical accuracy of the servicer’s adjustment and to confirm that there are no clerical errors. Any true-up adjustment filed with the Kansas commission will take effect on its proposed effective date, which shall not be less than 30 days after filing. Please read “KGS’s Financing Order—True-Ups” and “—Adjustments to Allocation of Securitized Utility Tariff Charges” in this prospectus. True-up adjustment procedures may be challenged in the future. Challenges to or delays in the true-up process might adversely affect the market perception and valuation of the securitized utility tariff bonds. Also, any litigation might materially delay securitized utility tariff charge collections due to delayed implementation of true-up adjustments and might result in missing payments or payment delays and lengthened weighted average life of the securitized utility tariff bonds.

Deregulation or restructuring in the natural gas utility market in Kansas may result in increased competition and material delays or reductions in collecting securitized utility tariff charges that could materially adversely affect investments in the securitized utility tariff bonds.

Future deregulation of the natural gas utility market in Kansas could change how natural gas services are provided to customers and allow new competitive market entrants to provide retail natural gas service, provide metering services, provide billing services or collect payments (including the securitized utility tariff charges) from customers. We cannot predict if or when it will be subject to changes in legislation or regulation, nor can it predict the impact of these changes. Poor performance, inaction, failure to abide by contractual obligations, commingling of funds, lack of creditworthiness, insolvency or other unforeseen problems with respect to any service provider could result in material delays or reductions in calculating and collecting securitized utility tariff charges and therefore material delays or reductions of payments of principal and interest on the securitized utility tariff bonds and could materially reduce the value of your investment in the securitized utility tariff bonds.

The servicer may not fulfill its obligations to act on behalf of the securitized utility tariff bondholders to protect bondholders from actions by the Kansas commission or the State of Kansas, or the servicer may be unsuccessful in any such attempt.

The servicer will agree in the servicing agreement to take any action or proceeding reasonably necessary to compel performance by the Kansas commission and the State of Kansas of any of their obligations or duties under the securitization provisions of the Securitization Act or the financing order, including any actions

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reasonably necessary to block or overturn any attempts to cause a repeal, or modification of, or supplement to the securitization provisions of the Securitization Act or the financing order or the rights of bondholders in the securitized utility tariff property by executive action, legislative enactment, constitutional amendment or other means that would be adverse to the bondholders. The servicer, however, may not be able to take those actions for a number of reasons, including due to legal or regulatory restrictions, financial constraints and practical difficulties in successfully challenging any such legislative enactment or constitutional amendment. Additionally, any action the servicer is able to take may not be successful. Any such failure to perform its obligations or to successfully compel performance by the Kansas commission or the State of Kansas could negatively affect bondholders’ rights and result in a loss of their investment in the securitized utility tariff bonds.

A municipal entity may seek to acquire portions of KGS’s gas distribution facilities and avoid payment of the securitized utility tariff charges.

Kansas law authorizes municipalities to seek to acquire portions of a utility’s gas distribution facilities through voluntary transactions or the power of expropriation for use as part of municipally owned utility systems. There can be no assurance that one or more municipalities will not seek to acquire some or all of KGS’s gas distribution facilities while the securitized utility tariff bonds remain outstanding. The Securitization Act specifies that securitized utility tariff charges approved by a financing order shall be collected by a utility as well as its “successors or assignees.” In the servicing agreement, KGS has covenanted to assert in an appropriate forum that any municipality that acquires any portion of KGS’s gas distribution facilities by expropriation, including upon the expiration of any franchise agreement, must be treated as a successor to KGS under the Securitization Act and the financing order. However, the involved municipality might assert that it should not be treated as a successor to KGS for these purposes and that its distribution customers are not responsible for payment of securitized utility tariff charges. In any case, we cannot assure you that the securitized utility tariff charges will be collected from customers of municipally owned utilities who were formerly retail customers of KGS and that such an occurrence might not affect the timing or receipt of payments with respect to the securitized utility tariff bonds.

SERVICING RISKS

Your investment in the securitized utility tariff bonds depends on KGS or its successor or assignee, acting as servicer of the securitized utility tariff property.

KGS, as initial servicer, will be responsible for, among other things, calculating, billing and collecting the securitized utility tariff charges from its retail customers, submitting requests to the Kansas commission to adjust these charges, monitoring the collateral for the securitized utility tariff bonds and taking certain actions in the event of non-payment by a retail customer. The trustee’s receipt of collections in respect of the securitized utility tariff charges, which will be used to make payments on the securitized utility tariff bonds, will depend in part on the skill and diligence of the servicer in performing these functions. The systems that the servicer has in place for securitized utility tariff charge billings and collections, together with the regulations of the Kansas commission governing utilities such as KGS might, in particular circumstances, cause the servicer to experience difficulty in performing these functions in a timely and completely accurate manner. If the servicer fails to make securitized utility tariff charge collections for any reason, then the servicer’s payments to the trustee in respect of the securitized utility tariff charges might be delayed or reduced. In that event, our payments on the securitized utility tariff bonds might be delayed or reduced.

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Inaccurate customer count forecasting or unanticipated delinquencies or write-offs might reduce scheduled payments on the securitized utility tariff bonds.

The securitized utility tariff charges are generally assessed based on forecasted customer counts for each retail customer class. The amount and the rate of securitized utility tariff charge collections will depend on the actual number of retail customers and the amount of securitized utility tariff charge collections and write-offs for each retail customer class. The securitized utility tariff charges are calculated by the servicer according to the methodology approved in the financing order, which includes the allocation of cost responsibility among retail customer classes. If the servicer inaccurately forecasts customer counts (including forecasts within each retail customer class) or underestimates customer delinquency or write-off data when setting or adjusting the securitized utility tariff charges, there could be a shortfall or material delay in securitized utility tariff charge collections, which might result in missed or delayed payments of principal and interest and lengthened weighted average lives of the securitized utility tariff bonds. Please read “KGS’s Financing Order—True-Ups” and “—Adjustments to Allocation of Securitized Utility Tariff Charges” in this prospectus.

The servicer’s use of inaccurate delinquency or write-off rates might also result from, among other things, unexpected deterioration of the economy or the occurrence of a natural disaster or extreme weather, an act of terrorism, cyberattack or other catastrophic event or the unanticipated declaration of a moratorium on terminating natural gas service to retail customers in the event of such occurrences, any of which would cause greater delinquencies or write-offs than expected or force KGS to grant additional payment relief to more retail customers, or any other change in law that makes it more difficult for KGS to terminate service to nonpaying retail customers or that requires KGS to apply more lenient credit standards in accepting retail customers. For example, under its emergency powers, the State legislature or the Kansas commission could impose a moratorium on the payment of consumer bills.

If we have to replace KGS as the servicer, we may experience difficulties finding and using a replacement servicer.

If KGS ceases to service the securitized utility tariff property, it might be difficult to find a successor servicer. Under the financing order, the annual servicing fee payable to a successor servicer is capped and the payment of compensation in excess of the cap is dependent upon Kansas commission approval. Also, any successor servicer might have less experience and ability than KGS and might experience difficulties in collecting securitized utility tariff charges and determining appropriate adjustments to the securitized utility tariff charges and billing and/or payment arrangements may change, resulting in delays or disruptions in collections. A successor servicer might charge fees that, while permitted under the financing order, are substantially higher than the fees paid to KGS as the initial servicer. Although a true-up adjustment may be required to allow for the increase in fees, there could be a gap between the incurrence of those fees and the implementation of the true-up adjustment to adjust for the increase that might adversely affect distributions from the collection account. In the event of the commencement of a case by or against the servicer under the Bankruptcy Code or similar laws, we and the trustee might be prevented from effecting a transfer of servicing due to operation of the Bankruptcy Code. Any of these factors and others might delay the timing of payments and may reduce the value of your investment. Please read “The Servicing Agreement” in this prospectus.

Changes to billing and collection practices might reduce the value of your investment in the securitized utility tariff bonds.

The financing order specifies the methodology for determining the amount of the securitized utility tariff charges we may impose. The servicer may not change this methodology without approval from the Kansas commission. However, the servicer may set its own billing and collection arrangements with its customers,

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provided that these arrangements comply with the Kansas commission’s customer safeguards. For example, to recover part of an outstanding bill, the servicer may agree to extend a customer’s payment schedule or to write-off the remaining unpaid portion of the bill, including the securitized utility tariff charges. Also, the servicer may change billing and collection practices, which might adversely impact the timing and amount of retail customer payments and might reduce securitized utility tariff charge collections, thereby limiting our ability to make scheduled payments on the securitized utility tariff bonds. Separately, the Kansas commission might require changes to these practices. Any changes in billing and collection practices regulations might make it more difficult for the servicer to collect the securitized utility tariff charges and adversely affect the value of your investment in the securitized utility tariff bonds. Please read “The Depositor, Seller, Initial Servicer and Sponsor—Forecasting Natural Gas Customers,” “—Billing Process” and “—Collection, Termination of Service and Write-Off Policy” in this prospectus.

Consumer protection measures may limit the ability of KGS to collect all charges owed by consumers, including the securitized utility tariff charges. In addition, the State legislature or the Kansas commission may take actions in response to pandemics, natural disasters, adverse weather events or any other situation which may adversely affect the timing of securitized utility tariff charge collections. Any such action could result in a shortfall or material delay in securitized utility tariff charge collections, which in turn might result in missed or delayed payments of principal and interest, lengthened weighted average life of the securitized utility tariff bonds and downgrade of the credit ratings on the securitized utility tariff bonds.

In addition, COVID-19 or any future pandemic may impact the ability of KGS to maintain operations at the same level as it was able prior to the pandemic. For instance, a large portion of KGS’s workforce, including employees of their contractors, may be unable to perform their job functions effectively due to illness, family illness, quarantine requirements, social distancing, telework requirements and other impacts of the COVID-19 or any future pandemic. Such potential impacts may limit the ability of KGS to service the securitized utility tariff charges.

Limits on rights to terminate service might make it more difficult to collect the securitized utility tariff charges.

If KGS, as the servicer, is billing retail customers for securitized utility tariff charges, it may terminate service to the retail customer for non-payment of securitized utility tariff charges pursuant to the applicable rules of the Kansas commission. Nonetheless, the rules and regulations of the Kansas commission, which may change from time to time, regulate and control the right to disconnect service. For example, gas utilities generally may not terminate service to a customer (i) on a holiday or weekend day or (ii) during certain extreme weather conditions. To the extent these retail customers do not pay for their gas service, KGS will not be able to collect securitized utility tariff charges from these retail customers.

In addition, KGS may be limited in the future in its ability to terminate service or collect securitized utility tariff charges. The Kansas commission, in response to a federal mandate or otherwise, could impose restrictions on the rates KGS charges to provide its services, including the inability to implement approved rates, or delay actions with respect to KGS’s base rate case and filings.

WEATHER-RELATED DAMAGE AND OTHER NATURAL DISASTER RISKS

Storm-related damage or damage from other natural disasters to KGS’s operations could impair payment on the securitized utility tariff bonds.

KGS’s operations were impacted by Winter Storm Uri and might be impacted by tornadoes, thunderstorms, ice storms, windstorms, flooding, earthquakes, prolonged droughts and the occurrence of wildfires, among other events. There could be longer-lasting weather-related adverse effects on residential and commercial

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development and economic activity in KGS’s service area, which could reduce the retail customer count and cause the securitized utility tariff charges to be greater than expected as a percentage of base rates of remaining retail customers. Legislative action adverse to the securitized utility tariff bondholders might be taken in response, and such legislation, if challenged as violative of the State pledge, might be defended on the basis of public necessity.

RISKS TO NATURAL GAS INDUSTRY

Natural gas is subject to competition from alternative energy sources and technological change might make alternative energy sources more attractive in the future.

The use of natural gas as an energy source is subject to competition from other energy sources including distributed electricity, private generation, solar energy producers, propane dealers, other renewable energy providers and from other sources of energy for power generation, such as coal or nuclear energy. The most significant product competition occurs between natural gas and electricity in the residential and small commercial markets. Natural gas competes with electricity for water and space heating, cooking, clothes drying and other general energy needs. Although currently natural gas is relatively more efficient than electricity and cheaper than electricity on a per unit basis, and switching energy sources entails significant upfront costs, changes in the competitive position of natural gas relative to electricity and other energy products have the potential to cause a decline in the number of KGS’s retail customers. A decline in KGS’s retail customers receiving natural gas by means of KGS’s distribution facilities would cause the securitized utility tariff charges to the remaining retail customers to increase, and thereby increase the risk of nonpayment by retail customers.

Technological developments and/or tax or other economic incentives might result in the introduction of economically attractive, more efficient, more environmentally-friendly and/or more cost-effective alternatives to purchasing natural gas through KGS’s distribution facilities for increasing numbers of retail customers. This might reduce the number of retail customers receiving natural gas by means of KGS’s distribution facilities, thereby causing securitized utility tariff charges to the remaining retail customers to increase. This, in turn, could adversely impact the billing and collection of securitized utility tariff charges, thereby increasing the risk of nonpayment by retail customers.

Increases in notional natural gas prices could prompt KGS retail customers to switch to alternative sources to meet all their energy requirements, which could adversely affect the billing and collection of securitized utility tariff charges.

KGS’s retail customers are subject to risks associated with changes in the notional price of natural gas. Increases in natural gas prices, possibly together with decreases in the relative costs of electricity, propane or other alternative sources of energy, might prompt KGS’s retail customers to switch to such alternative sources to meet their energy requirements and disconnect from KGS’s gas distribution system. This could reduce KGS’s retail customer count, resulting in higher securitized utility tariff charges for KGS’s remaining retail customers. This, in turn, could adversely impact the billing and collection of securitized utility tariff charges, thereby increasing the risk of nonpayment by retail customers.

Political, institutional, and societal sentiment toward climate change and climate change-related policies such as “carbon neutral” could prompt KGS retail customers to switch to alternative sources to meet all their energy requirements, which could adversely affect the billing and collection of securitized utility tariff charges.

International, federal, regional and/or state legislative and/or regulatory initiatives may attempt to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, including carbon dioxide and methane, as a response to the threat of climate

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change. The regulation of methane from oil and gas facilities, including systems to transport and distribute natural gas, has been subject to uncertainty in recent years; in September 2020, the Trump Administration revised prior regulations, rescinding certain methane standards and removing the transmission and storage segments from the source category for certain regulations. However, on January 20, 2021, President Biden signed an executive order calling for the suspension, revision, or rescission of the September 2020 rule and the establishment of new standards applicable to existing oil and gas operations, including the transmission and storage segments, in keeping with President Biden’s announcement that climate change will be a focus of his administration. Laws or regulations related to climate change could impose costs tied to carbon emissions, operational requirements or restrictions, or additional charges to fund energy efficiency activities. They could also provide a cost advantage to alternative energy sources, impose costs or restrictions on end users of natural gas, or result in other costs or requirements, such as costs associated with the adoption of new infrastructure and technology to respond to new mandates.

Relatedly, an increased political and societal focus on climate change could also adversely impact the reputation of fossil fuel products or services. The occurrence of the foregoing events could put upward pressure on the cost of natural gas relative to other energy sources, reduce the demand for natural gas or cause fuel switching to other energy sources, and impact the competitive position of natural gas and the ability to serve new or existing retail customers. In addition, changes in societal sentiment towards natural gas as an energy source may influence some energy consumers to switch from natural gas to other energy sources. Any or all of these items might prompt KGS’s retail customers to switch to alternative sources to meet their energy requirements and disconnect from KGS’s gas distribution system. This could reduce KGS’s retail customer count, resulting in higher securitized utility tariff charges for KGS’s remaining retail customers. This, in turn, could adversely impact the billing and collection of securitized utility tariff charges, thereby increasing the risk of nonpayment by retail customers.

RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE UNUSUAL NATURE OF THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF PROPERTY

Future adjustments to securitized utility tariff charges by retail customer class might result in insufficient collection.

The retail customers who pay the securitized utility tariff charges are divided into customer classes. Securitized utility tariff charges will be allocated among retail customer classes and assessed in accordance with the customer billing mechanism specified in the financing order. The true-up adjustment methodology approved in the financing order is cross collateralized across retail customer classes and requires that any delinquencies or under-collections in one retail customer class will be taken into account in the application of the true-up mechanism to adjust the securitized utility tariff charges for all retail customers, not just the class of retail customers from which the delinquency or under-collection arose. Nonetheless, if enough retail customers in a class fail to pay securitized utility tariff charges or cease to be retail customers, the servicer might have to substantially increase the securitized utility tariff charges for the remaining retail customers in that retail customer class and for other retail customer classes as well. These increases could lead to further unanticipated failures by the remaining retail customers to pay securitized utility tariff charges, thereby increasing the risk of a shortfall in funds to pay interest and principal on the securitized utility tariff bonds.

Foreclosure of the trustee’s lien on the securitized utility tariff property might not be practical, and acceleration of the securitized utility tariff bonds before maturity might have little practical effect.

Under the Securitization Act and the indenture, the trustee or the securitized utility tariff bondholders have the right to foreclose or otherwise enforce the lien on the securitized utility tariff property securing the securitized

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utility tariff bonds. However, in the event of foreclosure, there is likely to be a limited market, if any, for the securitized utility tariff property. Therefore, foreclosure might not be a realistic or practical remedy. Moreover, although principal of the securitized utility tariff bonds will be due and payable upon acceleration of the securitized utility tariff bonds before maturity, securitized utility tariff charges likely would not be accelerated and the nature of our business will result in the principal of the securitized utility tariff bonds being paid as funds become available.

RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH POTENTIAL BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS OF THE SELLER OR THE SERVICER

For a detailed discussion of the following bankruptcy risks, please read “How a Bankruptcy May Affect Your Investment” in this prospectus.

The servicer will commingle the securitized utility tariff charges with other revenues it collects, which might obstruct access to the securitized utility tariff charges in case of the servicer’s bankruptcy and reduce the value of your investment in the securitized utility tariff bonds.

The servicer will remit collected securitized utility tariff charges (the “daily remittance”) to the trustee for deposit to the general subaccount of the collection account as soon as reasonably practicable, but in no event later than two servicer business days following such date. The servicer will not segregate the securitized utility tariff charges from the other funds it collects from customers or its general funds. The securitized utility tariff charges will be segregated only when the servicer pays them to the trustee.

Despite this requirement, the servicer might fail to remit the full amount of the securitized utility tariff charges to the trustee or might fail to do so on a timely basis. This failure, whether voluntary or involuntary, might materially reduce the amount of securitized utility tariff charge collections available to make payments on the securitized utility tariff bonds.

The Securitization Act provides that the priority of a security interest perfected in securitized utility tariff property is not impaired by the commingling of the funds arising from securitized utility tariff charges with any other funds of the servicer. In a bankruptcy of the servicer, however, a bankruptcy court might rule that federal bankruptcy law does not recognize our right to collections of the securitized utility tariff charges that are commingled with other funds of the servicer as of the date of bankruptcy. If so, the collections of the securitized utility tariff charges held by the servicer as of the date of bankruptcy would not be available to pay amounts owed on the securitized utility tariff bonds. In this case, we would have only a general unsecured claim against the servicer for those amounts. This decision could cause material delays in payments of principal or interest, or losses, on the securitized utility tariff bonds and could materially reduce the value of your investment in the securitized utility tariff bonds. Please read “How a Bankruptcy May Affect Your Investment” in this prospectus.

The bankruptcy of ONE Gas might result in losses or delays in payments on the securitized utility tariff bonds.

The Securitization Act and the financing order provide that as a matter of Kansas state law:

• the rights and interests of a selling utility under a financing order, including the right to impose, bill, charge, collect and receive securitized utility tariff charges, are contract rights of the seller,

• the seller may make a present transfer of its rights under a financing order, including the right to impose, bill, charge, collect and receive future securitized utility tariff charges that retail customers do not yet owe,

• the securitized utility tariff property constitutes a present contract right, even though the imposition and collection of securitized utility tariff charges depend on further acts that have not yet occurred, and

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• a transfer of the securitized utility tariff property from the seller, or its affiliate, to us, under an agreement that expressly states the transfer is a sale or other absolute transfer, is a true sale of the securitized utility tariff property and not a pledge of the securitized utility tariff property to secure a financing by the seller.

Please read “The Securitization Act” in this prospectus. These provisions are important to maintaining payments on the securitized utility tariff bonds in accordance with their terms during any bankruptcy of ONE Gas. In addition, the transaction has been structured with the objective of keeping us legally separate from ONE Gas and its affiliates in the event of a bankruptcy of ONE Gas or any such affiliates.

A bankruptcy court generally follows state property law on issues such as those addressed by the state law provisions described above. However, a bankruptcy court does not follow state law if it determines that the state law is contrary to a paramount federal bankruptcy policy or interest. If a bankruptcy court in a ONE Gas bankruptcy refused to enforce one or more of the state property law provisions described above, the effect of this decision on you as a beneficial owner of the securitized utility tariff bonds might be similar to the treatment you would receive in a ONE Gas bankruptcy if the securitized utility tariff bonds had been issued directly by KGS (a division of ONE Gas). A decision by the bankruptcy court that, despite our separateness from KGS, our assets and liabilities and those of KGS should be substantively consolidated would have a similar effect on you as a bondholder.

We have taken steps together with KGS, as the seller, to reduce the risk that in the event the seller or an affiliate of the seller were to become the debtor in a bankruptcy case, a court would order that our assets and liabilities be substantively consolidated with those of ONE Gas or an affiliate. Nonetheless, these steps might not be completely effective, and thus if ONE Gas or an affiliate were to become a debtor in a bankruptcy case, a court might order that our assets and liabilities be substantively consolidated with those of ONE Gas or such affiliate. This might cause material delays in payment of, or losses on, the securitized utility tariff bonds and might materially reduce the value of your investment in the securitized utility tariff bonds. For example:

• without permission from the bankruptcy court, the trustee might be prevented from taking actions against KGS or recovering or using funds on your behalf or replacing KGS as the servicer;

• the bankruptcy court might order the trustee to exchange the securitized utility tariff property for other property of lower value;

• tax or other government liens on KGS’s property might have priority over the trustee’s lien and might be paid from collected securitized utility tariff charges before payments on the securitized utility tariff bonds;

• the trustee’s lien might not be properly perfected in the collected securitized utility tariff charges prior to or as of the date of ONE Gas’s bankruptcy, with the result that the securitized utility tariff bonds would represent only general unsecured claims against ONE Gas;

• the bankruptcy court might rule that neither our property interest nor the trustee’s lien extends to securitized utility tariff charges in respect of natural gas consumed after the commencement of ONE Gas’s bankruptcy case, with the result that the securitized utility tariff bonds would represent only general unsecured claims against ONE Gas;

• we and KGS might be relieved of any obligation to make any payments on the securitized utility tariff bonds during the pendency of the bankruptcy case and might be relieved of any obligation to pay interest accruing after the commencement of the bankruptcy case;

• KGS might be able to alter the terms of the securitized utility tariff bonds as part of ONE Gas’s plan of reorganization;

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• the bankruptcy court might rule that the securitized utility tariff charges should be used to pay, or that we should be charged for, a portion of the cost of providing natural gas service;

• the bankruptcy court might rule that the remedy provisions of the sale agreement are unenforceable, leaving us with an unsecured claim for actual damages against KGS that may be difficult to prove or, if proven, to collect in full;

• if the servicer defaults or enters bankruptcy proceedings, it might be difficult to find a successor servicer and payments on the securitized utility tariff bonds might be suspended;

• the mere fact of a servicer or seller bankruptcy proceeding might have an adverse effect on the resale market for the securitized utility tariff bonds and on the value of the securitized utility tariff bonds; or

• the servicer will commingle the securitized utility tariff charges with other revenues it collects, which might obstruct access to the securitized utility tariff charges in case of the bankruptcy of the servicer and reduce the value of your investment in the securitized utility tariff bonds.

Please read “How a Bankruptcy May Affect Your Investment.”

The sale of the securitized utility tariff property might be construed as a financing and not a sale in a case of ONE Gas’s bankruptcy which might delay or limit payments on the securitized utility tariff bonds.

The Securitization Act provides that the characterization of a transfer of securitized utility tariff property as a sale or other absolute transfer will not be affected or impaired by treatment of the transfer as a financing for federal or state tax purposes or financial reporting purposes. We, KGS and ONE Gas will treat the transaction as a sale under applicable law, although for financial reporting and federal and state tax purposes the transaction is intended to be treated as a financing. In the event of a bankruptcy of ONE Gas, a party in interest in the bankruptcy might assert that the sale of the securitized utility tariff property to us was a financing transaction and not a “sale or other absolute transfer” and that the treatment of the transaction for financial reporting and tax purposes as a financing and not a sale lends weight to that position. If a court were to characterize the transaction as a financing, we expect that we would, on behalf of ourselves and the trustee, be treated as a secured creditor of ONE Gas in the bankruptcy proceedings, although a court might determine that we only have an unsecured claim against ONE Gas. See “—The servicer will commingle the securitized utility tariff charges with other revenues it collects, which might obstruct access to the securitized utility tariff charges in case of the servicer’s bankruptcy and reduce the value of your investment in the securitized utility tariff bonds” above. Even if we had a security interest in the securitized utility tariff property, we might not have access to the related securitized utility tariff charge collections during the bankruptcy and would be subject to the risks of a secured creditor in a bankruptcy case, including the possible bankruptcy risks described in the immediately preceding risk factor. As a result, repayment of the securitized utility tariff bonds might be significantly delayed and a plan of reorganization in the bankruptcy might permanently modify the amount and timing of payments to us of the securitized utility tariff charge collections and therefore the amount and timing of funds available to us to pay securitized utility tariff bondholders.

If the servicer enters bankruptcy proceedings, the remittance of certain securitized utility tariff charges by the servicer prior to the date of bankruptcy might constitute preferences, which means these funds might be unavailable to pay amounts owed on the securitized utility tariff bonds.

In the event of a bankruptcy of the servicer, a party in interest might take the position that the remittance of funds prior to bankruptcy of the servicer, pursuant to the servicing agreement, constitutes a preference under

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bankruptcy law if the remittance of those funds was deemed to be paid on account of a preexisting debt. If a court were to hold that the remittance of funds constitutes a preference, any such remittance within 90 days of the filing of the bankruptcy petition could be avoidable, and the funds could be required to be returned to the bankruptcy estate of the servicer. To the extent that securitized utility tariff charges have been commingled with the general funds of the servicer, the risk that a court would hold that a remittance of funds was a preference would increase. Also, if we are considered to be an “insider” of the servicer, any such remittance made within one year of the filing of the bankruptcy petition could be avoidable as well if the court were to hold that such remittance constitutes a preference. In either case, we or the trustee would merely be an unsecured creditor of the servicer. If any funds were required to be returned to the bankruptcy estate of the servicer, we would expect that the amount of any future securitized utility tariff charges would be increased through the true-up mechanism to recover such amount, though this would not eliminate the risk of payment delays or losses on your investment in the securitized utility tariff bonds.

Claims against KGS might be limited in the event of a bankruptcy of the seller.

If the seller were to become a debtor in a bankruptcy case, claims, including indemnity claims, by us against the seller under the sale agreement and the other documents executed in connection with the sale agreement could be unsecured claims and would be disposed of in the bankruptcy case. In addition, the bankruptcy court might estimate any contingent claims that we have against the seller and, if it determines that the contingency giving rise to these claims is unlikely to occur, estimate the claims at a lower amount. A party in interest in the bankruptcy of ONE Gas might challenge the enforceability of the indemnity provisions in the sale agreement. If a court were to hold that the indemnity provisions were unenforceable, we would be left with a claim for actual damages against the seller based on breach of contract principles, which would be subject to estimation and/or calculation by the court. We cannot give any assurance as to the result if any of the above-described actions or claims were made. Furthermore, we cannot give any assurance as to what percentage of their claims, if any, unsecured creditors would receive in any bankruptcy proceeding involving ONE Gas.

The bankruptcy of ONE Gas might limit the remedies available to the trustee.

Upon an event of default for the securitized utility tariff bonds under the indenture, the Securitization Act permits the trustee to enforce the security interest in the securitized utility tariff property in accordance with the terms of the indenture. In this capacity, the trustee is permitted to request the Kansas commission or a court of appropriate jurisdiction for an order of sequestration and payment to all securitized utility tariff bondholders of all revenues arising with respect to the related securitized utility tariff property. There can be no assurance, however, that the Kansas commission or such court would issue this order after a ONE Gas bankruptcy in light of the automatic stay provisions of Section 362 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. In that event, the trustee would be required to seek an order from the bankruptcy court lifting the automatic stay to permit this action by the Kansas court, and an order requiring an accounting and segregation of the revenues arising from the securitized utility tariff property. There can be no assurance that a court would grant either order.

OTHER RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH AN INVESTMENT IN THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDS

KGS’s indemnification obligations under the sale agreement and the servicing agreement are limited and might not be sufficient to protect your investment in the securitized utility tariff bonds.

KGS is obligated under the sale agreement to indemnify us and the trustee, for itself and on behalf of the securitized utility tariff bondholders, only in specified circumstances and will not be obligated to repurchase

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any securitized utility tariff property in the event of a breach of any of its representations, warranties or covenants regarding the securitized utility tariff property. Similarly, KGS is obligated under the servicing agreement to indemnify us and the trustee, for itself and on behalf of the securitized utility tariff bondholders only in specified circumstances. Please read “The Sale Agreement” and “The Servicing Agreement” in this prospectus.

Neither the trustee nor the securitized utility tariff bondholders will have the right to accelerate payments on the securitized utility tariff bonds as a result of a breach under the sale agreement or servicing agreement, absent an event of default under the indenture governing the securitized utility tariff bonds as described in “Description of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds—What Constitutes an Event of Default on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds.” Furthermore, KGS might not have sufficient funds available to satisfy its indemnification obligations under these agreements, and the amount of any indemnification paid by KGS might not be sufficient for you to recover all of your investment in the securitized utility tariff bonds. In addition, if KGS becomes obligated to indemnify securitized utility tariff bondholders, the ratings on the securitized utility tariff bonds will likely be downgraded as a result of the circumstances causing the breach and the fact that securitized utility tariff bondholders will be unsecured creditors of KGS with respect to any of these indemnification amounts. KGS will not indemnify any person for any loss, damages, liability, obligation, claim, action, suit or payment resulting solely from a downgrade in the ratings on the securitized utility tariff bonds, or for any consequential damages, including any loss of market value of the securitized utility tariff bonds resulting from a default or a downgrade of the ratings of the securitized utility tariff bonds. Please read “The Sale Agreement—KGS’s Representations and Warranties” and “—KGS’s Obligation to Indemnify Us and the Trustee and to Take Legal Action” in this prospectus.

Credit ratings do not indicate the expected rate of payment of principal on the securitized utility tariff bonds.

We expect that the securitized utility tariff bonds will receive credit ratings from two nationally recognized statistical rating organizations (“NRSRO”). A rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold the securitized utility tariff bonds.

The ratings merely analyze the probability that we will repay the total principal amount of the securitized utility tariff bonds at the final maturity date (which is later than the scheduled final payment date) and will make timely interest payments. The ratings are not an indication that the rating agencies believe that principal payments are likely to be paid on time according to the expected sinking fund schedule.

Under Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act, NRSROs providing KGS, as the sponsor, with the requisite certification will have access to all information posted on a website by KGS for the purpose of determining the initial rating and monitoring the rating after the closing date in respect of the securitized utility tariff bonds. As a result, an NRSRO other than an NRSRO hired by KGS (the “hired NRSRO”) may issue ratings on the securitized utility tariff bonds (“Unsolicited Ratings”), which may be lower, and could be significantly lower, than the ratings assigned by the hired NRSROs. The Unsolicited Ratings may be issued prior to, or after, the issuance date of the securitized utility tariff bonds. Issuance of any Unsolicited Rating will not affect the issuance of the securitized utility tariff bonds. Issuance of an Unsolicited Rating lower than the ratings assigned by the hired NRSRO on the securitized utility tariff bonds might adversely affect the value of the securitized utility tariff bonds and, for regulated entities, could affect the status of the securitized utility tariff bonds as a legal investment or the capital treatment of the securitized utility tariff bonds. Investors in the securitized utility tariff bonds should consult with their legal counsel regarding the effect of the issuance of a rating by a non-hired NRSRO that is lower than the rating of a hired NRSRO. None of KGS, us, the underwriters or any of their affiliates will have any obligation to inform you of any Unsolicited Ratings assigned after the date of this prospectus. In addition, if we

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or KGS fail to make available to a non-hired NRSRO any information provided to any hired rating agency for the purpose of assigning or monitoring the ratings on the securitized utility tariff bonds, a hired NRSRO could withdraw its ratings on the securitized utility tariff bonds, which could adversely affect the market value of the securitized utility tariff bonds and/or limit your ability to resell the securitized utility tariff bonds.

ONE Gas’s credit ratings might affect the market value of the securitized utility tariff bonds.

Although neither ONE Gas nor KGS is an obligor on the securitized utility tariff bonds, a downgrading of the credit ratings on the debt of ONE Gas might have an adverse effect on the market value of the securitized utility tariff bonds. Credit ratings may change at any time. A NRSRO has the authority to revise or withdraw its rating based solely upon its own judgment.

The absence of a secondary market for the securitized utility tariff bonds might limit your ability to resell the securitized utility tariff bonds.

The underwriters for the securitized utility tariff bonds might assist in resales of the securitized utility tariff bonds, but they are not required to do so. A secondary market for the securitized utility tariff bonds might not develop. If a secondary market does develop, it might not continue or it might not be sufficiently liquid to allow you to resell any of the securitized utility tariff bonds. We do not anticipate that the securitized utility tariff bonds will be listed on any securities exchange. Please read “Plan of Distribution” in this prospectus.

You might receive principal payments for the securitized utility tariff bonds later than you expect.

The amount and the rate of collection of the securitized utility tariff charges for the securitized utility tariff bonds, together with the related securitized utility tariff charge adjustments, will generally determine whether there is a delay in the scheduled repayments for the securitized utility tariff bond principal. If the servicer collects the securitized utility tariff charges at a slower rate than expected, it might have to request adjustments of the securitized utility tariff charges. If those adjustments are not timely and accurate, you might experience a delay in payments of principal and interest and a decrease in the value of your investment in the securitized utility tariff bonds. Please read “Description of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds” in this prospectus.

KGS may cause the issuance, by another subsidiary or affiliated entity, of additional securitized utility tariff bonds secured by additional securitized utility tariff property that includes a nonbypassable charge on retail customers.

Any new issuance of securitized utility tariff bonds by another subsidiary or affiliated entity of KGS may include terms and provisions that would be unique to that particular issuance. In the event a retail customer does not pay in full all amounts owed under any bill, including securitized utility tariff charges, KGS, as servicer, is required to allocate any resulting shortfalls in securitized utility tariff charges ratably based on the amounts of securitized utility tariff charges owed in respect of the securitized utility tariff bonds, and amounts owed in respect of other securitized utility tariff bonds. However, if a dispute arises with respect to the allocation of such securitized utility tariff charges or other delays occur on account of the administrative burdens of making such allocation, we cannot assure you that any issuance of other securitized utility tariff bonds by another subsidiary or affiliated entity of KGS would not cause reductions or delays in payment of principal and interest on the securitized utility tariff bonds.

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KGS’s operations are subject to risks beyond its control, including cyber-security intrusions, terrorist attacks or other catastrophic events, which could limit KGS’s operations and ability to service the securitized utility tariff property.

KGS operates in an industry that requires the use of sophisticated information technology systems and network infrastructure, which control an interconnected system of distribution and transmission systems shared with third parties. Due to increased technology advances, KGS and its affiliates have become more reliant on technology to effectively operate its business, including to help run their financial and operations organizations in part to integrate data and reporting activities across KGS and its affiliates. A successful physical or cyber-security intrusion may occur despite KGS’s security measures or those of its affiliates or the third parties it works with. Despite the implementation of security measures, all assets and systems are potentially vulnerable to disability, failures, or unauthorized access due to physical or cyber-security intrusions caused by human error, bugs, terrorist attacks, or other malicious acts. If KGS’s or its affiliates assets or systems (including those it shares with third parties or otherwise uses) were to fail, be physically damaged, or be breached, and were not recovered in a timely manner, KGS may be unable to perform critical business functions, including the distribution of natural gas and the metering and billing of retail customers, all of which could materially affect KGS’s ability to bill and collect securitized utility tariff charges or otherwise service the securitized utility tariff property.

If the investment of collected securitized utility tariff charges and other funds held by the trustee in the collection account results in investment losses or the investments become illiquid, you may receive payment of principal and interest on the securitized utility tariff bonds later than you expect.

Funds held by the trustee in the collection account will be invested in eligible investments at the written direction of the servicer. Eligible investments include commercial paper, money market funds and repurchase obligations with respect to United States treasuries, among other items. Although the eligible investments as defined in the indenture governing the securitized utility tariff bonds have traditionally been viewed as highly liquid with a low probability of loss, illiquidity and losses have been experienced by investors in certain eligible investments as a result of disruptions in the financial markets in recent years. If investment losses or illiquidity is experienced, you might experience a delay in payments of principal and interest on the securitized utility tariff bonds and a decrease in the value of your investment in the securitized utility tariff bonds.

Regulatory provisions affecting certain investors could adversely affect the liquidity and the regulatory treatment of investments in the securitized utility tariff bonds.

European Union (“EU”) legislation comprising Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 (as amended, the “EU Securitization Regulation”) and certain related regulatory technical standards, implementing technical standards and official guidance (together, the “European Securitization Rules”) imposes certain restrictions and obligations with regard to securitizations (as such term is defined for purposes of the EU Securitization Regulation). The European Securitization Rules are in force throughout the EU (and are expected also to be implemented in the non-EU member states of the European Economic Area).

Pursuant to the European Securitization Rules, EU Institutional Investors investing in a securitisation (as so defined) must, amongst other things, verify that (a) certain credit-granting requirements are satisfied, (b) the originator, sponsor or original lender retains on an ongoing basis a material net economic interest which, in any event, shall not be less than 5%, determined in accordance with Article 6 of the EU Securitization Regulation, and discloses that risk retention, (c) the originator, sponsor or relevant securitization special purpose entity has, where applicable, made available information as required by Article 7 of the EU Securitization Regulation

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and (d) they have carried out a due-diligence assessment that enables the EU Institutional Investors to assess the risks involved, considering at least (i) the risk characteristics of the securitisation position and the underlying exposures and (ii) all the structural features of the securitization that can materially impact the performance of the securitisation position. EU Institutional Investors include: (a) insurance undertakings and reinsurance undertakings as defined in Directive 2009/138/EC, as amended; (b) institutions for occupational retirement provision falling within the scope of Directive (EU) 2016/2341 (subject to certain exceptions), and certain investment managers and authorized entities appointed by such institutions; (c) alternative investment fund managers as defined in Directive 2011/61/EU which manage and/or market alternative investment funds in the EU; (d) certain internally managed investment companies authorized in accordance with Directive 2009/65/EC, and managing companies as defined in that Directive; (e) credit institutions as defined in Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) (and certain consolidated affiliates thereof); and (f) investment firms as defined in CRR (and certain consolidated affiliates thereof).

With respect to the United Kingdom (UK), relevant UK-established or UK-regulated persons (as described below) are subject to the restrictions and obligations of the EU Securitization Regulation as it forms part of UK domestic law by operation of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (as amended, the “EUWA”), and as amended by the Securitisation (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, and as further amended from time to time, the UK Securitization Regulation. The UK Securitization Regulation, together with (a) all applicable binding technical standards made under the UK Securitization Regulation, (b) any EU regulatory technical standards or implementing technical standards relating to the EU Securitization Regulation (including such regulatory technical standards or implementing technical standards that are applicable pursuant to any transitional provisions of the EU Securitization Regulation) forming part of UK domestic law by operation of the EUWA, (c) all relevant guidance, policy statements or directions relating to the application of the UK Securitization Regulation (or any binding technical standards) published by the Financial Conduct Authority (the “FCA”) and/or the Prudential Regulation Authority (the “PRA”) (or their successors), (d) any guidelines relating to the application of the EU Securitization Regulation that are applicable in the UK, (e) any other transitional, saving or other provision relevant to the UK Securitization Regulation by virtue of the operation of the EUWA and (f) any other applicable laws, acts, statutory instruments, rules, guidance or policy statements published or enacted relating to the UK Securitization Regulation, in each case, as may be further amended, supplemented or replaced, from time to time, are referred to in this prospectus as the UK Securitization Rules.

Article 5 of the UK Securitization Regulation places certain conditions on investments in a “securitisation” (as defined in the UK Securitization Regulation) by a UK Institutional Investor. UK Institutional Investors include: (a) an insurance undertaking as defined in section 417(1) of the Financial Services And Markets Act 2000 (as amended, the “FSMA”); (b) a reinsurance undertaking as defined in section 417(1) of the FSMA; (c) an occupational pension scheme as defined in section 1(1) of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 that has its main administration in the UK, or a fund manager of such a scheme appointed under section 34(2) of the Pensions Act 1995 that, in respect of activity undertaken pursuant to that appointment, is authorized for the purposes of section 31 of the FSMA; (d) an alternative investment fund manager as defined in regulation 4(1) of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Regulation 2013 that markets or manages alternative investments funds (as defined in regulation 3 of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Regulation 2013) in the UK; (e) a management company as defined in section 237(2) of the FSMA; (f) an undertaking for collective investment in transferable securities as defined by section 236A of the FSMA, which is an authorized open ended investment company as defined in section 237(3) of the FSMA; and (g) a CRR firm as defined in Regulation (EU) No 575/2013, as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the EUWA (and certain consolidated affiliates thereof).

Prior to investing in (or otherwise holding an exposure to) a “securitisation position” (as defined in the UK Securitization Regulation), a UK Institutional Investor, other than the originator, sponsor or original lender

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(each as defined in the UK Securitization Regulation), must, among other things: (a) verify that, where the originator or original lender is established in a third country (i.e. not within the UK), the originator or original lender grants all the credits giving rise to the underlying exposures on the basis of sound and well-defined criteria and clearly established processes for approving, amending, renewing and financing those credits and has effective systems in place to apply those criteria and processes to ensure that credit granting is based on a thorough assessment of the obligor’s creditworthiness; (b) verify that, if established in the third country (i.e. not within the UK), the originator, sponsor or original lender retains on an ongoing basis a material net economic interest that, in any event, shall not be less than 5%, determined in accordance with Article 6 of the UK Securitization Regulation, and discloses the risk retention to the affected investors; (c) verify that, where established in a third country (i.e. not within the UK), the originator, sponsor or relevant securitization special purpose entity, where applicable, made available information that is substantially the same as that which it would have made available under Article 7 of the UK Securitization Regulation (which sets out certain transparency requirements) if it had been established in the UK and has done so with such frequency and modalities as are substantially the same as those with which it would have made information available if it had been established in the UK; and (d) carry out a due-diligence assessment that enables the UK Institutional Investors to assess the risks involved, considering at least (i) the risk characteristics of the securitisation position and the underlying exposures and (ii) all the structural features of the securitization that can materially impact the performance of the securitisation position.

We and KGS do not believe that the securitized utility tariff bonds fall within the definition of a “securitization” for purposes of the EU Securitization Regulation or the UK Securitization Regulation as there is no tranching of credit risk associated with exposures under the transactions described in this prospectus. Therefore, we and KGS believe such transactions are not subject to the European Securitization Rules or the UK Securitization Rules. As such, neither we nor KGS, nor any other party to the transactions described in this prospectus, intend, or are required under the transaction documents, to retain a material net economic interest in respect of such transactions, or to take, or to refrain from taking, any other action, in a manner prescribed or contemplated by the European Securitization Rules or the UK Securitization Rules. In particular, no such Person undertakes to take, or to refrain from taking, any action for purposes of compliance by any investor (or any other Person) with any requirement of the European Securitization Rules or the UK Securitization Rules to which such investor (or other Person) may be subject at any time.

However, if a competent authority were to take a contrary view and determine that the transactions described in this prospectus do constitute a securitization for purposes of the EU Securitization Regulation or the UK Securitization Regulation, then any failure by an EU Institutional Investor or a UK Institutional Investor (as applicable) to comply with any applicable European Securitization Rules or UK Securitization Rules (as applicable) with respect to an investment in the securitized utility tariff bonds may result in the imposition of a penalty regulatory capital charge on that investment or of other regulatory sanctions and remedial measures.

Consequently, the securitized utility tariff bonds may not be a suitable investment for EU Institutional Investors or UK Institutional Investors. As a result, the price and liquidity of the securitized utility tariff bonds in the secondary market may be adversely affected.

Prospective investors are responsible for analyzing their own legal and regulatory position and are advised to consult with their own advisors and any relevant regulator or other authority regarding the scope, applicability and compliance requirements of the European Securitization Rules and the UK Securitization Rules, and the suitability of the securitized utility tariff bonds for investment. Neither we nor KGS, nor any other party to the transactions described in this prospectus, make any representation as to any such matter, or have any liability to any investor (or any other Person) for any non-compliance by any such Person with the European Securitization Rules, the UK Securitization Rules or any other applicable legal, regulatory or other requirements.

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REVIEW OF SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF PROPERTY

Pursuant to the rules of the SEC, KGS, as sponsor, has performed, as described below, a review of the securitized utility tariff property underlying the securitized utility tariff bonds. As required by these rules, the review was designed and effected to provide reasonable assurance that disclosure regarding the securitized utility tariff property is accurate in all material respects. KGS did not engage a third party in conducting its review.

The securitized utility tariff bonds will be secured under the indenture by the indenture’s trust estate. The principal asset of the indenture’s trust estate is the securitized utility tariff property. The securitized utility tariff property is a present contract right authorized and created pursuant to the securitization provisions of the Securitization Act and an irrevocable financing order. The securitized utility tariff property includes the irrevocable right to impose, bill, charge, collect and receive nonbypassable securitized utility tariff charges in amounts sufficient to timely pay scheduled principal and interest and ongoing financing costs in connection with the securitized utility tariff bonds. The securitized utility tariff charges are nonbypassable charges that will be paid by all existing and future retail customers receiving natural gas service from KGS or its successors or assignees under the rate schedules or special contracts approved by the Kansas commission, even if a retail customer elects to purchase natural gas from an alternative natural gas supplier following a fundamental change in regulation of public utilities in Kansas; provided, however, if a customer disconnects from KGS’s gas distribution system and switches to alternative sources of energy that meet all of its energy needs, such customer will no longer be a retail customer and will not be subject to paying securitized utility tariff charges. During the twelve months ended December 31, 2021, approximately 78.7% of KGS’s total gas deliveries were to residential retail customers and approximately 21.3% were to non-residential retail customers.

The securitized utility tariff property is not a static pool of receivables or assets. Securitized utility tariff charges authorized in the financing order are irrevocable and not subject to reduction, impairment, or adjustment by further action of the Kansas commission except that securitized utility tariff charges are subject to semi-annual and other interim true-up adjustments to correct any over-collections or under-collections of securitized utility tariff charges during the previous 6 months and to ensure the expected recovery of amounts sufficient to timely provide all payments of debt service and other required amounts and charges in connection with the securitized utility tariff bonds. All revenues and collections resulting from securitized utility tariff charges provided for in the financing order are part of the securitized utility tariff property. The securitized utility tariff charges will be calculated on a fixed monthly charge per retail customer. The securitized utility tariff property is described in more detail under “Description of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property” in this prospectus.

In the financing order, the Kansas commission, among other things:

• orders that KGS, as servicer, shall impose and collect from all KGS retail customers the securitized utility tariff charges that are nonbypassable in an amount calculated as provided in the financing order,

• orders that upon the transfer of the securitized utility tariff property to us by KGS, we shall be the owner of the rights to the securitized utility tariff property and that KGS as servicer is merely the collection agent for us, and

• pledges that it will act under the financing order as expressly authorized by the securitization provisions of the Securitization Act to ensure the projected recovery of securitized utility tariff charge revenues are sufficient to provide timely payment of the scheduled principal of and interest on the securitized utility tariff bonds.

Please read “The Securitization Act” and “KGS’s Financing Order” in this prospectus for more information.

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The characteristics of securitized utility tariff property are unlike the characteristics of assets underlying mortgage and other commercial asset securitizations because securitized utility tariff property is a creature of statute and state regulatory commission proceedings. Because the nature and characteristics of the securitized utility tariff property and many elements of the securitized utility tariff bond securitization are set forth and constrained by the securitization provisions of the Securitization Act, KGS, as sponsor, does not select the assets to be securitized in ways common to many securitizations. Moreover, the securitized utility tariff bonds do not contain origination or underwriting elements similar to typical mortgage or other loan transactions involved in other forms of asset-backed securities. The securitization provisions of the Securitization Act and the Kansas commission require the imposition on, and collection of securitized utility tariff charges from, existing and future retail customers receiving natural gas service from KGS or it successors or assignees under Kansas commission-approved rate schedules or under special contracts, even if a retail customer elects to purchase natural gas from an alternative natural gas supplier following a fundamental change in regulation of public utilities in Kansas subject to certain exceptions discussed elsewhere in this prospectus. Since the securitized utility tariff charges are assessed against all retail customers and the true-up adjustment mechanism adjusts for the impact of retail customer defaults, the collectability of the securitized utility tariff charges is not ultimately dependent upon the credit quality of particular KGS retail customers, as would be the case in the absence of the true-up adjustment mechanism.

The review by KGS of the securitized utility tariff property underlying the securitized utility tariff bonds has involved a number of discrete steps and elements as described in more detail below. First, KGS has analyzed and applied the securitization provisions of the Securitization Act’s requirements for securitization of qualified extraordinary costs in seeking approval of the Kansas commission for the issuance of the financing order and in its application for a financing order with respect to the characteristics of the securitized utility tariff property to be created pursuant to the financing order. KGS worked with its counsel and its structuring agent in preparing the application for a financing order and with the Kansas commission on the terms of the financing order. Moreover, KGS worked with its counsel, its structuring agent and counsel to the underwriters in preparing the legal agreements that provide for the terms of the securitized utility tariff bonds and the security for the securitized utility tariff bonds. KGS has analyzed economic issues and practical issues for the scheduled payment of the securitized utility tariff bonds in terms of impacts of economic factors, potentials for disruptions due to weather or catastrophic events and its own forecasts for retail customer growth as well as the historic accuracy of its prior forecasts.

In light of the unique nature of the securitized utility tariff property, KGS has taken (or prior to the offering of the securitized utility tariff bonds, will take) the following actions in connection with its review of the securitized utility tariff property and the preparation of the disclosure for inclusion in this prospectus describing the securitized utility tariff property, the securitized utility tariff bonds and the proposed securitization:

• reviewed the securitization provisions of the Securitization Act, the rules and regulations of the Kansas commission as they relate to the securitized utility tariff property in connection with the preparation and filing of the application with the Kansas commission for the approval of the financing order in order to confirm that the application and proposed financing order satisfied applicable statutory and regulatory requirements;

• actively participated in the proceeding before the Kansas commission relating to the approval of the requested financing order;

• compared the financing order, as issued by the Kansas commission, to the securitization provisions of the Securitization Act and the rules and regulations of the Kansas commission as they relate to the securitized utility tariff property to confirm that the financing order met such requirements;

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• compared the proposed terms of the securitized utility tariff bonds to the applicable requirements in the securitization provisions of the Securitization Act, the financing order and the regulations of the Kansas commission to confirm that they met such requirements;

• prepared and reviewed the agreements to be entered into in connection with the issuance of the securitized utility tariff bonds and compared such agreements to the applicable requirements in the securitization provisions of the Securitization Act, the financing order and the regulations of the Kansas commission to confirm that they met such requirements;

• reviewed the disclosure in this prospectus regarding the securitization provisions of the Securitization Act, the financing order and the agreements to be entered into in connection with the issuance of the securitized utility tariff bonds, and compared such descriptions to the relevant securitization provisions of the Securitization Act, the financing order and such agreements to confirm the accuracy of such descriptions;

• consulted with legal counsel to assess if there is a basis upon which the securitized utility tariff bondholders (or the trustee acting on their behalf) could successfully challenge the constitutionality of any legislative action by the State of Kansas (including the Kansas commission) that could repeal or amend the securitization provisions of the Securitization Act that could substantially impair the value of the securitized utility tariff property, or substantially reduce, alter or impair the securitized utility tariff charges;

• reviewed the process and procedures in place for it, as servicer, to perform its obligations under the servicing agreement, including without limitation, billing and collecting the securitized utility tariff charges to be provided for under the securitized utility tariff property, forecasting securitized utility tariff charge revenues, preparing and filing applications for true-up adjustments to the securitized utility tariff charges and enforcing credit standards;

• reviewed the methodology and procedure of the true-up mechanism for adjusting securitized utility tariff charge levels to meet the scheduled payments on the securitized utility tariff bonds; and

• with the assistance of its structuring agent and the underwriters, prepared financial models in order to set the initial securitized utility tariff charges to be provided for under the securitized utility tariff property at a level sufficient to pay on a timely basis scheduled principal and interest on the securitized utility tariff bonds.

In connection with the preparation of such models, KGS:

• reviewed (i) the historical natural gas usage and retail customer growth within KGS’s retail customer base and (ii) forecasts of expected sales and retail customer growth; and

• analyzed the sensitivity of the weighted average life of the securitized utility tariff bonds in relation to variances in actual retail customer count from forecasted levels and in relation to the true-up mechanism in order to assess the probability that the weighted average life of the securitized utility tariff bonds may be extended as a result of such variances, and in the context of the operation of the true-up mechanism for adjustment of securitized utility tariff charges to address under- or over-collections in light of scheduled payments on the securitized utility tariff bonds.

As a result of this review, KGS has concluded that:

• the securitized utility tariff property, the financing order and the agreements to be entered into in connection with the issuance of the securitized utility tariff bonds meet in all material respects the applicable statutory and regulatory requirements;

• the disclosure in this prospectus regarding the securitization provisions of the Securitization Act, the financing order and the agreements to be entered into in connection with the issuance of the securitized utility tariff bonds is as of its date, accurate in all material respects;

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• the servicer has adequate processes and procedures in place to perform its obligations under the servicing agreement;

• securitized utility tariff charge revenues, as adjusted from time to time as provided in the securitization provisions of the Securitization Act and the financing order, are expected to be sufficient to pay on a timely basis scheduled principal and interest on the securitized utility tariff bonds; and

• the design and scope of KGS’s review of the securitized utility tariff property as described above is effective to provide reasonable assurance that the disclosure regarding the securitized utility tariff property in this prospectus is accurate in all material respects.

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DESCRIPTION OF THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF PROPERTY

Creation of Securitized Utility Tariff Property; Financing Order

The Securitization Act defines securitized utility tariff property as, “All rights and interests of a public utility, its successor or assignee under a financing order, including the right to impose, bill, charge, collect and receive securitized utility tariff charges authorized under the financing order and to obtain periodic adjustments to such charges authorized under this section and as provided in the financing order; and all revenues, collections, claims, rights to payments, payments, money or proceeds arising from the rights and interests specified in the financing order, regardless of whether such revenues, collections, claims, rights to payment, payments, money or proceeds are imposed, billed, received, collected or maintained together with or commingled with other revenues, collections, rights to payment, payments, money or proceeds.” The securitized utility tariff bonds will be secured by the securitized utility tariff property, as well as the other collateral described under “Description of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds—The Security for the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds.”

In addition to the right to impose, bill, charge, collect and receive securitized utility tariff charges, the financing order:

• Authorizes the transfer of the securitized utility tariff property to us and the issuance of securitized utility tariff bonds;

• Establishes procedures for periodic true-up adjustments to securitized utility tariff charges in the event of over-collection or under-collection; and

• Provides and pledges that after the earlier of the transfer of the securitized utility tariff property to an assignee or the issuance of securitized utility tariff bonds authorized by the financing order, the financing order is irrevocable and may not be amended, modified, or terminated by any subsequent action of the Kansas commission (except for the true-up mechanism adopted by the Kansas commission or in connection with a refinancing, retiring or refunding of securitized utility tariff bonds).

A form of issuance advice letter and a form of tariff (called the “Winter Event Securitized Cost Recovery Rider” or “WESCR”) are attached to the financing order. We will complete and file both documents with the Kansas commission immediately after the pricing of the securitized utility tariff bonds. The issuance advice letter confirms to the Kansas commission the interest rate and expected sinking fund schedule for the securitized utility tariff bonds and sets forth the actual dollar amount of the initial securitized utility tariff charges as described below under “KGS’s Financing Order—Issuance Advice Letter.” The Kansas commission’s review of the issuance advice letter will be limited to determining that the final structuring, terms and pricing of the securitized utility tariff bonds are consistent with the criteria established in the financing order and that the mathematical calculations are accurate.

Tariff; Securitized Utility Tariff Charges

The tariff establishes the initial securitized utility tariff charges. It also implements the procedures for periodic adjustments to the securitized utility tariff charges, the payment of securitized utility tariff charges and the semi-annual procedures allowing KGS as servicer to reconcile the amount of securitized utility tariff charge remittances with the periodic payment requirement.

The securitized utility tariff charges will be payable by all existing or future retail customers receiving natural gas service from KGS or its successors or assignees under Kansas commission-approved rate schedules or under special contracts, even if a retail customer elects to purchase natural gas from an alternative natural gas supplier following a fundamental change in regulation of public utilities in Kansas.

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If a customer disconnects from KGS’s gas distribution system and switches to alternative sources of energy that meet all of its energy needs, such customer will no longer be a retail customer and will not be subject to paying securitized utility tariff charges. KGS’s customers that are in KGS’s “Sales for Resale” customer class are not retail customers and will not be subject to paying securitized utility tariff charges. In addition, retail customers who become transportation customers when securitized utility tariff charges are being recovered are required to pay a settlement fee prior to becoming a transportation customer. The settlement fee owed by the customer will be based on the estimated present value of the expected charges the customer would have paid as a retail customer over the remaining period in which the securitized utility tariff charge is being recovered. The settlement fee will be credited to KGS’s other retail customers once per year. As of December 31, 2021, KGS had approximately 641,000 retail customers and approximately 6,000 customers, including “Sales for Resale” customers and transportation customers, that will not be subject to paying securitized utility tariff charges.

For purposes of billing securitized utility tariff charges, each retail customer will be designated as a customer belonging to one of the securitized utility tariff charge customer classes set forth below. Under the terms of the financing order, KGS will allocate the securitized utility tariff charges among the securitized utility tariff charge customer classes based on the percentage of the total estimated February 2021 sales volumes, as follows:

Securitized Utility Tariff Charge Customer Classes

Retail Customer Class	Estimate of February 2021 Usage (Mcf)		Allocation Percentage
Residential		7,812,228		78.953%
General Service—Small		870,171		8.794%
General Service—Large		1,037,545		10.486%
General Service—Transport Eligible		170,496		1.723%
Small Generator Service		3,224		0.033%
Irrigation Sales		1,122		0.011%
KGS Supply		0		0.000%
TOTAL		9,894,787		100.000%

* Columns may not add due to rounding.

The nonbypassable charge applicable to each securitized utility tariff charge customer class for any period will be determined based on the allocation percentage of such class, the amount necessary to make payments on the securitized utility tariff bonds for the related period, and as set forth in the Winter Event Securitized Cost Recovery Rider, contained in the form of tariff, attached to the financing order as Appendix B. Securitized utility tariff charges will be calculated on a fixed monthly charge per retail customer, which will be adjusted semi-annually pursuant to the true-up adjustment methodology approved in the financing order. The per retail customer charge will initially be calculated using the retail customer count reported in the most recent KGS Annual Report filed with the Kansas commission and will be updated semi-annually. The true-up adjustment methodology approved in the financing order is cross collateralized across retail customer classes and requires that any delinquencies or under-collections in one retail customer class will be taken into account in the application of the true-up mechanism to adjust the securitized utility tariff charges for all retail customers, not just the class of retail customers from which the delinquency or under-collection arose.

The securitized utility tariff charges will be reflected as a separate line item on retail customers’ bills and identified as “Winter Event Securitized Cost.” These securitized utility tariff charges will be adjusted semi-annually, or more frequently under certain circumstances, by the servicer in accordance with its filings with the Kansas commission.

KGS estimates that on an annualized basis the initial securitized utility tariff charges would represent approximately 4.7% of the total bill received by an average residential customer based on rates as of August 2022.

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Billing and Collection Terms and Conditions

Generally, bills are rendered monthly to all customers and are payable within 18 business days from mailing for residential customers and within 12 business days of mailing for nonresidential customers. Billing will begin with the first cycle of the month following the issuance of the securitized utility tariff bonds. Customers are billed in established cycles, with the total number of days between meter readings generally ranging from 26 to 36 days. KGS has some residential and general service customers that require manual billing due to more complex billing arrangements that are dictated by contractual terms. These customers were formerly served by another gas utility (Southern Star Central or “SSC”) and are billed the rate that SSC charged. SSC covers the difference between that rate and what such customers would have been charged under KGS tariffs.

KGS, as the initial servicer of the securitized utility tariff bonds will bill and collect the securitized utility tariff charges as described in the servicing agreement, and remit those amounts to the trustee on our behalf. We are a Delaware limited liability company subsidiary special purpose entity created by KGS to facilitate the securitization. The servicer will perform these functions for us in accordance with the servicing agreement by and between KGS, as the initial servicer, and us. If the servicer defaults on its obligations under the servicing agreement, the trustee may appoint a successor servicer, subject to the terms and conditions of the servicing agreement.

The securitized utility tariff bonds will be issued pursuant to an indenture and series supplement administered by the trustee. The indenture will include provisions for a collection account and subaccounts for the collection and administration of the securitized utility tariff charges and payment or funding of the principal and interest on the securitized utility tariff bonds and other costs. We will establish a collection account as a trust account to be held by the trustee as collateral for the payment of the scheduled principal, interest, and other costs approved in the financing order. The collection account will include the general subaccount, the capital subaccount, and the excess funds subaccount, and may include other subaccounts. The servicer will remit securitized utility tariff charges to the trustee, which will deposit such remittances into a general subaccount. Upon issuance of the securitized utility tariff bonds, KGS will make a capital contribution to us and we will deposit such contribution into a capital subaccount. The capital subaccount will serve as collateral to for timely payments of principal and interest on the securitized utility tariff bonds. An excess funds subaccount will hold any securitized utility tariff charge remittances and investment earnings on the collection account (other than earnings attributable to the capital subaccount and released under the terms of the Indenture) in excess of the amounts needed to pay principal and interest on the securitized utility tariff bonds and to pay ongoing costs related to the securitized utility tariff bonds (including replenishing the capital subaccount). Any balance in or allocated to the excess funds subaccount on a true-up adjustment date will be subtracted from the payments to be made on the next payment date for purposes of the true-up adjustment. The servicer is required to make semi-annual adjustments to the securitized utility tariff charges to correct any under-collection or over-collection of securitized utility tariff charges during the preceding six months and ensure the expected recovery of amounts sufficient to timely provide all payments of debt service and other required amounts and charges in connection with the securitized utility tariff bonds. If remitted securitized utility tariff charges are insufficient to make payments of principal and interest on the securitized utility tariff bonds and other components of the periodic payment requirement, then the excess funds subaccount, and the capital subaccount will be drawn down, in that order, to make those payments. The servicer may perform periodic true-ups as necessary to ensure that the amount collected from securitized utility tariff charges is sufficient to service the securitized utility tariff bonds. There shall be quarterly true-up adjustments for the securitized utility tariff bonds remaining outstanding during the year immediately preceding the scheduled final payment date for the securitized utility tariff bonds.

The obligation to pay securitized utility tariff charges is not subject to any right of set-off, counterclaim or surcharge in connection with the bankruptcy or insolvency of ONE Gas or any other entity. Securitized utility tariff charges are “nonbypassable” in accordance with the provisions set forth in the Securitization Act and the financing order.

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THE SECURITIZATION ACT

Overview

In April 2021, the Kansas Legislature established the Securitization Act (a Kansas senate substitute for House Bill 2072 (Volume 40 - Issue 16 - April 22, 2021), as codified at K.S.A. §§ 66-1,240 - 66-1,253), providing for a financing mechanism through which certain utilities can use securitization financing to recover qualified extraordinary costs (as defined in the Securitization Act) resulting from Winter Storm Uri, by issuing securitized utility tariff bonds. Securitized utility tariff bonds must be approved in a financing order issued by the Kansas commission. A Kansas utility subject to the jurisdiction of the Kansas commission must apply to the Kansas commission in order to obtain a financing order under the Securitization Act to authorize the issuance of securitized utility tariff bonds.

In February 2021, Kansas experienced sub-zero temperatures brought by Winter Storm Uri, which led to a significant increase in demand for electricity and natural gas. On February 14, 2021, a State of Disaster Emergency was issued by Kansas Governor Kelly due to expected prolonged low temperatures and the strain on natural gas and utility providers; at the time, wholesale natural gas prices were reflecting increases from 10 to 100 times their normal rates. On February 15, 2021, the Kansas commission issued an Emergency Order in Docket No. 21-GIMX-303-MIS (Docket 21-303), directing jurisdictional natural gas utilities to take all reasonably feasible, lawful, and appropriate actions to ensure adequate transportation of natural gas to interconnected, non-jurisdictional Kansas utilities. Jurisdictional natural gas utilities were ordered to do everything necessary to ensure that natural gas service continued to be provided to their customers in Kansas. The Kansas commission authorized every jurisdictional natural gas distribution utility to defer extraordinary costs incurred during the Winter Event to a regulatory asset account. By June 30, 2021, KGS had incurred and deferred approximately $390 million of qualified extraordinary costs related to the winter storm event. On March 31, 2022, KGS applied for a financing order under the Securitization Act, which was issued by the Kansas commission on August 18, 2022.

Under the Securitization Act and the financing order, KGS’s retail customers will pay securitized utility tariff charges, which are nonbypassable charges included in their monthly charges. Securitized utility tariff charges will fund payments of principal and interest on the securitized utility tariff bonds, together with related financing costs. Securitized utility tariff charges will be collected by KGS, as initial servicer, or its successor, as provided for in the financing order. Securitized utility tariff charges are required to be adjusted at least semi-annually, and more frequently as necessary, to ensure the projected recovery of amounts sufficient to provide timely payment of the scheduled principal, interest and other required amounts in connection with the securitized utility tariff bonds during the preceding six-month period.

KGS May Securitize Qualified Extraordinary Costs and Related Upfront and Ongoing Financing Costs

KGS May Issue Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds to Recover KGS’s Qualified Extraordinary Costs.

Under the Securitization Act, the Kansas commission may issue financing orders approving the issuance of securitized utility tariff bonds to recover certain costs of a gas utility, including qualified extraordinary costs and related upfront and ongoing financing costs. A utility, its successors or a third-party assignee of a utility may issue securitized utility tariff bonds. The Securitization Act requires the proceeds of the securitized utility tariff bonds to be used for the purposes of recovering or financing qualified extraordinary costs and related upfront and ongoing costs, as determined by the Kansas commission. Securitized utility tariff bonds are secured by and payable from securitized utility tariff property, which includes the right to impose, bill, charge, collect

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and receive securitized utility tariff charges, to obtain periodic adjustments to such charges as provided in the financing order and all revenues, collections, claims, rights to payments, payments, money or proceeds arising from the foregoing rights and interests. Under the financing order, the securitized utility tariff bonds may have a legal maximum maturity of 32 years from the issuance date of the bonds.

Securitized utility tariff charges and related financing costs will be allocated to KGS retail customer classes based on the class percentage of the total estimated February 2021 sales volumes after removing 0.067% of the qualified extraordinary costs to be securitized to account for the “Sales for Resale” customer class, which constitute wholesale transactions (not retail service). Securitized utility tariff charges can be imposed only when and to the extent that securitized utility tariff bonds are issued.

The Securitization Act contains a number of provisions designed to facilitate the securitization of qualified extraordinary costs and related upfront and ongoing financing costs.

Creation of Securitized Utility Tariff Property.

The Securitization Act and financing order provide for the creation and establishment of the securitized utility tariff property, which is a present contract right in favor of KGS, its transferees and other financing parties, to impose, bill, charge, collect and receive securitized utility tariff charges from KGS’s existing and future retail customers, as well as to obtain periodic adjustments to such charges as provided in the financing order.

A Financing Order is Irrevocable.

A financing order, once effective, together with the securitized utility tariff charges authorized in such financing order, is irrevocable and not subject to amendment or modification by the Kansas commission, except for adjustments pursuant to the Securitization Act in order to correct over-collections or under-collections and to ensure the projected recovery of amounts sufficient to provide timely payment of debt service and all other upfront and ongoing financing costs in connection with the related securitized utility tariff bonds. Although a financing order is irrevocable, the Securitization Act allows for KGS (or any assignee) to apply for one or more new financing orders to provide for retiring and refunding securitized utility tariff bonds upon a showing that statutory criteria are met.

State and Commission Pledges.

The State of Kansas and its agencies, including the Kansas commission, have pledged and agreed with bondholders that, pursuant to the Securitization Act, the state and its agencies will not: (a) alter the statute that authorizes the Kansas commission to create an irrevocable contract right or chose in action by the issuance of a financing order, to create securitized utility tariff property and to make the securitized utility tariff charges imposed by a financing order irrevocable, binding or nonbypassable charges for all existing and future retail customers within the service area of the public utility; (b) take any action that would impair the value of securitized utility tariff property or the security for the securitized utility tariff bonds, or revises the Securitized Utility Tariff Costs (as defined in the Securitization Act) for which recovery is authorized; (c) impair the rights and remedies of the securitized utility tariff bondholders, assignees and other financing parties in any way; or (d) except for changes made pursuant to the true-up adjustment mechanism expressly allowed by law, reduce, alter, or impair the securitized utility tariff charges to be imposed, billed, charged, collected, and remitted for the benefit of the securitized utility tariff bondholders, any assignee, and any other financing parties, until any and all principal, interest, premium, financing costs and other fees, expenses or charges incurred and any contracts to be performed in connection with the related securitized utility tariff bonds have been paid and performed in full.

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The Kansas commission has jurisdiction over KGS and its application for a financing order to recover qualified extraordinary costs and related financing costs pursuant to K.S.A. § 66-1,241(b).

Constitutional Matters

To date, no federal or Kansas cases addressing the repeal or amendment of the Securitization Act or securitization provisions analogous to those contained in the Securitization Act have been decided. There have been cases in which courts have applied the Contract Clause of the United States Constitution to strike down legislation regarding similar matters, such as legislation reducing or eliminating taxes, public charges or other sources of revenues servicing other types of bonds issued by public instrumentalities or private issuers, or otherwise substantially impairing or eliminating the security for bonds or other indebtedness. Based upon this case law, Baker Botts L.L.P., as counsel to KGS and us, expects to deliver an opinion, prior to the closing of the offering of the securitized utility tariff bonds described in this prospectus, to the effect that the State pledge described above unambiguously indicates the State’s intent to be bound with the securitized utility tariff bondholders and, subject to all of the qualifications, limitations and assumptions set forth in its opinion, supports the conclusion that the State pledge constitutes a binding contractual relationship between the State and the securitized utility tariff bondholders for purposes of the Federal Contract Clause. Subject to all of the qualifications, limitations and assumptions set forth in such opinion, including that any impairment of the contract be “substantial,” the opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P. is expected to state that a reviewing court of competent jurisdiction would hold that the State of Kansas could not constitutionally repeal or amend the Securitization Act or take any other action contravening the State pledge and creating an impairment (without, as the Securitization Act requires, providing full compensation by law for the full protection of the securitized utility tariff charges to be collected pursuant to the financing order and full protection of the securitized utility tariff bondholders), unless such court would determine that such impairment clearly is a reasonable and necessary exercise of the State of Kansas’ sovereign powers based upon reasonable conditions and of a character reasonable and appropriate to the emergency or other significant and legitimate public purpose justifying such action.

Baker Botts L.L.P., subject to all of the qualifications, limitations and assumptions (including the assumption that any impairment would be “substantial”) set forth in their opinion, is also expected to state in their opinion that a Kansas state court reviewing an appeal of Kansas commission action of a legislative character would conclude that the Kansas commission pledge (i) creates a binding contractual obligation of the State of Kansas for purposes of the Federal Contract Clause, and (ii) provides a basis upon which the securitized utility tariff bondholders could challenge successfully on appeal any such action by the Kansas commission of a legislative character, including the rescission or amendment of the financing order, that such court determines violates the Kansas commission pledge in a manner that substantially reduces, limits or impairs the value of the securitized utility tariff property including the securitized utility tariff charges, prior to the time that the securitized utility tariff bondholders are fully paid and discharged, unless there is a judicial finding that the Kansas commission action clearly is exercised for a public end and is reasonably necessary to the accomplishment of that public end so as not to be arbitrary, capricious or an abuse of authority.

In addition, any action of the Kansas legislature adversely affecting the securitized utility tariff property or the ability to collect securitized utility tariff charges may be considered a “taking” under the United States or Kansas Constitutions. Baker Botts L.L.P. has advised us that it is not aware of any federal, and Husch Blackwell LLP has advised us that it is not aware of any Kansas, court cases addressing the applicability of the Takings Clause of the United States or Kansas Constitution respectively in a situation analogous to that which would be involved in an amendment or repeal of the Securitization Act. It is possible that a court would decline even to apply a Takings Clause analysis to a claim based on an amendment or repeal of the Securitization Act, since, for example, a court might determine that a Contract Clause analysis rather than a Takings Clause analysis should

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be applied. Assuming a Takings Clause analysis were applied under the United States Constitution or the Kansas Constitution, Baker Botts L.L.P. and Husch Blackwell LLP respectively expect to render an opinion, prior to the closing of the offering of the securitized utility tariff bonds described in this prospectus, to the effect that, under the existing case law of the respective courts each opinion is covering, a reviewing court of competent jurisdiction would hold, subject to all of the qualifications, limitations and assumptions set forth in each respective opinion, if it concludes that the securitized utility tariff property is protected by the Takings Clause of the United States Constitution (or the Takings Clause of the Kansas Constitution with respect to the opinion of Husch Blackwell LLP), that the State would be required to pay just compensation to the securitized utility tariff bondholders, as determined by such court, if the Kansas legislature repealed or amended the Securitization Act or took any other action contravening the State pledge, if the court determines doing so constituted a permanent appropriation of a substantial property interest of the securitized utility tariff bondholders in the securitized utility tariff property and deprived the securitized utility tariff bondholders of their reasonable expectations arising from their investments in the securitized utility tariff bonds. In examining whether action of the Kansas legislature amounts to a regulatory taking, both federal and state courts will consider the character of the governmental action, the economic impact of the governmental action on the securitized utility tariff bondholders, and the extent to which the governmental action interferes with distinct investment-backed expectations. There is no assurance, however, that, even if a court were to award just compensation, it would be sufficient for you to recover fully your investment in the securitized utility tariff bonds.

In connection with the foregoing, Baker Botts L.L.P. has advised us that issues relating to the Contract and Takings Clause of the United States Constitution, and Husch Blackwell LLP has advised us that issues relating to the Takings Clause of the Kansas Constitution, are essentially decided on a case-by-case basis and that the courts’ determinations, in most cases, appear to be strongly influenced by the facts and circumstances of the particular case, and has further advised us that there are no reported controlling judicial precedents that are directly on point. The opinions described above will be subject to the qualifications included in them. The degree of impairment necessary to meet the standards for relief under a Takings Clause analysis or Contract Clause analysis could be substantially in excess of what a securitized utility tariff bondholder would consider material.

In addition, Baker Botts L.L.P. expects to render an opinion, prior to the closing of the offering of the securitized utility tariff bonds described in this prospectus, to the effect that under existing case law, a reviewing court of competent jurisdiction would hold that the Securitization Act is constitutional in all material respects under the United States Constitution and, subject to all of the qualifications, limitations and assumptions set forth in its opinion, that the State pledge does not constitute an impermissible attempt to “contract away” the police power of the State of Kansas, and will not be disregarded under the reserved powers doctrine, and Husch Blackwell LLP expects to render an opinion, prior to the closing of the offering of the securitized utility tariff bonds described in this prospectus, to the effect that under existing case law, a reviewing court of competent jurisdiction would hold that the Securitization Act is constitutional in all material respects under the Kansas Constitution.

We and KGS will file a copy of each of the Baker Botts L.L.P. and Husch Blackwell LLP opinions as exhibits to an amendment to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, or to one of our periodic filings with the SEC.

For a discussion of risks associated with potential judicial, legislation or regulatory actions, please read “Risk Factors—Risks Associated with Potential Judicial, Legislative or Regulatory Actions.”

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The Kansas Commission May Adjust Securitized Utility Tariff Charges

The Securitization Act authorizes the Kansas commission to provide, and the Kansas commission has provided, in the financing order, that securitized utility tariff charges be adjusted at least semi-annually. These true-up adjustments are designed to:

• Correct any over-collections or under-collections during the preceding six months, and

• Ensure the expected recovery of amounts sufficient to timely provide all payments of debt service and other required amounts and charges in connection with the securitized utility tariff bonds.

Securitized Utility Tariff Charges are Nonbypassable

The Securitization Act provides that the securitized utility tariff charges are nonbypassable subject to the terms of the financing order. Under the financing order, “nonbypassable” means KGS is required to collect and must remit, consistent with the financing order, the nonbypassable securitized utility tariff charges that are applied to all existing and future retail customers within the KGS’s service area, as such service area exists on the date of the financing order, and as such service area may be expanded or acquired as provided for in the financing order. If a customer disconnects from KGS’s gas distribution system and switches to alternative sources of energy that meet all of its energy needs, such customer will no longer be a retail customer and will not be subject to paying securitized utility tariff charges. Retail customers who become transportation customers when securitized utility tariff charges are being recovered are required to pay a settlement fee prior to becoming a transportation customer. The settlement fee owed by the customer is to be based on the estimated present value of the expected charges the customer would have paid as a retail customer over the remaining period in which the securitized utility tariff charge is being recovered. The settlement fee will be credited to KGS’s other retail customers once per year.

The Securitization Act Protects Securitized Utility Tariff Bondholders’ Security Interest on Securitized Utility Tariff Property

The Securitization Act provides that a valid and enforceable security interest in securitized utility tariff property will attach only after the issuance of a financing order, the execution and delivery of a security agreement in connection with the issuance of the securitized utility tariff bonds and the receipt of value for the securitized utility tariff bonds. The security interest attaches automatically at the time when all of the foregoing conditions have been met.

Upon perfection by filing a financing statement, under K.S.A. § 66-1,245(d), the security interest will be a perfected security interest in the securitized utility tariff property and will have priority in the order of perfection and take precedence over all claims of lien creditors and all competing security interests and other claims other than any security interest previously perfected. The servicer pledges in the servicing agreement to file all necessary continuation statements.

The Securitization Act (K.S.A. §§ 66-1,245(e) and (f)) provides that priority of transfers of and security interests in securitized utility tariff property will not be impaired by:

• The commingling of funds arising from securitized utility tariff charges with other funds; or

• Any later change in the securitized utility tariff charges pursuant to the true-up adjustment mechanism.

Furthermore, any other security interest that may apply to those funds will be terminated when they are transferred to a segregated account for an assignee or a financing party.

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The Securitization Act Characterizes the Transfer of Securitized Utility Tariff Property as a True Sale

The Securitization Act (K.S.A. §66-1,246(a)) provides that any sale, assignment or other transfer of securitized utility tariff property is a “true sale” and is not a pledge or secured transaction relating to, the seller’s right, title, and interest in, to, and under the securitized utility tariff property if the documents governing the transaction expressly state that the transaction is a sale or other absolute transfer other than for federal and state income tax purposes. The Securitization Act (K.S.A. §66-1,246(a)) provides that for all purposes other than federal and state income tax purposes, the parties’ characterization of a transaction as a sale of an interest in securitized utility tariff property is conclusive that the transaction is a true sale and that ownership has passed to the party characterized as the purchaser, regardless of whether the purchaser has possession of any documents evidencing or pertaining to such interest in securitized utility tariff property.

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KGS’S FINANCING ORDER

Background.    In mid-February 2021, Kansas experienced sub-zero temperatures brought by Winter Storm Uri, which led to a significant increase in demand for electricity and natural gas. On February 14, 2021, a State of Disaster Emergency was issued by Kansas Governor Kelly due to expected prolonged low temperatures and the strain on natural gas and utility providers; at the time, wholesale natural gas prices were reflecting increases from 10 to 100 times their normal rates. On February 15, 2021, pursuant to K.S.A. § 77-536(a), the Kansas commission issued an Emergency Order in Docket No. 21-GIMX-303-MIS (Docket 21-303), directing jurisdictional natural gas utilities to take all reasonably feasible, lawful, and appropriate actions to ensure adequate transportation of natural gas to interconnected, non-jurisdictional Kansas utilities. Jurisdictional natural gas utilities were ordered to do everything necessary to ensure that natural gas service continued to be provided to their customers in Kansas. The Kansas commission authorized every jurisdictional natural gas distribution utility to defer extraordinary costs incurred during the winter event to a regulatory asset account.

In April 2021, the Kansas Legislature established the Utility Financing and Securitization Act (referred to in this prospectus as the Securitization Act), providing for a financing mechanism though which certain utilities can use securitization financing to recover “qualified extraordinary costs” (as defined in the Securitization Act) resulting from Winter Storm Uri, by issuing securitized utility tariff bonds. Securitized utility tariff bonds must be approved in a financing order issued by the Kansas commission. This provision of Kansas law, the Securitization Act—a Kansas senate substitute for House Bill 2072 (Volume 40 - Issue 16 - April 22, 2021)—is codified at K.S.A. §§ 66-1,240 - 66-1,253. A Kansas utility subject to the jurisdiction of the Kansas commission must apply to the Kansas commission in order for a financing order under the Securitization Act to authorize the issuance of securitized utility tariff bonds.

By June 30, 2021, KGS had incurred and deferred approximately $390 million of costs related to the winter event. On March 31, 2022, KGS applied for a financing order under the Securitization Act. Under the Securitization Act and the financing order, KGS retail customers will pay securitized utility tariff charges, which are nonbypassable charges included in their monthly charges. Securitized utility tariff charges will fund payments of principal and interest on the securitized utility tariff bonds, together with related financing costs. Securitized utility tariff charges will be collected by KGS, as initial servicer, or its successor, as provided for in the financing order. Securitized utility tariff charges are required to be adjusted at least semi-annually, and more frequently as necessary, to ensure the projected recovery of amounts sufficient to provide timely payment of the scheduled principal, interest and other required amounts in connection with the securitized utility tariff bonds during the preceding six-month period.

On August 18, 2022, the Kansas commission issued its final order determining that KGS is entitled, pursuant to the Securitization Act, to finance, through the issuance of securitized utility tariff bonds in one or more tranches with an estimated aggregate principal amount equal to $336.0 million (the qualified extraordinary costs and related financing costs). The financing order also: (1) authorizes the issuance of securitized utility tariff bonds in an aggregate amount not to exceed the qualified extraordinary costs less the portion of such costs attributable to the Sales for Resale customer class; (3) approves the structure of the proposed securitization financing through an issuance advice letter process; (4) approves the creation of the securitized utility tariff property consisting of the right to impose and collect securitized utility tariff charges in an amount to be calculated as provided in the financing order; and (5) approves the form of tariff, as provided in the financing order, to implement securitized utility tariff charges. The financing order became final and nonappealable on September 2, 2022.

KGS has filed the financing order with the SEC as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part.

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Issuance of Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds.    The financing order authorizes KGS to cause us to issue securitized utility tariff bonds in an estimated aggregate principal amount of $336.0 million. Securitized utility tariff bonds are limited to a term of not longer than 32 years and are secured by or payable from securitized utility tariff property. The net proceeds from the sale of the securitized utility tariff bonds must be used to directly or indirectly to recover, finance or refinance qualified extraordinary costs.

Collection of Securitized Utility Tariff Charges.    The financing order authorizes KGS to collect securitized utility tariff charges from its retail customers in an amount sufficient to provide for recovery of KGS’s qualified extraordinary costs and upfront and ongoing financing costs, which include principal and interest and certain ongoing fees and expenses associated with the securitized utility tariff bonds.

There is no “cap” on the level of securitized utility tariff charges that may be imposed on retail customers to pay on a timely basis scheduled principal and interest on the securitized utility tariff bonds. There is also no limit on how long securitized utility tariff charges may be imposed; pursuant to the financing order, the charges will be imposed until the securitized utility tariff bonds and all related financing costs have been paid in full.

Issuance Advice Letter.    Following the determination of the final terms of the securitized utility tariff bonds and prior to their issuance, KGS is required to submit an issuance advice letter to the Kansas commission no later than the end of the first day after the pricing of the securitized utility tariff bonds. The issuance advice letter will:

• Demonstrate compliance with the provisions of the financing order;

• Indicate the final structure of the securitized utility tariff bonds;

• Provide the dollar amount of the initial securitized utility tariff charges and other information specific to the securitized utility tariff bonds;

• Provide the best available estimate of total ongoing financing costs;

• Report the initial securitized utility tariff charges and other information specific to the securitized utility tariff bonds to be issued, as the Kansas commission requires;

• Require KGS to update the benefit analysis to verify that the final structure of the securitization satisfies the statutory financial tests;

• Certify to the Kansas commission that the structure and pricing of the securitized utility tariff bonds results in the lowest securitized utility tariff charges consistent with market conditions at the time that the securitized utility tariff bonds are priced utilizing the lowest cost standard; and

• Specify the scheduled final maturity of the securitized utility tariff bond tranches and the legal maturity for the securitized utility tariff bond tranches.

The initial securitized utility tariff charges and the final terms of the securitized utility tariff bonds set forth in the issuance advice letter shall become effective on the date of issuance of the securitized utility tariff bonds (which shall not occur prior to the fifth business day after pricing) unless prior to noon on the fourth business day after pricing the Kansas commission issues a disapproval letter finding that the proposed issuance advice letter does not comply with the Securitization Act and the financing order.

Form of Tariff: Winter Event Securitized Cost Rider (WESCR).    KGS is required, prior to the issuance of any securitized utility tariff charges, to complete and file rate schedules in the form of tariff attached to the financing order. The WESCR establishes the initial securitized utility tariff charges. The WESCR also implements the procedures for periodic adjustments to the securitized utility tariff charges.

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True-Ups.    The financing order provides that securitized utility tariff charges will be reviewed and adjusted semi-annually to:

• Correct any over-collections or under-collections during the preceding six months; and

• Ensure the expected recovery of amounts sufficient to timely provide all payments of debt service and other required amounts and charges in connection with the securitized utility tariff bonds.

Amounts remaining unpaid after final legal maturity of the securitized utility tariff bonds may be recovered but only to the extent that the securitized utility tariff charges are attributable to services rendered prior to the final legal maturity of the securitized utility tariff bonds.

In addition to semi-annual true-up adjustments, true-up adjustments may be made by the servicer more frequently at any time during the term of the securitized utility tariff bonds to correct any under-collection or over-collection to ensure timely payment of securitized utility tariff bonds as scheduled. In the event an interim true-up is necessary, the interim true-up adjustment should be filed by the fifteenth day of the current month for implementation in the first billing cycle of the following month. In no event would such interim true-up adjustments occur more frequently than every six months; provided, however, that there shall be quarterly true-up adjustments for the securitized utility tariff bonds remaining outstanding during the year immediately preceding the scheduled final payment date for the securitized utility tariff bonds.

Any delinquencies or under-collections in one retail customer class will be taken into account in the true-up mechanism to adjust the securitized utility tariff charges for all retail customers of KGS, not just the class of retail customers from which the delinquency or under-collection arose.

The financing order requires the servicer to make true-up adjustment filings with the Kansas commission. True-up adjustment filings must set forth the servicer’s calculation of the true-up adjustment to the securitized utility tariff charges. The Kansas commission has 30 days after the date of a true-up adjustment filing to confirm the mathematical accuracy of the servicer’s adjustment and to confirm that there are no clerical errors. Any true-up adjustment filed with the Kansas commission should be effective on its proposed effective date, which shall be not less than 30 days after filing. Any necessary corrections to the true-up adjustment, due to mathematical or clerical errors in the calculation of such adjustment or otherwise, must be made in future true-up adjustment filings.

The financing order provides that upon issuance of securitized utility tariff bonds, the financing order and the securitized utility tariff charges authorized by the financing order become irrevocable and not subject to reduction, impairment, or adjustment by further act of the Kansas commission, except for any true-up adjustments made in accordance with the true-up adjustment mechanism in the financing order; provided, however, that such irrevocability shall not preclude the Kansas commission from extending the deadline for the issuance of securitized utility tariff bonds if requested to do so by KGS.

For more discussion of the true-up mechanism, see “The Servicing Agreement—Securitized Utility Tariff Charge Adjustment Process” in this prospectus.

State and Commission Pledges.    The State of Kansas and its agencies, including the Kansas commission, have pledged and agreed with bondholders that, pursuant to the Securitization Act, the state and its agencies will not: (a) alter the statute that authorizes the Kansas commission to create an irrevocable contract right or chose in action by the issuance of a financing order, to create securitized utility tariff property and to make the securitized utility tariff charges imposed by a financing order irrevocable, binding or nonbypassable charges for all existing and future retail customers within the service area of the public utility; (b) take any action that

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would impair the value of securitized utility tariff property or the security for the securitized utility tariff bonds, or revises the Securitized Utility Tariff Costs (as defined in the Securitization Act) for which recovery is authorized; (c) impair the rights and remedies of the securitized utility tariff bondholders, assignees and other financing parties in any way; or (d) except for changes made pursuant to the true-up adjustment mechanism expressly allowed by law, reduce, alter, or impair the securitized utility tariff charges to be imposed, billed, charged, collected, and remitted for the benefit of the securitized utility tariff bondholders, any assignee, and any other financing parties, until any and all principal, interest, premium, financing costs and other fees, expenses or charges incurred and any contracts to be performed in connection with the related securitized utility tariff bonds have been paid and performed in full.

The Kansas commission has jurisdiction over KGS and its application for a financing order to recover qualified extraordinary costs and related financing costs pursuant to K.S.A. § 66-1,241(b).

The Securitization Act and financing order provides that securitized utility tariff property (whether associated with a single bond series covering the entire qualified extraordinary costs or with one of multiple bond series covering only a portion of the qualified extraordinary costs) constitutes a present property right for purposes of contracts concerning the sale or pledge of property and the property will continue to exist until securitized utility tariff bonds issued pursuant to the financing order have been paid in full and all financing costs and other costs of such securitized utility tariff bonds have been recovered in full. In addition, the interests of an assignee or pledgee in securitized utility tariff property (as well as the revenues and collections arising from the property) are not subject to setoff, counterclaim, surcharge, or defense by the utility or any other person or in connection with the bankruptcy of the utility or any other entity. The State of Kansas has pledged in the Securitization Act that it will not alter the provisions of the part of the Securitization Act which authorizes the Kansas commission to create a present contract right by the issuance of a financing order, to create securitized utility tariff property, and to make the securitized utility tariff charges imposed by a financing order irrevocable, binding and nonbypassable charges, take or permit any action that would impair the value of the securitized utility tariff property, or, except for adjustments discussed in “—True-ups” and “The Servicing Agreement—Securitized Utility Tariff Charge Adjustment Process,” reduce, alter or impair the securitized utility tariff charges to be imposed, collected and remitted to bondholders until the principal, interest and premium, if any, and any other charges incurred and contracts to be performed in connection with the securitized utility tariff bonds have been paid and performed in full. However, nothing will preclude limitation or alteration if and when full compensation is made for the full protection of the securitized utility tariff charges collected pursuant to the financing order and the full protection of the bondholders and any assignee or financing party. Please read “Risk Factors—Risks Associated with Potential Judicial, Legislative or Regulatory Actions.”

Adjustments to Allocation of Securitized Utility Tariff Charges.    The financing order provides that KGS will allocate securitized utility tariff charges to its retail customer classes based on each customer classes’ percentage of the total estimated February 2021 sales volumes (“initial percentages”). The initial percentages will remain in effect throughout the life of the securitized utility tariff bonds. However, retail customer classes are cross-collateralized in the true-up adjustment mechanism, that is, projected revenue shortfalls in one retail customer class are remedied by adjustments to the securitized utility tariff charges for each retail customer class, not only the retail customer class with the projected revenue shortfalls. Please read “—Additional Other Similar Bonds.”

Any delinquencies or under-collections in one retail customer class will be taken into account in the true-up mechanism to adjust the securitized utility tariff charge for all retail customers of KGS, not just the class of retail customers from which the delinquency or under-collection arose.

Servicing Agreement.    In the financing order, the Kansas commission authorized KGS, as the initial servicer, to enter into the servicing agreement which is described under “The Servicing Agreement” in this prospectus.

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Additional Other Similar Bonds.    KGS, upon receipt of an additional financing order, may finance qualified extraordinary costs through the issuance of additional securitized utility tariff bonds issued by another subsidiary or affiliated entity of KGS pursuant to a separate financing order and secured by separate securitized utility tariff property.

Binding on Successors.    The financing order, along with the securitized utility tariff charges authorized in the financing order, is binding on:

• KGS;

• Any successor to KGS;

• Any other entity responsible for billing and collecting securitized utility tariff charges on behalf of us; and

• Any successor to the Kansas commission.

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THE DEPOSITOR, SELLER, INITIAL SERVICER AND SPONSOR

About KGS

Background Information.     KGS is a division of ONE Gas, Inc., an Oklahoma corporation. KGS serves residential, commercial and transportation customers in Kansas, with the largest markets being in Kansas City, Wichita and Topeka, and distributes natural gas to approximately 72 percent of the natural gas distribution customers in Kansas. KGS, as a regulated utility, is subject to the regulations and oversight of various state and local regulatory authorities in Kansas, including the Kansas commission. Generally, KGS, acting as the initial servicer, and any successor servicer, referred to in this prospectus as the “servicer,” will service the securitized utility tariff property securing the securitized utility tariff bonds under a servicing agreement with us. Neither KGS nor any other affiliate (other than us) is an obligor on the securitized utility tariff bonds.

Municipalization.     Kansas law authorizes municipalities to seek to acquire portions of a utility’s natural gas distribution facilities through voluntary transactions or the power of expropriation for use as part of municipally owned utility systems. The Securitization Act specifies that securitized utility tariff charges approved by a financing order shall be collected by a utility as well as its “successors or assignees.” In the servicing agreement, KGS has covenanted to assert in an appropriate forum that any municipality that acquires any portion of KGS’s natural gas distribution facilities by expropriation, including upon the expiration of any franchise agreement, must be treated as a successor to KGS under the Securitization Act and the financing order. However, the involved municipality might assert that it should not be treated as a successor to KGS for these purposes and that its distribution customers are not responsible for payment of securitized utility tariff charges. Please read “Risk Factors—Risks Associated with Potential Judicial, Legislative or Regulatory Actions—A municipal entity may seek to acquire portions of KGS’s gas distribution facilities and avoid payment of the securitized utility tariff charges” in this prospectus.

Service Area.     KGS is the largest natural gas distributor in Kansas. As of December 31, 2021, KGS supplied natural gas service to approximately 647,000 customers, of which approximately 641,000 retail customers will be subject to the securitized utility tariff charges. As of December 31, 2021, KGS had 11,700 miles of distribution pipelines and 1,500 miles of transmission pipeline, had monthly fixed service charges that comprise 55% of the total net margin on natural gas service, had 100% weather normalization and had 4,722 average annual heating degree days (normal). Below is a map of KGS’s service area (darker blue areas).

Executive Offices.     KGS’s principal executive offices are located at 15 East Fifth Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103. The phone number at this address is (918) 947-7000.

Where to Find Information About KGS.     KGS is a division of ONE Gas. ONE Gas is required to file periodic reports with the SEC. These SEC filings are available to the public over the internet at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. ONE Gas maintains a website at www.onegas.com/investors/, where it posts its SEC filings. Except as specifically provided in this prospectus, no other information contained on that website constitutes part of this prospectus.

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Servicing Experience.     On August 25, 2022, The Oklahoma Development Finance Authority (“ODFA”), a public trust and instrumentality of the State of Oklahoma, issued $1,354,200,000 initial principal amount of its Ratepayer-Backed Bonds (Oklahoma Natural Gas Company) Series 2022 (Federally Taxable) (the “ODFA ONG Bonds”), for the purpose of allowing Oklahoma Natural Gas Company (“ONG”), a Division of ONE Gas, to recover certain costs it incurred as a result of Winter Storm Uri, under and pursuant to Oklahoma’s February 2021 Regulated Utility Consumer Protection Act. ONG is a division of ONE Gas separate and apart from KGS. In connection with the issuance of the ODFA ONG Bonds, ONG entered into a Servicing Agreement with ODFA with servicing standards that were substantially similar to those set forth in KGS’s servicing agreement with us. The initial scheduled payment date on the ODFA ONG Bonds is May  1, 2023.

KGS’s Customer Base and Natural Gas Consumption

The following tables show the natural gas usage billed to retail customers, natural gas billed revenues and number of retail customers by residential and non-residential customer types for the five preceding years and the six months ended June 30, 2022, within Kansas. There can be no assurances that the retail natural gas sales, retail natural gas revenues and number of retail customers or the composition of any of the foregoing will remain at or near the levels reflected in the following tables.

Natural Gas Sales Volumes (as Measured by MMcf)*

Retail Customer type	2017			2018			2019			2020			2021			Six months ended June 30, 2022
Residential		36,936	79.4%		44,909	78.9%		45,884	79.1%		42,206	80.1%		39,968	78.7%		26,382	76.0%
Non-residential		9,601	20.6%		12,028	21.1%		12,113	20.9%		10,463	19.9%		10,809	21.3%		8,348	24.0%
Total		46,537	100.0%		56,937	100.0%		57,997	100.0%		52,669	100.0%		50,777	100.0%		34,730	100.0%

* Columns may not add due to rounding.

Total Natural Gas Sales Revenues by Retail Customer Type (in $000s)*¹

Retail Customer type	2017			2018			2019			2020			2021			Six months ended June 30, 2022
Residential	$	414,517	81.1%	$	435,297	80.0%	$	446,543	81.1%	$	421,780	82.3%	$	476,434	80.9%	$	370,678	77.6%
Non-residential		96,618	18.9%		108,716	20.0%		103,932	18.9%		90,722	17.7%		112,469	19.1%		107,138	22.4%
Total	$	511,136	100.0%	$	544,013	100.0%	$	550,476	100.0%	$	512,501	100.0%	$	588,903	100.0%	$	477,817	100.0%

* Columns may not add due to rounding.

1 Revenues includes taxes

Average Number of Customers by Retail Customer Type *

Retail Customer type	2017			2018			2019			2020			2021			Six months ended June 30, 2022
Residential		582,341	92.1%		583,583	92.1%		584,157	92.2%		589,076	92.2%		591,118	92.2%		595,559	92.1%
Non-residential		49,974	7.9%		49,840	7.9%		49,707	7.8%		49,835	7.8%		50,127	7.8%		50,900	7.9%
Total		632,315	100.0%		633,423	100.0%		633,864	100.0%		638,911	100.0%		641,245	100.0%		646,459	100.0%

* Columns may not add due to rounding.

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Credit Policy

KGS is required to service all applicants in its service area, subject to certain exceptions enumerated by the Kansas commission. KGS’s current business practice is to gather and enter residential and non-residential customer information into the ONE Gas Customer Service System. The ONE Gas Customer Service System is searched for matching bad debt that can be collected via payment in full or payment arrangement before service is established. New customers may also be assessed a deposit based on deposit guidelines, and existing customers may be billed a deposit based on Kansas commission regulations and internal guidelines. A deposit is generally assessed if a customer has been late numerous times and has been disconnected for non-payment in the last 12 months.

Billing Process

KGS bills its customers on average every 30 days. For the six months ended June 30, 2022, KGS generated a daily average of 32,479 bills. Customers are considered delinquent if payment is not received by the due date. For accounts with potential billing error exceptions, reports are generated for manual review. This review examines accounts that have abnormally high or low bills, potential meter-reading errors, possible meter malfunctions and/or unbilled accounts.

Collection, Termination of Service and Write-off Policy

KGS customers have a variety of payment options, including autopay, website/phone, online banking, mailing in checks, and third parties, including kiosks and pay stations. Payment information is tallied at the end of each business day and transmitted to KGS for posting. Funds are transferred daily to a designated KGS bank account.

For residential accounts, payment of bills is due 18 business days after mailing and a 10-day disconnect notice is issued if a balance remains due three business days after the regular bill due date. When service is disconnected for non-payment, a final bill is issued after ten business days, and payment is due 18 business days thereafter. A post-disconnect final letter is issued two business days after the final bill to residential accounts with a balance of $49 or greater. After final bill reminder notices and telephone calls, unpaid final bills are written off 49-55 days after the final bill due date (approximately 85 days after service disconnection for residential accounts).

For nonresidential accounts, payment of bills is due 12 business days after mailing and a 10-day disconnect notice is issued if a balance remains due three business days after the regular bill due date. When service is disconnected for non-payment, a final bill is issued after 10 business days, and payment is due 12 business days thereafter. After final bill reminder notices and telephone calls, unpaid final bills are written off 49-55 days after the final bill due date (approximately 77 days after service disconnection for nonresidential accounts).

Following the write-off of residential and nonresidential accounts, they are turned over to a third-party collection agency.

KGS may change its credit, billing, collections and disconnection of service policies and procedures from time to time. It is expected that any such changes would be designed to enhance KGS’s ability to bill and collect customer charges on a timely basis.

In the event a customer orders a disconnection and a reconnection at the same premises within a period of 12 months, KGS will collect, as a reconnection charge, the sum of the minimum bills as would have occurred during the period of disconnection, but in no event less than the reconnection charge provided for in KGS’s applicable tariff.

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Alternatives to Gas as An Energy Source for KGS Customers

Natural gas is an important source of fuel for customers in Kansas as an efficient, cost-competitive alternative to electricity. In 2021, the Kansas Legislature passed SB 24 – the Kansas Energy Choice Act (codified at K.S.A. §66-1,288) — preventing a municipality from imposing any ordinance, resolution, code, rule, provision, standard, permit, plan, or any other binding action that prohibits, discriminates against, restricts, limits, impairs, or has a similar effect on an end-use customer’s use of a utility service, defined as the retail provision of natural gas or propane. Based on an analysis by the American Gas Association (“AGA”), a natural gas home requires about one-quarter less total energy on a full fuel-cycle basis than is required for a comparable all-electric home for those appliances. In addition, natural gas is cheaper on a per unit basis. According to the Department of Energy through April 2022, U.S. representative average unit cost for residential gas is $4.54 per million British thermal units (MMBtu) versus $14.97 per MMBtu for electricity. On a MMBtu basis this represents more than a 3 to 1 cost advantage for natural gas over electricity. Using 2021 rates, KGS’s analysis indicates that it maintains a significant cost advantage of 3.7 times compared to electricity in Kansas. Switching energy sources also entails significant upfront costs. Households that use natural gas for heating, cooking and clothes drying save an average of $1,041 per year compared to homes using electricity for those applications, an 18% increase since the publication of the 2021 AGA Playbook. Given the high switching costs and significant cost advantage compared to electricity, KGS expects that the risk of customers switching from gas to alternative energy sources is low.

Additional Natural Gas Utility Considerations

An objective of KGS’s supply-sourcing strategy is to provide value to its customers through reliable, competitively priced and flexible natural gas supply and transportation from multiple production areas and suppliers. This strategy is designed to mitigate the impact on KGS’s supply from physical interruption, financial difficulties of a single supplier, natural disasters and other unforeseen force majeure events, as well as to ensure that adequate supply is available to meet the variations of customer demand.

KGS does not anticipate problems with securing natural gas supply to satisfy customer demand; however, if supply shortages were to occur, KGS has curtailment provisions in KGS’s tariffs that allow KGS to reduce or discontinue natural gas service to large industrial users and to request that residential and commercial customers reduce their natural gas requirements to an amount essential for public health and safety. In addition, during times of critical supply disruptions, curtailments of deliveries to customers with firm contracts may be made by KGS in accordance with guidelines established by appropriate federal, state and local regulatory agencies.

Weather Rules

Kansas statutory requirements and the rules and regulations of the Kansas commission, which may change from time to time, regulate and control the right to disconnect service. The Kansas commission enforces specific weather rules on KGS in extreme weather conditions. A natural gas utility must not disconnect service for a residential customer on a day when the temperature is predicted to fall below 35 degrees Fahrenheit within the following 48 hours, according to the applicable local National Weather Service forecast. To the extent these customers do not pay for their natural gas service, KGS will not be able to collect securitized utility tariff charges from these customers. Weather moratoriums prohibit KGS from disconnecting a customer for a short period of time during a weather event, typically a few days.

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Forecasting Natural Gas Customers

For all classes, including residential and small commercial, KGS forecasts natural gas customers based on trend and reasonable expectations of future growth. Past data for residential and commercial customers shows trends to be at a consistent rate of increase for KGS’s service area. Historically, the number of KGS’s larger industrial customers has not changed significantly and KGS does not usually forecast any industrial customer growth unless there is a known customer coming into its service area.

Once per year (typically in the fourth quarter), KGS completes a five-year forecast of customers where the models are completely re-estimated and where large individual customers are evaluated. The output of this exercise is the customer count and sales forecast that underlies KGS’s annual five-year business plan. This forecast is typically the first step in a multi-stage planning process that determines customer growth, average volume usage, and revenue.

Annual Forecast Variance

The following table sets forth information related to annual forecast variance for retail customer counts by customer type (residential or non-residential) for the past five years and the six months ended June 30, 2022. Variances between actual customer counts and forecasted customer counts can be caused by a number of factors such as: the timing of completion of new housing development (i.e., when meter connected), delinquent customers not disconnected due to COVID-19 moratoriums during 2020 and 2021, the timing of completion of KGS capital projects; abnormal weather conditions (i.e., colder or warmer than normal) impacting the timing of when a customer reconnects or disconnects service, and the health of the overall economy.

Annual Forecast Variance for Retail Customer Count by Customer Type

	2017		2018		2019		2020		2021		Six months ended June 30, 2022
Residential
Forecast		581,601		582,956		584,576		585,200		586,294		594,858
Actual		582,341		583,583		584,157		589,076		591,118		595,559
Variance (%)		0.13%		0.11%		(0.07)%		0.66%		0.82%		0.12%
Non-residential
Forecast		50,153		49,881		49,878		49,650		49,863		50,357
Actual		49,974		49,840		49,707		49,835		50,127		50,900
Variance (%)		(0.36)%		(0.08)%		(0.34)%		0.37%		0.53%		1.08%
Total
Forecast		631,754		632,837		634,454		634,850		636,157		645,215
Actual		632,315		633,423		633,864		638,911		641,245		646,459
Variance (%)		0.09%		0.09%		(0.09)%		0.64%		0.80%		0.19%

Write-off and Delinquency Experience

The following tables set forth information relating to the total billed revenues and write-off experience for the past five years. Such historical information is presented because KGS’s actual experience with respect to write-offs and delinquencies may be indicative of its future experience, which will affect the timing of securitized

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utility tariff charge collections. KGS does not expect, but there can be no certainty, that the delinquency or write-off experience with respect to securitized utility tariff charge collections will differ substantially from the rates indicated. Write-off and delinquency data is affected by factors such as the overall economy, weather and changes in collection practices. The net write-off and delinquency experience is expected, but there can be no certainty, to be similar to KGS’s previous experience.

The following table sets forth information relating to KGS’s days sales outstanding for all retail customers in its service area for the past five years and the six months ended June 30, 2022. Days sales outstanding is a measure of the average number of days that KGS takes to collect its revenue.

Days Sales Outstanding¹

	Dec, 31, 2017		Dec, 31, 2018		Dec, 31, 2019		Dec, 31, 2020		Dec, 31, 2021		June 30, 2022
Days Sales Outstanding		42.3		37.1		31.3		36.3		32.7		34.6

1 Days sales outstanding as of December 31 for 2017 through 2021 and as of June 30 for 2022.

The following table shows gross and net write-offs for natural gas as a percentage of revenues for the past five years and the six months ended June 30, 2022.

Write-offs as a Percentage of Revenues (in $000s)^{1, 2}

	2017		2018		2019		2020		2021		Six months ended June 30, 2022
Residential
Residential Gross Write-offs	$	6,850	$	9,291	$	8,986	$	5,783	$	6,367	$	2,419
Residential Net Write-offs	$	2,697	$	3,777	$	3,522	$	2,484	$	2,341	$	651
Residential Revenue	$	414,517	$	435,297	$	446,543	$	421,780	$	476,434	$	370,678
Gross Write-offs (% of Revenue)		1.65%		2.13%		2.01%		1.37%		1.34%		0.65%
Net Write-offs (% of Revenue)		0.65%		0.87%		0.79%		0.59%		0.49%		0.18%
Non-residential
Non-residential Gross Write-offs	$	319	$	345	$	282	$	317	$	357	$	218
Non-residential Net Write-offs	$	105	$	119	$	95	$	156	$	149	$	72
Non-residential Revenue	$	96,618	$	108,716	$	103,932	$	90,722	$	112,469	$	107,138
Gross Write-offs (% of Revenue)		0.33%		0.32%		0.27%		0.35%		0.32%		0.20%
Net Write-offs (% of Revenue)		0.11%		0.11%		0.09%		0.17%		0.13%		0.07%
Total
Total Gross Write-offs	$	7,170	$	9,636	$	9,268	$	6,100	$	6,724	$	2,637
Total Net Write-offs	$	2,803	$	3,897	$	3,617	$	2,640	$	2,490	$	723
Total Revenue	$	511,136	$	544,013	$	550,476	$	512,501	$	588,903	$	477,817
Gross Write-Off (%)		1.40%		1.77%		1.68%		1.19%		1.14%		0.55%
Net Write-offs (% of Revenue)		0.55%		0.72%		0.66%		0.52%		0.42%		0.15%

1 Revenues include taxes.

2 Totals may not add due to rounding.

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Delinquencies

The following tables set forth information relating to the delinquency experience of KGS for retail residential and non-residential accounts for the five preceding calendar years and the six months ended June 30, 2022.

Average Delinquencies as a Percentage of Revenues for the Period Shown (Residential)¹

	2017		2018		2019		2020		2021		Six months ended June 30, 2022
31 - 60 days past due		0.40%		0.46%		0.37%		0.39%		0.35%		0.56%
61 - 90 days past due		0.25%		0.24%		0.26%		0.25%		0.20%		0.37%
90+ days past due		0.40%		0.47%		0.42%		0.65%		0.45%		0.35%
Total		1.04%		1.17%		1.05%		1.29%		1.00%		1.28%

Average Delinquencies as a Percentage of Revenues for the Period Shown (non-residential)¹

	2017		2018		2019		2020		2021		Six months ended June 30, 2022
31 - 60 days past due		0.05%		0.05%		0.07%		0.14%		0.15%		0.13%
61 - 90 days past due		0.02%		0.02%		0.02%		0.06%		0.05%		0.07%
90+ days past due		0.03%		0.04%		0.05%		0.14%		0.11%		0.06%
Total		0.09%		0.10%		0.14%		0.35%		0.31%		0.26%

Average Delinquencies as a Percentage of Revenues for the Period Shown (Total)¹

	2017		2018		2019		2020		2021		Six months ended June 30, 2022
31 - 60 days past due		0.34%		0.38%		0.31%		0.35%		0.31%		0.47%
61 - 90 days past due		0.20%		0.20%		0.21%		0.22%		0.17%		0.30%
90+ days past due		0.33%		0.38%		0.35%		0.56%		0.39%		0.29%
Total		0.87%		0.96%		0.88%		1.12%		0.87%		1.05%

Note: Data for years 2017 – 2021 represents average past due amounts as of quarter end for each calendar year, shown as a percentage of revenues for the full calendar year. Data for June 30, 2022 represents past due amounts as of June 30, 2022, shown as a percentage of revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2022. Totals may not be exact due to rounding.

1 Revenues include taxes.

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KANSAS GAS SERVICE SECURITIZATION I, L.L.C., THE ISSUING ENTITY

General

We are a special purpose limited liability company formed under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act pursuant to a limited liability company agreement executed by our sole member, KGS, and the filing of a certificate of formation with the Secretary of State of Delaware. We were formed on August 30, 2022.

We have been organized as a wholly owned special purpose limited liability company subsidiary of KGS for the limited purposes described under “—Restricted Purposes” below. At the time of the issuance of the securitized utility tariff bonds, our assets will consist primarily of the securitized utility tariff property and the other collateral held under the indenture and the series supplement for the securitized utility tariff bonds.

Our limited liability agreement will be amended and restated prior to the issuance date and references in this prospectus to the LLC Agreement mean our amended and restated limited liability company agreement. The LLC Agreement restricts us as the issuing entity from engaging in activities other than those described in this section. Other than purchasing the securitized utility tariff property and issuing the securitized utility tariff bonds, we have no business operations, but we will pay our sole member KGS for its out-of-pocket expenses incurred by it in connection with its services to us in accordance with the LLC Agreement. Selected provisions of the LLC Agreement, a copy of which has been filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, are summarized below. On the date of issuance of the securitized utility tariff bonds, our capital will be equal to 0.50% of the initial aggregate principal amount of the securitized utility tariff bonds issued on the issuance date or such other amount as may allow the securitized utility tariff bonds to achieve the desired security rating and treat the securitized utility tariff bonds as debt under applicable guidance issued by the Internal Revenue Service, which we also refer to as the IRS.

As of the date of this prospectus, we have not carried on any business activities and have no operating history. Our fiscal year end is December 31.

Our assets will consist of:

• the securitized utility tariff property,

• our rights under the sale agreement, under the administration agreement and under the bill of sale delivered by KGS under the sale agreement,

• our rights under the servicing agreement and any subservicing, agency, administration, intercreditor or collection agreements executed in connection with the servicing agreement,

• the collection account and all subaccounts of the collection account,

• all present and future claims, demands, causes and choses in action in respect of any or all of the foregoing, and

• all payments on or under and all proceeds in respect of any of the foregoing.

The indenture provides that the securitized utility tariff property, as well as our other assets, will be pledged by us to the trustee to secure our obligations in respect of the securitized utility tariff bonds. Pursuant to the indenture, the collected securitized utility tariff charges remitted to the trustee by the servicer must be used to pay principal of and interest on the securitized utility tariff bonds and our other obligations specified in the indenture.

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Restricted Purposes

We have been created for the sole purpose of:

• financing, purchasing, owning, administering, managing and servicing the securitized utility tariff property and the other collateral for the securitized utility tariff bonds,

• authorizing, executing, issuing, delivering and registering the securitized utility tariff bonds,

• making payment on the securitized utility tariff bonds,

• distributing amounts released to us,

• managing, assigning, pledging, collecting amounts due on, or otherwise dealing in securitized utility tariff property and the other collateral for the securitized utility tariff bonds,

• negotiating, executing, assuming and performing our obligations under the basic documents,

• pledging our interest in the securitized utility tariff property and the other collateral, for the securitized utility tariff bonds to a trustee under the indenture and the series supplement in order to secure the securitized utility tariff bonds, and

• performing activities that are necessary, suitable or convenient to accomplish these purposes.

The LLC Agreement and the indenture do not permit us to engage in any activities not directly related to these purposes, including issuing securities (other than the securitized utility tariff bonds), borrowing money or making loans to other persons. The list of permitted activities set forth in the LLC Agreement may not be altered, amended or repealed without the affirmative vote of a majority of our managers, which vote must include the affirmative vote of our independent manager. The LLC Agreement and the indenture will prohibit us from issuing any securitized utility tariff bonds (as such term is defined in the Securitization Act) other than the securitized utility tariff bonds being offered pursuant to this prospectus.

Our Relationship with KGS

On the issuance date for the securitized utility tariff bonds, KGS will sell the securitized utility tariff property to us pursuant to the sale agreement between us and KGS. KGS will service such securitized utility tariff property pursuant to the servicing agreement between us and KGS related to the securitized utility tariff bonds. KGS will provide certain administrative services to us pursuant to the administration agreement between us and KGS.

Managers and Officers

Pursuant to the LLC Agreement, our business will be managed initially by three or more managers (with such number being increased or decreased from time to time in the sole and absolute discretion of KGS as permitted by the LLC Agreement), with one being an independent manager, in each case appointed from time to time by KGS or, in the event KGS transfers its interest in us, by the owner or owners of us. Following the issuance of the securitized utility tariff bonds, we will have at least one independent manager, who, among other things, is an individual who (1) has prior experience as an independent director, independent manager or independent member for special-purpose entities, (2) is employed by a nationally recognized company that provides professional independent managers and other corporate services in the ordinary course of its business, (3) is duly appointed as an independent manager and (4) is not and has not been for at least five years from the date of his or her appointment, and while serving as an independent manager will not be, any of the following:

• a member, partner, or equity holder, manager, director, officer, agent, consultant, attorney, accountant, advisor or employee of us, ONE Gas or any of their respective equity holders or affiliates (other than as an

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independent manager or special member of the Company or similar role for a special purpose bankruptcy remote entity); provided, that the indirect or beneficial ownership of stock of ONE Gas or its affiliates through a mutual fund or similar diversified investment vehicle with respect to which the owner does not have discretion or control over the investments held by such diversified investment vehicle shall not preclude such owner from being an independent manager;

• a creditor, supplier or service provider (including provider of professional services) to us, ONE Gas or any of their respective equity holders or affiliates (other than a nationally-recognized company that routinely provides professional independent managers and other corporate services to us, ONE Gas or any of their affiliates in the ordinary course of its business);

• a family member of any of the foregoing; or

• a person who controls (whether directly, indirectly or otherwise) any of the foregoing.

A natural person who otherwise satisfies the foregoing requirements and satisfies the first requirement listed above by reason of being the independent manager or director of a special purpose entity affiliated with us shall be qualified to serve as an independent manager of us, provided that such fees that such individual earns in any given year constitute in the aggregate less than five percent of such individual’s annual income for the year.

KGS, as our sole member, will appoint the independent manager prior to the issuance of the securitized utility tariff bonds. Bernard J. Angelo is expected to be appointed as the independent manager. None of our managers or officers has been involved in any legal proceedings which are specified in Item 401(f) of the SEC’s Regulation S-K. None of our managers or officers beneficially own any equity interest in us.

The following is a list of our managers and executive officers as of the date of this prospectus:

Name	Age	Background
Robert S. McAnnally (Manager)	58	President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of ONE Gas since June 2021; Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of ONE Gas from July 2020 to June 2021; Senior Vice President, Operations of ONE Gas from March 2015 to July 2020
Caron A. Lawhorn (Manager)	61	Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of ONE Gas since March 2019; Senior Vice President, Commercial of ONE Gas from October 2013 to March 2019
Bernard J. Angelo (Independent Manager)	52	Mr. Angelo joined Global Securitization Service, LLC in April 1997. Mr. Angelo has extensive experience in managing commercial paper and medium term note programs, as well as both the business and legal side of structured finance. Fortune 1000 companies have selected Mr. Angelo to serve as independent director for their special purpose vehicle subsidiaries established to finance commercial real estate, energy infrastructure and many classes of financial assets.

Manager Fees and Limitation on Liabilities

We will not compensate our managers, other than the independent manager, for their services on behalf of us. We will pay the annual fees of the independent manager from our revenues and will reimburse the independent manager for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses. These expenses include the reasonable compensation,

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expenses and disbursements of the agents, representatives, experts and counsel that the independent manager may employ in connection with the exercise and performance of his or her rights and duties under the LLC Agreement.

The LLC Agreement provides that to the extent permitted by law, the managers will not be personally liable for any of our debts, obligations or liabilities. The LLC Agreement further provides that, except as described below, to the fullest extent permitted by law, we will indemnify the managers against any liability incurred in connection with their services as managers for us if they acted in good faith and in a manner which they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to our best interests. With respect to a criminal action, the managers will be indemnified unless they had reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful. We will not indemnify any manager for any judgment, penalty, fine or other expense directly caused by such manager’s fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct. In addition, unless ordered by a court, we will not indemnify the managers if a final adjudication establishes that their acts or omissions involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of the law and were material to the cause of action. We will pay any indemnification amounts owed to the managers out of funds in the accounts held under the indenture for the securitized utility tariff bonds, subject to the priority of payments described under “Security for the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds—How Funds in the Collection Account will be Allocated” in this prospectus.

We are a Separate and Distinct Legal Entity from KGS

The LLC Agreement provides that we may not file a voluntary petition for relief under the Bankruptcy Code, without the affirmative vote of KGS, our sole member, and the affirmative vote of all of our managers, including the independent manager. KGS has agreed that it will not cause us to file a voluntary petition for relief under the Bankruptcy Code. This does not guarantee, however, that we will not become a debtor under the Bankruptcy Code. The LLC Agreement requires us, except for financial reporting purposes (to the extent required by generally accepted accounting principles) and for federal income tax purposes, and, to the extent consistent with applicable state law, state income and franchise tax purposes, to maintain our existence separate from ONE Gas including:

• taking all necessary steps to continue our identity as a separate legal entity,

• making it apparent to third persons that we are an entity with assets and liabilities distinct from those of ONE Gas, affiliates of ONE Gas, the managers or any other Person, and

• making it apparent to third persons that, except for federal and certain other tax purposes, we are not a division of ONE Gas or any of its affiliated entities or any other Person.

Our principal place of business is 15 East Fifth Street, Suite 2662, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103, and our telephone number at such address is (918) 947-7095.

Administration Agreement

KGS will, pursuant to an administration agreement between KGS and us, provide administrative services to us, including services relating to the preparation of financial statements, required filings with the SEC, any tax returns we might be required to file under applicable law, qualifications to do business, and minutes of our managers’ meetings. We will pay KGS a fixed fee of $100,000 per annum, payable in installments of $50,000 on each payment date for performing these services (which will be pro rated for the first payment date), plus we will reimburse KGS for all costs and expenses for services performed by unaffiliated third parties and actually incurred by KGS in performing such services.

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THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF CHARGES

KGS will be the initial servicer of the securitized utility tariff bonds. Billing will begin with the first billing cycle of the month following the issuance of the securitized utility tariff bonds. In the event an interim true-up is necessary, the interim true-up adjustment should be filed by the fifteenth day of the current month for implementation in the first billing cycle of the following month. Securitized utility tariff charges will be calculated on a fixed monthly charge per retail customer, pursuant to the method described in the Winter Event Securitized Cost Recovery Rider. The fixed monthly per retail customer securitized utility tariff charge will be adjusted semi-annually pursuant to the true-up adjustment mechanism. The per retail customer charge initially will be calculated using the retail customer count reported in the most recent KGS Annual Report and will be updated semi-annually. If the customer count for a particular retail class declines by more than ten percent from that identified in the 2020 Annual Report, then the allocation factors will be recalculated using the most recent 12-month weather normalized volume for each retail customer class. The securitized utility tariff charges shall be collected over the expected life of the securitized utility tariff bonds. However, securitized utility tariff charges shall be collected until all of the securitized utility tariff bonds and related ongoing financing costs are paid in full.

The initial securitized utility tariff charges listed in the table below will be imposed on KGS’s retail customers in each securitized utility tariff charge customer class at the applicable rate for the class determined pursuant to the financing order. These securitized utility tariff charges may be adjusted semi-annually, or more frequently under certain circumstances, by the servicer in accordance with its filings with the Kansas commission. Please read “KGS’s Financing Order” in this prospectus.

Initial Securitized Utility Tariff Charges

Each retail customer will be designated as a customer belonging to a securitized utility tariff charge customer class. Under the terms of the financing order, KGS will allocate the securitized utility tariff charges among the securitized utility tariff charge customer classes based on the percentage of the total estimated February 2021 sales volumes, as shown in the table below.

Retail Customer Class	Estimate of February 2021 Usage (Mcf)		Allocation Percentage
Residential		7,812,228		78.953%
General Service—Small		870,171		8.794%
General Service—Large		1,037,545		10.486%
General Service—Transport Eligible		170,496		1.723%
Small Generator Service		3,224		0.033%
Irrigation Sales		1,122		0.011%
KGS Supply		0		0.000%
TOTAL		9,894,787		100.000%

* Columns may not add due to rounding.

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DESCRIPTION OF THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDS

General

We have summarized selected provisions of the indenture and the securitized utility tariff bonds below. This summary is subject to the terms and provisions of the indenture and the series supplement for the securitized utility tariff bonds, forms of which we have filed with the SEC as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. You should carefully read the summary below and the terms and provisions of the indenture that may be important to you before investing in the securitized utility tariff bonds. Please read “Where You Can Find More Information” in this prospectus.

The securitized utility tariff bonds are not a debt, liability or other obligation of the State of Kansas, the Kansas commission or of any other political subdivision, governmental agency, authority or instrumentality of the State of Kansas and do not represent an interest in or legal obligation of KGS or any of its affiliates other than us. None of ONE Gas, KGS or any of their affiliates will guarantee or insure the securitized utility tariff bonds. The financing order authorizing the issuance of the securitized utility tariff bonds does not constitute a pledge of the full faith and credit of the State of Kansas, the Kansas commission or of any other political subdivision of the State. The issuance of the securitized utility tariff bonds under the Securitization Act will not directly, indirectly or contingently obligate the State of Kansas, the Kansas commission or any other political subdivision of the State to levy or to pledge any form of taxation for the securitized utility tariff bonds or to make any appropriation for their payment.

We will issue the securitized utility tariff bonds and secure their payment under an indenture that we will enter into with the trustee. We will issue the securitized utility tariff bonds in minimum denominations of $2,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof, except that we may issue one bond in a smaller denomination. The initial principal amount, scheduled final payment date, final maturity date and interest rate for the securitized utility tariff bonds are stated in the table below. In no event shall the scheduled final payment date for the securitized utility tariff bonds exceed              years from the date of issuance of the securitized utility tariff bonds. The legal final maturity of the securitized utility tariff bonds shall not exceed              years from the date of issuance of the securitized utility tariff bonds.

Tranche	Expected Weighted Average Life (Years)	Principal Amount Offered		Scheduled Final Payment Date	Final Maturity Date	Interest Rate
A		$	336,000,000				%

The scheduled final payment date for the securitized utility tariff bonds is the date when the outstanding principal balance will be reduced to zero if we make payments according to the expected amortization schedule. The final maturity date for the securitized utility tariff bonds is the date when we are required to pay the entire remaining unpaid principal balance, if any, of all outstanding securitized utility tariff bonds. The failure to pay principal by the final maturity date is an event of default for the securitized utility tariff bonds, but the failure to pay principal by the scheduled final payment date will not be an event of default. Please read “—Payments of Interest and Principal on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds” and “—What Constitutes an Event of Default on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds” in this prospectus.

Payments of Interest and Principal on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds

Interest will accrue on the principal balance of the securitized utility tariff bonds at the interest rate of         %. Beginning                     , 2023, we will make payments on the securitized utility tariff bonds semi-annually on                      and                      of each year, or, if that day is not a business day, the following business day

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(each, a “payment date”). Interest payments on the securitized utility tariff bonds will be made from collections of the securitized utility tariff charges, including amounts available in the excess funds subaccount and, if necessary, the amounts available in the capital subaccount.

On each payment date, we will pay interest on the securitized utility tariff bonds equal to the following amounts:

• any interest payable but unpaid on any prior payment date, together with interest on such unpaid interest, if any, and

• accrued interest on the principal balance of the securitized utility tariff bonds from the close of business on the preceding payment date, or the date of the original issuance of the securitized utility tariff bonds, after giving effect to all payments of principal made on the preceding payment date, if any.

We will pay interest on the securitized utility tariff bonds before we pay principal on the securitized utility tariff bonds. We will calculate the interest on the securitized utility tariff bonds on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

The failure to pay accrued interest on the securitized utility tariff bonds on any payment date (even if the failure is caused by a shortfall in securitized utility tariff charges received) will result in an event of default of securitized utility tariff bonds unless such failure is cured within five business days. If interest is not paid within that five-day period, we will pay such defaulted interest (plus interest on such defaulted interest at the applicable interest rate to the extent lawful) to the persons who are holders of securitized utility tariff bonds on a special record date (as defined in the indenture). The special record date will be at least fifteen business days prior to the date on which the trustee is to make a special payment (a special payment date). We will fix any special record date and special payment date and, at least 10 days before such special record date, we will mail to each affected securitized utility tariff bondholder a notice that states the special record date, the special payment date and the amount of defaulted interest (plus interest on such defaulted interest) to be paid. An event of default will automatically trigger an event of default under the securitized utility tariff bonds. See “—What Constitutes an Event of Default on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds” below.

On any payment date with respect to the securitized utility tariff bonds, we generally will pay principal of securitized utility tariff bonds only until the outstanding principal balance has been reduced to the principal balance specified for that payment date in the expected amortization schedule, but only to the extent funds are available. Accordingly, principal may be paid later, but generally not sooner, than reflected in the expected amortization schedule, except in the case of an acceleration. Please read “Risk Factors—Other Risks Associated with an Investment in the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds” and “Weighted Average Life and Yield Considerations for the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds” in this prospectus.

The trustee will retain in the excess funds subaccount for payment on later payment dates any collections of securitized utility tariff charges in excess of amounts payable as:

• fees and expenses of the servicer (including the servicing fee), the independent manager and the trustee,

• payments of interest and principal on the securitized utility tariff bonds,

• allocations to the capital subaccount, and

• investment earnings on amounts in the capital subaccount released to us.

If the trustee receives insufficient collections of securitized utility tariff charges for the securitized utility tariff bonds for any payment date, and amounts in the collection account (and the applicable subaccounts of that collection account) are not sufficient to make up the shortfall, principal may be paid later than expected, as described in this prospectus. The failure to make a scheduled payment of principal on the securitized utility

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tariff bonds because there are not sufficient funds in the collection account does not constitute a default or an event of default under the indenture, except for the failure to make the scheduled payment of principal due upon the final maturity of the securitized utility tariff bonds.

The trustee will pay on each payment date to the holders of securitized utility tariff bonds, to the extent of available funds in the collection account, all payments of principal and interest then due on such securitized utility tariff bonds (other than special payments as defined in the indenture). The trustee will make each such payment to the securitized utility tariff bondholders, other than the final payment, on the applicable payment date. If the securitized utility tariff bonds are ever issued in definitive certificated form, however, the final payment with respect to the securitized utility tariff bonds will be made only upon presentation and surrender of such securitized utility tariff bond at the office or agency of the trustee specified in the notice given by the trustee with respect to such final payment. The trustee will mail notice of the final payment to the securitized utility tariff bondholders no later than five days prior to the final payment date, specifying that such final payment will be payable only upon presentation and surrender of such securitized utility tariff bond and the place where such securitized utility tariff bond may be presented and surrendered for payment.

The securitized utility tariff bonds will originally be issued in book-entry form, and we do not expect that the securitized utility tariff bonds will be issued in definitive certificated form. At the time, if any, we issue the securitized utility tariff bonds in the form of definitive certificated securitized utility tariff bonds and not to The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) or its nominee, the trustee will make payments as described below under “—Definitive Certificated Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds.”

On each payment date, the amount to be paid as principal on the securitized utility tariff bonds will equal without duplication:

• the unpaid principal amount due on the final maturity date, plus

• the unpaid principal amount due upon acceleration following an event of default, plus

• the unpaid and previously scheduled payments of principal, plus

• the principal scheduled to be paid on that payment date;

but only to the extent funds are available in the collection account (including all applicable subaccounts) after payment of certain of our fees and expenses and after payment of interest as described in the section above.

However, we will not pay principal of the securitized utility tariff bonds on any payment date if making the payment would reduce the principal balance to an amount lower than the amount specified in the expected amortization schedule below on that payment date. Any excess funds remaining in the collection account after payment of principal, interest, applicable fees and expenses and payments to the applicable subaccounts of the collection account will be retained in the excess funds subaccount until applied on a subsequent payment date.

The entire unpaid principal amount of the securitized utility tariff bonds will be due and payable:

• on the final maturity date, and

• if an event of default under the indenture occurs and is continuing and the trustee or the holders of a majority in principal amount of the securitized utility tariff bonds have declared the securitized utility tariff bonds to be immediately due and payable.

If there is a shortfall in the amounts available to make principal payments on the securitized utility tariff bonds that are due and payable on the final maturity date or upon an acceleration following an event of default under the indenture, the trustee will distribute principal from the collection account based on the principal amount then due and payable on the payment date; and if there is a shortfall in the remaining amounts available to

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make principal payments on the securitized utility tariff bonds that are scheduled to be paid, the trustee will distribute principal from the collection account based on the principal amount then scheduled to be paid on the payment date.

However, the nature of our business will result in payment of principal upon an acceleration of the securitized utility tariff bonds being made only as funds become available. Please read “Risk Factors— Risks Associated with the Unusual Nature of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property” and “—You may experience material payment delays or incur a loss on your investment in the securitized utility tariff bonds because the source of funds for payment is limited.”

If any special payment date or other date specified herein for distribution of any payments to holders of securitized utility tariff bonds is not a business day, payments scheduled to be made on such special payment date or other date may be made on the next succeeding business day, and no interest will accrue upon such payment during the intervening period. “Business day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York, Chicago, lllinois or Tulsa, Oklahoma, are, or DTC is, required or authorized by law or executive order to remain closed.

Neither we nor KGS makes any representation or warranty that any amounts actually collected arising from securitized utility tariff charges will in fact be sufficient to meet payment obligations on the securitized utility tariff bonds or that assumptions made in calculating securitized utility tariff charges will in fact be realized.

The expected amortization schedule below sets forth the principal balance that is scheduled to remain outstanding on each payment date for the securitized utility tariff bonds from the issuance date to the scheduled final payment date. Similarly, the expected sinking fund schedule below sets forth the corresponding principal payment that is scheduled to be made on each payment date for the securitized utility tariff bonds from the issuance date to the scheduled final payment date. In establishing these schedules, we have made the assumptions specified in the bullet points under the weighted average life sensitivity table below under “Weighted Average Life and Yield Considerations for the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds,” among other assumptions.

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Expected Amortization Schedule

Outstanding Principal Balance*

Payment Date	Tranche A Amount
Initial Principal Amount

* Preliminary, subject to change. Totals may not add up due to rounding.

On each payment date, the trustee will make principal payments to the extent the principal balance of the securitized utility tariff bonds exceeds the amount indicated for that payment date in the table above and to the extent of funds available in the collection account after payment of certain of our fees and expenses and after payment of interest. If sufficient funds are available on each payment date, principal payments will be in the amounts indicated for each payment date in the expected sinking fund schedule below.

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Expected Sinking Fund Schedule*

Date	Tranche A
Total Payments	$

* Preliminary, subject to change. Totals may not add up due to rounding.

We cannot assure you that principal payments will be made or that the principal balance of the securitized utility tariff bonds will be reduced at the rates indicated in the schedules above. Principal payments and the actual reduction in principal balances may occur more slowly. Principal payments and the actual reduction of principal balances will not occur more quickly than indicated in the above schedules, except that the total outstanding principal balance of and interest accrued on the securitized utility tariff bonds may be accelerated upon an event of default under the indenture. The securitized utility tariff bonds will not be in default if principal is not paid as specified in the schedules above unless the principal is not paid in full on or before the final maturity date.

Redemption of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds

There are no redemption rights associated with the securitized utility tariff bonds.

Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds Will Be Issued in Book-Entry Form

The securitized utility tariff bonds will be available to investors only in the form of book-entry securitized utility tariff bonds. You may hold your bonds through DTC in the United States, Clearstream Banking, Luxembourg, S.A., referred to as Clearstream, or Euroclear in Europe. You may hold the securitized utility tariff bonds

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directly with one of these systems if you are a participant in the system or indirectly through organizations that are participants.

The Role of DTC, Clearstream and Euroclear.

Cede & Co., as nominee for DTC, will hold the global bond or bonds representing the securitized utility tariff bonds. Clearstream and Euroclear will hold omnibus positions on behalf of the Clearstream customers and Euroclear participants, respectively, through customers’ securities accounts in Clearstream’s and Euroclear’s names on the books of their respective depositaries. These depositaries will, in turn, hold these positions in customers’ securities accounts in the depositaries’ names on the books of DTC.

The Function of DTC.    DTC, the world’s largest securities depository, is a limited-purpose trust company organized under the New York Banking Law, a “banking organization” within the meaning of the New York Banking Law, a member of the Federal Reserve System, a “clearing corporation” within the meaning of the New York Uniform Commercial Code, and a “clearing agency” registered pursuant to the provisions of Section 17A of the Exchange Act. DTC holds and provides asset servicing for over 3.5 million issues of U.S. and non-U.S. equity issues, corporate and municipal debt issues, and money market instruments (from over 100 countries) that DTC’s participants (“Direct Participants”) deposit with DTC. DTC also facilitates the post-trade settlement among Direct Participants of sales and other securities transactions in deposited securities, through electronic computerized book-entry transfers and pledges between Direct Participants’ accounts, thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of securities certificates. Direct Participants include both U.S. and non-U.S. securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations, and certain other organizations. DTC is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (“DTCC”). DTCC is the holding company for DTC, National Securities Clearing Corporation and Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, all of which are registered clearing agencies. DTCC is owned by the users of its regulated subsidiaries. Access to the DTC system is also available to others such as both U.S. and non-U.S. securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, and clearing corporations that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a Direct Participant, either directly or indirectly (“Indirect Participants”). The DTC Rules applicable to its participants are on file with the SEC. More information about DTC can be found at www.dtcc.com and www.dtc.org. The contents of such websites do not constitute a part of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part.

The Function of Clearstream.    Clearstream is incorporated under the laws of Luxembourg. Clearstream holds securities for its customers and facilitates the clearance and settlement of securities transactions between Clearstream customers through electronic book-entry changes in accounts of Clearstream customers, thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of securities. Transactions may be settled by Clearstream in any of various currencies, including United States dollars. Clearstream provides to its customers, among other things, services for safekeeping, administration, clearance and settlement of internationally traded securities and securities lending and borrowing. Clearstream also deals with domestic securities markets in various countries through established depositary and custodial relationships. Clearstream is registered as a bank in Luxembourg and therefore is subject to regulation by the Luxembourg Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier, which supervises Luxembourg banks. Clearstream’s customers are world-wide financial institutions including underwriters, securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies and clearing corporations, among others, and may include the underwriters of the securitized utility tariff bonds. Clearstream’s U.S. customers are limited to securities brokers and dealers and banks. Clearstream has customers located in various countries. Indirect access to Clearstream is also available to other institutions that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with an account holder of Clearstream. Clearstream has established an electronic bridge with Euroclear to facilitate settlement of trades between Clearstream and Euroclear.

The Function of Euroclear.    The Euroclear System (“Euroclear”) was created in 1968 in Brussels. Euroclear holds securities and book-entry interests in securities for Euroclear participants and facilitates the clearance

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and settlement of securities transactions between Euroclear participants, and between Euroclear participants and participants of certain other securities intermediaries through simultaneous electronic book-entry delivery against payment, thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of securities and any risk from lack of simultaneous transfers of securities and cash. Such transactions may be settled in any of various currencies, including United States dollars. Euroclear includes various other services, including, among other things, safekeeping, administration, clearance and settlement, securities lending and borrowing and interfaces with domestic markets in several countries generally similar to the arrangements for cross-market transfers with DTC described below. Euroclear is operated by Euroclear Bank SA/NV. Euroclear participants include central banks and other banks, securities brokers and dealers and other professional financial intermediaries and may include the underwriters of the securitized utility tariff bonds. Indirect access to Euroclear is also available to other firms that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a Euroclear participant, either directly or indirectly.

Terms and Conditions of Euroclear.    Securities clearance accounts and cash accounts with Euroclear are governed by the Terms and Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear and the related Operating Procedures of Euroclear, and applicable Belgian law (collectively, the “Terms and Conditions”). These Terms and Conditions govern transfers of securities and cash within Euroclear, withdrawals of securities and cash from Euroclear and receipts of payments with respect to securities in Euroclear. All securities in Euroclear are held on a fungible basis without attribution of specific securities to specific securities clearance accounts. Euroclear acts under the Terms and Conditions only on behalf of Euroclear participants and has no record of or relationship with persons holding through Euroclear participants.

The Rules for Transfers Among DTC, Clearstream or Euroclear Participants.    Transfers between DTC participants will occur in accordance with DTC rules. Transfers between Clearstream customers or Euroclear participants will occur in the ordinary way in accordance with their applicable rules and operating procedures and will be settled using procedures applicable to conventional securities held in registered form.

Cross-market transfers between persons holding directly or indirectly through DTC, on the one hand, and directly or indirectly through Clearstream customers or Euroclear participants, on the other, will be effected through DTC in accordance with DTC rules on behalf of the relevant European international clearing system by its depositary; however, those cross-market transactions will require delivery of instructions to the relevant European international clearing system by the counterparty in that system in accordance with its rules and procedures and within its established deadlines, which will be based on European time. The relevant European international clearing system will, if the transaction meets its settlement requirements, deliver instructions to its depositary to take action to effect final settlement on its behalf by delivering or receiving securitized utility tariff bonds in DTC and making or receiving payment in accordance with normal procedures for same-day funds settlement applicable to DTC. Clearstream customers and Euroclear participants may not deliver instructions directly to Clearstream’s and Euroclear’s depositaries.

Because of time-zone differences, credits of securities in Clearstream or Euroclear as a result of a transaction with a participant will be made during the subsequent securities settlement processing, dated the business day following the DTC settlement date, and those credits or any transactions in those securities settled during that processing will be reported to the relevant Clearstream customer or Euroclear participant on that business day. Cash received in Clearstream or Euroclear as a result of sales of securities by or through a Clearstream customer or a Euroclear participant to a DTC participant will be received with value on the DTC settlement date but will be available in the relevant Clearstream or Euroclear cash account only as of the business day following settlement in DTC.

DTC will be the Holder of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds.    Securitized utility tariff bondholders that are not Direct Participants or Indirect Participants but desire to purchase, sell or otherwise transfer ownership of, or

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other interest in, securitized utility tariff bonds may do so only through Direct Participants and Indirect Participants. In addition, securitized utility tariff bondholders will receive all distributions of principal of and interest on the securitized utility tariff bonds from the trustee through the participants, who in turn will receive them from DTC. Under a book-entry format, securitized utility tariff bondholders may experience some delay in their receipt of payments because payments will be remitted by the trustee to Cede & Co., as nominee for DTC. DTC will forward those payments to its Direct Participants, who thereafter will forward them to Indirect Participants or securitized utility tariff bondholders. It is anticipated that the only “bondholder” will be Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC. The trustee will not recognize securitized utility tariff bondholders as bondholders, as that term is used in the indenture, and securitized utility tariff bondholders will be permitted to exercise the rights of bondholders only indirectly through the participants, who in turn will exercise the rights of securitized utility tariff bondholders through DTC.

Under the rules, regulations and procedures creating and affecting DTC and its operations, DTC is required to make book-entry transfers of book-entry certificates among participants on whose behalf it acts with respect to the securitized utility tariff bonds and is required to receive and transmit distributions of principal and interest on the securitized utility tariff bonds. Direct Participants and Indirect Participants with whom securitized utility tariff bondholders have accounts with respect to the securitized utility tariff bonds similarly are required to make book-entry transfers and receive and transmit those payments on behalf of their respective securitized utility tariff bondholders. Accordingly, although holders of securitized utility tariff bonds will not possess securitized utility tariff bonds, securitized utility tariff bondholders will receive payments and will be able to transfer their interests.

Because DTC can act only on behalf of participants, who in turn act on behalf of indirect participants and certain banks, the ability of a securitized utility tariff bondholder to pledge securitized utility tariff bonds to persons or entities that do not participate in the DTC system, or otherwise take actions in respect of those bonds, may be limited due to the lack of a physical certificate for those securitized utility tariff bonds.

DTC has advised us that it will take any action permitted to be taken by a securitized utility tariff bondholder under the indenture only at the direction of one or more participants to whose account with DTC the securitized utility tariff bonds are credited. Additionally, DTC has advised us that it will take those actions with respect to specified percentages of the collateral amount only at the direction of and on behalf of participants whose holdings include interests that satisfy those specified percentages. DTC may take conflicting actions with respect to other interests to the extent that those actions are taken on behalf of participants whose holdings include those interests.

Except as required by law, none of any underwriter, the servicer, KGS, the trustee, us or any other party will have any liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial interests in the certificates held by Cede & Co., as nominee for DTC, or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial interests.

How Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Payments will be Credited by Clearstream and Euroclear.    Distributions with respect to securitized utility tariff bonds held through Clearstream or Euroclear will be credited to the cash accounts of Clearstream customers or Euroclear participants in accordance with the relevant system’s rules and procedures, to the extent received by its depositary. Those distributions will be subject to tax reporting in accordance with relevant U.S. tax laws and regulations. Please read “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences” in this prospectus. Clearstream or the Euroclear operator, as the case may be, will take any other action permitted to be taken by a securitized utility tariff bondholder under the indenture on behalf of a Clearstream customer or Euroclear participant only in accordance with its relevant rules and procedures and subject to its depositary’s ability to effect those actions on its behalf through DTC.

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Although DTC, Clearstream and Euroclear have agreed to the foregoing procedures in order to facilitate transfers of the securitized utility tariff bonds among participants of DTC, Clearstream and Euroclear, they are under no obligation to perform or continue to perform those procedures, and those procedures may be discontinued at any time.

Definitive Certificated Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds

The Circumstances that will Result in the Issuance of Definitive Certificated Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds.    The securitized utility tariff bonds will be issued in fully registered, certificated form to beneficial owners of securitized utility tariff bonds or other intermediaries, rather than to DTC or its nominee, only under the circumstances provided in the indenture, which includes any event where:

• we advise the trustee in writing that DTC is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities under any letter of representation executed by us in favor of DTC, and we are unable to locate a qualified successor,

• we, at our option, advise the trustee in writing that we elect to terminate the book-entry system through DTC, or

• after the occurrence of an event of default under the indenture, securitized utility tariff bondholders representing at least a majority of the outstanding principal balance of the securitized utility tariff bonds maintained in book-entry form advise us, the trustee and DTC through the financial intermediaries and the DTC participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through DTC, or a successor to DTC, is no longer in the securitized utility tariff bondholders’ best interest.

The Delivery of Definitive Certificated Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds.    Upon the occurrence of any event described in the immediately preceding paragraph (unless otherwise specified), we will be required to notify DTC, the trustee, and all affected beneficial owners of securitized utility tariff bonds in writing of the occurrence of the event and of the availability through DTC of definitive certificated securitized utility tariff bonds to such owners of securitized utility tariff bonds. Upon surrender by DTC to the trustee of the global bond or bonds in the possession of DTC that had represented the applicable securitized utility tariff bonds and receipt of instructions for re-registration, the trustee will authenticate and deliver definitive certificated securitized utility tariff bonds to the beneficial owners, and the trustee will recognize the holders of the definitive certificate securitized utility tariff bonds as bondholders under the indenture.

The Payment Mechanism for Definitive Certificated Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds.    Payments of principal of, and interest on, definitive certificated securitized utility tariff bonds will be made by the trustee, as paying agent, in accordance with the procedures set forth in the indenture. These payments will be made directly to holders of definitive certificated securitized utility tariff bonds in whose names the definitive certificated securitized utility tariff bonds were registered at the close of business on the related record date. The trustee will make the final payment for the securitized utility tariff bonds, however, only upon presentation and surrender of the securitized utility tariff bonds at the office or agency of the trustee specified in the notice given by the trustee of the final payment. The trustee will mail notice of the final payment to the securitized utility tariff bondholders no later than five days prior to the final payment date, specifying the date set for the final payment and the amount of the payment.

The Transfer or Exchange of Definitive Certificated Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds.    Definitive certificated securitized utility tariff bonds will be transferable and exchangeable at the offices of the transfer agent and registrar, which will initially be U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association. No service charge will be imposed for any registration of transfer or exchange, but we and the transfer agent and registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection with the transfer or exchange.

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Registration and Transfer of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds

We will only issue the securitized utility tariff bonds in definitive form under limited circumstances as described above, which will be transferable and exchangeable as described above under “—Definitive Certificated Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds.” There will be no service charge for any registration or transfer of the securitized utility tariff bonds, but the trustee may require the owner to pay a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge.

We will issue the securitized utility tariff bonds in the minimum initial denominations and integral multiples set forth in this prospectus.

The trustee will make payments of interest and principal on each payment date to the securitized utility tariff bondholders in whose names the securitized utility tariff bonds were registered on the applicable record date.

The Security for the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds

To secure the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on, and any other amounts owed in respect of, the securitized utility tariff bonds pursuant to the indenture, we will grant to the trustee for the benefit of the securitized utility tariff bondholders a security interest in all of our right, title and interest, whether now owned or later acquired, in and to the following collateral, which collectively constitutes the trust estate under the indenture:

• the securitized utility tariff property,

• the securitized utility tariff charges related to the securitized utility tariff property,

• our rights under the sale agreement,

• our rights under the bill of sale delivered by KGS pursuant to the sale agreement,

• our rights under the servicing agreement and any subservicing, agency, intercreditor or collection agreements executed in connection with the servicing agreement,

• our rights under the administration agreement,

• our rights in the collection account and all subaccounts of the collection account, including the general subaccount, the capital subaccount and the excess funds subaccount and all cash, instruments, investment property or other assets credited to or deposited in the collection account or any subaccount of the collection account from time to time or purchased with funds from the collection account, and all financial assets and securities entitlements carried therein or credited thereto,

• all rights to compel the servicer to file for and obtain periodic adjustments to the securitized utility tariff charges in accordance with the Securitization Act and the financing order,

• all of our other property related to the securitized utility tariff bonds, other than any cash released to us by the trustee semi-annually from earnings on the capital subaccount,

• all present and future claims, demands, causes and choses in action in respect of any or all of the foregoing, and

• all payments on or under and all proceeds in respect of any or all of the foregoing, including all proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, into cash or other liquid property of any or all of the foregoing, all cash proceeds, accounts, accounts receivable, general intangibles, notes, drafts, acceptances, chattel paper, checks, deposit accounts, insurance proceeds, condemnation awards, payment intangibles, letter-of-credit

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rights, investment property, commercial tort claims, documents, rights to payment of any and every kind, and other forms of obligations and receivables, instruments and other property which at any time constitute all or part of or are included in the proceeds of any of the foregoing.

The security interest does not extend to:

• cash that has been released pursuant to the terms of the indenture,

• amounts deposited with us for payment of costs of issuance with respect to the securitized utility tariff bonds (together with any interest earnings thereon), and

• proceeds from the sale of the securitized utility tariff bonds that are required to pay the purchase price for the securitized utility tariff property, paid pursuant to the sale agreement, and the costs of the issuance of the securitized utility tariff bonds.

K.S.A. §66-1,245 of the Securitization Act provides that a valid and enforceable security interest in securitized utility tariff property will attach and be perfected by the means set forth in K.S.A. §66-1,245. Specifically, K.S.A. §66-1,245 provides that a valid and enforceable security interest in securitized utility tariff property may be created only after the issuance of a financing order, the execution and delivery of a security agreement in connection with issuance of financing instruments such as the securitized utility tariff bonds and the receipt of value for the instruments. The security interest attaches automatically when all of the foregoing conditions are met. Upon perfection by filing a financing statement under K.S.A. §66-1,245 of the Securitization Act and otherwise in accordance with the Kansas UCC, the security interest will be a continuously perfected security interest in the securitized utility tariff property and all proceeds of the property, whether accrued or not, and will have priority in the order of time of perfection and take precedence over any subsequent lien creditor.

The Collection Account for the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds

Under the indenture, we will establish a collection account with the trustee or at another eligible institution for the securitized utility tariff bonds. The collection account will be under the sole dominion and exclusive control of the trustee. Funds received from collections of the applicable securitized utility tariff charges will be deposited into the collection account. The collection account for the securitized utility tariff bonds will be divided into the following subaccounts, which need not be separate bank accounts:

• the general subaccount,

• the capital subaccount, and

• the excess funds subaccount.

For administrative purposes, the subaccounts may be established by the trustee as separate accounts that will be recognized individually as subaccounts and collectively as the collection account. Unless otherwise provided in the indenture, amounts in the collection account for the securitized utility tariff bonds not allocated to any other subaccount by the servicer will be allocated to the general subaccount. Unless the context indicates otherwise, references in this prospectus to the collection account for the securitized utility tariff bonds include all of the subaccounts contained therein. All monies deposited from time to time in the collection account, all deposits therein pursuant to the indenture, and all investments made in eligible investments with these monies will be held by the trustee in the collection account as part of the collateral. The following institutions are eligible institutions for the establishment of the collection account:

• the corporate trust department of the trustee so long as the trustee has either a short-term credit rating from Moody’s and Fitch of at least “P-1” and “F1”, respectively or a long-term credit rating from Moody’s and Fitch of at least “A2” and “A”, respectively, or

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• a depository institution organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state or the District of Columbia or domestic branch of a foreign bank whose deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, (i) which has either (A) a long-term unsecured debt rating of “A2” or higher by Moody’s and “A” or higher by Fitch, or (B) a short-term issuer rating of “P-1” or higher by Moody’s and “F1” or higher by Fitch, or any other long-term, short-term or certificate of deposit rating acceptable to Moody’s and Fitch and (ii) whose deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

provided, however, that if an eligible institution then being utilized for any purposes under the indenture or the series supplement no longer meets the definition of eligible institution, then the issuing entity shall replace such eligible institution within sixty (60) days of such eligible institution no longer meeting the definition of eligible institution.

If so qualified under clause (i)(A) above, the trustee may be considered an eligible institution for purposes of establishing and maintaining the collection account.

Appropriate Investments for Funds in the Collection Account.    So long as no default or event of default has occurred and is continuing, all or a portion of the funds in the collection account for the securitized utility tariff bonds must be invested by the trustee in accordance with the written direction of the servicer in any of the following, each of which is referred to as an eligible investment:

1. direct obligations of, and obligations fully and unconditionally guaranteed as to timely payment by, the United States of America,

2. demand deposits, time deposits or certificates of deposit of any depository institution or trust company incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof, or any domestic branch of a foreign bank, and subject to supervision and examination by federal or state banking authorities, so long as the commercial paper or other short-term unsecured debt obligations of such depository institution are, at the time of deposit, rated not less than “P-1” and “F1” or their equivalents by each of Moody’s and Fitch, or such lower rating as will not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the ratings of the securitized utility tariff bonds, provided, however, that if any such depository institution, trust company or domestic branch of a foreign bank no longer meets the requirements set forth above, then the issuing entity shall replace such depository institution, trust company or domestic branch of a foreign bank within sixty (60) days of such depository institution, trust company or domestic branch of a foreign bank no longer meeting such requirements,

3. commercial paper (including commercial paper of the trustee, acting in its commercial capacity, and other commercial paper issued by KGS or any of its affiliates) having, at the time of investment or contractual commitment to invest, a rating of least “P-1” and “F1” or their equivalents by each of Moody’s and Fitch or such lower rating as not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the ratings of the securitized utility tariff bonds,

4. investments in money market funds having a rating from Moody’s and, if Fitch provides a rating thereon, Fitch, of “Aaa-mf” and “AAA”, respectively, including funds for which the trustee or any of its affiliates act as investment manager or advisor,

5. repurchase obligations with respect to any security that is a direct obligation of, or fully guaranteed by, the United States of America or its agencies or instrumentalities, entered into with Eligible Institutions,

6. repurchase obligations with respect to any security or whole loan entered into with an Eligible Institution or with a registered broker-dealer acting as principal that has either a short-term credit rating from Moody’s and Fitch of at least “P-1” and “F1”, respectively, or a long-term credit rating from Moody’s and

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Fitch of at least “A2” and “A”, respectively; provided, however, that if any such Eligible Institution or registered broker-dealer no longer meets the requirements set forth above, then the Issuer shall replace such Eligible Institution or registered broker-dealer within sixty (60) days of such Eligible Institution or registered broker-dealer no longer meeting such requirements, or

7. any other investment permitted by each of the rating agencies.

Notwithstanding the foregoing: (a) no investments which mature in 30 days or more will be eligible investments unless the issuer thereof has either a short-term credit rating of at least “P-1” from Moody’s or a long-term unsecured debt rating of at least “A1” from Moody’s and has at least a debt rating of “F1+” or “AA-” from Fitch; (b) no investments described in clauses (2) through (4) above which have maturities of more than 30 days but less than or equal to 3 months will be eligible investments unless the issuer thereof has a long-term unsecured debt rating of at least “A1” from Moody’s and a short-term credit rating of at least “P-1” from Moody’s; and (c) no investments described in clauses (2) through (4) above which have maturities of more than 3 months will be eligible investments unless the issuer thereof has a long-term credit rating of at least “A1” from Moody’s and a short-term unsecured debt rating of at least “P-1” from Moody’s.

Remittances to the Collection Account.    On each remittance date, the servicer will remit all collected securitized utility tariff charges, any indemnity amounts and any other proceeds of the trust estate securing the securitized utility tariff bonds to the trustee for deposit in the collection account. Indemnity amount means any amount paid by the servicer or KGS to the trustee, for the trustee or on behalf of the securitized utility tariff bondholders, in respect of indemnification obligations pursuant to the servicing agreement or the sale agreement. Please read “The Servicing Agreement” and “The Sale Agreement” in this prospectus.

General Subaccount.    Collected securitized utility tariff charges and any indemnity amounts remitted to the trustee will be deposited into the general subaccount. On each payment date, the trustee will allocate amounts in the general subaccount among the other subaccounts as described under “—How Funds in the Collection Account Will Be Allocated.” Amounts in the general subaccount will be invested in the eligible investments described above.

Capital Subaccount.    Upon the issuance of the securitized utility tariff bonds, KGS will make a capital contribution to us in an amount not to be less than 0.50% of the original principal amount of the securitized utility tariff bonds, and such payment shall not come from the proceeds of the sale of the securitized utility tariff bonds. We will pay this amount to the trustee for deposit into the capital subaccount which will be invested in eligible investments by the trustee in accordance with the written direction of the servicer. The trustee will draw on amounts in the capital subaccount to the extent that, in allocating funds in accordance with clauses 1 through 8 in “—How Funds in the Collection Account Will Be Allocated,” below, amounts on deposit in the general subaccount and, the excess funds subaccount are insufficient to make scheduled payments on the securitized utility tariff bonds and payments of fees and expenses specified in clauses 1 through 8. The trustee will allocate collected securitized utility tariff charges available on any payment date that are not necessary to pay amounts described in clauses 1 through 8 in “—How Funds in the Collection Account Will Be Allocated,” below, to the capital subaccount in an amount sufficient to replenish any amounts drawn from the capital subaccount (other than distributed investment earnings on the capital subaccount) and any shortfall of investment earnings on the capital subaccount. On each payment date, any excess investment earnings on the capital subaccount above the allowed rate of return shall be allocated to the excess funds subaccount.

Excess Funds Subaccount.    The trustee will allocate collected securitized utility tariff charges available on any payment date that are not necessary to pay clauses 1 through 10 in “—How Funds in the Collection Account Will Be Allocated,” below, to the excess funds subaccount. The trustee will invest amounts in the excess funds subaccount in eligible investments in accordance with the written direction of the servicer. On each payment

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date, the trustee will draw on the excess funds subaccount in allocating funds in accordance with clauses 1 through 10 in “—How Funds in the Collection Account Will Be Allocated,” below, to the extent that amounts on deposit in the general subaccount are insufficient to make scheduled payments on the securitized utility tariff bonds and payments of fees and expenses specified in clauses 1 through 10.

How Funds in the Collection Account Will Be Allocated

Amounts remitted by the servicer to the trustee with respect to the securitized utility tariff bonds, including any amounts received by us relating to the indemnification obligations payable by the seller pursuant to the sale agreement or the servicer pursuant to the servicing agreement and all investment earnings on amounts in the general subaccount of the collection account will be deposited into the general subaccount. Investment earnings on amounts in the capital subaccount (other than excess investment earnings that are allocated to the excess funds subaccount) and the excess funds subaccount will be deposited into the capital subaccount and the excess funds subaccount, respectively.

On each payment date for the securitized utility tariff bonds, the trustee will allocate or pay all amounts on deposit in the general subaccount of the collection account for the securitized utility tariff bonds in the following priority:

1. payment of the trustee’s fees, plus expenses and any outstanding indemnity amounts not to exceed $200,000 in any 12-month period, provided, however, that such cap shall be disregarded and inapplicable upon the acceleration of the securitized utility tariff bonds following the occurrence of an event of default,

2. payment of the servicing fee relating to the securitized utility tariff bonds with respect to such payment date, plus any unpaid servicing fees relating to the securitized utility tariff bonds from prior payment dates,

3. payment of the due and unpaid administration fee, which will be a fixed amount specified in the administration agreement between us and KGS, and the due and unpaid fees of our independent manager, which will be in an amount specified in an agreement between us and our independent manager,

4. payment of all of our other ordinary periodic operating expenses relating to the securitized utility tariff bonds for such payment date, such as accounting and audit fees, rating agency fees, legal fees and certain reimbursable costs of the servicer under the servicing agreement,

5. payment of the interest then due on the securitized utility tariff bonds, including any past due interest,

6. payment of the principal due to be paid on the securitized utility tariff bonds at final maturity or acceleration upon an event of default,

7. payment of the principal then scheduled to be paid on the securitized utility tariff bonds, including any previously unpaid scheduled principal,

8. payment of any of our remaining unpaid operating expenses and any remaining amounts owed pursuant to the basic documents relating to the securitized utility tariff bonds, including all remaining amounts owed to the trustee,

9. replenishment of the amount, if any, by which the initial balance of the capital subaccount exceeds the amount in the capital subaccount as of such payment date,

10. the return on the invested capital then due and payable, which shall be the sum of the rate of return payable to KGS on its capital contribution which has been deposited into the capital subaccount, equal to the KGS’s cost of capital, which is currently 8.6012%, plus any return on the invested capital not paid on any prior payment date shall be paid to KGS,

11. allocation of the remainder, if any, to the excess funds subaccount, and

12. after the securitized utility tariff bonds have been paid in full and discharged, and all of the other foregoing amounts have been paid in full, the balance, together with all amounts in the capital subaccount

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and the excess funds subaccount of the securitized utility tariff bonds, released to us free and clear of the lien of the indenture, which funds, less an amount equal to the initial deposit into the capital subaccount plus any unpaid return on invested capital, will be distributed to KGS and credited to KGS’s customers in the form of a credit to their natural gas bills.

The amount of the annual servicer’s fee referred to in clause 2 above shall be 0.05% of the initial principal amount of the securitized utility tariff bonds. The amount of the annual administration fee referred to in clause 3 above shall be fixed at $100,000.    

Interest means, for any payment date for the securitized utility tariff bonds, the sum, without duplication, of:

• an amount equal to the interest accrued at the interest rate from the prior payment date or, with respect to the first payment date, the amount of interest accrued since the issuance date,

• any unpaid interest plus, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any interest accrued on this unpaid interest, and

• if the securitized utility tariff bonds have been declared due and payable, all accrued and unpaid interest thereon.

Principal means, with respect to any payment date, the sum, without duplication, of:

• the amount of principal due as a result of the occurrence and continuance of an event of default and acceleration of the securitized utility tariff bonds,

• the amount of principal due on the final maturity date,

• any unpaid and previously scheduled payments of principal and overdue payments of principal, and

• the amount of principal scheduled to be paid on such payment date in accordance with the expected sinking fund schedule.

If on any payment date funds in the general subaccount are insufficient to make the allocations or payments contemplated by clauses 1 through 9 of the first paragraph of this subsection with respect to the securitized utility tariff bonds, the trustee will draw from amounts on deposit in the following subaccounts in the following order up to the amount of the shortfall:

1. from the excess funds subaccount for allocations and payments contemplated in clauses 1 through 9, and

2. from the capital subaccount for allocations and payments contemplated by clauses 1 through 8.

How Funds in the Subaccounts Will Be Used upon Repayment of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds

Upon the payment in full of all securitized utility tariff bonds authorized in the financing order and the discharge of all obligations, including financing costs, all remaining amounts in the collection account (including investment earnings) shall be released by the trustee to us for distribution to KGS. With regard to the remaining amounts in the collection account (excluding amounts in the capital subaccount), within thirty (30) days after the payment of all obligations (including the final financing costs) payable from those funds, KGS shall notify the Kansas commission of the amount of such funds available for crediting to the benefit of customers. With regard to the amounts in the capital subaccount of the collection account, all such funds shall be released to us for distribution to, and retention by, KGS. Until such funds are returned by us to KGS, KGS may earn a rate of return on its capital investment in us equal to KGS’s cost of capital, which is currently 8.6012%. Such rate of

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return shall be paid by us by means of periodic distributions that are funded first by the income earned through investment by the trustee in eligible investments, and second by any deficiency being collected through the true-up adjustments. Any actual earnings in excess of that rate will instead be credited to customers.

Reports to Holders of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds

On or before each payment date, the trustee shall make available electronically on its reporting website to each of the holders of securitized utility tariff bonds and the Kansas commission a statement provided and prepared by the servicer. This statement will include, to the extent applicable, the following information, as well as any other information so specified in the series supplement, as to the securitized utility tariff bonds with respect to that payment date or the period since the previous payment date, as applicable:

• the amount of the payment to holders of securitized utility tariff bonds allocable to principal,

• the amount of the payment to holders of securitized utility tariff bonds allocable to interest,

• the aggregate outstanding amount of the securitized utility tariff bonds, before and after giving effect to any payments allocated to principal reported above,

• the difference, if any between the aggregate outstanding amount specified immediately above and the outstanding amount specified in the sinking fund schedule,

• any other transfers and payments to be made on such payment date, including amounts paid to the trustee and to the servicer, and

• the amounts on deposit in the capital subaccount and the excess funds subaccount, after giving effect to the foregoing payments.

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We will, to the extent permitted by and consistent with our obligations under applicable law, cause to be posted on the website associated with KGS:

• the final prospectus for the securitized utility tariff bonds,

• a statement reporting the balances in the collection account and in each subaccount as of all payment dates and as of the end of the year,

• the semi-annual servicer’s certificate as required to be submitted pursuant to the servicing agreement,

• the monthly servicer’s certificate as required to be submitted pursuant to the servicing agreement,

• the text (or a link to the website where a reader can find the text) of each filing of a true-up adjustment and the results of each such filing,

• any change in the long-term or short-term credit ratings of the servicer assigned by the rating agencies,

• any material legislative enactment or regulatory order or rule directly relevant to the securitized utility tariff bonds, and

• any reports and other information that we are required to file with the SEC under the Exchange Act.

We and the Trustee May Modify the Indenture

Modifications of the Indenture That Do Not Require Consent of Securitized Utility Tariff Bondholders.    Without the consent of any of the holders of the outstanding securitized utility tariff bonds but with prior notice to the

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rating agencies and, with respect to amendments that would increase ongoing financing costs, with the consent or deemed consent of the Kansas commission (other than with respect to the series supplement establishing the securitized utility tariff bonds), we and the trustee may execute a supplemental indenture for any of the following purposes:

• to correct or amplify the description of the collateral, or to better assure, convey and confirm unto the trustee the collateral, or to subject additional property to the lien of the indenture,

• to evidence the succession, in compliance with the applicable provisions of the indenture, of another entity to us, and the assumption by any applicable successor of our covenants contained in the indenture and in the securitized utility tariff bonds,

• to add to our covenants, for the benefit of the securitized utility tariff bondholders, or to surrender any right or power therein conferred upon us,

• to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge any property to or with the trustee,

• to cure any ambiguity or mistake, to correct or supplement any provision of the indenture or series supplement which may be inconsistent with any other provision of the indenture or in any supplemental indenture, including the series supplement, or the final prospectus or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the indenture or series supplement; provided, however, that:

• this action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any securitized utility tariff bondholder or to surrender any right or power therein conferred upon the issuing entity, and

• the rating agency condition shall have been satisfied with respect thereto,

• to evidence and provide for the acceptance of the appointment under the indenture by a successor trustee with respect to the securitized utility tariff bonds and to add to or change any of the provisions of the indenture as shall be necessary to facilitate the administration of the trust estate under the indenture by more than one trustee, pursuant to the requirements specified in the indenture,

• to qualify the securitized utility tariff bonds for registration with a clearing agency,

• to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of the indenture to the extent necessary to effect the qualification of the indenture under the Trust Indenture Act and to add to the indenture any other provisions as may be expressly required by the Trust Indenture Act,

• to satisfy any rating agency requirements, or

• to authorize the appointment of any person for the securitized utility tariff bonds required or advisable with the listing on any stock exchange and otherwise amend the indenture to incorporate changes requested or required by any governmental authority, stock exchange authority or fiduciary for the securitized utility tariff bonds in connection with such listing.

Additional Modifications to the Indenture that do not Require the Consent of Securitized Utility Tariff Bondholders.    We and the trustee may also, without the consent of any of the securitized utility tariff bondholders but, with respect to amendments that would increase ongoing financing costs, with the consent or deemed consent of the Kansas commission, execute one or more other agreements supplemental to the indenture as long as:

• the supplemental agreement does not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any securitized utility tariff bondholder, and

• the rating agency condition shall have been satisfied with respect thereto.

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Any such amendment that may have the effect of increasing ongoing financing costs may be provided by us to the Kansas commission, along with a statement as to the possible effect of the amendment on the ongoing financing costs, and such amendment shall become effective on the later of (i) the date proposed by the parties to the amendment or (ii) 31 days after such submission to the Kansas commission, unless such commission issues an order disapproving the amendment within a 30-day period.

Modifications to the Indenture that Require the Approval of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bondholders.    We and the trustee also may, with the consent of the holders of not less than a majority of the outstanding amount of the securitized utility tariff bonds to be affected by the supplemental indenture and, with respect to amendments that would increase ongoing financing costs, with the consent or deemed consent of the Kansas commission, execute a supplemental indenture to add any provisions to, or change in any manner or eliminate any of the provisions of, the indenture or modify in any manner the rights of the securitized utility tariff bondholders under the indenture. Any such amendment that may have the effect of increasing ongoing financing costs shall be provided by us to the Kansas commission, along with a statement as to the possible effect of the amendment on the ongoing financing costs, and such amendment shall become effective on the later of (i) the date proposed by the parties to the amendment or (ii) 31 days after such submission to the Kansas commission, unless such commission issues an order disapproving the amendment within a 30-day period. Under no circumstance may the supplemental indenture without the consent of the securitized utility tariff bondholders affected thereby:

• change the date of payment of any installment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the securitized utility tariff bonds, or reduce the principal amount thereof, the bond rate or interest rate thereon or the premium, if any, with respect thereto,

• change the provisions of the indenture and the series supplement relating to the application of collections on, or the proceeds of the sale of, the collateral to payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the securitized utility tariff bonds, or change any place of payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any securitized utility tariff bond or any interest thereon is payable,

• reduce the percentage of the aggregate amount of the outstanding securitized utility tariff bonds, the consent of the securitized utility tariff bondholders of which is required for any supplemental indenture, or the consent of the securitized utility tariff bondholders of which is required for any waiver of compliance with those certain provisions of the indenture specified therein or of certain defaults specified therein and their consequences provided for in the indenture,

• reduce the percentage of the outstanding amount of the securitized utility tariff bonds required to direct the trustee to direct us to sell or liquidate the collateral,

• modify any provision of the section of the indenture relating to the consent of securitized utility tariff bondholders with respect to supplemental indentures or any provision of the other basic documents similarly specifying the rights of the securitized utility tariff bondholders to consent to modification thereof, except to increase any percentage specified therein or to provide that those provisions of the indenture or the basic documents specified in the indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of each outstanding securitized utility tariff bondholder affected thereby,

• modify any of the provisions of the indenture in a manner as to affect the calculation of the amount of any payment of interest, principal or premium, if any, due on any securitized utility tariff bond on any payment date (including the calculation of any of the individual components of such calculation) or change the expected sinking fund schedule or expected amortization schedule or final maturity date of the securitized utility tariff bonds,

• decrease the required capital amount,

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• permit the creation of any lien ranking prior to or on a parity with the lien of the indenture with respect to any of the collateral for the securitized utility tariff bonds or, except as otherwise permitted or contemplated in the indenture, terminate the lien of the indenture on any property at any time subject thereto or deprive the holder of any securitized utility tariff bond of the security provided by the lien of the indenture,

• cause any material adverse U.S. federal income tax consequence to us, KGS, the managers, the trustee or the then-existing securitized utility tariff bondholders, or

• impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of the provisions of the indenture regarding payment or application of funds.

Enforcement of the Sale Agreement, the Administration Agreement and the Servicing Agreement.    The indenture provides that we will take all lawful actions to enforce our rights under the sale agreement, the administration agreement, the servicing agreement and other basic documents. The indenture also provides that we will take all lawful actions to compel or secure the performance and observance by KGS, the administrator and the servicer of their respective obligations to us under or in connection with the sale agreement, the administration agreement, the servicing agreement, and other basic documents. So long as no event of default occurs and is continuing, we may exercise any and all rights, remedies, powers and privileges lawfully available to us under or in connection with the sale agreement, the administration agreement, the servicing agreement and other basic documents; provided that such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the securitized utility tariff bondholders in any material respect. However, if we or the servicer propose to amend, modify, waive, supplement, terminate or surrender in any material respect, or agree to any material amendment, modification, supplement, termination, waiver or surrender of, the process for adjusting the securitized utility tariff charges, we must notify the trustee, the securitized utility tariff bondholders and, when required, the Kansas commission in writing of such proposal (or, if pursuant to a request by us, the trustee shall notify the holders of securitized utility tariff bonds of such proposal). In addition, the trustee may consent to this proposal only with the written consent of the holders of a majority of the principal amount of the outstanding securitized utility tariff bonds and only if the rating agency condition is satisfied. In addition, any proposed amendment of the indenture, the sale agreement or the servicing agreement that would increase ongoing financing costs requires the prior written consent or deemed consent of the Kansas commission.

If an event of default occurs and is continuing, the trustee may, and, at the written direction of the holders of not less than a majority of the outstanding amount of the securitized utility tariff bonds or of the Kansas commission, shall exercise all of our rights, remedies, powers, privileges and claims against KGS, the administrator and servicer, under or in connection with the sale agreement, administration agreement and servicing agreement, and any right of ours to take this action shall be suspended.

Modifications to the Sale Agreement, the Administration Agreement and the Servicing Agreement.    The sale agreement, the administration agreement and the servicing agreement, may be amended, so long as the rating agency condition is satisfied in connection therewith, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of the securitized utility tariff bondholders but with the consent of the trustee and, with respect to amendments that would increase ongoing financing costs, with the consent or deemed consent of the Kansas commission. The trustee shall provide such consent upon receiving evidence of satisfaction of the rating agency condition and evidence that the amendment is in accordance with the terms of the agreement being amended. Furthermore, any amendment to any such agreement that may have the effect of increasing ongoing financing costs shall be provided by us to the Kansas commission, along with a statement as to the possible effect of the amendment on the ongoing financing costs. The amendment shall become effective on the later of (i) the date proposed by the parties to the amendment or (ii) 31 days after such submission to the Kansas commission unless such commission issues an order disapproving the amendment within a 30-day period.

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Notification of the Rating Agencies, the Kansas Commission, the Trustee and the Securitized Utility Tariff Bondholders of Any Modification.

If we, KGS or the servicer or any other party to the applicable agreement:

• proposes to amend, modify, waive, supplement, terminate or surrender, or agree to any other amendment, modification, waiver, supplement, termination or surrender of, the terms of the sale agreement or the servicing agreement, or

• waives timely performance or observance by KGS or the servicer under the sale agreement or the servicing agreement,

in each case in a way which would materially and adversely affect the interests of securitized utility tariff bondholders, we must first notify the rating agencies of the proposed action and must promptly notify the trustee, the Kansas commission and the securitized utility tariff bondholders in writing of the proposed action and whether the rating agency condition has been satisfied with respect thereto (or, if pursuant to a request by us, the trustee shall notify the securitized utility tariff bondholders on our behalf). The trustee will consent to this proposed amendment, modification, supplement or waiver only if the rating agency condition is satisfied and only with the written consent of the holders of not less than a majority of the outstanding principal amount of the securitized utility tariff bonds and, if such action would increase ongoing financing costs, the consent of the Kansas commission.

What Constitutes an Event of Default on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds

An event of default with respect to the securitized utility tariff bonds is defined in the indenture as being:

1. a default in the payment of any interest on any securitized utility tariff bond when the same becomes due and payable and the continuation of this default for five business days,

2. a default in the payment of the then unpaid principal of the securitized utility tariff bonds on the final maturity date,

3. a default in the observance or performance of any of our covenants or agreements made in the indenture, other than those specifically dealt with in clause 1 or 2 above, or any of our representations or warranties made in the indenture or the series supplement or in any certificate or other writing delivered pursuant to the indenture or in connection with the indenture proving to have been incorrect in any material respect as of the time when made, and if such default continues or is not cured for a period of 30 days after the earlier of (a) written notice of the default is given to us by the trustee or to us and the trustee by the holders of at least 25% of the outstanding principal amount of the securitized utility tariff bonds or (b) the date we have actual notice of the default,

4. the filing of a decree or order for relief by a court having jurisdiction in the premises in respect of us or any substantial part of the collateral in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable U.S. federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of us or for any substantial part of the collateral, or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of our affairs, and such decree or order remains unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days,

5. the commencement by us of a voluntary case under any applicable U.S. federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or the consent by us to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case or proceeding under any such law, or the consent by us to the appointment or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of

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us or our property for any substantial part of the collateral, or the making by us of any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the failure by us generally to pay our debts as such debts become due, or the taking of action by us in furtherance of any of the foregoing, or

6. any act or failure to act by the State of Kansas or any of its agencies (including the Kansas commission), officers or employees that violates or is not in accordance with the pledge of the State of Kansas in K.S.A. §66-1,252 of the Securitization Act or the pledge of the Kansas commission in the financing order including, without limitation, the failure of the Kansas commission to implement the true-up mechanism.

Remedies Available Following an Event of Default.    If an event of default with respect to the securitized utility tariff bonds, other than event number 6 above, occurs and is continuing, the trustee or holders holding not less than a majority in principal amount of the securitized utility tariff bonds may declare the unpaid principal balance of securitized utility tariff bonds, together with accrued interest, to be immediately due and payable. This declaration may, under the circumstances specified therein, be rescinded by the holders of a majority in principal amount of the securitized utility tariff bonds. The nature of our business will result in payment of principal upon such a declaration being made as funds become available. Please read “Risk Factors—Risks Associated with the Unusual Nature of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property—Foreclosure of the trustee’s lien on the securitized utility tariff property might not be practical, and acceleration of the securitized utility tariff bonds before maturity might have little practical effect” and “—You may experience material payment delays or incur a loss on your investment in the securitized utility tariff bonds because the source of funds for payment is limited.”

In addition to acceleration of the securitized utility tariff bonds described above, the trustee may exercise one or more of the following remedies upon an event of default (other than event number 6 above):

1. the trustee may institute proceedings in its own name and as trustee of an express trust for the collection of all amounts then payable on the securitized utility tariff bonds or under the indenture with respect to the securitized utility tariff bonds, whether by declaration of acceleration or otherwise, and, subject to the limitations on recovery set forth in the indenture, enforce any judgment obtained, and collect from us moneys adjudged due, upon the securitized utility tariff bonds,

2. the trustee may institute proceedings from time to time for the complete or partial foreclosure of the indenture with respect to the collateral securing the securitized utility tariff bonds,

3. the trustee may exercise any remedies of a secured party under the Kansas UCC or the Securitization Act or any other applicable law and take any other appropriate action to protect and enforce the rights and remedies of the trustee and the holders of securitized utility tariff bonds,

4. at the written direction of the holders of a majority in the principal amount of the securitized utility tariff bonds, the trustee may either sell all or a portion of the collateral securing the securitized utility tariff bonds or rights or interest therein, at one or more public or private sales called and conducted in any manner permitted by applicable law provided that certain conditions set forth in the indenture are met, or elect that we maintain possession of all or a portion of the collateral securing the securitized utility tariff bonds pursuant to the terms of the indenture and continue to apply the securitized utility tariff charges as if there had been no declaration of acceleration, and

5. the trustee may exercise all of our rights, remedies, powers, privileges and claims against the seller, administrator and the servicer under or in connection with the administration agreement, the sale agreement or the servicing agreement.

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If event of default number 6 above occurs, the trustee may to the extent allowed by applicable law institute or participate in proceedings necessary to compel performance of or to enforce the pledge of either the State of Kansas or the Kansas commission and to collect any monetary damages incurred by the securitized utility tariff bondholders or the trustee as a result of such event of default. This is the only remedy the trustee may exercise if this event of default has occurred.

When the Trustee Can Sell the Collateral.    If the securitized utility tariff bonds have been declared to be due and payable following an event of default, the trustee may, at the written direction of the holders of a majority in principal amount of the securitized utility tariff bonds, either:

• subject to the paragraph immediately below, sell the collateral securing the securitized utility tariff bonds,

• elect to have us maintain possession of the collateral securing the securitized utility tariff bonds, or

• take such other remedial action as the trustee, at the written direction of the holders of a majority in principal amount of the securitized utility tariff bonds then outstanding and declared to have been due and payable, may direct and continue to apply distributions on the collateral securing the securitized utility tariff bonds as if there had been no declaration of acceleration.

The trustee is prohibited from selling the collateral securing the securitized utility tariff bonds following an event of default unless the final payment date of the securitized utility tariff bonds has occurred or the securitized utility tariff bonds have been declared due and payable and:

• the holders of 100% of the principal amount of the securitized utility tariff bonds consent to the sale,

• the proceeds of the sale or liquidation are sufficient to pay in full the principal of and premium, if any, and accrued interest on the outstanding securitized utility tariff bonds and all financing costs, including all fees, expenses and indemnities due and owing to the trustee, or

• the trustee determines that funds provided by the collateral securing the securitized utility tariff bonds would not be sufficient on an ongoing basis to make all payments on the securitized utility tariff bonds as these payments would have become due if the securitized utility tariff bonds had not been declared due and payable, and the trustee obtains the written consent of the holders of at least two-thirds of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the securitized utility tariff bonds.

Right of Securitized Utility Tariff Bondholders to Direct Proceedings.    Subject to the provisions for indemnification and the limitations contained in the indenture, the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the outstanding securitized utility tariff bonds will have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding or any remedy available to the trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the trustee; provided that, among other things:

• this direction does not conflict with any rule of applicable law or with the indenture or the series supplement and shall not involve the trustee in any personal liability or expense,

• any direction to the trustee to sell or liquidate any of the collateral securing the securitized utility tariff bonds shall be by the holders of the securitized utility tariff bonds representing not less than 100% of the outstanding securitized utility tariff bonds,

• so long as the conditions specified in the indenture have been satisfied and the trustee elects to retain the collateral securing the securitized utility tariff bonds pursuant to the indenture and elects not to sell or liquidate that collateral, any direction to the trustee to sell or liquidate the collateral securing the securitized utility tariff bonds or any portion thereof by the holders representing less than 100% of the outstanding amount of the securitized utility tariff bonds, shall be of no force and effect, and

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• the trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the trustee that is not inconsistent with this direction.

However, in case an event of default occurs and is continuing, the trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers under the indenture at the request or direction of any of the holders of the securitized utility tariff bonds if:

• it reasonably believes it will not be indemnified to its satisfaction against any cost, expense or liabilities, or

• it determines that this action might materially adversely affect the rights of any securitized utility tariff bondholder not consenting to such action.

Waiver of Default.    Prior to acceleration of the maturity of the securitized utility tariff bonds, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the securitized utility tariff bonds may, subject to certain conditions specified in the indenture, waive any default with respect to the securitized utility tariff bonds. However, they may not waive a default in the payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any of the securitized utility tariff bonds or a default in respect of a covenant or provision of the indenture that cannot be modified without the waiver or consent of all of the holders of the outstanding securitized utility tariff bonds.

Limitation of Proceedings.    Under the indenture, no securitized utility tariff bondholder will have the right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, or to avail itself of the right to foreclose on the securitized utility tariff property or otherwise enforce the lien in the securitized utility tariff property pursuant to K.S.A. §66-1,245 of the Securitization Act, unless:

• the holder previously has given to the trustee written notice of a continuing event of default,

• the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding securitized utility tariff bonds have made written request of the trustee to institute the proceeding in its own name as trustee,

• the holder or holders have offered the trustee indemnity satisfactory to the trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in complying with the request,

• the trustee for 60 days after its receipt of the notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute the proceeding, and

• no direction inconsistent with this written request has been given to the trustee during the 60-day period referred to above by the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding securitized utility tariff bonds.

In addition, each of the trustee, the securitized utility tariff bondholders and the servicer will covenant that it will not, prior to the date that is one year and one day after the termination of the indenture, acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke or cause us or any manager to invoke against us or against our managers or our member or members any bankruptcy, reorganization or other proceeding under any federal or state bankruptcy or similar law. By purchasing securitized utility tariff bonds, each securitized utility tariff bondholder will be deemed to have made this covenant.

Our Covenants

Consolidation, Merger or Sale of Assets.    We will keep in effect our existence, rights and franchises as a limited liability company under Delaware law, provided that we may consolidate with, merge into or convert into another entity or sell substantially all of our assets to another entity if:

• the entity formed by or surviving the consolidation, merger or conversion or to whom substantially all of our assets are sold is organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof and expressly assumes

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by a supplemental indenture the due and punctual payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on all outstanding securitized utility tariff bonds and the performance of our obligations under the indenture,

• the entity formed by or surviving the consolidation, merger or conversion or to whom substantially all of our assets are sold expressly assumes all obligations and succeeds to all of our rights under the sale agreement, the administration agreement, the servicing agreement and any other basic document specified in the indenture to which we are a party (or under which we have rights) pursuant to an assignment and assumption agreement executed and delivered to the trustee,

• no default or event of default will have occurred and be continuing immediately after giving effect to the merger, consolidation, conversion or sale,

• prior notice will have been given to the rating agencies and the rating agency condition will have been satisfied with respect to the merger, consolidation, conversion or sale,

• we have received an opinion of independent counsel to the effect that the merger, consolidation, conversion or sale, will have no material adverse tax consequence to us or any securitized utility tariff bondholder, complies with the indenture and all conditions precedent therein provided relating to the merger, consolidation, conversion or sale, and will result in the trustee maintaining a continuing valid first priority perfected security interest in the collateral,

• any action that is necessary to maintain the lien and security interest created by the indenture and the series supplement has been taken as evidenced by an opinion of external counsel of delivered to the trustee, and

• we shall have delivered to the trustee an officer’s certificate and opinion of external counsel each stating that such consolidation or merger and such supplemental indenture comply with the indenture and the series supplement and that all conditions precedent to such transaction listed above have been complied with.

Additional Covenants.    We will from time to time execute and deliver all documents, make all filings and take any other action necessary or advisable to, among other things, maintain and preserve the lien and security interest of the indenture and the priority thereof. We will not, among other things:

• permit the validity or effectiveness of the indenture or other basic documents to be impaired or the lien to be amended, hypothecated, subordinated, terminated or discharged,

• permit any person to be released from any covenants or obligations with respect to the securitized utility tariff bonds except as expressly permitted by the indenture,

• permit any lien, charge, claim, security interest, mortgage or other encumbrance, other than the lien of the indenture, to be created on or extend to or otherwise arise upon or burden the collateral or any part thereof or any interest therein or the proceeds thereof (other than tax liens arising by operation of law with respect to amounts not yet due),

• permit the lien of the indenture not to constitute a valid first priority perfected security interest in the collateral securing the securitized utility tariff bonds,

• except as expressly permitted by the indenture, the series supplement, or other basic documents, sell, transfer, convey, exchange or otherwise dispose of any of our properties or assets, including those included in the collateral securing the securitized utility tariff bonds unless in accordance with the indenture,

• claim any credit on, or make any deduction from the principal or premium, if any, or interest payable in respect of, the securitized utility tariff bonds, other than amounts properly withheld from such payments

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under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder or other tax laws or assert any claim against any present or former securitized utility tariff bondholder because of the payment of taxes levied or assessed upon any part of the collateral securing the securitized utility tariff bonds,

• terminate our existence, dissolve or liquidate in whole or in part, except as otherwise permitted by the indenture,

• change our name, identity or structure or the location of our chief executive office or state of formation, unless, at least ten business days prior to the effective date of any such change, we deliver to the trustee, with copies to the rating agencies, such documents, instruments or agreements, executed by us, as are necessary to reflect such change and to continue the perfection of the security interest of the indenture and the series supplement,

• take any action which is the subject of a rating agency condition without satisfying the rating agency condition,

• elect to be classified as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax purposes or otherwise take any action inconsistent with our treatment for federal income tax purposes as a disregarded entity not separate from our sole owner,

• except to the extent permitted by applicable law, voluntarily suspend or terminate our filing obligations with the SEC as described in the indenture, or

• issue any debt obligations other than securitized utility tariff bonds permitted by the indenture.

We may not engage in any business other than financing, purchasing, owning, administering, managing and servicing securitized utility tariff property and the assets in the collateral securing the securitized utility tariff bonds and the issuance of securitized utility tariff bonds in the manner contemplated by the financing order and the indenture and other basic documents and activities incidental thereto.

We may not issue, incur, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable, directly or indirectly, for any indebtedness except for the securitized utility tariff bonds permitted by the indenture and any other indebtedness expressly permitted by or arising under the basic documents. Also, we may not guarantee or otherwise become contingently liable in connection with the obligations, stocks or dividends of, or own, purchase, repurchase or acquire, or agree contingently to acquire, any stock, obligations, assets or securities of, or any other interest in, or make any capital contribution to, any other person, except as otherwise contemplated by the indenture, the sale agreement, or the servicing agreement. We may not, except as contemplated by the indenture, the sale agreement, the servicing agreement and related documents (or as contemplated by an additional financing order issued by the Kansas commission to KGS), including our limited liability company agreement, make any loan or advance or credit to any person. We will not make any expenditure for capital assets or lease any capital asset other than the securitized utility tariff property purchased from KGS pursuant to, and in accordance with, the sale agreement. We may not make any payments, distributions or dividends to any member in respect of its membership interest except in accordance with the indenture.

The servicer will deliver to the trustee the annual accountant’s report, compliance certificates and reports regarding distributions and other statements required by the servicing agreement. Please read “The Servicing Agreement” in this prospectus.

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Access to the List of Securitized Utility Tariff Bondholders

Any securitized utility tariff bondholder, or group of securitized utility tariff bondholders, owning at least ten percent of the outstanding amount of the securitized utility tariff bonds may, by written request to the trustee, obtain access to the list of all securitized utility tariff bondholders maintained by the trustee for the purpose of communicating with other securitized utility tariff bondholders with respect to their rights under the indenture or the securitized utility tariff bonds; provided, that the trustee gives prior written notice to us of such request.

We Must File an Annual Compliance Statement

We will deliver to the trustee, the Kansas commission and each rating agency not later than March 31 of each year (commencing with March 31, 2024), an officer’s certificate stating, as to the responsible officer signing such officer’s certificate, that:

• a review of our activities during the preceding twelve months ended December 31 (or, in the case of the first such officer’s certificate, since the date of the indenture) and of performance under the indenture has been made; and

• to the best of such responsible officer’s knowledge, based on such review, we have in all material respects complied with all conditions and covenants under the indenture throughout such period, or, if there has been a default in the compliance of any such condition or covenant, specifying each such default known to the responsible officer and the nature and status thereof.

The Trustee Must Provide an Annual Report to All Securitized Utility Tariff Bondholders

If required by the Trust Indenture Act, the trustee will be required to mail each year to all securitized utility tariff bondholders a brief report. This report may state, in accordance with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act, among other items:

• the trustee’s eligibility and qualification to continue as the trustee under the indenture,

• any amounts advanced by it under the indenture,

• the amount, interest rate and maturity date of specific indebtedness owed by us to the trustee in the trustee’s individual capacity,

• the property and funds physically held by the trustee, and

• any action taken by it that materially affects the securitized utility tariff bonds and that has not been previously reported.

What Will Trigger Satisfaction and Discharge of the Indenture

The indenture will cease to be of further effect with respect to the securitized utility tariff bonds, and the trustee, on our reasonable written demand and at our expense, will execute instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of the indenture with respect to the securitized utility tariff bonds, when:

• either all securitized utility tariff bonds which have already been authenticated or delivered, with certain exceptions set forth in the indenture, have been delivered to the trustee for cancellation or either scheduled final payment date has occurred with respect to all securitized utility tariff bonds that have not been delivered to the trustee for cancellation or the securitized utility tariff bonds will be due and payable on their respective scheduled final payment dates within one year, and we have irrevocably deposited in trust with

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the trustee cash or U.S. government obligations specified in the indenture, in an amount sufficient to make payments of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the securitized utility tariff bonds not theretofore delivered to the trustee for cancellation, ongoing financing costs and all other sums payable to us pursuant to the indenture with respect to the securitized utility tariff bonds when scheduled to be paid and to discharge the entire indebtedness on those securitized utility tariff bonds not previously delivered to the trustee when due,

• we have paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable by us under the indenture with respect to the securitized utility tariff bonds, and

• we have delivered to the trustee an officer’s certificate, an opinion of external counsel, and if required by the Trust Indenture Act or the trustee, a certificate from a firm of independent certified public accountants, each stating that there has been compliance with the conditions precedent in the indenture or relating to the satisfaction and discharge of the indenture with respect to the securitized utility tariff bonds.

Our Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance Options

We may, at any time, terminate:

• all of our obligations under the indenture with respect to the securitized utility tariff bonds, or

• our obligations to comply with some of the covenants in the indenture, including some of the covenants described under “—Our Covenants.”

The legal defeasance option is our right to terminate at any time our obligations under the indenture with respect to the securitized utility tariff bonds. The covenant defeasance option is our right at any time to terminate our obligations to comply with some of the covenants in the indenture. We may exercise the legal defeasance option with respect to the securitized utility tariff bonds notwithstanding our prior exercise of the covenant defeasance option. If we exercise the legal defeasance option, the securitized utility tariff bonds will be entitled to payment only from the funds or other obligations set aside under the indenture for payment thereof on the scheduled final payment date therefor as described below. The securitized utility tariff bonds will not be subject to payment through acceleration prior to the scheduled final payment date. If we exercise the covenant defeasance option, the final payment of the securitized utility tariff bonds may not be accelerated because of an event of default relating to a default in the observance or performance of our covenants or as described in “—What Constitutes an Event of Default on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds” above.

We may exercise the legal defeasance option or the covenant defeasance option with respect to securitized utility tariff bonds only if:

• we have irrevocably deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited in trust with the trustee cash and/or U.S. government obligations specified in the indenture that through the scheduled payments of principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms are in an amount sufficient to pay principal, interest and premium, if any, on the securitized utility tariff bonds not theretofore delivered to the trustee for cancellation and ongoing financing costs and all other sums payable under the indenture by us with respect to the securitized utility tariff bonds when scheduled to be paid and to discharge the entire indebtedness on the securitized utility tariff bonds when due,

• we deliver to the trustee a certificate from a nationally recognized firm of independent registered public accountants expressing its opinion that the payments of principal of and interest on the deposited U.S. government obligations when due and without reinvestment plus any cash deposited in the defeasance subaccount will provide cash at times and in sufficient amounts to pay in respect of the securitized utility

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tariff bonds principal in accordance with the expected sinking fund schedule therefor, interest when due and ongoing financing costs and all other sums payable by us under the indenture with respect to the securitized utility tariff bonds,

• in the case of the legal defeasance option, 95 days pass after the deposit is made and during the 95-day period no default relating to events of our bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or liquidation occurs and is continuing at the end of the period,

• no default has occurred and is continuing on the day of this deposit and after giving effect thereto,

• in the case of an exercise of the legal defeasance option, we shall have delivered to the trustee an opinion of external counsel stating that we have received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or since the date of execution of the indenture, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law, and in either case confirming that the holders of the securitized utility tariff bonds will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such legal defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if the legal defeasance had not occurred,

• in the case of an exercise of the covenant defeasance option, we shall have delivered to the trustee an opinion of external counsel to the effect that the holders of the securitized utility tariff bonds will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such covenant defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if the covenant defeasance had not occurred,

• we deliver to the trustee a certificate of one of our officers and an opinion of counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent to the legal defeasance option or the covenant defeasance option, as applicable, have been complied with as required by the indenture,

• we deliver to the trustee an opinion of external counsel to the effect that (a) in a case under the Bankruptcy Code in which KGS (or any of its affiliates, other than us) is the debtor, the court would hold that the deposited cash or U.S. government obligations would not be in the bankruptcy estate of KGS (or any of its affiliates, other than us, that deposited the moneys or U.S. government obligations); and (b) in the event KGS (or any of its affiliates, other than us, that deposited the moneys or U.S. government obligations), were to be a debtor in a case under the Bankruptcy Code, the court would not disregard the separate legal existence of KGS (or any of its affiliates, other than us, that deposited the moneys or U.S. government obligations) and us so as to order substantive consolidation under the Bankruptcy Code of our assets and liabilities with the assets and liabilities of KGS or such other affiliate, and

• each rating agency has notified us and the trustee that the exercise of the proposed defeasance option will not result in a downgrade or withdrawal of the then current rating of any then outstanding securitized utility tariff bonds.

No Recourse to Others

No recourse may be taken directly or indirectly, by the holders of the securitized utility tariff bonds with respect to our obligations on the securitized utility tariff bonds, under the indenture or the series supplement or any certificate or other writing delivered in connection therewith, against (1) us, other than from the securitized utility tariff bond collateral, (2) any owner of a beneficial interest in us (including KGS) or (3) any shareholder, partner, owner, beneficiary, agent, officer, director or employee of the trustee, the managers or any owner of a beneficial interest in us (including KGS) in its individual capacity, or of any successor or assign or any of them in their respective individual or corporate capacities, except as any such person may have expressly agreed in writing.

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Notwithstanding any provision of the indenture or the series supplement to the contrary, securitized utility tariff bondholders shall look only to the securitized utility tariff bond collateral with respect to any amounts due to the securitized utility tariff bondholders under the indenture and the securitized utility tariff bonds, and, in the event such collateral is insufficient to pay in full the amounts owed on the securitized utility tariff bonds, shall have no recourse against us in respect of such insufficiency. Each bondholder by accepting a securitized utility tariff bond specifically confirms the nonrecourse nature of these obligations, and waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of consideration for issuance of securitized utility tariff bonds.

Governing Law

The indenture will be governed by the laws of the State of New York, without reference to its conflict of law provisions (except as otherwise noted in the indenture), provided that the creation, attachment and perfection of any liens created in the securitized utility tariff property or other assets of the trust estate, as well as all rights and remedies of the trustee and the holders with respect to the securitized utility tariff property, shall be governed by the laws of the State of Kansas.

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THE TRUSTEE

U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, a national banking association (“U.S. Bank Trust Co.”), will be the trustee, and will act as the paying agent and registrar for the securitized utility tariff bonds. U.S. Bank National Association (“U.S. Bank N.A.”) made a strategic decision to reposition its corporate trust business by transferring substantially all of its corporate trust business to its affiliate, U.S. Bank Trust Co., a non-depository trust company (U.S. Bank N.A. and U.S. Bank Trust Co. are collectively referred to herein as “U.S. Bank.”). Upon U.S. Bank Trust Co.’s succession to the business of U.S. Bank N.A., it became a wholly owned subsidiary of U.S. Bank N.A. The trustee will maintain the accounts of the issuing entity in the name of the trustee at U.S. Bank N.A.

U.S. Bancorp, with total assets exceeding $591 billion as of June 30, 2022, is the parent company of U.S. Bank N.A., the fifth largest commercial bank in the United States. As of June 30, 2022, U.S. Bancorp operated over 2,600 branch offices in 26 states. A network of specialized U.S. Bancorp offices across the nation provides a comprehensive line of banking, brokerage, insurance, investment, mortgage, trust and payment services products to consumers, businesses, and institutions.

U.S. Bank has one of the largest corporate trust businesses in the country with office locations in 48 Domestic and 2 international cities. The Indenture will be administered from U.S. Bank’s corporate trust office located at 190 South LaSalle Street, 7th Floor, Chicago, Illinois 60603.

U.S. Bank has provided corporate trust services since 1924. As of June 30, 2022, U.S. Bank was acting as trustee with respect to over 122,000 issuances of securities with an aggregate outstanding principal balance of over $5.5 trillion. This portfolio includes corporate and municipal bonds, mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities and collateralized debt obligations.

The trustee shall make each monthly statement available to the bondholders via the trustee’s internet website at https://pivot.usbank.com. Bondholders with questions may direct them to the trustee’s bondholder services group at (800) 934-6802.

U.S. Bank serves or has served as trustee, paying agent and registrar on several issues of utility rate-payer backed securities.

U.S. Bank N.A. and other large financial institutions have been sued in their capacity as trustee or successor trustee for certain residential mortgage-backed securities (“RMBS”) trusts. The complaints, primarily filed by investors or investor groups against U.S. Bank N.A. and similar institutions, allege the trustees caused losses to investors as a result of alleged failures by the sponsors, mortgage loan sellers and servicers to comply with the governing agreements for these RMBS trusts. Plaintiffs generally assert causes of action based upon the trustees’ purported failures to enforce repurchase obligations of mortgage loan sellers for alleged breaches of representations and warranties, notify securityholders of purported events of default allegedly caused by breaches of servicing standards by mortgage loan servicers and abide by a heightened standard of care following alleged events of default.

U.S. Bank N.A. denies liability and believes that it has performed its obligations under the RMBS trusts in good faith, that its actions were not the cause of losses to investors, that it has meritorious defenses, and it has contested and intends to continue contesting the plaintiffs’ claims vigorously. However, U.S. Bank N.A. cannot assure you as to the outcome of any of the litigation, or the possible impact of these litigations on the trustee or the RMBS trusts.

On March 9, 2018, a law firm purporting to represent fifteen Delaware statutory trusts (the “DST”) that issued securities backed by student loans (the “Student Loans”) filed a lawsuit in the Delaware Court of Chancery against U.S. Bank N.A. in its capacities as indenture trustee and successor special servicer, and three other

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institutions in their respective transaction capacities, with respect to the DSTs and the Student Loans. This lawsuit is captioned The National Collegiate Student Loan Master Trust I, et al. v. U.S. Bank National Association, et al., C.A. No. 2018-0167-JRS (Del. Ch.) (the “NCMSLT Action”). The complaint, as amended on June 15, 2018, alleged that the DSTs have been harmed as a result of purported misconduct or omissions by the defendants concerning administration of the trusts and special servicing of the Student Loans. Since the filing of the NCMSLT Action, certain Student Loan borrowers have made assertions against U.S. Bank N.A. concerning special servicing that appear to be based on certain allegations made on behalf of the DSTs in the NCMSLT Action.

U.S. Bank N.A. has filed a motion seeking dismissal of the operative complaint in its entirety with prejudice pursuant to Chancery Court Rules 12(b)(1) and 12(b)(6) or, in the alternative, a stay of the case while other prior filed disputes involving the DSTs and the Student Loans are litigated. On November 7, 2018, the Court ruled that the case should be stayed in its entirety pending resolution of the first-filed cases. On January 21, 2020, the Court entered an order consolidating for pretrial purposes the NCMSLT Action and three other lawsuits pending in the Delaware Court of Chancery concerning the DSTs and the Student Loans, which remains pending.

U.S. Bank N.A. denies liability in the NCMSLT Action and believes it has performed its obligations as indenture trustee and special servicer in good faith and in compliance in all material respects with the terms of the agreements governing the DSTs and that it has meritorious defenses. It has contested and intends to continue contesting the plaintiffs’ claims vigorously.

While the legal proceedings discussed above involve certain affiliates of the trustee, none of such legal proceedings are material to the securitized utility tariff bondholders.

The trustee may resign at any time upon 30 days’ notice by so notifying us. The holders of a majority in principal amount of the securitized utility tariff bonds then outstanding may remove the trustee by so notifying the trustee and us in writing (upon 30 days’ written notice) and may appoint a successor trustee. We will remove the trustee by written notice if the trustee ceases to be eligible to continue in this capacity under the indenture, the trustee becomes a debtor in a bankruptcy proceeding or is adjudged insolvent, a receiver, administrator or other public officer takes charge of the trustee or its property or the trustee becomes incapable of acting. If the trustee gives notice of resignation or is removed or a vacancy exists in the office of trustee for any reason, we will be obligated promptly to appoint a successor trustee eligible under the indenture. We are responsible, initially, for payment of the expenses associated with any such removal or resignation, but any such expenses will be treated as an operating expense and paid out of the general subaccount on a payment date in accordance with the priority of payments set forth in “Description Of The Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds—How Funds in the Collection Account Will Be Allocated” in this prospectus. No resignation or removal of the trustee will become effective until acceptance of the appointment by a successor trustee. The trustee shall at all times satisfy the requirements of certain provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50 million and a long-term debt rating from Fitch in one of its generic rating categories that specifies investment grade. If the trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business or assets to, another entity, the resulting, surviving or transferee entity shall without any further action be the successor trustee; provided, however, that if such successor trustee is not eligible under the indenture, the successor trustee will be replaced in accordance with the terms of the indenture. We and our affiliates may, from time to time, maintain various banking, investment banking and trust relationships with the trustee and its affiliates. Please read “The Sale Agreement” and “The Servicing Agreement” in this prospectus for further information.

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negligence or bad faith. The trustee shall not be deemed to have notice or knowledge of any default or event of default (other than a payment default) unless a responsible officer of the trustee has actual knowledge thereof or the trustee has received written notice thereof pursuant to the indenture. The trustee shall not be required to take any action it is directed to take under the indenture if the trustee determines in good faith that the action so directed is inconsistent with the indenture, any other basic document or applicable law, or would involve the trustee in personal liability. We have agreed to indemnify the trustee and its officers, directors, employees and agents against any and all cost, damage, liability, tax or expense (including reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses) incurred by it in connection with the administration and enforcement of the indenture (including the enforcement of the indemnification obligations therein), the series supplement and the other basic documents and the performance of its duties under the indenture, the series supplement and the other basic documents, provided that we are not required to pay any expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense incurred by the trustee through the trustee’s own willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith. Please read “Prospectus Summary of Terms—Priority of Payments” and “Description of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds—How Funds in the Collection Account Will Be Allocated” in this prospectus for further information.

We, KGS and our respective affiliates may from time to time enter into normal banking and trustee relationships with U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association and its affiliates. U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association and its affiliates, among other relationships, are (i) lenders under the ONE Gas revolving credit facility, (ii) the trustee and paying agent under the indentures governing various ONE Gas debt securities and (iii) placement agents under the ONE Gas commercial paper program. No relationships currently exist between KGS, us and our respective affiliates, on the one hand, and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association and its affiliates, on the other hand, that would be outside the ordinary course of business or on terms other than would be obtained in an arm’s length transaction with an unrelated third party.

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WEIGHTED AVERAGE LIFE AND YIELD CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDS

The rate of principal payments, the amount of each interest payment and the actual final payment date of the securitized utility tariff bonds and the weighted average life thereof will depend primarily on the timing of receipt of collected securitized utility tariff charges by the trustee and the true-up mechanism. The aggregate amount of collected securitized utility tariff charges and the rate of principal amortization on the securitized utility tariff bonds will depend, in part, on the number of retail customers and the rate of delinquencies and write-offs. The securitized utility tariff charges are required to be adjusted from time to time based in part on the actual rate of collected securitized utility tariff charges. However, we can give no assurance that the servicer will be able to forecast accurately the actual number of retail customers and the rate of delinquencies and write-offs or implement adjustments to the securitized utility tariff charges that will cause collected securitized utility tariff charges to be received at any particular rate. Please read “Risk Factors—Servicing Risks,” “—Other Risks Associated with an Investment in the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds” and “KGS’s Financing Order—True-Ups” in this prospectus.

If the servicer receives securitized utility tariff charges at a slower rate than expected, the securitized utility tariff bonds may be retired later than expected. Except in the event of the acceleration of the final payment date of the securitized utility tariff bonds after an event of default, however, the securitized utility tariff bonds will not be paid at a rate faster than that contemplated in the expected amortization schedule of the securitized utility tariff bonds even if the receipt of collected securitized utility tariff charges is accelerated. Instead, receipts in excess of the amounts necessary to amortize the securitized utility tariff bonds in accordance with the applicable expected amortization schedule, to pay interest and related fees and expenses and to fund subaccounts of the collection account will be allocated to the excess funds subaccount. Acceleration of the final maturity date after an event of default in accordance with the terms thereof will result in payment of principal earlier than the scheduled final payment date. A payment on a date that is earlier than forecast might result in a shorter weighted average life, and a payment on a date that is later than forecast might result in a longer weighted average life. In addition, if a larger portion of the delayed payments on the securitized utility tariff bonds is received in later years, the securitized utility tariff bonds may have a longer weighted average life.

Weighted Average Life Sensitivity

Weighted average life refers to the average amount of time from the date of issuance of a security until each dollar of principal of the security has been repaid to the investor. The rate of principal payments on the securitized utility tariff bonds, the aggregate amount of each interest payment on the securitized utility tariff bonds and the actual final payment date of the securitized utility tariff bonds will depend on the timing of the servicer’s receipt of securitized utility tariff charges from KGS’s retail customers. Changes in the expected weighted average life of the securitized utility tariff bonds in relation to variances in actual retail customer counts from forecast levels are shown below.

	Expected Weighted Average Life (Years)	-5% (     Standard Deviations From  Mean)		-15% (     Standard Deviations From  Mean)
Tranche		Weighted Average Life (Years)	Change (Days)	Weighted Average Life (Years)	Change (Days)
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overestimate of retail customer counts of 5% (                standard deviations from the mean) or 15% (                standard deviations from the mean) as stated in the chart above, (ii) the servicer makes timely and accurate filings to true-up the securitized utility tariff charges semi-annually, (iii) retail customers remit all securitized utility tariff charges 30 days after such charges are billed, (iv) the securitized utility tariff bonds are issued on                , 2022, (v) there is no acceleration of the final maturity date of the securitized utility tariff bonds, and (vi) operating expenses are equal to projections. There can be no assurance that the weighted average lives of the securitized utility tariff bonds will be as shown above.

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ESTIMATED ANNUAL FEES AND EXPENSES

Estimated initial annual fees and expenses payable from the securitized utility tariff charges are shown below. For the priorities in application of funds under the indenture and the series supplement, please refer to “The Security for the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds—How Funds in the Collection Account Will Be Allocated” in this prospectus.

As set forth in the table below, we are obligated to pay fees to the trustee, KGS, as servicer, KGS, as administrator and our independent manager. We are also obligated to pay KGS an annual return on its invested capital. The following table illustrates these arrangements:

Recipient	Source of payment	Estimated fees and expenses payable
Trustee	Securitized utility tariff charges and investment earnings	$12,000 per annum, plus certain additional expenses and indemnities, if applicable
Servicer	Securitized utility tariff charges and investment earnings	$168,000 per annum (so long as KGS is servicer), payable in installments of $84,000 on each payment date (which shall be pro rated for the first payment date), plus reimbursable expenses
Administrator	Securitized utility tariff charges and investment earnings	$100,000 per annum payable in installments of $50,000 on each payment date (which shall be pro rated for the first payment date), plus reimbursable expenses
Independent manager	Securitized utility tariff charges and investment earnings	$3,500 per annum
KGS return on invested capital	Securitized utility tariff charges and investment earnings	$144,500 per annum

Pursuant to the financing order, KGS’s return on the invested capital (KGS’s capital contribution which has been deposited into the capital subaccount) is equal to the KGS’s cost of capital, which is currently 8.6012%.

If KGS or any of its affiliates is not the servicer, an amount agreed upon by the successor servicer and the trustee, provided, that the fee will not, unless the Kansas commission consents, exceed 0.60% of the initial principal amount of the securitized utility tariff bonds on an annualized basis.

The securitized utility tariff charges will also be used by the trustee for the payment of our other financing costs and expenses relating to the securitized utility tariff bonds, such as accounting and audit fees, rating agency fees and legal fees.

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THE SALE AGREEMENT

The following summary describes particular material terms and provisions of the sale agreement pursuant to which we will purchase the securitized utility tariff property from KGS. We have filed the form of the sale agreement with the SEC as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, and we urge you to read such document in its entirety.

KGS’s Sale and Assignment of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property

In connection with the issuance of the securitized utility tariff bonds, KGS, as the seller, will offer and sell the securitized utility tariff property to us pursuant to the terms and conditions of the sale agreement. The sale of the securitized utility tariff property to us by KGS will be financed through the corresponding issuance of the securitized utility tariff bonds. Pursuant to the sale agreement, KGS will sell and assign to us concurrently with the issuance and sale of the securitized utility tariff bonds to the underwriters, without recourse, except as expressly provided therein, its rights and interests in and to the financing order. The securitized utility tariff property will represent all rights and interests of KGS under the financing order that are sold and transferred to us pursuant to the sale agreement and the related bill of sale, including the right to impose, bill, charge, collect and receive the securitized utility tariff charges authorized in the financing order with respect to the securitized utility tariff bonds, to obtain periodic adjustments to such charges as provided in the financing order and all revenues, collections, claims, rights to payments, payments, money or proceeds arising from the foregoing rights and interests. The securitized utility tariff property does not include the rights of KGS to earn and receive a rate of return on its invested capital in us, to receive administration and servicer fees or to use KGS’s proceeds from the sale of the securitized utility tariff property to us. We will apply the net proceeds that we receive from the sale of the securitized utility tariff bonds to the purchase of the securitized utility tariff property.

As provided by the Securitization Act, our purchase of the securitized utility tariff property from KGS will be pursuant to the sale agreement, which will expressly provide that such transfer is a sale, will be a true sale, and is not a secured transaction, and all title and ownership to the securitized utility tariff property will pass to us. Under the Securitization Act, such sale will constitute a true sale under state law whether or not:

• we have any recourse against KGS (except that any such recourse cannot arise from the inability or failure of one or more of KGS’s retail customers to timely pay all or a portion of the securitized utility tariff charge),

• KGS retains any equity interest in the securitized utility tariff property under state law,

• KGS acts as a collector of the securitized utility tariff charges, or

• KGS treats the transfer as a financing for tax, financial reporting or other purposes.

The Securitization Act provides that a valid and enforceable security interest in securitized utility tariff property will attach only after the issuance of a financing order, the execution and delivery of a security agreement in connection with the issuance of the securitized utility tariff bonds and the receipt of value for the securitized utility tariff bonds. The security interest attaches automatically at the time when all of the foregoing conditions have been met.

Upon the issuance of a financing order, the execution and delivery of the related sale agreement and bill of sale and the filing of a financing statement under the Securitization Act, our purchase of the securitized utility tariff property from KGS will be perfected as against all third persons, including subsequent judicial or other lien creditors.

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The records and computer systems of KGS will reflect the sale and assignment of KGS’s rights and interests under the financing order to us. However, we expect that the securitized utility tariff bonds will be reflected as debt on KGS’s financial statements. In addition, we anticipate that the securitized utility tariff bonds will be treated as debt of KGS for federal income tax purposes. Please read “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences.”

Conditions to the Sale of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property

KGS’s obligation to sell, and our obligation to purchase, the securitized utility tariff property on the issuance date, are both subject to and conditioned upon the satisfaction or waiver of each of the following conditions:

• on or prior to the issuance date, KGS must deliver to us a duly executed bill of sale identifying the securitized utility tariff property to be conveyed on that date;

• as of the issuance date, the representations and warranties of KGS in the sale agreement must be true and correct in all material respects and no material breach by KGS of its covenants in the sale agreement shall exist, and no default by the servicer shall have occurred and be continuing under the servicing agreement, as certified by KGS;

• as of the issuance date, we must have sufficient funds available to pay the purchase price for the securitized utility tariff property to be conveyed, all conditions to the issuance of the securitized utility tariff bonds to purchase the securitized utility tariff property set forth in the indenture must have been satisfied or waived, and KGS is not insolvent and will not have been made insolvent by the sale of the securitized utility tariff property and KGS is not aware of any pending insolvency with respect to itself;

• on or prior to the issuance date, KGS must have taken all action required under the Securitization Act, the financing order and other applicable law for us to have ownership of the securitized utility tariff property, free and clear of all liens other than liens created by us pursuant to the indenture; and we or the servicer, on our behalf, must have taken any action required for us to grant the trustee a first priority perfected security interest in the collateral securing the securitized utility tariff bonds and maintain such security interest as of the issuance date (including all actions required under the Securitization Act, the financing order and the Kansas UCC);

• KGS must deliver to each rating agency and to us any opinion of counsel requested by the ratings agencies;

• KGS must deliver to the trustee and to us an officers’ certificate confirming the satisfaction of each of these conditions as relevant; and

• we have received the purchase price in funds immediately available on the issuance date.

KGS’s Representations and Warranties

In the sale agreement, KGS will make representations and warranties to us, as of the issuance date, to the effect, among other things, that:

1. subject to clause 9 below (assumptions used in calculating the securitized utility tariff charges as of the applicable issuance date), all written information, as amended or supplemented from time to time, provided by KGS to us with respect to the securitized utility tariff property (including the financing order and the issuance advice letter) is correct in all material respects and does not omit any material facts required to be included therein and all historical data for the purpose of calculating the initial securitized utility tariff charges in the issuance advice letter and the assumptions used for such calculations are reasonable and such calculations were made in good faith;

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2. it is the intention of the parties to the sale agreement that, other than for specified tax purposes, the sale, transfer, assignment, setting over and conveyance of the securitized utility tariff property contemplated by the sale agreement constitutes a sale or other absolute transfer of all right, title and interest of KGS in and to the securitized utility tariff property transferred to us; upon execution and delivery of the sale agreement and the related bill of sale and payment of the purchase price, KGS will have no right, title or interest in, to or under the securitized utility tariff property; and that the securitized utility tariff property would not be a part of the estate of KGS, as debtor, in the event of the filing of a bankruptcy petition by or against KGS under any bankruptcy law; no portion of the securitized utility tariff property has been sold, transferred, assigned, pledged or otherwise conveyed by KGS to any person other than us, and, to KGS’s knowledge, no security arrangement, financing statement or equivalent security or lien instrument listing KGS, as debtor, and all or a portion of the securitized utility tariff property, as collateral, is on file or of record in Kansas or Delaware, except such as may have been filed or recorded in favor of us or the trustee in connection with the basic documents;

3. a.     KGS is the sole owner of the rights and interests under the financing order being sold to us on the

                   issuance date,

b. on the issuance date, immediately upon the sale under the sale agreement, the securitized utility tariff property will have been validly sold, assigned, transferred set over and conveyed to us free and clear of all liens (except for any lien created by us under the basic documents in favor of the securitized utility tariff bondholders and in accordance with the Securitization Act), and

c. all actions or filings (including filings with the Kansas Secretary of State in accordance with the rules prescribed under the Securitization Act) necessary in any jurisdiction to give us a perfected ownership interest (subject to any lien created by us under the basic documents in favor of the securitized utility tariff bondholders and in accordance with the Securitization Act) in the securitized utility tariff property and to grant to the trustee a first priority perfected security interest in the securitized utility tariff property, free and clear of all liens of KGS or anyone else (except for any lien created by us under the basic documents in favor of the securitized utility tariff bondholders and in accordance with the Securitization Act) have been taken or made;

4. the financing order has been issued by the Kansas commission in accordance with the Securitization Act, the financing order and the process by which it was issued comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations of the State of Kansas and the federal laws of the United States, and the financing order is final, non-appealable and in full force and effect;

5. as of the date of issuance of the securitized utility tariff bonds, the securitized utility tariff bonds will be entitled to the protections provided by the Securitization Act and the financing order, the issuance advice letter and the securitized utility tariff charges authorized therein will have become irrevocable and not subject to reduction, impairment or adjustment by further action of the Kansas commission, except for changes made pursuant to the adjustment mechanism authorized under the Securitization Act. The issuance advice letter and the form of tariff have been filed in accordance with the financing order. The initial securitized utility tariff charges and the final terms of the securitized utility tariff bonds set forth in the issuance advice letter have become effective. No other approval, authorization, consent, order or other action of, or filing with any governmental authority is required in connection with the creation of the securitized utility tariff property, except those that have been obtained or made;

6. a.     under the Securitization Act, the State of Kansas has pledged that it will not alter the provisions

of the part of the Securitization Act which authorizes the Kansas commission to create an irrevocable contract right or chose in action by the issuance of a financing order, to create securitized utility tariff property, and to make the securitized utility tariff charges imposed by a financing order irrevocable,

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binding and nonbypassable charges, take or permit any action that would impair the value of the securitized utility tariff property or the security for the securitized utility tariff bonds or revise the securitized utility tariff costs for which recovery is authorized, impair the rights and remedies of the bondholders, assignees and other financing parties in any way, or except for changes made pursuant to the adjustment mechanism authorized under the Securitization Act, reduce, alter or impair the related securitized utility tariff charges until the principal, interest and premium, and any other charges incurred and contracts to be performed in connection with the securitized utility tariff bonds, have been paid and performed in full,

b. under the laws of the State of Kansas and the federal laws of the United States, a reviewing court of competent jurisdiction would hold that (x) the State of Kansas could not constitutionally take any action of a legislative character, including the repeal or amendment of the Securitization Act, which would substantially limit, alter or impair the securitized utility tariff property or other rights vested in the securitized utility tariff bondholders pursuant to the financing order, or substantially limit, alter, impair or reduce the value or amount of the securitized utility tariff property, unless that action is a reasonable and necessary exercise of the State of Kansas’s sovereign powers based on reasonable conditions and of a character reasonable and appropriate to the emergency or other significant and legitimate public purpose justifying that action, and, (y) under the takings clauses of the Kansas and United States Constitutions, if the court concludes that the securitized utility tariff property is protected by the takings clauses, the State of Kansas could not repeal or amend the Securitization Act or take any other action in contravention of its pledge referred to in subsection (a) above without paying just compensation to the securitized utility tariff bondholders, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction, if doing so would constitute a permanent appropriation of a substantial property interest of the securitized utility tariff bondholders in the securitized utility tariff property and deprive the securitized utility tariff bondholders of their reasonable expectations arising from their investments in the securitized utility tariff bonds; however, there is no assurance that, even if a court were to award just compensation, it would be sufficient to pay the full amount of principal and interest on the securitized utility tariff bonds, and

c. under the laws of the United States Constitution, a Kansas state court reviewing an appeal of Kansas commission action of a legislative character would conclude that the Kansas commission pledge (i) creates a binding contractual obligation of the State of Kansas for purposes of the Contract Clause of the United States Constitution, and (ii) the Kansas commission could not take any action of a legislative character, including the rescission or amendment of the financing order, which violates the Kansas commission pledge in a manner that substantially reduces, limits or impairs the value of the securitized utility tariff property or the securitized utility tariff charges, prior to the time that the securitized utility tariff bonds are paid in full and discharged, unless the Kansas commission action clearly is exercised for a public end and is reasonably necessary to the accomplishment of that public end so as not to be arbitrary, capricious or an abuse of authority. There is no assurance, however, that even if a court were to award just compensation it would be sufficient to pay the full amount of principal and interest on the securitized utility tariff bonds;

7. there is no order by any court providing for the revocation, alteration, limitation or other impairment of the Securitization Act, the financing order or issuance advice letter, the securitized utility tariff property or the securitized utility tariff charges or any rights arising under any of them or that seeks to enjoin the performance of any obligations under the financing order;

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8. under the laws of the State of Kansas and the federal laws of the United States in effect on the issuance date, no other approval, authorization, consent, order or other action of, or filing with any court, federal or state regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental instrumentality is required in connection with the creation or transfer of KGS’s rights and interests related to the securitized utility tariff bonds under the financing order and our purchase of the securitized utility tariff property from KGS, except those that have been obtained or made;

9. based on information available to KGS on the issuance date, the assumptions used in calculating the securitized utility tariff charges in the issuance advice letter are reasonable and made in good faith; however, notwithstanding the foregoing, KGS makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, that billed securitized utility tariff charges will be actually collected from retail customers, or that amounts actually collected arising from the securitized utility tariff charges will in fact be sufficient to meet the payment obligations on the securitized utility tariff bonds or that the assumptions used in calculating such securitized utility tariff charges will in fact be realized;

10. a.     upon the effectiveness of the financing order, the transfer of KGS’s rights and interests related to

the securitized utility tariff bonds under the financing order and our purchase of the securitized utility tariff property from KGS pursuant to the sale agreement, the securitized utility tariff property will constitute a present contract right vested in us,

b. upon the effectiveness of the financing order, the issuance advice letter and the tariff, the transfer of KGS’s rights and interests under the financing order and our purchase of the securitized utility tariff property from KGS pursuant to the sale agreement, the securitized utility tariff property will include, without limitation:

(1) the right to impose, bill, charge, collect and receive the securitized utility tariff charges, including the right to receive securitized utility tariff charges in amounts and at times sufficient to pay principal and interest on the securitized utility tariff bonds,

(2) all rights and interest of KGS under the financing order, except the rights of KGS to earn and receive a rate of return on its invested capital in us, to receive administration and servicer fees or to use KGS’s proceeds from the sale of the securitized utility tariff property to us,

(3) the rights to obtain periodic adjustments of the securitized utility tariff charges as provided in the financing order, and

(4) all revenues, collections, claims, rights to payments, payments, money, or proceeds arising from the rights and interests resulting from the securitized utility tariff charges.

c. upon the effectiveness of the issuance advice letter and the form of tariff, the transfer of KGS’s rights and interests under the financing order and our purchase of the securitized utility tariff property from KGS on the issuance date pursuant to the sale agreement, the securitized utility tariff property will not be subject to any lien created by a previous indenture;

11. ONE Gas is a corporation duly organized and in good standing under the laws of the State of Oklahoma, with corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as currently owned or conducted;

12. KGS has the power and authority to obtain the financing order and to execute and deliver the sale agreement and to carry out its terms, to own the securitized utility tariff property under the financing order related to the securitized utility tariff bonds, and to sell and assign the securitized utility tariff property under the financing order to us, and the execution, delivery and performance of the sale agreement have been duly authorized by KGS by all necessary corporate action;

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13. the sale agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of KGS, enforceable against KGS in accordance with its terms, subject to customary exceptions relating to bankruptcy, creditors’ rights and equitable principles;

14. the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the sale agreement and the fulfillment of the terms thereof do not (a) conflict with or result in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time) a default under, the organizational documents of ONE Gas, or any indenture, mortgage, credit agreement or other agreement or instrument to which KGS is a party or by which it or its properties is bound; (b) result in the creation or imposition of any lien upon any of KGS’s properties pursuant to the terms of any such indenture or agreement or other instrument (except for any lien created by us under the basic documents in favor of the securitized utility tariff bondholders and in accordance with the Securitization Act) or (c) violate any existing law or any existing order, rule or regulation applicable to KGS of any court or of any federal or state regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over KGS or its properties;

15. except for continuation filings under the Kansas UCC and other filings under the Securitization Act and the Kansas UCC, no approval, authorization, consent, order or other action of, or filing with, any court, federal or state regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental instrumentality is required under any applicable law, rule or regulation in connection with the execution and delivery by KGS of the sale agreement, the performance by KGS of the transactions contemplated by the sale agreement or the fulfillment by KGS of the terms of the sale agreement, except those that have previously been obtained or made and those that KGS, in its capacity as servicer under the servicing agreement, is required to make in the future pursuant to the servicing agreement;

16. except as disclosed in this prospectus, there are no proceedings pending, and to KGS’s knowledge, (a) there are no proceedings threatened and (b) there are no investigations pending or threatened before any court, federal or state regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over KGS or its properties involving or related to KGS or us or, to KGS’s knowledge, to any other person:

a. asserting the invalidity of the sale agreement, any of the other basic documents, the securitized utility tariff bonds, the Securitization Act or the financing order,

b. seeking to prevent the issuance of the securitized utility tariff bonds or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the sale agreement or any of the other basic documents,

c. seeking any determination or ruling that could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the performance by KGS of its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, the sale agreement or any of the other basic documents or the securitized utility tariff bonds, or

d. challenging KGS’s treatment of the securitized utility tariff bonds as debt of KGS for federal or state income, gross receipts or franchise tax purposes;

17. after giving effect to the sale of the securitized utility tariff property under the sale agreement, KGS:

a. is solvent and expects to remain solvent,

b. is adequately capitalized to conduct its business and affairs considering its size and the nature of its business and intended purposes,

c. is not engaged and does not expect to engage in a business for which its remaining property represents an unreasonably small portion of its capital,

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d. reasonably believes that it will be able to pay its debts as they become due, and

e. is able to pay its debts as they become due and does not intend to incur, or believes that it will incur, indebtedness that it will not be able to repay at its maturity;

18. KGS is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing, and has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals, in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualifications, licenses or approvals (except where the failure to so qualify or obtain such licenses and approvals would not be reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on KGS’s business, operations, assets, revenues or properties);

19. Apart from amending the Constitution of the State of Kansas, the citizens of the State of Kansas currently do not have the constitutional right to adopt or revise state laws by initiative or referendum; and

20. KGS is not aware of any judgment or tax lien filings against us or KGS that would result in a lien on the securitized utility tariff property.

The representations and warranties made by KGS survive the sale of the securitized utility tariff property to us and the pledge thereof on the issuance date to the trustee. Any change in the law occurring after the issuance date that renders any of the representations and warranties untrue does not constitute a breach under the sale agreement.

KGS makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, as to the solvency of any retail customer on any issuance date or as to the future solvency of any retail customer.

KGS’s Covenants

In the sale agreement, KGS will make the following covenants:

1. subject to its rights to assign its rights and obligations under the sale agreement, so long as any of the securitized utility tariff bonds are outstanding, KGS will (i) keep in full force and effect its existence and remain in good standing under the laws of the state of its organization, and will obtain and preserve its qualification to do business in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is or will be necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of the sale agreement and each other instrument or agreement to which KGS is a party necessary to the proper administration of the sale agreement and the transactions contemplated by the sale agreement and (ii) continue to operate its natural gas delivery system to provide service to its customers;

2. except for the conveyances under the sale agreement or any lien under the basic documents pursuant to K.S.A. §66-1,245 of the Securitization Act for the benefit of the securitized utility tariff bondholders and the trustee, KGS may not sell, pledge, assign or transfer to any other person, or grant, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any lien on, any of the securitized utility tariff property, whether then existing or thereafter created, or any interest therein. KGS may not at any time assert any lien against or with respect to the securitized utility tariff property, and KGS shall defend the right, title and interest of us and of the trustee, as our assignee, in, to and under the securitized utility tariff property against all claims of third parties claiming through or under KGS;

3. in the event that KGS receives collections in respect of the securitized utility tariff charges or the proceeds thereof other than in its capacity as the servicer, KGS agrees to pay to the servicer, on our behalf, all payments (other than penalty amounts the Kansas commission ordered in Commission Docket No. 21-KGSG-332-GIG on March 3, 2022) received by it in respect thereof as soon as practicable after receipt thereof; prior to such remittance to KGS by us, we agree that such amounts are held by it in trust for us and the trustee;

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4. KGS will notify us and the trustee promptly after becoming aware of any lien on any of the securitized utility tariff property, other than the conveyances under the sale agreement, any lien created in favor of the securitized utility tariff bondholders or any lien created by us under the indenture;

5. KGS agrees to comply with its organizational or governing documents and all laws, treaties, rules, regulations and determinations of any court or federal or state regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental instrumentality applicable to it, except to the extent that failure to so comply would not materially adversely affect our or the trustee’s interests in the securitized utility tariff property or under the basic documents or KGS’s performance of its obligations under the sale agreement or under any of the other basic documents;

6. so long as any of the securitized utility tariff bonds are outstanding, KGS:

a. will treat the securitized utility tariff bonds as our debt and not debt of KGS, except for financial reporting or tax purposes;

b. will disclose in its financial statements that it is not the owner of the securitized utility tariff property and that our assets are not available to pay creditors of KGS or its affiliates (other than us);

c. will not own or purchase any of the securitized utility tariff bonds; and

d. unless, and to the extent, required by applicable law or by any court or federal or state regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental instrumentality, will disclose the effects of all transactions between us and KGS in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

7. so long as any of the securitized utility tariff bonds are outstanding:

a. in all proceedings relating directly or indirectly to the securitized utility tariff property, KGS will affirmatively certify and confirm that it has sold all of its rights and interests in and to the securitized utility tariff property to us (other than for financial reporting or tax purposes), and will not make any statement or reference in respect of the securitized utility tariff property that is inconsistent with our ownership (other than for financial reporting or tax purposes);

b. KGS will not take any action in respect of the securitized utility tariff property except solely in its capacity as servicer thereof pursuant to the servicing agreement or as contemplated by the basic documents;

c. neither we nor KGS will take any action, file any tax return, or make any election inconsistent with the treatment of us, for purposes of federal taxes and, to the extent consistent with applicable state, local and other tax law, for purposes of state, local and other taxes, as a disregarded entity that is not separate from KGS (or, if relevant, from another sole owner of us);

d. if KGS enters into a sale agreement selling to any other affiliate property consisting of nonbypassable charges payable by KGS’s retail customers comparable to those sold by KGS pursuant to the sale agreement, the rating agency condition will be satisfied with respect to the securitized utility tariff bonds prior to or coincident with such sale and KGS shall enter into an intercreditor agreement with us, the indenture trustee, the issuing entity of such additional bonds and the trustee for such additional bonds; and

e. Neither KGS nor a subsidiary of KGS will issue bonds similar to the securitized utility tariff bonds or other bonds supported by nonbypassable charges payable by KGS’s retail customers comparable to those sold by KGS pursuant to the sale agreement without the rating agency condition being satisfied with respect to the securitized utility tariff bonds prior to or coincident with such issuance;

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8. KGS agrees that, upon the sale by KGS of all of its rights and interests related to the securitized utility tariff property to us pursuant to the sale agreement to the fullest extent permitted by law, including applicable Kansas commission regulations and the Securitization Act, we shall have all of the rights originally held by KGS with respect to the securitized utility tariff property, including the right (subject to the terms of the servicing agreement) to exercise any and all rights and remedies to collect any amounts payable by any retail customer in respect of the securitized utility tariff property, notwithstanding any objection or direction to the contrary by KGS (and KGS agrees not to make any such objection or to take any such contrary action) and any payment to the servicer by any person responsible for remitting securitized utility tariff charges to the servicer under the terms of the financing order or the Securitization Act or the rate schedules in the form of tariff shall discharge such person’s obligations in respect of the securitized utility tariff property to the extent of such payment, notwithstanding any objection or direction to the contrary by KGS;

9. KGS will execute and file such filings, and cause to be executed and filed such filings in such manner and in such places as may be required by law fully to preserve, maintain and protect our and the trustee’s interests in the securitized utility tariff property, including all filings required under the Securitization Act and the UCC relating to the transfer of the ownership of the rights and interests under the financing order by KGS to us and the pledge of the securitized utility tariff property by us to the trustee. KGS will deliver (or cause to be delivered) to us and the trustee file-stamped copies of, or filing receipts for, any document filed as provided above, as soon as available following such filing;

10. KGS will institute any action or proceeding reasonably necessary to compel performance by the Kansas commission or the State of Kansas of any of their obligations or duties under the Securitization Act, the financing order or the issuance advice letter relating to the transfer of the rights and interests under the financing order by KGS to us, and shall notify the trustee of the institution of any such action. KGS agrees to take such legal or administrative actions, including defending against or instituting and pursuing legal actions and appearing or testifying at hearings or similar proceedings, in each case as may be reasonably necessary:

a. to protect us and the securitized utility tariff bondholders from claims, state actions or other actions or proceedings of third parties which, if successfully pursued, would result in a breach of any representation described above under the caption “—KGS’s Representations and Warranties”; or

b. so long as KGS is also the servicer, to block or overturn any attempts to cause a repeal of, modification of or supplement to the Securitization Act, the financing order, the issuance advice letter or the rights of holders of securitized utility tariff bonds by legislative enactment (including any action of the Kansas commission of a legislative character) or constitutional amendment that would be materially adverse to us, the trustee or the securitized utility tariff bondholders. The costs of any such actions or proceedings would be reimbursed by us to KGS from amounts on deposit in the collection account as an operating expense in accordance with the terms of the indenture. KGS’s obligations pursuant to this covenant survive and continue notwithstanding that the payment of operating expenses pursuant to the indenture may be delayed.

11. so long as any of the securitized utility tariff bonds are outstanding, KGS will pay all material taxes, assessments and governmental charges imposed upon it or any of its properties or assets or with respect to any of its franchises, businesses, income or property before any penalty accrues thereon if the failure to pay any such taxes, assessments and governmental charges would, after any applicable grace periods, notices or other similar requirements, result in a lien on the securitized utility tariff property; provided that no such tax need be paid if KGS or any of its affiliates is contesting the same in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently conducted and if KGS or such affiliate has established appropriate reserves as shall be required in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles;

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12. KGS will comply with all filing requirements imposed upon it in its capacity as seller of the securitized utility tariff property under the financing order, including making any post-closing filings;

13. even if the sale agreement or the indenture providing for the securitized utility tariff bonds is terminated, KGS will not, prior to the date that is one year and one day after the termination of the indenture, petition or otherwise invoke or cause us to invoke the process of any court or federal or state regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental instrumentality for the purpose of commencing or sustaining an involuntary case against us under any federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of ours, or any substantial part of the property of ours or ordering the winding up or liquidation of our affairs. We will also agree in the sale agreement not to petition or otherwise induce or cause KGS to invoke such a process for the same period of time;

14. KGS agrees not to withdraw the filing of the issuance advice letter with the Kansas commission;

15. KGS agrees to make all reasonable efforts to keep each rate schedule relating to the securitized utility tariff charges in full force and effect at all times;

16. Promptly after obtaining knowledge thereof, in the event of a breach in any material respect (without regard to any materiality qualifier contained in such representation, warranty or covenant) of any of KGS’s representations, warranties or covenants contained in the sale agreement, KGS shall promptly notify us, the trustee and the rating agencies of such breach. For the avoidance of doubt, any breach which would adversely affect scheduled payments on the securitized utility tariff bonds will be deemed to be a material breach;

17. KGS shall use the proceeds of the sale of the securitized utility tariff property in accordance with the financing order and the Securitization Act; and

18. Upon the reasonable request of us, KGS shall execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary to carry out more effectually the provisions and purposes of the sale agreement.

KGS’s Obligation to Indemnify Us and the Trustee and to Take Legal Action

Under the sale agreement, KGS is obligated to indemnify us and the trustee, for itself and on behalf of the securitized utility tariff bondholders and related parties specified therein, against:

1. any and all taxes, other than any taxes imposed on the securitized utility tariff bondholders solely as a result of their ownership of the securitized utility tariff bonds, that may at any time be imposed on or asserted against any of those persons under existing law as of the issuance date as a result of the sale and assignment of KGS’s rights and interests under the financing order by KGS to us, the acquisition or holding of the securitized utility tariff property by us or the issuance and sale by us of the securitized utility tariff bonds, including any sales, gross receipts, tangible personal property, privilege, franchise or license taxes, but excluding any taxes imposed as a result of a failure of that person to properly withhold or remit taxes imposed with respect to payments on any securitized utility tariff bond, in the event and to the extent such taxes are not recoverable as financing costs, it being understood that the securitized utility tariff bondholders will be entitled to enforce their rights against KGS solely through a cause of action brought for their benefit by the trustee in accordance with the terms of the indenture; and

2. any and all liabilities, obligations, claims, actions, suits or payments of any kind whatsoever that may be imposed on or asserted against any such person, which may include, without limitation, an amount equal to principal and interest on the securitized utility tariff bonds as a measure of KGS’s indemnification obligations,

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together with any reasonable costs and expenses incurred by that person, in each case as a result of KGS’s breach of any of its representations, warranties or covenants contained in the sale agreement.

However, KGS is not required to indemnify the trustee or related parties against any liability, obligation, claim, action, suit or payment incurred by them through their own willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith. KGS is not required to indemnify a party for any amount paid or payable by such party in the settlement of any action, proceeding or investigation without the prior written consent of KGS which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

These indemnification obligations will rank equally in right of payment with other general unsecured obligations of KGS. The indemnities described above will survive the resignation or removal of the trustee and the termination of the sale agreement and include reasonable fees and expenses of investigation and litigation (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses). The representations and warranties described above under the caption “—KGS’s Representations and Warranties” are made under existing law as in effect as of the date of issuance of the securitized utility tariff bonds. KGS will not indemnify any party for any changes of law after the issuance of the securitized utility tariff bonds or for any liability resulting solely from a downgrade in the ratings on the securitized utility tariff bonds.

KGS’s Limited Obligation to Undertake Legal Action. As described in clause 10 above under “— KGS’s Covenants,” the sale agreement will require KGS to institute any action or proceeding reasonably necessary to compel performance by the Kansas commission or the State of Kansas of any of their obligations or duties under the Securitization Act, the financing order or the issuance advice letter with respect to the securitized utility tariff property. Except for the foregoing and subject to KGS’s further covenant to fully preserve, maintain and protect our interests in the securitized utility tariff property, KGS will not be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that is not incidental to its obligations under the sale agreement and that in its opinion may involve it in any expense or liability.

Successors to KGS

The sale agreement will provide that any person which succeeds by merger, conversion, consolidation, sale or other similar transaction to all or substantially all of the natural gas utility business in the state of Kansas of KGS will be the successor to KGS with respect to KGS’s ongoing obligations under the sale agreement without the execution or filing of any document or any further act by any of the parties to the sale agreement. The sale agreement will further require that:

• immediately after giving effect to any transaction referred to in this paragraph, no representation, warranty or covenant made in the sale agreement will have been breached in any material respect, and no servicer default, and no event that, after notice or lapse of time, or both, would become a servicer default will have occurred and be continuing,

• the rating agencies specified in the sale agreement will have received prior written notice of the transaction, and

• officers’ certificates and opinions of counsel specified in the sale agreement will have been delivered to us and the trustee.

Amendment

The sale agreement may be amended in writing by the parties thereto, if notice of the amendment is provided by us to each rating agency and the rating agency condition has been satisfied, with the consent of the trustee and, with respect to amendments that would increase ongoing financing costs, the consent or deemed consent of the Kansas commission.

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THE SERVICING AGREEMENT

The following summary describes the material terms and provisions of the servicing agreement pursuant to which the servicer will undertake to service the securitized utility tariff property. We have filed the form of the servicing agreement with the SEC as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, and we urge you to read such document in its entirety.

Servicing Procedures

General.    The servicer, as our agent, will manage, service, and administer in respect of the securitized utility tariff property. The servicer’s duties will include:

• calculating customer counts, billing the securitized utility tariff charges, collecting such amounts from retail customers and remitting all collections in respect of the securitized utility tariff property,

• responding to inquiries by retail customers, the Kansas commission or any other governmental authority with respect to the securitized utility tariff property or the securitized utility tariff charges,

• investigating and handling delinquencies (and furnishing reports with respect to such delinquencies to us) processing and depositing collections and making periodic remittances,

• furnishing required periodic and current reports to us, the trustee, the Kansas commission and the rating agencies,

• making all filings with the Kansas commission and taking all other actions necessary to perfect our ownership interests in and the trustee’s first priority lien on the securitized utility tariff property and other portions of the collateral,

• selling, as our agent, defaulted or written off accounts in accordance with the servicer’s usual and customary practices,

• taking all necessary action in connection with true-up adjustments to the securitized utility tariff charges as described below, and

• performing such other duties as may be specified under the financing order to be performed by it.

Please read “KGS’s Financing Order” in this prospectus. The servicer is required to notify us, the trustee and the rating agencies in writing of any laws, orders, directions or Kansas commission regulations promulgated after the execution of the servicing agreement that have a material adverse effect on the servicer’s ability to perform its duties under the servicing agreement. The servicer is also authorized to execute and deliver documents and to make filings and participate in proceedings on our behalf.

In the servicing agreement, the servicer will agree, among other things, that, in servicing the securitized utility tariff property, except where the failure to comply with any of the following would not materially adversely affect our or the trustee’s respective interests in the securitized utility tariff property:

• it will manage, service, administer, bill, charge, collect, receive and remit collections in respect of the securitized utility tariff property with reasonable care and in material compliance with applicable requirements of law, including all applicable Kansas commission regulations and guidelines, using the same degree of care and diligence that the servicer exercises with respect to similar assets for its own account and, if applicable, for others,

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• it will follow standards, policies and procedures in performing its duties as servicer that are customary in the natural gas distribution industry,

• it will calculate the securitized utility tariff charges in compliance with the Securitization Act, the financing order and any applicable tariffs,

• it will use all reasonable efforts consistent with its customary servicing procedures, to enforce, and maintain rights in respect of, the securitized utility tariff property and to impose, bill, charge, collect, receive and remit the securitized utility tariff charges,

• comply with all requirements of law, including all applicable Kansas commission regulations and guidelines, applicable to and binding on it relating to the securitized utility tariff property,

• file all reports with the Kansas commission required by the financing order,

• file and maintain the effectiveness of UCC financing statements in Kansas with respect to the property transferred under the sale agreement, and

• take such other action on behalf of us to ensure that the lien of the trustee on the collateral remains perfected and of first priority.

The duties of the servicer set forth in the servicing agreement are qualified by any Kansas commission regulations or orders in effect at the time those duties are to be performed.

Servicer Obligation to Undertake Legal Action.    The servicer is required, subject to applicable law, to negotiate for the retention of legal counsel and such other experts as may be needed to institute and maintain any action or proceeding on behalf of and in the name of the issuing entity necessary to compel performance by the Kansas commission or the State of Kansas or any other state agency of any of their obligations or duties under the Securitization Act or the financing order, and the servicer agrees to assist us and our legal counsel in taking such legal or administrative actions, including defending against or instituting and pursuing legal actions and appearing or testifying at hearings or similar proceedings, as may be reasonably necessary to attempt to block or overturn any attempts to cause a repeal of, modification of or supplement to the Securitization Act or the financing order, or the rights of holders of securitized utility tariff property by legislative enactment, constitutional amendment or other means that would be adverse to bondholders.

Remittances to the Trustee.    The servicer will remit securitized utility tariff charges to the trustee as soon as reasonably practicable after collection to the general subaccount of the collection account, but in no event later than two servicer business days following such collection date.

Securitized Utility Tariff Charge Adjustment Process

Semi-Annual True-Ups.    Among other things, the servicing agreement will require the servicer to file true-up adjustment requests at least semi-annually to correct any under-collections or over-collections during the preceding six months and to ensure the expected recovery of amounts sufficient to provide timely payment of principal and interest on the securitized utility tariff bonds and all other financing costs. For more information on the true-up process, please read “KGS’s Financing Order—True-Ups.” These adjustment requests are to be based on actual collected securitized utility tariff charges and updated assumptions by the servicer as to projected future number of retail customers during the next period, expected delinquencies and write-offs and future payments and expenses relating to the securitized utility tariff property and the securitized utility tariff bonds. The servicer agrees to calculate these adjustments to:

• correct any under-collections or over-collections during the preceding six months; and

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• ensure the expected recovery of amounts sufficient to timely provide all payments of the scheduled principal of and interest on the securitized utility tariff bonds and all other financing costs during the subsequent 12-month period (or, in the case of certain quarterly true-up adjustments, the period ending on the next securitized utility tariff bond payment date), consistent with the methodology described in the financing order.

The servicer will agree to file adjustment requests on each calculation date for us as specified in the servicing agreement. In accordance with the financing order, the Kansas commission has 30 days from the servicer’s filing to approve the adjustments. Any adjustment to the allocation of securitized utility tariff charges will become effective on the proposed effective date, which cannot be less than 30 days of filing. Any adjustments to the securitized utility tariff charges will be made in future true-up adjustment filings.

Interim True-Ups.    In addition to semi-annual true-up adjustments, true-up adjustments may be made by the servicer more frequently at any time during the term of the securitized utility tariff bonds to correct any under-collection to ensure timely payment of securitized utility tariff bonds as scheduled. In the event an interim true-up is necessary, the interim true-up adjustment should be filed by the fifteenth day of the current month for implementation in the first billing cycle of the following month. In no event would such interim true-up adjustments occur more frequently than every six months; provided, however, that there shall be quarterly true-up adjustments for any securitized utility tariff bonds remaining outstanding during the year immediately preceding the scheduled final payment date for the securitized utility tariff bonds.

Remittances to Collection Account

The servicer will remit securitized utility tariff charge collections on each servicer business day (the “daily remittance”) to the trustee for deposit to the general subaccount of the collection account as soon as reasonably practicable, but in no event later than two servicer business days following receipt of such securitized utility tariff charge collections. For a description of the allocation of the deposits, please read “Description of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds—How Funds in the Collection Account will be Allocated.” Until securitized utility tariff charge collections are remitted to the collection account, the servicer will not be required to segregate them from its general funds. Please read “Risk Factors—Risks Associated with Potential Bankruptcy Proceedings of the Seller or the Servicer” in this prospectus. Prior to, or concurrently with, each such remittance to the general subaccount of the collection account, the servicer shall provide written notice to the trustee and, upon request, to us of such remittance. The servicer shall also, promptly upon receipt, remit to the collection account any other proceeds of the trust estate that it may receive from time to time. In the servicing agreement, the servicer will agree and acknowledge that it holds all securitized utility tariff charge payments or any other proceeds for the trust estate received by it for the benefit of the trustee and the securitized utility tariff bondholders and that all such amounts will be remitted by the servicer without any surcharge, fee, offset, charge or other deduction. The servicer shall not make any claim to reduce its obligation to remit all securitized utility tariff charge payments collected by it in accordance with the servicing agreement. Unless otherwise directed to do so by us, the servicer shall be responsible for selecting eligible investments in which the funds in the collection account shall be invested pursuant to the indenture.

So long as the servicer faithfully makes all daily remittances of collected securitized utility tariff charges, as provided for in the servicing agreement, no actual or deemed investment earnings shall be payable in respect of such over-remittances or under-remittances.

Although the servicer will remit collected securitized utility tariff charges to the trustee, the servicer is not obligated to make any payments on the securitized utility tariff bonds. In the case of any shortfall, KGS will, first, allocate that shortfall ratably based on the amount owed to KGS or other parties (including those amounts

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associated with the securitized utility tariff bonds and similar securitization charges) and the amount owed for other fees and charges, other than late charges, and second, late fees and charges may be allocated to KGS. The portion owed in respect of securitized utility tariff charges may be further allocated ratably between us, as issuing entity of the securitized utility tariff bonds, and other affiliates of KGS who have issued securitized utility tariff bonds under the securitization provisions of the Securitization Act, as such bonds may be issued in the future.

Servicer Compensation

The servicer will be entitled to receive an aggregate annual servicing fee for all of the securitized utility tariff bonds outstanding in an amount equal to:

• 0.05% of the aggregate initial principal amount of the securitized utility tariff bonds plus reimbursable expenses for so long as the KGS or an affiliate is the servicer, or

• If KGS or any of its affiliates is not the servicer, an amount agreed upon by the successor servicer and the trustee, provided that the annual servicing fee shall not exceed 0.60% of the aggregate initial principal amount of the securitized utility tariff bonds unless the Kansas commission has approved the appointment of the successor servicer or the Kansas commission does not act to approve or disapprove such appointment on or before the date which is 30 days after notice of the proposed appointment of the successor servicer.

The servicing fee shall be paid semi-annually, with half of the servicing fee being paid on each payment date, except for the amount to be paid on the first payment date in which case the servicing fee then due will be calculated based on the number of days that the servicing agreement has been in effect. In addition, the servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed by us for filing fees and fees and expenses for printing, attorneys, accountings, and other professional services incurred to meet our obligations under the basic documents. The servicing fee for the securitized utility tariff bonds will be subject to the priority of payments as described under “Description of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds—How Funds in the Collection Account Will Be Allocated” in this prospectus. The servicing fee for the securitized utility tariff bonds will be paid prior to the payment of or provision for any amounts in respect of interest on and principal of the securitized utility tariff bonds.

KGS’s Representations and Warranties as Servicer

In the servicing agreement, the servicer will represent and warrant to us and the Kansas commission (for the benefit of customers), as of the issuance date of the securitized utility tariff bonds or as of such other dates as expressly provided below, among other things, that:

• the servicer is duly organized, validly existing and is in good standing under the laws of the state of its organization (which is Oklahoma, when KGS is the servicer), with the requisite power and authority to own its properties, to conduct its business as such properties are currently owned and such business is presently conducted by it, to service the securitized utility tariff property and hold the records related to the securitized utility tariff property, and to execute, deliver and carry out the terms of the servicing agreement,

• the servicer is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing, and has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals, in all jurisdictions in the ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business (including the servicing of the securitized utility tariff property as required by the servicing agreement) requires such qualifications, licenses or approvals (except where a failure to qualify would not be reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the servicer’s business, operations, assets, revenues or properties or to its servicing of the securitized utility tariff property),

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• the servicer’s execution, delivery and performance of the terms of the servicing agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the servicer under its organizational or governing documents and laws,

• the servicing agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the servicer, enforceable against the servicer in accordance with its terms, subject to customary exceptions relating to insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer and certain equitable principles (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law),

• the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the servicing agreement do not conflict with, or result in any breach of, or constitute a default under the servicer’s organizational documents, or any indenture or other agreement or instrument to which the servicer is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound, result in the creation or imposition of any lien upon the servicer’s properties (other than any lien that may be granted under the basic documents) or violate any law or any existing order, rule or regulation applicable to the servicer,

• there are no proceedings or investigations pending or, to the servicer’s knowledge, threatened against the servicer before any court, federal or state regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the servicer or its properties, seeking to prevent the issuance of the securitized utility tariff bonds or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the servicing agreement or any of the other basic documents, or, if applicable, any supplement to the indenture or amendment to the sale agreement, seeking any determination or ruling that might materially and adversely affect the performance by the servicer of its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability against the servicer of, the servicing agreement or any of the other basic documents, or relating to the servicer and that might materially and adversely affect the treatment of the securitized utility tariff bonds for federal or state income, gross receipts or franchise tax purposes,

• no governmental approvals, authorizations, consents, orders or other actions or filings with any governmental authority are required for the servicer to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the servicing agreement except those that have previously been obtained or made, those that are required to be made by the servicer in the future and those that the servicer may need to file in the future to continue the effectiveness of any financing statements, and

• each report and certificate delivered in connection with any filing made with the Kansas commission by the servicer on our behalf with respect to the securitized utility tariff charges or true-up adjustments will constitute a representation and warranty by the servicer that such report or certificate, as the case may be, is true and correct in all material respects, and to the extent that such report is based upon or contains assumptions, forecasts or other predictions of future events, the representation and warranty of the servicer with respect thereto will be limited to the representation and warranty that such assumptions, forecasts or other predictions of future events are reasonable based upon historical performance and the facts known to the servicer on the date such report or certificate is delivered.

The servicer is not responsible for any decision, ruling, action or delay of the Kansas commission, except those caused by the servicer’s failure to file required applications in a timely and correct manner or other breach of its duties under the servicing agreement. The servicer also is not liable for the calculation of the securitized utility tariff charges and adjustments, including any inaccuracy in the assumptions made in the calculation, so long as the servicer has acted in good faith and has not acted in a grossly negligent manner.

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The Servicer Will Indemnify Us, Other Entities and the Kansas Commission in Limited Circumstances

Under the servicing agreement, the servicer shall indemnify for, and defend and hold harmless, us, the trustee (for itself and for the benefit of the securitized utility tariff bondholders), the independent manager and each of their respective trustees, officers, directors, employees and agents for such persons from and against any and all reasonable costs, reasonable expenses, obligations, payments, claims, losses, damages and liabilities of any kind whatsoever imposed on, incurred by or asserted against any such person as a result of:

• the servicer’s willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence in the performance of, or reckless disregard of, its duties or observance of its covenants under the servicing agreement,

• the servicer’s material breach of any of its representations or warranties that results in a servicer default under the servicing agreement,

• litigation and related expenses relating to the servicer’s status and obligations as servicer (other than any proceedings the servicer is required to institute under the servicing agreement), and

• the reasonable costs and expenses (including legal costs and expenses) of enforcing the indemnification obligations of the servicer.

The servicer will not be liable to any such party, however, for any reasonable costs, reasonable expenses, obligations, payments, claims, losses, damages and liabilities of any kind whatsoever, resulting from the willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence of the party seeking indemnification.

The servicer will also credit its retail customers to the extent there are higher securitized utility tariff charges, including higher servicing fees payable to a successor servicer, because of the servicer’s negligence, recklessness, willful misconduct or termination of the servicing agreement for cause, provided that any such credit shall not impact the securitized utility tariff charges or the securitized utility tariff property.

Limitation on Liability of Servicer and Others

Except as expressly provided in the servicing agreement, neither the servicer, nor any of its directors, officers, employees and agents will be liable to us or any other person for any action taken or for refraining from taking any action pursuant to the servicing agreement or for good faith errors in judgment. However, the servicer and any such person shall not be protected against any liability that would otherwise be imposed by reason of negligence, recklessness or willful misconduct in the performance of duties or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations and duties under the servicing agreement. The servicer and any of its directors, officers, employees or agents may rely in good faith on the advice of counsel or on any document, prima facie properly executed and submitted by any person respecting any matters under the servicing agreement. In addition, the servicing agreement will provide that the servicer is under no obligation to appear in, prosecute, or defend any legal action, except as provided in the servicing agreement.

The Servicer Will Provide Statements to Us, the Kansas Commission and the Trustee

Not later than five business days prior to each payment date or special payment date, the servicer will deliver a written report to us, the Kansas commission, the trustee and the rating agencies, which shall include all of the following information, to the extent applicable and including any other information as so specified in the series

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supplement, as to the securitized utility tariff bonds with respect to such payment date or special payment date or the period since the previous payment date, as appliable:

• the securitized utility tariff bond balance and the projected securitized utility tariff bond balance as of the immediately preceding payment date,

• the amount on deposit in the capital subaccount and the excess funds subaccount and the amount required to be on deposit in the capital subaccount as of the immediately preceding payment date,

• the amount of the payment to securitized utility tariff bondholders allocable to principal, if any,

• the amount of the payment to securitized utility tariff bondholders allocable to interest,

• the aggregate outstanding amount of the securitized utility tariff bonds, before and after giving effect to any payments allocated to principal reported as above,

• the difference, if any, between the aggregate outstanding amount provided above and the outstanding amount specified in the expected amortization schedule,

• any other transfers and payments to be made on such payment date or special payment date, including amounts paid to the trustee or to the servicer, and

• the servicer’s projection of the amount on deposit in the excess funds subaccount for the payment date immediately preceding the next succeeding adjustment date.

The Servicer Will Provide Assessments Concerning Compliance with the Servicing Agreement

The servicing agreement will provide that the servicer will furnish annually to us, the Kansas commission, the trustee and the rating agencies, on or before March 31 of each year, starting in 2024, to and including the March 31st following the final maturity date of the securitized utility tariff bonds, certificates by an officer of the servicer (a) containing and certifying statements of compliance required by Item 1123 of Regulation AB of the SEC and (b) containing and certifying its statements and assessment of compliance with specified servicing criteria as required by Item 1122(a) of Regulation AB of the SEC, during the preceding 12 months ended December 31 (or preceding period since the closing date of the issuance of the securitized utility tariff bonds in the case of the first statement) including a statement that to the best of such officer’s knowledge, the servicer has fulfilled its obligations under the servicing agreement for the preceding calendar year, or the relevant portion thereof, or, if there has been a default in the fulfillment of any relevant obligation, stating that there has been a default and describing each default. The servicer has agreed to give us, the Kansas commission, each rating agency and the trustee written notice of any servicer default under the servicing agreement.

The servicing agreement will provide that a firm of independent certified public accountants will furnish to us, the Kansas commission, the trustee and the rating agencies, on or before March 31 of each year, beginning March 31, 2024, or, if earlier, on the date on which ONE Gas’s annual report on Form 10-K is required to be filed, a statement as to compliance by the servicer during the preceding twelve months ended December 31, or the relevant portion thereof, with procedures relating to the servicing of securitized utility tariff property. This report, which is referred to in this prospectus as the “annual accountant’s report,” will state that the accounting firm has performed certain procedures, agreed between the servicer and such accountants, in connection with the servicer’s compliance with its obligations under the sale agreement during the preceding calendar year, identifying the results of the procedures and including any exceptions to the procedures relating to the servicing of the securitized utility tariff property.

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Matters Regarding KGS as the Servicer

KGS shall not resign from its obligation and duties as servicer under the servicing agreement except upon a determination that its performance of its duties shall no longer be permissible under the applicable requirements of law. Notice of such determination permitting such resignation will be communicated to us, the Kansas commission, the trustee and each rating agency at the earliest practicable time, and any such determination shall be evidenced by an opinion of counsel to such effect. No such resignation shall become effective until a successor servicer has been approved by the Kansas commission and has assumed the servicing obligations and duties of the servicer in accordance with the servicing agreement.

The obligations to continue to provide service and to collect and account for securitized utility tariff charges will be binding upon the servicer, any successor and any other entity that provides natural gas distribution services to a person that is a Kansas retail customer of KGS or any successor so long as the securitized utility tariff charges have not been fully collected and posted. Under the servicing agreement, any person:

• into which the servicer may be merged, converted or consolidated,

• that may result from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the servicer shall be a party, or

• that may succeed to the properties and assets of the servicer substantially as a whole and that is a permitted successor,

shall be the successor to the servicer under the servicing agreement without further act on the part of the parties under that agreement, provided however, that certain conditions are met and that such person executed an agreement of assumption to perform all of the obligations of the servicer. These conditions include the following:

• immediately after giving effect to such transaction referred to above, no representation or warranty made by the servicer in the servicing agreement shall have been breached and no servicer default and no event that, after notice or lapse of time, or both, would become a servicer default, will have occurred and be continuing,

• an officers’ certificate and opinions of counsel from external counsel will have been delivered to us, the Kansas commission and the trustee stating that the transaction referred to above and such agreement of assumption referred to above complies with the servicing agreement and all conditions to transfer under the servicing agreement,

• the servicer shall have delivered to us, the Kansas commission, the trustee and the ratings agencies an opinion of counsel from external counsel of the servicer either stating that (i) in the opinion of such counsel, all filings to be made by the servicer, including filings with the Kansas commission pursuant to the Securitization Act and the Kansas UCC, have been executed and filed and are in full force and effect that are necessary to fully preserve, perfect and maintain the our priority interests and the liens of the trustee in the securitized utility tariff property and reciting the details of such filings or (ii) in the opinion of such counsel, no such action shall be necessary to preserve and protect such interests.

• the servicer has delivered to us, the Kansas commission, the trustee and the rating agencies a no material adverse tax change opinion of independent tax counsel regarding such transfer, and

• prior written notice will have been received by the rating agencies.

The servicing agreement will permit the servicer to appoint any person to perform any or all of its obligations under the servicing agreement. However, unless the appointed person is an affiliate of KGS, the appointment must satisfy the rating agency condition. In all cases where an agent is appointed, the servicer will remain obligated and liable under the servicing agreement.

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Events Constituting a Default by the Servicer

Servicer defaults under the servicing agreement will include, among other things:

• any failure by the servicer to remit to the collection account, on our behalf, any remittance required to be remitted pursuant to the servicing agreement that continues unremedied for five servicer business days after written notice of such failure is received by the servicer from us or from the trustee or after discovery of such failure by an officer of the servicer,

• any failure by the servicer to duly perform its obligations to make securitized utility tariff charge adjustment filings in the time and manner set forth in the servicing agreement, which failure continues unremedied for a period of five business days,

• any failure on the part of the servicer or, so long as the servicer is KGS or an affiliate thereof, any failure on the part of KGS, as the case may be, duly to observe or to perform, in any material respect, any covenant or agreement of the servicer set forth in the servicing agreement or any other basic document to which it is a party, which failure materially and adversely affects the holders and continues unremedied for 30 days after written notice of this failure has been given to the servicer by us, the Kansas commission or the trustee or after discovery of this failure by a responsible officer of the servicer, as the case may be,

• any representation or warranty made by the servicer in the servicing agreement or any other basic document proves to have been incorrect in a material respect when made, which has a material adverse effect on holders and which continues unremedied for 60 days after written notice of this failure, requiring the same to be remedied, has been given to the servicer by us or the trustee or such failure is discovered by a responsible officer of the servicer, as the case may be, or

• certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or liquidation of the servicer.

The Trustee’s Rights if the Servicer Defaults

In the event a servicer default under the servicing agreement remains unremedied, the trustee, upon the instruction of the holders of not less than a majority of the outstanding principal amount of the securitized utility tariff bonds, shall, by written notice to the servicer, terminate all the rights and obligations of the servicer under the servicing agreement, other than the servicer’s indemnification obligation and obligation to continue performing its functions as servicer until a successor servicer is appointed. Under the servicing agreement, the servicer’s indemnity obligations to us, the trustee and the independent manager will survive its replacement as servicer. After the termination of the responsibilities and rights of the predecessor servicer as described above, the trustee will appoint a successor servicer who will succeed to all the rights and duties of the servicer under the servicing agreement and will be entitled to similar compensation arrangements. The predecessor servicer shall, on an ongoing basis, cooperate with us and successor servicer and provide whatever information is, and take whatever actions are, reasonably necessary to assist the successor servicer in performing its obligations hereunder.

In addition, when a servicer defaults, the bondholders of the securitized utility tariff bonds (subject to the provisions of the indenture) and the trustee as beneficiary of any lien permitted by the Securitization Act will be entitled to apply to the Kansas commission or a court of appropriate jurisdiction for an order of sequestration and payment of revenues arising from the applicable securitized utility tariff property. Upon a servicer default based upon the commencement of a case by or against the servicer under the bankruptcy or insolvency laws, the trustee may be prevented from effecting a transfer of servicing. Please read “Risk Factors—Risks Associated with Potential Bankruptcy Proceedings of the Seller or the Servicer” and “How a Bankruptcy May Affect Your

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Investment” in this prospectus. The trustee may appoint, at the written direction of the securitized utility tariff bondholders evidencing a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding securitized utility tariff bonds, or petition a court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of, a successor servicer which satisfies criteria specified by the rating agencies rating the securitized utility tariff bonds.

Waiver of Past Defaults

The trustee, with the written consent of the securitized utility tariff bondholders evidencing a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding securitized utility tariff bonds, may waive in writing any default by the servicer in the performance of its obligations under the servicing agreement and its consequences, except a default in making any required deposits to the collection account in accordance with the servicing agreement. The servicing agreement provides that no waiver will impair the securitized utility tariff bondholders’ rights relating to subsequent defaults.

The Replacement of KGS as Servicer with a Successor Servicer

Upon the event of default by the servicer under the servicing agreement relating to the servicer’s performance of its servicing functions with respect to the securitized utility tariff charges, KGS may be replaced as the servicer under the terms of the servicing agreement with our prior written consent (which we shall not unreasonably withhold). The successor servicer shall not begin providing service until (i) the Kansas commission approves the appointment of such successor servicer or (ii) the Kansas commission does not act to either approve or disapprove the appointment of the successor servicer within thirty (30) days after notice of appointment of the successor servicer is provided to the Kansas commission. Additionally, no entity may replace KGS as the servicer if the replacement would cause any of the then-current credit ratings of the securitized utility tariff bonds to be suspended, withdrawn, or downgraded. To the extent a higher servicing fee is caused by the appointment of a successor servicer not affiliated with KGS due to the negligence, recklessness, willful misconduct or termination of the servicing agreement for cause of KGS or an affiliate of KGS, the servicing agreement provides that KGS shall bear the increased portion, and not its customers.

The Obligations of a Successor Servicer

Pursuant to the provisions of the servicing agreement, if for any reason a third party assumes or succeeds to the role of the servicer under the servicing agreement, the servicing agreement will require the predecessor servicer to cooperate with us, the trustee and the successor servicer in terminating the predecessor servicer’s rights and responsibilities under the servicing agreement, including the transfer to the successor servicer of all documentation pertaining to the securitized utility tariff property and all cash amounts then held by the predecessor servicer for remittance or subsequently acquired by the predecessor servicer. The servicing agreement will provide that the predecessor servicer will be liable for all reasonable costs and expenses incurred in transferring servicing responsibilities to the successor servicer in the event the successor servicer is appointed as a result of a servicer default. In all other cases, those costs and expenses will be paid by the party incurring them. A successor servicer may resign only if it is prohibited from serving as servicer pursuant to the servicing agreement by applicable law. The predecessor servicer is obligated, on an ongoing basis, to cooperate with us and the successor servicer and provide whatever information is, and take whatever actions are, reasonably necessary to assist the successor servicer in performing its obligations under the servicing agreement.

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Amendment

The servicing agreement may be amended in writing by the parties thereto, provided that the rating agency condition has been satisfied, the trustee has consented and, with respect to amendments that would increase ongoing financing costs, the prior approval of the Kansas commission. An amendment that requires the prior approval of the Kansas commission is subject to the objection of the Kansas commission within a 30-day period and subject to the conditions set forth in the servicing agreement. We will notify the rating agencies promptly after the execution of any such amendment.

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HOW A BANKRUPTCY MAY AFFECT YOUR INVESTMENT

Challenge to True Sale Treatment.    KGS will represent and warrant that the transfer of the securitized utility tariff property in accordance with the sale agreement constitutes a true and valid sale and assignment of the securitized utility tariff property by KGS to us. It will be a condition of closing for the sale of the securitized utility tariff property pursuant to the sale agreement that KGS will take the appropriate actions under the Securitization Act, including filing a notice of transfer of an interest in the securitized utility tariff property, to perfect this sale. The Securitization Act provides that a transfer of securitized utility tariff property by a utility to an assignee which the parties have in the governing documentation expressly stated to be a sale or other absolute transfer, in a transaction approved in a financing order, shall be treated as an absolute transfer of all the transferor’s right, title and interest, as a “true sale” under applicable creditors’ rights principles, and not as a pledge or other financing, of the relevant securitized utility tariff property. The sale agreement provides that we and KGS will treat such a transaction as a sale under applicable law. However, we expect that the securitized utility tariff bonds will be reflected as debt on ONE Gas’s consolidated financial statements. In addition, we anticipate that the securitized utility tariff bonds will be treated as debt of ONE Gas for federal income tax purposes. See “The Securitization Act—KGS May Securitize Qualified Extraordinary Costs and Related Upfront and Ongoing Financing Costs” and “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences.” In the event of a bankruptcy of a party to the sale agreement, if a party in interest in the bankruptcy were to take the position that the transfer of the securitized utility tariff property to us pursuant to that sale agreement was a financing transaction and not a true sale under applicable creditors’ rights principles, there can be no assurance that a court would not adopt this position. Even if a court did not ultimately recharacterize the transaction as a financing transaction, the mere commencement of a bankruptcy of ONE Gas and the attendant possible uncertainty surrounding the treatment of the transaction could result in delays in payments on the securitized utility tariff bonds.

In that regard, we note that the bankruptcy court in In re: LTV Steel Company, Inc., et al., 274 B.R. 278 (Bankr. N. D. Oh. 2001) issued an interim order that observed that a debtor, LTV Steel Company, which had previously entered into securitization arrangements with respect both to its inventory and its accounts receivable may have “at least some equitable interest in the inventory and receivables, and that this interest is property of the Debtor’s estate... sufficient to support the entry of” an interim order permitting the debtor to use proceeds of the property sold in the securitization. 274 B.R. at 285. The court based its decision in large part on its view of the equities of the case.

LTV and the securitization investors subsequently settled their dispute over the terms of the interim order and the bankruptcy court entered a final order in which the parties admitted and the court found that the pre-petition transactions constituted “true sales.” The court did not otherwise overrule its earlier ruling. The LTV memorandum opinion serves as an example of the pervasive equity powers of bankruptcy courts and the importance that such courts may ascribe to the goal of reorganization, particularly where the assets sold are integral to the ongoing operation of the debtor’s business.

Even if no creditor challenges the sale of securitized utility tariff property to us as a true sale, a bankruptcy filing by ONE Gas could trigger a bankruptcy filing by the issuing entity with similar negative consequences for bondholders. In a recent bankruptcy case, In re General Growth Properties, Inc., 406 B.R. 171 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2009), General Growth Properties, Inc. filed for bankruptcy protection, along with many of its direct and indirect subsidiaries. Those subsidiaries included many entities that had been organized as special purpose vehicles. The bankruptcy court upheld the validity of the filings of these special purpose subsidiaries as bankruptcy debtors and allowed the subsidiaries, over the objections of their own creditors, to use the creditors’ cash collateral to fund loans to the parent debtor, General Growth Properties, Inc., for its general corporate purposes. The creditors received court-determined adequate protection in the form of current

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interest payments and replacement liens to mitigate any diminution in value resulting from the use of the cash collateral, but the opinion serves as a reminder that bankruptcy courts may subordinate legal rights of creditors to the interests of facilitation of the reorganization of a debtor.

We and KGS have attempted to mitigate the impact of a possible recharacterization of a sale of securitized utility tariff property as a financing transaction under applicable creditors’ rights principles. This does not, however, eliminate the risk of payment delays or losses and other adverse effects caused by a ONE Gas bankruptcy. Further, if, for any reason, a securitized utility tariff property notice is not filed under the Securitization Act or we fail to otherwise perfect our interest in the securitized utility tariff property, and the transfer is thereafter deemed not to constitute a true sale, we would be an unsecured creditor of KGS.

The Securitization Act provides that the creation, granting, perfection and enforcement of liens and security interests in the securitized utility tariff property are governed by the Securitization Act and not by the Kansas UCC (except, as to perfection, with respect to the filing of financing statements in places specified in the Kansas UCC and to conformity of the form of financing statements with provisions of the Kansas UCC). Under the Securitization Act, a valid and enforceable consensual security interest in the securitized utility tariff property may be created only by the execution and delivery of a security agreement with a securitized utility tariff bondholder or a trustee or agent for the holder that refers to the specific financing order that created the securitized utility tariff property. The Securitization Act provides that the security interest attaches automatically from the time value is received for the securitized utility tariff bonds. The Securitization Act provides that upon perfection through the filing of notice with the Kansas Secretary of State pursuant to rules established by the Secretary of State of Kansas, the security interest shall be a continuously perfected lien and security interest in the securitized utility tariff property, with priority in the order of filing and take precedence over any subsequent judicial or other lien creditor. The Securitization Act provides that the security interest will be perfected as of the date of filing.

None of this, however, eliminates the risk of payment delays, losses and other adverse effects caused by a ONE Gas bankruptcy. Further, if, for any reason, a securitized utility tariff property notice is not filed under the Securitization Act or we fail to otherwise perfect our interest in the securitized utility tariff property sold pursuant to the sale agreement, and the transfer is thereafter deemed not to constitute a true sale, we would be an unsecured creditor of KGS.

Consolidation of ONE Gas and Us.    If ONE Gas were to become a debtor in a bankruptcy case, a party in interest might attempt to substantively consolidate the assets and liabilities of KGS and us. We and KGS have taken steps to attempt to minimize this risk. Please read “Kansas Gas Service Securitization I, L.L.C., The Issuing Entity” in this prospectus. However, no assurance can be given that if ONE Gas were to become a debtor in a bankruptcy case, a court would not order that our assets and liabilities be substantively consolidated with those of KGS. Substantive consolidation would result in payment of the claims of the beneficial owners of the securitized utility tariff bonds to be subject to substantial delay and potentially to adjustment in timing and/or amount.

Status of Securitized Utility Tariff Property as Current Property.     KGS will represent in the sale agreement, and the Securitization Act provides, that the securitized utility tariff property sold pursuant to the sale agreement constitutes a present contract right. Nevertheless, no assurance can be given that, in the event of a bankruptcy of ONE Gas, a court would not rule that the securitized utility tariff property comes into existence only as KGS’s customers use natural gas.

If a court were to accept the argument that the securitized utility tariff property comes into existence only as KGS’s customers use natural gas, no assurance can be given that a security interest in favor of the bondholders of the securitized utility tariff bonds would attach to the securitized utility tariff charges in respect of natural

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gas consumed after the commencement of the bankruptcy case or that the securitized utility tariff property has been sold to us. If it were determined that the securitized utility tariff property had not been sold to us, and the security interest in favor of the securitized utility tariff bondholders did not attach to the securitized utility tariff charges in respect of natural gas consumed after the commencement of the bankruptcy case, then we would have an unsecured claim against KGS. If so, there would be delays and/or reductions in payments on the securitized utility tariff bonds. Whether or not a court determined that securitized utility tariff property had been sold to us pursuant to the sale agreement, no assurances can be given that a court would not rule that any securitized utility tariff charges relating to natural gas consumed after the commencement of the bankruptcy could not be transferred to us or the trustee.

In addition, in the event of a bankruptcy of ONE Gas, a party in interest in the bankruptcy could assert that we should pay, or that we should be charged for, a portion of KGS’s costs associated with the natural gas, consumption of which gave rise to the Securitized Utility Tariff Charge receipts used to make payments on the securitized utility tariff bonds.

Regardless of whether ONE Gas is the debtor in a bankruptcy case, if a court were to accept the argument that the securitized utility tariff property sold pursuant to the sale agreement comes into existence only as customers use natural gas, a tax or government lien or other nonconsensual lien on property of KGS arising before the securitized utility tariff property came into existence could have priority over our interest in the securitized utility tariff property. Adjustments to the securitized utility tariff charges may be available to mitigate this exposure, although there may be delays in implementing these adjustments.

Estimation of Claims; Challenges to Indemnity Claims.    If ONE Gas were to become a debtor in a bankruptcy case, claims, including indemnity claims, by us or the trustee against KGS as seller under the sale agreement and the other documents executed in connection therewith could be unsecured claims and would be subject to being discharged in the bankruptcy case. In addition, a party in interest in the bankruptcy may request that the bankruptcy court estimate any contingent claims that we or the trustee have against KGS. That party may then take the position that these claims should be estimated at zero or at a low amount because the contingency giving rise to these claims is unlikely to occur. If a court were to hold that the indemnity provisions were unenforceable, we would be left with a claim for actual damages against KGS based on breach of contract principles. The actual amount of these damages would be subject to estimation and/or calculation by the court.

No assurances can be given as to the result of any of the above-described actions or claims. Furthermore, no assurance can be given as to what percentage of their claims, if any, unsecured creditors would receive in any bankruptcy proceeding involving ONE Gas.

Enforcement of Rights By the Trustee.    Upon an event of default under the indenture, the Securitization Act permits the trustee to enforce the security interest in the securitized utility tariff property sold pursuant to the sale agreement in accordance with the terms of the indenture. In this capacity, the trustee is permitted to request the Kansas commission or the 10th Judicial District, District Court of Johnson County, Kansas to order the sequestration and payment to holders of the securitized utility tariff bonds of all revenues arising from the securitized utility tariff charges. There can be no assurance, however, that the Kansas commission or a court would issue such an order, including if seller is a debtor in bankruptcy in light of the automatic stay provisions of Section 362 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. In that event, the trustee may under the indenture seek an order from the bankruptcy court lifting the automatic stay with respect to this action by the Kansas commission or a court and an order requiring an accounting and segregation of the revenues arising from the securitized utility tariff property sold pursuant to the sale agreement. There can be no assurance that a court would grant either order.

Bankruptcy of the Servicer.    The servicer is entitled to commingle the securitized utility tariff charges that it receives with its own funds until each date on which the servicer is required to remit funds to the trustee as

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specified in the servicing agreement. The Securitization Act provides that the relative priority of a lien created under the Securitization Act is not defeated or adversely affected by the commingling of securitized utility tariff charges arising with respect to the securitized utility tariff property with funds of the natural gas utility. In the event of a bankruptcy of the servicer, a party in interest in the bankruptcy might assert, and a court might rule, that the securitized utility tariff charges commingled by the servicer with its own funds and held by the servicer, prior to and as of the date of bankruptcy were property of the servicer as of that date, and are therefore property of the servicer’s bankruptcy estate, rather than our property. If the court so rules, then the court could rule that the trustee has only a general unsecured claim against the servicer for the amount of commingled securitized utility tariff charges held as of that date and could not recover the commingled securitized utility tariff charges held as of the date of the bankruptcy.

However the court rules on the ownership of the commingled securitized utility tariff charges, the automatic stay arising upon the bankruptcy of the servicer could delay the trustee from receiving the commingled securitized utility tariff charges held by the servicer as of the date of the bankruptcy until the court grants relief from the stay. A court ruling on any request for relief from the stay could be delayed pending the court’s resolution of whether the commingled securitized utility tariff charges are our property or are property of the servicer, including resolution of any tracing of proceeds issues.

The servicing agreement will provide that the trustee, as our assignee, together with the other persons specified therein, may vote to appoint a successor servicer that satisfies the rating agency condition. The servicing agreement will also provide that the trustee, together with the other persons specified therein, may petition the Kansas commission or a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor servicer that meets this criterion. However, the automatic stay in effect during a servicer bankruptcy might delay or prevent a successor servicer’s replacement of the servicer. Even if a successor servicer may be appointed and may replace the servicer, a successor may be difficult to obtain and may not be capable of performing all of the duties that KGS as servicer was capable of performing. Furthermore, should the servicer enter into bankruptcy, it may be permitted to stop acting as the servicer.

Bankruptcy of ONE Gas.    KGS is not required to segregate the securitized utility tariff charges it collects from its general funds. The Securitization Act provides that our rights to the securitized utility tariff property are not affected by the commingling of these funds with other funds. In a bankruptcy of ONE Gas, however, a bankruptcy court might rule that federal bankruptcy law takes precedence over the Securitization Act and does not recognize our right to receive the collected securitized utility tariff charges that are commingled with other funds of KGS prior to or as of the date of bankruptcy, including securitized utility tariff charges associated with another series of securitized utility tariff bonds. If so, the collected securitized utility tariff charges held by KGS as of the date of bankruptcy would not be available to us to pay amounts owed on the securitized utility tariff bonds. In this case, we would have only a general unsecured claim against KGS for those amounts.

In addition, the bankruptcy of ONE Gas may cause a delay in or prohibition of enforcement of various rights against KGS, including rights to require payments by KGS, rights to require KGS to comply with financial provisions of the Securitization Act or other state laws, rights to terminate contracts with KGS and rights that are conditioned on the bankruptcy, insolvency or financial condition of KGS. Such a bankruptcy also may give rise to potential preference claims related to certain payments by KGS.

Other risks relating to bankruptcy may be found in “Risk Factors—Risks Associated with Potential Bankruptcy Proceedings of the Seller or the Servicer.”

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USE OF PROCEEDS

Upon the issuance of the securitized utility tariff bonds, we will use the net proceeds from the sale of the securitized utility tariff bonds to pay to KGS the purchase price of KGS’s rights under the financing order, which are securitized utility tariff property.

KGS will use the net proceeds from the sale of the securitized utility tariff property (after payment of upfront financing costs) to recover, finance or refinance the qualified extraordinary costs of KGS as approved by the Kansas commission. KGS’s qualified extraordinary costs are currently estimated to be approximately $328 million and are related to Winter Storm Uri.

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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

Subject to the terms and conditions in the underwriting agreement among us, KGS and the underwriters, for whom J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and RBC Capital Markets, LLC are acting as representatives, we have agreed to sell to the underwriters, and the underwriters have severally agreed to purchase, the principal amount of the securitized utility tariff bonds listed opposite each underwriter’s name below:

Underwriter	Tranche A
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC	$
RBC Capital Markets, LLC		$
	$

Under the underwriting agreement, the underwriters will take and pay for all of the securitized utility tariff bonds we offer, if any is taken. If an underwriter defaults, the underwriting agreement provides that the purchase commitments of the non-defaulting underwriters may be increased or the underwriting agreement may be terminated.

The Underwriters’ Sales Price for the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds

The securitized utility tariff bonds sold by the underwriters to the public will be initially offered at the prices to the public set forth on the cover of this prospectus. The underwriters propose initially to offer the securitized utility tariff bonds to dealers at such prices, less a selling concession not to exceed the percentage listed below. The underwriters may allow, and dealers may reallow, a discount not to exceed the percentage listed below.

	Selling Concession		Reallowance Discount
Tranche A		%		%

After the initial public offering, the public offering prices, selling concessions and reallowance discounts may change.

No Assurance as to Resale Price or Resale Liquidity for the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds

The securitized utility tariff bonds are a new issue of securities with no established trading market. They will not be listed on any securities exchange. The underwriters have advised us that they intend to make a market in the securitized utility tariff bonds, but they are not obligated to do so and may discontinue market making at any time without notice. We cannot assure you that a liquid trading market will develop for the securitized utility tariff bonds.

Various Types of Underwriter Transactions that May Affect the Price of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds

The underwriters may engage in overallotment transactions, stabilizing transactions, syndicate covering transactions and penalty bids with respect to the securitized utility tariff bonds in accordance with Regulation M under the Exchange Act. Overallotment transactions involve syndicate sales in excess of the offering size, which create a syndicate short position. Stabilizing transactions are bids to purchase the securitized utility tariff bonds, which are permitted, so long as the stabilizing bids do not exceed a specific maximum price. Syndicate covering transactions involve purchases of the securitized utility tariff bonds in the open market after the

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distribution has been completed in order to cover syndicate short positions. Penalty bids permit the underwriters to reclaim a selling concession from a syndicate member when the securitized utility tariff bonds originally sold by the syndicate member are purchased in a syndicate covering transaction. These overallotment transactions, stabilizing transactions, syndicate covering transactions and penalty bids may cause the prices of the securitized utility tariff bonds to be higher than they would otherwise be. Neither we, KGS, the trustee, our managers nor any of the underwriters represent that the underwriters will engage in any of these transactions or that these transactions, if commenced, will not be discontinued without notice at any time.

Certain of the underwriters and their affiliates have in the past provided, and may in the future from time to time provide, investment banking and general financing and banking services to KGS and its affiliates for which they have in the past received, and in the future may receive, customary fees. In addition, each underwriter may from time to time take positions in the securitized utility tariff bonds.

We estimate that the registrants’ total expenses of the offering will be $ 4,450,000 .

We and KGS have agreed to indemnify the underwriters against some liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, or to contribute to payments the underwriters may be required to make in respect of those liabilities.

The underwriters are offering the securitized utility tariff bonds, subject to prior sale, when, as and if issued to and accepted by them, subject to approval of legal matters, including the validity of the securitized utility tariff bonds and other conditions contained in the underwriting agreement, such as receipt of ratings confirmations, officers’ certificates and legal opinions. The underwriters reserve the right to withdraw, cancel or modify offers to the public and to reject offers in whole or in part.

We expect to deliver the securitized utility tariff bonds against payment for the securitized utility tariff bonds on or about the date specified in the last paragraph of the cover page of this prospectus, which will be the          business day following the date of pricing of the securitized utility tariff bonds. Since trades in the secondary market generally settle in two business days, purchasers who wish to trade securitized utility tariff bonds on the date of pricing or the succeeding                          business days will be required, by virtue of the fact that the securitized utility tariff bonds initially will settle in T +     , to specify alternative settlement arrangements to prevent a failed settlement.

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AFFILIATIONS AND CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

We are a wholly-owned subsidiary of KGS. KGS is a division of ONE Gas. Each of the sponsor, the initial servicer and the depositor may maintain other banking relationships in the ordinary course with U.S. Bank Trust Company National Association, the trustee.

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MATERIAL U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES

General

The following is a general discussion of the anticipated material U.S. federal income tax consequences of the purchase, ownership and disposition of the securitized utility tariff bonds. Except as specifically provided below with respect to non-U.S. holders (as defined below), this discussion does not address the tax consequences to persons other than initial purchasers who are U.S. holders (as defined below) that acquire securitized utility tariff bonds at original issue for cash equal to the issue price of those bonds and hold their securitized utility tariff bonds as capital assets within the meaning of Section 1221 of the Internal Revenue Code, and it does not address all of the tax consequences relevant to investors that are subject to special treatment under the United States federal income tax laws (e.g., life insurance companies, tax-exempt organizations, financial institutions, dealers in securities, S corporations, taxpayers subject to the alternative minimum tax provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, broker-dealers and persons who hold the securitized utility tariff bonds as part of a hedge, straddle, “synthetic security” or other integrated investment, risk reduction or constructive sale transaction). This discussion also does not address U.S. federal taxes other than income tax or the consequences to holders of the securitized utility tariff bonds under state, local or foreign tax laws. Please read “Material Kansas Income Tax Considerations” in this prospectus.

This summary is based on current provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, the Treasury Regulations promulgated and proposed thereunder, judicial decisions and published administrative rulings and pronouncements of the IRS and interpretations thereof. All of these authorities and interpretations are subject to change, and any change may apply retroactively and affect the accuracy of the opinions, statements and conclusions set forth in this discussion. We have not, and do not intend to seek, any ruling from the IRS with respect to the statements made and conclusions reached in this summary.

U.S. Holder and Non-U.S. Holder Defined

A “U.S. holder” means a beneficial owner of a securitized utility tariff bond that, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, is (i) a citizen or individual resident of the United States, (ii) a corporation (including an entity treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes) created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, (iii) an estate, the income of which is includible in gross income for U.S. federal income tax purposes regardless of its source, or (iv) a trust, if (A) a court in the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust and one or more United States persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust, or (B) it has a valid election in place to be treated as a United States person. A “non-U.S. holder” means a beneficial owner of a securitized utility tariff bond that is not a U.S. holder but does not include (i) an entity or arrangement treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (ii) a former citizen of the United States or (iii) a former resident of the United States.

If an entity or arrangement treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes is a holder of a securitized utility tariff bond, the U.S. federal income tax treatment of a partner will generally depend on the status of the partner and the activities of the partnership. Partners are encouraged to consult their tax advisors about the particular U.S. federal income tax consequences applicable to them. Similarly, former citizens and former residents of the United States are encouraged to consult their tax advisors about the particular U.S. federal income tax consequences that may be applicable to them.

ALL PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CONSULT THEIR TAX ADVISERS REGARDING THE U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES OF PURCHASING, OWNING AND DISPOSING OF SECURITIZED UTILITY

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TARIFF BONDS IN LIGHT OF THEIR PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES, AS WELL AS THE EFFECT OF ANY FOREIGN, STATE, LOCAL OR OTHER LAWS.

Income Tax Status of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds and Us as Issuing Entity

Based upon guidance from the IRS and certain representations from us, including a representation by us that we will not make, or allow there to be made, any election to the contrary, Baker Botts L.L.P. expects to render its opinion that for U.S. federal income tax purposes (i) the issuance of the securitized utility tariff bonds will be a “qualifying securitization” within the meaning of Revenue Procedure 2005-62, (ii) we will not be treated as a taxable entity separate and apart from ONE Gas, of which our sole member, KGS, is a division, and (iii) based on Revenue Procedure 2005-62, the securitized utility tariff bonds will constitute indebtedness of ONE Gas, of which our sole member, KGS, is a division.

Tax Consequences to U.S. Holders

Payments of Interest.    Interest on the securitized utility tariff bonds will be taxable as ordinary interest income when received or accrued by U.S. holders, depending upon their method of accounting. This discussion assumes that the securitized utility tariff bonds will not be considered to be issued with original issue discount (“OID”). OID is generally defined as any excess of the stated price the U.S. holder will receive upon redemption of the bond at the bond’s maturity, less the price the U.S. holder pays to purchase the bond, if this difference is equal to or greater than a de minimis amount. If the securitized utility tariff bonds are issued with OID, prospective U.S. holders will be so informed in the related prospectus and should thereafter consult their tax adviser to determine the federal, state, local and foreign income and any other tax consequences.

Sale or Other Taxable Disposition of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds.

If there is a sale, exchange, redemption, retirement or other taxable disposition of a securitized utility tariff bond, a U.S. holder generally will recognize taxable gain or loss equal to the difference between (a) the amount of cash and the fair market value of any other property received (other than amounts attributable to, and taxable as, accrued stated interest) and (b) the holder’s adjusted tax basis in the securitized utility tariff bond. A U.S. holder’s adjusted tax basis in a securitized utility tariff bond generally will equal its cost, reduced by any payments reflecting principal previously received with respect to the bond. Gain or loss generally will be capital gain or loss if the securitized utility tariff bond is held as a capital asset and will be long-term capital gain or loss if the securitized utility tariff bond was held for more than one year at the time of disposition. If a U.S. holder sells a securitized utility tariff bond between interest payment dates, a portion of the amount received will reflect interest that has accrued on the securitized utility tariff bond but that has not yet been paid by the sale date and, to the extent that amount has not already been included in the U.S. holder’s income, it will be treated as ordinary interest income and not as capital gain.

3.8% Tax on “Net Investment Income”

Certain U.S. holders will be subject to an additional 3.8% tax on all or a portion of their “net investment income,” which may include the interest payments and any taxable gain realized with respect to a securitized utility tariff bond subject to certain limitations and exceptions. U.S. holders are encouraged to consult their tax advisors with respect to this tax.

Information Reporting and Backup Withholding

Payments of stated interest and the proceeds of a disposition of securitized utility tariff bonds may be reported to the IRS. These information reporting requirements do not apply with respect to certain exempt U.S. holders, such as corporations, that have certified to that status as required.

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Backup withholding (currently at a rate of 24%) may apply to payments of the foregoing amounts, unless a U.S. holder provides the applicable withholding agent with its taxpayer identification number, certified under penalties of perjury, as well as certain other information, or otherwise establishes an exemption from backup withholding. Backup withholding will also apply if a U.S. holder is notified by the IRS that the U.S. holder is subject to backup withholding because of its failure to report payment of interest and dividends properly, or if the U.S. holder otherwise fails to comply with the applicable backup withholding rules.

Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Any amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules will be allowed as a credit against a U.S. holder’s U.S. federal income tax liability, if any, and may entitle a U.S. holder to a refund, provided the required information is timely furnished to the IRS.

Tax Consequences to Non-U.S. Holders

Withholding Tax on Interest Payments

Subject to the discussion below (see “—Reporting and Backup Withholding” and “—The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act”), payments of interest income on the securitized utility tariff bonds to a non-U.S. holder generally will be exempt from U.S. federal income and withholding tax under the “portfolio interest” exemption if the interest is not effectively connected with the non-U.S. holder’s U.S. trade or business, the non-U.S. holder properly certifies as to its non-U.S. status, as described below, and the non-U.S. holder:

• does not actually or constructively own 10% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of ONE Gas stock that are entitled to vote;

• is not a bank whose receipt of interest is in connection with an extension of credit made pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business; and

• is not a “controlled foreign corporation” for U.S. federal income tax purposes that is related to us or ONE Gas actually or constructively.

The portfolio interest exemption applies only if the non-U.S. holder appropriately certifies as to its non-U.S. status to the applicable withholding agent and that withholding agent does not have actual knowledge or reason to know that the non-U.S. holder in fact a United States person. A holder generally can meet this certification requirement by providing a properly executed IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, as applicable (or appropriate substitute or successor form) to the applicable withholding agent. If the non-U.S. holder holds the securitized utility tariff bonds through a financial institution or other agent acting on its behalf, it may be required to provide appropriate certifications to its agent. The agent then generally will be required to provide appropriate certifications to the applicable withholding agent, either directly or through other intermediaries.

If the non-U.S. holder cannot satisfy the requirements described above, payments of interest made to the non-U.S. holder will be subject to U.S. federal withholding tax, currently at a 30% rate, unless (1) it provides the applicable withholding agent with a properly executed IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, as applicable (or appropriate substitute or successor form) claiming an exemption from (or a reduction of) withholding under an applicable income tax treaty or (2) the payments of interest are effectively connected with its conduct of a trade or business in the United States and it meets the certification requirements described below (see “—Income or Gain Effectively Connected with a U.S. Trade or Business”).

Disposition of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds

Subject to the discussion below (see “—Reporting and Backup Withholding” and “—The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act”), a non-U.S. holder generally will not be subject to United States federal income or withholding

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tax on gain realized on the sale, redemption, exchange, retirement or other taxable disposition of securitized utility tariff bonds, unless:

• the gain is effectively connected with the conduct by the non-U.S. holder of a trade or business in the United States (and, if required by an applicable income tax treaty, is attributable to a permanent establishment maintained by the non-U.S. holder in the United States); or

• the non-U.S. holder is an individual who is present in the United States for 183 days or more during the taxable year and certain other requirements are met.

If you are a non-U.S. holder described in the first bullet point above, you generally will be subject to U.S. federal income tax as described below (see “—Income or Gain Effectively Connected with a U.S. Trade or Business”). If you are a non-U.S. holder described in the second bullet point above, you generally will be subject to U.S. federal income tax at a 30% rate (or a lower applicable income tax treaty rate) on the gain derived from the sale, redemption, exchange, retirement or other taxable disposition, which may be offset by certain U.S.-source capital losses, unless an applicable income tax treaty provides otherwise.

To the extent any portion of the amount realized on the sale, redemption, exchange, retirement or other taxable disposition of the securitized utility tariff bonds is attributable to accrued but unpaid interest on the securitized utility tariff bond, this amount will generally be taxed in the same manner as described above in “—Interest Payments.”

Income or Gain Effectively Connected with a U.S. Trade or Business

If any interest on the securitized utility tariff bonds or gain from a sale, redemption, exchange, retirement or other taxable disposition of the securitized utility tariff bonds is effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business conducted by a non-U.S. holder, then the non-U.S. holder generally will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on such interest or gain on a net income basis in the same manner as a U.S. holder (unless an applicable income tax treaty provides otherwise). If interest on the securitized utility tariff bonds or gain from a sale, redemption, exchange, retirement or other taxable disposition is effectively connected income, the U.S. federal withholding tax described will generally not apply (assuming appropriate certification is provided) unless an applicable income tax treaty provides otherwise. A non-U.S. holder generally can meet the certification requirements by providing a properly executed IRS Form W-8ECI (or other applicable form) to the applicable withholding agent. In addition, if the non-U.S. holder is a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, that portion of its earnings and profits that is attributable to such effectively connected income or gain, subject to certain adjustments, may be subject to a “branch profits tax” at a 30% rate (or a lower applicable income tax treaty rate).

Reporting and Backup Withholding

Payments to a non-U.S. holder of interest on a securitized utility tariff bond, and amounts withheld from such payments, if any, generally will be required to be reported to the IRS and may also be made available to the tax authorities of the country in which a non-U.S. holder is a tax resident under the provisions of an applicable income tax treaty or agreement. Backup withholding generally will not apply to payments of interest to a non-U.S. holder if the certification described in “—Withholding Tax on Interest Payments” above is provided by the non-U.S. holder, or the non-U.S. holder otherwise establishes an exemption.

Proceeds from a disposition of a securitized utility tariff bond effected by the U.S. office of a U.S. or non-U.S. broker will be subject to information reporting requirements and backup withholding unless a non-U.S. holder properly certifies, under penalties of perjury, as to its non-U.S. status and certain other conditions are met, or an exemption is otherwise established. Information reporting and backup withholding generally will not apply

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to any proceeds from a disposition of a securitized utility tariff bond effected outside the United States by a non-U.S. office of a broker, unless such broker has certain connections to the United States, in which case information reporting, but not backup withholding, may apply unless certain other conditions are met, or an exemption is otherwise established.

Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Any amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules will be allowed as a credit against a non-U.S. holder’s U.S. federal income tax liability, if any, and may entitle a non-U.S. holder to a refund, provided the required information is timely furnished to the IRS.

The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act

The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (“FATCA”) generally imposes a U.S. federal withholding tax (separate and apart from, but without duplication of, the withholding tax described above) at a rate of 30% on payments of U.S. source interest on, and the gross proceeds from a disposition of, certain debt obligations paid to certain non-U.S. entities, including certain foreign financial institutions and investment funds (including, in some instances, where such an entity is acting as an intermediary), unless such non-U.S. entity complies with certain withholding and reporting requirements. Pursuant to proposed U.S. Treasury Regulations (upon which taxpayers are permitted to rely until they are revoked or final U.S. Treasury Regulations are issued), this withholding tax generally will not apply to the gross proceeds from a sale or other disposition of instruments, such as the securitized utility tariff bonds, that produce U.S. source interest. Foreign financial institutions located in jurisdictions that have an intergovernmental agreement with the United States with respect to these rules may be subject to different rules. Under certain circumstances, a beneficial owner of a securitized utility tariff bond may be eligible for a refund or credit of such taxes. Prospective purchasers are encouraged to consult their tax advisors regarding the application of FATCA in their particular circumstances.

The preceding discussion of certain U.S. federal income tax consequences is for general information only and is not tax advice. Each prospective investor should consult its own tax advisor regarding the particular U.S. federal, state, local and non-U.S. tax consequences of acquiring, owning and disposing of the securitized utility tariff bonds, including the consequences of any proposed change in applicable laws.

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MATERIAL KANSAS INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES

Assuming that the securitized utility tariff bonds will be treated as debt obligations of ONE Gas for U.S. federal income tax purposes, interest paid on the securitized utility tariff bonds generally will be taxed for Kansas income tax purposes consistently with its taxation for U.S. federal income tax purposes and such interest received by an entity or person not otherwise subject to Kansas corporate or individual income tax will not be subject to Kansas income tax. Triplett Woolf Garretson, LLC expects to issue an opinion, that, for Kansas income tax purposes (1) we will not be treated as a taxable entity separate and apart from ONE Gas and (2) the securitized utility tariff bonds will constitute indebtedness of ONE Gas, assuming, in each case, that such treatment applies for U.S. federal income tax purposes. These opinions are not binding on any taxing authority or any court, and there can be no assurance that contrary positions may not be taken by any taxing authority.

This discussion is based on current provisions of the Kansas tax statutes and regulations, judicial decisions and administrative interpretations and rulings. All of these authorities and interpretations are subject to change, and any change may apply retroactively and affect the accuracy of the opinions set forth in this discussion.

The discussion under “Material Kansas Income Tax Consequences” is for general information only and may not be applicable depending upon a bondholder’s particular situation. It is recommended that prospective bondholders consult their own tax advisors with respect to the tax consequences to them of the acquisition, ownership and disposition of the securitized utility tariff bonds, including the tax consequences under federal, state, local, non-U.S. and other tax laws and the effects of changes in such laws. Please read “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences.”

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ERISA CONSIDERATIONS

General

The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, known as ERISA, and Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code impose certain requirements on employee benefit plans and other arrangements subject to ERISA or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code. ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code also impose certain requirements on fiduciaries of such plans in connection with the investment of the assets of the plans. For purposes of this discussion, “plans” include employee benefit plans and other plans and arrangements that are subject to ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code that provide retirement income, including individual retirement accounts and annuities and Keogh plans, as well as some collective investment funds and insurance company general or separate accounts in which the assets of those plans, accounts or arrangements are invested. A fiduciary of an investing plan is any person who in connection with the assets of the plan:

• has discretionary authority or control over the management or disposition of assets, or

• provides investment advice for a fee.

Some plans, such as governmental plans, and certain church plans, and the fiduciaries of those plans, are not subject to ERISA requirements or Section 4975 of the Code. Accordingly, assets of these plans may be invested in the securitized utility tariff bonds without regard to the ERISA considerations described below, subject to the provisions of other applicable federal, state and local law that is similar to the provisions of Title I of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code (“applicable similar law”). In addition, any such plan may be subject to other provisions of federal law, including, for example, a plan which is qualified and exempt from taxation under Sections 401(a) and 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, which is subject to the prohibited transaction rules in Section 503 of the Internal Revenue Code.

ERISA imposes certain general fiduciary requirements on fiduciaries, including:

• investment prudence and diversification, and

• the investment of the assets of the plan in accordance with the documents governing the plan.

Section 406 of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code also prohibit a broad range of transactions involving the assets of a plan and persons who have certain specified relationships to the plan, referred to as “parties in interest,” as defined under ERISA or “disqualified persons” as defined under Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code unless a statutory or administrative exemption is available. The types of transactions that are prohibited include but are not limited to:

• sales, exchanges or leases of property;

• loans or other extensions of credit; and

• the furnishing of goods or services.

Certain persons that participate in a prohibited transaction may be subject to an excise tax under Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code or a penalty imposed under Section 502(i) of ERISA, unless a statutory or administrative exemption is available. In addition, the persons involved in the prohibited transaction may have to cancel or unwind the transaction and a fiduciary of the plan may have to pay an amount to the plan for any losses realized by the plan or profits realized by these persons. In addition, individual retirement accounts involved in the prohibited transaction may be disqualified which would result in adverse tax consequences to the owner of the account.

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Regulation of Assets Included in a Plan

A fiduciary’s investment of the assets of a plan in the securitized utility tariff bonds may cause our assets to be deemed assets of the plan. United States Department of Labor regulations at 29 C.F.R. Section 2510.3-101, as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA (collectively, the “plan asset regulations”), provide that the assets of an entity will be deemed to be assets of a plan that purchases an interest in the entity if the interest that is purchased by the plan is an equity interest, equity participation by benefit plan investors is “significant” within the meaning of the plan asset regulations and none of the other exceptions contained in the plan asset regulations applies. An equity interest is defined in the plan asset regulations as an interest in an entity other than an instrument which is treated as indebtedness under applicable local law and which has no substantial equity features. Although there is no authority directly on point, it is anticipated that the securitized utility tariff bonds will be treated as indebtedness under local law without any substantial equity features.

If the securitized utility tariff bonds were deemed to be equity interests in us and none of the exceptions contained in the plan asset regulations were applicable, then our assets would be considered to be assets of any plans that acquire the securitized utility tariff bonds. The extent to which the securitized utility tariff bonds are owned by benefit plan investors will not be monitored. If our assets were deemed to constitute “plan assets” pursuant to the plan asset regulations, transactions we might enter into, or may have entered into in the ordinary course of business, might constitute non-exempt prohibited transactions under ERISA and or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code.

In addition, the acquisition, holding or disposition of the securitized utility tariff bonds by or on behalf of a plan could give rise to a prohibited transaction if we or the trustee, KGS, any other servicer, any underwriter or certain of their affiliates is or becomes a “party in interest” or “disqualified person” with respect to an investing plan. Each purchaser of the securitized utility tariff bonds will be deemed to have represented and warranted by virtue of its acquisition of any securitized utility tariff bonds that its acquisition, holding and disposition of the securitized utility tariff bonds will not result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction under ERISA, Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code or, in the case of a plan subject to applicable similar law, a non-exempt violation of applicable similar law.

Before acquiring any securitized utility tariff bonds by or on behalf of a plan or a plan subject to applicable similar law, you should consider whether the acquisition, holding and disposition of securitized utility tariff bonds might constitute or result in a prohibited transaction under ERISA, Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code or a violation of applicable similar law and, if so, whether one or more prohibited transaction exemptions or similar law exemptions, as the case may be, might apply to the acquisition, holding and disposition of the securitized utility tariff bonds.

Prohibited Transaction Exemptions

If you are a fiduciary of a plan, before acquiring any securitized utility tariff bonds, you should consider the availability of one of the Department of Labor’s prohibited transaction class exemptions, referred to as PTCEs, or one of the statutory exemptions provided by ERISA or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code, which include:

• PTCE 75-1, which exempts certain transactions between a plan and certain broker-dealers, reporting dealers and banks;

• PTCE 84-14, which exempts certain transactions effected on behalf of a plan by a “qualified professional asset manager;”

• PTCE 90-1, which exempts certain transactions between insurance company separate accounts and parties in interest;

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• PTCE 91-38, which exempts certain transactions between bank collective investment funds and parties in interest;

• PTCE 95-60, which exempts certain transactions between insurance company general accounts and parties in interest;

• PTCE 96-23, which exempts certain transactions effected on behalf of a plan by an “in-house asset manager;” and

• the statutory service provider exemption provided by Section 408(b)(17) of ERISA and Section 4975(d)(20) of the Internal Revenue Code, which exempts certain transactions between plans and parties in interest that are not fiduciaries with respect to the transaction.

We cannot provide any assurance that any of these class exemptions or statutory exemptions will apply with respect to any particular investment in the securitized utility tariff bonds by, or on behalf of, a plan or, even if it were deemed to apply, that any exemption would apply to all transactions that may occur in connection with the investment. Even if one of these class exemptions or statutory exemptions were deemed to apply, securitized utility tariff bonds may not be purchased with assets of any plan if we or the trustee, KGS, any other servicer, any underwriter or any of their affiliates:

• has investment discretion over the assets of the plan used to purchase the securitized utility tariff bonds; or

• has authority or responsibility to give, or regularly gives, investment advice regarding the assets of the plan used to purchase the securitized utility tariff bonds, for a fee and under an agreement or understanding that the advice will serve as a primary basis for investment decisions for the assets of the plan, and will be based on the particular investment needs of the plan.

Consultation with Counsel

The sale of the securitized utility tariff bonds to a plan or a plan subject to similar law will not constitute a representation by us or the trustee, KGS, any other servicer, any underwriter or any of their affiliates that such an investment meets all relevant legal requirements relating to investments by such plans generally or by any particular plan, or that such an investment is appropriate for such plans generally or for a particular plan.

If you are a fiduciary which proposes to purchase the securitized utility tariff bonds on behalf of or with assets of a plan subject to ERISA or a plan subject to similar law, you should consider your general fiduciary obligations under ERISA, or applicable similar law, and you should consult with your legal counsel as to the potential applicability of ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code and applicable similar law to any investment and the availability of any prohibited transaction exemption under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, or, in the case of a plan subject to similar law, any exemption from a violation of similar law, in connection with any investment.

This summary is based on current provisions of ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code, the regulations thereunder and other related guidance. All of these authorities and interpretations are subject to change, and any change may apply retroactively and affect the accuracy of the opinions, statements and conclusions set forth in this discussion.

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LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending against us, the sponsor, seller, trustee, or servicer, or of which any property of the foregoing is subject, that is material to the securitized utility tariff bondholders. Please read “The Trustee” in this prospectus for a discussion of certain legal proceedings involving certain affiliates of the trustee, none of which are material to the securitized utility tariff bondholders.

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RATINGS FOR THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDS

We expect that the securitized utility tariff bonds will receive credit ratings from two NRSROs. A security rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time by the assigning NRSRO. Each rating should be evaluated independently of any other rating. No person or entity is obligated to maintain the rating on the securitized utility tariff bonds and, accordingly, we can give no assurance that the ratings assigned to the securitized utility tariff bonds upon initial issuance will not be lowered or withdrawn by a NRSRO at any time thereafter. If a rating of the securitized utility tariff bonds is lowered or withdrawn, the liquidity of the securitized utility tariff bonds may be adversely affected. In general, ratings address credit risk and do not represent any assessment of any particular rate of principal payments on the securitized utility tariff bonds other than the payment in full of the securitized utility tariff bonds by the final maturity date, as well as the timely payment of interest.

Under Rule 17g-5 under the Exchange Act, NRSROs providing the sponsor with the requisite certification will have access to all information posted on a website by the sponsor for the purpose of determining the initial rating and monitoring the rating after the securitized utility tariff bonds issuance date. As a result, an NRSRO other than the NRSROs hired by the sponsor may issue Unsolicited Ratings, which may be lower, and could be significantly lower, than the ratings assigned by the hired NRSROs. The Unsolicited Ratings may be issued prior to, or after, the securitized utility tariff bonds issuance date. Issuance of any Unsolicited Rating will not affect the issuance of the securitized utility tariff bonds. Issuance of an Unsolicited Rating lower than the ratings assigned by the hired NRSROs on the securitized utility tariff bonds might adversely affect the value of the securitized utility tariff bonds and, for regulated entities, could affect the status of the securitized utility tariff bonds as a legal investment or the capital treatment of the securitized utility tariff bonds. Investors in the securitized utility tariff bonds should consult with their legal counsel regarding the effect of the issuance of a rating by a non-hired NRSRO that is lower than the rating of a hired NRSRO.

A portion of the fees paid by KGS to a NRSRO that is hired to assign a rating on the securitized utility tariff bonds is contingent upon the issuance of the securitized utility tariff bonds. In addition to the fees paid by KGS to a NRSRO at closing, KGS will pay a fee to the NRSRO for ongoing surveillance for so long as the securitized utility tariff bonds are outstanding. However, no NRSRO is under any obligation to continue to monitor or provide a rating on the securitized utility tariff bonds.

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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

To the extent that we are required by law to file such reports and information with the SEC under the Exchange Act, we will file annual and current reports and other information with the SEC. We are incorporating by reference any future filings we or the sponsor, but solely in its capacity as our sponsor, make with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the termination of the offering of the securitized utility tariff bonds, excluding any information that is furnished to, and not filed with, the SEC. These reports will be filed under our own name as issuing entity. Under the indenture, we may voluntarily suspend or terminate our filing obligations as the issuing entity with the SEC, to the extent permitted by applicable law.

This prospectus is part of a registration statement we and KGS have filed with the SEC relating to the securitized utility tariff bonds. This prospectus describes the material terms of some of the documents we have filed as exhibits to the registration statement. However, this prospectus does not contain all of the information contained in the registration statement and the exhibits. Any statements contained in this prospectus concerning the provisions of any document filed as an exhibit to the registration statement or otherwise filed with the SEC are qualified in their entirety by reference to the respective exhibit.

Information filed with the SEC can be inspected at the SEC’s Internet site located at http://www.sec.gov. You may also obtain a copy of our filings with the SEC at no cost, by writing to or telephoning us at the following address:

Kansas Gas Service Securitization I, L.L.C.

15 East Fifth Street, Suite 2662

Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103

(918) 947-7095

Our SEC Securities Act file number is 333-267322-01.

We or KGS as depositor will also file with the SEC all of the periodic reports we or the depositor are required to file under the Exchange Act and the rules, regulations or orders of the SEC thereunder; however, neither we nor KGS as depositor intend to file any such reports relating to the securitized utility tariff bonds following completion of the reporting period required by Rule 15d-1 or Regulation 15D under the Exchange Act, unless required by law. Unless specifically stated in the report, the reports and any information included in the report will neither be examined nor reported on by an independent public accountant. A more detailed description of the information to be included in these periodic reports, please read “Description of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds—Website.”

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INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

The SEC allows us to “incorporate by reference” into this prospectus information we or the depositor file with the SEC. This means we can disclose important information to you by referring you to the documents containing the information. The information we incorporate by reference is considered to be part of this prospectus, unless we update or supersede that information with information that we or the depositor file subsequently that is incorporated by reference into this prospectus. We are incorporating into this prospectus any future distribution report on Form 10-D, current report on Form 8-K or any amendment to any such report which we or KGS, solely in its capacity as our depositor, make with the SEC until the offering of the securitized utility tariff bonds is completed. These reports will be filed under our own name as issuing entity. Any statement contained in this prospectus or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this prospectus will be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this prospectus to the extent that a statement contained in this prospectus or in any separately filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes that statement. Any statement so modified or superseded will not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute part of this prospectus.

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INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 AND VOLCKER RULE MATTERS

We expect to rely on an exclusion from the definition of “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), contained in Rule 3a-7 promulgated under the 1940 Act, although there may be additional exclusions or exemptions available to us. As a result of such exclusion, we will not be subject to regulation as an “investment company” under the 1940 Act.

In addition, we are being structured so as not to constitute a “covered fund” for purposes of the Volcker Rule, under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd-Frank Act”). As part of the Dodd-Frank Act, federal law prohibits a “banking entity,” which is broadly defined to include banks, bank holding companies and affiliates thereof, from engaging in proprietary trading or holding ownership interests in certain private funds. The definition of “covered fund” in the regulations adopted to implement the Volcker Rule includes (generally) any entity that would be an investment company under the 1940 Act but for the exclusion provided under Sections 3(c)(1) or 3(c)(7) thereunder. Because we expect to rely on Rule 3a-7 under the 1940 Act, we expect to not be considered a “covered fund” within the meaning of the Volcker Rule regulations.

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RISK RETENTION

This offering of the securitized utility tariff bonds is a public utility securitization exempt from the risk retention requirements imposed by Section 15G of the Exchange Act due to the exemption provided in Rule 19(b)(8) of Regulation RR.

For information regarding the requirements of the EU Securitization Regulation as to risk retention and other matters, please read “Risk Factors—Other Risks Associated with an Investment in the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds—Regulatory provisions affecting certain investors could adversely affect the liquidity and the regulatory treatment of investments in the securitized utility tariff bonds” in this prospectus.

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LEGAL MATTERS

Certain legal matters relating to us and the issuance of the securitized utility tariff bonds will be passed upon for KGS and us by Baker Botts L.L.P., Houston, Texas, special counsel to KGS. Certain other legal matters relating to the issuance of the securitized utility tariff bonds will be passed on by Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware, and Anderson & Byrd, LLP, Ottawa, Kansas, and by Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, New York, New York, counsel to the underwriters. Certain legal matters relating to the federal income tax consequences of the issuance of the securitized utility tariff bonds will be passed upon for us by Baker Botts L.L.P.

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OFFERING RESTRICTIONS IN CERTAIN JURISDICTIONS

NOTICE TO RESIDENTS OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA

THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDS ARE NOT INTENDED TO BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO, AND SHOULD NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO, ANY RETAIL INVESTOR IN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA (“EEA”). FOR THESE PURPOSES, THE EXPRESSION “RETAIL INVESTOR” MEANS A PERSON WHO IS ONE (OR MORE) OF THE FOLLOWING: (1) A RETAIL CLIENT AS DEFINED IN POINT (11) OF ARTICLE 4(1) OF DIRECTIVE 2014/65/EU (AS AMENDED, “MIFID II”); (2) A CUSTOMER WITHIN THE MEANING OF DIRECTIVE (EU) 2016/97 (AS AMENDED), WHERE THAT CUSTOMER WOULD NOT QUALIFY AS A PROFESSIONAL CLIENT AS DEFINED IN POINT (10) OF ARTICLE 4(1) OF MIFID II; OR (3) NOT A QUALIFIED INVESTOR (“QUALIFIED INVESTOR”) WITHIN THE MEANING OF DIRECTIVE 2003/71/EC (AS AMENDED OR SUPERSEDED, THE “PROSPECTUS DIRECTIVE”). CONSEQUENTLY NO KEY INFORMATION DOCUMENT REQUIRED BY REGULATION (EU) NO 1286/2014 (AS AMENDED, THE “PRIIPS REGULATION”) FOR OFFERING OR SELLING THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDS OR OTHERWISE MAKING THEM AVAILABLE TO RETAIL INVESTORS IN THE EEA HAS BEEN PREPARED; AND THEREFORE OFFERING OR SELLING THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDS OR OTHERWISE MAKING THEM AVAILABLE TO ANY RETAIL INVESTOR IN THE EEA MAY BE UNLAWFUL UNDER THE PRIIPS REGULATION.

THIS PROSPECTUS IS NOT A PROSPECTUS FOR PURPOSES OF THE PROSPECTUS DIRECTIVE. THIS PROSPECTUS HAS BEEN PREPARED ON THE BASIS THAT ANY OFFER OF SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDS IN ANY MEMBER STATE OF THE EEA WHICH HAS IMPLEMENTED THE PROSPECTUS DIRECTIVE (EACH, A “RELEVANT MEMBER STATE”) WILL BE MADE ONLY TO A QUALIFIED INVESTOR. ACCORDINGLY, ANY PERSON MAKING OR INTENDING TO MAKE AN OFFER IN THAT RELEVANT MEMBER STATE OF SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDS WHICH ARE THE SUBJECT OF THE OFFERING CONTEMPLATED IN THIS PROSPECTUS MAY DO SO ONLY WITH RESPECT TO QUALIFIED INVESTORS. NEITHER WE NOR ANY UNDERWRITER HAS AUTHORIZED, NOR DO WE OR THEY AUTHORIZE, THE MAKING OF ANY OFFER SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDS OTHER THAN TO QUALIFIED INVESTORS.

ANY DISTRIBUTOR SUBJECT TO MIFID II THAT IS OFFERING, SELLING OR RECOMMENDING THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR UNDERTAKING ITS OWN TARGET MARKET ASSESSMENT IN RESPECT OF THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDS AND DETERMINING ITS OWN DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE MIFID II PRODUCT GOVERNANCE RULES UNDER COMMISSION DELEGATED DIRECTIVE (EU) 2017/593 (AS AMENDED, THE “DELEGATED DIRECTIVE”). NEITHER WE NOR ANY UNDERWRITER MAKES ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES AS TO A DISTRIBUTOR’S COMPLIANCE WITH THE DELEGATED DIRECTIVE.

EACH UNDERWRITER HAS REPRESENTED AND AGREED THAT IT HAS NOT OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE, AND WILL NOT OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE MAKE AVAILABLE, ANY SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDS WHICH ARE THE SUBJECT OF THE OFFERING CONTEMPLATED BY THIS PROSPECTUS TO ANY RETAIL INVESTOR (AS DEFINED ABOVE) IN THE EEA. FOR THIS PURPOSE, THE EXPRESSION “OFFER” INCLUDES THE COMMUNICATION IN ANY FORM AND BY ANY MEANS OF SUFFICIENT INFORMATION ON THE TERMS OF THE OFFER AND THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDS SO AS TO ENABLE AN INVESTOR TO DECIDE TO PURCHASE OR SUBSCRIBE FOR THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDS.

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NOTICE TO RESIDENTS OF UNITED KINGDOM

IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, THIS PROSPECTUS IS BEING COMMUNICATED ONLY TO, AND IS DIRECTED ONLY AT, (1) PERSONS WHICH HAVE PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IN MATTERS RELATING TO INVESTMENTS AND WHICH FALL WITHIN ARTICLE 19(5) OF THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS ACT 2000 (FINANCIAL PROMOTION) ORDER 2005 (AS AMENDED, THE “ORDER”); (2) PERSONS WHICH FALL WITHIN ARTICLE 49(2)(A) TO (D) OF THE ORDER; OR (3) PERSONS TO WHICH IT MAY OTHERWISE LAWFULLY BE COMMUNICATED OR DIRECTED (EACH SUCH PERSON, A “RELEVANT PERSON”). ANY INVESTMENT OR INVESTMENT ACTIVITY TO WHICH THIS PROSPECTUS RELATES, INCLUDING THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDS, IS AVAILABLE ONLY TO RELEVANT PERSONS AND WILL BE ENGAGED IN ONLY WITH RELEVANT PERSONS. THIS PROSPECTUS MUST NOT BE ACTED ON OR RELIED ON BY ANY PERSON WHICH IS NOT A RELEVANT PERSON.

EACH OF THE UNDERWRITERS HAS REPRESENTED AND AGREED THAT (I) IT HAS ONLY COMMUNICATED OR CAUSED TO BE COMMUNICATED AND WILL ONLY COMMUNICATE OR CAUSE TO BE COMMUNICATED AN INVITATION OR INDUCEMENT TO ENGAGE IN INVESTMENT ACTIVITY (WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 21 OF THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS ACT 2000, AS AMENDED (THE “FSMA”)) RECEIVED BY IT IN CONNECTION WITH THE ISSUE OR SALE OF THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDS IN CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH SECTION 21(1) OF THE FSMA DOES NOT APPLY TO THE ISSUING ENTITY; AND (II) IT HAS COMPLIED AND WILL COMPLY WITH ALL APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE FSMA WITH RESPECT TO ANYTHING DONE BY IT IN RELATION TO THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDS IN, FROM OR OTHERWISE INVOLVING THE UNITED KINGDOM.

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NOTICE TO RESIDENTS OF CANADA

THE BONDS MAY BE SOLD IN CANADA ONLY TO PURCHASERS PURCHASING, OR DEEMED TO BE PURCHASING, AS PRINCIPAL THAT ARE ACCREDITED INVESTORS, AS DEFINED IN NATIONAL INSTRUMENT 45-106 PROSPECTUS EXEMPTIONS OR SUBSECTION 73.3(1) OF THE SECURITIES ACT (ONTARIO), AND ARE PERMITTED CLIENTS, AS DEFINED IN NATIONAL INSTRUMENT 31-103 REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS, EXEMPTIONS AND ONGOING REGISTRANT OBLIGATIONS. ANY RESALE OF THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDS MUST BE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH AN EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE PROSPECTUS REQUIREMENTS OF APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS.

SECURITIES LEGISLATION IN CERTAIN PROVINCES OR TERRITORIES OF CANADA MAY PROVIDE A PURCHASER WITH REMEDIES FOR RESCISSION OR DAMAGES IF THIS PROSPECTUS (INCLUDING ANY AMENDMENT THERETO) CONTAINS A MISREPRESENTATION, PROVIDED THAT THE REMEDIES FOR RESCISSION OR DAMAGES ARE EXERCISED BY THE PURCHASER WITHIN THE TIME LIMIT PRESCRIBED BY THE SECURITIES LEGISLATION OF THE PURCHASER’S PROVINCE OR TERRITORY. THE PURCHASER SHOULD REFER TO ANY APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE SECURITIES LEGISLATION OF THE PURCHASER’S PROVINCE OR TERRITORY FOR PARTICULARS OF THESE RIGHTS OR CONSULT WITH A LEGAL ADVISOR.

PURSUANT TO SECTION 3A.3 OF NATIONAL INSTRUMENT 33-105 UNDERWRITING CONFLICTS (NI 33-105), THE UNDERWRITERS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH THE DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS OF NI 33-105 REGARDING UNDERWRITER CONFLICTS OF INTEREST IN CONNECTION WITH THIS OFFERING.

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NOTICE TO PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS IN SWITZERLAND

THIS PROSPECTUS IS NOT INTENDED TO CONSTITUTE AN OFFER OR A SOLICITATION TO PURCHASE OR INVEST IN THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDS. THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDS MAY NOT BE PUBLICLY OFFERED, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN SWITZERLAND WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE SWISS FINANCIAL SERVICES ACT (“FINSA”) AND NO APPLICATION HAS OR WILL BE MADE TO ADMIT THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDS TO TRADING ON ANY TRADING VENUE (EXCHANGE OR MULTILATERAL TRADING FACILITY) IN SWITZERLAND. NEITHER THIS PROSPECTUS NOR ANY OTHER OFFERING OR MARKETING MATERIAL RELATING TO THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDS CONSTITUTES A PROSPECTUS PURSUANT TO (I) THE FINSA OR (II) THE LISTING RULES OF THE SIX SWISS EXCHANGE AG OR ANY OTHER REGULATED TRADING VENUE IN SWITZERLAND AND NEITHER THIS PROSPECTUS NOR ANY OTHER OFFERING OR MARKETING MATERIAL RELATING TO THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDS MAY BE PUBLICLY DISTRIBUTED OR OTHERWISE MADE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE IN SWITZERLAND. THIS PROSPECTUS WILL NOT BE REVIEWED NOR APPROVED BY A REVIEWING BODY FOR PROSPECTUSES (PRÜFSTELLE).

NONE OF THIS PROSPECTUS OR ANY OTHER OFFERING OR MARKETING MATERIAL RELATING TO THE OFFERING, THE ISSUING ENTITY OR THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDS HAVE BEEN OR WILL BE FILED WITH OR APPROVED BY ANY SWISS REGULATORY AUTHORITY. IN PARTICULAR, THIS PROSPECTUS WILL NOT BE FILED WITH, AND THE OFFER OF THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDS WILL NOT BE SUPERVISED BY, THE SWISS FINANCIAL MARKET SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY (“FINMA”), AND THE OFFER OF SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDS HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE AUTHORIZED UNDER THE SWISS FEDERAL ACT ON COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT SCHEMES (“CISA”). ACCORDINGLY, INVESTORS DO NOT HAVE THE BENEFIT OF THE SPECIFIC INVESTOR PROTECTION PROVIDED UNDER THE CISA.

THIS PROSPECTUS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE INVESTMENT ADVICE. IT MAY ONLY BE USED BY THOSE PERSONS TO WHOM IT HAS BEEN HANDED OUT IN CONNECTION WITH THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDS AND MAY NEITHER BE COPIED NOR DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY DISTRIBUTED OR MADE AVAILABLE TO OTHER PERSONS.

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NOTICE TO PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS IN HONG KONG

THE CONTENTS OF THIS PROSPECTUS HAVE NOT BEEN REVIEWED BY ANY REGULATORY AUTHORITY IN HONG KONG. YOU ARE ADVISED TO EXERCISE CAUTION IN RELATION TO THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDS. IF YOU ARE IN ANY DOUBT ABOUT ANY OF THE CONTENTS OF THIS PROSPECTUS, YOU SHOULD OBTAIN INDEPENDENT PROFESSIONAL ADVICE.

THIS PROSPECTUS HAS NOT BEEN OR WILL NOT BE REGISTERED AS A PROSPECTUS (AS DEFINED IN THE COMPANIES (WINDING UP AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ORDINANCE (CAP. 32) OF HONG KONG (“C(WUMP)O”)) IN HONG KONG NOR HAS IT BEEN APPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND FUTURES COMMISSION OF HONG KONG PURSUANT TO THE SECURITIES AND FUTURES ORDINANCE (CAP. 571) OF HONG KONG (“SFO”).

ACCORDINGLY: (I) THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDS MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD IN HONG KONG BY MEANS OF ANY DOCUMENT, OTHER THAN (A) TO “PROFESSIONAL INVESTORS” AS DEFINED IN THE SFO AND ANY RULES MADE UNDER THE SFO, OR (B) IN OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH DO NOT RESULT IN THE DOCUMENT BEING A “PROSPECTUS” AS DEFINED IN THE C(WUMP)O OR WHICH DO NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO THE PUBLIC WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE C(WUMP)O; AND (II) NO PERSON MAY ISSUE OR HAVE IN ITS POSSESSION FOR THE PURPOSES OF ISSUE, WHETHER IN HONG KONG OR ELSEWHERE, ANY ADVERTISEMENT, INVITATION OR DOCUMENT RELATING TO THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDS, WHICH IS DIRECTED AT, OR THE CONTENTS OF WHICH ARE LIKELY TO BE ACCESSED OR READ BY, THE PUBLIC OF HONG KONG (EXCEPT IF PERMITTED TO DO SO UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF HONG KONG) OTHER THAN WITH RESPECT TO securitized utility tariff bonds WHICH ARE OR ARE INTENDED TO BE DISPOSED OF ONLY TO PERSONS OUTSIDE HONG KONG OR ONLY TO “PROFESSIONAL INVESTORS” AS DEFINED IN THE SFO AND ANY RULES MADE UNDER THE SFO.

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NOTICE TO PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS IN JAPAN

THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDS HAVE NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND EXCHANGE ACT OF JAPAN (ACT NO. 25 OF 1948, AS AMENDED, THE “FIEA”). NEITHER THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDS NOR ANY INTEREST THEREIN MAY BE OFFERED OR SOLD, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN JAPAN OR TO, OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF, ANY RESIDENT OF JAPAN (AS DEFINED UNDER ITEM 5, PARAGRAPH 1, ARTICLE 6 OF THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE AND FOREIGN TRADE ACT (ACT NO. 228 OF 1949, AS AMENDED)), OR TO OTHERS FOR RE-OFFERING OR RESALE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN JAPAN OR TO, OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF, ANY RESIDENT OF JAPAN, EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF, AND OTHERWISE IN COMPLIANCE WITH, THE FIEA AND ANY OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS, REGULATIONS AND MINISTERIAL GUIDELINES OF JAPAN.

THE PRIMARY OFFERING OF THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDS AND THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER FOR ACQUISITION THEREOF HAVE NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER PARAGRAPH 1, ARTICLE 4 OF THE FIEA. AS IT IS A PRIMARY OFFERING, IN JAPAN, THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDS MAY ONLY BE OFFERED, SOLD, RESOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY TO, OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF CERTAIN QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS AS DEFINED IN THE FIEA (“QIIS”) IN RELIANCE ON THE QIIS-ONLY PRIVATE PLACEMENT EXEMPTION AS SET FORTH IN ITEM 2(I), PARAGRAPH 3, ARTICLE 2 OF THE FIEA. A QII WHO PURCHASED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDS CANNOT RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDS IN JAPAN TO ANY PERSON EXCEPT ANOTHER QII.

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NOTICE TO PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS IN TAIWAN

THE OFFER OF THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDS HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR FILED WITH, OR APPROVED BY, THE FINANCIAL SUPERVISORY COMMISSION OF TAIWAN AND/OR OTHER REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF TAIWAN PURSUANT TO RELEVANT SECURITIES LAWS AND REGULATIONS, AND THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDS MAY NOT BE OFFERED, ISSUED OR SOLD IN TAIWAN THROUGH A PUBLIC OFFERING OR IN CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH CONSTITUTE AN OFFER WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF TAIWAN THAT REQUIRES THE REGISTRATION OR FILING WITH OR APPROVAL OF THE FINANCIAL SUPERVISORY COMMISSION OF TAIWAN. THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDS MAY BE MADE AVAILABLE OUTSIDE TAIWAN FOR PURCHASE BY INVESTORS RESIDING IN TAIWAN (EITHER DIRECTLY OR THROUGH PROPERLY LICENSED TAIWAN INTERMEDIARIES), BUT MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD IN TAIWAN EXCEPT TO QUALIFIED INVESTORS VIA A TAIWAN LICENSED INTERMEDIARY, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAWS AND REGULATIONS. ANY SUBSCRIPTIONS OF SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDS SHALL ONLY BECOME EFFECTIVE UPON ACCEPTANCE BY THE ISSUING ENTITY OR THE RELEVANT DEALER OUTSIDE TAIWAN AND SHALL BE DEEMED A CONTRACT ENTERED INTO IN THE JURISDICTION OF INCORPORATION OF THE ISSUING ENTITY OR RELEVANT DEALER, AS THE CASE MAY BE, UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED IN THE SUBSCRIPTION DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDS SIGNED BY THE INVESTORS.

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GLOSSARY OF DEFINED TERMS

The following definitions are used in this prospectus:

1940 Act means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

Adjustment request with regard to the securitized utility tariff charges means a request filed by the servicer with the Kansas commission requesting modifications to the securitized utility tariff charges.

Applicable similar law means, with regard to ERISA considerations, other applicable federal, state and local law that is similar to the provisions of Title I of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code.

Bankruptcy Code means Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended.

Basic documents means the administration agreement, the sale agreement, the servicing agreement, the indenture, the series supplement, the bill of sale given by KGS, as the seller, to us, the notes evidencing the securitized utility tariff bonds, and our Certificate of Formation and Limited Liability Company Agreement, in each case, as amended to the date of this prospectus.

Business day means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York, Chicago, Illinois or Tulsa, Oklahoma, are, or DTC is, required or authorized by law or executive order to remain closed.

Capital subaccount means that subaccount of the collection account into which the seller will contribute capital in an amount equal to 0.50% of the initial principal amount of the securitized utility tariff bonds.

Clearstream means Clearstream Banking, Luxembourg, S.A.

Collection account means the one or more segregated trust accounts relating to the securitized utility tariff bonds designated the collection account and held by the trustee under the indenture. The collection account shall initially be divided into subaccounts, which need not be separate accounts: a general subaccount, a capital subaccount and an excess funds subaccount, as specified in the series supplement.

COVID-19 means Coronavirus Disease 2019.

Customer has the meaning given to such term in the financing order and generally means any existing or future customer (including individuals, corporations, other businesses, and federal, state and local governmental entities) receiving transportation or distribution service from KGS or its successors or assignees (other than customers in KGS’s “Sales for Resale” customer class) under Kansas commission-approved rate schedules or under special contracts.

Daily remittance means the collected securitized utility tariff charges to be remitted by the servicer to the trustee on each servicer business day for deposit to the general subaccount of the collection account as soon as reasonably practicable, but in no event later than two servicer business days following receipt of such securitized utility tariff charge collections.

Depositor means KGS.

Direct Participants means DTC’s participants.

Dodd-Frank Act means the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

DTC means The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York, and its nominee holder, Cede & Co.

DTCC means The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation.

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EEA means the European Economic Area.

ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

EU means the European Union.

EU Securitization Regulation means EU legislation comprising Regulation (EU) 2017/2402.

Euroclear means the Euroclear System.

European Securitization Rules means the EU Securitization Regulation together with certain related regulatory technical standards, implementing technical standards and official guidance.

Excess funds subaccount means that subaccount of the collection account into which funds collected by the servicer in excess of amounts necessary to make the payments specified on a given payment date.

Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

FATCA means the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act.

Financing order means the order issued by the Kansas commission on August 18, 2022 to KGS in KGS’s Docket No. 22-KGSG-466-TAR which, among other things, governs the amount of the securitized utility tariff bonds that may be issued and terms for collections of the securitized utility tariff charges.

Fitch means Fitch Ratings, Inc. or any successor in interest. References to Fitch are effective so long as Fitch is a rating agency.

General subaccount means that subaccount that will hold funds held in the collection account that are not held in the other subaccounts of the collection account.

Hired NRSRO means the NRSRO hired by KGS.

Indenture means the indenture to be entered into between us and the trustee, providing for the issuance of the securitized utility tariff bonds, as the same may be amended and supplemented from time to time by one or more indentures supplemental thereto.

Indirect Participants means participants accessing the DTC system, including both U.S. and non-U.S. securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, and clearing corporations that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a Direct Participant, either directly or indirectly.

Internal Revenue Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

IRS means the Internal Revenue Service of the United States.

Issuance date means the date the securitized utility tariff bonds are issued and sold to the underwriters.

Issuing entity means Kansas Gas Service Securitization I. L.L.C.

Kansas commission means the State Corporation Commission of the State of Kansas.

Kansas UCC means the Kansas Uniform Commercial Code, Chapter 84 Kansas Revised Statutes.

Moody’s means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or any successor in interest. References to Moody’s are effective so long as Moody’s is a rating agency.

Nonbypassable refers to the right of the servicer to collect the securitized utility tariff charges from all existing and future retail customers of KGS, subject to certain limitations specified in the financing order.

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NRSRO means a nationally recognized statistical rating organization.

ODFA means The Oklahoma Development Finance Authority, a public trust and instrumentality of the State of Oklahoma.

ODFA ONG Bonds means $1,354,200,000 initial principal amount of ODFA’s Ratepayer-Backed Bonds (Oklahoma Natural Gas Company) Series 2022 (Federally Taxable) issued in August 2022.

OID means original issue discount.

ONG means Oklahoma Natural Gas Company, a Division of ONE Gas, Inc.

Payment date means the date or dates on which interest and principal are to be payable on the securitized utility tariff bonds.

Plan asset regulations means United States Department of Labor regulations at 29 C.F.R. Section 2510.3-101, as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA.

Qualified extraordinary costs means costs that KGS incurred before, on or after the effective date of the Securitization Act of an extraordinary nature that would cause extreme customer rate impacts if recovered through customary rate-making, including, but not limited to, purchases of gas supplies, transportation costs, fuel and power costs, including carrying charges incurred during anomalous weather events.

Rating agencies means Moody’s and Fitch. If no such organization (or successor) is any longer in existence, “rating agency” shall be a NRSRO or other comparable person designated by us, notice of which designation shall be given to the trustee and the servicer.

Rating agency condition means, with respect to any action, at least ten business days’ prior written notification to each rating agency of such action, and written confirmation from each of Fitch and Moody’s to the servicer, the trustee and us that such action will not result in a suspension, reduction or withdrawal of the then current rating by such rating agency of the securitized utility tariff bonds provided, that, if within such ten business day period, a rating agency has neither replied to such notification nor responded in a manner that indicates that such rating agency is reviewing and considering the notification, then (a) we shall be required to confirm that such rating agency has received the rating agency condition request, and if it has, promptly request the related rating agency condition confirmation and (b) if the rating agency neither replies to such notification nor responds in a manner that indicates it is reviewing and considering the notification within five business days following such second request, the applicable rating agency condition requirement shall not be deemed to apply to such rating agency. For the purposes of this definition, any confirmation, request, acknowledgment or approval that is required to be in writing may be in the form of electronic mail or a press release (which may contain a general waiver of a rating agency’s right to review or consent).

Record date means the date or dates with respect to each payment date on which it is determined the person in whose name each securitized utility tariff bond is registered will be paid on the respective payment date.

Regulation AB means the rules of the SEC promulgated under Subpart 229.1100—Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R. §§229.1100-229.1123, as such may be amended from time to time.

Retail customer means an end-use customer who purchases natural gas for consumption from KGS.

Revenue Procedure 2005-62 means Revenue Procedure 2005-62, 2005-2 CB 507.

Sale agreement means the sale agreement to be entered into between us and KGS, pursuant to which KGS sells and we purchase the securitized utility tariff property.

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SEC means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Securitization Act means K.S.A. §§ 66-1,240 - 66-1,253, the Utility Financing and Securitization Act, a Kansas senate substitute for House Bill 2072 (Volume 40 - Issue 16 - April 22, 2021).

Securitized utility tariff bonds means the Series 2022-A Senior Secured Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds offered pursuant to this prospectus.

Securitized utility tariff charges means the amounts authorized by the Kansas commission in the financing order to provide a source of revenue solely to repay, finance or refinance the securitized utility tariff bonds and financing costs and that are nonbypassable charges imposed on, and part of all retail customer bills, including bills to special contract customers as provided in K.S.A. § 66-1,241, and amendments thereto, collected by KGS or its successors or assignees, or a collection agent, in full, separate and apart from KGS’s base rates.

Securitized utility tariff property means all of KGS’s rights and interest under the financing order (including, without limitation, rights to impose, bill, charge, collect and receive the securitized utility tariff charges approved in the financing order), except the rights of KGS to earn and receive a rate of return on its invested capital in us, to receive administration and servicer fees, or to use KGS’s proceeds from the sale of the securitized utility tariff property to us.

Seller means KGS.

Servicer means KGS, acting as the initial servicer, and any successor or assignee servicer, which will service the securitized utility tariff property under the servicing agreement.

Servicing agreement means the servicing agreement to be entered into between us and KGS, as the same may be amended and supplemented from time to time, pursuant to which KGS, as the initial servicer, undertakes to service the securitized utility tariff property.

Sponsor means KGS.

Terms and Conditions with regard to Euroclear means the Terms and Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear and the related Operating Procedures of Euroclear, and applicable Belgian law.

Treasury Regulations means proposed or issued regulations promulgated from time to time under the Internal Revenue Code.

True-up mechanism means a provision required by the financing order whereby the servicer will apply to the Kansas commission for adjustments to the securitized utility tariff charges based on actual collected securitized utility tariff charges and updated assumptions by the servicer as to future collections of securitized utility tariff charges.

Trust Indenture Act means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.

Trustee means U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association.

Unsolicited Ratings means ratings on the securitized utility tariff bonds issued by an NRSRO other than the hired NRSRO.

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$336,000,000 Series 2022-A Senior Secured

Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds

Kansas Gas Service,

a division of ONE Gas, Inc.

Sponsor, Depositor and Initial Servicer

Kansas Gas Service Securitization I, L.L.C.

Issuing Entity

J.P. Morgan	RBC Capital Markets
Sole Structuring Agent and Joint Bookrunner	Joint Bookrunner

Through and including                      , 2023 (the 90th day after the date of this prospectus), all dealers that effect transactions in these securities, whether or not participating in this offering, may be required to deliver a prospectus. This is in addition to a dealer’s obligation to deliver a prospectus when acting as an underwriter and when offering an unsold allotment or subscription.

Part II

Information not Required in Prospectus

Item 12. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution

The following table sets forth the various expenses expected to be incurred by the registrants in connection with the issuance and distribution of the securities being registered by this prospectus, other than underwriting discounts and commissions. All amounts are estimated except the Securities and Exchange Commission registration fee.

Securities and Exchange Commission registration fee	$	31,147.20
Printing expenses		40,000.00
Trustee fees and expenses		50,000.00
Legal fees and expenses		1,200,000.00
Accounting fees and expenses		140,000.00
Rating Agencies’ fees and expenses		550,000.00
Underwriter fees and expenses		200,000.00
Kansas Commission’s financial advisor and legal fees		2,100,000.00
Miscellaneous fees and expenses		138,852.80
Total	$	4,450,000.00

Item 13. Indemnification of Directors and Officers

KANSAS GAS SERVICE SECURITIZATION I, L.L.C.

Section 18-108 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act provides that subject to such standards and restrictions, if any, as are set forth in its limited liability company agreement, a limited liability company may and has the power to indemnify and hold harmless any member, manager, or other person from and against any and all claims and demands whatsoever. The LLC Agreement provides that we shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the Issuing Entity) by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, manager, officer, employee or agent of us, or is or was serving at the request of us as a manager, director, officer, employee or agent of another company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against any and all losses, liabilities, expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement in connection with such action, suit or proceeding or in enforcing such person’s right to indemnification hereunder, in each case, actually and reasonably incurred by such person, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of us, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such conduct was unlawful; provided that such person shall not be entitled to indemnification if such judgment, penalty, fine or other expense was directly caused by such person’s fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct. The LLC Agreement provides that expenses incurred in defending or investigating a threatened or pending action, suit or proceeding may be paid by us in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the manager, director, officer, employee or agent to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified by us as authorized in the LLC Agreement.

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ONE GAS, INC.

Kansas Gas Service is a division of ONE Gas, Inc., an Oklahoma corporation. ONE Gas is empowered by Section 1031 of the Oklahoma General Corporation Act, subject to the procedures and limitations stated therein, to indemnify any person against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative) in which such person is made or threatened to be made a party by reason of his being or having been a director, officer, employee or agent of ONE Gas or is or was serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of ONE Gas, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. However, in an action by or in the right of ONE Gas, Section 1031 prohibits indemnification if such person is adjudged to be liable to ONE Gas, unless and only to the extent such indemnification is allowed by a court of competent jurisdiction. The statute provides that indemnification pursuant to its provisions is not exclusive of other rights of indemnification to which a person may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of shareholders, or disinterested directors, or otherwise.

The certificate of incorporation of ONE Gas provides that a director of ONE Gas shall not be personally liable to ONE Gas or its shareholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability for (i) any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to ONE Gas or its shareholders, (ii) acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) payment of unlawful dividends or unlawful stock purchases or redemptions pursuant to Section 1053 of the Oklahoma General Corporation Act or (iv) any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.

Article VIII of the by-laws of ONE Gas provides that directors and officers of ONE Gas shall be indemnified by ONE Gas to the fullest extent permitted by the Oklahoma General Corporation Act, including the advance of related expenses. Pursuant to Article VIII of the by-laws of ONE Gas, upon authorization and determination (i) by the board of directors by a majority vote of directors who were not parties to the action, suit, or proceeding involved, even though less than a quorum; (ii) by a committee of directors designated by a majority vote of directors, even though less than a quorum; (iii) if there are no such directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent counsel in a written opinion; or (iv) by the shareholders, ONE Gas is obligated to indemnify any person who incurs liability by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of ONE Gas, or is or was serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or as a member of any committee or similar body, if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of ONE Gas, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. However, in an action by or in the right of ONE Gas, no indemnification will be made if such person shall be adjudged to be liable to ONE Gas, unless such indemnification is allowed by a court of competent jurisdiction.

ONE Gas has entered into indemnification agreements, the form of which has been previously approved by the board of directors of ONE Gas, with each of its directors and executive officers. These indemnification agreements provide that ONE Gas is obligated to indemnify the specified director or executive officer to the fullest extent permitted by law. The agreements provide that, upon request by a director or executive officer, ONE Gas is obligated to advance expenses for defense of a claim made against the director or executive officer. The obligation of ONE Gas to indemnify the director or executive officer is subject to applicable law and may be subject to the determination by “independent counsel” or another reviewing party selected by the board of directors that the director or executive officer is entitled to indemnification. The agreements also provide for partial indemnification if a portion of a claim for indemnification is not allowed by the agreements.

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ONE Gas provides liability insurance for its directors and officers which provides for coverage against loss from claims made against officers and directors in their capacity as such, including, subject to certain exceptions, liabilities under the federal securities laws.

It is recognized that the above-summarized provisions of the by-laws of ONE Gas, the indemnification agreements and the applicable provisions of the Oklahoma General Corporation Act are qualified by the actual terms of such by-laws, agreement and act and may be sufficiently broad to indemnify officers, directors and controlling persons of ONE Gas against liabilities arising under such act.

Item 14. Exhibits

List of Exhibits

EXHIBIT NO.	DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT
1.1	Form of Underwriting Agreement*
3.1	Certificate of Formation of Kansas Gas Service Securitization I, L.L.C.**
3.2	Limited Liability Company Agreement of Kansas Gas Service Securitization I, L.L.C.**
3.3	Form of Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Kansas Gas Service Securitization I, L.L.C.
4.1	Form of Indenture between Kansas Gas Service Securitization I, L.L.C. and the Trustee (including the forms of the securitized utility tariff bonds and form of Series Supplement)
5.1	Opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P. with respect to legality
8.1	Opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P. with respect to federal tax matters
10.1	Form of Securitized Utility Tariff Property Servicing Agreement between Kansas Gas Service Securitization I, L.L.C. and Kansas Gas Service, a division of ONE Gas, Inc., as Servicer
10.2	Form of Securitized Utility Tariff Property Purchase and Sale Agreement between Kansas Gas Service Securitization I, L.L.C. and Kansas Gas Service, a division of ONE Gas, Inc., as Seller
10.3	Form of Administration Agreement between Kansas Gas Service Securitization I, L.L.C. and Kansas Gas Service, a division of ONE Gas, Inc., as Administrator
10.4	Form of Services and Indemnity Agreement by and among , the independent manager of Kansas Gas Service Securitization I, L.L.C. and Kansas Gas Service, a division of ONE Gas, Inc.
23.1	Consent of Baker Botts L.L.P. (included as part of its opinions filed as Exhibit 5.1 and 8.1)
24.1	Power of Attorney of Kansas Gas Service Securitization I, L.L.C. (included on signature page to this Registration Statement)**
24.2	Power of Attorney of Kansas Gas Service, a Division of ONE Gas, Inc. (included on signature page to this Registration Statement)**
25.1	Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 of U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association
99.1	Financing Order**
99.2	Form of Opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P. with respect to U.S. constitutional matters
99.3	Form of Opinion of Husch Blackwell LLP with respect to Kansas constitutional matters***
99.4	Consent of Manager Nominee
107	Filing Fee Table**

* To be filed by an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K pursuant to Item 601 of Regulation S-K.

** Previously filed.

*** To be filed by amendment.

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Item 15. Undertakings

The undersigned registrants hereby undertake that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrants pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, each registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by a registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of such registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, each registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

The undersigned registrants hereby undertake that:

(1) For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.

(2) For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all the requirements for filing on Form SF-1 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Tulsa, State of Oklahoma, on the 14^th day of October, 2022.

ONE Gas, Inc.

/s/ Caron A. Lawhorn

Caron A. Lawhorn

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature	Title	Date
/s/ Robert S. McAnnally Robert S. McAnnally	President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)	October 14, 2022
/s/ Caron A. Lawhorn Caron A. Lawhorn	Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)	October 14, 2022
/s/ Jeffrey J. Husen Jeffrey J. Husen	Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)	October 14, 2022
* John W. Gibson	Chairman of the Board	October 14, 2022
* Robert B. Evans	Director	October 14, 2022
* Tracy E. Hart	Director	October 14, 2022
* Michael G. Hutchinson	Director	October 14, 2022
* Pattye L. Moore	Director	October 14, 2022
* Eduardo A. Rodriguez	Director	October 14, 2022

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Signature	Title	Date
* Douglas H. Yaeger	Director	October 14, 2022
* By: /s/ Caron A. Lawhorn Caron A. Lawhorn Attorney-in-fact

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all the requirements for filing on Form SF-1 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, on the 14^th day of October, 2022.

KANSAS GAS SERVICE SECURITIZATION I., L.L.C.
By:	/s/ Caron A. Lawhorn
	Caron A. Lawhorn Manager

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following person in the capacity and on the date indicated.

Signature	Title	Date
Managers:
* Robert S. McAnnally	Manager	October 14, 2022
/s/ Caron A. Lawhorn Caron A. Lawhorn	Manager	October 14, 2022
* By: /s/ Caron A. Lawhorn Caron A. Lawhorn Attorney-in-fact

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EX-3.3

Exhibit 3.3

AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

OF

KANSAS GAS SERVICE SECURITIZATION I, L.L.C.

Dated as of

                     , 2022

TABLE OF CONTENTS

		Page
ARTICLE I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SECTION 1.01	Definitions		1
SECTION 1.02	Sole Member; Registered Office and Agent		2
SECTION 1.03	Other Offices		3
SECTION 1.04	Name		3
SECTION 1.05	Purpose; Nature of Business Permitted; Powers		3
SECTION 1.06	Limited Liability Company Agreement; Certificate of Formation		4
SECTION 1.07	Separate Existence		5
SECTION 1.08	Limitation on Certain Activities		8
SECTION 1.09	No State Law Partnership		9
ARTICLE II
CAPITAL
SECTION 2.01	Initial Capital		9
SECTION 2.02	Additional Capital Contributions		9
SECTION 2.03	Capital Account		10
SECTION 2.04	Interest		10
ARTICLE III
ALLOCATIONS; BOOKS
SECTION 3.01	Allocations of Income and Loss		10
SECTION 3.02	Company to be Disregarded for Tax Purposes		11
SECTION 3.03	Books of Account		11
SECTION 3.04	Access to Accounting Records		11
SECTION 3.05	Annual Tax Information		11
SECTION 3.06	Internal Revenue Service Communications		11

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ARTICLE IV
MEMBER
SECTION 4.01	Powers	11
SECTION 4.02	Compensation of Member	13
SECTION 4.03	Other Ventures	13
SECTION 4.04	Actions by the Member	13
ARTICLE V
OFFICERS
SECTION 5.01	Designation; Term; Qualifications	13
SECTION 5.02	Removal and Resignation	15
SECTION 5.03	Vacancies	15
SECTION 5.04	Compensation	15
ARTICLE VI
MEMBERSHIP INTEREST
SECTION 6.01	General	15
SECTION 6.02	Distributions	15
SECTION 6.03	Rights on Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up	15
SECTION 6.04	Redemption	16
SECTION 6.05	Voting Rights	16
SECTION 6.06	Transfer of Membership Interests	16
SECTION 6.07	Admission of Transferee as Member	16
ARTICLE VII
MANAGERS
SECTION 7.01	Managers	17
SECTION 7.02	Powers of the Managers	18
SECTION 7.03	Reimbursement	19
SECTION 7.04	Removal of Managers	19
SECTION 7.05	Resignation of Manager	19
SECTION 7.06	Vacancies	19
SECTION 7.07	Meetings of the Managers	20

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SECTION 7.08	Electronic Communications	20
SECTION 7.09	Committees of Managers	20
SECTION 7.10	Limitations on Independent Manager(s)	20
ARTICLE VIII
EXPENSES
SECTION 8.01	Expenses	21
ARTICLE IX
PERPETUAL EXISTENCE; DISSOLUTION, LIQUIDATION AND WINDING-UP
SECTION 9.01	Existence	21
SECTION 9.02	Dissolution	22
SECTION 9.03	Accounting	23
SECTION 9.04	Certificate of Cancellation	23
SECTION 9.05	Winding Up	23
SECTION 9.06	Order of Payment of Liabilities Upon Dissolution	23
SECTION 9.07	Limitations on Payments Made in Dissolution	23
SECTION 9.08	Limitation on Liability	23
ARTICLE X
INDEMNIFICATION
SECTION 10.01	Indemnity	23
SECTION 10.02	Indemnity for Actions By or In the Right of the Company	24
SECTION 10.03	Indemnity If Successful	24
SECTION 10.04	Expenses	24
SECTION 10.05	Advance Payment of Expenses	25
SECTION 10.06	Other Arrangements Not Excluded	25
ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 11.01	No Bankruptcy Petition; Dissolution	26
SECTION 11.02	Amendments	26
SECTION 11.03	Counterparts	27

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SECTION 11.04	Governing Law	27
SECTION 11.05	Headings	27
SECTION 11.06	Severability	27
SECTION 11.07	Assigns	28
SECTION 11.08	Enforcement by each Independent Manager	28
SECTION 11.09	Waiver of Partition; Nature of Interest	28
SECTION 11.10	Benefits of Agreement; No Third-Party Rights	28

EXHIBITS, SCHEDULES AND APPENDIX
Schedule A	Schedule of Capital Contribution of Member
Schedule B	Initial Managers
Schedule C	Initial Officers
Exhibit A	Management Agreement
Appendix A	Definitions

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AMENDED AND RESTATED

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

OF KANSAS GAS SERVICE SECURITIZATION I, L.L.C.

This AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT (as amended, restated or amended and restated from time to time, this “LLC Agreement”) of KANSAS GAS SERVICE SECURITIZATION I, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), dated as of             , 2022, is entered into by Kansas Gas Service, a division of ONE Gas, Inc., an Oklahoma corporation, as sole equity member of the Company (together with any additional or successor members of the Company, each in their capacity as a member of the Company, other than Special Members, the “Member”), and by Bernard J. Angelo, as the Independent Manager.

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Member has caused to be filed a Certificate of Formation of the Company with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to form the Company under and pursuant to the LLC Act and has entered into a Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company, dated as of August 30, 2022 (the “Original LLC Agreement”); and

WHEREAS, in accordance with the LLC Act, the Member desires to continue the Company without dissolution and to enter into this LLC Agreement to amend and restate in its entirety the Original LLC Agreement and to set forth the rights, powers and interests of the Member with respect to the Company and its Membership Interest therein and to provide for the management of the business and operations of the Company.

AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt, adequacy and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby amend and restate in its entirety the Original LLC Agreement as follows:

ARTICLE I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

SECTION 1.01    Definitions.

(a)    Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in Appendix A attached hereto.

(b)    All terms defined in this LLC Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined therein.

(c)    The words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereunder” and words of similar import, when used in this LLC Agreement, shall refer to this LLC Agreement as a whole and not to any

particular provision of this LLC Agreement; Article, Section, Schedule, Exhibit, Appendix, Annex and Attachment references contained in this LLC Agreement are references to Articles, Sections, Schedules, Exhibits, Appendices, Annexes and Attachments in or to this LLC Agreement unless otherwise specified; and the term “including” shall mean “including without limitation.”

(d)    The definitions contained in this LLC Agreement are applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms.

(e)    Non-capitalized terms used herein which are defined in the LLC Act, shall, as the context requires, have the meanings assigned to such terms in the LLC Act.

SECTION 1.02    Sole Member; Registered Office and Agent.

(a)    The sole Member of the Company shall be Kansas Gas Service, a division of ONE Gas, Inc., an Oklahoma corporation, or any successor as sole member pursuant to Sections 1.02(c), 6.06 and 6.07. The registered office and registered agent of the Company in the State of Delaware as of the date hereof are The Corporation Trust Company, 1209 Orange Street, Corporation Trust Center, Wilmington, Delaware 19801. The Member may change said registered office and agent from one location to another in the State of Delaware. The Member shall provide notice of any such change to the Indenture Trustee.

(b)    Upon the occurrence of any event that causes the Member to cease to be a member of the Company (other than upon continuation of the Company without dissolution upon the transfer or assignment by the Member of all of its limited liability company interest in the Company and the admission of the transferee or an additional Member of the Company pursuant to Sections 1.02(c), 6.06 and 6.07), each Person acting as an Independent Manager pursuant to the terms of this LLC Agreement shall, without any action of any Person and simultaneously with the Member ceasing to be a member of the Company, automatically be admitted to the Company as a Special Member and shall continue the Company without dissolution. No Special Member may resign from the Company or transfer its rights as Special Member unless (i) a successor Special Member has been admitted to the Company as Special Member by executing a counterpart to this LLC Agreement, and (ii) such successor has also accepted its appointment as an Independent Manager pursuant to this LLC Agreement; provided, however, the Special Members shall automatically cease to be members of the Company upon the admission to the Company of a substitute Member. Each Special Member shall be a member of the Company that has no interest in the profits, losses and capital of the Company and has no right to receive any distributions of Company assets (and no Special Member shall be treated as a member of the Company for federal income tax purposes). Pursuant to Section 18-301 of the LLC Act, a Special Member shall not be required to make any capital contributions to the Company and shall not receive a limited liability company interest in the Company. A Special Member, in its capacity as Special Member, may not bind the Company. Except as required by any mandatory provision of the LLC Act, each Special Member, in its capacity as Special Member, shall have no right to vote on, approve or otherwise consent to any action by, or matter relating to, the Company, including the merger, consolidation, division or conversion of the Company. In order to implement the admission to the Company of each Special Member, each Person acting as an Independent Manager pursuant to this LLC Agreement shall execute a counterpart to this LLC Agreement. Prior to its admission to the Company as Special Member, each Person acting as an Independent Manager pursuant to this LLC

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Agreement shall not be a member of the Company. A “Special Member” means, upon such Person’s admission to the Company as a member of the Company pursuant to this Section 1.02(b), a Person acting as an Independent Manager, in such Person’s capacity as a member of the Company. A Special Member shall only have the rights and duties expressly set forth in this LLC Agreement. For purposes of this LLC Agreement, a Special Member is not included within the defined term “Member.”

(c)    The Company may admit additional Members with the affirmative vote of a majority of the Managers, which vote must include the affirmative vote of each Independent Manager. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, it shall be a condition to the admission of any additional Member that the sole Member shall have received an opinion of outside tax counsel (as selected by the Member in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Member and the Indenture Trustee) that the admission of such additional Member shall not cause the Company to be treated, for federal income tax purposes, as having more than a “sole owner” and that the Company shall not be treated, for federal income tax purposes, as an entity separate from such “sole owner”. If such additional Member is being admitted when there are no members of the Company, its admission shall be effective as of the last remaining Member’s ceasing to be a member of the Company.

SECTION 1.03    Other Offices. The Company may have an office at 15 East Fifth Street, Suite 2662, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103, or at any other offices that may at any time be established by the Member at any place or places within or outside the State of Delaware. The Member shall provide notice to the Indenture Trustee of any change in the location of the Company’s office.

SECTION 1.04    Name. The name of the Company shall be “Kansas Gas Service Securitization I, L.L.C.”. The name of the Company may be changed from time to time by the Member with ten (10) days’ prior written notice to the Managers and the Indenture Trustee, and the filing of an appropriate amendment to the Certificate of Formation with the Secretary of State as required by the LLC Act.

SECTION 1.05    Purpose; Nature of Business Permitted; Powers. The purposes for which the Company is formed are limited to:

(a)    financing, purchasing, owning, administering, managing and servicing the Securitized Utility Tariff Property and the other Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds Collateral;

(b)    authorizing, executing, issuing, delivering and registering the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds;

(c)    making payment on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds;

(d)    distributing amounts released to the Company;

(e)    managing, assigning, pledging, collecting amounts due on or otherwise dealing in the Securitized Utility Tariff Property and the other Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Collateral;

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(f)    negotiating, executing, assuming and performing its obligations under, the Basic Documents;

(g)    pledging its interest in the Securitized Utility Tariff Property and the other Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Collateral to the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture and the Series Supplement in order to secure the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds;

(h)    filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission the registration statement, including any pre-effective or post-effective amendments thereto and any registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act (including any prospectus supplement, prospectus and exhibits contained therein), and file such applications, reports, surety bonds, irrevocable consents, appointments of attorney for service of process and other papers and documents necessary or desirable to register the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds under the securities or “Blue Sky” laws of various jurisdictions; and

(i)    performing activities that are necessary, suitable or convenient to accomplish the above purposes.

The Company shall engage only in any activities related to the foregoing purposes or required or authorized by the terms of the Basic Documents or other agreements referenced above. The Company shall have all powers reasonably incidental, necessary, suitable or convenient to effect the foregoing purposes, including all powers granted under the LLC Act. The Company shall issue the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds pursuant to the Financing Order. The Company is hereby authorized to execute, deliver and perform, and the Member, any Manager (other than an Independent Manager), or any officer of the Company, acting singly or collectively, on behalf of the Company, are hereby authorized to execute and deliver, the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, the Basic Documents and all registration statements, documents, agreements, certificates or financing statements contemplated thereby or related thereto, all without any further act, vote or approval of any Member, Manager or other Person, notwithstanding any other provision of this LLC Agreement, the LLC Act, or other applicable law, rule or regulation. Notwithstanding any other provision of this LLC Agreement, the LLC Act or other applicable law, any Basic Document executed prior to the date hereof by any Member, Manager or officer on behalf of the Company is hereby ratified and approved in all respects. The authorization set forth in the preceding two sentences shall not be deemed a restriction on the power and authority of the Member or any Manager, including any Independent Manager, to enter into other agreements or documents on behalf of the Company as authorized pursuant to this LLC Agreement and the LLC Act. The Company shall possess and may exercise all the powers and privileges granted by the LLC Act or by any other law or by this LLC Agreement, together with any powers incidental thereto, insofar as such powers and privileges are incidental, necessary, suitable or convenient to the conduct, promotion or attainment of the business purposes or activities of the Company.

SECTION 1.06    Limited Liability Company Agreement; Certificate of Formation. This LLC Agreement shall constitute a “limited liability company agreement” within the meaning of the LLC Act. Brian K. Shore, as an authorized person within the meaning of the LLC Act, has caused a certificate of formation of the Company to be executed and filed in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on August 30, 2022 (such execution and filing being hereby ratified and approved in all respects). Upon the filing of the Certificate of

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Formation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, his powers as an “authorized person” ceased, and the Member thereupon became the designated “authorized person” and shall continue as the designated “authorized person” within the meaning of the LLC Act. The existence of the Company as a separate legal entity shall continue until the cancellation of the Certificate of Formation of the Company as provided in the LLC Act.

SECTION 1.07    Separate Existence. Except for financial reporting purposes (to the extent required by generally accepted accounting principles) and for federal income tax purposes and, to the extent consistent with applicable state tax law, state income and franchise tax purposes, the Member and the Managers shall take all steps necessary to continue the identity of the Company as a separate legal entity and to make it apparent to third Persons that the Company is an entity with assets and liabilities distinct from those of the Member, Affiliates of the Member or any other Person, and that the Company is not a division of any of the Affiliates of the Company or any other Person. In that regard, and without limiting the foregoing in any manner, the Company shall:

(a)    maintain the assets of the Company in such a manner that it is not costly or difficult to segregate, identify or ascertain its individual assets from those of any other Person, including any Affiliate;

(b)    conduct all transactions with Affiliates on an arm’s-length basis;

(c)    not guarantee, become obligated for or pay the debts of any Affiliate or hold the credit of the Company out as being available to satisfy the obligations of any Affiliate or other Person (nor, except as contemplated in the Basic Documents, indemnify any Person for losses resulting therefrom), nor, except as contemplated in the Basic Documents, have any of its obligations guaranteed by any Affiliate or hold the Company out as responsible for the debts of any Affiliate or other Person or for the decisions or actions with respect to the business and affairs of any Affiliate, nor seek or obtain credit or incur any obligation to any third party based upon the creditworthiness or assets of any Affiliate or any other Person (i.e. other than based on the assets of the Company) nor allow any Affiliate to do such things based on the credit of the Company;

(d)    except as expressly otherwise permitted hereunder or under any of the Basic Documents, not permit the commingling or pooling of the Company’s funds or other assets with the funds or other assets of any Affiliate;

(e)    maintain separate deposit and other bank accounts and funds (separately identifiable from those of the Member or any other Person) to which no Affiliate (except KGS, in its capacity as Servicer, and Administrator) has any access, which accounts shall be maintained in the name and, to the extent not inconsistent with applicable federal tax law, with the tax identification number of the Company;

(f)    maintain full books of accounts and records (financial or other) and financial statements separate from those of its Affiliates or any other Person, prepared and maintained in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (including, all resolutions, records, agreements or instruments underlying or regarding the transactions contemplated by the Basic Documents or otherwise) and audited annually by an independent accounting firm which shall provide such audit to the Indenture Trustee;

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(g)    pay its own liabilities out of its own funds, including fees and expenses of the Administrator pursuant to the Administration Agreement and the Servicer pursuant to the Servicing Agreement;

(h)    not hire or maintain any employees, but shall compensate (either directly or through reimbursement of the Company’s allocable share of any shared expenses) all consultants, agents and Affiliates, to the extent applicable, for services provided to the Company by such consultants, agents or Affiliates, in each case, from the Company’s own funds;

(i)    allocate fairly and reasonably the salaries of and the expenses related to providing the benefits of officers or managers shared with the Member, any Special Member or any Manager;

(j)    allocate fairly and reasonably any overhead shared with the Member, any Special Member or any Manager;

(k)    pay from its own bank accounts for accounting and payroll services, rent, lease and other expenses (or the Company’s allocable share of any such amounts provided by one or more other Affiliates) and not have such operating expenses (or the Company’s allocable share thereof) paid by any Affiliates, provided, that the Member shall be permitted to pay the initial organization expenses of the Company and certain of the expenses related to the transactions contemplated by the Basic Documents as provided therein;

(l)    maintain adequate capitalization to conduct its business and affairs considering the Company’s size and the nature of its business and intended purposes and, after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by the Basic Documents, refrain from engaging in a business for which its remaining property represents an unreasonably small capital;

(m)    conduct all of the Company’s business (whether in writing or orally) solely in the name of the Company through the Member and the Company’s Managers, officers and agents and hold the Company out as an entity separate from any Affiliate;

(n)    not make or declare any distributions of cash or property to the Member except in accordance with appropriate limited liability company formalities and only consistent with sound business judgment to the extent that it is permitted pursuant to the Basic Documents and not violative of any applicable law;

(o)    otherwise practice and adhere to all limited liability company procedures and formalities to the extent required by this LLC Agreement or all other appropriate constituent documents and the laws of its state of formation and all other appropriate jurisdictions;

(p)    not appoint an Affiliate or any employee of an Affiliate as an agent of the Company, except as otherwise permitted in the Basic Documents (although such Persons can qualify as a Manager or as an officer of the Company);

(q)    not acquire obligations or securities of or make loans or advances to or pledge its assets for the benefit of any Affiliate, the Member or any Affiliate of the Member;

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(r)    not permit the Member or any Affiliate to acquire obligations of or make loans or advances to the Company;

(s)    except as expressly provided in the Basic Documents, not permit the Member or any Affiliate to guarantee, pay or become liable for the debts of the Company nor permit any such Person to hold out its creditworthiness as being available to pay the liabilities and expenses of the Company nor, except for the indemnities in this LLC Agreement and the Basic Documents, indemnify any Person for losses resulting therefrom;

(t)    maintain separate minutes of the actions of the Member and the Managers, including the transactions contemplated by the Basic Documents;

(u)    cause (i) all written and oral communications, including letters, invoices, purchase orders, and contracts, of the Company to be made solely in the name of the Company, (ii) the Company to have its own tax identification number (to the extent not inconsistent with applicable federal tax law), stationery, checks and business forms, separate from those of any Affiliate, (iii) all Affiliates not to use the stationery or business forms of the Company, and cause the Company not to use the stationery or business forms of any Affiliate, and (iv) all Affiliates not to conduct business in the name of the Company, and cause the Company not to conduct business in the name of any Affiliate;

(v)    direct creditors of the Company to send invoices and other statements of account of the Company directly to the Company and not to any Affiliate and cause the Affiliates to direct their creditors not to send invoices and other statements of accounts of such Affiliates to the Company;

(w)    cause the Member to maintain as official records all resolutions, agreements, and other instruments underlying or regarding the transactions contemplated by the Basic Documents;

(x)    disclose, and cause the Member to disclose, in its financial statements the effects of all transactions between the Member and the Company in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and in a manner which makes it clear that (i) the Company is a separate legal entity, (ii) the assets of the Company (including the Securitized Utility Tariff Property transferred to the Company pursuant to the Sale Agreement) are not assets of any Affiliate and are not available to pay creditors of any Affiliate and (iii) neither the Member nor any other Affiliate is liable or responsible for the debts of the Company;

(y)    treat and cause the Member to treat the transfer of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property from the Member to the Company as a sale under the Securitization Law;

(z)    except as described herein with respect to tax purposes and financial reporting, describe and cause each Affiliate to describe the Company, and hold the Company out as a separate legal entity and not as a division or department of any Affiliate, and promptly correct any known misunderstanding regarding the Company’s identity separate from any Affiliate or any Person;

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(aa)    so long as any of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds are Outstanding, treat the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds as debt for all purposes and specifically as debt of the Company, other than for financial reporting, state or federal regulatory or tax purposes;

(bb)    solely for purposes of federal taxes and, to the extent consistent with applicable state, local and other tax law, state, local and other taxes, so long as any of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds are Outstanding, treat the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds as indebtedness of the Member secured by the Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Collateral unless otherwise required by appropriate taxing authorities;

(cc)    file its own tax returns, if any, as may be required under applicable law, to the extent (i) not part of a consolidated group filing a consolidated return or returns or (ii) not treated as a division or disregarded entity for tax purposes of another taxpayer, and pay any taxes so required to be paid under applicable law;

(dd)    maintain its valid existence in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and maintain its qualification to do business under the laws of such other jurisdictions as its operations require;

(ee)    not form, or cause to be formed, any subsidiaries;

(ff)    comply with all laws applicable to the transactions contemplated by this LLC Agreement and the Basic Documents; and

(gg)    cause the Member to observe in all material respects all limited liability company procedures and formalities, if any, required by its constituent documents and the laws of its state of formation and all other appropriate jurisdictions.

Failure of the Company, or the Member or any Manager on behalf of the Company, to comply with any of the foregoing covenants or any other covenants contained in this LLC Agreement shall not affect the status of the Company as a separate legal entity or the limited liability of the Member or the Managers.

SECTION 1.08    Limitation on Certain Activities. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this LLC Agreement and any provision of law that otherwise so empowers the Company, the Member or any Manager or any other Person, the Company, and the Member or Managers or any other Person on behalf of the Company, shall not:

(a)    engage in any business or activity other than as set forth in Article I hereof;

(b)    without the affirmative vote of the Member and the unanimous affirmative vote of all of the Managers, including each Independent Manager, file a voluntary bankruptcy petition for relief with respect to the Company under the Bankruptcy Code or any other state, local, federal, foreign or other law relating to bankruptcy, consent to the institution of insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings against the Company or otherwise institute insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings with respect to the Company or take any limited liability company action in furtherance of any such filing or institution of a proceeding; provided however, that neither the Member nor any Manager may authorize the taking of any of the foregoing actions unless there is at least one Independent Manager then serving in such capacity;

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(c)    without the affirmative vote of all Managers, including each Independent Manager, and then only to the extent permitted by the Basic Documents, convert, merge or consolidate with any other Person or sell all or substantially all of its assets or acquire all or substantially all of the assets or capital stock or other ownership interest of any other Person;

(d)    take any action, file any tax return, or make any election inconsistent with the treatment of the Company, for purposes of federal income taxes and, to the extent consistent with applicable state tax law, state income and franchise tax purposes, as a disregarded entity that is not separate from the Member;

(e)    incur any indebtedness or assume or guarantee any indebtedness of any Person (other than the indebtedness incurred under the Basic Documents);

(f)    issue any bonds other than the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds; or

(g)    to the fullest extent permitted by law, without the affirmative vote of its Member and the affirmative vote of all Managers, including each Independent Manager, execute any dissolution, division, liquidation, or winding up of the Company.

So long as any of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds are Outstanding, the Company and the Member shall give written notice to each applicable Rating Agency of any action described in clauses (b), (c) or (g) of this Section 1.08 which is taken by or on behalf of the Company with the required affirmative vote of the Member and all Managers as therein described.

SECTION 1.09    No State Law Partnership. No provisions of this LLC Agreement shall be deemed or construed to constitute a partnership (including a limited partnership) or joint venture, or the Member a partner or joint venturer of or with any Manager or the Company, for any purposes.

ARTICLE II

CAPITAL

SECTION 2.01    Initial Capital. The initial capital of the Company shall be the sum of cash contributed to the Company by the Member (the “Capital Contribution”) in the amount set out opposite the name of the Member on Schedule A hereto, as amended from time to time and incorporated herein by this reference.

SECTION 2.02    Additional Capital Contributions. It is expected that no capital contributions to the Company will be necessary after the purchase of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property. On or prior to the date of issuance of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, the Member shall make an additional contribution to the Company in an amount equal to 0.50% of the initial principal amount of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds less the initial Capital Contribution, which amount the Company shall deposit into a capital account or capital subaccount of the Collection Account established by the Indenture Trustee as provided under the Indenture. No

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capital contribution by the Member to the Company will be made for the purpose of mitigating losses on Securitized Utility Tariff Property that has previously been transferred to the Company, and all capital contributions shall be made in accordance with all applicable limited liability company procedures and requirements, including proper record keeping by the Member and the Company. Each capital contribution will be acknowledged by a written receipt signed by any one of the Managers. The Managers acknowledge and agree that, notwithstanding anything in this LLC Agreement to the contrary, such additional contribution will be invested only in Eligible Investments, and all income earned thereon shall be allocated or paid by the Indenture Trustee in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.

SECTION 2.03    Capital Account. A Capital Account shall be established and maintained for the Member on the Company’s books (the “Capital Account”).

SECTION 2.04    Interest. On any Payment Date, with respect to any collection period, the sum of investments earnings on the Capital Account for such collection period shall, subject to the LLC Act, be paid in accordance with the Indenture.

ARTICLE III

ALLOCATIONS; BOOKS

SECTION 3.01    Allocations of Income and Loss.

(a)    Book Allocations. The net income and net loss of the Company shall be allocated entirely to the Member.

(b)    Tax Allocations. Because the Company is not making (and will not make) an election to be treated as an association taxable as a corporation under Section 301.7701-3(a) of the Treasury Regulations, and because the Company is a business entity that has a single owner and is not a corporation, it is expected to be disregarded as an entity separate from its owner for federal income tax purposes under Section 301.7701-3(b)(1) of the Treasury Regulations. Accordingly, all items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit of the Company for all taxable periods will be treated for federal income tax purposes, and for state and local income and other tax purposes to the extent permitted by applicable law, as realized or incurred directly by the Member. To the extent not so permitted, all items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit of the Company shall be allocated entirely to the Member as permitted by applicable tax law, and the Member shall pay (or indemnify the Company, the Indenture Trustee and each of their officers, managers, employees or agents for, and defend and hold harmless each such Person from and against its payment of) any taxes levied or assessed upon all or any part of the Company’s property or assets based on existing law as of the date hereof, including any sales, gross receipts, general corporation, personal property, privilege, franchise or license taxes (but excluding any taxes imposed as a result of a failure of such person to properly withhold or remit taxes imposed with respect to payments on any Securitized Utility Tariff Bond). The Indenture Trustee (on behalf of its related Secured Parties) shall be a third party beneficiary of the Member’s obligations set forth in this Section 3.01, it being understood that Bondholders shall be entitled to enforce their rights against the Member under this Section 3.01 solely through a cause of action brought for their benefit by such Indenture Trustee.

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SECTION 3.02    Company to be Disregarded for Tax Purposes. The Company shall comply with the applicable provisions of the Code and the applicable Treasury Regulations thereunder in the manner necessary to effect the intention of the parties that the Company be treated, for federal income tax purposes, as a disregarded entity that is not separate from the Member pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 301.7701-1 et seq. and that the Company be accorded such treatment until its dissolution pursuant to Article IX hereof and shall take all actions, and shall refrain from taking any action, required by the Code or Treasury Regulations thereunder in order to maintain such status of the Company. In addition, for federal income tax purposes, the Company may not claim any credit on, or make any deduction from the principal or premium, if any, or interest payable in respect of, the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds (other than amounts properly withheld from such payments under the Code or other tax laws) or assert any claim against any present or former Bondholder by reason of the payment of the taxes levied or assessed upon any part of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Collateral.

SECTION 3.03    Books of Account. At all times during the continuance of the Company, the Company shall maintain or cause to be maintained full, true, complete and correct books of account in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, using the fiscal year and taxable year of the Member. In addition, the Company shall keep all records required to be kept pursuant to the LLC Act.

SECTION 3.04    Access to Accounting Records. All books and records of the Company shall be maintained at any office of the Company or at the Company’s principal place of business, and the Member, and its duly authorized representative, shall have access to them at such office of the Company and the right to inspect and copy them at reasonable times.

SECTION 3.05    Annual Tax Information. The Managers shall cause the Company to deliver to the Member all information necessary for the preparation of the Member’s federal income tax return.

SECTION 3.06    Internal Revenue Service Communications. The Member shall communicate and negotiate with the Internal Revenue Service on any federal tax matter on behalf of the Member and the Company.

ARTICLE IV

MEMBER

SECTION 4.01    Powers. Subject to the provisions of this LLC Agreement (including without limitation Sections 1.07 and 1.08), it is hereby expressly declared that the Member shall have the following powers:

(a)    To select and remove the Managers, prescribe such powers and duties for them as may be consistent with the LLC Act and other applicable law and this LLC Agreement, fix their compensation, and require from them security for faithful service; provided, that, except as provided in Section 7.06, at all times during which any of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds are Outstanding and the Indenture remains in full force and effect (and otherwise in accordance with the Indenture) the Company shall have at least one Independent Manager. Prior to the issuance of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, the Member shall appoint at least one Independent

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Manager. An “Independent Manager” means an individual who (1) has prior experience as an independent director, independent manager or independent member for special-purpose entities, (2) is employed by a nationally-recognized company that provides professional independent managers and other corporate services in the ordinary course of its business, (3) is duly appointed as an Independent Manager of the Company and (4) is not and has not been for at least five years from the date of his or her or its appointment, and while serving as an Independent Manager of the Company will not be, any of the following;

(i)    a member, partner, or equity holder, manager, director, officer, agent, consultant, attorney, accountant, advisor or employee of the Company, the Member or any of their respective equityholders or affiliates (other than as an Independent Manager or Special Member of the Company or similar roles for any other special purpose bankruptcy-remote entity); provided, that the indirect or beneficial ownership of stock of the Member or its affiliates through a mutual fund or similar diversified investment vehicle with respect to which the owner does not have discretion or control over the investments held by such diversified investment vehicle shall not preclude such owner from being an Independent Manager;

(ii)    a creditor, supplier or service provider (including provider of professional services) to the Company, the Member or any of their respective equityholders or affiliates (other than a nationally-recognized company that routinely provides professional independent managers and other corporate services to the Company, the Member or any of their affiliates in the ordinary course of its business);

(iii)    a family member of any such Person described in clauses (i) or (ii) above; or

(iv)    a Person that controls (whether directly, indirectly or otherwise) any of clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) above.

A natural person who otherwise satisfies the foregoing definition and satisfies subparagraph (i) by reason of being the independent manager or independent director of a “special purpose entity” affiliated with the Company shall be qualified to serve as an Independent Manager of the Company, provided that the fees that such individual earns from serving as an independent manager or independent director of Affiliates of the Company in any given year constitute in the aggregate less than five percent (5%) of such individual’s annual income for that year. For purposes of this paragraph, a “special purpose entity” is an entity, whose organizational documents contain restrictions on its activities and impose requirements intended to preserve such entity’s separateness that are substantially similar to the Special Purpose Provisions of this LLC Agreement.

The fees charged by an Independent Manager shall be determined without regard to the income of the Company, shall not be deemed to constitute distributions to the recipient of any profit, loss or capital of the Company and shall be considered an Operating Expense of the Company subject to the limitations on such expenses set forth in the Financing Order. Each Manager, including each Independent Manager, is hereby deemed to be a “manager” within the meaning of Section 18-101(12) of the LLC Act.

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Promptly following any resignation or replacement of any Independent Manager, the Member shall give written notice to each applicable Rating Agency and to the Indenture Trustee of any such resignation or replacement.

(b)    To change the registered agent and office of the Company in Delaware from one location to another and to fix and locate from time to time one or more other offices of the Company.

SECTION 4.02    Compensation of Member. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Company shall have authority to reimburse the Member for out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Member in connection with its service to the Company. It is understood that the compensation paid to the Member under the provisions of this Section 4.02 shall be determined without regard to the income of the Company, shall not, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be deemed to constitute distributions to the recipient of any profit, loss or capital of the Company and shall be considered as an Operating Expense.

SECTION 4.03    Other Ventures. Notwithstanding any duties (including fiduciary duties) otherwise existing at law or in equity, it is expressly agreed that the Member, the Managers and any Affiliates, officers, directors, managers, stockholders, partners or employees of the Member, may engage in other business ventures of any nature and description, whether or not in competition with the Company, independently or with others, and the Company shall not have any rights in and to any independent venture or activity or the income or profits derived therefrom.

SECTION 4.04    Actions by the Member. All actions of the Member may be taken by written resolution of the Member which shall be signed on behalf of the Member by an authorized officer of the Member and filed with the records of the Company.

ARTICLE V

OFFICERS

SECTION 5.01    Designation; Term; Qualifications.

(a)    Officers. The officers of the Company as of the date hereof are identified on Schedule C (such individuals, to the extent not previously appointed, being hereby appointed to such offices). The Managers may, from time to time, designate one or more Persons to be officers of the Company. Any officer so designated shall have such title and authority and perform such duties as the Managers may, from time to time, delegate to them. Each officer shall hold office for the term for which such officer is designated and until its successor shall be duly designated and shall qualify or until its death, resignation or removal as provided in this LLC Agreement. Any Person may hold any number of offices. No officer need be a Manager, the Member, a Delaware resident, or a United States citizen.

(b)    President. The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Company, shall preside at all meetings of the Managers, shall be responsible for the general and active management of the business of the Company and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Managers are carried into effect. The President or any other officer authorized by the President or the Managers may execute all contracts, except: (i) where required or permitted by law or this

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LLC Agreement to be otherwise signed and executed, including Section 1.08; and (ii) where signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Managers to some other officer or agent of the Company.

(c)    Vice President. In the absence of the President or in the event of the President’s inability to act, the Vice President, if any (or in the event there be more than one Vice President, the Vice Presidents in the order designated by the Managers, or in the absence of any designation, then in the order of their election), shall perform the duties of the President, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the President. The Vice Presidents, if any, shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Managers may from time to time prescribe.

(d)    Secretary and Assistant Secretary. The Secretary shall be responsible for filing legal documents and maintaining records for the Company. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Managers and record all the proceedings of the meetings of the Company and of the Managers in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the standing committees when required. The Secretary shall give, or shall cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the Member, if any, and special meetings of the Managers, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Managers or the President, under whose supervision the Secretary shall serve. The Assistant Secretary, or if there be more than one, the Assistant Secretaries in the order determined by the Managers (or if there be no such determination, then in order of their designation), shall, in the absence of the Secretary or in the event of the Secretary’s inability to act, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Managers may from time to time prescribe.

(e)    Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have the custody of the Company funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Company and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Company in such depositories as may be designated by the Manager. The Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Company as may be ordered by the Manager, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the President and to the Managers, at its regular meetings or when the Managers so require, an account of all of the Treasurer’s transactions and of the financial condition of the Company. The Assistant Treasurer, or if there shall be more than one, the Assistant Treasurers in the order determined by the Managers (or if there be no such determination, then in the order of their designation), shall, in the absence of the Treasurer or in the event of the Treasurer’s inability to act, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Managers may from time to time prescribe.

(f)    Officers as Agents. The officers of the Company, to the extent their powers as set forth in this LLC Agreement or otherwise vested in them by action of the Managers are not inconsistent with this LLC Agreement, are agents of the Company for the purpose of the Company’s business and, subject to Section 1.08, the actions of the officers taken in accordance with such powers shall bind the Company.

(g)    Duties of Managers and Officers. Except to the extent otherwise provided herein, each Manager (other than the Independent Managers) and officer of the Company shall have a fiduciary duty of loyalty and care similar to that of directors and officers of business corporations organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

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SECTION 5.02    Removal and Resignation. Any officer of the Company may be removed as such, with or without cause, by the Managers at any time. Any officer of the Company may resign as such at any time upon written notice to the Company. Such resignation shall be made in writing and shall take effect at the time specified therein or, if no time is specified therein, at the time of its receipt by the Managers.

SECTION 5.03    Vacancies. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Company may be filled by the Managers.

SECTION 5.04    Compensation. The compensation, if any, of the officers of the Company shall be fixed from time to time by the Managers. Such compensation shall be determined without regard to the income of the Company, shall not be deemed to constitute distributions to the recipient of any profit, loss or capital of the Company and shall be considered an Operating Expense.

ARTICLE VI

MEMBERSHIP INTEREST

SECTION 6.01    General. “Membership Interest” means the limited liability company interest of the Member in the Company. The Membership Interest constitutes personal property and, subject to Section 6.06, shall be freely transferable and assignable in whole but not in part upon registration of such transfer and assignment on the books of the Company in accordance with the procedures established for such purpose by the Managers of the Company.

SECTION 6.02    Distributions. The Member shall be entitled to receive, out of the assets of the Company legally available therefor, distributions payable in cash in such amounts, if any, as the Managers shall declare. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this LLC Agreement, the Company shall not make a distribution to the Member on account of its interest in the Company if such distribution would violate the LLC Act or any other applicable law or any Basic Document.

SECTION 6.03    Rights on Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up.

(a)    In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, the Member shall be entitled to all remaining assets of the Company available for distribution to the Member after satisfaction (whether by payment or reasonable provision for payment) of all liabilities, debts and obligations of the Company.

(b)    Neither the sale of all or substantially all of the property or business of the Company, nor the merger or consolidation of the Company into or with another Person or other entity, shall be deemed to be a dissolution, liquidation or winding up, voluntary or involuntary, for the purpose of this Section 6.03.

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SECTION 6.04    Redemption. The Membership Interest shall not be redeemable.

SECTION 6.05    Voting Rights. Subject to the terms of this LLC Agreement, the Member shall have the sole right to vote on all matters as to which members of a limited liability company shall be entitled to vote pursuant to the LLC Act and other applicable law.

SECTION 6.06    Transfer of Membership Interests.

(a)    The Member may transfer its Membership Interest, in whole but not in part, but the transferee shall not be admitted as a Member except in accordance with Section 6.07. Until the transferee is admitted as a Member, the Member shall continue to be the sole member of the Company (subject to Section 1.02) and to be entitled to exercise any rights or powers of a Member of the Company with respect to the Membership Interest transferred.

(b)    To the fullest extent permitted by law, any purported transfer of any Membership Interest in violation of the provisions of this LLC Agreement shall be wholly void and shall not effectuate the transfer contemplated thereby. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary and to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Member may not transfer any Membership Interest in violation of any provision of this LLC Agreement or in violation of any applicable federal or state securities laws.

SECTION 6.07    Admission of Transferee as Member.

(a)    A transferee of a Membership Interest desiring to be admitted as a Member must execute a counterpart of, or an agreement adopting, this LLC Agreement and, except as permitted by paragraph (b) below, shall not be admitted without unanimous affirmative vote of the Managers, which vote must include the affirmative vote of each Independent Manager. Upon admission of the transferee as a Member, the transferee shall have the rights, powers and duties and shall be subject to the restrictions and liabilities of the Member under this LLC Agreement and the LLC Act. The transferee shall also be liable, to the extent of the Membership Interest transferred, for the unfulfilled obligations, if any, of the transferor Member to make capital contributions to the Company, but shall not be obligated for liabilities unknown to the transferee at the time such transferee was admitted as a Member and that could not be ascertained from this LLC Agreement. Except as set forth in paragraph (b) below, whether or not the transferee of a Membership Interest is admitted to the Company as a Member, the Member transferring the Membership Interest is not released from any liability to the Company under this LLC Agreement or the LLC Act.

(b)    The approval of the Managers, including the Independent Manager(s), shall not be required for the transfer of the Membership Interest from the Member to any successor pursuant to the Sale Agreement or the admission of such Person as a Member. Once the transferee of a Membership Interest pursuant to this paragraph (b) is admitted to the Company as a Member, the prior Member shall cease to be a member of the Company and shall be released from any liability to the Company under this LLC Agreement and the LLC Act to the fullest extent permitted by law and the Company shall continue without dissolution.

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ARTICLE VII

MANAGERS

SECTION 7.01    Managers.

(a)    Subject to Sections 1.07 and 1.08, the business and affairs of the Company shall be managed by or under the direction of three or more Managers designated by the Member. Subject to the terms of this LLC Agreement, the Member may determine at any time in its sole and absolute discretion the number of Managers. Subject in all cases to the terms of this LLC Agreement, the authorized number of Managers may be increased or decreased by the Member at any time in its sole and absolute discretion, upon notice to all Managers; provided, that, except as provided in Section 7.06, at all times the Company shall have at least one Independent Manager. The initial number of Managers shall be three, one of which shall be an Independent Manager. Each Manager designated by the Member shall hold office until a successor is elected and qualified or until such Manager’s earlier death, resignation, expulsion or removal. Each Manager shall execute and deliver the Management Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A. Managers need not be a Member. The Managers designated by the Member as of the date hereof are listed on Schedule B hereto.

(b)    Each Manager shall be designated by the Member and shall hold office for the term for which designated and until a successor has been designated.

(c)    The Managers shall be obliged to devote only as much of their time to the Company’s business as shall be reasonably required in light of the Company’s business and objectives. Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.02 with respect to an Independent Manager, a Manager shall perform his or her duties as a Manager in good faith, in a manner he or she reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the Company, and with such care as an ordinarily prudent Person in a like position would use under similar circumstances.

(d)    Except as otherwise provided in this LLC Agreement, the Managers shall act by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Managers. Each Manager shall have the authority to sign duly authorized agreements and other instruments on behalf of the Company without the joinder of any other Manager.

(e)    Subject to the terms of this LLC Agreement, any action may be taken by the Managers without a meeting and without prior notice if authorized by the written consent of a majority of the Managers (or such greater number as is required by this LLC Agreement), which written consent shall be filed with the records of the Company.

(f)    Every Manager is an agent of the Company for the purpose of its business, and the act of every Manager, including the execution in the Company name of any instrument for carrying on the business of the Company, binds the Company, unless such act is in contravention of this LLC Agreement or unless the Manager so acting otherwise lacks the authority to act for the Company and the Person with whom he or she is dealing has knowledge of the fact that he or she has no such authority.

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(g)    To the extent permitted by law, the Managers shall not be personally liable for the Company’s debts, obligations or liabilities.

SECTION 7.02    Powers of the Managers. Subject to the terms of this LLC Agreement, the Managers shall have the right and authority to take all actions which the Managers deem incidental, necessary, suitable or convenient for the management and conduct of the Company’s business.

An Independent Manager may not delegate their duties, authorities or responsibilities hereunder. If an Independent Manager resigns, dies or becomes incapacitated, or such position is otherwise vacant, no action requiring the unanimous affirmative vote of the Managers shall be taken until a successor Independent Manager is appointed by the Member and qualifies and approves such action.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, including Section 18-1101(c) of the LLC Act, and notwithstanding any duty otherwise existing at law or in equity, each Independent Manager shall consider only the interests of the Company, including its creditors, in acting or otherwise voting on the matters referred to in Section 1.08. Except for duties to the Company as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence (including duties to the Member and the Company’s creditors solely to the extent of their respective economic interests in the Company but excluding (i) all other interests of the Member, (ii) the interests of other Affiliates of the Company, and (iii) the interests of any group of Affiliates of which the Company is a part), the Independent Manager(s) shall not have any fiduciary duties to the Member, any Manager or any other Person bound by this LLC Agreement; provided, however, the foregoing shall not eliminate the implied contractual covenant of good faith and fair dealing. To the fullest extent permitted by law, including Section 18-1101(e) of the LLC Act, an Independent Manager shall not be liable to the Company, the Member or any other Person bound by this LLC Agreement for breach of contract or breach of duties (including fiduciary duties), unless such Independent Manager acted in bad faith or engaged in willful misconduct.

No Independent Manager shall at any time serve as trustee in bankruptcy for any Affiliate of the Company.

Subject to the terms of this LLC Agreement, the Managers may exercise all powers of the Company and do all such lawful acts and things as are not prohibited by the LLC Act, other applicable law or this LLC Agreement directed or required to be exercised or done by the Member. All duly authorized instruments, contracts, agreements and documents providing for the acquisition or disposition of property of the Company shall be valid and binding on the Company if executed by one or more of the Managers.

The compensation, if any, of the Independent Manager(s) shall be fixed from time to time by the Managers (other than the Independent Manager(s)). Such compensation shall be determined without regard to the income of the Company, shall not be deemed to constitute distributions to the recipient of any profit, loss or capital of the Company and shall be considered an Operating Expense.

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Notwithstanding the terms of Section 7.01, 7.07 or 7.09 or any provision of this LLC Agreement to the contrary, (x) no meeting or vote with respect to any action described in clauses (b), (c) or (g) of Section 1.08 or any amendment to any of the Special Purpose Provisions shall be conducted unless each Independent Manager is present and (y) neither the Company nor the Member, any Manager or any officer on behalf of the Company shall (i) take any action described in clauses (b), (c) or (g) of Section 1.08 unless each Independent Manager has consented thereto or (ii) adopt any amendment to any of the Special Purpose Provisions unless each Independent Manager has consented thereto. The vote or consent of an Independent Manager with respect to any such action or amendment shall not be dictated by the Member or any other Manager or officer of the Company.

SECTION 7.03    Reimbursement. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Company may reimburse any Manager, directly or indirectly, for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by such Manager in connection with its services rendered to the Company. Such reimbursement shall be determined by the Managers without regard to the income of the Company, shall not be deemed to constitute distributions to the recipient of any profit, loss or capital of the Company and shall be considered an Operating Expense.

SECTION 7.04    Removal of Managers.

(a)    Subject to Section 4.01, the Member may remove any (i) Manager (other than an Independent Manager) with or without cause at any time, and (ii) Independent Manager with Cause at any time.

(b)    Subject to Sections 4.01 and 7.05, any removal of a Manager shall become effective on such date as may be specified by the Member and in a notice delivered to any remaining Managers or the Manager designated to replace the removed Manager (except that it shall not be effective on a date earlier than the date such notice is delivered to the remaining Managers or the Manager designated to replace the removed Manager). Should a Manager be removed who is also the Member, the Member shall continue to participate in the Company as the Member and receive its share of the Company’s income, gains, losses, deductions and credits pursuant to this LLC Agreement.

SECTION 7.05    Resignation of Manager. A Manager other than an Independent Manager may resign as a Manager at any time by thirty (30) days’ prior notice to the Member. An Independent Manager may not withdraw or resign as a Manager without the consent of the Member. No resignation or removal of an Independent Manager, and no appointment of a successor Independent Manager, shall be effective until such successor (i) shall have accepted his or her appointment as an Independent Manager by a written instrument, which may be a counterpart signature page to the Management Agreement, and (ii) shall have executed a counterpart to this LLC Agreement.

SECTION 7.06    Vacancies. Subject to Section 4.01, any vacancies among the Managers may be filled by the Member. In the event of a vacancy in the position of an Independent Manager, the Member shall, as soon as practicable, appoint a successor Independent Manager. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this LLC Agreement, no Independent Manager shall be removed or replaced unless the Company provides the Indenture Trustee with no less than two (2) Business Days’ prior written notice of (a) any proposed removal of such

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Independent Manager, and (b) the identity of the proposed replacement Independent Manager, together with a certification that such replacement satisfies the requirements for an Independent Manager set forth in this LLC Agreement.

SECTION 7.07    Meetings of the Managers. The Managers may hold meetings, both regular and special, within or outside the State of Delaware. Regular meetings of the Managers may be held without notice at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be determined by the Managers. Special meetings of the Managers may be called by the President on not less than one day’s notice to each Manager by telephone, facsimile, mail, email or any other means of communication, and special meetings shall be called by the President or Secretary in like manner and with like notice upon the written request of any one or more of the Managers.

SECTION 7.08    Electronic Communications. Managers, or any committee designated by the Managers, may participate in meetings of the Managers, or any committee, by means of telephone or video conference or similar communications equipment that allows all Persons participating in the meeting to hear each other, and such participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in Person at the meeting. If all the participants are participating by telephone conference or similar communications equipment, the meeting shall be deemed to be held at the principal place of business of the Company.

SECTION 7.09    Committees of Managers.

(a)    The Managers may, by resolution passed by a majority of the Managers, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the Managers. The Managers may designate one or more Managers as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee.

(b)    In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another Manager to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member.

(i)    Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Managers, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Managers in the management of the business and affairs of the Company. Such committee or committees shall have such name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the Managers. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the Managers when required.

SECTION 7.10    Limitations on Independent Manager(s). All right, power and authority of each Independent Manager shall be limited to the extent necessary to exercise those rights and perform those duties specifically set forth in this LLC Agreement.

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ARTICLE VIII

EXPENSES

SECTION 8.01    Expenses. Except as otherwise provided in this LLC Agreement or the Basic Documents, the Company shall be responsible for all expenses and the allocation thereof including without limitation:

(a)    all expenses incurred by the Member or its Affiliates in organizing the Company;

(b)    all expenses related to the business of the Company and all routine administrative expenses of the Company, including the maintenance of books and records of the Company, the preparation and dispatch to the Member of checks, financial reports, tax returns and notices required pursuant to this LLC Agreement;

(c)    all expenses incurred in connection with any litigation or arbitration involving the Company (including the cost of any investigation and preparation) and the amount of any judgment or settlement paid in connection therewith;

(d)    all expenses for indemnity or contribution payable by the Company to any Person;

(e)    all expenses incurred in connection with the collection of amounts due to the Company from any Person;

(f)    all expenses incurred in connection with the preparation of amendments to this LLC Agreement;

(g)    all expenses incurred in connection with the liquidation, dissolution and winding up of the Company; and

(h)    all expenses otherwise allocated in good faith to the Company by the Managers.

ARTICLE IX

PERPETUAL EXISTENCE; DISSOLUTION, LIQUIDATION AND WINDING-UP

SECTION 9.01    Existence.

(a)    The Company shall have a perpetual existence, unless dissolved in accordance with this LLC Agreement. So long as any of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds are Outstanding, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Member shall not be entitled to consent to the dissolution of the Company.

(b)    Notwithstanding any provision of this LLC Agreement, the Bankruptcy of the Member or Special Member will not cause such Member or Special Member, respectively, to

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cease to be a member of the Company, and upon the occurrence of such an event, the Company shall continue without dissolution. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the dissolution of the Member will not cause the Member to cease to be a member of the Company, and upon the occurrence of such an event, the Company shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, continue without dissolution. For purposes of this Section 9.01(b), “Bankruptcy” means, with respect to any Person (A) if such Person (i) makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors, (ii) files a voluntary petition in bankruptcy, (iii) is adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or has entered against it an order for relief, in any bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings, (iv) files a petition or answer seeking for itself any reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation or similar relief under any statute, law or regulation, (v) files an answer or other pleading admitting or failing to contest the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any proceeding of this nature, or (vi) seeks, consents to or acquiesces in the appointment of a trustee, receiver or liquidator of the Person or of all or any substantial part of its properties, or (B) if 120 days after the commencement of any proceeding against the Person seeking reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation or similar relief under any statute, law or regulation, the proceeding has not been dismissed or if within 90 days after the appointment without such Person’s consent or acquiescence of a trustee, receiver or liquidator of such Person or of all or any substantial part of its properties, the appointment is not vacated or stayed, or within 90 days after the expiration of any such stay, the appointment is not vacated. The foregoing definition of “Bankruptcy” is intended to replace and shall supersede and replace the definition of “Bankruptcy” set forth in Sections 18-101(1) and 18-304 of the LLC Act. Upon the occurrence of any event that causes the last remaining member of the Company to cease to be a member of the Company or that causes the Member to cease to be a member of the Company (other than upon continuation of the Company without dissolution upon an assignment by the Member of all of its limited liability company interest in the Company and the admission of the transferee pursuant to Sections 6.06 and 6.07), to the fullest extent permitted by law, the personal representative of such member is hereby authorized to, and shall, within ninety (90) days after the occurrence of the event that terminated the continued membership of such member in the Company, agree in writing (i) to continue the Company and (ii) to the admission of the personal representative or its nominee or designee, as the case may be, as a substitute member of the Company, effective as of the occurrence of the event that terminated the continued membership of the last remaining member of the Company or the Member in the Company.

SECTION 9.02    Dissolution. The Company shall be dissolved and its affairs shall be wound up upon the occurrence of the earliest of the following events:

(a)    subject to Section 1.08, the election to dissolve the Company made in writing by the Member and each Manager, including each Independent Manager, as permitted under the Basic Documents and after the discharge in full of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds;

(b)    the termination of the legal existence of the last remaining member of the Company or the occurrence of any event that causes the last remaining member of the Company to cease to be a member of the Company unless the Company is continued without dissolution in a manner permitted by the LLC Act or this LLC Agreement; or

(c)    the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution of the Company pursuant to Section 18-802 of the LLC Act.

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SECTION 9.03    Accounting. In the event of the dissolution, liquidation and winding-up of the Company, a proper accounting shall be made of the Capital Account of the Member and of the net income or net loss of the Company from the date of the last previous accounting to the date of dissolution.

SECTION 9.04    Certificate of Cancellation. As soon as possible following the occurrence of any of the events specified in Section 9.02 and the completion of the winding up of the Company, the Person winding up the business and affairs of the Company, as an authorized person, shall cause to be executed a Certificate of Cancellation of the Certificate of Formation and file the Certificate of Cancellation of the Certificate of Formation as required by the LLC Act.

SECTION 9.05    Winding Up. Upon the dissolution of the Company, the Company shall continue solely for the purpose of winding up its affairs in an orderly manner, liquidating its assets, and satisfying the claims of its creditors. The Member, or if there is no Member, the Managers, shall be responsible for overseeing the winding up and liquidation of the Company, shall take full account of the liabilities of the Company and its assets, shall either cause its assets to be sold or distributed, and if sold as promptly as is consistent with obtaining the fair market value thereof, shall cause the proceeds therefrom, to the extent sufficient therefor, to be applied and distributed as provided in Section 9.06.

SECTION 9.06    Order of Payment of Liabilities Upon Dissolution. After determining that all debts and liabilities of the Company, including all contingent, conditional or unmatured liabilities of the Company, in the process of winding-up, including, without limitation, debts and liabilities to the Member in the event it is a creditor of the Company to the extent otherwise permitted by law, have been paid or adequately provided for, the remaining assets shall be distributed in cash or in kind to the Member.

SECTION 9.07    Limitations on Payments Made in Dissolution. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this LLC Agreement, the Member shall only be entitled to look solely to the assets of Company for the return of its positive Capital Account balance and shall have no recourse for its Capital Contribution and/or share of net income (upon dissolution or otherwise) against any Manager.

SECTION 9.08    Limitation on Liability. Except as otherwise provided by the LLC Act and except as otherwise characterized for tax and financial reporting purposes, the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company, whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, shall be solely the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company, and no Member or Manager shall be obligated personally for any such debt, obligation or liability of the Company solely by reason of being a Member or a Manager.

ARTICLE X

INDEMNIFICATION

SECTION 10.01    Indemnity. Subject to the provisions of Section 10.04 hereof, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company shall indemnify any Person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, except an action by or in the

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right of the Company, by reason of the fact that such Person is or was a Manager, Member, officer, controlling Person, legal representative or agent of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a member, manager, director, officer, partner, shareholder, controlling Person, legal representative or agent of another limited liability company, partnership, corporation, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses, including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such Person in connection with the action, suit or proceeding if such Person acted in good faith and in a manner which such Person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and, with respect to a criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such Person’s conduct was unlawful; provided that such Person shall not be entitled to indemnification if such judgment, penalty, fine or other expense was directly caused by such Person’s fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct or, in the case of an Independent Manager, bad faith or willful misconduct.

SECTION 10.02    Indemnity for Actions By or In the Right of the Company. Subject to the provisions of Section 10.04 hereof, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company shall indemnify any Person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the rights of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such Person is or was a Member, Manager, officer, controlling Person, legal representative or agent of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a member, manager, director, officer, partner, shareholder, controlling Person, legal representative or agent of another limited liability company, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses, including amounts paid in settlement and attorneys’ fees actually and reasonably incurred by such Person in connection with the defense or settlement of the actions or suit if such Person acted in good faith and in a manner which such Person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company; provided that such Person shall not be entitled to indemnification if such judgment, penalty, fine or other expense was directly caused by such Person’s fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct or, in the case of an Independent Manager, bad faith or willful misconduct. Indemnification may not be made for any claim, issue or matter as to which such Person has been adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction, after exhaustion of all appeals therefrom, to be liable to the Company or for amounts paid in settlement to the Company, unless and only to the extent that the court in which the action or suit was brought or other court of competent jurisdiction determines upon application that in view of all the circumstances of the case, the Person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the court deems proper.

SECTION 10.03    Indemnity If Successful. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company shall indemnify any Person who is or was a Manager, Member, officer, controlling Person, legal representative or agent of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a member, manager, director, officer, partner, shareholder, controlling Person, legal representative or agent of another limited liability company, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with the defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in Sections 10.01 and 10.02 or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, to the extent that such Person has been successful on the merits.

SECTION 10.04    Expenses. Any indemnification under Sections 10.01 and 10.02, as well as the advance payment of expenses permitted under Section 10.05 unless ordered

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by a court or advanced pursuant to Section 10.05 below, must be made by the Company only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the Manager, Member, officer, controlling Person, legal representative or agent is proper in the circumstances. The determination must be made:

(a)    by the Member if the Member was not a party to the act, suit or proceeding; or

(b)    if the Member was a party to the act, suit or proceeding by independent legal counsel in a written opinion.

SECTION 10.05    Advance Payment of Expenses. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the expenses of each Person who is or was a Manager, Member, officer, controlling Person, legal representative or agent, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a member, manager, director, officer, partner, shareholder, controlling Person, legal representative or agent of another limited liability company, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the Company as they are incurred and in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit or proceeding, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such Person to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that such Person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company. The provisions of this Section 10.05 shall not affect any rights to advancement of expenses to which personnel other than the Member or the Managers (other than each Independent Manager) may be entitled under any contract or otherwise by law.

SECTION 10.06    Other Arrangements Not Excluded. The indemnification and advancement of expenses authorized in or ordered by a court pursuant to this Article X:

(a)    does not exclude any other rights to which a Person seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any agreement, decision of the Member or otherwise, for either an action of any Person who is or was a Manager, Member, officer, controlling Person, legal representative or agent, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a member, manager, director, officer, partner, shareholder, controlling Person, legal representative or agent of another limited liability company, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, in the official capacity of such Person or an action in another capacity while holding such position, except that indemnification and advancement, unless ordered by a court pursuant to Section 10.05 above, may not be made to or on behalf of such Person if a final adjudication established that its acts or omissions involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of the law and were material to the cause of action; and

(b)    continues for a Person who has ceased to be a Member, Manager, officer, legal representative or agent and inures to the benefit of the successors, heirs, executors and administrators of such a Person.

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ARTICLE XI

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

SECTION 11.01    No Bankruptcy Petition; Dissolution.

(a)    To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Member, each Special Member and each Manager hereby covenant and agree (or shall be deemed to have hereby covenanted and agreed) that, prior to the date which is one year and one day after the termination of the Indenture and the payment in full of all Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds and any other amounts owed under the Indenture, it will not acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke or cause the Company to invoke the process of any court or Governmental Authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining an involuntary case against the Company under any federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or any substantial part of the property of the Company, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Company; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 11.01 shall constitute a waiver of any right to indemnification, reimbursement or other payment from the Company pursuant to this LLC Agreement. This Section 11.01 is not intended to apply to the filing of a voluntary bankruptcy petition on behalf of the Company which is governed by Section 1.08 of this LLC Agreement.

(b)    To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Member, each Special Member and each Manager hereby covenants and agrees (or shall be deemed to have hereby covenanted and agreed) that, until the termination of the Indenture and the payment in full of all Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds and any other amounts owed under the Indenture, the Member, such Special Member and such Manager will not consent to, or make application for, or institute or maintain any action for, the dissolution of the Company under Section 18-801 or 18-802 of the LLC Act or otherwise or any division of the Company under Section 18-217 of the Act or otherwise.

(c)    In the event that the Member, any Special Member or any Manager takes action in violation of this Section 11.01, the Company agrees that it shall file an answer with the court or otherwise properly contest the taking of such action and raise the defense that the Member, the Special Member or Manager, as the case may be, has agreed in writing not to take such action and should be estopped and precluded therefrom and such other defenses, if any, as its counsel advises that it may assert.

(d)    The provisions of this Section 11.01 shall survive the termination of this LLC Agreement and the resignation, withdrawal or removal of the Member, any Special Member or any Manager. Nothing herein contained shall preclude participation by the Member, any Special Member or a Manager in assertion or defense of its claims in any such proceeding involving the Company.

SECTION 11.02    Amendments.

(a)    The power to alter, amend or repeal this LLC Agreement shall be only on the consent of the Member, provided, that: the Company shall not alter, amend or repeal any provision of Sections 1.02(b) and (c), 1.05, 1.07, 1.08, 3.01(b), 3.02, 6.06, 6.07, 7.02, 7.05, 7.06, 9.01, 9.02, 11.02 and 11.07 of this LLC Agreement or the definition of “Independent Manager”

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contained herein or the requirement that at all times the Company have at least one Independent Manager (collectively, the “Special Purpose Provisions”) without, in each case, the affirmative vote of a majority of the Managers, which vote must include the affirmative vote of each Independent Manager.

So long as any of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds are Outstanding, the Company and the Member shall give written notice to each applicable Rating Agency and to the Indenture Trustee of any amendment to this LLC Agreement. The effectiveness of any amendment of the Special Purpose Provisions shall be subject to the Rating Agency Condition (other than an amendment which is necessary: (i) to cure any ambiguity or (ii) to correct or supplement any such provision in a manner consistent with the intent of this LLC Agreement).

(b)    The Company’s power to alter or amend the Certificate of Formation shall be vested in the Member. Upon obtaining the approval of any amendment, supplement or restatement as to the Certificate of Formation, the Member on behalf of the Company shall cause a Certificate of Amendment or Amended and Restated Certificate of Formation to be prepared, executed and filed in accordance with the LLC Act.

(c)    Notwithstanding anything in this LLC Agreement to the contrary, including Sections 11.02(a) and (b), unless and until any Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds are Outstanding, the Member may, without the need for any consent or action of, or notice to, any other Person, including any Manager, any officer, the Indenture Trustee or any Rating Agency, alter, amend or repeal this LLC Agreement in any manner.

SECTION 11.03    Counterparts. This LLC Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original of this LLC Agreement and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

SECTION 11.04    Governing Law. THIS LLC AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.

SECTION 11.05    Headings. The headings of the various Articles and Sections herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not define or limit any of the terms or provisions hereof.

SECTION 11.06    Severability. Any provision of this LLC Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remainder of such provision (if any) or the remaining provisions hereof (unless such construction shall be unreasonable), and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

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SECTION 11.07    Assigns. Each and all of the covenants, terms, provisions and agreements contained in this LLC Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Member, and its permitted successors and assigns.

SECTION 11.08    Enforcement by each Independent Manager. Notwithstanding any other provision of this LLC Agreement, the Member agrees that this LLC Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding agreement of the Member, and is enforceable against the Member by each Independent Manager in accordance with its terms.

SECTION 11.09    Waiver of Partition; Nature of Interest. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this LLC Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by law, each of the Member and the Special Members hereby irrevocably waives any right or power that such Person might have to cause the Company or any of its assets to be partitioned, to cause the appointment of a receiver for all or any portion of the assets of the Company, to compel any sale of all or any portion of the assets of the Company pursuant to any applicable law or to file a complaint or to institute any proceeding at law or in equity to cause the dissolution, division, liquidation, winding up or termination of the Company. The Member shall not have any interest in any specific assets of the Company, and the Member shall not have the status of a creditor with respect to any distribution pursuant to this LLC Agreement.

SECTION 11.10    Benefits of Agreement; No Third-Party Rights. Except for the Indenture Trustee with respect to the Special Purpose Provisions and Persons entitled to indemnification hereunder, none of the provisions of this LLC Agreement shall be for the benefit of or enforceable by any creditor of the Company or by any creditor of the Member or Special Member. Nothing in this LLC Agreement shall be deemed to create any right in any Person (other than the Indenture Trustee with respect to the Special Purpose Provisions and Persons entitled to indemnification hereunder) not a party hereto, and this LLC Agreement shall not be construed in any respect to be a contract in whole or in part for the benefit of any third Person.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this LLC Agreement is hereby executed by the undersigned and is effective as of the date first above written.

MEMBER:
KANSAS GAS SERVICE,
a Division of ONE Gas, Inc.
By:
	Name:
	Title:
INDEPENDENT MANAGER:
Name: Bernard J. Angelo

[Signature Page to Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement

of Kansas Gas Service Securitization I, L.L.C.]

SCHEDULE A

SCHEDULE OF CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF MEMBER

MEMBER’S NAME	CAPITAL CONTRIBUTION		MEMBERSHIP INTEREST PERCENTAGE			CAPITAL ACCOUNT
Kansas Gas Service, a division of ONE Gas, Inc.	$	1,000		100	%	$	1,000

Schedule A

SCHEDULE B

INITIAL MANAGERS

1. Robert S. McAnnally

2. Caron A. Lawhorn

3. Bernard J. Angelo, as Independent Manager

Schedule B

SCHEDULE C

INITIAL OFFICERS

Name	Office
Robert S. McAnnally	President and Chief Executive Officer
Caron A. Lawhorn	Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Joseph L. McCormick	Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Assistant Secretary
Jeffrey J. Husen	Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller
Brian K. Shore	Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Secretary
Mark W. Smith	Vice President and Treasurer

Schedule C

EXHIBIT A

MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT

            , 2022

Kansas Gas Service Securitization I, L.L.C.

15 East Fifth Street

Suite 2662

Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103

Re: Management Agreement — Kansas Gas Service Securitization I, L.L.C.

Ladies and Gentlemen:

For good and valuable consideration, each of the undersigned Persons, who have been designated as managers of Kansas Gas Service Securitization I, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), in accordance with the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company, dated as of              , 2022 (as it may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “A&R LLC Agreement”), hereby agree as follows:

1.    Each of the undersigned accepts such Person’s rights and authority as a Manager under the A&R LLC Agreement and agrees to perform and discharge such Person’s duties and obligations as a Manager under the A&R LLC Agreement, and further agrees that such rights, authorities, duties and obligations under the A&R LLC Agreement shall continue until such Person’s successor as a Manager is designated or until such Person’s resignation or removal as a Manager in accordance with the A&R LLC Agreement. Each of the undersigned agrees and acknowledges that it has been designated as a “manager” of the Company within the meaning of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act.

2.    Until a year and one day has passed since the date that the last obligation under the Basic Documents was paid, to the fullest extent permitted by law, each of the undersigned agrees, solely in its capacity as a creditor of the Company on account of any indemnification or other payment owing to the undersigned by the Company, not to acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke or cause the Company to invoke the process of any court or governmental authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining an involuntary case against the Company under any federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or any substantial part of the property of the Company, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Company.

3.    THIS MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, AND ALL RIGHTS AND REMEDIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY SUCH LAWS WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS.

Exhibit A-1

Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings set forth in the A&R LLC Agreement.

This Management Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original of this Management Agreement and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

[Signature Pages Follow]

Exhibit A-2

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Management Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

Robert S. McAnnally, as a Manager

Caron A. Lawhorn, as a Manager

Bernard J. Angelo, as an Independent Manager

Exhibit A-3

APPENDIX A

DEFINITIONS

A.    Defined Terms. As used in this LLC Agreement, the following terms have the following meanings:

“Administration Agreement” means the Administration Agreement, to be dated as of the date the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds are issued, by and between the Administrator and the Company, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

“Administrator” means KGS, as Administrator under the Administration Agreement, or any successor Administrator to the extent permitted under the Administration Agreement.

“Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person controlling or controlled by or under common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such specified Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

“Bankruptcy” has the meaning specified in Section 9.01(b) of this LLC Agreement.

“Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code (11 U.S.C. §§ 101 et seq.), as amended from time to time.

“Basic Documents” means the Indenture, the Administration Agreement, the Sale Agreement, the Bill of Sale, the Certificate of Formation, the Servicing Agreement, the Series Supplement, the Letter of Representations, the Underwriting Agreement, any intercreditor agreement, and any amendments to the foregoing, and all other documents and certificates delivered in connection therewith.

“Bill of Sale” means the Bill of Sale, to be dated as of the date the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds are issued, by and between the Seller and the Company, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

“Book-Entry Form” means, with respect to any Securitized Utility Tariff Bond, that ownership and transfers of such Securitized Utility Tariff Bond shall be made through book entries by a Clearing Agency as described in the Indenture and the Series Supplement.

“Book-Entry Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds” means the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds issued in Book-Entry Form; provided, however, that after the occurrence of a condition whereupon book-entry registration and transfer are no longer permitted and Definitive Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds are to be issued to the Holder of such Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, such Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds shall no longer be “Book-Entry Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds”.

Appendix A

“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York, Chicago, Illinois or Tulsa, Oklahoma, are, or DTC or the Corporate Trust Office is, authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to be closed.

“Capital Account” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03.

“Capital Contribution” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01.

“Cause” means, with respect to an Independent Manager, (i) acts or omissions by such Independent Manager that constitute willful disregard of, or willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence with respect to, such Independent Manager’s duties under or in connection with this LLC Agreement, (ii) that such Independent Manager has engaged in or has been charged with or has been indicted or convicted for any crime or crimes of fraud or other acts constituting a crime under any law applicable to such Independent Manager, (iii) that such Independent Manager has breached its fiduciary duties of loyalty or care as and to the extent of such duties in accordance with the terms of the Company’s organizational documents, (iv) there is a material increase in the fees charged by such Independent Manager or a material change to such Independent Manager’s terms of service, (v) such Independent Manager is unable to perform his or her duties as Independent Manager due to death, disability, incapacity or other cause, or (vi) such Independent Manager no longer meets the criteria specified in the definition of Independent Manager.

“Certificate of Formation” means the Certificate of Formation of the Company filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on August 30, 2022, as amended, restated or amended and restated from time to time.

“Clearing Agency” means an organization registered as a “clearing agency” pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act.

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

“Collection Account” means, with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, the account established and maintained by the Indenture Trustee in accordance with the Indenture and any subaccounts contained therein.

“Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Indenture Trustee at which, at any particular time, its corporate trust business shall be administered.

“Definitive Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds” means certificated, fully registered Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds issued in definitive form in accordance with the Indenture or the Series Supplement.

“DTC” means The Depository Trust Company or any successor thereto.

“Eligible Investments”, with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, has the meaning specified in the Indenture.

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Appendix A-2

“Federal Book-Entry Regulations” means 31 C.F.R. Part 357 et seq. (Department of Treasury).

“Financing Order” means the Financing Order issued by the Kansas Commission on August 18, 2022 in Docket No. 22-KGSG-466-TAR pursuant to the Securitization Act, authorizing the creation of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property and the issuance by the Company, as issuer, of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds under the Indenture.

“Fitch” means Fitch Ratings, Inc., or any successor in interest.

“Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any federal, state, local or other political subdivision thereof and any court, administrative agency or other instrumentality or entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative function of government.

“Holder” or “Bondholder” means the Person in whose name a Securitized Utility Tariff Bond is registered on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Register.

“Indenture” means the Indenture, to be dated as of the date the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds are issued, by and between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

“Indenture Trustee” means initially, U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as indenture trustee under the Indenture, or any successor indenture trustee under the Indenture.

“Independent” means, when used with respect to any specified Person, that such specified Person (a) is in fact independent of the Company, any other obligor on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, the Seller, the Servicer and any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons, (b) does not have any direct financial interest or any material indirect financial interest in the Company, any such other obligor, the Seller, the Servicer or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons and (c) is not connected with the Company, any such other obligor, the Seller, the Servicer or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons as an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director (other than as an independent director or manager) or Person performing similar functions.

“Independent Manager” has the meaning specified in Section 4.01(a) of this LLC Agreement.

“Internal Revenue Service” means the Internal Revenue Service of the United States of America.

“Kansas Commission” means the State Corporation Commission of the State of Kansas, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to the duties of such agency.

“KGS” means Kansas Gas Service, a division of ONE Gas, Inc., an Oklahoma corporation, and any of its successors or permitted assigns.

Appendix A-3

“Letter of Representations” means any applicable agreement between the Company, as issuer, and the applicable Clearing Agency, with respect to such Clearing Agency’s rights and obligations (in its capacity as a Clearing Agency) with respect to any Book-Entry Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.

“LLC Act” means the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, 6 Del. C. § 18-101 et seq., as amended from time to time.

“LLC Agreement” has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.

“Manager” means each person selected to be a manager of the Company from time to time by the Member, including each Independent Manager, each in such person’s capacity as a “manager” of the Company. Each Manager is designated as a “manager” of the Company within the meaning of Section 18-101(12) of the LLC Act.

“Member” has the meaning specified in the preamble to this LLC Agreement.

“Membership Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 6.01 of this LLC Agreement.

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or any successor thereto. References to Moody’s are effective so long as Moody’s is a Rating Agency.

“NY UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect on the date hereof in the State of New York.

“Operating Expenses” means all unreimbursed fees, costs and out-of-pocket expenses of the Company, including all amounts owed by the Company to the Indenture Trustee (including indemnities, legal , audit fees and expenses), or any Manager, the Servicing Fee and other amounts owed to the Servicer pursuant to the Servicing Agreement, administration fees owed to KGS, or a successor administrator, pursuant to the Administration Agreement, legal and accounting fees, Rating Agency fees, costs and expenses of the Company and KGS, the return equity on KGS for its Capital Contribution and any franchise or other taxes owed by the Company.

“Original LLC Agreement” has the meaning specified in the preamble to this LLC Agreement.

“Outstanding” means, as of the date of determination, all Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds theretofore authenticated and delivered under the Indenture, except:

(a)    Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds theretofore canceled by the Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Registrar or delivered to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Registrar for cancellation;

(b)    Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds or portions thereof the payment for which money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Indenture Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust for the Holders of such Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds; and

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(c)    Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds in exchange for or in lieu of other Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds which have been issued pursuant to such Indenture unless proof satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee is presented that any such Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds are held by a Protected Purchaser;

provided, that, in determining whether the Holders of the requisite Outstanding Amount of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds or any Tranche thereof have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder or under any Basic Document, Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds owned by the Company, any other obligor upon the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, the Member, the Seller, the Servicer or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding (unless one or more such Persons owns 100% of such Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds), except that, in determining whether the Indenture Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds that the Indenture Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds so owned that have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of such Indenture Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds and that the pledgee is not the Company, any other obligor upon the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, the Member, the Seller, the Servicer or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons.

“Outstanding Amount” means the aggregate principal amount of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds or, if the context requires, all Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds of a Tranche, Outstanding at the date of determination under the Indenture.

“Paying Agent” means, with respect to the Indenture, the Indenture Trustee and any other Person appointed as a paying agent for the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds pursuant to such Indenture.

“Payment Date” means, with respect to any Tranche of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, the dates specified in the Series Supplement; provided, that if any such date is not a Business Day, the Payment Date shall be the Business Day immediately succeeding such date.

“Person” means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust (including any beneficiary thereof), unincorporated organization or Governmental Authority.

“Protected Purchaser” has the meaning specified in Section 8-303 of the UCC.

“Rating Agency” means, with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, any of Moody’s or Fitch that provides a rating with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds. If no such organization (or successor) is any longer in existence, “Rating Agency” shall be a nationally recognized statistical rating organization or other comparable Person designated by the Company, notice of which designation shall be given to the Indenture Trustee and the Servicer.

“Rating Agency Condition” means, with respect to any action, at least ten Business Days’ prior written notification to each Rating Agency of such action, and written confirmation from each of and Fitch and Moody’s to the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee and the Company that such

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action will not result in a suspension, reduction or withdrawal of the then current rating by such Rating Agency of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds; provided, that, if, within such ten Business Day period, a Rating Agency has neither replied to such notification nor responded in a manner that indicates that such Rating Agency is reviewing and considering the notification, then (a) the Company shall be required to confirm that such Rating Agency has received the Rating Agency Condition request, and if it has, promptly request the related Rating Agency Condition confirmation and (b) if the Rating Agency neither replies to such notification nor responds in a manner that indicates it is reviewing and considering the notification within five Business Days following such second request, the applicable Rating Agency Condition requirement shall not be deemed to apply to such Rating Agency. For the purposes of this definition, any confirmation, request, acknowledgment or approval that is required to be in writing may be in the form of electronic mail or a press release (which may contain a general waiver of a Rating Agency’s right to review or consent).

“Sale Agreement” means the Securitized Utility Tariff Property Purchase and Sale Agreement, to be dated as of the date the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds are issued, between the Company, as purchaser, and KGS, as seller, and acknowledged and accepted by U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

“SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

“Secretary of State” means the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware or the Secretary of State of the State of Kansas, as the case may be, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to the duties of such offices.

“Secured Parties” means the Indenture Trustee, the Bondholders and any credit enhancer described in the Series Supplement.

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

“Securities Intermediary” means the Indenture Trustee or any other eligible financial institution, solely in the capacity of a “securities intermediary,” as defined in the NY UCC and Federal Book-Entry Regulations, and an account bank, or any successor securities intermediary or account bank under the Indenture.

“Securitization Law” means the Kansas Utility Financing and Securitization Act, K.S.A. §§ 66-1,240 – 66-1,253.

“Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Charges” means the nonbypassable amounts to be charged to any existing or future retail customer located within KGS’s service area, approved by the Kansas Commission in the Financing Order that may be collected by the Servicer, its successors, assignees or other collection agents as provided for in the Financing Order.

“Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Collateral” means with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, (a) the Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Property created under and pursuant to a Financing Order and the Securitization Law and transferred by KGS to the Company pursuant to the Sale Agreement, (b) all Securitized Utility Bond Tariff Charges related to the Securitized

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Utility Tariff Property, (c) the Sale Agreement and all property and interests in property transferred under the Sale Agreement, (d) the Servicing Agreement, the Administration Agreement, and any intercreditor agreement, subservicing, agency, administration, or collection agreements executed in connection therewith, if any, to the extent related to the Securitized Utility Tariff Property and the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, (e) the Collection Account, all subaccounts thereof and all amounts of cash, instruments, investment property or other assets on deposit therein or credited thereto from time to time and all financial assets and securities entitlements carried therein or credited thereto, (f) all rights to compel the Servicer to file for and obtain adjustments to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Charges in accordance with the Securitization Law and the Financing Order, (g) all present and future claims, demands, causes and choses in action in respect of any or all of the foregoing, whether such claims, demands, causes and choses in action constitute Securitized Utility Tariff Property, accounts, general intangibles, instruments, contract rights, chattel paper or proceeds of such items or any other form of property with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, (h) all accounts, chattel paper, deposit accounts, documents, general intangibles, goods, instruments, investment property, letters of credit, letters-of-credit rights, money, commercial tort claims and supporting obligations with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds related to the foregoing and (i) all payments on or under, and all proceeds in respect of, any or all of the foregoing with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds.

“Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Register” means the register maintained pursuant to the Indenture, providing for the registration of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds and transfers and exchanges thereof.

“Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Registrar” means the registrar at any time of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Register, appointed pursuant to the Indenture.

“Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds” means the securitized utility tariff bonds authorized by the Financing Order and issued under the Indenture.

“Securitized Utility Tariff Property” means all of KGS’s rights and interest under the Financing Order (including, without limitation, rights to impose, collect and receive the “securitized utility tariff charges” (as defined in the Securitization Act) approved in such Financing Order) issued by the Kansas Commission on August 18, 2022 (Docket No. 22-KGSG-466-TAR) pursuant to the Securitization Law, except the rights of KGS to earn and receive a rate of return on its invested capital in the Company, to receive administration and servicer fees, or to use KGS’s remaining portion of those proceeds, and all revenue, collections, payments, money and proceeds arising out of those rights and interests.

“Seller” has the meaning specified in the preamble to the Sale Agreement.

“Series Supplement” means the Series Supplement, to be dated as of the date the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds are issued, between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association relating to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

“Servicer” means KGS, as Servicer under the Servicing Agreement, or any successor Servicer to the extent permitted under the Servicing Agreement.

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“Servicing Agreement” means the Securitized Utility Tariff Property Servicing Agreement, to be dated as of the date the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds are issued, between the Company and KGS, and acknowledged and accepted by U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

“Servicing Fee” means the fee payable to the Servicer on each Payment Date for services rendered during the period from, but not including, the preceding Payment Date (or from the closing date specified in the Indenture in the case of the first Payment Date) to and including the current Payment Date, determined pursuant to the Servicing Agreement.

“Special Member” has the meaning specified in Section 1.02(b) of this LLC Agreement.

“Special Purpose Provisions” has the meaning specified in Section 11.02(a) of this LLC Agreement.

“State” means any one of the fifty states of the United States of America or the District of Columbia.

“Tranche” means any one of the tranches of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds.

“Treasury Regulations” means the regulations, including proposed or temporary regulations, promulgated under the Code. References herein to specific provisions of proposed or temporary regulations shall include analogous provisions of final Treasury Regulations or other successor Treasury Regulations.

“UCC” means, unless the context otherwise requires, the Uniform Commercial Code, as in effect in the relevant jurisdiction, as amended from time to time.

“Underwriting Agreement” means the Underwriting Agreement, dated              , 2022, by and among the Company, KGS and the representatives of the several underwriters named therein, relating to the issuance and sale of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, as the same may be amended, supplemented or modified from time to time.

B.    Other Terms. All accounting terms not specifically defined herein shall be construed in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles. To the extent that the definitions of accounting terms in any Basic Document are inconsistent with the meanings of such terms under generally accepted accounting principles or regulatory accounting principles, the definitions contained in such Basic Document shall control. As used in the Basic Documents, the term “including” means “including without limitation,” and other forms of the verb “to include” have correlative meanings. All references to any Person shall include such Person’s permitted successors.

C.    Computation of Time Periods. Unless otherwise stated in any of the Basic Documents, as the case may be, in the computation of a period of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including” and the words “to” and “until” each means “to but excluding”.

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D.    Reference; Captions. The words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in any Basic Document shall refer to such Basic Document as a whole and not to any particular provision of such Basic Document; and references to “Section”, “subsection”, “Schedule” and “Exhibit” in any Basic Document are references to Sections, subsections, Schedules and Exhibits in or to such Basic Document unless otherwise specified in such Basic Document. The various captions (including the tables of contents) in each Basic Document are provided solely for convenience of reference and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of any Basic Document.

E.    Terms Generally. The definitions contained in this Appendix A are applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms and to the masculine as well as to the feminine and neuter forms of such terms.

Appendix A-9

EX-4.1

Exhibit 4.1

INDENTURE

by and among

KANSAS GAS SERVICE SECURITIZATION I, L.L.C.,

Issuer

and

U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

Indenture Trustee

and

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

Securities Intermediary

Dated as of             , 2022

TABLE OF CONTENTS

		Page
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND RULES OF CONSTRUCTION; INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE			2
SECTION 1.01.	Definitions and Rules of Construction		2
SECTION 1.02.	Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act		2
ARTICLE II THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDS			2
SECTION 2.01.	Form		2
SECTION 2.02.	Denominations: Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds		3
SECTION 2.03.	Execution, Authentication and Delivery		4
SECTION 2.04.	Temporary Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds		5
SECTION 2.05.	Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds		5
SECTION 2.06.	Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds		7
SECTION 2.07.	Persons Deemed Owner		7
SECTION 2.08.	Payment of Principal, Premium, if any, and Interest; Interest on Overdue Principal; Principal, Premium, if any, and Interest Rights Preserved		8
SECTION 2.09.	Cancellation		9
SECTION 2.10.	Outstanding Amount; Authentication and Delivery of Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds		9
SECTION 2.11.	Book-Entry Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds		12
SECTION 2.12.	Notices to Clearing Agency		13
SECTION 2.13.	Definitive Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds		14
SECTION 2.14.	CUSIP Number		14
SECTION 2.15.	Letter of Representations		14
SECTION 2.16.	Tax Treatment		14
SECTION 2.17.	State Pledge and Kansas Commission Pledge		15
SECTION 2.18.	Security Interests		16
ARTICLE III COVENANTS			17
SECTION 3.01.	Payment of Principal, Premium, if any, and Interest		17
SECTION 3.02.	Maintenance of Office or Agency		18
SECTION 3.03.	Money for Payments To Be Held in Trust		18
SECTION 3.04.	Existence		19
SECTION 3.05.	Protection of Trust Estate		19
SECTION 3.06.	Opinions as to Trust Estate		20
SECTION 3.07.	Performance of Obligations; Servicing; SEC Filings		21
SECTION 3.08.	Certain Negative Covenants		23
SECTION 3.09.	Annual Statement as to Compliance		24
SECTION 3.10.	Issuer May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms		25
SECTION 3.11.	Successor or Transferee		27
SECTION 3.12.	No Other Business		27

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SECTION 3.13.	No Borrowing	27
SECTION 3.14.	Servicer’s Obligations	27
SECTION 3.15.	Guarantees, Loans, Advances and Other Liabilities	27
SECTION 3.16.	Capital Expenditures	27
SECTION 3.17.	Restricted Payments	28
SECTION 3.18.	Notice of Events of Default	28
SECTION 3.19.	Further Instruments and Acts	28
SECTION 3.20.	Inspection	28
SECTION 3.21.	[Reserved]	29
SECTION 3.22.	[Reserved]	29
SECTION 3.23.	Sale Agreement, Servicing Agreement, and Administration Agreement Covenants	29
SECTION 3.24.	Taxes	31
SECTION 3.25.	Notices from Holders	31
SECTION 3.26.	Volcker Rule	31
ARTICLE IV SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE		31
SECTION 4.01.	Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture; Defeasance	31
SECTION 4.02.	Conditions to Defeasance	33
SECTION 4.03.	Application of Trust Money	34
SECTION 4.04.	Repayment of Moneys Held by Paying Agent	35
ARTICLE V REMEDIES		35
SECTION 5.01.	Events of Default	35
SECTION 5.02.	Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment	36
SECTION 5.03.	Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Indenture Trustee	37
SECTION 5.04.	Remedies; Priorities	39
SECTION 5.05.	Optional Preservation of the Trust Estate	40
SECTION 5.06.	Limitation of Suits	41
SECTION 5.07.	Unconditional Rights of Holders To Receive Principal, Premium, if any, and Interest	41
SECTION 5.08.	Restoration of Rights and Remedies	42
SECTION 5.09.	Rights and Remedies Cumulative	42
SECTION 5.10.	Delay or Omission Not a Waiver	42
SECTION 5.11.	Control by Holders	42
SECTION 5.12.	Waiver of Past Defaults	43
SECTION 5.13.	Undertaking for Costs	43
SECTION 5.14.	Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws	44
SECTION 5.15.	Action on Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds	44
ARTICLE VI THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE		44
SECTION 6.01.	Duties of Indenture Trustee	44
SECTION 6.02.	Rights of Indenture Trustee	46
SECTION 6.03.	Individual Rights of Indenture Trustee	49
SECTION 6.04.	Indenture Trustee’s Disclaimer	49
SECTION 6.05.	Notice of Defaults	50

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SECTION 6.06.	Reports by Indenture Trustee to Holders	50
SECTION 6.07.	Compensation and Indemnity	51
SECTION 6.08.	Replacement of Indenture Trustee and Securities Intermediary	52
SECTION 6.09.	Successor Indenture Trustee by Merger	53
SECTION 6.10.	Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee	54
SECTION 6.11.	Eligibility; Disqualification	55
SECTION 6.12.	Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuer	55
SECTION 6.13.	Representations and Warranties of Indenture Trustee	55
SECTION 6.14.	Annual Report by Independent Registered Public Accountants	55
SECTION 6.15.	Custody of Collateral	56
SECTION 6.16.	FATCA	56
ARTICLE VII HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS		56
SECTION 7.01.	Issuer To Furnish Indenture Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders	56
SECTION 7.02.	Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders	57
SECTION 7.03.	Reports by Issuer	57
SECTION 7.04.	Reports by Indenture Trustee	58
ARTICLE VIII ACCOUNTS, DISBURSEMENTS AND RELEASES		58
SECTION 8.01.	Collection of Money	58
SECTION 8.02.	Collection Account	59
SECTION 8.03.	General Provisions Regarding the Collection Account	62
SECTION 8.04.	Release of Trust Estate	63
SECTION 8.05.	Opinion of Counsel	64
SECTION 8.06.	Reports by Independent Registered Public Accountants	64
ARTICLE IX SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES		65
SECTION 9.01.	Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders	65
SECTION 9.02.	Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders	66
SECTION 9.03.	Kansas Commission Condition	68
SECTION 9.04.	Execution of Supplemental Indentures	69
SECTION 9.05.	Effect of Supplemental Indenture	69
SECTION 9.06.	Conformity with Trust Indenture Act	69
SECTION 9.07.	Reference in Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds to Supplemental Indentures	69
ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS		69
SECTION 10.01.	Compliance Certificates and Opinions, etc	69
SECTION 10.02.	Form of Documents Delivered to Indenture Trustee	71
SECTION 10.03.	Acts of Holders	72
SECTION 10.04.	Notices, etc., to Indenture Trustee, Issuer and Rating Agencies	72
SECTION 10.05.	Notices to Holders; Waiver	73
SECTION 10.06.	Conflict with Trust Indenture Act	74
SECTION 10.07.	Successors and Assigns	74
SECTION 10.08.	Severability	74
SECTION 10.09.	Benefits of Indenture	74

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SECTION 10.10.	Legal Holidays	74
SECTION 10.11.	GOVERNING LAW	74
SECTION 10.12.	Counterparts	75
SECTION 10.13.	Recording of Indenture	75
SECTION 10.14.	No Recourse to Issuer	75
SECTION 10.15.	Basic Documents	75
SECTION 10.16.	No Petition	75
SECTION 10.17.	Securities Intermediary	76
SECTION 10.18.	Rule 17g-5 Compliance	76
SECTION 10.19.	Submission to Non-Exclusive Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial	77
SECTION 10.20.	Certain Tax Laws	77

EXHIBITS

Exhibit A Form of Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds

Exhibit B Form of Series Supplement

Exhibit C Servicing Criteria to be Addressed by Indenture Trustee in Assessment of Compliance

APPENDIX

Appendix A Definitions and Rules of Construction

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TRUST INDENTURE ACT CROSS REFERENCE TABLE

TRUST INDENTURE ACT SECTION		INDENTURE SECTION
310	(a)(1)	6.11
	(a)(2)	6.11
	(a)(3)	6.10(b)(i)
	(a)(4)	Not applicable
	(a)(5)	6.11
	(b)	6.11
311	(a)	6.12
	(b)	6.12
312	(a)	7.01 and 7.02
	(b)	7.02(b)
	(c)	7.02(c)
313	(a)	7.04
	(b)(1)	7.04
	(b)(2)	7.04
	(c)	7.03(a) and 7.04
	(d)	Not applicable
314	(a)	3.09, 4.01 and 7.03(a)
	(b)	3.06 and 4.01
	(c)(1)	2.10, 4.01, 8.04(b) and 10.01(a)
	(c)(2)	2.10, 4.01, 8.04(b) and 10.01(a)
	(c)(3)	2.10, 4.01 and 10.01(a)
	(d)	8.04(b) and 10.01
	(e)	10.01(a)
	(f)	10.01(a)
315	(a)	6.01(b)(i) and 6.01(b)(ii)

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TRUST INDENTURE ACT SECTION		INDENTURE SECTION
	(b)	6.05
	(c)	6.01(a)
	(d)	6.01(c)(i), 6.01(c)(ii) and 6.01(c)(iii)
	(e)	5.13
316	(a) (last sentence)	Appendix A – definition of “Outstanding”
	(a)(1)(A)	5.11
	(a)(1)(B)	5.12
	(a)(2)	Not applicable
	(b)	5.07
	(c)	Appendix A – definition of “Record Date”
317	(a)(1)	5.03(a)
	(a)(2)	5.03(c)(iv)
	(b)	3.03
318	(a)	10.06
	(b)	10.06
	(c)	10.06

THIS CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE SHALL NOT, FOR ANY PURPOSE, BE DEEMED TO BE PART OF THIS INDENTURE.

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This INDENTURE, dated as of             , 2022, is by and among KANSAS GAS SERVICE SECURITIZATION I, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (the “Issuer”), U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, in its capacity as indenture trustee for the benefit of the Holders (the “Indenture Trustee”), and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, in its capacity as securities intermediary (the “Securities Intermediary”).

In consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, each party hereto agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party hereto and each of the Holders:

RECITALS OF THE ISSUER

The Issuer has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture and the creation and issuance of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds issuable hereunder, which will be of substantially the tenor set forth in the Series Supplement to this Indenture duly executed and delivered by the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee.

The Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds shall be non-recourse obligations and shall be secured by the Trust Estate, of which the principal asset is the Securitized Utility Tariff Property, and shall be payable solely out of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property and other assets in the Trust Estate. If and to the extent that the proceeds of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property are insufficient to pay all amounts owing with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, then, except as otherwise expressly provided hereunder, the Holders shall have no Claim in respect of such insufficiency against the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee, and the Holders, by their acceptance of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, waive any such Claim.

All things necessary to (a) make the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, when executed by the Issuer and authenticated and delivered by the Indenture Trustee hereunder and duly issued by the Issuer, valid obligations, and (b) make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Issuer, in each case, in accordance with their respective terms, have been done.

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

That the Issuer, in consideration of the premises herein contained and of the purchase of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds by the Holders and of other good and lawful consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and to secure, equally and ratably without prejudice, priority or distinction, except as specifically otherwise set forth in this Indenture, the payment of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, the payment of all other amounts due under or in connection with this Indenture (including all fees, expenses, counsel fees and other amounts due and owing to the Indenture Trustee) and the performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions contained herein or in the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, has hereby executed and delivered this Indenture and by these presents does hereby and by the Series Supplement will convey, grant, assign, transfer and pledge, in each case, in and unto the Indenture Trustee, its successors and assigns forever, for the benefit of the Holders, all and singular, all of the Issuer’s right, title and interest in, to and under any and all of the property described in the Series Supplement (such property herein referred to as “Trust Estate”).

AND IT IS HEREBY COVENANTED, DECLARED AND AGREED between the parties hereto that the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds are to be issued, countersigned and delivered

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and that all of the Trust Estate is to be held and applied, subject to the further covenants, conditions, releases, uses and trusts hereinafter set forth, and the Issuer, for itself and any successor, does hereby covenant and agree to and with the Indenture Trustee and its successors in said trust, for the benefit of the Holders, as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND RULES OF CONSTRUCTION; INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

SECTION 1.01.    Definitions and Rules of Construction. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Indenture shall have the respective meanings given to such terms in Appendix A, which is hereby incorporated by reference into this Indenture as if set forth fully in this Indenture. Not all terms defined in Appendix A are used in this Indenture. The rules of construction set forth in Appendix A shall apply to this Indenture and are hereby incorporated by reference into this Indenture as if set forth fully in this Indenture.

SECTION 1.02.    Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act. Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the Trust Indenture Act, that provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The following Trust Indenture Act terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:

“indenture securities” means the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds.

“indenture security holder” means a Holder.

“indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture.

“indenture trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Indenture Trustee.

“obligor” on the indenture securities means the Issuer and any other obligor on the indenture securities.

All other Trust Indenture Act terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the Trust Indenture Act, defined by Trust Indenture Act reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule have the meanings assigned to them by such definitions.

ARTICLE II

THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDS

SECTION 2.01.    Form. The Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds and the Indenture Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the forms set forth in Exhibit A, with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture or by the Series Supplement and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, as evidenced by their execution of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds.

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The Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds shall be typewritten, printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of these methods (with or without steel engraved borders), all as determined by the officers executing the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, as evidenced by their execution of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds.

Each Securitized Utility Tariff Bond shall be dated the date of its authentication.

SECTION 2.02.    Denominations: Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds. The Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds shall be issuable in the Authorized Denominations specified in the Series Supplement.

The Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds shall, at the election of and as authorized by a Responsible Officer of the Issuer, and set forth in the Series Supplement, be issued in one or more tranches, and shall be designated generally as the “Series 2022-A Senior Secured Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds” of the Issuer, with such further particular designations added or incorporated in such title for the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds of any particular tranche as a Responsible Officer of the Issuer may determine. All Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds shall be identical in all respects except for the denominations thereof, the Holder thereof, the numbering thereon and the legends thereon, unless the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds are comprised of one or more tranches, in which case all of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds of the same tranche shall be identical in all respects except for the denominations thereof, the Holder thereof, the numbering thereon, the legends thereon and the CUSIP number thereon. All Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds of a particular tranche shall be in all respects equally and ratably entitled to the benefits hereof without preference, priority or distinction on account of the actual time or times of authentication and delivery, all in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Indenture.

The Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds shall be created by the Series Supplement authorized by a Responsible Officer of the Issuer, which shall specify and establish the terms and provisions thereof, including the following (which terms and provisions may differ as between tranches):

(a)    designation of the tranches thereof;

(b)    the principal amount of each tranche;

(c)    the Bond Interest Rate of each tranche thereof or the formula, if any, used to calculate Bond Interest Rate or Bond Interest Rates for each tranche thereof;

(d)    the Payment Dates for each tranche thereof;

(e)    the Scheduled Payment Dates for each tranche;

(f)    the Scheduled Final Payment Date(s) of each tranche;

(g)    the Final Maturity Date of each tranche;

(h)    the authentication and delivery date;

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(i)    the Authorized Denominations;

(j)    the Expected Sinking Fund Schedule of each tranche;

(k)    the place or places for the payment of interest, principal and premium, if different than set forth in Section 2.08;

(l)    any additional Holders;

(m)    the identity of the Indenture Trustee;

(n)    the Trust Estate;

(o)    whether or not the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds are to be Book-Entry Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds and the extent to which Section 2.11 should apply; and

(p)    any other terms of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds that are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture.

SECTION 2.03.    Execution, Authentication and Delivery. The Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds shall be executed on behalf of the Issuer by any of its Responsible Officers. The signature of any such Responsible Officer on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds may be manual, electronic or facsimile.

Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds bearing the manual, electronic or facsimile signature of individuals who were at any time Responsible Officers of the Issuer shall bind the Issuer, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds or did not hold such offices at the date of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds.

At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Issuer may deliver Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds executed by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to an Issuer Order for authentication; and the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and deliver the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds as in this Indenture provided and not otherwise.

No Securitized Utility Tariff Bond shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless there appears on such Securitized Utility Tariff Bond a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the Indenture Trustee by the manual, electronic or facsimile signature of one of its authorized signatories, and such certificate upon any Securitized Utility Tariff Bond shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Securitized Utility Tariff Bond has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder.

The words “execution,” signed,” signature,” and words of like import in this Indenture and the Series Supplement shall include images of manually executed signatures transmitted by facsimile, email or other electronic format (including, without limitation, “pdf,” “tif” or “jpg”) and other electronic signatures (including without limitation, DocuSign and AdobeSign). The use of electronic signatures and electronic records (including, without limitation,

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any contract or other record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means) shall be of the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a manually executed signature or use of a paper-based record-keeping system to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act and any other applicable law, including, without limitation, any state law based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the Uniform Commercial Code.

SECTION 2.04.    Temporary Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds. Pending the preparation of Definitive Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds pursuant to Section 2.13, the Issuer may execute, and upon receipt of an Issuer Order the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, Temporary Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds that are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, of the tenor of the Definitive Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds in lieu of which they are issued and with such variations not inconsistent with the terms of this Indenture and the Series Supplement as the officers executing the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds may determine, as evidenced by their execution of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds.

If Temporary Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds are issued, the Issuer will cause Definitive Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of Definitive Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, the Temporary Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds shall be exchangeable for Definitive Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds upon surrender of the Temporary Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds at the office or agency of the Issuer to be maintained as provided in Section 3.02, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more Temporary Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, the Issuer shall execute and the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like tranche and principal amount of Definitive Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds of authorized denominations. Until so delivered in exchange, the Temporary Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as Definitive Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds.

SECTION 2.05.    Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds. The Issuer shall cause to be kept a register (the “Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Issuer shall provide for the registration of Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds and the registration of transfers of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds. U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, shall be “Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Registrar” for the purpose of registering the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds and transfers of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds as herein provided. Upon any resignation of any Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Registrar, the Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor or, if it elects not to make such an appointment, assume the duties of Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Registrar.

If a Person other than the Indenture Trustee is appointed by the Issuer as Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Registrar, the Issuer will give the Indenture Trustee and the Paying Agent, if not the Indenture Trustee, prompt written notice of the appointment of such Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Registrar and of the location, and any change in the location, of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Register, and the Indenture Trustee and any such Paying Agent shall have the right to inspect the Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Register at all reasonable times and to obtain copies thereof, and the Indenture Trustee shall have the right to rely conclusively upon a certificate

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executed on behalf of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Registrar by a Responsible Officer thereof as to the names and addresses of the Holders and the principal amounts and number of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds (separately stated by tranche).

Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Securitized Utility Tariff Bond at the office or agency of the Issuer to be maintained as provided in Section 3.02, provided that the requirements of Section 8-401 of the UCC are met, the Issuer shall execute, and the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and the Holder shall obtain from the Indenture Trustee, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds in any Authorized Denominations, of the same tranche and aggregate principal amount.

At the option of the Holder, Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds may be exchanged for other Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds in any Authorized Denominations, of the same tranche and aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds to be exchanged at such office or agency as provided in Section 3.02. Whenever any Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds are so surrendered for exchange, the Issuer shall, provided that the requirements of Section 8-401 of the UCC are met, execute, and, upon any such execution, the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and the Holder shall obtain from the Indenture Trustee, the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds that the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.

All Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of other Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds shall be the valid obligations of the Issuer, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

Every Securitized Utility Tariff Bond presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by: (a) a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee duly executed by the Holder thereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, with such signature guaranteed by an institution that is a member of: (i) The Securities Transfer Agent Medallion Program (STAMP); (ii) The New York Stock Exchange Medallion Program (MSP); (iii) The Stock Exchange Medallion Program (SEMP); or (iv) such other signature guaranty program acceptable to the Indenture Trustee; and (b) such other documents as the Indenture Trustee may require.

No service charge shall be made to a Holder for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, but the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge or any fees or expenses of the Indenture Trustee that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 2.04 or Section 2.06 not involving any transfer.

The preceding provisions of this Section 2.05 notwithstanding, the Issuer shall not be required to make, and the Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Registrar need not register, transfers or exchanges of any Securitized Utility Tariff Bond that has been submitted within fifteen (15) days preceding the due date for any payment with respect to such Securitized Utility Tariff Bond until after such due date has occurred.

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SECTION 2.06.    Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds. If (a) any mutilated Securitized Utility Tariff Bond is surrendered to the Indenture Trustee or the Indenture Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Securitized Utility Tariff Bond and (b) there is delivered to the Indenture Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by it to hold the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Issuer, the Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Registrar or the Indenture Trustee that such Securitized Utility Tariff Bond has been acquired by a Protected Purchaser, the Issuer shall, provided that the requirements of Section 8-401 of the UCC are met, execute, and, upon the Issuer’s written request, the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securitized Utility Tariff Bond, a replacement Securitized Utility Tariff Bond of like tranche and principal amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding; provided, however, that, if any such destroyed, lost or stolen Securitized Utility Tariff Bond, but not a mutilated Securitized Utility Tariff Bond, shall have become or within seven (7) days shall be due and payable, instead of issuing a replacement Securitized Utility Tariff Bond, the Issuer may pay such destroyed, lost or stolen Securitized Utility Tariff Bond when so due or payable without surrender thereof. If, after the delivery of such replacement Securitized Utility Tariff Bond or payment of a destroyed, lost or stolen Securitized Utility Tariff Bond pursuant to the proviso to the preceding sentence, a Protected Purchaser of the original Securitized Utility Tariff Bond in lieu of which such replacement Securitized Utility Tariff Bond was issued presents for payment such original Securitized Utility Tariff Bond, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to recover such replacement Securitized Utility Tariff Bond (or such payment) from the Person to whom it was delivered or any Person taking such replacement Securitized Utility Tariff Bond from such Person to whom such replacement Securitized Utility Tariff Bond was delivered or any assignee of such Person, except a Protected Purchaser, and shall be entitled to recover upon the security or indemnity provided therefor to the extent of any loss, damage, cost or expense incurred by the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee in connection therewith.

Upon the issuance of any replacement Securitized Utility Tariff Bond under this Section 2.06, the Issuer and/or the Indenture Trustee may require the payment by the Holder of such Securitized Utility Tariff Bond of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other reasonable expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Indenture Trustee and the Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Registrar and its counsel) in connection therewith.

Every replacement Securitized Utility Tariff Bond issued pursuant to this Section 2.06 in replacement of any mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securitized Utility Tariff Bond shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Issuer, whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securitized Utility Tariff Bond shall be found at any time or enforced by any Person, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds duly issued hereunder.

The provisions of this Section 2.06 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds.

SECTION 2.07.    Persons Deemed Owner. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of any Securitized Utility Tariff Bond, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the

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Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Registrar and any agent of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any Securitized Utility Tariff Bond is registered (as of the day of determination) as the owner of such Securitized Utility Tariff Bond for the purpose of receiving payments of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on such Securitized Utility Tariff Bond and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Securitized Utility Tariff Bond be overdue, and none of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee or any agent of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

SECTION 2.08.    Payment of Principal, Premium, if any, and Interest; Interest on Overdue Principal; Principal, Premium, if any, and Interest Rights Preserved.

(a)    The Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds shall accrue interest as provided in the Series Supplement at the applicable Bond Interest Rate, and such interest shall be payable on each applicable Payment Date. Any installment of interest, principal or premium, if any, payable on any Securitized Utility Tariff Bond that is punctually paid or duly provided for on the applicable Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Securitized Utility Tariff Bond (or one or more Predecessor Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds) is registered on the Record Date for the applicable Payment Date by check mailed first-class, postage prepaid, to the Person whose name appears as the Registered Holder (or by wire transfer to an account maintained by such Holder) in accordance with payment instructions delivered to the Indenture Trustee by such Holder, and, with respect to Book-Entry Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, payments will be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account designated by the Holder of the applicable Global Securitized Utility Tariff Bond unless and until such Global Securitized Utility Tariff Bond is exchanged for Definitive Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds (in which event payments shall be made as provided above) and except for the final installment of principal and premium, if any, payable with respect to such Securitized Utility Tariff Bond on a Payment Date, which shall be payable as provided below.

(b)    The principal of each Securitized Utility Tariff Bond of each tranche shall be paid, to the extent funds are available therefor in the Collection Account, in installments on each Payment Date specified in the Series Supplement; provided, that installments of principal not paid when scheduled to be paid in accordance with the Expected Sinking Fund Schedule shall be paid upon receipt of money available for such purpose, in the order set forth in the Expected Sinking Fund Schedule. Failure to pay principal in accordance with such Expected Sinking Fund Schedule because moneys are not available pursuant to Section 8.02 to make such payments shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default under this Indenture; provided, however, that failure to pay the entire unpaid principal amount of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds of a tranche upon the Final Maturity Date for the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds of such tranche shall constitute an Event of Default under this Indenture as set forth in Section 5.01. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the entire unpaid principal amount of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds shall be due and payable, if not previously paid, on the date on which an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, if the Indenture Trustee or the Holders of Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds representing a majority of the Outstanding Amount of Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds have declared the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds to be immediately due and payable in the manner provided in Section 5.02. All payments of principal and premium, if any, on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds shall be made pro rata to the Holders entitled thereto unless otherwise provided in the Series Supplement. Upon written notice from the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee shall notify the Person in

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whose name a Securitized Utility Tariff Bond is registered at the close of business on the Record Date preceding the Payment Date on which the Issuer expects that the final installment of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bond will be paid. Such notice shall be mailed no later than five (5) days prior to such final Payment Date and shall specify that such final installment will be payable only upon presentation and surrender of such Securitized Utility Tariff Bond and shall specify the place where such Securitized Utility Tariff Bond may be presented and surrendered for payment of such installment.

(c)    If interest on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds is not paid when due, such defaulted interest shall be paid (plus interest on such defaulted interest at the applicable Bond Interest Rate to the extent lawful) to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent Special Record Date. The Issuer shall fix or cause to be fixed any such Special Record Date and Special Payment Date, and, at least ten (10) days before any such Special Record Date, the Issuer shall mail to each affected Holder a notice that states the Special Record Date, the Special Payment Date and the amount of defaulted interest (plus interest on such defaulted interest) to be paid.

SECTION 2.09.    Cancellation. All Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds surrendered for payment, registration of transfer or exchange shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Indenture Trustee, be delivered to the Indenture Trustee and shall be promptly canceled by the Indenture Trustee. The Issuer may at any time deliver to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation any Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds previously authenticated and delivered hereunder that the Issuer may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Indenture Trustee. No Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds canceled as provided in this Section 2.09, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All canceled Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds may be held or disposed of by the Indenture Trustee in accordance with its standard retention or disposal policy as in effect at the time.

SECTION 2.10.    Outstanding Amount; Authentication and Delivery of Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds. The aggregate Outstanding Amount of Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture shall not exceed the aggregate of the amount of Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds that are authorized in the Financing Order, but otherwise shall be unlimited.

Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds may at any time be executed by the Issuer and delivered to the Indenture Trustee for authentication and thereupon the same shall be authenticated and delivered by the Indenture Trustee upon Issuer Request and upon delivery by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee of the following:

(a)    Issuer Action. An Issuer Order authorizing and directing the authentication and delivery of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds by the Indenture Trustee and specifying the principal amount of Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds to be authenticated.

(b)    Authorizations. Copies of (i) the Financing Order, which shall be in full force and effect and be Final, (ii) certified resolutions of the Managers or Member of the Issuer authorizing the execution and delivery of the Series Supplement and the execution, authentication and delivery of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds and (iii) the Series Supplement duly executed by the Issuer.

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(c)    Opinion Letters. An opinion letter or opinion letters, which may be delivered by one or more counsel for the Issuer, for the Servicer, or for the Seller, dated the Closing Date, in each case subject to the customary exceptions, qualifications and assumptions contained therein, covering the following opinion points (i) all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to (A) the authentication and delivery of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds and (B) the execution of the Series Supplement to this Indenture dated the Closing Date have been complied with, (ii) the execution of the Series Supplement is permitted by this Indenture, (iii) such action has been taken with respect to the recording and filing of this Indenture, any indentures supplemental hereto and any other requisite documents, and with respect to the execution and filing of any filings with the Kansas Commission, the Secretary of State of the State of Kansas or the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware pursuant to the Securitization Act and the Financing Order, financing statements and continuation statements, as are necessary to perfect and make effective the Lien and the perfected security interest created by this Indenture and the Series Supplement, and, based on a review of a current report of a search of the appropriate governmental filing office, no other Lien that can be perfected solely by the filing of financing statements under the applicable Uniform Commercial Code ranks equal or prior to the Lien of the Indenture Trustee in the Trust Estate, and reciting the details of such action, or stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action is necessary to make effective the Lien, together with the other Opinions of Counsel described in Sections [●] through [●] of the Underwriting Agreement.

(d)    Authorizing Certificate. An Officer’s Certificate, dated the Closing Date, of the Issuer certifying that (i) the Issuer has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture and the Series Supplement and the execution and delivery of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds and (ii) the Series Supplement is in the form attached thereto and complies with the requirements of Section 2.02.

(e)    The Trust Estate. The Issuer shall have made or caused to be made all filings with the Kansas Commission and the Secretary of State of the State of Kansas pursuant to the Financing Order and the Securitization Act and all other filings necessary to perfect the Grant of the Trust Estate to the Indenture Trustee and the Lien of this Indenture and the Series Supplement, including but not limited to UCC Financing Statements in Delaware or Kansas, as applicable.

(f)    Certificates of the Issuer and the Seller.

(i)    An Officer’s Certificate, dated as of the Closing Date:

(A)    to the effect that (1) the Issuer is not in Default under this Indenture and that the issuance of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds will not result in any Default or in any breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of or constitute a default under the Financing Order or any indenture, mortgage, credit agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Issuer is a party or by which it or its properties is bound or any order of any court or administrative agency

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entered in any Proceeding to which the Issuer is a party or by which it or its properties may be bound or to which it or its properties may be subject and (2) all conditions precedent provided in this Indenture relating to the execution, authentication and delivery of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds have been complied with;

(B)    to the effect that the Issuer has not assigned any interest or participation in the Trust Estate except for the Grant contained in this Indenture and the Series Supplement; the Issuer has the power and right to Grant the Trust Estate to the Indenture Trustee as security hereunder and thereunder; and the Issuer, subject to the terms of this Indenture, has Granted to the Indenture Trustee a first priority perfected security interest in all of its right, title and interest in and to the Trust Estate free and clear of any Lien arising as a result of actions of the Issuer or through the Issuer (except for any Lien created by the Issuer under the Basic Documents in favor of the Holders and in accordance with K.S.A. §66-1,245);

(C)    to the effect that the Issuer has appointed the firm of Independent registered public accountants as contemplated in Section 8.06;

(D)    to the effect that the Sale Agreement, the Servicing Agreement, and the Administration Agreement are, to the knowledge of the Issuer (and assuming such agreements are enforceable against all parties thereto other than the Issuer and KGS), in full force and effect and, to the knowledge of the Issuer, that no party is in default of its obligations under such agreements;

(E)    certifying that the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds have received the ratings from the Rating Agencies if required by the Underwriting Agreement as a condition to the issuance of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds; and

(F)    stating that (i) all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to (a) the authentication and delivery of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, and (b) the execution of the Series Supplement to this Indenture dated as of the date of this Indenture, have been complied with, (ii) the execution of the Series Supplement to this Indenture dated as of the date of this Indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture, and (iii) the Issuer has delivered the documents required under this Section 2.10 and has otherwise satisfied the requirements set out in this Section 2.10, including, but not limited to, complying with Section 2.10(f)(i) hereof.

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(ii)    An officer’s certificate from the Seller, dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect that:

(A)    in the case of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property identified in the Bill of Sale, immediately prior to the conveyance thereof to the Issuer pursuant to the Sale Agreement: the Seller was the original and the sole owner of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property, free and clear of any Lien; the Seller had not assigned any interest or participation in the Securitized Utility Tariff Property and the proceeds thereof other than to the Issuer pursuant to the Sale Agreement; the Seller has the power, authority and right to own, sell and assign such Securitized Utility Tariff Property and the proceeds thereof to the Issuer; and the Seller, subject to the terms of the Sale Agreement, has validly sold and assigned to the Issuer all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Securitized Utility Tariff Property and the proceeds thereof, free and clear of any Lien (except for any Lien created by the Issuer under the Basic Documents in favor of the Holders and in accordance with K.S.A. §66-1,245) and such sale and assignment is absolute and irrevocable and has been perfected;

(B)    immediately prior to the conveyance of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property identified in the Bill of Sale to the Issuer pursuant to the Sale Agreement, the attached copy of the Financing Order, creating the Securitized Utility Tariff Property is true and complete and is in full force and effect; and

(C)    the Required Capital Amount has been deposited or caused to be deposited by the Seller with the Indenture Trustee for crediting to the Capital Subaccount.

(g)    Requirements of Series Supplement. Such other funds, accounts, documents, certificates, agreements, instruments or opinions as may be required by the terms of the Series Supplement.

(h)    Other Requirements. Such other documents, certificates, agreements, instruments or opinions as the Indenture Trustee may reasonably require.

SECTION 2.11.    Book-Entry Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds. Unless the Series Supplement provides otherwise, all of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds shall be issued in Book-Entry Form, and the Issuer shall execute and the Indenture Trustee shall, in accordance with this Section 2.11 and the Issuer Order, authenticate and deliver one or more Global Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, evidencing the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, which (a) shall be an aggregate original principal amount equal to the aggregate original principal amount of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds to be issued pursuant to the Issuer Order, (b) shall be registered in the name of the Clearing Agency therefor or its nominee, which shall initially be Cede & Co., as nominee for The Depository Trust Company, the initial Clearing Agency, (c) shall be delivered by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to such Clearing Agency’s or such nominee’s instructions and (d) shall bear a legend substantially to the effect set forth in Exhibit A to the Form of Series Supplement.

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Each Clearing Agency designated pursuant to this Section 2.11 must, at the time of its designation and at all times while it serves as Clearing Agency hereunder, be a “clearing agency” registered under the Exchange Act and any other applicable statute or regulation.

No Holder of Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds issued in Book-Entry Form shall receive a Definitive Securitized Utility Tariff Bond representing such Holder’s interest in any of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, except as provided in Section 2.13. Unless (and until) certificated, fully registered Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds (the “Definitive Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds”) have been issued to the Holders pursuant to Section 2.13 or pursuant to the Series Supplement relating thereto:

(i)    the provisions of this Section 2.11 shall be in full force and effect;

(ii)    the Issuer, the Servicer, the Paying Agent, the Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Registrar and the Indenture Trustee may deal with the Clearing Agency for all purposes (including the making of distributions on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds and the giving of instructions or directions hereunder) as the authorized representative of the Holders;

(iii)    to the extent that the provisions of this Section 2.11 conflict with any other provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Section 2.11 shall control;

(iv)    the rights of Holders shall be exercised only through the Clearing Agency and the Clearing Agency Participants and shall be limited to those established by applicable law and agreements between such Holders and the Clearing Agency and/or the Clearing Agency Participants. Pursuant to the Letter of Representations, unless and until Definitive Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds are issued pursuant to Section 2.13, the initial Clearing Agency will make book-entry transfers among the Clearing Agency Participants and receive and transmit distributions of principal of and interest on the Book-Entry Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds to such Clearing Agency Participants; and

(v)    whenever this Indenture requires or permits actions to be taken based upon instruction or directions of the Holders evidencing a specified percentage of the Outstanding Amount of Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, the Clearing Agency shall be deemed to represent such percentage only to the extent that it has received instructions to such effect from the Holders and/or the Clearing Agency Participants owning or representing, respectively, such required percentage of the beneficial interest in the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds and has delivered such instructions to a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee.

SECTION 2.12.    Notices to Clearing Agency. Unless and until Definitive Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds shall have been issued to Holders pursuant to Section 2.13, whenever notice, payment or other communications to the holders of Book-Entry Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds is required under this Indenture, the Indenture Trustee, the Servicer and the Paying Agent, as applicable, shall make all such payments to, and give all such notices and communications specified herein, to the Clearing Agency.

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SECTION 2.13.    Definitive Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds. If (a) (i) the Issuer advises the Indenture Trustee in writing that the Clearing Agency is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities under any Letter of Representations and (ii) the Issuer is unable to locate a qualified successor Clearing Agency, (b) the Issuer, at its option, advises the Indenture Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Clearing Agency or (c) after the occurrence of an Event of Default hereunder, Holders holding a majority of the Outstanding Amount of Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds maintained as Book-Entry Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds advise the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer and the Clearing Agency (through the Clearing Agency Participants) in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Clearing Agency is no longer in the best interests of the Holders, the Issuer shall notify the Clearing Agency, the Indenture Trustee and all such Holders in writing of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of Definitive Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds to the Holders requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Indenture Trustee of the Global Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds by the Clearing Agency accompanied by registration instructions from such Clearing Agency for registration, the Issuer shall execute, and the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, Definitive Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds in accordance with the instructions of the Clearing Agency. None of the Issuer, the Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Registrar, the Paying Agent or the Indenture Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instructions and may conclusively rely on, and shall be fully protected in relying on, such instructions. Upon the issuance of Definitive Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, the Indenture Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds as Holders hereunder without need for any consent or acknowledgement from the Holders.

Definitive Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds will be transferable and exchangeable at the offices of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Registrar.

SECTION 2.14.    CUSIP Number. The Issuer in issuing any Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds may use a “CUSIP” number and, if so used, the Indenture Trustee shall use the CUSIP number provided to it by the Issuer in any notices to the Holders thereof as a convenience to such Holders; provided, that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number printed in the notice or on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds. The Issuer shall promptly notify the Indenture Trustee in writing of any change in the CUSIP number with respect to any Securitized Utility Tariff Bond.

SECTION 2.15.    Letter of Representations. The Issuer shall comply with the terms of each Letter of Representations applicable to the Issuer.

SECTION 2.16.    Tax Treatment. The Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, by entering into this Indenture, and the Holders and any Persons holding a beneficial interest in any Securitized Utility Tariff Bond, by acquiring any Securitized Utility Tariff Bond or interest therein, (a) express their intention that, solely for the purposes of U.S. federal taxes and, to the extent consistent with applicable state, local and other tax law, solely for the purposes of state, local and other taxes, the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds qualify under applicable tax law as indebtedness of the Member secured by the Trust Estate and (b) solely for the purposes of U.S. federal taxes and, to the extent consistent with applicable state, local and other tax law, solely for purposes of state, local and other taxes, so long as any of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds are outstanding, agree to treat the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds as indebtedness of the Member secured by the Trust Estate unless otherwise required by appropriate taxing authorities.

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SECTION 2.17.    State Pledge and Kansas Commission Pledge. Each Securitized Utility Tariff Bond shall state that the Securitization Act provides that the State of Kansas and its agencies, including the Kansas Commission, “hereby pledge and agree with bondholders, the owners of securitized utility tariff property and other financing parties that the state and its agencies shall not take any action listed in this section.¹ This subsection does not preclude limitation or alteration if full compensation is made by law for the full protection of the securitized utility tariff charges collected pursuant to a financing order and of the bondholders and any assignee or financing party entering into a contract with the public utility. The prohibited actions are as follows:

(1) Altering the provisions of this section that authorize the commission to create an irrevocable contract right or chose in action by the issuance of a financing order, to create securitized utility tariff property and to make the securitized utility tariff charges imposed by a financing order irrevocable, binding or nonbypassable charges for all existing and future retail customers within the service area of the public utility;

(2) taking or permitting any action that impairs or would impair the value of securitized utility tariff property or the security for the security utility tariff bonds or revises the securitized utility tariff costs for which recovery is authorized;

(3) impairing the rights and remedies of the bondholders, assignees and other financing parties in any way; or

(4) except for changes made pursuant to the adjustment mechanism authorized under this section, reducing, altering or impairing securitized utility tariff charges that are to be imposed, billed, charged, collected and remitted for the benefit of the bondholders, any assignee and any other financing parties until any and all principal, interest, premium, financing costs and other fees, expenses or charges incurred and any contracts to be performed in connection with the related securitized utility tariff bonds have been paid and performed in full.”

In addition, each Securitized Utility Tariff Bond shall state that the Financing Order provides that “the Kansas Commission affirms the pledge of the State of Kansas set forth in K.S.A. § 66-1,252 and shall not take or permit any of the following actions that would impair the value of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property authorized by the Financing Order, unless otherwise permitted by the Securitization Act:

• Alter the statute that authorizes the Commission to create an irrevocable contract right or chose in action by the issuance of a Financing Order, to create securitized utility tariff property and to make the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges imposed by a Financing Order irrevocable, binding or nonbypassable charges for all existing and future sales customers within the service area of the public utility;

¹  K.S.A. § 66-1,252

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• Take any action that would impair the value of Securitized Utility Tariff Property or the security for the Security Utility Tariff Bonds, or revises the Securitized Utility Tariff Costs for which recovery is authorized; impair the rights and remedies of the bondholders, assignees and other financing parties in any way; or,

• Except for changes made pursuant to the Adjustment Mechanism expressly allowed by law, reduce, alter, or impair the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges to be imposed, billed, charged, collected, and remitted for the benefit of the bondholders, any assignee, and any other financing parties, until any and all principal, interest, premium, financing costs and other fees, expenses or charges incurred and any contracts to be performed in connection with the related Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds have been paid and performed in full.”

The Issuer hereby acknowledges that the purchase of any Securitized Utility Tariff Bond by a Holder or the purchase of any beneficial interest in a Securitized Utility Tariff Bond by any Person and the Indenture Trustee’s obligations to perform hereunder are made in reliance on such agreement and pledge by the State of Kansas and the Kansas Commission.

SECTION 2.18.    Security Interests. The Issuer hereby makes the following representations and warranties. Other than the security interests granted to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Indenture, the Issuer has not pledged, granted, sold, conveyed or otherwise assigned any interests or security interests in the Trust Estate and no security agreement, financing statement or equivalent security or Lien instrument listing the Issuer as debtor covering all or any part of the Trust Estate is on file or of record in any jurisdiction, except such as may have been filed, recorded or made by the Issuer in favor of the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Holders in connection with this Indenture. This Indenture constitutes a valid and continuing Lien on, and first priority perfected security interest in, the Trust Estate in favor of the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Holders, which Lien and security interest is prior to all other Liens and is enforceable as such as against creditors of and purchasers from the Issuer in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or by general equitable principles, whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity and by an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. With respect to the Trust Estate, this Indenture, together with the Series Supplement, creates a valid and continuing first priority perfected security interest (as defined in the UCC) in the Trust Estate, which security interest is prior to all other Liens and is enforceable as such as against creditors of and purchasers from the Issuer in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or by general equitable principles, whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity and by an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. The Issuer has good and marketable title to the Trust Estate free and clear of any Lien of any Person (except for any Lien created by the Issuer under the Basic Documents in favor of the Holders and in accordance with K.S.A. §66-1,245). All of the Trust Estate constitutes property or accounts, deposit accounts, investment property or general intangibles (as each such term is defined in the UCC), except that

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proceeds of the Trust Estate may also take the form of instruments. The Issuer has taken, or caused the Servicer to take, all action necessary to perfect the security interest in the Trust Estate granted to the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders. The Issuer has filed (or has caused the Servicer to file) all appropriate financing statements in the proper filing offices in the appropriate jurisdictions under applicable law in order to perfect the security interest in the Trust Estate granted to the Indenture Trustee. The Issuer has not authorized the filing of and is not aware, after due inquiry, of any financing statements against the Issuer that include a description of the Trust Estate other than those filed in favor of the Indenture Trustee. The Issuer is not aware of any judgment or tax lien filings against the Issuer. The Collection Account (including all Subaccounts thereof other than the Capital Subaccount) constitutes a “securities account” within the meaning of the UCC and the Capital Subaccount constitutes a “deposit account” within the meaning of the UCC. The Issuer has taken all steps necessary to cause the Securities Intermediary of each such securities account to identify in its records the Indenture Trustee as the Person having a security entitlement against the Securities Intermediary in such securities account, no Collection Account is in the name of any Person other than the Indenture Trustee, and the Issuer has not consented to the Securities Intermediary of the Collection Account to comply with entitlement orders of any Person other than the Indenture Trustee. All of the Trust Estate constituting investment property has been and will have been credited to the Collection Account or a Subaccount thereof, and the Securities Intermediary for the Collection Account has agreed to treat all assets credited to the Collection Account (other than cash) as “financial assets” within the meaning of the UCC and cash will be allocated to the Capital Subaccount. Accordingly, the Indenture Trustee has a first priority perfected security interest in the Collection Account, all funds and financial assets on deposit therein, and all securities entitlements relating thereto. The representations and warranties set forth in this Section 2.18 shall survive the execution and delivery of this Indenture and the issuance of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, shall be deemed re-made on each date on which any funds in the Collection Account are distributed to the Issuer as provided in Section 8.04 or otherwise released from the Lien of this Indenture and may not be waived by any party hereto except pursuant to a supplemental indenture executed in accordance with Article IX and as to which the Rating Agency Condition has been satisfied.

ARTICLE III

COVENANTS

SECTION 3.01.    Payment of Principal, Premium, if any, and Interest. The principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds shall be duly and punctually paid by the Issuer, or the Servicer on behalf of the Issuer, in accordance with the terms of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds and this Indenture and the Series Supplement; provided, that, except on a Final Maturity Date of a tranche or upon the acceleration of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds following the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Issuer shall only be obligated to pay the principal of such Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds on each Payment Date therefor to the extent moneys are available for such payment pursuant to Section 8.02. Amounts properly withheld under the Code, the Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder or other tax laws by any Person from a payment to any Holder of interest or principal or premium, if any, shall be considered as having been paid by the Issuer to such Holder for all purposes of this Indenture.

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SECTION 3.02.    Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Issuer shall initially maintain in St. Paul, Minnesota an office or agency where Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange. The Issuer shall give prompt written notice to the Indenture Trustee of the location, and of any change in the location, of any such office or agency. The Issuer hereby initially appoints the Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Registrar to serve as its agent for the foregoing purposes. Notices or demands to or upon the Issuer may be served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee. If at any time the Issuer shall fail to maintain any such office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Indenture Trustee with the address thereof, such surrenders may be made at the office of the Indenture Trustee located at the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee, and the Issuer hereby appoints the Indenture Trustee as its agent to receive all such surrenders.

SECTION 3.03.    Money for Payments To Be Held in Trust. As provided in Section 8.02(a), all payments of amounts due and payable with respect to any Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds that are to be made from amounts withdrawn from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 8.02(e) shall be made on behalf of the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or by another Paying Agent, and no amounts so withdrawn from the Collection Account for payments with respect to any Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds shall be paid over to the Issuer except as provided in this Section 3.03 and Section 8.02.

Each Paying Agent shall meet the eligibility criteria set forth for the Indenture Trustee under Section 6.11. The Issuer will cause each Paying Agent other than the Indenture Trustee to execute and deliver to the Indenture Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Indenture Trustee (and if the Indenture Trustee acts as Paying Agent, it hereby so agrees), subject to the provisions of this Section 3.03, that such Paying Agent will:

(a)    hold all sums held by it for the payment of amounts due with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and pay such sums to such Persons as herein provided;

(b)    give the Indenture Trustee unless the Indenture Trustee is the Paying Agent, the Kansas Commission and the Rating Agencies written notice of any Default by the Issuer of which it has actual knowledge in the making of any payment required to be made with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds;

(c)    at any time during the continuance of any such Default, upon the written request of the Indenture Trustee, forthwith pay to the Indenture Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent;

(d)    immediately, with notice to the Rating Agencies, resign as a Paying Agent and forthwith pay to the Indenture Trustee all sums held by it in trust for the payment of Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds if at any time the Paying Agent determines that it has ceased to meet the standards required to be met by a Paying Agent at the time of such determination; and

(e)    comply with all requirements of the Code, the Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder and other tax laws with respect to the withholding from any payments made by it on any Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds of any applicable withholding taxes imposed thereon and with respect to any applicable reporting requirements in connection therewith.

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The Issuer may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Issuer Order direct any Paying Agent to pay to the Indenture Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Indenture Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which the sums were held by such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Indenture Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.

Subject to applicable laws with respect to escheatment of funds, any money held by the Indenture Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust for the payment of any amount due with respect to any Securitized Utility Tariff Bond and remaining unclaimed for two years after such amount has become due and payable shall be discharged from such trust and be paid to the Issuer upon receipt of an Issuer Request; and, subject to Section 10.14, the Holder of such Securitized Utility Tariff Bond shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Issuer for payment thereof (but only to the extent of the amounts so paid to the Issuer), and all liability of the Indenture Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Indenture Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Issuer, cause to be published once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general circulation in The City of New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than thirty (30) days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Issuer. The Indenture Trustee may also adopt and employ, at the written direction and expense of the Issuer, any other reasonable means of notification of such repayment (including mailing notice of such repayment to Holders whose right to or interest in moneys due and payable but not claimed is determinable from the records of the Indenture Trustee or of any Paying Agent, at the last address of record for each such Holder).

SECTION 3.04.    Existence. The Issuer shall keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises as a limited liability company under the laws of the State of Delaware (unless it becomes, or any successor Issuer hereunder is or becomes, organized under the laws of any other State or of the United States of America, in which case the Issuer will keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises under the laws of such other jurisdiction) and will obtain and preserve its qualification to do business in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, the other Basic Documents, the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, the Trust Estate and each other instrument or agreement referenced herein or therein.

SECTION 3.05.    Protection of Trust Estate. The Issuer shall from time to time execute and deliver all such supplements and amendments hereto and all filings with the Kansas Commission, the Secretary of State of the State of Kansas or the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware pursuant to the Financing Order or to the Securitization Act and all financing statements, continuation statements, instruments of further assurance and other instruments, and shall take such other action necessary or advisable, to:

(a)    maintain or preserve the Lien and security interest (and the priority thereof) of this Indenture or carry out more effectively the purposes hereof;

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(b)    perfect, publish notice of or protect the validity of any Grant made or to be made by this Indenture;

(c)    enforce any of the Trust Estate;

(d)    preserve and defend title to the Trust Estate and the rights of the Indenture Trustee and the Holders in the Trust Estate against the Claims of all Persons, including a challenge by any party to the validity or enforceability of the Financing Order, the Securitized Utility Tariff Property or any proceeding relating thereto and institute any action or Proceeding necessary to compel performance by the Kansas Commission or the State of Kansas of any of its obligations or duties under the Securitization Act, the State Pledge, the Kansas Commission Pledge, or the Financing Order, as the case may be; and

(e)    pay any and all taxes levied or assessed upon all or any part of the Trust Estate.

The Indenture Trustee is specifically permitted and authorized, but not required to file financing statements covering the Trust Estate, including financing statements that describe the Trust Estate as “all assets” or “all personal property” of the Issuer; provided, however, that such authorization shall not be deemed to be an obligation and it being understood that the Indenture Trustee shall not be responsible for filing any such financing statement unless directed to do so in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3.05 and shall have no obligations or any duty to prepare, authorize, execute or file such documents.

SECTION 3.06.    Opinions as to Trust Estate.

(a)    Not later than March 31 of each calendar year beginning with March 31, 2024, the Issuer shall furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel of the Issuer either stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such action has been taken with respect to the recording, filing, re-recording and refiling of this Indenture, any indentures supplemental hereto and any other requisite documents, and with respect to the execution and filing of any filings with the Kansas Commission, the Secretary of State of the State of Kansas or the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware pursuant to the Securitization Act and the Financing Order, financing statements and continuation statements, as are necessary to maintain the Lien and the perfected security interest created by this Indenture and the Series Supplement and reciting the details of such action, or stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action is necessary to maintain the Lien and security interest. Such Opinion of Counsel shall also describe the recording, filing, re-recording and refiling of this Indenture, any indentures supplemental hereto and any other requisite documents and the execution and filing of any filings with the Kansas Commission, the Secretary of State of the State of Kansas or the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, financing statements and continuation statements that will, in the opinion of such counsel, be required within the 12-month period following the date of such opinion to maintain the Lien and the perfected security interest created by this Indenture and the Series Supplement.

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(b)    Prior to the effectiveness of any amendment to the Sale Agreement or the Servicing Agreement, the Issuer shall furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel of external counsel of the Issuer either (i) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all filings, including UCC financing statements and other filings with the Kansas Commission, the Secretary of State of the State of Kansas or the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware pursuant to the Securitization Act or the Financing Order have been executed and filed that are necessary fully to preserve and protect the Lien and the perfected security interest created by this Indenture and the Series Supplement, and reciting the details of such filings or referring to prior Opinions of Counsel in which such details are given, or (ii) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action shall be necessary to preserve and protect the Lien and the security interest.

SECTION 3.07.    Performance of Obligations; Servicing; SEC Filings.

(a)    The Issuer (i) shall diligently pursue any and all actions to enforce its rights under each instrument or agreement included in the Trust Estate and (ii) shall not take any action and shall use its best efforts not to permit any action to be taken by others that would release any Person from any of such Person’s covenants or obligations under any such instrument or agreement or that would result in the amendment, hypothecation, subordination, termination or discharge of, or impair the validity or effectiveness of, any such instrument or agreement, except, in each case, as expressly provided in this Indenture, the Series Supplement, the Sale Agreement, the Servicing Agreement, or such other instrument or agreement.

(b)    The Issuer may contract with other Persons selected with due care to assist it in performing its duties under this Indenture, and any performance of such duties by a Person identified to the Indenture Trustee herein or in an Officer’s Certificate shall be deemed to be action taken by the Issuer. Initially, the Issuer has contracted with KGS to assist the Issuer in performing its duties under this Indenture.

(c)    The Issuer shall punctually perform and observe all of its obligations and agreements contained in this Indenture, the Series Supplement, the other Basic Documents and the instruments and agreements included in the Trust Estate, including filing or causing to be filed all filings with the Kansas Commission, the Secretary of State of the State of Kansas or the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware pursuant to the Securitization Act or the Financing Order, all UCC financing statements and all continuation statements required to be filed by it by the terms of this Indenture, the Series Supplement, the Sale Agreement and the Servicing Agreement in accordance with and within the time periods provided for herein and therein.

(d)    If the Issuer shall have knowledge of the occurrence of a Servicer Default under the Servicing Agreement, the Issuer shall promptly give written notice thereof to the Indenture Trustee, the Kansas Commission and the Rating Agencies and shall specify in such notice the response or action, if any, the Issuer has taken or is taking with respect to such Servicer Default. If a Servicer Default shall arise from the failure of the Servicer to perform any of its duties or obligations under the Servicing Agreement with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Property or the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges, the Issuer shall take all reasonable steps available to it to remedy such failure.

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(e)    As promptly as possible after the giving of notice of termination to the Servicer and the Rating Agencies of the Servicer’s rights and powers pursuant to Section 7.01 of the Servicing Agreement, the Indenture Trustee shall, at the written direction either (a) of the Holders evidencing a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, or (b) of the Kansas Commission, appoint a successor Servicer (the “Successor Servicer”), and such Successor Servicer shall accept its appointment by a written assumption in a form acceptable to the Issuer. A Person shall qualify as a Successor Servicer only if such Person satisfies the requirements of the Servicing Agreement and the Financing Order relating to a Successor Servicer. If, within thirty (30) days after the delivery of the notice referred to above, a new Servicer shall not have been appointed, the Indenture Trustee may, at the expense of the Issuer, petition the Kansas Commission or a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a Successor Servicer. In connection with any such appointment, KGS may make such arrangements for the compensation of such Successor Servicer as it and such successor shall agree, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 6.06 of the Servicing Agreement and in the Financing Order.

(f)    Upon any termination of the Servicer’s rights and powers pursuant to the Servicing Agreement, the Indenture Trustee shall promptly notify the Issuer, the Kansas Commission, the Holders and the Rating Agencies of such termination. As soon as a Successor Servicer is appointed, the Indenture Trustee shall notify the Issuer, the Kansas Commission, the Holders and the Rating Agencies of such appointment, specifying in such notice the name and address of such Successor Servicer.

(g)    The Issuer shall (or shall cause KGS to) post on its website (which for this purpose may be the website of any direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer) and, to the extent consistent with the Issuer’s and KGS’s obligations under applicable law, file with or furnish to the SEC in periodic reports and other reports as are required from time to time under Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the following information (other than any such information filed with the SEC and publicly available to investors unless the Issuer specifically requests such items to be posted) with respect to the Outstanding Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, in each case to the extent such information is reasonably available to the Issuer:

(i)    a statement reporting the balances in the Collection Account and in each subaccount of the Collection Account as of all Payment Dates (to be included on the next Form 10-D filed) and as of the end of each year (to be included on the next Form 10-K filed);

(ii)    the Semi-Annual Servicer’s Certificate as required to be submitted pursuant to the Servicing Agreement (to be filed with a Form 10-D, Form 10-K or Form 8-K, or successor forms thereto);

(iii)    the Monthly Servicer’s Certificate as required to be submitted pursuant to the Servicing Agreement;

(iv)    the text (or a link to the website where a reader can find the text) of each filing of a True-Up Adjustment and the results of each such filing;

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(v)    any change in the long-term or short-term credit ratings of the Servicer assigned by the Rating Agencies;

(vi)    material legislative enactment or regulatory order or rule directly relevant to the Outstanding Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds (to be filed or furnished in a Form 8-K); and

(vii)    any reports and other information that the Issuer is required to file with the SEC under the Exchange Act, including but not limited to periodic and current reports related to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds consistent with the disclosure and reporting regime established in Regulation AB.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall preclude the Issuer from voluntarily suspending or terminating its filing obligations as Issuer with the SEC to the extent permitted by applicable law. Any such reports or information delivered to the Indenture Trustee for purposes of this Section 3.07(g) is for informational purposes only, and the Indenture Trustee’s receipt of such reports or information shall not constitute actual or constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Issuer’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Indenture Trustee is entitled to conclusively rely on an Officer’s Certificate).

(h)    The Issuer shall direct the Indenture Trustee to post on the Indenture Trustee’s website for investors (based solely on information set forth in the Semi-Annual Servicer’s Certificate) with respect to the Outstanding Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, to the extent such information is set forth in the Semi-Annual Servicer’s Certificate, a statement showing the balance of Outstanding Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds that reflects the actual payments made on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds during the applicable period.

The address of the Indenture Trustee’s website for investors is https://pivot.usbank.com. The Indenture Trustee shall immediately notify the Issuer, the Kansas Commission, the Holders and the Rating Agencies of any change to the address of the website for investors.

(i)    The Issuer shall make all filings required under the Financing Order relating to the transfer of the ownership or security interest in the Securitized Utility Tariff Property other than those required to be made by the Seller or the Servicer pursuant to the Basic Documents.

SECTION 3.08.    Certain Negative Covenants. So long as Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds are Outstanding, the Issuer shall not:

(a)    except as expressly permitted by this Indenture and the other Basic Documents, sell, transfer, convey, exchange or otherwise dispose of any of the properties or assets of the Issuer, including those included in the Trust Estate, unless in accordance with Article V;

(b)    claim any credit on, or make any deduction from the principal or premium, if any, or interest payable in respect of, the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds (other than amounts properly withheld from such payments under the Code, the Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder or other tax laws) or assert any claim against any present or former Holder by reason of the payment of the taxes levied or assessed upon any part of the Trust Estate;

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(c)    terminate its existence or dissolve or liquidate in whole or in part, except in a transaction permitted by Section 3.10;

(d)    (i) permit the validity or effectiveness of this Indenture or the other Basic Documents to be impaired, or permit the Lien of this Indenture to be amended, hypothecated, subordinated, terminated or discharged, or permit any Person to be released from any covenants or obligations with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds under this Indenture except as may be expressly permitted hereby, (ii) permit any Lien (other than the Lien of this Indenture) to be created on or extend to or otherwise arise upon or burden the Trust Estate or any part thereof or any interest therein or the proceeds thereof (other than tax liens arising by operation of law with respect to amounts not yet due) or (iii) permit the Lien of this Indenture not to constitute a valid first priority perfected security interest in the Trust Estate;

(e)    elect to be classified as an association taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes or otherwise take any action, file any tax return or make any election inconsistent with the treatment of the Issuer, for U.S. federal income tax purposes and, to the extent consistent with applicable state tax law, state income and franchise tax purposes, as a disregarded entity that is not separate from the sole owner of the Issuer;

(f)    change its name, identity or structure or the location of its chief executive office or state of formation, unless at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the effective date of any such change the Issuer delivers to the Indenture Trustee (with copies to the Rating Agencies) such documents, instruments or agreements, executed by the Issuer, as are necessary to reflect such change and to continue the perfection of the security interest of this Indenture and the Series Supplement;

(g)    take any action that is subject to a Rating Agency Condition without satisfying the Rating Agency Condition;

(h)    except to the extent permitted by applicable law, voluntarily suspend or terminate its filing obligations with the SEC as described in Section 3.07(g); or

(i)    issue any debt obligations other than the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds.

SECTION 3.09.    Annual Statement as to Compliance. The Issuer will deliver to the Indenture Trustee, the Kansas Commission and the Rating Agencies not later than March 31 of each year (commencing with March 31, 2024), an Officer’s Certificate stating, as to the Responsible Officer signing such Officer’s Certificate, that:

(a)    a review of the activities of the Issuer during the preceding twelve (12) months ended December 31 (or, in the case of the first such Officer’s Certificate, since the date hereof) and of performance under this Indenture has been made; and

(b)    to the best of such Responsible Officer’s knowledge, based on such review, the Issuer has in all material respects complied with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture throughout such 12-month period (or such shorter period in the case of the first such Officer’s Certificate), or, if there has been a default in the compliance of any such condition or covenant, specifying each such default known to such Responsible Officer and the nature and status thereof.

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SECTION 3.10.    Issuer May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms.

(a)    The Issuer shall not consolidate or merge with or into any other Person or sell substantially all of the assets of the Issuer to any other Person, unless:

(i)    the Person (if other than the Issuer) formed by or surviving such consolidation or merger or to whom substantially all of the assets of the Issuer are sold shall (A) be a Person organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or any State, (B) expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Indenture Trustee, in form and substance satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, the performance or observance of every agreement and covenant of this Indenture and the Series Supplement on the part of the Issuer to be performed or observed, all as provided herein and in the Series Supplement, and (C) assume all obligations and succeed to all rights of the Issuer under the Sale Agreement, the Servicing Agreement and the other Basic Documents to which the Issuer is a party (or under which the Issuer has rights) pursuant to an assignment and assumption agreement executed and delivered to the Indenture Trustee;

(ii)    immediately after giving effect to such merger or consolidation, no Default, Event of Default or Servicer Default shall have occurred and be continuing;

(iii)    prior notice shall be given to the Rating Agencies and the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with respect to such merger or consolidation;

(iv)    the Issuer shall have delivered to KGS, the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies an opinion or opinions of outside tax counsel (as selected by the Issuer, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to KGS and the Indenture Trustee, and which may be based on a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service) to the effect that the consolidation or merger will not result in a material adverse U.S. federal or state income tax consequence to the Issuer, KGS, the Indenture Trustee or the then-existing Holders;

(v)    any action as is necessary to maintain the Lien and the perfected security interest in the Trust Estate created by this Indenture and the Series Supplement shall have been taken as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel of external counsel of the Issuer delivered to the Indenture Trustee; and

(vi)    the Issuer shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel of external counsel of the Issuer each stating that such consolidation or merger and such supplemental indenture comply with this Indenture and the Series Supplement and that all conditions precedent herein provided for in this Section 3.10(a) with respect to such transaction have been complied with (including any filing required by the Exchange Act).

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(b)    Except as specifically provided herein, the Issuer shall not sell, convey, exchange, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets included in the Trust Estate, to any Person, unless:

(i)    the Person that acquires the properties and assets of the Issuer, the conveyance or transfer of which is hereby restricted, (A) shall be a United States citizen or a Person organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or any State, (B) expressly assumes, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Indenture Trustee, in form and substance satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, the performance or observance of every agreement and covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Issuer to be performed or observed, all as provided herein and in the Series Supplement, (C) expressly agrees by means of such supplemental indenture that all right, title and interest so sold, conveyed, exchanged, transferred or otherwise disposed of shall be subject and subordinate to the rights of Holders, (D) unless otherwise provided in the supplemental indenture referred to in Section 3.10(b)(i)(B), expressly agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee against and from any loss, liability or expense arising under or related to this Indenture, the Series Supplement and the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, (E) expressly agrees by means of such supplemental indenture that such Person (or if a group of Persons, then one specified Person) shall make all filings with the SEC (and any other appropriate Person) required by the Exchange Act in connection with the Trust Estate and the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds and (F) if such sale, conveyance, exchange, transfer or disposal relates to the Issuer’s rights and obligations under the Sale Agreement or the Servicing Agreement, assumes all obligations and succeeds to all rights of the Issuer under the Sale Agreement and the Servicing Agreement, as applicable;

(ii)    immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default, Event of Default or Servicer Default shall have occurred and be continuing;

(iii)    the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with respect to such transaction;

(iv)    the Issuer shall have delivered to KGS, the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies an opinion or opinions of outside tax counsel (as selected by the Issuer, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to KGS, and which may be based on a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service) to the effect that the disposition will not result in a material adverse U.S. federal or state income tax consequence to the Issuer, KGS, the Indenture Trustee or the then-existing Holders;

(v)    any action as is necessary to maintain the Lien and the perfected security interest in the Trust Estate created by this Indenture shall have been taken as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel of external counsel of the Issuer delivered to the Indenture Trustee; and

(vi)    the Issuer shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel of external counsel of the Issuer each stating that such sale, conveyance, exchange, transfer or other disposition and such supplemental

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indenture comply with this Indenture and that all conditions precedent herein provided for in this Section 3.10(b) with respect to such transaction have been complied with (including any filing required by the Exchange Act).

SECTION 3.11.    Successor or Transferee.

(a)    Upon any consolidation or merger of the Issuer in accordance with Section 3.10(a), the Person formed by or surviving such consolidation or merger (if other than the Issuer) shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Issuer under this Indenture with the same effect as if such Person had been named as the Issuer herein.

(b)    Except as set forth in Section 6.07, upon a sale, conveyance, exchange, transfer or other disposition of all the assets and properties of the Issuer in accordance with Section 3.10(b), the Issuer will be released from every covenant and agreement of this Indenture and the other Basic Documents to be observed or performed on the part of the Issuer with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds and the Securitized Utility Tariff Property immediately following the consummation of such acquisition upon the delivery of written notice to the Indenture Trustee from the Person acquiring such assets and properties stating that the Issuer is to be so released.

SECTION 3.12.    No Other Business. The Issuer shall not engage in any business other than financing, purchasing, owning, administering, managing and servicing the Securitized Utility Tariff Property and the assets in the Trust Estate and the issuance of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds in the manner contemplated by the Financing Order and this Indenture and the other Basic Documents and activities incidental thereto.

SECTION 3.13.    No Borrowing. The Issuer shall not issue, incur, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable, directly or indirectly, for any indebtedness except for the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds permitted by this Indenture and any other indebtedness expressly permitted by or arising under the Basic Documents.

SECTION 3.14.    Servicer’s Obligations. The Issuer shall enforce the Servicer’s compliance with and performance of all of the Servicer’s material obligations under the Servicing Agreement.

SECTION 3.15.    Guarantees, Loans, Advances and Other Liabilities. Except as otherwise contemplated by the Sale Agreement, the Servicing Agreement or this Indenture, the Issuer shall not make any loan or advance or credit to, or guarantee (directly or indirectly or by an instrument having the effect of assuring another’s payment or performance on any obligation or capability of so doing or otherwise), endorse or otherwise become contingently liable, directly or indirectly, in connection with the obligations, stocks or dividends of, or own, purchase, repurchase or acquire (or agree contingently to do so) any stock, obligations, assets or securities of, or any other interest in, or make any capital contribution to, any other Person.

SECTION 3.16.    Capital Expenditures. Other than the purchase of Securitized Utility Tariff Property from the Seller under the Sale Agreement, the Issuer shall not make any expenditure (by long-term or operating lease or otherwise) for capital assets (either realty or personalty).

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SECTION 3.17.    Restricted Payments. Except as provided in Section 8.04(c), the Issuer shall not, directly or indirectly, (a) pay any dividend or make any distribution (by reduction of capital or otherwise), whether in cash, property, securities or a combination thereof, to any owner of an interest in the Issuer or otherwise with respect to any ownership or equity interest or similar security in or of the Issuer, (b) redeem, purchase, retire or otherwise acquire for value any such ownership or equity interest or similar security or (c) set aside or otherwise segregate any amounts for any such purpose; provided, however, that, if no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would be caused thereby, the Issuer may make, or cause to be made, any such distributions to any owner of an interest in the Issuer or otherwise with respect to any ownership or equity interest or similar security in or of the Issuer using funds distributed to the Issuer pursuant to Section 8.02(e)(x) to the extent that such distributions would not cause the balance of the Capital Subaccount to decline below the Required Capital Amount. The Issuer will not, directly or indirectly, make payments to or distributions from the Collection Account except in accordance with this Indenture and the other Basic Documents.

SECTION 3.18.    Notice of Events of Default. The Issuer agrees to give the Indenture Trustee, the Kansas Commission and the Rating Agencies prompt written notice in the form of an Officer’s Certificate of each Default or Event of Default hereunder as provided in Section 5.01, and upon the actual knowledge of a Responsible Officer of the Issuer thereof each default on the part of the Seller or the Servicer of its obligations under the Sale Agreement or the Servicing Agreement, respectively.

SECTION 3.19.    Further Instruments and Acts. Upon request of the Indenture Trustee or as required by applicable law, the Issuer shall execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purpose of this Indenture and to maintain the first priority perfected security interest of the Indenture Trustee in the Trust Estate.

SECTION 3.20.    Inspection. The Issuer agrees that, on reasonable prior notice, it will permit any representative of the Indenture Trustee and any representative of the Kansas Commission or Public Staff, during the Issuer’s normal business hours, to examine all the books of account, records, reports and other papers of the Issuer, to make copies and extracts therefrom, to cause such books to be audited annually by Independent registered public accountants, and to discuss the Issuer’s affairs, finances and accounts with the Issuer’s officers, employees and Independent registered public accountants, all at such reasonable times and as often as may be reasonably requested. The Indenture Trustee, the Kansas Commission and Public Staff shall hold and shall cause its representatives to hold in confidence all such information except to the extent disclosure may be required by applicable law (and all reasonable applications for confidential treatment are unavailing) and except to the extent that the Indenture Trustee may reasonably determine that such disclosure is consistent with its obligations hereunder. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the preceding sentence shall not be construed to prohibit (a) disclosure of any and all information that is or becomes publicly known, or information obtained by the Indenture Trustee from sources other than the Issuer, provided such parties are rightfully in possession of such information, (b) disclosure of any and all information (i) if required to do so by any applicable statute, law, rule or regulation, (ii) pursuant to any subpoena, civil investigative demand or similar demand or request of any court or regulatory authority exercising its proper jurisdiction, (iii) in any preliminary or final prospectus, registration statement or other document

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a copy of which has been filed with the SEC, (iv) to any affiliate, independent or internal auditor, agent, employee or attorney of the Indenture Trustee having a need to know the same, provided that such parties agree to be bound by the confidentiality provisions contained in this Section 3.20, or (v) to any Rating Agency or (c) any other disclosure authorized by the Issuer.

SECTION 3.21.    [Reserved.]

SECTION 3.22.    [Reserved.]

SECTION 3.23.    Sale Agreement, Servicing Agreement, and Administration Agreement Covenants.

(a)    The Issuer agrees to take all such lawful actions to enforce its rights under the Sale Agreement, the Servicing Agreement, the Administration Agreement and the other Basic Documents, and to compel or secure the performance and observance by the Seller, the Servicer and the Administrator of each of their respective obligations to the Issuer under or in connection with the Sale Agreement, the Servicing Agreement, the Administration Agreement and the other Basic Documents in accordance with the terms thereof. So long as no Event of Default occurs and is continuing, but subject to Section 3.23(f), the Issuer may exercise any and all rights, remedies, powers and privileges lawfully available to the Issuer under or in connection with the Sale Agreement, the Servicing Agreement and the Administration Agreement; provided, that such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders in any material respect.

(b)    If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee may, and at the direction (which direction shall be in writing) of the Holders of not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds affected thereby or the Kansas Commission, shall, exercise all rights, remedies, powers, privileges and claims of the Issuer against the Seller, the Administrator and the Servicer, as the case may be, under or in connection with the Sale Agreement, the Servicing Agreement and the Administration Agreement, including the right or power to take any action to compel or secure performance or observance by the Seller, the Administrator or the Servicer of each of their obligations to the Issuer thereunder and to give any consent, request, notice, direction, approval, extension or waiver under the Sale Agreement, the Servicing Agreement and the Administration Agreement, and any right of the Issuer to take such action shall be suspended.

(c)    Except as set forth in Section 3.23(d), the Administration Agreement, the Sale Agreement and the Servicing Agreement may be amended in accordance with the provisions thereof, so long as the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied in connection therewith, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of the Holders, and with the consent of the Indenture Trustee; provided, that the Indenture Trustee shall provide such consent upon receipt of an Officer’s Certificate evidencing satisfaction of such Rating Agency Condition, an Opinion of Counsel of external counsel of the Issuer evidencing that such amendment is in accordance with the provisions of such Basic Document and, if the amendment increases Ongoing Financing Costs, satisfaction of the Kansas Commission Condition (as described in Section 9.03 hereof, or alternatively, if applicable, Section 13 of the Administration Agreement, Section 6.01(a) of the Sale Agreement or Section 8.01(a) of the Servicing Agreement).

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(d)    Except as set forth in Section 3.23(e), if the Issuer, the Seller, the Administrator, the Servicer or any other party to the respective agreement proposes to amend, modify, waive, supplement, terminate or surrender, or agree to any amendment, modification, waiver, supplement, termination or surrender of, the terms of the Sale Agreement, the Administration Agreement, or the Servicing Agreement, or waive timely performance or observance by the Seller, the Administrator, the Servicer or any other party under the Sale Agreement, the Administration Agreement, or the Servicing Agreement, in each case in such a way as would materially and adversely affect the interests of any Holder of Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, the Issuer shall first notify the Rating Agencies of the proposed amendment, modification, waiver, supplement, termination or surrender and shall promptly notify the Indenture Trustee, the Paying Agent (if not the Indenture Trustee), the Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Register (if not the Indenture Trustee), the Kansas Commission and the Holders in writing of the proposed amendment, modification, waiver, supplement, termination or surrender and whether the Rating Agency Condition has been satisfied with respect thereto (or, pursuant to an Issuer Request, the Indenture Trustee shall so notify the Holders on the Issuer’s behalf). The Indenture Trustee shall consent to such proposed amendment, modification, waiver, supplement, termination or surrender only if the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied and only with the (i) prior written consent of the Holders of not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds materially and adversely affected thereby and (ii) if such proposed amendment, modification, waiver, supplement, termination or surrender increases Ongoing Financing Costs, satisfaction of the Kansas Commission Condition (as described in Section 9.03 hereof, or alternatively, if applicable, Section 13 of the Administration Agreement, Section 6.01(a) of the Sale Agreement or Section 8.01(a) of the Servicing Agreement). If any such amendment, modification, waiver, supplement, termination or surrender shall be so consented to by the Indenture Trustee or such Holders, the Issuer agrees to execute and deliver, in its own name and at its own expense, such agreements, instruments, consents and other documents as shall be necessary or appropriate in the circumstances.

(e)    If the Issuer or the Servicer proposes to amend, modify, waive, supplement, terminate or surrender, or to agree to any material amendment, modification, waiver, supplement, termination or surrender of, the process for True-Up Adjustments, the Issuer shall notify the Indenture Trustee and the Holders and, when required, the Kansas Commission in writing of such proposal (or, pursuant to an Issuer Request, the Indenture Trustee shall so notify the Holders on the Issuer’s behalf), and the Indenture Trustee shall consent thereto with the prior written consent of the Holders of not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds affected thereby and only (i) if the Rating Agency Condition has been satisfied with respect thereto and (ii) if such proposed amendment, modification, waiver, supplement, termination or surrender increases Ongoing Financing Costs, satisfaction of the Kansas Commission Condition (as described in Section 9.03).

(f)    Promptly following a default by the Seller under the Sale Agreement or by the Administrator under the Administration Agreement, or the occurrence of a Servicer Default under the Servicing Agreement, and at the Issuer’s expense, the Issuer agrees to take all such lawful actions as the Indenture Trustee may request to compel or secure the performance and observance by each of the Seller, the Administrator or the Servicer, of their obligations under and in accordance with the Sale Agreement, the Servicing Agreement and the Administration Agreement, as the case may be, in accordance with the terms thereof, and to exercise any and all

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rights, remedies, powers and privileges lawfully available to the Issuer under or in connection with such agreements to the extent and in the manner directed by the Indenture Trustee, including the transmission of notices of any default by the Seller, the Administrator or the Servicer, respectively, thereunder and the institution of legal or administrative actions or Proceedings to compel or secure performance of their obligations under the Sale Agreement, the Servicing Agreement or the Administration Agreement.

SECTION 3.24.    Taxes. So long as any of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds are Outstanding, the Issuer shall pay all taxes, assessments and governmental charges imposed upon it or any of its properties or assets or with respect to any of its franchises, business, income or property before any penalty accrues thereon if the failure to pay any such taxes, assessments and governmental charges would, after any applicable grace periods, notices or other similar requirements, result in a Lien on the Trust Estate; provided, that no such tax need be paid if the Issuer is contesting the same in good faith by appropriate Proceedings promptly instituted and diligently conducted and if the Issuer has established appropriate reserves as shall be required in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.

SECTION 3.25.    Notices from Holders. The Issuer shall promptly transmit any notice received by it from the Holders to the Indenture Trustee.

SECTION 3.26.    Volcker Rule. The Issuer is structured so as not to be a “covered fund” under the regulations adopted to implement Section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, commonly known as the “Volcker Rule.”

ARTICLE IV

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE

SECTION 4.01.    Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture; Defeasance.

(a)    This Indenture shall cease to be of further effect with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, and the Indenture Trustee, on reasonable written demand of and at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, when:

(i)    Either:

(A)    all Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (1) Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.06 and (2) Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Issuer and thereafter repaid to the Issuer or discharged from such trust, as provided in the last paragraph of Section 3.03) have been delivered to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation; or

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(B)    either (1) the Scheduled Final Payment Date has occurred with respect to all Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds not theretofore delivered to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation or (2) the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds will be due and payable on the Scheduled Final Payment Date within one year, and, in any such case, the Issuer has irrevocably deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited in trust with the Indenture Trustee (i) cash and/or (ii) U.S. Government Obligations that through the scheduled payments of principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms are in an amount sufficient to pay principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds not theretofore delivered to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation, Ongoing Financing Costs and all other sums payable hereunder by the Issuer with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds when scheduled to be paid and to discharge the entire indebtedness on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds when due;

(ii)    the Issuer has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Issuer; and

(iii)    pursuant to Section 10.04, the Issuer has delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel of external counsel of the Issuer and (if required by the Trust Indenture Act or the Indenture Trustee) an Independent Certificate from a firm of registered public accountants, each meeting the applicable requirements of Section 10.01(a) and each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds have been complied with.

(b)    Subject to Section 4.01(c) and Section 4.02, the Issuer at any time may terminate (i) all its obligations under this Indenture with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds (“Legal Defeasance Option”) or (ii) its obligations under Section 3.04, Section 3.05, Section 3.06, Section 3.07, Section 3.08, Section 3.09, Section 3.10, Section 3.12, Section 3.13, Section 3.14, Section 3.15, Section 3.16, Section 3.17, Section 3.18 and Section 3.19 and the operation of Section 5.01(c) with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds (“Covenant Defeasance Option”). The Issuer may exercise the Legal Defeasance Option with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds notwithstanding its prior exercise of the Covenant Defeasance Option.

If the Issuer exercises the Legal Defeasance Option, the maturity of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default. If the Issuer exercises the Covenant Defeasance Option, the maturity of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default specified in Section 5.01(c).

Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth herein to the exercise of the Legal Defeasance Option or the Covenant Defeasance Option of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, the Indenture Trustee, on reasonable written demand of and at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of the obligations that are terminated pursuant to such exercise.

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(c)    Notwithstanding Section 4.01(a) and Section 4.01(b), (i) rights of registration of transfer and exchange, (ii) substitution of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, (iii) rights of Holders to receive payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest, (iv) Section 4.03 and Section 4.04, (v) the rights, obligations and immunities of the Indenture Trustee hereunder (including the rights of the Indenture Trustee under Section 6.07 and the obligations of the Indenture Trustee under Section 4.03) and (vi) the rights of Holders as beneficiaries hereof with respect to the property deposited with the Indenture Trustee payable to all or any of them, each shall survive until the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds as to which this Indenture or certain obligations hereunder have been satisfied and discharged pursuant to Section 4.01(a) or Section 4.01(b). Thereafter the obligations, rights, indemnities and immunities in Section 6.07 and Section 4.04 shall survive.

SECTION 4.02.    Conditions to Defeasance. The Issuer may exercise the Legal Defeasance Option or the Covenant Defeasance Option with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds only if:

(a)    the Issuer has irrevocably deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited in trust with the Indenture Trustee (i) cash or (ii) U.S. Government Obligations that through the scheduled payments of principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms are in an amount sufficient to pay principal, interest and premium, if any, on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds not therefore delivered to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation and Ongoing Financing Costs and all other sums payable hereunder by the Issuer with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds when scheduled to be paid and to discharge the entire indebtedness on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds when due;

(b)    the Issuer delivers to the Indenture Trustee a certificate from a nationally recognized firm of Independent registered public accountants expressing its opinion that the payments of principal of and interest on the deposited U.S. Government Obligations when due and without reinvestment plus any deposited cash will provide cash at such times and in such amounts (but, in the case of the Legal Defeasance Option only, not more than such amounts) as will be sufficient to pay in respect of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds (i) principal in accordance with the Expected Sinking Fund Schedule therefor, (ii) interest when due and (iii) Ongoing Financing Costs and all other sums payable hereunder by the Issuer with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds;

(c)    in the case of the Legal Defeasance Option, ninety-five (95) days after the deposit is made and during the ninety-five (95)-day period no Default specified in Section 5.01(e) or Section 5.01(f) occurs that is continuing at the end of the period;

(d)    no Default has occurred and is continuing on the day of such deposit and after giving effect thereto;

(e)    in the case of an exercise of the Legal Defeasance Option, the Issuer shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel of external counsel of the Issuer

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stating that (i) the Issuer has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (ii) since the date of execution of this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable U.S. federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such legal defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such legal defeasance had not occurred;

(f)    in the case of an exercise of the Covenant Defeasance Option, the Issuer shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel of external counsel of the Issuer to the effect that the Holders will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such covenant defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such covenant defeasance had not occurred;

(g)    the Issuer delivers to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent to the Legal Defeasance Option or the Covenant Defeasance Option, as applicable, have been complied with as required by this Article IV;

(h)    the Issuer delivers to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel of external counsel of the Issuer to the effect that: (i) in a case under the Bankruptcy Code in which KGS (or any of its Affiliates, other than the Issuer) is the debtor, the court would hold that the deposited cash or U.S. Government Obligations would not be in the bankruptcy estate of KGS (or any of its Affiliates, other than the Issuer, that deposited the moneys or U.S. Government Obligations); and (ii) in the event KGS (or any of its Affiliates, other than the Issuer, that deposited the moneys or U.S. Government Obligations) were to be a debtor in a case under the Bankruptcy Code, the court would not disregard the separate legal existence of KGS (or any of its Affiliates, other than the Issuer, that deposited the moneys or U.S. Government Obligations) and the Issuer so as to order substantive consolidation under the Bankruptcy Code of the Issuer’s assets and liabilities with the assets and liabilities of KGS or such other Affiliate; and

(i)    the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with respect to the exercise of any Legal Defeasance Option or Covenant Defeasance Option.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 4.02, no delivery of moneys or U.S. Government Obligations to the Indenture Trustee shall terminate any obligation of the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture or the Series Supplement or any obligation of the Issuer to apply such moneys or U.S. Government Obligations under Section 4.03 until principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds shall have been paid in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Series Supplement.

SECTION 4.03.    Application of Trust Money. All moneys or U.S. Government Obligations deposited with the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 4.01 or Section 4.02 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent, as the Indenture Trustee may determine, to the Holders of all sums due and to become due thereon for

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principal, premium, if any, and interest; but such moneys need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required herein or in the Servicing Agreement or required by applicable law. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article IV, the Indenture Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Issuer from time to time upon Issuer Request any moneys or U.S. Government Obligations held by it pursuant to Section 4.02 that, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of Independent registered public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Indenture Trustee (and not at the cost or expense of the Indenture Trustee), are in excess of the amount thereof that would be required to be deposited for the purpose for which such moneys or U.S. Government Obligations were deposited; provided, that any such payment shall be subject to the satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition.

SECTION 4.04.    Repayment of Moneys Held by Paying Agent. In connection with the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or the Covenant Defeasance Option or Legal Defeasance Option with respect to Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, all moneys then held by any Paying Agent other than the Indenture Trustee under the provisions of this Indenture shall, upon written demand of the Issuer, be paid to the Indenture Trustee to be held and applied according to Section 3.03 and thereupon such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such moneys.

ARTICLE V

REMEDIES

SECTION 5.01.    Events of Default. “Event of Default” means any one or more of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):

(a)    default in the payment of any interest on any Securitized Utility Tariff Bond when the same becomes due and payable (whether such failure to pay interest is caused by a shortfall in Securitized Utility Tariff Charges received or otherwise), and such default shall continue for a period of five (5) Business Days;

(b)    default in the payment of the then unpaid principal of any Securitized Utility Tariff Bond on the Final Maturity Date;

(c)    default in the observance or performance of any covenant or agreement of the Issuer made in this Indenture (other than defaults specified in Section 5.01(a) or Section 5.01(b)), and such default shall continue or not be cured, for a period of thirty (30) days after the earlier of (i) the date that there shall have been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee by the Holders of at least twenty-five (25) percent of the Outstanding Amount of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, a written notice specifying such default and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder or (ii) the date that the Issuer has actual knowledge of the default;

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(d)    any representation or warranty of the Issuer made in this Indenture, the Series Supplement or in any certificate or other writing delivered pursuant hereto or the Series Supplement or in connection herewith proving to have been incorrect in any material respect as of the time when the same shall have been made, and the circumstance or condition in respect of which such representation or warranty was incorrect shall not have been eliminated or otherwise cured, within thirty (30) days after the earlier of (i) the date that there shall have been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee by the Holders of at least twenty-five (25) percent of the Outstanding Amount of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, a written notice specifying such incorrect representation or warranty and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder or (ii) the date the Issuer has actual knowledge of the default;

(e)    the filing of a decree or order for relief by a court having jurisdiction in the premises in respect of the Issuer or any substantial part of the Trust Estate in an involuntary case or Proceeding under any applicable U.S. federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Issuer or for any substantial part of the Trust Estate, or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of the Issuer’s affairs, and such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of ninety (90) consecutive days;

(f)    the commencement by the Issuer of a voluntary case under any applicable U.S. federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or the consent by the Issuer to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case or Proceeding under any such law, or the consent by the Issuer to the appointment or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Issuer or for any substantial part of the Trust Estate, or the making by the Issuer of any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the failure by the Issuer generally to pay its debts as such debts become due, or the taking of action by the Issuer in furtherance of any of the foregoing; or

(g)    any act or failure to act by the State of Kansas or any of its agencies (including the Kansas Commission), officers or employees that violates the State Pledge or the Kansas Commission Pledge, as the case may be, or is not in material accordance with the State Pledge or the Kansas Commission Pledge.

The Issuer shall deliver to a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee and to the Rating Agencies, within five (5) days after a Responsible Officer of the Issuer has knowledge of the occurrence thereof, written notice in the form of an Officer’s Certificate of any event (i) that is an Event of Default under Section 5.01(a), Section 5.01(b), Section 5.01(f), or Section 5.01(g) or (ii) that with the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default under Section 5.01(c), Section 5.01(d) or Section 5.01(e), including, in each case, the status of such Default or Event of Default and what action the Issuer is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

SECTION 5.02.    Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment. If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default under Section 5.01(g)) should occur and be continuing, then and in every such case the Indenture Trustee or the Holders representing not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds may declare the

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Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds to be immediately due and payable, by a notice in writing to the Issuer (and to the Indenture Trustee and the Kansas Commission if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration the unpaid principal amount of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon through the date of acceleration, shall become immediately due and payable.

At any time after such declaration of acceleration of maturity has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Indenture Trustee as hereinafter in this Article V provided, the Holders representing a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, by written notice to the Issuer, the Kansas Commission and the Indenture Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:

(a)    the Issuer has paid or deposited with the Indenture Trustee a sum sufficient to pay:

(i)    all payments of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on all Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds due and owing at such time as if such Event of Default had not occurred and was not continuing and all other amounts that would then be due hereunder or upon the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds if the Event of Default giving rise to such acceleration had not occurred and was not continuing; and

(ii)    all sums paid or advanced by the Indenture Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, indemnities and expenses of the Indenture Trustee; provided, that, the Indenture Trustee shall not be obligated to pay or advance any sums hereunder from its own funds after an Event of Default, disbursements and advances of the Indenture Trustee and its agents and counsel; and

(b)    all Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of the principal of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds that has become due solely by such acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 5.12.

No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereto.

SECTION 5.03.    Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Indenture Trustee.

(a)    If an Event of Default under Section 5.01(a) or Section 5.01(b) has occurred and is continuing, subject to Section 10.16, the Indenture Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a Proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute such Proceeding to judgment or final decree, and, subject to the limitations on recourse set forth herein, may enforce the same against the Issuer or other obligor upon the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds and collect in the manner provided by applicable law out of the property of the Issuer or other obligor upon the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds wherever situated the moneys payable, or the Trust Estate and the proceeds thereof, the whole amount then due and payable on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds for principal, premium, if any, and interest, with interest upon the overdue principal and premium, if any, and, to the extent payment at such rate of interest shall be legally enforceable, upon overdue installments of interest, at the respective rate

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borne by the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds and in addition thereto such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Indenture Trustee and its agents and counsel.

(b)    If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default under Section 5.01(g)) occurs and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee shall, as more particularly provided in Section 5.04, proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders, by such appropriate Proceedings as the Indenture Trustee (subject to Section 5.11) shall deem most effective to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy or legal or equitable right vested in the Indenture Trustee by this Indenture and the Series Supplement or by applicable law, including foreclosing or otherwise enforcing the Lien of the Trust Estate or applying to the Kansas Commission or a court of competent jurisdiction for sequestration of revenues arising with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Property.

(c)    If an Event of Default under Section 5.01(e) or Section 5.01(f) has occurred and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee, irrespective of whether the principal of any Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Indenture Trustee shall have made any demand pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5.03, shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in any Proceedings related to such Event of Default or otherwise:

(i)    to file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of principal, premium, if any, and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Indenture Trustee (including any claim for reasonable compensation to the Indenture Trustee and each predecessor Indenture Trustee, and their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and for reimbursement of all expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Indenture Trustee and each predecessor Indenture Trustee, except as a result of negligence or bad faith) and of the Holders allowed in such Proceedings;

(ii)    unless prohibited by applicable law and regulations, to vote on behalf of the Holders in any election of a trustee in bankruptcy, a standby trustee or Person performing similar functions in any such Proceedings;

(iii)    to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute all amounts received with respect to the claims of the Holders and of the Indenture Trustee on their behalf; and

(iv)    to file such proofs of claim and other papers and documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Indenture Trustee or the Holders allowed in any Proceeding relative to the Issuer, its creditors and its property;

and any trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official in any such Proceeding is hereby authorized by each of such Holders to make payments to the Indenture Trustee, and, in the event that the Indenture Trustee shall consent to the making of payments directly to such Holders,

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to pay to the Indenture Trustee such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover reasonable compensation to the Indenture Trustee, each predecessor Indenture Trustee and their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and all other expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Indenture Trustee and each predecessor Indenture Trustee except as a result of negligence or bad faith.

(d)    Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Indenture Trustee to authorize or consent to or vote for or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Indenture Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding except, as aforesaid, to vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar Person.

(e)    All rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture, or under any of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, may be enforced by the Indenture Trustee without the possession of any of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds or the production thereof in any trial or other Proceedings relative thereto, and any such action or Proceedings instituted by the Indenture Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment, subject to the payment of the expenses, disbursements and compensation of the Indenture Trustee, each predecessor Indenture Trustee and their respective agents and attorneys, shall be for the ratable benefit of the Holders.

SECTION 5.04.    Remedies; Priorities.

(a)    If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default under Section 5.01(g)) shall have occurred and be continuing, the Indenture Trustee may do one or more of the following (subject to Section 5.05):

(i)    institute Proceedings in its own name and as trustee of an express trust for the collection of all amounts then payable on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds or under this Indenture with respect thereto, whether by declaration of acceleration or otherwise, and, subject to the limitations on recovery set forth herein, enforce any judgment obtained, and collect from the Issuer or any other obligor moneys adjudged due, upon the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds;

(ii)    institute Proceedings from time to time for the complete or partial foreclosure of this Indenture with respect to the Trust Estate;

(iii)    exercise any remedies of a secured party under the UCC, the Securitization Act or any other applicable law and take any other appropriate action to protect and enforce the rights and remedies of the Indenture Trustee and the Holders;

(iv)    at the written direction of the Holders of not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, either sell all or a portion of the Trust Estate or rights or interest therein, at one or more public or private sales called and conducted in any manner permitted by applicable law, or elect that the Issuer maintain possession of all or a portion of the Trust Estate pursuant to Section 5.05 and at the written direction of the Holders of not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the

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Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds then Outstanding and declared to have been due and payable, continue to apply the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges and apply distributions on the Trust Estate as if there had been no declaration of acceleration; and

(v)    exercise all rights, remedies, powers, privileges and claims of the Issuer against the Seller, the Administrator or the Servicer under or in connection with, and pursuant to the terms of, the Sale Agreement, the Administration Agreement or the Servicing Agreement;

provided, however, that the Indenture Trustee may not sell or otherwise liquidate any portion of the Trust Estate following such an Event of Default, other than an Event of Default described in Section 5.01(a) or Section 5.01(b), unless (A) the Holders of 100 percent of the Outstanding Amount of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds consent thereto, (B) the proceeds of such sale or liquidation distributable to the Holders are sufficient to discharge in full all amounts then due and unpaid upon the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds for principal, premium, if any, and interest after taking into account payment of all amounts due prior thereto pursuant to the priorities set forth in Section 8.02(e) or (C) the Indenture Trustee determines that the Trust Estate will not continue to provide sufficient funds for all payments on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds as they would have become due if the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds had not been declared due and payable, and the Indenture Trustee obtains the written consent of Holders of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the Outstanding Amount of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds. In determining such sufficiency or insufficiency with respect to clause (B) above and clause (C) above, the Indenture Trustee may, but need not, obtain and conclusively rely upon an opinion of an Independent investment banking or accounting firm of national reputation as to the feasibility of such proposed action and as to the sufficiency of the Trust Estate for such purpose, at Issuer’s expense.

(b)    If an Event of Default under Section 5.01(g) shall have occurred and be continuing, the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders, shall be entitled and empowered, to the extent permitted by applicable law, to institute or participate in Proceedings necessary to compel performance of or to enforce the State Pledge or the Kansas Commission Pledge, as the case may be, and to collect any monetary damages incurred by the Holders or the Indenture Trustee as a result of any such Event of Default, and may prosecute any such Proceeding to final judgment or decree. Such remedy shall be the only remedy that the Indenture Trustee may exercise if the only Event of Default that has occurred and is continuing is an Event of Default under Section 5.01(g).

(c)    If the Indenture Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article V, it shall pay out such money in accordance with the priorities set forth in Section 8.02(e) without regard to the Indenture Trustee Cap.

SECTION 5.05.    Optional Preservation of the Trust Estate. If the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds have been declared to be due and payable under Section 5.02 following an Event of Default and such declaration and its consequences have not been rescinded and annulled, the Indenture Trustee may, but need not, elect to maintain possession of all or a portion of the Trust Estate. It is the desire of the parties hereto and the Holders that there be at all times sufficient funds for the payment of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, and the Indenture Trustee shall take such desire into account when determining

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whether or not to maintain possession of the Trust Estate. In determining whether to maintain possession of the Trust Estate or sell or liquidate the same, the Indenture Trustee may, but need not, obtain and conclusively rely upon an opinion of an Independent investment banking or accounting firm of national reputation as to the feasibility of such proposed action and as to the sufficiency of the Trust Estate for such purpose.

SECTION 5.06.    Limitation of Suits. No Holder of any Securitized Utility Tariff Bond shall have any right to institute any Proceeding, judicial or otherwise, to avail itself of any remedies provided in the Securitization Act or to avail itself of the right to foreclose on the Trust Estate or otherwise enforce the Lien and the security interest on the Trust Estate with respect to this Indenture and the Series Supplement, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:

(a)    such Holder previously has given written notice to the Indenture Trustee of a continuing Event of Default;

(b)    the Holders of not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds have made written request to the Indenture Trustee to institute such Proceeding in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Indenture Trustee hereunder;

(c)    such Holder or Holders have offered to the Indenture Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in complying with such request;

(d)    the Indenture Trustee for sixty (60) days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute such Proceedings; and

(e)    no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Indenture Trustee during such sixty (60)-day period by the Holders of not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds;

it being understood and intended that no one or more Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Holders or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided.

In the event the Indenture Trustee shall receive conflicting or inconsistent requests and indemnity from two (2) or more groups of Holders, each representing less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, the Indenture Trustee in its sole discretion may file a petition with a court of competent jurisdiction to resolve such conflict or determine what action, if any, shall be taken, notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture.

SECTION 5.07.    Unconditional Rights of Holders To Receive Principal, Premium, if any, and Interest. Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Indenture, the Holder of any Securitized Utility Tariff Bond shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional,

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(a) to receive payment of (i) the interest, if any, on such Securitized Utility Tariff Bond on the due dates thereof expressed in such Securitized Utility Tariff Bond or in this Indenture or (ii) the unpaid principal, if any, of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds on the Final Maturity Date and (b) to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such right shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.

SECTION 5.08.    Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Indenture Trustee or any Holder has instituted any Proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such Proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason or has been determined adversely to the Indenture Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Holders shall, subject to any determination in such Proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Indenture Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such Proceeding had been instituted.

SECTION 5.09.    Rights and Remedies Cumulative. No right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Indenture Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

SECTION 5.10.    Delay or Omission Not a Waiver. No delay or omission of the Indenture Trustee or any Holder to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Default or Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Default or Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article V or by applicable law to the Indenture Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Indenture Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.

SECTION 5.11.    Control by Holders. The Holders of not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any Proceeding for any remedy available to the Indenture Trustee with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Indenture Trustee with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds; provided, that:

(a)    such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of applicable law or with this Indenture or the Series Supplement and shall not involve the Indenture Trustee in any personal liability or expense;

(b)    subject to other conditions specified in Section 5.04, any direction to the Indenture Trustee to sell or liquidate any of the Trust Estate shall be by the Holders representing not less than 100 percent of the Outstanding Amount of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds;

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(c)    if the conditions set forth in Section 5.05 have been satisfied and the Indenture Trustee elects to retain the Trust Estate pursuant to Section 5.05, then any direction to the Indenture Trustee by Holders representing less than 100 percent of the Outstanding Amount of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds to sell or liquidate the Trust Estate or any portion thereof shall be of no force and effect; and

(d)    the Indenture Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Indenture Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction;

provided, however, that the Indenture Trustee’s duties shall be subject to Section 6.01, and the Indenture Trustee need not take any action that it determines might involve it in liability or might materially adversely affect the rights of any Holders not consenting to such action. Furthermore and without limiting the foregoing, the Indenture Trustee shall not be required to take any action for which it reasonably believes that it will not be indemnified to its satisfaction against any cost, expense, loss or liabilities.

SECTION 5.12.    Waiver of Past Defaults. Prior to the declaration of the acceleration of the maturity of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds as provided in Section 5.02, the Holders representing a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, by written notice to the Indenture Trustee, may waive any past Default or Event of Default and its consequences except a Default (a) in payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds or (b) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof that cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Securitized Utility Tariff Bond. In the case of any such waiver, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Holders shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder, respectively, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereto.

Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist and be deemed to have been cured and not to have occurred, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured and not to have occurred, for every purpose of this Indenture, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereto.

SECTION 5.13.    Undertaking for Costs. All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Securitized Utility Tariff Bond by such Holder’s acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Indenture Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Indenture Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section 5.13 shall not apply to (a) any suit instituted by the Indenture Trustee, (b) any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, in each case holding in the aggregate more than ten (10) percent of the Outstanding Amount of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds or (c) any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of (i) interest on any Securitized Utility Tariff Bond on or after the due dates expressed in such Securitized Utility Tariff Bond and in this Indenture or (ii) the unpaid principal, if any, of any Securitized Utility Tariff Bond on or after the Final Maturity Date for the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds.

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SECTION 5.14.    Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. The Issuer covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon or plead or, in any manner whatsoever, claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Issuer (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Indenture Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

SECTION 5.15.    Action on Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds. The Indenture Trustee’s right to seek and recover judgment on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds or under this Indenture shall not be affected by the seeking, obtaining or application of any other relief under or with respect to this Indenture. Neither the Lien of this Indenture nor any rights or remedies of the Indenture Trustee or the Holders shall be impaired by the recovery of any judgment by the Indenture Trustee against the Issuer or by the levy of any execution under such judgment upon any portion of the Trust Estate or any other assets of the Issuer.

ARTICLE VI

THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE

SECTION 6.01.    Duties of Indenture Trustee.

(a)    If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs.

(b)    Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:

(i)    the Indenture Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Indenture Trustee; and

(ii)    in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Indenture Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Indenture Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein).

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(c)    The Indenture Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action, its own bad faith, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that:

(i)    this Section 6.01(c) does not limit the effect of Section 6.01(b);

(ii)    the Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by the Indenture Trustee unless it is proved that the Indenture Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and

(iii)    the Indenture Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it hereunder.

(d)    Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Indenture Trustee is subject to Section 6.01(a), Section 6.01(b) and Section 6.01(c).

(e)    The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Indenture Trustee may agree in writing with the Issuer.

(f)    Money held by the Indenture Trustee need not be segregated from other funds held by the Indenture Trustee except to the extent required by applicable law or the terms of this Indenture, the Sale Agreement, the Servicing Agreement or the Administration Agreement.

(g)    No provision of this Indenture shall require the Indenture Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds to believe that repayments of such funds or indemnity satisfactory to it against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.

(h)    Every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Indenture Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section 6.01 and to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act.

(i)    In the event that U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association is also acting as Paying Agent or Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Registrar hereunder, the protections of this Article VI shall also be afforded to U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association in its capacity as Paying Agent or Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Registrar.

(j)    Except for the express duties of the Indenture Trustee with respect to the administrative functions set forth in the Basic Documents, the Indenture Trustee shall have no obligation to administer, service or collect the Securitized Utility Tariff Property or to maintain, monitor or otherwise supervise the administration, servicing or collection of the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges.

(k)    Under no circumstance shall the Indenture Trustee be liable for any indebtedness of the Issuer, the Servicer or the Seller evidenced by or arising under the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds or the Basic Documents. None of the provisions of this Indenture shall in any event require the Indenture Trustee to perform or be responsible for the performance of any of the Servicer’s obligations under the Basic Documents.

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(l)    Commencing with March 15, 2024, on or before March 15th of each fiscal year ending December 31, so long as the Issuer is required to file Exchange Act reports, the Indenture Trustee shall (i) deliver to the Issuer a report (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer and addressed to the Issuer and signed by an authorized officer of the Indenture Trustee) regarding the Indenture Trustee’s assessment of compliance, during the preceding fiscal year ended December 31, with each of the applicable servicing criteria specified on Exhibit C as required under Rule 13a-18 and Rule 15d-18 under the Exchange Act and Item 1122 of Regulation AB and (ii) deliver to the Issuer a report of an Independent registered public accounting firm reasonably acceptable to the Issuer that attests to and reports on, in accordance with Rule 1-02(a)(3) and Rule 2-02(g) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, the assessment of compliance made by the Indenture Trustee and delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(l)(i).

(m)    The Indenture Trustee shall not be required to take any action it is directed to take under this Indenture if the Indenture Trustee determines in good faith that the action so directed is inconsistent with this Indenture, any other Basic Document or applicable law, or would involve the Indenture Trustee in personal liability.

(n)    In no event shall the Indenture Trustee be liable for failure to perform its duties hereunder or under any other Basic Document if such failure is a direct result of another party’s failure to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder.

(o)    Any discretion, permissive right or privilege of the Indenture Trustee hereunder shall not be deemed to be or otherwise construed as a duty or obligation.

SECTION 6.02.    Rights of Indenture Trustee.

(a)    The Indenture Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected in relying on any document (including electronic documents and communications delivered in accordance with the terms of this Indenture) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper person. The Indenture Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in such document.

(b)    Before the Indenture Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require and shall be entitled to receive an Officer’s Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel, which counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Issuer or the Seller and which shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, or, in the Indenture Trustee’s sole judgment, external counsel of the Issuer (at no cost or expense to the Indenture Trustee) that such action is required or permitted hereunder. The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.

(c)    The Indenture Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys or a custodian or nominee, and the Indenture Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on

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the part of, or for the supervision of, any such agent, attorney, custodian or nominee appointed with due care by it hereunder. The Indenture Trustee shall give prompt written notice to the Issuer, in which case the Issuer shall then give prompt written notice to the Rating Agencies, of the appointment of any such agent, custodian or nominee to whom it delegates any of its express duties under this Indenture; provided, that the Indenture Trustee shall not be obligated to give such notice (i) if the Issuer or the Holders have directed the Indenture Trustee to appoint such agent, custodian or nominee (in which event the Issuer shall give prompt notice to the Rating Agencies of any such direction) or (ii) of the appointment of any agents, custodians or nominees made at any time that an Event of Default of the Issuer has occurred and is continuing.

(d)    The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers; provided, however, that the Indenture Trustee’s conduct does not constitute willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith.

(e)    The Indenture Trustee may consult with counsel, accountants and other experts, and the advice or opinion of such counsel with respect to legal matters and such accountants or other experts with respect to other matters relating to this Indenture and the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect to any action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel, accountants and other experts. Any reasonable fees of such counsel, accountants or other experts incurred by the Indenture Trustee shall be payable to the Indenture Trustee from amounts held in the Collection Account in accordance with the provisions set forth in Section 8.02(e).

(f)    The Indenture Trustee shall be under no obligation (i) to take any action or exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture or any other Basic Document at the request, order or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture and the Series Supplement, or (ii) to institute, conduct or defend any litigation hereunder or thereunder or in relation hereto or thereto, or to investigate any matter, at the request, order or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture and the Series Supplement or otherwise, unless requested to do so by Holders holding not less than 25% of the Outstanding Amount of Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds and such Holders shall have offered to the Indenture Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities that may be incurred.

(g)    The Indenture Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties.

(h)    Any request or direction of the Issuer mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Issuer Request or an Issuer Order.

(i)    Whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Indenture Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Indenture Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, conclusively rely upon an Officer’s Certificate.

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(j)    The Indenture Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document.

(k)    In no event shall the Indenture Trustee be responsible or liable for punitive, special, indirect or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Indenture Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.

(l)    In no event shall the Indenture Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, epidemics, pandemics, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services, it being understood that the Indenture Trustee shall use reasonable efforts that are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.

(m)    The Indenture Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Servicer Default, Default or Event of Default unless it has actual knowledge or written notice of any event which is in fact such a Default is received by a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee, and such notice references the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds and this Indenture.

(n)    The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Indenture Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Indenture Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder.

(o)    Beyond the exercise of reasonable care in the custody thereof, the Indenture Trustee will have no duty as to any Trust Estate in its possession or control or in the possession or control of any agent or bailee or any income thereon or as to preservation of rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining thereto. The Indenture Trustee will be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody of the Trust Estate in its possession if the Trust Estate is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which it accords its own property, and the Indenture Trustee will not be liable or responsible for any loss or diminution in the value of any of the Trust Estate by reason of the act or omission of any carrier, forwarding agency or other agent or bailee selected by the Indenture Trustee in good faith.

(p)    The Indenture Trustee will not be responsible for the existence, genuineness or value of any of the Trust Estate or for the validity, sufficiency, perfection, priority or enforceability of the Liens in any of the Trust Estate, except to the extent such action or omission constitutes negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Indenture Trustee. The Indenture

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Trustee shall not be responsible for the validity of the title of any grantor to the collateral, for insuring the Trust Estate or for the payment of taxes, charges, assessments or Liens upon the Trust Estate or otherwise as to the maintenance of the Lien of the Trust Estate.

(q)    In the event that the Indenture Trustee is required to acquire title to an asset for any reason, or take any managerial action of any kind in regard thereto, in order to carry out any obligation for the benefit of another, which in the Indenture Trustee’s sole discretion may cause the Indenture Trustee, as applicable, to be considered an “owner or operator” under any environmental laws or otherwise cause the Indenture Trustee to incur, or be exposed to, any environmental liability or any liability under any other federal, state or local law, the Indenture Trustee reserves the right, instead of taking such action, either to resign as Indenture Trustee or to arrange for the transfer of the title or control of the asset to a court appointed receiver. The Indenture Trustee will not be liable to any person for any environmental claims or any environmental liabilities or contribution actions under any federal, state or local law, rule or regulation by reason of the Indenture Trustee’s actions and conduct as authorized, empowered and directed hereunder or relating to any kind of discharge or release or threatened discharge or release of any hazardous materials into the environment.

SECTION 6.03.    Individual Rights of Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds and may otherwise deal with the Issuer or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Indenture Trustee. Any Paying Agent, Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Registrar, co-registrar or co-paying agent or agent appointed under Section 3.02 may do the same with like rights. However, the Indenture Trustee must comply with Section 6.11 and Section 6.12.

SECTION 6.04.    Indenture Trustee’s Disclaimer.

(a)    The Indenture Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation (other than as set forth in Section 6.13) as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, it shall not be accountable for the Issuer’s use of the proceeds from the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, and it shall not be responsible for any statement of the Issuer in this Indenture or in any document issued in connection with the sale of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds or in the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds other than the Indenture Trustee’s certificate of authentication. The Indenture Trustee shall not be responsible for the form, character, genuineness, sufficiency, value or validity of any of the Trust Estate (or for the perfection or priority of the Liens thereon), or for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds (other than the certificate of authentication for the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds) or the Basic Documents, and the Indenture Trustee shall in no event assume or incur any liability, duty or obligation to any Holder, other than as expressly provided in this Indenture. The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for the default or misconduct of the Issuer, the Seller or the Servicer under the Basic Documents or otherwise, and the Indenture Trustee shall have no obligation or liability to perform the obligations of the Issuer or such Persons.

(b)    The Indenture Trustee shall not be responsible for (i) the validity of the title of the Issuer to the Trust Estate, (ii) insuring the Trust Estate or (iii) the payment of taxes, charges, assessments or Liens upon the Trust Estate or otherwise as to the maintenance of the Trust Estate. The Indenture Trustee shall have no duty to ascertain or inquire as to the performance or

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observance of any of the terms of this Indenture or any of the other Basic Documents. The Indenture Trustee shall not be responsible for filing any financing or continuation statements or recording any documents or instruments in any public office at any time or times or otherwise perfecting or maintaining the perfection of any security interest in the Trust Estate.

SECTION 6.05.    Notice of Defaults. If a Default occurs and is continuing and if it is actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee or a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee has been notified in writing of such Default, the Indenture Trustee shall deliver to each Rating Agency, to the Kansas Commission (pursuant to Section 10.04(e)) and each Holder of Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds notice of the Default within ten (10) Business Days after actual notice of such Default was received by a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee (provided that the Indenture Trustee shall give the Rating Agencies prompt notice of any payment default in respect of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds). Except in the case of a Default in payment of principal of and premium, if any, or interest on any Securitized Utility Tariff Bond, the Indenture Trustee may withhold the notice of the Default if and so long as a committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding such notice is in the interests of Holders. In no event shall the Indenture Trustee be deemed to have knowledge of a Default (other than a Default in payment of principal of and premium, if any, or interest on any Securitized Utility Tariff Bond) unless a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee shall have actual knowledge of a Default or shall have received written notice thereof.

SECTION 6.06.    Reports by Indenture Trustee to Holders.

(a)    So long as Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds are Outstanding and the Indenture Trustee is the Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Registrar and Paying Agent, upon the written request of any Holder or the Issuer, within the prescribed period of time for tax reporting purposes after the end of each calendar year, the Indenture Trustee shall deliver to each relevant current or former Holder such information in its possession as may be required to enable such Holder to prepare its U.S. federal income and any applicable local or state tax returns. If the Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Registrar and Paying Agent is other than the Indenture Trustee, such Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Registrar and Paying Agent, within the prescribed period of time for tax reporting purposes after the end of each calendar year, shall deliver to each relevant current or former Holder such information in its possession as may be required to enable such Holder to prepare its U.S. federal income and any applicable local or state tax returns.

(b)    On or prior to each Payment Date or Special Payment Date therefor, the Indenture Trustee will make available electronically on its reporting website to each Holder of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds on such Payment Date or Special Payment Date and the Kansas Commission a statement as provided and prepared by the Servicer, which will include (to the extent applicable) the following information (and any other information so specified in the Series Supplement) as to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds with respect to such Payment Date or Special Payment Date or the period since the previous Payment Date, as applicable:

(i)    the amount of the payment to Holders allocable to principal, if any;

(ii)    the amount of the payment to Holders allocable to interest;

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(iii)    the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, before and after giving effect to any payments allocated to principal reported under Section 6.06(b)(i);

(iv)    the difference, if any, between the amount specified in Section 6.06(b)(iii) and the Outstanding Amount specified in the related Expected Sinking Fund Schedule;

(v)    any other transfers and payments to be made on such Payment Date or Special Payment Date, including amounts paid to the Indenture Trustee and to the Servicer; and

(vi)    the amounts on deposit in the Capital Subaccount and the Excess Funds Subaccount, after giving effect to the foregoing payments.

(c)    The Issuer shall send a copy of each of the Certificate of Compliance delivered to it pursuant to Section 3.02(a) of the Servicing Agreement and the Annual Accountant’s Report delivered to it pursuant to Section 3.03(a) of the Servicing Agreement to the Kansas Commission, the Rating Agencies, the Indenture Trustee and to the Servicer for posting on the 17g-5 Website in accordance with Rule 17g-5 under the Exchange Act. A copy of such certificate and report may be obtained by any Holder by a request in writing to the Indenture Trustee.

SECTION 6.07.    Compensation and Indemnity. The Issuer shall pay to the Indenture Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for its services. The Indenture Trustee’s compensation shall not, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Issuer shall reimburse the Indenture Trustee for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by it, including costs of collection, in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and expenses, disbursements and advances of the Indenture Trustee’s agents, counsel, accountants and experts. The Issuer shall indemnify and hold harmless the Indenture Trustee and its officers, directors, employees and agents from and against any and all cost, damage, loss, liability, tax or expense (including reasonable fees and expenses of its agents, counsel, accountants and experts and any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses) directly or indirectly incurred by the Indenture Trustee or such Persons in connection with the administration and the enforcement of this Indenture (including the Issuer’s indemnification obligations under this Section 6.07), the Series Supplement and the other Basic Documents and the Indenture Trustee’s rights, powers, duties and obligations under this Indenture, the Series Supplement and the other Basic Documents and the performance of its duties hereunder, including the cost and expense of enforcing this Indenture (including this Section) and defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise of such duties, and thereunder and obligations under or pursuant to this Indenture, the Series Supplement and the other Basic Documents other than any such tax on the compensation of the Indenture Trustee for its services as Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee shall notify the Issuer as soon as is reasonably practicable of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Indenture Trustee to so notify the Issuer shall not relieve the Issuer of its obligations hereunder. The Issuer shall defend the claim, the Indenture Trustee may have separate counsel, and the Issuer shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this Indenture, the Issuer need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense incurred by the Indenture Trustee through the Indenture Trustee’s own willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith.

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The payment obligations to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section 6.07 shall survive the termination or satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and Series Supplement or the earlier resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee. When the Indenture Trustee incurs expenses after the occurrence of a Default specified in Section 5.01(e) or Section 5.01(f) with respect to the Issuer, the expenses are intended to constitute expenses of administration under the Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable U.S. federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law.

SECTION 6.08.    Replacement of Indenture Trustee and Securities Intermediary.

(a)    The Indenture Trustee may resign at any time upon thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Issuer subject to Section 6.08(c). The Holders of not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds may remove the Indenture Trustee by so notifying the Indenture Trustee in writing not less than thirty-one (31) days prior to the date of removal and may appoint a successor Indenture Trustee. The Issuer shall remove the Indenture Trustee if:

(i)    the Indenture Trustee fails to comply with Section 6.11;

(ii)    the Indenture Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent;

(iii)    a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Indenture Trustee or its property;

(iv)    the Indenture Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting; or

(v)    the Indenture Trustee fails to provide to the Issuer any information reasonably requested by the Issuer pertaining to the Indenture Trustee and necessary for the Issuer or KGS to comply with its respective reporting obligations under the Exchange Act and Regulation AB and such failure is not resolved to the Issuer’s and the Indenture Trustee’s mutual satisfaction within a reasonable period of time.

Any removal or resignation of the Indenture Trustee shall also constitute a removal or resignation of the Securities Intermediary.

(b)    If the Indenture Trustee gives notice of resignation or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Indenture Trustee for any reason (the Indenture Trustee in such event being referred to herein as the retiring Indenture Trustee), the Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor Indenture Trustee and a successor Securities Intermediary.

(c)    Each of the successor Indenture Trustee and the successor Securities Intermediary shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment as the Indenture Trustee and as the Securities Intermediary, as applicable, to the retiring Indenture Trustee, the retiring Securities Intermediary and to the Issuer. Thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Indenture Trustee and the retiring Securities Intermediary shall become effective, and the successor

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Indenture Trustee and the successor Securities Intermediary shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Indenture Trustee and Securities Intermediary, as applicable, under this Indenture and the other Basic Documents. No resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section 6.08 shall become effective until acceptance of the appointment by a successor Indenture Trustee having the qualifications set forth in Section 6.11. Notice of any such appointment shall be promptly given to each Rating Agency by the successor Indenture Trustee. The successor Indenture Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to Holders. The retiring Indenture Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Indenture Trustee to the successor Indenture Trustee.

(d)    If a successor Indenture Trustee or a successor Securities Intermediary does not take office within sixty (60) days after the retiring Indenture Trustee or the retiring Securities Intermediary, as the case may be, resigns or is removed, the retiring Indenture Trustee or the retiring Securities Intermediary, as the case may be, the Issuer or the Holders of a majority in Outstanding Amount of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee or a successor Securities Intermediary, as the case may be.

(e)    If the Indenture Trustee fails to comply with Section 6.11, any Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Indenture Trustee and the appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee.

(f)    Notwithstanding the replacement of the Indenture Trustee or the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Section 6.08, the Issuer’s obligations under Section 6.07 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Indenture Trustee and the retiring Securities Intermediary.

SECTION 6.09.    Successor Indenture Trustee by Merger. If the Indenture Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all its corporate trust business or assets to, another corporation or banking association, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation or banking association without any further act shall be the successor Indenture Trustee; provided, however, that, if such successor Indenture Trustee is not eligible under Section 6.11, then the successor Indenture Trustee shall be replaced in accordance with Section 6.08. Notice of any such event shall be promptly given to each Rating Agency by the successor Indenture Trustee.

In case at the time such successor or successors by merger, conversion, consolidation or transfer shall succeed to the trusts created by this Indenture any of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Indenture Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee and deliver the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds so authenticated; and, in case at that time any of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Indenture Trustee may authenticate the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor to the Indenture Trustee; and in all such cases such certificates shall have the full force that it is anywhere in the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds or in this Indenture provided that the certificate of the Indenture Trustee shall have.

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SECTION 6.10.    Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.

(a)    Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, at any time, for the purpose of meeting any legal requirement of any jurisdiction in which any part of the Trust Estate may at the time be located, the Indenture Trustee shall have the power and may execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more Persons to act as a co-trustee or co-trustees, or separate trustee or separate trustees, of all or any part of the trust created by this Indenture or the Trust Estate, and to vest in such Person or Persons, in such capacity and for the benefit of the Holders, such title to the Trust Estate, or any part hereof, and, subject to the other provisions of this Section 6.10, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Indenture Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility as a successor trustee under Section 6.11 and no notice to Holders of the appointment of any co-trustee or separate trustee shall be required under Section 6.08. Notice of any such appointment shall be promptly given to each Rating Agency and to the Kansas Commission by the Indenture Trustee.

(b)    Every separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be appointed and act subject to the following provisions and conditions:

(i)    all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon the Indenture Trustee shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed by the Indenture Trustee and such separate trustee or co-trustee jointly (it being understood that such separate trustee or co-trustee is not authorized to act separately without the Indenture Trustee joining in such act), except to the extent that under any applicable law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are to be performed the Indenture Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act or acts, in which event such rights, powers, duties and obligations (including the holding of title to the Trust Estate or any portion thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be exercised and performed singly by such separate trustee or co-trustee, but solely at the direction of the Indenture Trustee;

(ii)    no trustee hereunder shall be personally liable by reason of any act or omission of any other trustee hereunder; and

(iii)    the Indenture Trustee may at any time accept the resignation of or remove any separate trustee or co-trustee.

(c)    Any notice, request or other writing given to the Indenture Trustee shall be deemed to have been given to each of the then-separate trustees and co-trustees, as effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument appointing any separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Indenture and the conditions of this Article VI. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its acceptance of the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates or property specified in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Indenture Trustee or separately, as may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this Indenture, specifically including every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the Indenture Trustee. Every such instrument shall be filed with the Indenture Trustee.

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(d)    Any separate trustee or co-trustee may at any time constitute the Indenture Trustee, its agent or its attorney-in-fact with full power and authority, to the extent not prohibited by applicable law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of this Indenture on its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee or co-trustee shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of its estates, properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be exercised by the Indenture Trustee, to the extent permitted by applicable law, without the appointment of a new or successor indenture trustee.

SECTION 6.11.    Eligibility; Disqualification. The Indenture Trustee shall at all times satisfy the requirements of Section 310(a)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act, Section 310(a)(5) of the Trust Indenture Act and Rule 3a-7 of the Investment Company Act. The Indenture Trustee shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition and shall have a long-term debt rating from each of Moody’s and Fitch in one of its generic rating categories that signifies investment grade. The Indenture Trustee shall comply with Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, including the optional provision permitted by the second sentence of Section 310(b)(9) of the Trust Indenture Act; provided, however, that there shall be excluded from the operation of Section 310(b)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act any indenture or indentures under which other securities of the Issuer are outstanding if the requirements for such exclusion set forth in Section 310(b)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act are met.

SECTION 6.12.    Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuer. The Indenture Trustee shall comply with Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, excluding any creditor relationship listed in Section 311(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. An Indenture Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act to the extent indicated therein.

SECTION 6.13.    Representations and Warranties of Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee hereby represents and warrants as of the date hereof that:

(a)    the Indenture Trustee is a national banking association validly existing under the laws of the United States of America; and

(b)    the Indenture Trustee has full power, authority and legal right to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Indenture and the other Basic Documents to which the Indenture Trustee is a party and has taken all necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of obligations by it of this Indenture and such other Basic Documents.

SECTION 6.14.    Annual Report by Independent Registered Public Accountants. The Indenture Trustee hereby covenants that it will cooperate in a reasonable manner with any request by the Issuer or the Servicer in good faith in connection with the attestation by the firm of Independent registered public accountants performing the procedures required under Section 3.03 of the Servicing Agreement, it being understood and agreed that the Indenture Trustee will so cooperate in conclusive reliance upon the direction of the Issuer or the Servicer, and the Indenture Trustee makes no independent inquiry or investigation to, and shall have no obligation or liability in respect of, the sufficiency, validity or correctness of such procedures.

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SECTION 6.15.    Custody of Collateral. The Indenture Trustee shall hold such of the Trust Estate (and any other collateral that may be granted to the Indenture Trustee) as consists of instruments, deposit accounts, negotiable documents, money, goods, letters of credit and advices of credit in the State of New York. The Indenture Trustee shall hold such of the Trust Estate as constitute investment property through the Securities Intermediary (which, as of the date hereof, is U.S. Bank National Association). The initial Securities Intermediary hereby agrees (and each future Securities Intermediary shall agree) with the Indenture Trustee that (a) such investment property (other than cash) shall at all times be credited to a securities account in the name of the Indenture Trustee, (b) the Securities Intermediary shall treat the Indenture Trustee as entitled to exercise the rights that comprise each financial asset credited to such securities account, (c) all property (other than cash) credited to such securities account shall be treated as a financial asset, (d) the Securities Intermediary shall comply with entitlement orders originated by the Indenture Trustee without the further consent of any other Person, (e) the Securities Intermediary will not agree with any Person other than the Indenture Trustee to comply with entitlement orders originated by such other Person, (f) such securities accounts and the property credited thereto shall not be subject to any Lien or right of set-off in favor of the Securities Intermediary or anyone claiming through it (other than the Indenture Trustee) and (g) such agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of New York. Terms used in the preceding sentence that are defined in the UCC and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the UCC. Except as permitted by this Section 6.15 or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Indenture Trustee shall not hold the Trust Estate through an agent or a nominee.

SECTION 6.16.    FATCA. The Issuer agrees (i) to provide the Indenture Trustee with such reasonable information as it has in its possession to enable the Indenture Trustee to determine whether any payments pursuant to the Indenture are subject to the withholding requirements described in Section 1471(b) of the Internal Revenue Code or otherwise imposed pursuant to Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Internal Revenue Code and any regulations, or agreements thereunder or official interpretations thereof (“Applicable FATCA Law”), and (ii) that the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to make any withholding or deduction from payments under the Indenture to the extent necessary to comply with Applicable FATCA Law, for which the Indenture Trustee shall not have any liability.

ARTICLE VII

HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS

SECTION 7.01.    Issuer To Furnish Indenture Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders. The Issuer will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Indenture Trustee (a) not more than five (5) days after the earlier of (i) each Record Date and (ii) six (6) months after the last Record Date, a list, in such form as the Indenture Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders as of such Record Date, and (b) at such other times as the Indenture Trustee may request in writing, within thirty (30) days after receipt by the Issuer of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than ten (10) days prior to the time such list is furnished; provided, however, that, so long as the Indenture Trustee is the Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Registrar, no such list shall be required to be furnished.

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SECTION 7.02.    Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.

(a)    The Indenture Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of the Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Indenture Trustee as provided in Section 7.01 and the names and addresses of Holders received by the Indenture Trustee in its capacity as Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Registrar. The Indenture Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 7.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.

(b)    Holders may communicate pursuant to Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds. In addition, upon the written request of any Holder or group of Holders or of all Outstanding Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds evidencing at least ten (10) percent of the Outstanding Amount of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, as applicable, the Indenture Trustee shall afford the Holder or Holders making such request a copy of a current list of Holders for purposes of communicating with other Holders with respect to their rights hereunder; provided, that the Indenture Trustee gives prior written notice to the Issuer of such request.

(c)    The Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Registrar shall have the protection of Section 312(c) of the Trust Indenture Act.

SECTION 7.03.    Reports by Issuer.

(a)    The Issuer shall:

(i)    so long as the Issuer or KGS (or ONE Gas, Inc. if KGS is not a separate SEC registrant) is required to file such documents with the SEC, provide to the Indenture Trustee and the Kansas Commission, within fifteen (15) days after the Issuer is required to file the same with the SEC, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the SEC may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) that the Issuer or KGS (or ONE Gas, Inc. if KGS is not a separate SEC registrant) may be required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act;

(ii)    provide to the Indenture Trustee and the Kansas Commission and file with the SEC, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the SEC, such additional information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by the Issuer with the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules and regulations; and

(iii)    provide to the Indenture Trustee (and the Indenture Trustee shall transmit to all Holders described in Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act) and the Kansas Commission, such summaries of any information, documents and reports required to be filed by the Issuer pursuant to Section 7.03(a)(i) and Section 7.03(a)(ii) as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the SEC.

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such materials in electronic format, and the Issuer shall be deemed to have provided such materials to the Indenture Trustee and the Kansas Commission if such materials are available on the SEC’s EDGAR website (or any successor SEC website).

(b)    Unless the Issuer otherwise determines, the fiscal year of the Issuer shall end on December 31 of each year, and the Issuer will promptly notify the Indenture Trustee regarding any change in fiscal year.

(c)    Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Indenture Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Indenture Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute actual or constructive notice or knowledge of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Issuer’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Indenture Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officer’s Certificates).

SECTION 7.04.    Reports by Indenture Trustee. If required by Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, within sixty (60) days after March 31 of each year, commencing with March 31, 2024, the Indenture Trustee shall send to each Holder as required by Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act a brief report dated as of such date that complies with Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act. The Indenture Trustee also shall comply with Section 313(b) of the Trust Indenture Act; provided, however, that the initial report if required to be so issued shall be delivered not more than twelve (12) months after the initial issuance of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds.

A copy of each report at the time of its sending to Holders shall be filed by the Servicer with the SEC and each stock exchange, if any, on which the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds are listed. The Issuer shall notify the Indenture Trustee in writing if and when the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds are listed on any stock exchange.

ARTICLE VIII

ACCOUNTS, DISBURSEMENTS AND RELEASES

SECTION 8.01.    Collection of Money. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Indenture Trustee may demand payment or delivery of, and shall receive and collect, directly and without intervention or assistance of any fiscal agent or other intermediary, all money and other property payable to or receivable by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Indenture and the other Basic Documents. The Indenture Trustee shall apply all such money received by it as provided in this Indenture within two (2) Business Days. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, if any default occurs in the making of any payment or performance under any agreement or instrument that is part of the Trust Estate, the Indenture Trustee may take such action as may be appropriate to enforce such payment or performance, subject to Article VI, including the institution and prosecution of appropriate Proceedings. Any such action shall be without prejudice to any right to claim a Default or Event of Default under this Indenture and any right to proceed thereafter as provided in Article V.

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SECTION 8.02.    Collection Account.

(a)    On or prior to the Closing Date, the Indenture Trustee shall open or cause to be opened with the Securities Intermediary or at another Eligible Institution, one or more segregated non-interest bearing trust accounts in the Indenture Trustee’s name for the deposit of Securitized Utility Tariff Charges and all other amounts received with respect to the Trust Estate (the “Collection Account” and collectively, the “Collection Accounts”). The Securities Intermediary shall hold the Collection Account for the benefit of the Holders, the Indenture Trustee and the other persons indemnified hereunder. Initially the Collection Account shall be divided into three subaccounts, which need not be separate accounts: a general subaccount (the “General Subaccount”); an excess funds subaccount (the “Excess Funds Subaccount”); a capital subaccount (the “Capital Subaccount” and, together with the General Subaccount and the Excess Funds Subaccount, the “Subaccounts”). For administrative purposes, the Subaccounts may be established by the Securities Intermediary as separate accounts. Such separate Subaccounts will be recognized individually as a Subaccount and collectively as the “Collection Account”. Prior to or concurrently with the issuance of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, the Member shall deposit into the Capital Subaccount an amount equal to the Required Capital Amount and shall not come from the proceeds of the sale of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds. Unless otherwise provided herein, all amounts in the Collection Account not allocated to any other subaccount shall be allocated to the General Subaccount. Prior to the initial Payment Date, all amounts in the Collection Account (other than funds deposited into the Capital Subaccount up to the Required Capital Amount) shall be allocated to the General Subaccount. All references to the Collection Account shall be deemed to include reference to all Subaccounts contained therein. Withdrawals from and deposits to each of the Subaccounts of the Collection Account shall be made as set forth in Sections 8.02(d) and 8.02(e). The Collection Account shall at all times be maintained in an Eligible Account and will be under the sole dominion and exclusive control of the Indenture Trustee, and only the Indenture Trustee shall have access to the Collection Account for the purpose of making deposits in and withdrawals from the Collection Account in accordance with this Indenture. Funds in the Collection Account shall not be commingled with any other moneys. All moneys deposited from time to time in the Collection Account, all deposits therein pursuant to this Indenture and all investments made in Eligible Investments as directed in writing by the Issuer with such moneys, including all income or other gain from such investments, shall be held by the Indenture Trustee in the Collection Account as part of the Trust Estate as herein provided. The Indenture Trustee and the Securities Intermediary shall have no liability in respect of losses incurred as a result of the liquidation of any Eligible Investment prior to its stated maturity or its date of redemption or the failure of the Issuer or the Servicer to provide timely written investment direction.

(b)    The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms that (i) the Collection Account is, or at inception will be established as, a “securities account” as such term is defined in Section 8-501(a) of the UCC, (ii) it is a “securities intermediary” (as such term is defined in Section 8-102(a)(14) of the UCC) and is acting in such capacity with respect to such accounts, (iii) the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Holders is the sole “entitlement holder” (as such term is defined in Section 8-102(a)(7) of the UCC) with respect to such accounts and (iv) no other Person shall have the right to give “entitlement orders” (as such term is defined in Section 8-102(a)(8)) with respect to such accounts. The Securities Intermediary hereby further agrees that each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) received by it

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will be credited to the Collection Account and shall be treated by it as a “financial asset” within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the UCC. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the State of New York shall be deemed to be the jurisdiction of the Securities Intermediary for purposes of Section 8-110 of the UCC, and the Collection Account (as well as the securities entitlements related thereto) shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York.

(c)    The Indenture Trustee shall have sole dominion and exclusive control over all moneys in the Collection Account and shall apply such amounts therein as provided in this Section 8.02.

(d)    Securitized Utility Tariff Charge Collections shall be deposited in the General Subaccount as provided in Section 6.11 of the Servicing Agreement. All deposits to and withdrawals from the Collection Account, all allocations to the Subaccounts of the Collection Account and any amounts to be paid to the Servicer under Section 8.02(e) shall be made by the Indenture Trustee in accordance with the written instructions provided by the Servicer in the Monthly Servicer’s Certificate or the Semi-Annual Servicer’s Certificate.

(e)    On each Payment Date for the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, the Indenture Trustee shall apply all amounts on deposit in the Collection Account, including all Investment Earnings thereon, solely in accordance with the related Semi-Annual Servicer’s Certificate, in the following priority:

(i)    payment of the Indenture Trustee’s fees, expenses and outstanding indemnity amounts shall be paid to the Indenture Trustee (subject to Section 6.07) in an amount not to exceed $200,000 in any 12-month period (the “Indenture Trustee Cap”); provided, however, that the Indenture Trustee Cap shall be disregarded and inapplicable upon the acceleration of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds following the occurrence of an Event of Default;

(ii)    payment of the Servicing Fee with respect to such Payment Date, plus any unpaid Servicing Fees for prior Payment Dates shall be paid to the Servicer;

(iii)    payment of the Administration Fee for such Payment Date shall be paid to the Administrator and the Independent Manager Fee for such Payment Date shall be paid to the Independent Managers, and in each case with any unpaid Administration Fees or Independent Manager Fees from prior Payment Dates;

(iv)    payment of all other ordinary periodic Operating Expenses for such Payment Date not described above shall be paid to the parties to which such Operating Expenses are owed;

(v)    payment of Periodic Interest for such Payment Date with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, including any overdue Periodic Interest (together with, to the extent lawful, interest on such overdue Periodic Interest at the applicable Bond Interest Rate), with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds shall be paid to the Holders of Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds;

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(vi)    payment of the principal due to be paid on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds on the Final Maturity Date or as a result of an acceleration upon an Event of Default shall be paid to the Holders of Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds;

(vii)    payment of the principal then scheduled to be paid on such Payment Date in accordance with the Expected Sinking Fund Schedule, including any principal that was scheduled to be paid on a prior Payment Date but was not paid as scheduled, with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds shall be paid to the Holders of Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds;

(viii)    payment of any other unpaid Operating Expenses (including any such amounts owed to the Indenture Trustee, but unpaid due to the limitation in Section 8.02(e)(i)) and any remaining amounts owed pursuant to the Basic Documents shall be paid to the parties, pro rata, to which such Operating Expenses or remaining amounts are owed;

(ix)    replenishment of the amount, if any, by which the Required Capital Amount exceeds the amount in the Capital Subaccount as of such Payment Date shall be allocated to the Capital Subaccount;

(x)    the Return on Invested Capital then due and payable shall be paid to KGS;

(xi)    the balance, if any, shall be allocated to the Excess Funds Subaccount; and

(xii)    after the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds have been paid in full and discharged, and all of the other foregoing amounts are paid in full, together with all amounts due and payable to the Indenture Trustee under Section 6.07 or otherwise, the balance (including all amounts then held in the Capital Subaccount and the Excess Funds Subaccount), if any, shall be paid to the Issuer, free from the Lien of this Indenture, which amounts (other than an amount equal to the Required Capital Amount plus any unpaid Return on Invested Capital) will be distributed to KGS and credited to Customers in the form of a credit to their natural gas bills.

All payments to the Holders pursuant to Section 8.02(e)(v) and Section 8.02(e)(vi) shall be made to such Holders pro rata based on the respective amounts of interest and/or principal owed, unless, the Series Supplement provides otherwise. Payments in respect of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds will be made on a pro rata basis among all the Holders. In the case of an Event of Default, then, in accordance with Section 5.04(c), in respect of any application of moneys pursuant to Section 8.02(e)(v) or Section 8.02(e)(vi), moneys will be applied pursuant to Section 8.02(e)(v) and Section 8.02(e)(vi), as the case may be, in such order, on a pro rata basis, based upon the interest or the principal owed.

(f)    If on any Payment Date, or, for any amounts payable under Section 8.02(e)(i), Section 8.02(e)(ii), Section 8.02(e)(iii) and Section 8.02(e)(iv), on any Business Day, funds on deposit in the General Subaccount are insufficient to make the payments contemplated by Section 8.02(e)(i), Section 8.02(e)(ii), Section 8.02(e)(iii), Section 8.02(e)(iv), Section 8.02(e)(v), Section 8.02(e)(vi), Section 8.02(e)(vii), Section 8.02(e)(viii) and Section 8.02(e)(ix), the Indenture Trustee shall, solely in accordance with the Semi-Annual Servicer’s

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Certificate, (i) first, draw from amounts on deposit in the Excess Funds Subaccount, and (ii) second, draw from amounts on deposit in the Capital Subaccount, in each case, up to the amount of such shortfall in order to make the payments contemplated by Section 8.02(e)(i), Section 8.02(e)(ii), Section 8.02(e)(iii), Section 8.02(e)(iv), Section 8.02(e)(v), Section 8.02(e)(vi), Section 8.02(e)(vii) and Section 8.02(e)(viii). In addition, if on any Payment Date funds on deposit in the General Subaccount are insufficient to make the allocations contemplated by Section 8.02(e)(ix), the Indenture Trustee shall draw, solely in accordance with the Semi-Annual Servicer’s Certificate, any amounts on deposit in the Excess Funds Subaccount to make such allocations to the Capital Subaccount.

(g)    On any Business Day upon which the Indenture Trustee receives a written request from the Administrator stating that any Operating Expense payable by the Issuer (but only as described in Section 8.02(e)(i), Section 8.02(e)(ii), Section 8.02(e)(iii) and Section 8.02(e)(iv)) will become due and payable prior to the next Payment Date, and setting forth the amount and nature of such Operating Expense and the date such Operating Expense is due, as well as any supporting documentation that the Indenture Trustee may reasonably request, the Indenture Trustee, upon receipt of such information, will make payment of such Operating Expenses on or before the date such payment is due from amounts on deposit in the General Subaccount, the Excess Funds Subaccount and the Capital Subaccount, in that order and only to the extent required to make such payment.

SECTION 8.03.    General Provisions Regarding the Collection Account.

(a)    So long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, all or a portion of the funds in the Collection Account shall be invested in Eligible Investments and reinvested by the Indenture Trustee upon Issuer Order; provided, however, that such Eligible Investments shall not mature or be redeemed later than the Business Day prior to the next Payment Date or Special Payment Date, if applicable, for the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds. All income or other gain from investments of moneys deposited in the Collection Account shall be deposited by the Indenture Trustee in such Collection Account, and any loss resulting from such investments shall be charged to the Collection Account. The Issuer will not direct the Indenture Trustee to make any investment of any funds or to sell any investment held in any Collection Account unless the security interest Granted and perfected in such account will continue to be perfected in such investment or the proceeds of such sale, in either case without any further action by any Person, and, in connection with any direction to the Indenture Trustee to make any such investment or sale, if requested by the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel of external counsel of the Issuer (at the Issuer’s cost and expense) to such effect. In no event shall the Indenture Trustee be liable for the selection of Eligible Investments or for investment losses incurred thereon. The Indenture Trustee shall have no liability in respect of losses incurred as a result of the liquidation of any Eligible Investment prior to its stated maturity or its date of redemption or the failure of the Issuer or the Servicer to provide timely and specific written investment direction. The Indenture Trustee shall have no obligation to invest or reinvest any amounts held hereunder in the absence of written investment direction pursuant to an Issuer Order, in which case such amounts shall remain uninvested.

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Eligible Investment included therein except for losses attributable to the Indenture Trustee’s failure to make payments on such Eligible Investments issued by the Indenture Trustee, in its commercial capacity as principal obligor and not as trustee, in accordance with their terms.

(c)    If (i) the Issuer shall have failed to give written investment directions for any funds on deposit in the Collection Account to the Indenture Trustee by 11:00 a.m. New York City time (or such other time as may be agreed by the Issuer and Indenture Trustee) on any Business Day or (ii) a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds but the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds shall not have been declared due and payable pursuant to Section 5.02, then the Indenture Trustee shall, to the fullest extent practicable, invest and reinvest funds in such Collection Account in Eligible Investments specified in the most recent written investment directions delivered by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee; provided, that if the Issuer has never delivered written investment directions to the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustee shall not invest or reinvest such funds in any investments.

(d)    The parties hereto acknowledge that the Servicer may, pursuant to the Servicing Agreement, select Eligible Investments on behalf of the Issuer; provided, however, that any such investment direction on behalf of the Issuer must be given in writing to the Indenture Trustee.

(e)    Except as otherwise provided hereunder or agreed in writing among the parties hereto, the Issuer shall retain the authority to institute, participate and join in any plan of reorganization, readjustment, merger or consolidation with respect to the issuer of any Eligible Investments held hereunder, and, in general, to exercise each and every other power or right with respect to each such asset or investment as Persons generally have and enjoy with respect to their own assets and investment, including power to vote upon any Eligible Investments.

SECTION 8.04.    Release of Trust Estate.

(a)    So long as the Issuer is not in Default hereunder and no Default or Event of Default hereunder would occur as a result of such action, the Issuer, through the Servicer, may collect, sell or otherwise dispose of written-off receivables, at any time and from time to time in the ordinary course of business, without any notice to, or release or consent by, the Indenture Trustee, but only as and to the extent permitted by the Basic Documents; provided, however, that any and all proceeds of such dispositions shall become part of the Trust Estate and be deposited to the General Subaccount immediately upon receipt thereof by the Issuer or any other Person, including the Servicer. Without limiting the foregoing, the Servicer, may, at any time and from time to time without any notice to, or release or consent by, the Indenture Trustee, sell or otherwise dispose of any part of the Trust Estate previously written-off as a defaulted or uncollectible account in accordance with the terms of the Servicing Agreement and the requirements of the proviso in the preceding sentence.

(b)    Subject to the payment of its fees and expenses to Section 6.07, the Indenture Trustee may, and when required by the provisions of this Indenture shall, execute instruments to release property from the Lien of this Indenture, or convey the Indenture Trustee’s interest in the same, in a manner and under circumstances that are not inconsistent with the

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provisions of this Indenture. No party relying upon an instrument executed by the Indenture Trustee as provided in this Article VIII shall be bound to ascertain the Indenture Trustee’s authority, inquire into the satisfaction of any conditions precedent or see to the application of any moneys. The Indenture Trustee shall release property from the Lien of this Indenture pursuant to this Section 8.04(b) only upon receipt of an Issuer Request accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel of external counsel of the Issuer (at the Issuer’s cost and expense) and (if required by the Trust Indenture Act) Independent Certificates in accordance with Section 314(c) of the Trust Indenture Act and Section 314(d)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act meeting the applicable requirements of Section 10.01.

(c)    The Indenture Trustee shall, at such time as there are no Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds Outstanding, and all other Financing Costs are paid in full, and all sums due and payable to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 6.07 or otherwise have been paid, release any remaining portion of the Trust Estate from the Lien of this Indenture and release to the Issuer or any other Person entitled thereto any funds or investments then on deposit in or credited to the Collection Account consistent with Section 8.02(e)(xii).

SECTION 8.05.    Opinion of Counsel. The Indenture Trustee shall receive at least seven (7) days’ notice when requested by the Issuer to take any action pursuant to Section 8.04, accompanied by copies of any instruments involved, and the Indenture Trustee shall also require, as a condition to such action, an Opinion of Counsel of external counsel of the Issuer, in form and substance satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, stating the legal effect of any such action, outlining the steps required to complete the same, and concluding that all conditions precedent to the taking of such action have been complied with and such action will not materially and adversely impair the security for the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds or the rights of the Holders in contravention of the provisions of this Indenture and the Series Supplement; provided, however, that such Opinion of Counsel shall not be required to express an opinion as to the fair value of the Trust Estate. Counsel rendering any such opinion may rely, without independent investigation, on the accuracy and validity of any certificate or other instrument delivered to the Indenture Trustee in connection with any such action.

SECTION 8.06.    Reports by Independent Registered Public Accountants. As of the date hereof, the Issuer shall appoint a firm of Independent registered public accountants of recognized national reputation for purposes of preparing and delivering the reports or certificates of such accountants required by this Indenture and the Series Supplement. In the event such firm requires the Indenture Trustee to agree to the procedures performed by such firm, the Issuer shall direct the Indenture Trustee in writing to so agree, it being understood and agreed that the Indenture Trustee will deliver such letter of agreement in conclusive reliance upon the direction of the Issuer, and the Indenture Trustee makes no independent inquiry or investigation to, and shall have no obligation or liability in respect of, the sufficiency, validity or correctness of such procedures. Upon any resignation by, or termination by the Issuer of, such firm, the Issuer shall provide written notice thereof to the Indenture Trustee and shall promptly appoint a successor thereto that shall also be a firm of Independent registered public accountants of recognized national reputation. If the Issuer shall fail to appoint a successor to a firm of Independent registered public accountants that has resigned or been terminated within fifteen (15) days after such resignation or termination, the Servicer shall promptly notify the Issuer of such failure in writing. If the Issuer shall not have appointed a successor within ten (10) days thereafter, the Servicer shall promptly appoint a successor firm of Independent registered public accountants of recognized national reputation. The fees of such Independent registered public accountants and its successor shall be payable by the Issuer.

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ARTICLE IX

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

SECTION 9.01.    Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.

(a)    Without the consent of the Holders of any Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds but with prior notice to the Rating Agencies, and, with respect to amendments that would increase Ongoing Financing Costs, with the consent or deemed consent of the Kansas Commission (other than with respect to the Series Supplement establishing the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds), the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, when authorized by an Issuer Order, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto (which shall conform to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act as in force at the date of the execution thereof), in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, for any of the following purposes:

(i)    to correct or amplify the description of any property at any time subject to the Lien of this Indenture, or better to assure, convey and confirm unto the Indenture Trustee any property subject or required to be subjected to the Lien of this Indenture, or to subject to the Lien of this Indenture additional property;

(ii)    to evidence the succession, in compliance with the applicable provisions hereof, of another Person to the Issuer, and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Issuer herein and in the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds;

(iii)    to add to the covenants of the Issuer, for the benefit of the Holders, or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Issuer;

(iv)    to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge any property to or with the Indenture Trustee;

(v)    to cure any ambiguity or mistake, to correct or supplement any provision herein or in any supplemental indenture, including the Series Supplement, that may be inconsistent with any other provision herein or in any supplemental indenture, including the Series Supplement or the final prospectus relating to the offering of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds filed with the SEC on                  , 2022, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture or in any supplemental indenture; provided, that (A) such action shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel of external counsel of the Issuer, adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the Holders or to surrender any right or power therein conferred upon the Issuer and (B) the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with respect thereto;

(vi)    to evidence and provide for the acceptance of the appointment hereunder by a successor trustee with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds and to add to or

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change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Article VI;

(vii)    to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to effect the qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act and to add to this Indenture such other provisions as may be expressly required by the Trust Indenture Act;

(viii)    to qualify the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds for registration with a Clearing Agency;

(ix)    to satisfy any Rating Agency requirements; and

(x)    to authorize the appointment of any Person for the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds required or advisable with the listing of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds on any stock exchange and otherwise amend this Indenture to incorporate changes requested or required by any government authority, stock exchange authority or fiduciary for the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds in connection with such listing.

The Indenture Trustee is hereby authorized to join in the execution of any such supplemental indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained.

(b)    The Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, when authorized by an Issuer Order, may, also without the consent of any of the Holders, enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to, or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of, this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders under this Indenture; provided, however, that (i) such action shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel of nationally recognized counsel of the Issuer experienced in structured finance transactions, adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the Holders and (ii) the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with respect thereto.

SECTION 9.02.    Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders. The Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, when authorized by an Issuer Order, also may, with prior notice to the Rating Agencies and with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, by Act of such Holders delivered to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to, or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of, this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Securitized Utility Tariff Bond:

(i)    change the date of payment of any installment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any Securitized Utility Tariff Bond, or reduce the principal amount thereof, the interest rate thereon or premium, if any, with respect thereto;

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(ii)    change the provisions of this Indenture and the Series Supplement relating to the application of collections on, or the proceeds of the sale of, the Trust Estate to payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, or change any place of payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any Securitized Utility Tariff Bond or the interest thereon is payable;

(iii)    reduce the percentage of the Outstanding Amount of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, the consent of the Holders of which is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of the Holders of which is required for any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences provided for in this Indenture;

(iv)    reduce the percentage of the Outstanding Amount of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds required to direct the Indenture Trustee to direct the Issuer to sell or liquidate the Trust Estate pursuant to Section 5.04;

(v)    modify any provision of this Section 9.02 or any provision of the other Basic Documents similarly specifying the rights of the Holders to consent to modification thereof, except to increase any percentage specified herein or to provide that those provisions of this Indenture or the other Basic Documents referenced in this Section 9.02 cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Securitized Utility Tariff Bond affected thereby;

(vi)    modify any of the provisions of this Indenture in such manner as to affect the calculation of the amount of any payment of interest, principal or premium, if any, due and payable on any Securitized Utility Tariff Bond on any Payment Date (including the calculation of any of the individual components of such calculation) or change the Expected Sinking Fund Schedule or Final Maturity Date of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds;

(vii)    decrease the Required Capital Amount;

(viii)    permit the creation of any Lien ranking prior to or on a parity with the Lien of this Indenture with respect to any part of the Trust Estate or, except as otherwise permitted or contemplated herein, terminate the Lien of this Indenture on any property at any time subject hereto or deprive the Holder of any Securitized Utility Tariff Bond of the security provided by the Lien of this Indenture;

(ix)    cause any material adverse U.S. federal income tax consequence to the Seller, the Issuer, the Managers, the Indenture Trustee or the then-existing Holders; or

(x)    impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of the provisions of this Indenture regarding payment or application of funds.

It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.

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Promptly after the execution by the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Section 9.02, the Issuer shall mail to the Rating Agencies a copy of such supplemental indenture and to the Holders to which such supplemental indenture relates either a copy of such supplemental indenture or a notice setting forth in general terms the substance of such supplemental indenture. Any failure of the Issuer to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture.

SECTION 9.03.    Kansas Commission Condition. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 9.01 or 9.02, no indenture or indentures supplemental to this Indenture (other than the Series Supplement which shall not be subject to the Kansas Commission Condition (as described in this Section 9.03)) shall be effective if such supplemental indenture or indentures increases Ongoing Financing Costs, except upon satisfaction of the conditions precedent in this Section 9.03.

(a)    The Issuer may submit the proposed amendment, modification, waiver, supplement, termination, surrender or supplemental indenture, as the case may be, to the Kansas Commission by delivering to the Kansas Commission’s Executive Director a written request for such consent, which request shall contain:

(i)    a reference to Docket No. 22-KGSG-466-TAR and a statement as to the possible effect of the proposed amendment, modification, waiver, supplement, termination, surrender or supplemental indenture, as the case may be, on Ongoing Financing Costs (as defined in the Financing Order);

(ii)    an Officer’s Certificate stating that the proposed amendment, modification, waiver, supplement, termination, surrender or supplemental indenture, as the case may be, has been approved by all parties to this Indenture, and if applicable, the Holders; and

(iii)    a statement identifying the individual to whom the Kansas Commission or its staff is to address its consent to the proposed amendment, modification, waiver, supplement, termination, surrender or supplemental indenture, as the case may be, or request additional time.

(b)    Any proposed amendment, modification, waiver, supplement, termination, surrender or supplemental indenture, as the case may be, requiring the consent of the Kansas Commission as provided in this Section 9.03 shall become effective on the later of:

(i)    the date proposed by the parties to the proposed amendment, modification, waiver, supplement, termination, surrender or supplemental indenture, as the case may be; or

(ii)    thirty-one (31) days after such submission of the proposed amendment, modification, waiver, supplement, termination, surrender or supplemental indenture, as the case may be, to the Kansas Commission unless the Kansas Commission issues an order disapproving the amendment within a thirty (30)-day period.

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SECTION 9.04.    Execution of Supplemental Indentures. In executing any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article IX or the modifications thereby of the Trust Estate, the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to receive and be fully protected in relying upon an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized and permitted by this Indenture and all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to such supplemental indenture or modification have been satisfied. The Indenture Trustee and the Securities Intermediary may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture that affects the Indenture Trustee’s or the Securities Intermediary’s own rights, duties, liabilities or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

SECTION 9.05.    Effect of Supplemental Indenture. Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions hereof, this Indenture shall be and be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith, and the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties, liabilities and immunities under this Indenture of the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer and the Holders shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments, and all the terms and conditions of any such supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes.

SECTION 9.06.    Conformity with Trust Indenture Act. Every amendment of this Indenture and every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article IX shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect so long as this Indenture shall then be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act.

SECTION 9.07.    Reference in Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds to Supplemental Indentures. Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article IX may, and if required by the Indenture Trustee shall, bear a notation in form approved by the Indenture Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Issuer shall so determine, new Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Issuer, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Issuer and authenticated and delivered by the Indenture Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds.

ARTICLE X

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 10.01.    Compliance Certificates and Opinions, etc.

(a)    Upon any application or request by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Issuer shall furnish to the Indenture Trustee (i) an Officer’s Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with, (ii) an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel the amendment is authorized and permitted and all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with and (iii) (if required by the Trust Indenture Act) an Independent Certificate from a firm of registered public accountants meeting the applicable requirements of this Section 10.01, except that, in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.

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Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:

(i)    a statement that each signatory of such certificate or opinion has read or has caused to be read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;

(ii)    a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;

(iii)    a statement that, in the opinion of each such signatory, such signatory has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable such signatory to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and

(iv)    a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such signatory, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

(b)    Prior to the deposit of any collateral or other property or securities with the Indenture Trustee that is to be made the basis for the release of any property or securities subject to the Lien of this Indenture, the Issuer shall, in addition to any obligation imposed in Section 10.01(a) or elsewhere in this Indenture, furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of each individual signing such certificate as to the fair value (within ninety (90) days of such deposit) to the Issuer of the Trust Estate or other property or securities to be so deposited.

(c)    Whenever the Issuer is required to furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of any signer thereof as to the matters described in Section 10.01(b), the Issuer shall also deliver to the Indenture Trustee an Independent Certificate as to the same matters, if the fair value to the Issuer of the securities to be so deposited and of all other such securities made the basis of any such withdrawal or release since the commencement of the then-current fiscal year of the Issuer, as set forth in the certificates delivered pursuant to Section 10.01(b) and this Section 10.01(c), is ten (10) percent or more of the Outstanding Amount of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, but such a certificate need not be furnished with respect to any securities so deposited, if the fair value thereof to the Issuer as set forth in the related Officer’s Certificate is less than the lesser of (A) $25,000 or (B) one (1) percent of the Outstanding Amount of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds.

(d)    Whenever any property or securities are to be released from the Lien of this Indenture other than pursuant to Section 8.02(e), the Issuer shall also furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of each individual signing such certificate as to the fair value (within ninety (90) days of such release) of the property or securities proposed to be released and stating that in the opinion of such person the proposed release will not impair the security under this Indenture in contravention of the provisions hereof.

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(e)    Whenever the Issuer is required to furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of any signatory thereof as to the matters described in Section 10.01(d), the Issuer shall also furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Independent Certificate as to the same matters if the fair value of the property or securities with respect thereto, or securities released from the Lien of this Indenture (other than pursuant to Section 8.02(e)) since the commencement of the then-current calendar year, as set forth in the certificates required by Section 10.01(d) and this Section 10.01(e), equals ten (10) percent or more of the Outstanding Amount of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, but such certificate need not be furnished in the case of any release of property or securities if the fair value thereof as set forth in the related Officer’s Certificate is less than the lesser of (A) $25,000 or (B) one (1) percent of the then Outstanding Amount of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds.

(f)    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 10.01, the Indenture Trustee may (A) collect, liquidate, sell or otherwise dispose of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property and other assets in the Trust Estate as and to the extent permitted or required by the Basic Documents and (B) make cash payments out of the Collection Account as and to the extent permitted or required by the Basic Documents.

SECTION 10.02.    Form of Documents Delivered to Indenture Trustee. In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.

Any certificate or opinion of a Responsible Officer of the Issuer may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his or her certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate of a Responsible Officer or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Servicer or the Issuer stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Servicer or the Issuer, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.

Whenever in this Indenture, in connection with any application or certificate or report to the Indenture Trustee, it is provided that the Issuer shall deliver any document as a condition of the granting of such application, or as evidence of the Issuer’s compliance with any term hereof, it is intended that the truth and accuracy, at the time of the granting of such application or at the effective date of such certificate or report (as the case may be), of the facts and opinions stated in such document shall in such case be conditions precedent to the right of the Issuer to have such application granted or to the sufficiency of such certificate or report. The foregoing shall not, however, be construed to affect the Indenture Trustee’s right to rely conclusively upon the truth and accuracy of any statement or opinion contained in any such document as provided in Article VI.

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Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.

SECTION 10.03.    Acts of Holders.

(a)    Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agents duly appointed in writing, and except as herein otherwise expressly provided such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Indenture Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Issuer. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 6.01) conclusive in favor of the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer, if made in the manner provided in this Section 10.03.

(b)    The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved in any manner that the Indenture Trustee deems sufficient.

(c)    The ownership of Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds shall be proved by the Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Register.

(d)    Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action by the Holder of any Securitized Utility Tariff Bond shall bind the Holder of every Securitized Utility Tariff Bond issued upon the registration thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof, in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Indenture Trustee or the Issuer in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Securitized Utility Tariff Bond.

SECTION 10.04.    Notices, etc., to Indenture Trustee, Issuer and Rating Agencies. Any notice, report or other communication given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be effective (i) upon receipt when sent through the mails, registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, with such receipt to be effective the date of delivery indicated on the return receipt, (ii) upon receipt when sent by an overnight courier, (iii) on the date personally delivered to an authorized officer of the party to which sent or (iv) on the date transmitted by facsimile or other electronic transmission with a confirmation of receipt in all cases, addressed as follows:

(a)    in the case of the Issuer, to Kansas Gas Service Securitization I, L.L.C., 15 East Fifth Street, Suite 2662, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103, Attention: Manager;

(b)    in the case of the Indenture Trustee, to the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee;

(c)    in the case of Moody’s, to Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., ABS/RMBS Monitoring Department, 25th Floor, 7 World Trade Center, 250 Greenwich Street, New York,

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New York 10007, Email: ABSCORMonitoring@moodys.com (for notices) and servicereports@moodys.com (for servicer reports and other reports) (all notices and reports to be delivered to Moody’s in writing by email);

(d)    in the case of Fitch, to Fitch, Ratings, Inc., 300 West 57th Street, New York, New York 10019, Attention: ABS Surveillance, Telephone: (212) 908-0500; and

(e)    in the case of the Kansas Commission, to 1500 SW Arrowhead Road, Topeka, Kansas 66604-4027, Attention: Executive Director.

Each party hereto may, by notice given in accordance herewith to the other party or parties hereto, designate any further or different address to which subsequent notices, reports and other communications shall be sent.

The Indenture Trustee agrees to accept and act upon instructions or directions pursuant to this Indenture sent by the Issuer by unsecured e-mail, facsimile transmission or other similar unsecured electronic methods; provided, however, that (a) subsequent to such transmission of written instructions, upon request, the Issuer shall provide the originally executed instructions or directions to the Indenture Trustee in a timely manner, and (b) such originally executed instructions or directions shall be signed by an authorized representative of the Issuer providing such instructions or directions. If the Issuer elects to give the Indenture Trustee e-mail or facsimile instructions (or instructions by a similar electronic method) and the Indenture Trustee in its discretion elects to act upon such instructions, the Indenture Trustee’s understanding of such instructions shall be deemed controlling. The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Indenture Trustee’s reliance upon and compliance with such instructions notwithstanding such instructions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction. The Issuer agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of such electronic methods to submit instructions and directions to the Indenture Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Indenture Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk or interception and misuse by third parties.

SECTION 10.05.    Notices to Holders; Waiver. Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class, postage prepaid, or otherwise delivered in accordance with DTC’s procedures, to each Holder affected by such event, at such Holder’s address as it appears on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice nor any defect in any notice so mailed to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders, and any notice that is mailed in the manner herein provided shall conclusively be presumed to have been duly given.

Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by any Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Indenture Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such a waiver.

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In case, by reason of the suspension of regular mail service as a result of a strike, work stoppage or similar activity, it shall be impractical to mail notice of any event of Holders when such notice is required to be given pursuant to any provision of this Indenture, then any manner of giving such notice as shall be satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee shall be deemed to be a sufficient giving of such notice.

Where this Indenture provides for notice to the Rating Agencies, failure to give such notice shall not affect any other rights or obligations created hereunder and shall not under any circumstance constitute a Default or Event of Default.

SECTION 10.06.    Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof that is required to be included in this Indenture by any of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, such required provision shall control.

The provisions of Sections 310 through 317 of the Trust Indenture Act that impose duties on any Person (including the provisions automatically deemed included herein unless expressly excluded by this Indenture) are a part of and govern this Indenture, whether or not physically contained herein.

SECTION 10.07.    Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements in this Indenture and the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds by the Issuer shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not. All agreements of the Indenture Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors.

SECTION 10.08.    Severability. Any provision in this Indenture or in the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds that is prohibited, invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition, invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without invalidating the remainder of such provision (if any) or the remaining provisions hereof (unless such construction shall be unreasonable), and any such prohibition, invalidity, illegality or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

SECTION 10.09.    Benefits of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder, and the Holders, and any other party secured hereunder, and any other Person with an ownership interest in any part of the Trust Estate, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.

SECTION 10.10.    Legal Holidays. In any case where the date on which any payment is due shall not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any other provision of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds or this Indenture) payment need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the date on which nominally due, and no interest shall accrue for the period from and after any such nominal date.

SECTION 10.11.    GOVERNING LAW. This Indenture shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without reference to its conflict of law provisions (other than Section 5-1401 of the New York General Obligations Law and

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Sections 9-301 through 9-306 of the NY UCC), and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereunder shall be determined in accordance with such laws; provided, that the creation, attachment and perfection of any Liens created hereunder in the Securitized Utility Tariff Property or the other assets of the Trust Estate, and all rights and remedies of the Indenture Trustee and the Holders with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Property, shall be governed by the laws of the State of Kansas.

SECTION 10.12.    Counterparts. This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

SECTION 10.13.    Recording of Indenture. If this Indenture is subject to recording in any appropriate public recording offices, such recording is to be effected by the Issuer and at its expense accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel at the Issuer’s cost and expense to the effect that such recording is necessary either for the protection of the Holders or any other Person secured hereunder or for the enforcement of any right or remedy granted to the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture. For the avoidance of doubt, the Indenture Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for recording this Indenture.

SECTION 10.14.    No Recourse to Issuer. No recourse may be taken, directly or indirectly, with respect to the obligations of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds or under this Indenture or any certificate or other writing delivered in connection herewith or therewith, against (a) the Issuer, other than from the Trust Estate, (b) any owner of a membership interest in the Issuer (including KGS) or (c) any shareholder, partner, owner, beneficiary, agent, officer or employee of the Indenture Trustee, the Managers or any owner of a membership interest in the Issuer (including KGS) in its respective individual capacity, or of any successor or assign of any of them in their respective individual or corporate capacities, except as any such Person may have expressly agreed in writing. Notwithstanding any provision of this Indenture or the Series Supplement to the contrary, Holders shall look only to the Trust Estate with respect to any amounts due to the Holders hereunder and under the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds and, in the event the Trust Estate is insufficient to pay in full the amounts owed on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, shall have no recourse against the Issuer in respect of such insufficiency. Each Holder by accepting a Securitized Utility Tariff Bond specifically confirms the nonrecourse nature of these obligations and waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds.

SECTION 10.15.    Basic Documents. The Indenture Trustee is hereby authorized and directed to execute and deliver the Servicing Agreement and the Sale Agreement and to execute and deliver any other Basic Document that it is requested to acknowledge and accept.

SECTION 10.16.    No Petition. The Indenture Trustee, by entering into this Indenture, and each Holder, by accepting a Securitized Utility Tariff Bond (or interest therein) issued hereunder, hereby covenant and agree that they shall not, prior to the date that is one year and one day after the termination of this Indenture, acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke or cause the Issuer or any Manager to invoke the process of any court or government authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining a case against the Issuer under any bankruptcy or insolvency law or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar

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official of the Issuer or any substantial part of its property, or ordering the dissolution, winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Issuer. Nothing in this Section 10.16 shall preclude, or be deemed to estop, such Holder or the Indenture Trustee (a) from taking or omitting to take any action prior to such date in (i) any case or Proceeding voluntarily filed or commenced by or on behalf of the Issuer under or pursuant to any such law or (ii) any involuntary case or Proceeding pertaining to the Issuer that is filed or commenced by or on behalf of a Person other than such Holder and is not joined in by such Holder (or any Person to which such Holder shall have assigned, transferred or otherwise conveyed any part of the obligations of the Issuer hereunder) under or pursuant to any such law or (b) from commencing or prosecuting any legal action that is not an involuntary case or Proceeding under or pursuant to any such law against the Issuer or any of its properties.

SECTION 10.17.    Securities Intermediary. The Securities Intermediary, in acting under this Indenture, is entitled to all rights, benefits, protections, immunities and indemnities accorded to U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, in its capacity as Indenture Trustee under this Indenture.

SECTION 10.18.    Rule 17g-5 Compliance.

(a)    The Indenture Trustee agrees that any notice, report, request for satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition, document or other information provided by the Indenture Trustee to any Rating Agency under this Indenture or any other Basic Document to which it is a party for the purpose of determining or confirming the credit rating of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds or undertaking credit rating surveillance of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds shall be provided, substantially concurrently, to the Servicer for posting on a password-protected website (the “17g-5 Website”). The Servicer shall be responsible for posting all of the information on the 17g-5 Website.

(b)    The Indenture Trustee will not be responsible for creating or maintaining the 17g-5 Website, posting any information to the 17g-5 Website or assuring that the 17g-5 Website complies with the requirements of this Indenture, Rule 17g-5 under the Exchange Act or any other law or regulation. In no event shall the Indenture Trustee be deemed to make any representation in respect of the content of the 17g-5 Website or compliance by the 17g-5 Website with this Indenture, Rule 17g-5 under the Exchange Act or any other law or regulation. The Indenture Trustee shall have no obligation to engage in or respond to any oral communications with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, any transaction documents relating hereto or in any way relating to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds or for the purposes of determining the initial credit rating of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds or undertaking credit rating surveillance of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds with any Rating Agency or any of its respective officers, directors or employees. The Indenture Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for the dissemination of any identification numbers or passwords for the 17g-5 Website, including by the Servicer, the Rating Agencies, a nationally recognized statistical rating organization (“NRSRO”), any of their respective agents or any other party. Additionally, the Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for the use of the information posted on the 17g-5 Website, whether by the Servicer, the Rating Agencies, an NRSRO or any other third party that may gain access to the 17g-5 Website or the information posted thereon.

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SECTION 10.19.    Submission to Non-Exclusive Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial. Each of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee and each Holder (by its acceptance of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds) hereby irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any New York State court sitting in The Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York or any U.S. federal court sitting in The Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York in respect of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Indenture and the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds and irrevocably accepts for itself and in respect of its respective property, generally and unconditionally, jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts. Each of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and each Holder (by its acceptance of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds) irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so under applicable law, trial by jury.

SECTION 10.20.    Certain Tax Laws. In order to comply with applicable tax laws, rules and regulations (inclusive of directives, guidelines and interpretations promulgated by competent authorities) in effect from time to time to which a foreign financial institution, issuer, trustee, paying agent, holder or other institution is or has agreed to be subject related to the Basic Documents, the Issuer agrees (a) to provide to the Indenture Trustee sufficient information about Holders or other applicable parties and/or transactions (including any modification to the terms of such transactions) so as to enable the Indenture Trustee to determine whether it has tax-related obligations under such applicable tax laws, rules and regulations (inclusive of directives, guidelines and interpretations promulgated by competent authorities) and (b) that the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to make any withholding or deduction from payments under the Basic Documents to the extent necessary to comply with such applicable tax laws, rules and regulations (inclusive of directives, guidelines and interpretations promulgated by competent authorities) for which the Indenture Trustee shall not have any liability.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Securities Intermediary have caused this Indenture to be duly executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, all as of the day and year first above written.

KANSAS GAS SERVICE SECURITIZATION I, L.L.C., as Issuer
By:
	Name:
	Title:
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Indenture Trustee
By:
	Name:
	Title:
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity, but solely in its capacity as Securities Intermediary
By:
	Name:
	Title:

Signature Page to Indenture

EXHIBIT A

FORM OF SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BOND

See attached.

UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE REGISTERED FORM, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO THE NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY SECURITY ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON OR ENTITY IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

No. {                    }	${            }
Tranche A	CUSIP No.: {                    }

THE PRINCIPAL OF THIS SERIES 2022-A, TRANCHE A SENIOR SECURED SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BOND, (THIS “SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BOND”) WILL BE PAID IN INSTALLMENTS AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BOND AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ABOVE. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BOND HAS NO RECOURSE TO THE ISSUER HEREOF AND AGREES TO LOOK ONLY TO THE TRUST ESTATE, AS DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE, FOR PAYMENT OF ANY AMOUNTS DUE HEREUNDER. ALL OBLIGATIONS OF THE ISSUER OF THIS SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BOND UNDER THE TERMS OF THE INDENTURE WILL BE RELEASED AND DISCHARGED UPON PAYMENT IN FULL HEREOF OR AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN SECTION 3.10(b) OR ARTICLE IV OF THE INDENTURE. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BOND HEREBY COVENANTS AND AGREES THAT PRIOR TO THE DATE THAT IS ONE YEAR AND ONE DAY AFTER THE PAYMENT IN FULL OF THIS SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BOND, IT WILL NOT INSTITUTE AGAINST, OR JOIN ANY OTHER PERSON IN INSTITUTING AGAINST, THE ISSUER ANY BANKRUPTCY, REORGANIZATION, ARRANGEMENT, INSOLVENCY OR LIQUIDATION PROCEEDINGS OR OTHER SIMILAR PROCEEDING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES. NOTHING IN THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL PRECLUDE, OR BE DEEMED TO ESTOP, SUCH HOLDER (A) FROM TAKING OR OMITTING TO TAKE ANY ACTION PRIOR TO SUCH DATE IN (I) ANY CASE OR PROCEEDING VOLUNTARILY FILED OR COMMENCED BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE ISSUER UNDER OR PURSUANT TO ANY SUCH LAW OR (II) ANY INVOLUNTARY CASE OR PROCEEDING PERTAINING TO THE ISSUER THAT IS FILED OR COMMENCED BY OR ON BEHALF OF A PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH HOLDER AND IS NOT JOINED IN BY SUCH HOLDER (OR ANY PERSON TO WHICH SUCH

HOLDER SHALL HAVE ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE CONVEYED ANY PART OF THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE ISSUER HEREUNDER) UNDER OR PURSUANT TO ANY SUCH LAW OR (B) FROM COMMENCING OR PROSECUTING ANY LEGAL ACTION THAT IS NOT AN INVOLUNTARY CASE OR PROCEEDING UNDER OR PURSUANT TO ANY SUCH LAW AGAINST THE ISSUER OR ANY OF ITS PROPERTIES.

NEITHER THE FULL FAITH AND CREDIT NOR THE TAXING POWER OF THE STATE OF KANSAS IS PLEDGED TO THE PAYMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF, OR INTEREST ON, THIS TRANCHE A SERIES 2022-A SENIOR SECURED SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BOND.

KANSAS GAS SERVICE SECURITIZATION I, L.L.C.

SERIES 2022-A SENIOR SECURED SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDS,

TRANCHE A

BOND INTEREST     RATE		ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT		SCHEDULED FINAL PAYMENT DATE		FINAL MATURITY DATE
	{    }%	$	{            }		{            }, 20{    }		{            }, 20{    }

Kansas Gas Service Securitization I, L.L.C., a limited liability company created under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein referred to as the “Issuer”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to {        }, or registered assigns, the Original Principal Amount shown above in semi-annual installments on the Payment Dates and in the amounts specified below or, if less, the amounts determined pursuant to Section 8.02 of the Indenture, in each year, commencing on the date determined as provided below and ending on or before the Final Maturity Date shown above and to pay interest, at the Bond Interest Rate shown above, on each {                    } and {                    } or, if any such day is not a Business Day, the next Business Day, commencing on {                    }, 2023 and continuing until the earlier of the payment in full of the principal hereof and the Final Maturity Date (each, a “Payment Date”), on the principal amount of this Securitized Utility Tariff Bond. Interest on this Securitized Utility Tariff Bond will accrue for each Payment Date from the most recent Payment Date on which interest has been paid to but excluding such Payment Date or, if no interest has yet been paid, from the date of issuance. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. Such principal of and interest on this Securitized Utility Tariff Bond shall be paid in the manner specified below.

The principal of and interest on this Securitized Utility Tariff Bond are payable in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. All payments made by the Issuer with respect to this Securitized Utility Tariff Bond shall be applied first to interest due and payable on this Securitized Utility Tariff Bond as provided above and then to the unpaid principal of and premium, if any, on this Securitized Utility Tariff Bond, all in the manner set forth in the Indenture.

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Indenture Trustee whose name appears below by manual, electronic or facsimile signature, this Securitized Utility Tariff Bond shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture referred to below or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be signed, manually, electronically or in facsimile, by its Responsible Officer.

Date:                     , 2022	KANSAS GAS SERVICE SECURITIZATION I, L.L.C.,
	as Issuer
	By:
		Name:
		Title:

INDENTURE TRUSTEE’S

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

Dated:             , 20    

This is one of the Series 2022-A, Tranche A Senior Secured Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, designated above and referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as Indenture Trustee
By:
	Name:
	Title:

This Senior Secured Securitized Utility Tariff Bond, Series 2022-A, Tranche A is one of a duly authorized issue of Series 2022-A Senior Secured Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds of the Issuer (herein called the “Series 2022-A Bonds”). The Series 2022-A Bonds have been issued under that certain Indenture dated as of                 , 2022 (as supplemented by the Series Supplement (as defined below), the “Indenture”), by and among the Issuer, U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, not in its individual capacity, but solely in its capacity as indenture trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”, which term includes any successor indenture trustee under the Indenture), and U.S. Bank National Association as securities intermediary (the “Securities Intermediary”, which term includes any successor securities intermediary under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights and obligations thereunder of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Holders of the Series 2022-A Bonds. For purposes herein, “Series Supplement” means that certain Series Supplement dated as of                     , 2022 between the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee. All terms used in this Series 2022-A Bond that are defined in the Indenture, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Indenture.

All of the Series 2022-A Bonds are equally and ratably secured by the Trust Estate pledged as security therefor as provided in the Indenture.

The principal of this Series 2022-A Bond shall be payable on each Payment Date only to the extent that amounts in the Collection Account for the Series 2022-A Bonds are available therefor, and only until the outstanding principal balance thereof on the preceding Payment Date (after giving effect to all payments of principal, if any, made on the preceding Payment Date) has been reduced to the principal balance specified in the Expected Amortization Schedule that is attached to the Series Supplement as Schedule A, unless payable earlier because an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Indenture Trustee or the Holders representing a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Series 2022-A Bonds have declared the Series 2022-A Bonds to be immediately due and payable in accordance with Section 5.02 of the Indenture (unless such declaration shall have been rescinded and annulled in accordance with Section 5.02 of the Indenture). However, actual principal payments may be made in lesser than expected amounts and at later than expected times as determined pursuant to Section 8.02 of the Indenture. The entire unpaid principal amount of this Series 2022-A Bond shall be due and payable on the Final Maturity Date hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the entire unpaid principal amount of the Series 2022-A Bonds shall be due and payable, if not then previously paid, on the date on which an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Indenture Trustee or the Holders of the Series 2022-A Bonds representing a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Series 2022-A Bonds have declared the Series 2022-A Bonds to be immediately due and payable in the manner provided in Section 5.02 of the Indenture (unless such declaration shall have been rescinded and annulled in accordance with Section 5.02 of the Indenture). All principal payments on the Series 2022-A Bonds shall be made pro rata to the Holders of the Series 2022-A Bonds entitled thereto based on the respective principal amounts of the Series 2022-A Bonds held by them.

Payments of interest on this Series 2022-A Bond due and payable on each Payment Date, together with the installment of principal or premium, if any, shall be made by check mailed first-class, postage prepaid, to the Person whose name appears as the Registered Holder of this Series

2022-A Bond (or one or more Predecessor Series 2022-A Bonds) on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Register as of the close of business on the Record Date or in such other manner as may be provided in the Indenture or the Series Supplement, except that (a) upon application to the Indenture Trustee by any Holder owning a Global Securitized Utility Tariff Bond evidencing this Series 2022-A Bond not later than the applicable Record Date, payment will be made by wire transfer to an account maintained by such Holder, and (b) if this Series 2022-A Bond is held in Book-Entry Form, payments will be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account designated by the Holder of the applicable Global Securitized Utility Tariff Bond evidencing this Series 2022-A Bond unless and until such Global Securitized Utility Tariff Bond is exchanged for Definitive Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds (in which event payments shall be made as provided above) and except for the final installment of principal and premium, if any, payable with respect to this Series 2022-A Bond on a Payment Date, which shall be payable as provided below. Such checks shall be mailed to the Person entitled thereto at the address of such Person as it appears on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Register as of the applicable Record Date without requiring that this Series 2022-A Bond be submitted for notation of payment. Any reduction in the principal amount of this Series 2022-A Bond (or any one or more Predecessor Series 2022-A Bonds) effected by any payments made on any Payment Date shall be binding upon all future Holders of this Series 2022-A Bond and of any Series 2022-A Bond issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or not noted hereon. If funds are expected to be available, as provided in the Indenture, for payment in full of the then-remaining unpaid principal amount of this Series 2022-A Bond on a Payment Date, then the Indenture Trustee, in the name of and on behalf of the Issuer, will notify the Person who was the Registered Holder hereof as of the Record Date preceding such Payment Date by notice sent no later than five (5) days prior to such final Payment Date and shall specify that such final installment will be payable only upon presentation and surrender of this Series 2022-A Bond and shall specify the place where this Series 2022-A Bond may be presented and surrendered for payment of such installment.

The Issuer shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the Bond Interest Rate to the extent lawful.

This Series 2022-A Bond is a “securitized utility tariff bond” as such term is defined in the Securitization Act. Principal and interest on this Series 2022-A Bond are payable from and secured primarily by the Securitized Utility Tariff Property authorized by the Financing Order.

The Securitization Act provides that the State of Kansas and its agencies, including the Kansas Commission, “hereby pledge and agree with bondholders, the owners of securitized utility tariff property and other financing parties that the state and its agencies shall not take any action listed in this section.² This subsection does not preclude limitation or alteration if full compensation is made by law for the full protection of the securitized utility tariff charges collected pursuant to a financing order and of the bondholders and any assignee or financing party entering into a contract with the public utility. The prohibited actions are as follows:

(1) Altering the provisions of this section that authorize the commission to create an irrevocable contract right or chose in action by the issuance of a financing order, to

²  K.S.A. § 66-1,252

create securitized utility tariff property and to make the securitized utility tariff charges imposed by a financing order irrevocable, binding or nonbypassable charges for all existing and future retail customers within the service area of the public utility;

(2) taking or permitting any action that impairs or would impair the value of securitized utility tariff property or the security for the security utility tariff bonds or revises the securitized utility tariff costs for which recovery is authorized;

(3) impairing the rights and remedies of the bondholders, assignees and other financing parties in any way; or

(4) except for changes made pursuant to the adjustment mechanism authorized under this section, reducing, altering or impairing securitized utility tariff charges that are to be imposed, billed, charged, collected and remitted for the benefit of the bondholders, any assignee and any other financing parties until any and all principal, interest, premium, financing costs and other fees, expenses or charges incurred and any contracts to be performed in connection with the related securitized utility tariff bonds have been paid and performed in full.”

In addition, the Financing Order provides that “the Kansas Commission affirms the pledge of the State of Kansas set forth in K.S.A. § 66-1,252 and shall not take or permit any of the following actions that would impair the value of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property authorized by the Financing Order, unless otherwise permitted by the Securitization Act:

• Alter the statute that authorizes the Commission to create an irrevocable contract right or chose in action by the issuance of a Financing Order, to create securitized utility tariff property and to make the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges imposed by a Financing Order irrevocable, binding or nonbypassable charges for all existing and future sales customers within the service area of the public utility;

• Take any action that would impair the value of Securitized Utility Tariff Property or the security for the Security Utility Tariff Bonds, or revises the Securitized Utility Tariff Costs for which recovery is authorized;

• impair the rights and remedies of the bondholders, assignees and other financing parties in any way; or,

• Except for changes made pursuant to the Adjustment Mechanism expressly allowed by law, reduce, alter, or impair the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges to be imposed, billed, charged, collected, and remitted for the benefit of the bondholders, any assignee, and any other financing parties, until any and all principal, interest, premium, financing costs and other fees, expenses or charges incurred and any contracts to be performed in connection with the related Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds have been paid and performed in full.”

The Issuer acknowledges that the purchase of this Series 2022-A Bond by the Holder hereof or the purchase of any beneficial interest herein by any Person are made in reliance on the foregoing pledges by the State of Kansas and the Kansas Commission.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, the transfer of this Series 2022-A Bond may be registered on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Register upon surrender of this Series 2022-A Bond for registration of transfer at the office or agency designated by the Issuer pursuant to the Indenture, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by, (a) a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee duly executed by the Holder hereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, with such signature guaranteed by an institution which is a member of one the following recognized signature guaranty programs: (i) The Securities Transfer Agent Medallion Program (STAMP); (ii) The New York Stock Exchange Medallion Program (MSP); (iii) The Stock Exchange Medallion Program (SEMP); or (iv) such other signature guaranty program acceptable to the Indenture Trustee, and (b) such other documents as the Indenture Trustee may require, and thereupon one or more new Series 2022-A Bonds of Authorized Denominations and in the same aggregate principal amount will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. No service charge will be charged for any registration of transfer or exchange of this Series 2022-A Bond, but the transferor may be required to pay a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any such registration of transfer or exchange, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 2.04 or Section 2.06 of the Indenture not involving any transfer.

Each Holder, by acceptance of a Series 2022-A Bond, covenants and agrees that no recourse may be taken, directly or indirectly, with respect to the obligations of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee on the Series 2022-A Bonds or under the Indenture or any certificate or other writing delivered in connection therewith, against (a) any owner of a membership interest in the Issuer (including KGS) or (b) any shareholder, partner, owner, beneficiary, agent, officer or employee of the Indenture Trustee, the Managers or any owner of a membership interest in the Issuer (including KGS) in its respective individual or corporate capacities, or of any successor or assign of any of them in their individual or corporate capacities, except as any such Person may have expressly agreed in writing. Each Holder by accepting a Series 2022-A Bond specifically confirms the nonrecourse nature of these obligations and waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Series 2022-A Bonds.

Prior to the due presentment for registration of transfer of this Series 2022-A Bond, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Series 2022-A Bond is registered (as of the day of determination) as the owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payments of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on this Series 2022-A Bond and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not this Series 2022-A Bond be overdue, and none of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee or any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Issuer and the rights of the Holders under the Indenture at any time by the Issuer with the consent of the Holders representing a majority of the Outstanding Amount of all Series 2022-A Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds at the time outstanding and upon the satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition and the Kansas Commission

Condition. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders representing specified percentages of the Outstanding Amount of the Series 2022-A Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, on behalf of the Holders of all the Series 2022-A Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, with the satisfaction of the Kansas Commission Condition, to waive compliance by the Issuer with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Series 2022-A Bond (or any one of more Predecessor Series 2022-A Bonds) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Series 2022-A Bond and of any Series 2022-A Bond issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Series 2022-A Bond. The Indenture also permits the Indenture Trustee to amend or waive certain terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture without the consent of Holders issued thereunder, but with the satisfaction of the Kansas Commission Condition.

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of (a) the entire indebtedness of the Issuer on a Series 2022-A Securitized Utility Tariff Bond and (b) certain restrictive covenants and the related Events of Default, upon compliance by the Issuer with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture, which provisions apply to this Series 2022-A Bond.

The term “Issuer” as used in this Series 2022-A Bond includes any successor to the Issuer under the Indenture.

The Issuer is permitted by the Indenture, under certain circumstances, to merge or consolidate, subject to the rights of the Indenture Trustee and the Holders under the Indenture.

The Series 2022-A Bonds are issuable only in registered form in denominations as provided in the Indenture and the Series Supplement subject to certain limitations therein set forth.

This Series 2022-A Bond, the Indenture and the Series Supplement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without reference to its conflict of law provisions (other than Section 5-1401 of the New York General Obligations Law and Sections 9-301 through 9-306 of the NY UCC), and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereunder and thereunder shall be determined in accordance with such laws; provided, that the creation, attachment and perfection of any Liens created under the Indenture in the Securitized Utility Tariff Property or the other assets of the Trust Estate, and all rights and remedies of the Indenture Trustee and the Holders with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Property, shall be governed by the laws of the State of Kansas.

Each Holder (by its acceptance of this Series 2022-A Bond) hereby irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any New York State court sitting in The Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York or any U.S. federal court sitting in The Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York in respect of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Series 2022-A Bond and irrevocably accepts for itself and in respect of its respective property, generally and unconditionally, jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts. Each Holder (by its acceptance of this Series 2022-A Bond) irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so under applicable law, trial by jury.

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Series 2022-A Bond or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Series 2022-A Bond at the times, place and rate and in the coin or currency herein prescribed.

The Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, by entering into the Indenture, and the Holders and any Persons holding a beneficial interest in any Series 2022-A Bond, by acquiring any Series 2022-A Bond or interest therein, (a) express their intention that, solely for the purpose of U.S. federal taxes and, to the extent consistent with applicable state, local and other tax law, solely for the purpose of state, local and other taxes, the Series 2022-A Bonds qualify under applicable tax law as indebtedness of the sole owner of the Issuer secured by the Trust Estate and (b) solely for purposes of U.S. federal taxes and, to the extent consistent with applicable state, local and other tax law, solely for purposes of state, local and other taxes, so long as any of the Series 2022-A Bonds are outstanding, agree to treat the Series 2022-A Bonds as indebtedness of the sole owner of the Issuer secured by the Trust Estate unless otherwise required by appropriate taxing authorities.

ABBREVIATIONS

The following abbreviations, when used above on this Series 2022-A Securitized Utility Tariff Bond, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations.

TEN COM	as tenants in common
TEN ENT	as tenants by the entireties
JT TEN	as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common
UNIF GIFT MIN ACT	Custodian                                                  (Custodian)                                                 (minor)
	Under Uniform Gifts to Minor Act (                                         )
	(State)

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

ASSIGNMENT

Social Security or taxpayer I.D. or other identifying number of assignee                     

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto

(name and address of assignee)

the within Series 2022-A Bond and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints                     , attorney, to transfer said Series 2022-A Bond on the books kept for registration thereof, with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated:                        Signature Guaranteed:

The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name of the registered owner as it appears on the within Series 2022-A Bond in every particular, without alteration, enlargement or any change whatsoever.

NOTE: Signature(s) must be guaranteed by an institution that is a member of: (i) The Securities Transfer Agent Medallion Program (STAMP); (ii) The New York Stock Exchange Medallion Program (MSP); (iii) the Stock Exchange Medallion Program (SEMP); or (iv) such other signature guaranty program acceptable to the Indenture Trustee.

EXHIBIT B

FORM OF SERIES SUPPLEMENT

See attached.

This SERIES SUPPLEMENT, dated as of                  , 2022 (this “Supplement”), is by and between KANSAS GAS SERVICE SECURITIZATION I, L.L.C., a limited liability company created under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Issuer”), and U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“Bank”), not in its individual capacity, but solely in its capacity as indenture trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”) for the benefit of the Secured Parties under the Indenture dated as of                  , 2022 (the “Indenture”), by and among the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and U.S. Bank National Association in its capacity as securities intermediary.

PRELIMINARY STATEMENT

Section 9.01 of the Indenture provides, among other things, that the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee may at any time enter into an indenture supplemental to the Indenture for the purposes of authorizing the issuance by the Issuer of a Series of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds and specifying the terms thereof. The Issuer has duly authorized the creation of a Series of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds with an initial aggregate principal amount of ${        } to be known as Series 2022-A Senior Secured Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds (the “Series 2022-A Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds”), and the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee are executing and delivering this Supplement in order to provide for the Series 2022-A Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds.

All terms used in this Supplement that are defined in the Indenture, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein, except to the extent such terms are defined or modified in this Supplement or the context clearly requires otherwise. In the event that any term or provision contained herein shall conflict with or be inconsistent with any term or provision contained in the Indenture, the terms and provisions of this Supplement shall govern.

GRANTING CLAUSE

With respect to the Series 2022-A Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, the Issuer hereby Grants to the Indenture Trustee, as Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties of the Series 2022-A Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, all of the Issuer’s right, title and interest (whether now owned or hereafter acquired or arising) in and to (a) the Securitized Utility Tariff Property created under and pursuant to the Financing Order and the Securitization Act, and transferred by the Seller to the Issuer on the date hereof pursuant to the Sale Agreement (including, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the right to impose, bill, charge, collect and receive the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges, the right to obtain periodic adjustments to the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges, and all revenue, collections, claims, rights to payments, payments, money and proceeds arising out of the rights and interests created under the Financing Order), (b) all Securitized Utility Tariff Charges related to the Securitized Utility Tariff Property, (c) the Sale Agreement and the Bill of Sale executed in connection therewith and all property and interests in property transferred under the Sale Agreement and the Bill of Sale with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Property and the Series 2022-A Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, (d) the Servicing Agreement, the Administration Agreement and any subservicing, agency, intercreditor, administration or collection agreements executed in connection therewith, to the extent related to the Securitized Utility Tariff Property and the Series 2022-A Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, (e)

the Collection Account for the Series 2022-A Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, all Subaccounts thereof and all amounts of cash, instruments, investment property or other assets on deposit therein or credited thereto from time to time or purchased with funds from the collection account and all financial assets and securities entitlements carried therein or credited thereto, (f) all rights to compel the Servicer to file for and obtain periodic adjustments to the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges in accordance with the Securitization Act and the Financing Order, (g) all of the other property of the Issuer, other than any cash released to the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee semi-annually from earnings on the Capital Subaccount, (h) all present and future claims, demands, causes and choses in action in respect of any or all of the foregoing, whether such claims, demands, causes and choses in action constitute Securitized Utility Tariff Property, accounts, general intangibles, instruments, contract rights, chattel paper or proceeds of such items or any other form of property, (i) all payments on or under and all proceeds in respect of any or all of the foregoing, including all proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, into cash or other liquid property of any or all of the foregoing, all cash proceeds, accounts, accounts receivable, general intangibles, notes, drafts, acceptances, chattel paper, checks, deposit accounts, insurance proceeds, condemnation awards, payment intangibles, letter-of-credit rights, investment property, commercial tort claims, documents, rights to payment of any and every kind, and other forms of obligations and receivables, instruments and other property which at any time constitute all or part of or are included in the proceeds of any of the foregoing, and (j) all payments on or under, and all proceeds in respect of, any or all of the foregoing (the “Trust Estate”), it being understood that the following do not constitute the Trust Estate: (x) cash that has been released pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, including Section 8.02(e)(x) of the Indenture and, following retirement of all Outstanding Series 2022-A Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, pursuant to Section 8.02(e)(xii) of the Indenture, (y) amounts deposited with the Issuer on the Closing Date, for payment of costs of issuance with respect to the Series 2022-A Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds (together with any interest earnings thereon) or (z) proceeds from the sale of the Series 2022-A Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds required to pay the purchase price for the Securitized Utility Tariff Property and paid pursuant to the Sale Agreement and upfront Financing Costs, it being understood that such amounts described in clause (x) and clause (y) above shall not be subject to Section 3.17 of the Indenture. This Supplement covers the foregoing described portion of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property described in the Financing Order.

The foregoing Grant is made in trust to secure the Secured Obligations equally and ratably without prejudice, priority or distinction, except as expressly provided in the Indenture, to secure compliance with the provisions of the Indenture with respect to the Series 2022-A Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, all as provided in the Indenture and to secure the performance by the Issuer of all of its obligations under the Indenture. The Indenture and this Supplement constitute a security agreement within the meaning of the Securitization Act and under the UCC to the extent that the provisions of the UCC are applicable hereto.

The Indenture Trustee, as indenture trustee on behalf of the Holders, acknowledges such Grant and accepts the trusts under this Supplement and the Indenture in accordance with the provisions of this Supplement and the Indenture.

SECTION 1.    Designation. The Series 2022-A Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds shall be designated generally as the 2022-A Senior Secured Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, and further denominated as Tranche A.

SECTION 2.    Initial Principal Amount; Bond Interest Rate; Scheduled Final Payment Date; Final Maturity Date; Required Capital Amount. The Series 2022-A Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds of Tranche A shall have the initial principal amount, bear interest at the rates per annum (the “Bond Interest Rate”) and shall have the Scheduled Final Payment Date and the Final Maturity Date set forth below:

Weighted Average     Life		Initial Principal Amount		Bond Interest Rate			Scheduled Final Payment Date		Final Maturity Date
	{    }	$	{            }		{        }	%		{            }, 20{    }		{            }, 20{    }

The Bond Interest Rate shall be computed by the Issuer on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

The Required Capital Amount for the Series 2022-A Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds shall be equal to 0.50% of the initial principal amount thereof.

SECTION 3.    Authentication Date; Payment Dates; Expected Amortization Schedule for Principal; Periodic Interest; Book-Entry Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds.

(a)    Authentication Date. The Series 2022-A Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds that are authenticated and delivered by the Indenture Trustee to or upon the order of the Issuer on {                    } (the “Closing Date”) shall have as their date of authentication {                    }.

(b)    Payment Dates. The “Payment Dates” for the Series 2022-A Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds are {                    } and {                    } of each year or, if any such date is not a Business Day, the next Business Day, commencing on {            }, 2023 and continuing until the earlier of repayment of the Series 2022-A Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds in full and the Final Maturity Date.

(c)    Expected Amortization Schedule for Principal. Unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, on each Payment Date, the Indenture Trustee shall distribute to the Holders of record as of the related Record Date amounts payable pursuant to Section 8.02(e) of the Indenture as principal to the holders of the Series 2022-A Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds; provided, however, that in no event shall a principal payment pursuant to this Section 3(c) on the Series 2022-A Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds on a Payment Date be greater than the amount necessary to reduce the Outstanding Amount of the Series 2022-A Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds to the amount specified in the Expected Amortization Schedule that is attached as Schedule A hereto for the Series 2022-A Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds and Payment Date.

(d)    Periodic Interest. “Periodic Interest” will be payable on the Series 2022-A Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds on each Payment Date in an amount equal to one-half of the product of (i) the applicable Bond Interest Rate and (ii) the Outstanding Amount of the Series 2022-A Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds as of the close of business on the preceding Payment Date after giving effect to all payments of principal made to the Holders of the Series 2022-A Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds on such preceding Payment Date; provided, however, that, with respect to the initial Payment Date, or if no payment has yet been made, interest on the outstanding principal balance will accrue from and including the Closing Date to, but excluding, the following Payment Date.

(e)    Book-Entry Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds. The Series 2022-A Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds shall be Book-Entry Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, and the applicable provisions of Section 2.11 of the Indenture shall apply to the Series 2022-A Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds.

SECTION 4.    Authorized Denominations. The Series 2022-A Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds shall be issuable in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof, except for one bond, which may be a smaller denomination (the “Authorized Denominations”).

SECTION 5.    Delivery and Payment for the Series 2022-A Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds; Form of the Series 2022-A Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds. The Indenture Trustee shall deliver the Series 2022-A Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds to the Issuer when authenticated in accordance with Section 2.03 of the Indenture. The Series 2022-A Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds shall be in the form of Exhibit A hereto.

SECTION 6.    Ratification of Indenture. As supplemented by this Supplement, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and the Indenture, as so supplemented by this Supplement, shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument. This Supplement amends, modifies and supplements the Indenture only insofar as it relates to the Series 2022-A Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds.

SECTION 7.    Counterparts. This Supplement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all of such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

SECTION 8.    Governing Law. This Supplement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without reference to its conflict of law provisions (other than Section 5-1401 of the New York General Obligations Law and Sections 9-301 through 9-306 of the NY UCC), and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereunder shall be determined in accordance with such laws; provided, that, except as set forth in Section 8.02(b) of the Indenture, the creation, attachment and perfection of any Liens created under the Indenture in the Securitized Utility Tariff Property or the other assets of the Trust Estate, and all rights and remedies of the Indenture Trustee and the Holders with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Property, shall be governed by the laws of the State of Kansas.

SECTION 9.    Issuer Obligation. No recourse may be taken directly or indirectly by the Holders with respect to the obligations of the Issuer on the Series 2022-A Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, under the Indenture or this Supplement or any certificate or other writing delivered in connection herewith or therewith, against (a) any owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer (including KGS) or (b) any shareholder, partner, owner, beneficiary, officer, director, employee or agent of the Indenture Trustee, the Managers or any owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer

(including KGS) in its individual capacity, or of any successor or assign of any of them in their respective individual or corporate capacities, except as any such Person may have expressly agreed. Each Holder by accepting a Series 2022-A Securitized Utility Tariff Bond specifically confirms the nonrecourse nature of these obligations and waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Series 2022-A Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds.

SECTION 10.    Indenture Trustee Disclaimer. The Indenture Trustee is not responsible for the validity or sufficiency of this Supplement or for the recitals contained herein.

SECTION 11.    Submission to Non-Exclusive Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial. Each of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee and each Holder (by its acceptance of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds) hereby irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any New York State court sitting in The Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York or any U.S. federal court sitting in The Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York in respect of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Supplement and the Series 2022-A Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds and irrevocably accepts for itself and in respect of its respective property, generally and unconditionally, jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts. Each of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and each Holder (by its acceptance of the Series 2022-A Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds) irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so under applicable law, trial by jury.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee have caused this Supplement to be duly executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first above written.

KANSAS GAS SERVICE SECURITIZATION I, L.L.C., as Issuer
By:
	Name:
	Title:
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity, but solely in its capacity as Indenture Trustee
By:
	Name:
	Title:

SCHEDULE A

TO SERIES SUPPLEMENT

EXPECTED SINKING FUND SCHEDULE

EXPECTED AMORTIZATION SCHEDULE

Date	Tranche A
Closing Date	$	{            }
{            }, 202	$	{            }
{            }, 202	$	{            }
{            }, 202	$	{            }

EXHIBIT A

TO SERIES SUPPLEMENT

FORM OF TRANCHE A OF SERIES 2022-A SENIOR SECURED SECURITIZED UTILITY

TARIFF BONDS

{                    }

EXHIBIT C

SERVICING CRITERIA TO BE ADDRESSED

BY INDENTURE TRUSTEE IN ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE

Regulation AB Reference	Servicing Criteria	Applicable Indenture Trustee Responsibility
	General Servicing Considerations
1122(d)(1)(i)	Policies and procedures are instituted to monitor any performance or other triggers and events of default in accordance with the transaction agreements.
1122(d)(1)(ii)	If any material servicing activities are outsourced to third parties, policies and procedures are instituted to monitor the third party’s performance and compliance with such servicing activities.
1122(d)(1)(iii)	Any requirements in the transaction agreements to maintain a back-up servicer for the pool assets are maintained.
1122(d)(1)(iv)	A fidelity bond and errors and omissions policy is in effect on the party participating in the servicing function throughout the reporting period in the amount of coverage required by and otherwise in accordance with the terms of the transaction agreements.
1122(d)(1)(v)	Aggregation of information, as applicable, is mathematically accurate and the information conveyed accurately reflects the information.
	Cash Collection and Administration
1122(d)(2)(i)	Payments on pool assets are deposited into the appropriate custodial bank accounts and related bank clearing accounts no more than two business days of receipt, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.	X
1122(d)(2)(ii)	Disbursements made via wire transfer on behalf of an obligor or to an investor are made only by authorized personnel.	X
1122(d)(2)(iii)	Advances of funds or guarantees regarding collections, cash flows or distributions, and any interest or other fees charged for such advances, are made, reviewed and approved as specified in the transaction agreements.
1122(d)(2)(iv)	The related accounts for the transaction, such as cash reserve accounts or accounts established as a form of overcollateralization, are separately maintained (e.g., with respect to commingling of cash) as set forth in the transaction agreements.	X
1122(d)(2)(v)	Each custodial account is maintained at a federally insured depository institution as set forth in the transaction agreements. For purposes of this criterion, “federally insured depository institution” with respect to a foreign financial institution means a foreign financial institution that meets the requirements of Rule 13k-1(b)(1) under the Exchange Act.	X
1122(d)(2)(vi)	Unissued checks are safeguarded so as to prevent unauthorized access.
1122(d)(2)(vii)	Reconciliations are prepared on a monthly basis for all asset-backed securities related bank accounts, including custodial accounts and related bank clearing accounts. These reconciliations are: (A) mathematically accurate; (B) prepared within 30 calendar days after the bank statement cutoff date, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements; (C) reviewed and approved by someone other than the person who prepared the reconciliation; and (D) contain explanations for reconciling items. These reconciling items are resolved within 90 calendar days of their original identification, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.
	Investor Remittances and Reporting
1122(d)(3)(i)	Reports to investors, including those to be filed with the SEC, are maintained in accordance with the transaction agreements and applicable SEC requirements. Specifically, such reports: (A) are prepared in accordance with timeframes and other terms set forth in the transaction agreements; (B) provide information calculated in accordance with the terms specified in the transaction agreements; (C) are filed with the SEC as required by its rules and regulations; and (D) agree with investors’ or the trustee’s records as to the total unpaid principal balance and number of pool assets serviced by the servicer.
1122(d)(3)(ii)	Amounts due to investors are allocated and remitted in accordance with timeframes, distribution priority and other terms set forth in the transaction agreements.	X
1122(d)(3)(iii)	Disbursements made to an investor are posted within two business days to the servicer’s investor records, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.	X

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Regulation AB Reference	Servicing Criteria	Applicable Indenture Trustee Responsibility
1122(d)(3)(iv)	Amounts remitted to investors per the investor reports agree with cancelled checks, or other form of payment, or custodial bank statements.	X
	Pool Asset Administration
1122(d)(4)(i)	Collateral or security on pool assets is maintained as required by the transaction agreements or related pool asset documents.
1122(d)(4)(ii)	Pool assets and related documents are safeguarded as required by the transaction agreements.
1122(d)(4)(iii)	Any additions, removals or substitutions to the asset pool are made, reviewed and approved in accordance with any conditions or requirements in the transaction agreements.
1122(d)(4)(iv)	Payments on pool assets, including any payoffs, made in accordance with the related pool asset documents are posted to the servicer’s obligor records maintained no more than two business days after receipt, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements, and allocated to principal, interest or other items (e.g., escrow) in accordance with the related pool asset documents.
1122(d)(4)(v)	The servicer’s records regarding the pool assets agree with the servicer’s records with respect to an obligor’s unpaid principal balance.
1122(d)(4)(vi)	Changes with respect to the terms or status of an obligor’s pool assets (e.g., loan modifications or re-agings) are made, reviewed and approved by authorized personnel in accordance with the transaction agreements and related pool asset documents.
1122(d)(4)(vii)	Loss mitigation or recovery actions (e.g., forbearance plans, modifications and deeds in lieu of foreclosure, foreclosures and repossessions, as applicable) are initiated, conducted and concluded in accordance with the timeframes or other requirements established by the transaction agreements.
1122(d)(4)(viii)	Records documenting collection efforts are maintained during the period a pool asset is delinquent in accordance with the transaction agreements. Such records are maintained on at least a monthly basis, or such other period specified in the transaction agreements, and describe the entity’s activities in monitoring delinquent pool assets, including, for example, phone calls, letters and payment rescheduling plans in cases where delinquency is deemed temporary (e.g., illness or unemployment).
1122(d)(4)(ix)	Adjustments to interest rates or rates of return for pool assets with variable rates are computed based on the related pool asset documents.
1122(d)(4)(x)	Regarding any funds held in trust for an obligor (such as escrow accounts): (A) such funds are analyzed, in accordance with the obligor’s pool asset documents, on at least an annual basis, or such other period specified in the transaction agreements; (B) interest on such funds is paid, or credited, to obligors in accordance with applicable pool asset documents and state laws; and (C) such funds are returned to the obligor within 30 calendar days of full repayment of the related pool assets, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.
1122(d)(4)(xi)	Payments made on behalf of an obligor (such as tax or insurance payments) are made on or before the related penalty or expiration dates, as indicated on the appropriate bills or notices for such payments, provided that such support has been received by the servicer at least 30 calendar days prior to these dates, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.
1122(d)(4)(xii)	Any late payment penalties in connection with any payment to be made on behalf of an obligor are paid from the servicer’s funds and not charged to the obligor, unless the late payment was due to the obligor’s error or omission.
1122(d)(4)(xiii)	Disbursements made on behalf of an obligor are posted within two business days to the obligor’s records maintained by the servicer, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.
1122(d)(4)(xiv)	Delinquencies, charge-offs and uncollectible accounts are recognized and recorded in accordance with the transaction agreements.
1122(d)(4)(xv)	Any external enhancement or other support, identified in Item 1114(a)(1) through (3) or Item 1115 of Regulation AB, is maintained as set forth in the transaction agreements.

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APPENDIX A

DEFINITIONS

This is Appendix A to the Indenture.

A. Defined Terms. As used in the Indenture, the following terms have the following meanings:

“17g-5 Website” means the password-protected website on which the Servicer shall post any notice, report, request for satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition, document or other information provided by the Indenture Trustee to any Rating Agency under the Indenture or any other Basic Document to which it is a party for the purpose of determining or confirming the credit rating of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds or undertaking credit rating surveillance.

“Act” means an instrument or instruments embodying and evidencing a request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by the Indenture to be given or taken by Holders.

“Administration Agreement” means the Administration Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between KGS, as Administrator, and the Issuer.

“Administration Fee” is defined in Section 2 of the Administration Agreement.

“Administrator” means KGS.

“Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person controlling or controlled by or under common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such specified Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

“Applicable FATCA Law” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Internal Revenue Code and any regulations, or agreements thereunder or official interpretations thereof.

“Authorized Denominations” means denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof, which the Series 2022-A Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds shall be issuable in, except for one bond, which may be a smaller denomination.

“Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code (11 U.S.C. §§ 101 et seq.).

“Basic Documents” means the Indenture, the Series Supplement, the Certificate of Formation, the LLC Agreement, the Administration Agreement, the Sale Agreement, the Bill of Sale, the Servicing Agreement, each Letter of Representations, the Underwriting Agreement and all other documents and certificates delivered in connection therewith.

“Bill of Sale” means a bill of sale substantially in the form of Exhibit A to the Sale Agreement delivered pursuant to Section 2.02(i) of the Sale Agreement.

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“Bond Interest Rate” means the rates per annum at which the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds will bear interest, as set forth in the Series Supplement.

“Book-Entry Form” means, with respect to any Securitized Utility Tariff Bond, that such Securitized Utility Tariff Bond is not certificated and the ownership and transfers thereof shall be made through book entries by a Clearing Agency as described in Section 2.11 of the Indenture and the Series Supplement pursuant to which such Securitized Utility Tariff Bond was issued.

“Book-Entry Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds” means any Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds issued in Book-Entry Form; provided, however, that, after the occurrence of a condition whereupon book-entry registration and transfer are no longer permitted and Definitive Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds are to be issued to the Holder of such Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, such Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds shall no longer be “Book-Entry Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds”.

“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York, Chicago, Illinois or Tulsa, Oklahoma, are, or The Depository Trust Company is, required or authorized by law or executive order to remain closed.

“Capital Subaccount” means the capital subaccount established by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 8.02(a) of the Indenture.

“Certificate of Formation” means the Certificate of Formation of the Issuer filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on August 30, 2022 pursuant to which the Issuer was formed.

“Claim” means a “claim” as defined in Section 101(5) of the Bankruptcy Code.

“Clearing Agency” means an organization registered as a “clearing agency” pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act.

“Clearing Agency Participant” means a broker, dealer, bank, other financial institution or other Person for whom from time to time a Clearing Agency effects book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the Clearing Agency.

“Closing Date” means the date on which the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds are originally issued in accordance with Section 2.10 of the Indenture and the Series Supplement.

“Code” means Internal Revenue Code.

“Collection Account” means one or more segregated trust accounts opened by the Issuer in the Indenture Trustee’s name for the deposit of Securitized Utility Tariff Charges and all other amounts received with respect to the Trust Estate.

“Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee” means the office of the Indenture Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which, office (for all purposes other than registration of transfers of Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds) as of the Closing Date is located at U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, 190 S. LaSalle Street, 7^th Floor, Chicago, Illinois 60603, Attention: Kansas Gas Service Securitization I, L.L.C., and for registration of transfers of Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, the office is located at U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, 111 Fillmore Avenue East, St. Paul, Minnesota 55107, Attention: Bondholder Services, or at such other address as the Indenture Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds and the Issuer, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor trustee by like notice.

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“Covenant Defeasance Option” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(b) of the Indenture.

“Customer” means an end-use Customer (as such term is defined in the Financing Order) who purchases natural gas for consumption from KGS.

“Default” means any occurrence that is, or with notice or the lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default.

“Definitive Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.13 of the Indenture.

“Delaware UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of Delaware.

“Eligible Account” means a segregated non-interest-bearing trust account with an Eligible Institution.

“Eligible Institution” means:

(a) the corporate trust department of the Indenture Trustee, so long as the Indenture Trustee has either a short-term credit rating from Moody’s and Fitch of at least “P-1” and “F1”, respectively, or a long-term credit rating from Moody’s and Fitch of at least “A2” and “A”, respectively; or

(b) a depository institution organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state or the District of Columbia or domestic branch of a foreign bank whose deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation:

(i)     which has either (A) a long-term unsecured debt rating of “A2” or higher by Moody’s and “A” or higher by Fitch, or (B) a short-term issuer rating of “P-1” or higher by Moody’s and “F1” or higher by Fitch, or any other long-term, short-term or certificate of deposit rating acceptable to Moody’s and Fitch and

(ii)     whose deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation;

provided, however, that if an Eligible Institution then being utilized for any purposes under the Indenture or the Series Supplement no longer meets the definition of Eligible Institution, then the Issuer shall replace such Eligible Institution within sixty (60) days of such Eligible Institution no longer meeting the definition of Eligible Institution.

If so qualified under clause (b)(i)(A) above, the Indenture Trustee may be considered an Eligible Institution for purposes of establishing and maintaining the Collection Account.

“Eligible Investments” means instruments or investment property that evidence:

(a) direct obligations of, or obligations fully and unconditionally guaranteed as to timely payment by, the United States of America;

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(b) demand deposits, time deposits or certificates of deposit of any depository institution or trust company incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof, or any domestic branch of a foreign bank, and subject to supervision and examination by U.S. federal or state banking authorities, so long as the commercial paper or other short-term unsecured debt obligations of such depository institution are, at the time of deposit, rated not less than “P-1” and “F1” or their equivalents by each of Moody’s and Fitch, or such lower rating as will not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the ratings of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds; provided, however, that if any such depository institution, trust company or domestic branch of a foreign bank no longer meets the requirements set forth above, then the Issuer shall replace such depository institution, trust company or domestic branch of a foreign bank within sixty (60) days of such depository institution, trust company or domestic branch of a foreign bank no longer meeting such requirements;

(c) commercial paper (including commercial paper of the Indenture Trustee, acting in its commercial capacity, and other commercial paper issued by KGS or any of its affiliates) having, at the time of investment or contractual commitment to invest, a rating of least “P-1” and “F1” or their equivalents by each of Moody’s and Fitch or such lower rating as not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the ratings of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds;

(d) investments in money market funds having a rating from Moody’s and, if Fitch provides a rating thereon, Fitch, of “Aaa-mf” and “AAA”, respectively, including funds for which the Indenture Trustee or any of its Affiliates act as investment manager or advisor;

(e) repurchase obligations with respect to any security that is a direct obligation of, or fully guaranteed by, the United States of America or its agencies or instrumentalities, entered into with Eligible Institutions;

(f) repurchase obligations with respect to any security or whole loan entered into with an Eligible Institution or with a registered broker-dealer acting as principal that has either a short-term credit rating from Moody’s and Fitch of at least “P-1” and “F1”, respectively, or a long-term credit rating from Moody’s and Fitch of at least “A2” and “A”, respectively; provided, however, that if any such Eligible Institution or registered broker-dealer no longer meets the requirements set forth above, then the Issuer shall replace such Eligible Institution or registered broker-dealer within sixty (60) days of such Eligible Institution or registered broker-dealer no longer meeting such requirements; or

(g) any other investment permitted by each of the Rating Agencies.

Notwithstanding the foregoing: (1) no investments which mature in 30 days or more will be Eligible Investments unless the issuer thereof has either a short-term credit rating of at least “P-1” from Moody’s or a long-term unsecured debt rating of at least “A1” from Moody’s and has at least a debt rating of “F1+” or “AA-” from Fitch; (2) no investments described in clauses (b) through (d) above which have maturities of more than 30 days but less than or equal to 3 months will be Eligible Investments unless the issuer thereof has a long-term unsecured debt rating of at least “A1” from Moody’s and a short-term credit rating of at least “P-1” from Moody’s; and (3)

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no investments described in clauses (b) through (d) above which have maturities of more than 3 months will be Eligible Investments unless the issuer thereof has a long-term credit rating of at least “A1” from Moody’s and a short-term unsecured debt rating of at least “P-1” from Moody’s.

“Event of Default” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01 of the Indenture.

“Excess Funds Subaccount” means the excess funds subaccount established by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 8.02(a) of the Indenture.

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

“Expected Amortization Schedule” means the expected amortization schedule in Schedule A to the Series Supplement.

“Expected Sinking Fund Schedule” means the expected sinking fund schedule in Schedule A to the Series Supplement.

“Final Maturity Date” means the final maturity date of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds as specified in the Series Supplement.

“Financing Costs” means all financing costs as defined in K.S.A. 66-1,240(a)(10), as amended, of the Securitization Act allowed to be recovered by KGS under the Financing Order.

“Financing Order” means the financing order issued by the Kansas Commission to KGS on August 18, 2022, in Docket No. 22-KGSG-466-TAR authorizing the creation of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property and the issuance of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds.

“Fitch” means Fitch Ratings, Inc. or any successor in interest. References to Fitch are effective so long as Fitch is a rating agency.

“General Subaccount” means the general subaccount established by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 8.02(a) of the Indenture.

“Global Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds” means one or more bonds evidencing the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, which (a) shall be an aggregate original principal amount equal to the aggregate original principal amount of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds to be issued pursuant to the Issuer Order, (b) shall be registered in the name of the Clearing Agency therefor or its nominee, (c) shall be delivered by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to such Clearing Agency’s or such nominee’s instructions and (d) shall bear a legend substantially to the effect set forth in Exhibit A to the Form of Series Supplement.

“Grant” means mortgage, pledge, bargain, sell, warrant, alienate, remise, release, convey, grant, transfer, create, grant a lien upon, a security interest in and right of set-off against, deposit, set over and confirm pursuant to the Indenture and the Series Supplement. A Grant of the Trust Estate shall include all rights, powers and options (but none of the obligations) of the granting party thereunder, including the immediate and continuing right to claim for, collect, receive and give receipt for payments in respect of the Trust Estate and all other moneys payable thereunder, to give and receive notices and other communications, to make waivers or other agreements, to exercise all rights and options, to bring Proceedings in the name of the granting party or otherwise and generally to do and receive anything that the granting party is or may be entitled to do or receive thereunder or with respect thereto.

“Holders” means the holders of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds.

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“indenture securities” means the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds.

“indenture security holder” means a Holder.

“indenture to be qualified” means the Indenture.

“indenture trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Indenture Trustee.

“Indenture Trustee” means U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, a national banking association, as indenture trustee for the benefit of the Holders, or any other indenture trustee for the benefit of the Holders, under the Indenture.

“Indenture Trustee Cap” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.02(e)(i) of the Indenture.

“Independent” means, when used with respect to any specified Person, that the Person:

(a) is in fact independent of the Issuer, any other obligor upon the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, the Servicer and any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons,

(b) does not have any direct financial interest or any material indirect financial interest in the Issuer, any such other obligor, the Servicer or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons and

(c) is not connected with the Issuer, any such other obligor, the Servicer or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons as an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director or person performing similar functions.

“Independent Certificate” means a certificate to be delivered to the Indenture Trustee under the circumstances described in, and otherwise complying with, the applicable requirements of Section 10.01 of the Indenture, made by an Independent appraiser or other expert appointed by an Issuer Order and consented to by the Indenture Trustee, and such certificate shall state that the signer has read the definition of “Independent” in the Indenture and that the signer is Independent within the meaning thereof.

“Independent Manager Fee” is the annual fee to be paid to each Independent Manager as determined in accordance with the LLC Agreement, and shall initially be $3,500 per annum.

“Independent Manager” is defined in Appendix A of the LLC Agreement.

“Investment Company Act” means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

“Investment Earnings” means investment earnings on funds deposited in the Collection Account net of losses and investment expenses.

“Issuer” means Kansas Gas Service Securitization I, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, or any successor thereto pursuant to the Indenture.

“Issuer Order” means a written order signed in the name of the Issuer by any one of its Responsible Officers and delivered to the Indenture Trustee or the Paying Agent, as applicable.

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“Issuer Request” means a written request signed in the name of the Issuer by any one of its Responsible Officers and delivered to the Indenture Trustee or the Paying Agent, as applicable.

“Kansas Commission” means the State Corporation Commission of the State of Kansas or any successor entity thereto.

“Kansas Commission Condition” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.03 of the Indenture.

“Kansas Commission Pledge” means the pledge of the Kansas Commission found in Part V(159) of the Financing Order.

“Kansas UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of Kansas.

“KGS” means Kansas Gas Service, a division of ONE Gas, Inc.

“Legal Defeasance Option” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(b) of the Indenture.

“Letter of Representations” means any agreement between the Issuer and an organization registered as a “clearing agency” pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act, pertaining to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.

“Lien” means a security interest, lien, charge, pledge, equity or encumbrance of any kind.

“LLC Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Kansas Gas Service Securitization I, L.L.C., dated as of             , 2022.

“Manager” means each manager of the Issuer under the LLC Agreement.

“Member” has the meaning specified in the first paragraph of the LLC Agreement.

“Monthly Servicer’s Certificate” is defined in Section 3.01(b)(i) of the Servicing Agreement.

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or any successor in interest. References to Moody’s are effective so long as Moody’s is a rating agency.

“NRSRO” means a nationally recognized statistical rating organization.

“obligor” means, on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, the Issuer and any other obligor on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds.

“Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Issuer under the circumstances described in, and otherwise complying with, the applicable requirements of Section 10.01 of the Indenture, and delivered to the Indenture Trustee.

“Ongoing Financing Costs” means the Financing Costs described as such in the Financing Order, including Operating Expenses and any other costs identified in the Basic Documents; provided, however, that Ongoing Financing Costs do not include the Issuer’s costs of issuance of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds.

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“Operating Expenses” means, with respect to the Issuer, all fees, costs and expenses owed by the Issuer with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, including all amounts owed by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee (including any indemnity payments to the Indenture Trustee), the Servicing Fee, the Administration Fee, the costs and expenses incurred by the Seller in connection with the performance of the Seller’s obligations under Section 4.08 of the Sale Agreement, the costs and expenses incurred by the Servicer in connection with the performance of the Servicer’s obligations under Section 5.02(d) of the Servicing Agreement, the fees payable by the Issuer to the independent manager of the Issuer, administrative expenses, including external legal and external accounting fees, ratings maintenance fees, and all other costs and expenses recoverable by the Issuer under the terms of the Financing Order.

“Opinion of Counsel” means one or more written opinions of counsel who may be an employee of or counsel to the Servicer or the Issuer, which counsel shall be reasonably acceptable to the Indenture Trustee, the Kansas Commission, the Issuer or the Rating Agencies, as applicable, and which shall be in form reasonably satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, if applicable.

“Outstanding” with respect to Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds means, as of the date of determination, all Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds theretofore authenticated and delivered under the Indenture except:

(a) Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds theretofore canceled by the Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Registrar or delivered to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Registrar for cancellation;

(b) Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds or portions thereof the payment for which money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Indenture Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust for the Holders of such Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds; provided, however, that if such Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to the Indenture or provision therefor, satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee; and

(c) Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds in exchange for or in lieu of other Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds which have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to the Indenture unless proof satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee is presented that any such Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds are held by a bona fide purchaser;

provided that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite Outstanding Amount of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder or under any Basic Document, Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds owned by the Issuer, any other obligor upon the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, KGS or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Indenture Trustee shall be fully protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds that a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds so owned that have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Indenture Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds and that the pledgee is not the Issuer, any other obligor upon the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, the Servicer or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons.

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“Outstanding Amount” means the aggregate principal amount of all Outstanding Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, Outstanding at the date of determination.

“Outstanding Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds” means the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds Outstanding at the date of determination.

“Paying Agent” means the entity so designated in Section 3.03 of the Indenture or any other Person that meets the eligibility standards for the Indenture Trustee specified in Section 6.11 of the Indenture and is authorized by the Issuer to make the payments of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds on behalf of the Issuer.

“Payment Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(b) of the Series Supplement.

“Periodic Interest” means the interest payable on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds on each Payment Date in an amount equal to one-half of the product of (i) the applicable Bond Interest Rate and (ii) the Outstanding Amount of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds as of the close of business on the preceding Payment Date after giving effect to all payments of principal made to the Holders of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds on such preceding Payment Date; provided, however, that, with respect to the initial Payment Date, or if no payment has yet been made, interest on the outstanding principal balance will accrue from and including the Closing Date to, but excluding, the following Payment Date.

“Person” means any individual, corporation, estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust (including any beneficiary thereof), business trust, limited liability company, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

“Predecessor Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds” means, with respect to any particular Securitized Utility Tariff Bond, every previous Securitized Utility Tariff Bond evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Securitized Utility Tariff Bond, and, for the purpose of this definition, any Securitized Utility Tariff Bond authenticated and delivered under Section 2.06 of the Indenture in lieu of a mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Securitized Utility Tariff Bond shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Securitized Utility Tariff Bond.

“Proceeding” means any suit in equity, action at law or other judicial or administrative proceeding.

“Protected Purchaser” means has the meaning specified in Section 8-303 of the UCC.

“Rating Agency” means, with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, any of Moody’s or Fitch that provides a rating with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds. If no such organization (or successor) is any longer in existence, “Rating Agency” shall be a nationally recognized statistical rating organization or other comparable Person designated by the Issuer, notice of which designation shall be given to the Indenture Trustee and the Servicer.

“Rating Agency Condition” means, with respect to any action, at least ten Business Days’ prior written notification to each Rating Agency of such action, and written confirmation

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from each of Fitch and Moody’s to the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer that such action will not result in a suspension, reduction or withdrawal of the then current rating by such Rating Agency of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds; provided, that, if, within such ten Business Day period, a Rating Agency has neither replied to such notification nor responded in a manner that indicates that such Rating Agency is reviewing and considering the notification, then (a) the Issuer shall be required to confirm that such Rating Agency has received the Rating Agency Condition request, and if it has, promptly request the related Rating Agency Condition confirmation and (b) if the Rating Agency neither replies to such notification nor responds in a manner that indicates it is reviewing and considering the notification within five Business Days following such second request, the applicable Rating Agency Condition requirement shall not be deemed to apply to such Rating Agency. For the purposes of this definition, any confirmation, request, acknowledgment or approval that is required to be in writing may be in the form of electronic mail or a press release (which may contain a general waiver of a Rating Agency’s right to review or consent).

“Record Date” means one Business Day prior to the applicable Payment Date.

“Registered Holder” means the Person in whose name a Securitized Utility Tariff Bond is registered on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Register.

“Required Capital Amount” means the amount specified as such in the Series Supplement therefor.

“Responsible Officer” means, with respect to the Indenture Trustee, any officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee, including any Vice President, Director, Trust Officer, Assistant Vice President, Secretary, Assistant Secretary, or any other officer of the Indenture Trustee having direct responsibility for the administration of the Indenture and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject, and with respect to the Issuer, any officer, including President, Vice President, Secretary, Assistant Secretary, Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer, of the Issuer, or any Manager.

“Return on Invested Capital” means, for any Payment Date, the sum of (i) rate of return, payable to KGS, on its Capital Contribution equal to KGS’s cost of capital, which as of the date of the Indenture is 8.6012%, plus (ii) any Return on Invested Capital not paid on any prior Payment Date.

“Sale Agreement” means the Securitized Utility Tariff Property Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between the Issuer and KGS, and acknowledged and accepted by the Indenture Trustee, as the same may be amended and supplemented from time to time.

“Scheduled Final Payment Date” means the date when all interest and principal is scheduled to be paid on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds in accordance with the Expected Sinking Fund Schedule, as specified in the Series Supplement.

“Scheduled Payment Dates” means, with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, each Payment Date on which principal is to be paid in accordance with the Expected Sinking Fund Schedule.

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“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

“Securities Intermediary” means U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association, solely in the capacity of a “securities intermediary” as defined in the NY UCC and Federal Book-Entry Regulations or any successor securities intermediary under the Indenture.

“Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Register” means the register provided by the Issuer pursuant to Section 2.05 of the Indenture.

“Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Registrar” means U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association for the purpose of registering the Securitized Utility Tariff Bond and transfers of Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds pursuant to Section 2.05 of the Indenture.

“Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds” means any of the Series 2022-A Senior Secured Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, Tranche A issued by the Issuer pursuant to the Indenture.

“Securitized Utility Tariff Charge Collections” means Securitized Utility Tariff Charges actually received by the Servicer to be remitted to the Collection Account.

“Securitized Utility Tariff Charges” means the nonbypassable amounts to be charged to any existing or future sales customer located within KGS’s service area, approved by the Commission in the Financing Order that may be collected by the Servicer, its successors, assignees or other collection agents as provided for in the Financing Order.

“Securitized Utility Tariff Property” means all Securitized Utility Tariff Property as defined in K.S.A. 66-1,240(a)(22). of the Securitization Act created pursuant to the Financing Order or a Subsequent Financing Order and under the Securitization Act, including the right to impose, bill, charge, collect and receive the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges authorized under the Financing Order and to obtain periodic adjustments of the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges and all revenue, collections, claims, rights to payments, payments, money, or proceeds arising from the rights and interests specified in K.S.A. 66-1,240(a)(22) of the Securitization Act, regardless of whether such revenues, collections, claims, rights to payments, money, or proceeds are imposed, billed, received, collected, or maintained together with or commingled with other revenues, collections, rights to payment, payments, money or proceeds.

“Securitization Act” means the laws of the State of Kansas adopted in 2021 enacted at Kansas Statutes Annotated (“K.S.A.”) 66-1,240 et. seq.

“Seller” means KGS, or its successor, in its capacity as seller of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property to the Issuer pursuant to the Sale Agreement.

“Semi-Annual Servicer’s Certificate” is defined in Section 4.01(c)(ii) of the Servicing Agreement.

“Series Supplement” means an indenture supplemental to the Indenture in the form attached as Exhibit B to the Indenture that authorizes the issuance of Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds.

“Servicer” means KGS.

“Servicer Default” is defined in Section 7.01 of the Servicing Agreement.

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“Servicing Agreement” means the Securitized Utility Tariff Property Servicing Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between the Issuer and KGS, and acknowledged and accepted by the Indenture Trustee, as the same may be amended and supplemented from time to time.

“Servicing Fee” means the fee payable by the Issuer to the Servicer on each Payment Date with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, in an amount specified in Section 6.06(a) of the Servicing Agreement.

“Special Payment Date” means the date on which, with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, any payment of principal of or interest (including any interest accruing upon default) on, or any other amount in respect of, the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds that is not actually paid within five days of the Payment Date applicable thereto is to be made by the Indenture Trustee to the Holders.

“Special Record Date” means the date at least fifteen (15) Business Days prior to the Special Payment Date.

“Subaccount” means, individually, the General Subaccount, the Excess Funds Subaccount, and the Capital Subaccount.

“Successor Servicer” means (i) a successor to KGS pursuant to Section 6.03 of the Servicing Agreement or (ii) a successor Servicer appointed by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 7.02 of the Servicing Agreement which in each case will succeed to all the rights and duties of the Servicer under the Servicing Agreement.

“Temporary Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds” means Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds executed and, upon the receipt of an Issuer Order, authenticated and delivered by the Indenture Trustee pending the preparation of Definitive Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds pursuant to Section 2.04 of the Indenture.

“True-Up Adjustment” means an adjustment to the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges in accordance with Section 4.01(b) of the Servicing Agreement.

“Trust Estate” has the meaning set forth in the Series Supplement.

“Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force on the Closing Date, unless otherwise specifically provided.

“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the relevant jurisdiction.

“Underwriting Agreement” means the Underwriting Agreement, dated             , 2022, by and among the Issuer, KGS, and the representatives of the several Underwriters named therein, as the same may be amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, with respect to the issuance of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds.

B. Other Terms. All accounting terms not specifically defined herein shall be construed in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles. To the extent that the definitions of accounting terms in the Indenture are inconsistent with the meanings of such terms under generally accepted accounting principles or regulatory accounting principles, the definitions contained in the Indenture shall control. As used in the Indenture, the term “including” means “including without limitation,” and other forms of the verb “to include” have correlative meanings. All references to any Person shall include such Person’s permitted successors.

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C. Computation of Time Periods. Unless otherwise stated in the Indenture, in the computation of a period of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including” and the words “to” and “until” each means “to but excluding”.

D. Reference; Captions. The words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in the Indenture shall refer to the Indenture as a whole and not to any particular provision of the Indenture; and references to “Section”, “subsection”, “Schedule” and “Exhibit” in the Indenture are references to Sections, subsections, Schedules and Exhibits in or to the Indenture unless otherwise specified in the Indenture. The various captions (including the tables of contents) in the Indenture are provided solely for convenience of reference and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of the Indenture.

E. The definitions contained in this Appendix A are applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms and to the masculine as well as to the feminine and neuter forms of such terms.

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EX-5.1

Exhibit 5.1

910 LOUISIANA HOUSTON, TEXAS 77002-4995   TEL +1 713.229.1234 FAX +1 713.229.1522 BakerBotts.com AUSTIN BRUSSELS DALLAS DUBAI HOUSTON LONDON NEW YORK PALO ALTO RIYADH SAN FRANCISCO SINGAPORE WASHINGTON

October 14, 2022

Kansas Gas Service, a division of ONE Gas, Inc.

15 East Fifth Street

Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103

Kansas Gas Service Securitization I, L.L.C.

15 East Fifth Street, Suite 2662

Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel for Kansas Gas Service Securitization I, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), in connection with the preparation of Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form SF-1 (Registration Nos. 333-267322 and 333-267322-01; the “Registration Statement”) filed by the Company and Kansas Gas Service (“Kansas Gas”), a division of ONE Gas, Inc., with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on October 14, 2022, relating to the proposed issuance by the Company of up to $336,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of its Series 2022-A Senior Secured Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, Tranche A (the “Bonds”) to be offered as described in the form of the preliminary prospectus (the “Prospectus”) included as part of the Registration Statement and in connection with the matters set forth herein. Capitalized terms used in this letter and not defined herein have the meanings given to such terms in the Prospectus. At your request, this opinion letter is being furnished to you for filing as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement.

In our capacity as your counsel, we have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such records of the Company and such agreements, certificates of public officials, certificates of officers or other representatives of the Company and others and such other documents, certificates and records as we have deemed necessary or appropriate as a basis for the opinions set forth herein, including:

(a)    The Certificate of Formation of the Company, dated as of August 30, 2022, (the “Certificate”) as filed in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the “Secretary of State”) on August 30, 2022, attached as an exhibit to the Registration Statement;

(b)    The Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company, effective as of August 30, 2022, executed by Kansas Gas as the sole member, attached as an exhibit to the Registration Statement;

Kansas Gas Service, a division of ONE Gas, Inc. Kansas Gas Service Securitization I, L.L.C.	- 2 -	October 14, 2022

(c)    A form of Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company (the “LLC Agreement”), to be entered into by Kansas Gas, as the sole member, and the managers named therein, attached as an exhibit to the Registration Statement;

(d)    The Registration Statement;

(e)    A form of Indenture and Series Supplement (as so supplemented, the “Indenture”) to be entered into between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, a national banking association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), and U.S. Bank National Association, as securities intermediary (the “Securities Intermediary”), attached as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, pursuant to which the Bonds are to be issued; and

(f)    A Certificate of Good Standing for the Company, dated October 14, 2022 obtained from the Secretary of State.

In our examination, we have assumed the legal capacity of all natural persons, the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified, conformed or photostatic copies and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents. In making our examination of documents, we have assumed that the parties thereto, other than the Company and Kansas Gas, had or will have the power, limited liability company or other, to enter into and perform all obligations thereunder and have also assumed the due authorization by all requisite action, limited liability company or other, and execution and delivery by such parties of such documents and the validity and binding effect thereof on such parties. As to any facts material to the opinions expressed herein which we have not independently established or verified, we have relied upon statements and representations of managers, officers and other representatives of the Company, Kansas Gas and others. We have not reviewed any document (other than the documents listed in paragraphs (a) through (f) above) that is referred to in or incorporated by reference into the documents reviewed by us. We have assumed that there exists no provision in any document that we have not reviewed that is inconsistent with the opinions stated herein. We have conducted no independent factual investigation of our own but rather have relied solely upon the foregoing documents, the statements and information set forth therein and the additional matters recited or assumed herein, all of which we have assumed to be true, complete and accurate in all material respects.

The opinions expressed below are based on the following assumptions:

(a)    the Registration Statement will become effective;

(b)    the proposed transactions are consummated as contemplated in the Registration Statement;

Kansas Gas Service, a division of ONE Gas, Inc. Kansas Gas Service Securitization I, L.L.C.	- 3 -	October 14, 2022

(c)    prior to the issuance of the Bonds:

(i) all necessary orders, approvals and authorizations for the Company’s purchase of the securitized utility tariff property (as such term is used in the Prospectus) from Kansas Gas in exchange for the net proceeds from the sale of the Bonds will have been obtained by the Company;

(ii) the LLC Agreement will have been executed and delivered by an authorized representative of Kansas Gas as sole member of the Company and by one or more Independent Manager(s) (as such term is defined in the LLC Agreement);

(iii) the Indenture will have been executed and delivered by the Company’s authorized representative, the Trustee and the Securities Intermediary;

(iv) the maturity date and interest rate and the other terms of the Bonds being offered will be fixed in accordance with the terms of the Indenture;

(v) the Securitized Utility Tariff Property Purchase and Sale Agreement between the Company and Kansas Gas, as Seller, will have been executed and delivered;

(vi) the Securitized Utility Tariff Property Servicing Agreement between the Company and Kansas Gas, as Servicer, will have been executed and delivered;

(vii) the Underwriting Agreement among the Company, Kansas Gas and the underwriters of the Bonds named therein (the “Underwriting Agreement”) will have been executed and delivered; and

(viii) the Managers of the Company have will taken all necessary action to approve and establish the terms of the Bonds and the issuance thereof and to approve the terms of the offering of the Bonds and related matters;

(d)    the Indenture will be qualified in accordance with the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended;

(e)    the LLC Agreement will constitute the entire agreement among the parties thereto with respect to the subject matter thereof, including with respect to the admission of members to, and the creation, operation, dissolution and termination of, the Company, and that the LLC Agreement and the Certificate will be in full force and effect and will not have been amended and no amendment of the LLC Agreement or the Certificate will be pending or has been proposed;

Kansas Gas Service, a division of ONE Gas, Inc. Kansas Gas Service Securitization I, L.L.C.	- 4 -	October 14, 2022

(f)    except to the extent provided in paragraph 1 below, that each of the parties to the documents examined by us has been duly created, organized or formed, as the case may be, and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction governing its creation, organization or formation;

(g)    the legal capacity of natural persons who are parties to the documents examined by us;

(h)    except to the extent provided in paragraph 2 below, that each of the parties to the documents examined by us has the power and authority to execute and deliver, and to perform its obligations under, such documents; and

(i)    except to the extent provided in paragraph 3 below, that each of the parties to the documents examined by us has duly authorized, executed and delivered such documents.

Based on and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:

1.    The Company has been duly formed and is validly existing and in good standing as a limited liability company under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the “Delaware LLC Act”).

2.    Under the Delaware LLC Act and the LLC Agreement, the Company has all necessary limited liability company power and authority to execute and deliver the Indenture and to issue the Bonds, and to perform its obligations under the Indenture and the Bonds.

3.    Under the Delaware LLC Act and the LLC Agreement, the execution and delivery by the Company of the Indenture and the Bonds, and the performance by the Company of its obligations under the Indenture and the Bonds, have been duly authorized by all necessary limited liability company action on the part of the Company.

4.    When duly executed, authenticated and issued in accordance with the Indenture and delivered against payment of the purchase price provided for in the Underwriting Agreement, and upon satisfaction or waiver of all other conditions contained in the Indenture and the Underwriting Agreement, the Bonds will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company and will be enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as that enforcement is subject to (a) any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer or conveyance or other laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally, (b) general principles of equity (regardless of whether that enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (c) any implied covenants of good faith and fair dealing.

Kansas Gas Service, a division of ONE Gas, Inc. Kansas Gas Service Securitization I, L.L.C.	- 5 -	October 14, 2022

The opinions set forth above in this opinion letter are limited in all respects to matters of the Delaware LLC Act and applicable federal law. We consent to the filing of this opinion of counsel as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement. We also consent to the references to our Firm under the heading “Legal Matters” in the Prospectus. In giving this consent, we do not hereby admit that we are included in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Baker Botts L.L.P.

EX-8.1

Exhibit 8.1

910 LOUISIANA HOUSTON, TEXAS 77002-4995   TEL +1 713.229.1234 FAX +1 713.229.1522 BakerBotts.com AUSTIN BRUSSELS DALLAS DUBAI HOUSTON LONDON NEW YORK PALO ALTO RIYADH SAN FRANCISCO WASHINGTON

October 14, 2022

Kansas Gas Service, a division of ONE Gas, Inc.

15 East Fifth Street

Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103

Kansas Gas Service Securitization I, L.L.C.

15 East Fifth Street, Suite 2662

Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as special counsel to Kansas Gas Service (“Kansas Gas”), a division of ONE Gas, Inc., an Oklahoma Corporation (“ONE Gas”), and Kansas Gas Service Securitization I, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), in connection with the issuance and registration of up to $336,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s Series 2022-A Senior Secured Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, Tranche A (the “Bonds”). In connection therewith, reference is made to the Registration Statement on Form SF-1 (Registration Nos. 333-267322 and 333-267322-01) filed by ONE Gas and the Company on September 8, 2022 (as amended, the “Registration Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Bonds will be offered in such manner as described in the form of the prospectus (the “Prospectus”) included as part of the Registration Statement. The Bonds are to be issued under an Indenture (the “Indenture”) between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as indenture trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”), and U.S. Bank National Association, as securities intermediary.

In connection with this opinion letter, we have examined the Registration Statement and the Indenture, a form of which has been filed with the Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. We have also examined such certificates, documents and records and have made such examination of law as we have deemed appropriate in order to enable us to render the opinions set forth herein. We have examined and relied upon originals, or copies of originals, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction of such records of Kansas Gas and the Company and such agreements, certificates of public officials, certificates of officers or other representatives of Kansas Gas and the Company and other instruments, and examined such questions of law and satisfied ourselves to such matters of fact as we deemed relevant or necessary as a basis for this opinion letter. In rendering the opinions expressed in this opinion letter, we have assumed the legal capacity of all natural persons, the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity with the original documents of any copies thereof submitted to us for examination. As to any facts material to the opinions expressed herein, we have, without independent verification, relied upon statements and representations of officers and other representatives of Kansas Gas and/or the

Company or others. In addition, in rendering this opinion letter we have assumed the truth and accuracy of all representations and statements made to us which are qualified as to knowledge or belief, without regard to such qualification.

Based upon the foregoing, it is our opinion that (i) the issuance of the Bonds will be a “qualifying securitization” within the meaning of Revenue Procedure 2005-62, (ii) the Company will not be treated as a taxable entity separate and apart from ONE Gas, of which the Company’s sole member, Kansas Gas, is a division, and (iii) based on Revenue Procedure 2005-62, the Bonds will constitute indebtedness of ONE Gas, of which the Company’s sole member, Kansas Gas, is a division.

Our opinions set forth above are limited to the United States federal income tax matters specifically covered hereby, and we have not been asked to address, nor have we addressed, any other tax consequences regarding the transaction referred to above or any other transaction. This opinion letter is rendered as of the date hereof and is based on the current provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and the Treasury regulations issued or proposed thereunder, Revenue Rulings, Revenue Procedures and other published releases of the Internal Revenue Service and current case law, any of which can change at any time. Any change could apply retroactively and modify the legal conclusions upon which our opinions expressed herein are based. The opinions expressed herein are given as of the date hereof and we undertake no obligations to supplement this opinion letter if any applicable law changes after such date or if we become aware of any facts that might change the opinions expressed herein after such date or for any other reason.

This opinion letter is furnished to you and is for your use in connection with the issuance of the Bonds described above. This opinion letter may not be relied upon by you for any other purpose or furnished to, assigned to, quoted to or relied upon by any other person, firm or other entity, for any purpose, without our prior written consent, except that this opinion letter may be relied upon by persons entitled to rely on it pursuant to applicable provisions of federal securities law.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion of counsel as Exhibit 8.1 to the Registration Statement. We also consent to the reference to our Firm and this opinion letter in the Prospectus under the section captioned “Prospectus Summary of Terms— Federal income tax status,” under the section captioned “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences,” and under the heading “Legal Matters.” In giving this consent, we do not hereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Baker Botts L.L.P.

EX-10.1

Exhibit 10.1

SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF PROPERTY SERVICING AGREEMENT

by and between

KANSAS GAS SERVICE SECURITIZATION I, L.L.C.

Issuer

and

KANSAS GAS SERVICE, A DIVISION OF ONE GAS, INC.

Servicer

Dated as of [            ], 2022

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS AND RULES OF CONSTRUCTION		4
SECTION 1.01.	Definitions and Rules of Construction	4
ARTICLE II. APPOINTMENT AND AUTHORIZATION OF SERVICER		5
SECTION 2.01.	Appointment of Servicer; Acceptance of Appointment	5
SECTION 2.02.	Authorization	5
SECTION 2.03.	Dominion and Control Over the Securitized Utility Tariff Property	5
ARTICLE III. ROLE OF SERVICER		6
SECTION 3.01.	Duties of Servicer	6
SECTION 3.02.	Annual Reports on Compliance with Regulation AB	9
SECTION 3.03.	Annual Report by Independent Registered Public Accountants	10
ARTICLE IV. SERVICES RELATED TO TRUE-UP ADJUSTMENTS		10
SECTION 4.01.	True-Up Adjustments	10
SECTION 4.02.	Limitation of Liability	14
ARTICLE V. THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF PROPERTY		14
SECTION 5.01.	Custody of Securitized Utility Tariff Property Records	14
SECTION 5.02.	Duties of Servicer as Custodian	15
SECTION 5.03.	Custodian’s Indemnification	16
SECTION 5.04.	Effective Period and Termination	17
ARTICLE VI. THE SERVICER		17
SECTION 6.01.	Representations and Warranties of Servicer	17
SECTION 6.02.	Indemnities of Servicer; Release of Claims	19
SECTION 6.03.	Binding Effect of Servicing Obligations	21
SECTION 6.04.	Limitation on Liability of Servicer and Others	22
SECTION 6.05.	KGS Not to Resign as Servicer	23
SECTION 6.06.	Servicing Compensation	23
SECTION 6.07.	Compliance with Applicable Law	24
SECTION 6.08.	Access to Information Regarding Securitized Utility Tariff Property	25
SECTION 6.09.	Appointments	25
SECTION 6.10.	No Servicer Advances	25
SECTION 6.11.	Remittances	25
SECTION 6.12.	Maintenance of Operations	26
SECTION 6.13.	Protection of Title	26
ARTICLE VII. DEFAULT		26
SECTION 7.01.	Servicer Default	26
SECTION 7.02.	Appointment of Successor	28
SECTION 7.03.	Waiver of Past Defaults	29
SECTION 7.04.	Notice of Servicer Default	29
SECTION 7.05.	Cooperation with Successor	29

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ARTICLE VIII. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS		29
SECTION 8.01.	Amendment	29
SECTION 8.02.	Notices	31
SECTION 8.03.	Assignment	31
SECTION 8.04.	Severability	31
SECTION 8.05.	Separate Counterparts	32
SECTION 8.06.	Governing Law	32
SECTION 8.07.	Assignment to Indenture Trustee	32
SECTION 8.08.	Nonpetition Covenants	32
SECTION 8.09.	Limitations on Rights of Others	32
SECTION 8.10.	Limitation of Liability	33
SECTION 8.11.	Rule 17g-5 Compliance	33
SECTION 8.12.	Indenture Trustee Actions	33

Annex I Servicing Procedures

Appendix A Definitions

Exhibit A Form of Monthly Servicer’s Certificate

Exhibit B Form of Semi-Annual Servicer’s Certificate

Exhibit C-1 Form of Servicer’s Annual Compliance Certificate

Exhibit C-2 Form of Certificate of Compliance

Schedule 4.01(a) Expected Amortization Schedule

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This SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF PROPERTY SERVICING AGREEMENT (this “Servicing Agreement”), dated as of [            ], 2022, is between KANSAS GAS SERVICE SECURITIZATION I, L.L.C., as Issuer (the “Issuer”), and KANSAS GAS SERVICE, A DIVISION OF ONE GAS, INC. (“KGS”), as the servicer of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property (defined below) (together with each successor to KGS in such capacity pursuant to Section 6.03 or Section 7.02, the “Servicer”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Securitization Law and the Financing Order. KGS, in its capacity as seller under the Sale Agreement (the “Seller”), and the Issuer are concurrently entering into the Sale Agreement pursuant to which the Seller is selling and the Issuer is purchasing the Securitized Utility Tariff Property created pursuant to the Securitization Law and the Financing Order;

WHEREAS, in connection with its ownership of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property and in order to collect the associated Securitized Utility Tariff Charges, the Issuer desires to engage the Servicer to carry out the functions described herein and the Servicer desires to be so engaged;

WHEREAS, the Issuer desires to engage the Servicer to act on its behalf in obtaining True-Up Adjustments from the Commission and the Servicer desires to be so engaged;

WHEREAS, the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges initially will be commingled with other funds collected by the Servicer; and

WHEREAS, the Financing Order calls for the Servicer to execute a servicing agreement with the Issuer pursuant to which the Servicer will be required, among other things, to impose and collect the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges for the benefit and account of the Issuer, to obtain True-Up Adjustments from the Commission as required or allowed by the Financing Order, and to account for and remit the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges to the Indenture Trustee on behalf and for the account of the Issuer in accordance with the remittance procedures contained hereunder without any deduction or surcharge of any kind.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein contained and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I.

DEFINITIONS AND RULES OF CONSTRUCTION

SECTION 1.01.    Definitions and Rules of Construction.

Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Servicing Agreement shall have the respective meanings given to such terms in Appendix A, which is hereby incorporated by reference into this Servicing Agreement as if set forth fully in this Servicing Agreement. Not all terms defined in Appendix A are used in this Servicing Agreement. The rules of construction set forth in Appendix A shall apply to this Servicing Agreement and are hereby incorporated by reference into this Servicing Agreement as if set forth fully in this Servicing Agreement.

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ARTICLE II.

APPOINTMENT AND AUTHORIZATION OF SERVICER

SECTION 2.01.    Appointment of Servicer; Acceptance of Appointment

The Issuer hereby appoints the Servicer, as an independent contractor, and the Servicer hereby accepts such appointment, to perform the Servicer’s obligations pursuant to this Servicing Agreement on behalf of and for the benefit of the Issuer or any assignee thereof in accordance with the terms of this Servicing Agreement and applicable law as it applies to the Servicer in its capacity as servicer hereunder. This appointment and the Servicer’s acceptance thereof may not be revoked except in accordance with the express terms of this Servicing Agreement.

SECTION 2.02.    Authorization

With respect to all or any portion of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property, the Servicer shall be, and hereby is, authorized and empowered by the Issuer to (a) execute and deliver, on behalf of itself and/or the Issuer, as the case may be, any and all instruments, documents or notices, and (b) on behalf of itself and/or the Issuer, as the case may be, make any filing and participate in proceedings of any kind with any Governmental Authority, including with the Commission. The Issuer shall execute and deliver to the Servicer such documents as have been prepared by the Servicer for execution by the Issuer and shall furnish the Servicer with such other documents as may be in the Issuer’s possession, in each case as the Servicer may determine to be necessary or appropriate to enable it to carry out its servicing and other duties hereunder. Upon the Servicer’s written request, the Issuer shall furnish the Servicer with any powers of attorney or other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its duties hereunder.

SECTION 2.03.    Dominion and Control Over the Securitized Utility Tariff Property.

Notwithstanding any other provision herein, the Issuer solely shall have dominion and control over the Securitized Utility Tariff Property, and the Servicer, in accordance with the terms hereof, is acting solely as the servicing agent and custodian for the Issuer with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Property and the Securitized Utility Tariff Property Records. The Servicer shall not take any action that is not authorized by this Servicing Agreement, that would contravene the Kansas Constitution and statutes (including the Securitization Law), the Commission Regulations or the Financing Order, that is not consistent with its customary procedures and practices, or that shall impair the rights of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee in the Securitized Utility Tariff Property, in each case unless such action is required by applicable law or court or regulatory order.

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ARTICLE III.

ROLE OF SERVICER

SECTION 3.01.    Duties of Servicer

The Servicer, as agent for the Issuer, shall have the following duties:

(a)    Duties of Servicer Generally. The Servicer’s duties in general shall include: management, servicing and administration of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property; calculating customer counts; billing the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges, collecting the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges from Customers and remitting all collections in respect of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property; responding to inquiries by Customers, the Commission, or any other Governmental Authority with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Property or the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges; investigating and handling delinquencies (and furnishing reports with respect to such delinquencies to the Issuer), processing and depositing collections and making periodic remittances; furnishing periodic and current reports to the Issuer, the Commission, the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies; making all filings with the Commission and taking such other action necessary to perfect the Issuer’s ownership interests in and the Indenture Trustee’s first priority Lien on the Securitized Utility Tariff Property or other portions of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Collateral; making all filings and taking such other action as may be necessary to perfect and maintain the perfection and priority of the Indenture Trustee’s Lien on all Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Collateral; selling, as the agent for the Issuer, defaulted or written off accounts in accordance with the Servicer’s usual and customary practices; taking all necessary action in connection with True-Up Adjustments as set forth herein; and performing such other duties as may be specified under the Financing Order to be performed by it. Anything to the contrary notwithstanding, the duties of the Servicer set forth in this Servicing Agreement shall be qualified in their entirety by any Commission Regulations, the Financing Order and the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, including without limitation, Regulation AB and Rule 17g-5, as in effect at the time such duties are to be performed. Without limiting the generality of this Section 3.01(a), in furtherance of the foregoing, the Servicer hereby agrees that it shall also have, and shall comply with, the duties and responsibilities relating to data acquisition, customer count, bill calculation, billing, customer service functions, collections, posting, payment processing and remittance set forth in Annex I.

(b)    Reporting Functions.

(i)    Monthly Servicer’s Certificate. On or before the 25th calendar day of each month (or if such day is not a Servicer Business Day, on the immediately succeeding Servicer Business Day), beginning with             , 2022, the Servicer shall prepare and deliver to the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Commission and the Rating Agencies a written report substantially in the form of Exhibit A (a “Monthly Servicer’s Certificate”) setting forth certain information relating to the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges collected and remitted by the Servicer during the Collection Period preceding such date; provided, however, that, for any month in which the Servicer is required to deliver a Semi-Annual Servicer’s Certificate pursuant to Section 4.01(c)(ii), the Servicer shall prepare and deliver the Monthly Servicer’s Certificate no later than the date of delivery of such Semi-Annual Servicer’s Certificate.

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(ii)    Notification of Laws and Regulations. The Servicer shall immediately notify the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, and the Rating Agencies in writing of any Requirement of Law or Commission Regulations hereafter promulgated that have a material adverse effect on the Servicer’s ability to perform its duties under this Servicing Agreement.

(iii)    Other Information. Upon the reasonable request of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Commission or any Rating Agency, the Servicer shall provide to the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Commission or such Rating Agency, as the case may be, any public financial information in respect of the Servicer, or any material information regarding the Securitized Utility Tariff Property to the extent it is reasonably available to the Servicer, as may be reasonably necessary and permitted by law to enable the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Commission or the Rating Agencies to review the performance by the Servicer hereunder; provided however, that any such request by the Indenture Trustee shall not create any obligation for the Indenture Trustee to monitor the performance of the Servicer. In addition, so long as any of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds are outstanding, the Servicer shall provide the Issuer, the Commission and the Indenture Trustee, within a reasonable time after written request therefor, any information available to the Servicer or reasonably obtainable by it that is necessary to calculate the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges applicable to each Customer Class.

(iv)    Preparation of Reports. The Servicer shall prepare and deliver such additional reports as required under this Servicing Agreement, including a copy of each Semi-Annual Servicer’s Certificate described in Section 4.01(c)(ii), the Annual Compliance Certificate described in Section 3.02(a) and the Annual Accountant’s Report described in Section 3.03(a). In addition, the Servicer shall prepare, procure, deliver and/or file, or cause to be prepared, procured, delivered or filed, any reports, attestations, exhibits, certificates or other documents required to be delivered or filed with the SEC (and/or any other Governmental Authority) by the Issuer or the Sponsor under the U.S. federal securities or other applicable laws or in accordance with the Basic Documents, including, but without limiting the generality of foregoing, filing with the SEC, if applicable and required by applicable law, a copy or copies of (A) the Monthly Servicer’s Certificates described in Section 3.01(b)(i) (under Form 10-D or any other applicable form), (B) the Semi-Annual Servicer’s Certificates described in Section 4.01(c)(ii) (under Form 10-D or any other applicable form), (C) the annual statements of compliance, attestation reports and other certificates described in Section 3.02 and (D) the Annual Accountant’s Report (and any attestation required under Regulation AB) described in Section 3.03. In addition, the appropriate officer or officers of the Servicer shall (in its separate capacity as Servicer) sign the Seller’s annual report on Form 10-K (and any other applicable SEC or other reports, attestations, certifications and other documents), to the extent that the Servicer’s signature is required by, and consistent with, the U.S. federal securities laws and/or any other applicable law.

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(c)    Opinions of Counsel. The Servicer shall obtain on behalf of the Issuer and deliver to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee:

(i)    promptly after the execution and delivery of this Servicing Agreement and of each amendment hereto, an Opinion of Counsel from external counsel of the Issuer either (A) to the effect that, in the opinion of such counsel, all filings, including filings with the Secretary of State of the State of Kansas and all filings pursuant to the UCC, that are necessary under the UCC and the Securitization Law to perfect or maintain, as applicable, the Liens of the Indenture Trustee in the Securitized Utility Tariff Property have been authorized, executed and filed, and reciting the details of such filings or referring to prior Opinions of Counsel in which such details are given, or to the effect that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action shall be necessary to preserve and protect such Liens; and

(ii)    within ninety (90) days after the beginning of each calendar year beginning with 2024, an Opinion of Counsel, which counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Issuer or the Servicer and which shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, or, in the Indenture Trustee’s sole judgment, external counsel of the Issuer, dated as of a date during such 90-day period, either:

(A)    to the effect that, in the opinion of such counsel, all filings, including filings with the Secretary of State of the State of Kansas and all filings pursuant to the UCC, have been authorized, executed and filed that are necessary under the UCC and the Securitization Law to maintain the Liens of the Indenture Trustee in the Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Collateral, including the Securitized Utility Tariff Property, and reciting the details of such filings or referring to prior Opinions of Counsel in which such details are given, or

(B)    to the effect that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action shall be necessary to preserve, protect and perfect such Liens.

Each Opinion of Counsel referred to in Section 3.01(c)(i) or Section 3.01(c)(ii) above shall specify any action necessary (as of the date of such opinion) to be taken in the following year to perfect or maintain, as applicable, such interest or Lien.

(d)    Servicing and Maintenance Standards. The Servicer will monitor payments and impose collection policies on Customers, as permitted under the Financing Order and the applicable Commission Regulations. On behalf of the Issuer, the Servicer shall (a) manage, service, administer, bill, charge, collect, receive and remit collections in respect of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property with reasonable care and in material compliance with applicable Requirements of Law, including all applicable Commission Regulations, using the same degree of care and diligence that the Servicer exercises with respect to similar assets for its own account and, if applicable, for others; (b) follow standards, policies and procedures in performing its duties as Servicer that are customary in the natural gas distribution industry; (c)

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calculate Securitized Utility Tariff Charges in compliance with the Securitization Law, the Financing Order, and any applicable tariffs; (d) use all reasonable efforts, consistent with its customary servicing procedures, to enforce, and maintain rights in respect of, the Securitized Utility Tariff Property and to impose, bill, charge, collect, receive and remit the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges; (e) comply with all Requirements of Law, including all applicable Commission Regulations, applicable to and binding on it relating to the Securitized Utility Tariff Property; (e) file all reports with the Commission required by the Financing Order; (f) file and maintain the effectiveness of UCC financing statements in Kansas with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Property; and (g) take such other action on behalf of the Issuer to ensure that the Lien of the Indenture Trustee on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Collateral remains perfected and of first priority. The Servicer shall follow such customary and usual practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary or advisable in its servicing of all or any portion of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property, which, in the Servicer’s judgment, may include the taking of legal action, at the Issuer’s expense but subject to the priority of payments set forth in Section 8.02(e) of the Indenture.

SECTION 3.02.    Annual Reports on Compliance with Regulation AB.

(a)    The Servicer shall deliver to the Issuer, the Commission, the Indenture Trustee and each Rating Agency, on or before March 31 of each year, commencing in 2024, to and including the March 31st succeeding the Final Maturity Date of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, certificates from a Responsible Officer of the Servicer (A) containing, and certifying as to, the statements of compliance required by Item 1123 (or any successor or similar items or rule) of Regulation AB, as then in effect (the “Annual Compliance Certificate”) which may be in the form of, or shall include the form attached hereto as Exhibit C-1, and (B) containing, and certifying as to, the statements and assessment of compliance required by Item 1122(a) (or any successor or similar items or rule) of Regulation AB, as then in effect (the “Certificate of Compliance”) which may be in the form of, or shall include the form attached hereto as Exhibit C-2 hereto, in each case with such changes as may be required to conform to applicable federal securities law.

(b)    The Servicer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain, from each other party participating in the servicing function, any additional certifications as to the statements and assessment required under Item 1122 (or any successor or similar items or rule) or Item 1123 of Regulation AB to the extent required in connection with the filing of the annual report on Form 10-K; provided, however, that a failure to obtain such certifications shall not be a breach of the Servicer’s duties hereunder. The parties acknowledge that the Indenture Trustee’s certifications shall be limited to the Item 1122 certifications described in Exhibit C of the Indenture.

(c)    The initial Servicer, in its capacity as Sponsor, shall post on its or its parent company’s website and file with or furnish to the SEC, in periodic reports and other reports as are required from time to time under Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the information described in Section 3.07(g) of the Indenture to the extent such information is reasonably available to the Sponsor.

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(d)    Except to the extent permitted by applicable law, the Issuer, shall not voluntarily suspend or terminate its filing obligations as issuing entity with the SEC as described in Section 3.02(c).

SECTION 3.03.    Annual Report by Independent Registered Public Accountants.

(a)    The Servicer shall cause a registered independent public accounting firm (which may also provide other services to the Servicer or the Seller) to prepare annually, and the Servicer shall deliver annually to the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Commission and each Rating Agency, on or before the earlier of (a) March 31 of each year, beginning March 31, 2024, to and including the March 31 succeeding the retirement of all Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds or (b) with respect to each calendar year during which the Issuer’s annual report on Form 10-K is required to be filed in accordance with the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, the date on which the annual report on Form 10-K is required to be filed in accordance with the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, a report addressed to the Servicer (the “Annual Accountant’s Report”), which may be included as part of the Servicer’s assessment of compliance with the servicing criteria set forth in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB during the immediately preceding calendar year ended December 31 (or, in the case of the first Annual Accountant’s Report, to be delivered on or before March 31, 2024, the period of time from the Closing Date through December 31, 2023), in accordance with paragraph (b) of Rule 13a-18 and 15d-18 of the Exchange Act and Item 1122 of Regulation AB, identifying the results of such procedures and including any exceptions noted. In the event such accounting firm requires the Indenture Trustee or the Issuer to agree or consent to the procedures performed by such firm, the Issuer shall direct the Indenture Trustee in writing to so agree; it being understood and agreed that the Indenture Trustee shall deliver such letter of agreement or consent in conclusive reliance upon the direction of the Issuer, and the Indenture Trustee shall not make any independent inquiry or investigation as to, and shall have no obligation or liability in respect of, the sufficiency, validity or correctness of such procedures.

(b)    The Annual Accountant’s Report shall also indicate that the accounting firm providing such report is independent of the Servicer in accordance with the rules of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and shall include any attestation report required under Item 1122(b) of Regulation AB (or any successor or similar items or rule), as then in effect. The costs of the Annual Accountant’s Report shall be reimbursable as an Operating Expense under the Indenture.

ARTICLE IV.

SERVICES RELATED TO TRUE-UP ADJUSTMENTS

SECTION 4.01.    True-Up Adjustments.

From time to time, until the Collection in Full of the Charges for the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, the Servicer shall identify the need for True-Up Adjustments and shall take all reasonable action to obtain and implement such True-Up Adjustments, all in accordance with the following:

(a)    Expected Amortization Schedule. The Expected Amortization Schedule for the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds is attached hereto as Schedule 4.01(a).

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(b)    True-Up Adjustments.

(i)    Semi-Annual True-Up Adjustments and Filings. Every six months, no later than 30 days prior to each Semi-Annual Adjustment Date, the Servicer shall: (A) update the data and assumptions underlying the calculation of the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges, including interest and estimated expenses and fees of the Issuer to be paid during such period and write-offs; (B) determine the Periodic Payment Requirements and Periodic Billing Requirement based on such updated data and assumptions; (C) determine the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges to be allocated to each Customer Class based on such Periodic Billing Requirement and the terms of the Financing Order and the Tariffs filed pursuant thereto; (D) make all required notice and other filings with the Commission to reflect the revised Securitized Utility Tariff Charges, including the filing of a True-Up Letter and any Amendatory Tariffs, with copies to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, and (E) take all reasonable actions and make all reasonable efforts to effect such Semi-Annual True-Up Adjustment and to enforce the provisions of the Securitization Law and the Financing Order.

(ii)    Interim True-Up Adjustments and Filings.

(A)    Within the 30-day period that follows the Scheduled Payment Date that is one year prior to the Scheduled Final Payment Date and quarterly thereafter, the Servicer shall compare the current Outstanding Amount after giving effect to payments to be made on such Payment Date, to the projected Outstanding Amount as of the next Payment Date. The Servicer shall, no later than 15 days prior to the end of such 30-day period, make a mandatory Interim True-Up Adjustment if the Servicer forecasts that Securitized Utility Tariff Charges will be insufficient (x) to make all remaining payments of interest, principal and other amounts in respect of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, and (y) to replenish the Capital Subaccount for the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds to the Required Capital Amount on the next Payment Date. For the avoidance of doubt, beginning twelve months prior to the Scheduled Final Payment Date, the Servicer shall make an Interim True-Up Adjustment, if required in accordance with this clause (ii)(A), three months prior to each Semi-Annual True-Up Adjustment Date.

(B)    In addition, the Servicer at any time may make an Interim True-Up Adjustment if the Servicer forecasts that Securitized Utility Tariff Charges will be insufficient (x) to make all scheduled payments of interest, principal and other amounts in respect of any Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds during the current semi-annual period or quarterly period, as applicable, and (y) to

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replenish the Capital Subaccount to the Required Capital Amount, and it further determines that the semi-annual or quarterly true up adjustments described above in clause (i) or this clause (ii) need to be supplemented to enhance the likelihood that the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds are paid on a timely basis.

(C)    If the Servicer determines that an Interim True-Up Adjustment is required under clause (ii)(A) or (ii)(B) above, then the Servicer shall: (1) update the data and assumptions underlying the calculation of the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges, including interest and estimated expenses and fees of the Issuer to be paid during such period, the rate of delinquencies and write-offs; (2) determine the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges to be imposed upon each Customer Class based on the terms of the Financing Order and the Tariffs filed pursuant thereto, and in doing so the Servicer shall use the method of allocating Securitized Utility Tariff Charges then in effect, (3) make all required notice and other filings with the Commission to reflect the revised Securitized Utility Tariff Charges, including the filing of a True-Up Letter and any Amendatory Tariffs, with copies to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee; and (4) take all reasonable actions and make all reasonable efforts to effect such Interim True-Up Adjustment and to enforce the provisions of the Securitization Law and the Financing Order which relate thereto. The Servicer shall implement the revised Securitized Utility Tariff Charges, if any, resulting from such Interim True Up Adjustment on the Interim True-Up Adjustment Date.

(D)    Interim True-Up Adjustments described herein shall occur no more than every six months prior to the Scheduled Final Payment Date and beginning on the Payment Date that is one year prior to the Scheduled Final Payment Date, no more than every three months.

(iii)    True-Up Letter Filings. Each True-Up Letter filed in connection with a Semi-Annual True-Up Adjustment and/or Interim True-Up Adjustment shall be filed, substantially in the form attached to the Financing Order as Appendix C. Each Semi-Annual True-Up Letter shall be filed no later than 30 days prior to the first billing cycle of the month in which the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges will go into effect. Any Interim True-Up Letter shall be filed no less than 30 days prior to the proposed effective date of the Securitized Utility Tariff.

(iv)    The Servicer shall calculate all True-Up Adjustments in accordance with the Adjustment Calculation Methodology set forth in the Financing Order.

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(c)    Reports.

(i)    Notification of Amendatory Tariff Filings and True-Up Adjustments. Whenever the Servicer files a True-Up Letter with the Commission, the Servicer shall send a copy of such filing or notice (together with a copy of all notices and documents which, in the Servicer’s reasonable judgment, are material to the adjustments effected by such Amendatory Tariff or notice) to the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies concurrently therewith. If, for any reason any revised Securitized Utility Tariff Charges are not implemented and effective on the applicable date set forth in the True-Up Letter, the Servicer shall notify the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and each Rating Agency by the end of the second Servicer Business Day after such applicable date.

(ii)    Semi-Annual Servicer’s Certificate. Not later than 5 Servicer Business Days prior to each Payment Date or Special Payment Date, the Servicer shall deliver a written report (the “Semi-Annual Servicer’s Certificate”) to the Issuer, the Commission, the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies which shall include the information in Exhibit B with respect to such Payment Date or Special Payment Date or the period since the previous Payment Date, as applicable.

(iii)    Servicer Certificate. In the event the Servicer, on behalf of the Issuer, shall request that the Indenture Trustee make a distribution from the Collection Account for the purposes set forth in Section 8.2(e)(i), (e)(ii) or (e)(iii) of the Indenture on a date that is not a Payment Date or Special Payment Date, the Servicer shall deliver a written report to the Issuer, the Commission and the Indenture Trustee substantially in the form of the Semi-Annual Servicer Certificate (the “Servicer Certificate”), provided that only the information pertinent to the requested distribution shall require to be included in such written report.

(iv)    Reports to Customers.

(A)    After each revised Securitized Utility Tariff Charge has gone into effect pursuant to a True-Up Adjustment, the Servicer shall, to the extent and in the manner and time frame required by applicable Commission Regulations or Commission requirements, if any, cause to be prepared and delivered to Customers any required notices announcing such revised Securitized Utility Tariff Charges.

(B)    The Servicer shall comply with the requirements of the Financing Order with respect to the filing of the Winter Event Securitized Cost Recovery Rider to ensure that the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges are separate and apart from the Servicer’s other charges and appear as a separate line item on the Bills sent to Customers.

(C)    The Servicer shall comply with the requirements of the Financing Order and Tariff with respect to the identification of Securitized Utility Tariff Charges on Bills.

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(D)    The Servicer shall pay all costs of preparation and delivery incurred in connection with clauses (a) and (b) above, including printing and postage costs as the same may increase or decrease from time to time.

(v)    Certificate of Compliance. The Servicer shall deliver to the Issuer, the Commission, the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies, on or before March 31 of each year, beginning in 2024, a certificate from a Responsible Officer of the Servicer substantially in the form of Exhibit C-2 hereto. The Servicer shall also post such certificate on the 17g-5 Website in accordance with Rule 17g-5.

SECTION 4.02.    Limitation of Liability.

The Issuer and the Servicer expressly agree and acknowledge that:

(a)    In connection with any True-Up Adjustment, the Servicer is acting solely in its capacity as the servicing agent hereunder.

(b)    None of the Servicer, the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee is responsible in any manner for, and shall have no liability whatsoever as a result of, any action, decision, ruling or other determination made or not made, or any delay (other than any delay resulting from the Servicer’s failure to make any filings required by Section 4.01 in a timely and correct manner or any breach by the Servicer of its duties under this Servicing Agreement that adversely affects the Securitized Utility Tariff Property or the True-Up Adjustments), by the Commission in any way related to the Securitized Utility Tariff Property or in connection with any True-Up Adjustment, the subject of any filings under Section 4.01, any proposed True-Up Adjustment, or the approval of any revised Securitized Utility Tariff Charges and the scheduled adjustments thereto.

(c)    Except to the extent that the Servicer is liable under Section 6.02, the Servicer shall have no liability whatsoever relating to the calculation of any revised Securitized Utility Tariff Charges and the scheduled adjustments thereto, including as a result of any inaccuracy of any of the assumptions made in such calculation regarding expected customer count, write-offs and estimated expenses and fees of the Issuer so long as the Servicer has acted in good faith and has not acted in a grossly negligent manner in connection therewith, nor shall the Servicer have any liability whatsoever as a result of any Person, including the Holders, not receiving any payment, amount or return anticipated or expected or in respect of any Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds generally.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 4.02 shall not relieve the Servicer of liability for any misrepresentation by the Servicer under Section 6.01 or for any breach by the Servicer of its other obligations under this Servicing Agreement.

ARTICLE V.

THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF PROPERTY

SECTION 5.01.    Custody of Securitized Utility Tariff Property Records. To assure uniform quality in servicing the Securitized Utility Tariff Property and to reduce

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administrative costs, the Issuer hereby revocably appoints the Servicer, and the Servicer hereby accepts such appointment, to act as the agent of the Issuer as custodian of any and all documents and records that the Servicer shall keep on file, in accordance with its customary procedures, relating to the Securitized Utility Tariff Property, including copies of the Financing Order, the Issuance Advice Letter, Tariffs and Amendatory Tariffs relating thereto and all documents filed with the Commission in connection with any True-Up Adjustment and computational records relating thereto (collectively, the “Securitized Utility Tariff Property Records”), which are hereby constructively delivered to the Indenture Trustee, as pledgee of the Issuer with respect to all Securitized Utility Tariff Property.

SECTION 5.02.    Duties of Servicer as Custodian.

(a)    Safekeeping. The Servicer shall hold the Securitized Utility Tariff Property Records on behalf of the Issuer and maintain such accurate and complete accounts, records and computer systems pertaining to the Securitized Utility Tariff Property Records as shall enable the Issuer, the Commission and the Indenture Trustee, as applicable, to comply with this Servicing Agreement, the Sale Agreement and the Indenture. In performing its duties as custodian, the Servicer shall act with reasonable care, using that degree of care and diligence that the Servicer exercises with respect to comparable assets that the Servicer services for itself or, if applicable, for others. The Servicer shall promptly report to the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies any failure on its part to hold the Securitized Utility Tariff Property Records and maintain its accounts, records and computer systems as herein provided and promptly take appropriate action to remedy any such failure. Nothing herein shall be deemed to require an initial review or any periodic review by the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property Records. The Servicer’s duties to hold the Securitized Utility Tariff Property Records set forth in this Section 5.02, to the extent such Securitized Utility Tariff Property Records have not been previously transferred to a successor Servicer pursuant to Article VII, shall terminate one (1) year and one (1) day after the earlier of the date on which (i) the Servicer is succeeded by a successor Servicer in accordance with Article VII and (ii) no Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds are Outstanding.

(b)    Maintenance of and Access to Records. The Servicer shall maintain the Securitized Utility Tariff Property Records at its office identified in Section 8.04 or at such other office as shall be specified to the Issuer, the Commission, and the Indenture Trustee by written notice at least 30 days prior to any change in location. The Servicer shall make available for inspection, audit and copying to the Issuer the Commission, and the Indenture Trustee or their respective duly authorized representatives, attorneys or auditors the Securitized Utility Tariff Property Records at such times during normal business hours as the Commission or the Indenture Trustee shall reasonably request and that do not unreasonably interfere with the Servicer’s normal operations. Nothing in this Section 5.02(b) shall affect the obligation of the Servicer to observe any applicable law (including any Commission Regulation) prohibiting disclosure of information regarding the Customers, and the failure of the Servicer to provide access to such information as a result of such obligation shall not constitute a breach of this Section 5.02(b).

(c)    Release of Documents. Upon instruction from the Indenture Trustee in accordance with the Indenture, the Servicer shall release any Securitized Utility Tariff Property Records to the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustee’s agent or the Indenture Trustee’s

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designee, as the case may be, at such place or places as the Indenture Trustee may designate, as soon as practicable. Nothing in this Section 5.02(c) shall affect the obligation of the Servicer to observe any applicable law (including any Commission Regulation) prohibiting disclosure of information regarding Customers, and the failure of the Servicer to provide access to such information as a result of such obligation shall not constitute a breach of this Section 5.02(c).

(d)    Defending Securitized Utility Tariff Property Against Claims. To the extent not undertaken by the Seller pursuant to Section 4.08 of the Sale Agreement, the Servicer shall negotiate for the retention of legal counsel and such other experts as may be needed to institute and maintain any action or proceeding, on behalf of and in the name of the Issuer, necessary to compel performance by the Commission or the State of Kansas or any other state agency of any of their obligations or duties under the Securitization Law and the Financing Order, and the Servicer agrees to assist the Issuer and its legal counsel in taking such legal or administrative actions, including defending against or instituting and pursuing legal actions and appearing or testifying at hearings or similar proceedings, as may be reasonably necessary to attempt to block or overturn any attempts to cause a repeal of, modification of or supplement to the Securitization Law or the Financing Order, or the rights of Holders by legislative enactment, constitutional amendment or other means that would be adverse to Holders. In any proceedings related to the exercise of the power of eminent domain by any municipality to acquire a portion of KGS’s distribution facilities, the Servicer will assert that the court ordering such condemnation must treat such municipality as a successor to KGS under the Securitization Law and the Financing Order. The costs of any such action shall be payable as an Operating Expense from Securitized Utility Tariff Charges as an Ongoing Financing Cost (and shall not be deemed to constitute a portion of the Servicing Fee) in accordance with the priorities set forth in Section 8.02(d) of the Indenture. The Servicer’s obligations pursuant to this Section 5.02 shall survive and continue notwithstanding the fact that the payment of Operating Expenses pursuant to Section 8.02 of the Indenture and any supplemental indenture may be delayed; provided, that, the Servicer is obligated to institute and maintain such action or proceedings only if it is being reimbursed on a current basis for its costs and expenses in taking such actions in accordance with Section 8.02 of the Indenture, and is not required to advance its own funds to satisfy these obligations.

SECTION 5.03.    Custodian’s Indemnification. The Servicer as custodian shall indemnify the Issuer, any Independent Manager and the Indenture Trustee (for itself and for the benefit of the Holders) and each of their respective officers, directors, employees and agents for, and defend and hold harmless each such Person from and against, any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, payments and claims, and reasonable costs or expenses, of any kind whatsoever, including reasonable out-of-pocket fees and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) of investigation and litigation and enforcing the Servicer’s indemnification obligations hereunder (collectively, “Indemnified Losses”) that may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against each such Person as the result of any negligent act or omission in any way relating to the maintenance and custody by the Servicer, as custodian, of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property Records; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not be liable for any portion of any such amount resulting from the willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence of the Issuer, any Independent Manager or the Indenture Trustee, as the case may be.

Indemnification under this Section 5.03 shall survive resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee or any Independent Manager.

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SECTION 5.04.    Effective Period and Termination. The Servicer’s appointment as custodian shall become effective as of the Closing Date and shall continue in full force and effect until terminated pursuant to this Section 5.04. If the Servicer shall resign as Servicer in accordance with the provisions of this Servicing Agreement or if all of the rights and obligations of the Servicer shall have been terminated under Section 7.01, the appointment of the Servicer as custodian shall be terminated effective as of the date on which the termination or resignation of the Servicer is effective. Additionally, if not sooner terminated as provided above, the Servicer’s obligations as custodian shall terminate one (1) year and one (1) day after the date on which no Securitized Utility Tariff Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds are Outstanding. KGS shall not resign as Servicer if such resignation does not satisfy the Rating Agency Condition or without consent of the Commission.

ARTICLE VI.

THE SERVICER

SECTION 6.01.    Representations and Warranties of Servicer. The Servicer makes the following representations and warranties, as of the Closing Date, and as of such other dates as expressly provided in this Section 6.01, on which the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee are deemed to have relied in entering into this Servicing Agreement relating to the servicing of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property, and on which the Commission relied in exercising its rights to review and provide input pursuant to the terms of the Financing Order. The representations and warranties shall survive the execution and delivery of this Servicing Agreement, the sale of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property and the pledge thereof to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture.

(a)    Organization and Good Standing. The Servicer is duly organized, validly existing and is in good standing under the laws of the state of its organization, with requisite power and authority to own its properties, to conduct its business as such properties are currently owned and such business is presently conducted by it, to service the Securitized Utility Tariff Property and hold the records related to the Securitized Utility Tariff Property, and to execute, deliver and carry out the terms of this Servicing Agreement.

(b)    Due Qualification. The Servicer is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing, and has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals, in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business (including the servicing of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property as required by this Servicing Agreement) requires such qualifications, licenses or approvals (except where a failure to qualify would not be reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the Servicer’s business, operations, assets, revenues or properties or to its servicing of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property).

(c)    Power and Authority. The execution, delivery and performance of the terms of this Servicing Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Servicer under its organizational or governing documents and laws.

(d)    Binding Obligation. This Servicing Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Servicer enforceable against the Servicer in accordance with its

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respective terms, subject to applicable insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer and other laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally from time to time in effect and to general principles of equity (including concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing), regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

(e)    No Violation. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Servicing Agreement do not conflict with, result in any breach of or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time) a default under the Servicer’s organizational documents or any indenture or other agreement or instrument to which the Servicer is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound, result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon the Servicer’s properties pursuant to the terms of any such indenture or agreement or other instrument (other than any Lien that may be granted in favor of the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of Holders under the Basic Documents) or violate any existing law or any existing order, rule or regulation applicable to the Servicer of any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Servicer or its properties.

(f)    No Proceedings. There are no proceedings or investigations pending or, to the Servicer’s knowledge, threatened against the Servicer before any court, federal or state regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Servicer or its properties: (i) seeking to prevent the issuance of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Servicing Agreement or any of the other Basic Documents, or, if applicable, any supplement to the Indenture or amendment to the Sale Agreement; (ii) seeking any determination or ruling that might materially and adversely affect the performance by the Servicer of its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability against the Servicer of, this Servicing Agreement or any of the other Basic Documents; or (iii) relating to the Servicer and which might materially and adversely affect the treatment of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds for federal or state income, gross receipts or franchise tax purposes.

(g)    Approvals. No governmental approvals, authorizations, consents, orders or other actions or filings with any Governmental Authority are required for the Servicer to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Servicing Agreement except those that have previously been obtained or made, those that are required to be made by the Servicer in the future pursuant to Article IV and those that the Servicer may need to file in the future to continue the effectiveness of any financing statements.

(h)    Reports and Certificates. Each report and certificate delivered in connection with any filing made with the Commission by the Servicer on behalf of the Issuer with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges or True-Up Adjustments will constitute a representation and warranty by the Servicer that each such report or certificate, as the case may be, is true and correct in all material respects, and to the extent that such report or certificate is based upon or contains assumptions, forecasts or other predictions of future events, the representation and warranty of the Servicer with respect thereto will be limited to the representation and warranty that such assumptions, forecasts or other predictions of future events are reasonable based upon historical performance (and facts known to the Servicer on the date such report or certificate is delivered).

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The Servicer, the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer are not responsible as a result of any action, decision, ruling or other determination made or not made, or any delay (other than any delay resulting from the Servicer’s failure to make any filings with the Commission required by this Servicing Agreement in a timely and correct manner or any breach by the Servicer of its duties under this Servicing Agreement that adversely affects the Securitized Utility Tariff Property or the True-Up Adjustments), by the Commission in any way related to the Securitized Utility Tariff Property or in connection with any True-Up Adjustment, the subject of any such filings, any proposed True-Up Adjustment or the approval of any revised Securitized Utility Tariff Charges and the scheduled adjustments thereto. Except to the extent that the Servicer otherwise is liable under the provisions of this Servicing Agreement, the Servicer shall have no liability whatsoever relating to the calculation of any revised Securitized Utility Tariff charges and the scheduled adjustments thereto, including as a result of any inaccuracy of any of the assumptions made in such calculations, so long as the Servicer has acted in good faith and has not acted in a grossly negligent manner in connection therewith, nor shall the Servicer have any liability whatsoever as a result of any person or entity, including the Holders, not receiving any payment, amount or return anticipated or expected or in respect of any Securitized Utility Tariff Bond generally.

SECTION 6.02.    Indemnities of Servicer; Release of Claims.

The Servicer shall be liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically undertaken by the Servicer under this Servicing Agreement.

(a)    The Servicer shall indemnify the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee (for itself and for the benefit of the Holders) and the Independent Manager and each of their respective trustees, officers, directors, employees and agents (each, an “Indemnified Party”), for, and defend and hold harmless each such Person from and against, any and all Indemnified Losses imposed on, incurred by or asserted against any such Person as a result of (i) the Servicer’s willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence in the performance of, or reckless disregard of, its duties or observance of its covenants under this Servicing Agreement, (ii) the Servicer’s material breach of any of its representations or warranties that results in a Servicer Default under this Servicing Agreement; and (iii) litigation and related expenses relating to the Servicer’s status and obligations as Servicer (other than any proceeding the Servicer is required to institute under this Servicing Agreement), except to the extent of Indemnified Losses either resulting from the willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence of such Person seeking indemnification hereunder or resulting from a breach of a representation or warranty made by such Person seeking indemnification hereunder in any of the Basic Documents that gives rise to the Servicer’s breach.

(b)    For purposes of this Section 6.02(b), in the event of the termination of the rights and obligations of KGS (or any successor thereto pursuant to Section 6.03) as Servicer pursuant to Section 7.01, or a resignation by such Servicer pursuant to this Servicing Agreement, such Servicer shall be deemed to be the Servicer pending appointment of a successor Servicer pursuant to Section 7.02.

(c)    Indemnification under this Section 6.02 shall survive any repeal of, modification of, or supplement to, or judicial invalidation of, the Securitization Law or the Financing Order and shall survive the resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee or any Independent Manager or the termination of this Servicing Agreement.

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(d)    Except to the extent expressly provided in this Servicing Agreement or the other Basic Documents (including the Servicer’s claims with respect to the Servicing Fee and the payment of the purchase price of Securitized Utility Tariff Property), the Servicer hereby releases and discharges the Issuer, any Independent Manager and the Indenture Trustee and each of their respective officers, directors and agents (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from any and all actions, claims and demands whatsoever, whenever arising, which the Servicer, in its capacity as Servicer or otherwise, shall or may have against any such Person relating to the Securitized Utility Tariff Property or the Servicer’s activities with respect thereto other than any actions, claims and demands arising out of the willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence of the Released Parties.

(e)    The Servicer will credit Customers to the extent there are higher Securitized Utility Tariff Charges, including higher servicing fees payable to a Successor Servicer, because of the Servicer’s negligence, recklessness, willful misconduct or termination of this Servicing Agreement for cause, provided, that any such credit to Customers shall not impact the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges or the Securitized Utility Tariff Property. The Servicer’s obligation to credit Customers will survive the termination of this Servicing Agreement.

(f)    The Servicer shall not be required to indemnify an Indemnified Party for any amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party in the settlement of any action, proceeding or investigation without the written consent of the Servicer, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. Promptly after receipt by an Indemnified Party of notice (or, in the case of the Indenture Trustee, receipt of notice by a Responsible Officer only) of the commencement of any action, proceeding or investigation, such Indemnified Party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the Servicer under this Section 6.02, notify the Servicer in writing of the commencement thereof. Failure by an Indemnified Party to so notify the Servicer shall relieve the Servicer from the obligation to indemnify and hold harmless such Indemnified Party under this Section 6.02 only to the extent that the Servicer suffers actual prejudice as a result of such failure. With respect to any action, proceeding or investigation brought by a third party for which indemnification may be sought under this Section 6.02, the Servicer shall be entitled to conduct and control, at its expense and with counsel of its choosing that is reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party, the defense of any such action, proceeding or investigation (in which case the Servicer shall not thereafter be responsible for the fees and expenses of any separate counsel retained by the Indemnified Party except as set forth below); provided, that the Indemnified Party shall have the right to participate in such action, proceeding or investigation through counsel chosen by it and at its own expense. Notwithstanding the Servicer’s election to assume the defense of any action, proceeding or investigation, the Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel (including local counsel), and the Servicer shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such separate counsel, if (i) the defendants in any such action include both the Indemnified Party and the Servicer and the Indemnified Party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or additional to those available to the Servicer, (ii) the Servicer shall not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party to represent the Indemnified Party within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action, (iii) the Servicer shall authorize the Indemnified Party to employ separate counsel at the expense of the Servicer or (iv) in the case of the Indenture Trustee, such action exposes the Indenture Trustee to a material risk of criminal liability or forfeiture or a Servicer Default has

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occurred and is continuing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer shall not be obligated to pay for the fees, costs and expenses of more than one separate counsel for the Indemnified Parties other than one local counsel, if appropriate. The Servicer will not, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification may be sought under this Section 6.02 (whether or not the Indemnified Party is an actual or potential party to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of the Indemnified Party from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding.

SECTION 6.03.    Binding Effect of Servicing Obligations

The obligations to continue to provide service and to collect and account for Securitized Utility Tariff Charges will be binding upon the Servicer, any Successor and any other entity that provides natural gas distribution services to a Person that is a retail gas sales customer of KGS or any Successor so long as the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges have not been fully collected and remitted. Any Person (a) into which the Servicer may be merged, converted or consolidated, (b) that may result from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Servicer shall be a party, or (c) that may succeed to the properties and assets of the Servicer substantially as a whole, which Person in any of the foregoing cases executes an agreement of assumption to perform all of the obligations of the Servicer hereunder, shall be the successor to the Servicer under this Servicing Agreement without further act on the part of any of the parties to this Servicing Agreement; provided, however, that:

(a)    immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no representation or warranty made pursuant to Section 6.01 shall have been breached and no Servicer Default and no event that, after notice or lapse of time, or both, would become a Servicer Default shall have occurred and be continuing,

(b)    the Servicer shall have delivered to the Issuer, the Commission and the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel from external counsel stating that such consolidation, conversion, merger or succession and such agreement of assumption complies with this Section 6.03 and that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Servicing Agreement relating to such transaction have been complied with, and

(c)    the Servicer shall have delivered to the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Commission and the Rating Agencies an Opinion of Counsel from external counsel of the Servicer either:

(i)    stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all filings to be made by the Servicer, including filings with the Commission pursuant to the Securitized Utility Tariff Law and the UCC, have been executed and filed and are in full force and effect that are necessary to fully preserve, perfect and maintain the priority of the interests of the Issuer and the Liens of the Indenture Trustee in the Securitized Utility Tariff Property and reciting the details of such filings or

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(ii)    stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action shall be necessary to preserve and protect such interests,

(d)    the Servicer shall have delivered to the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Commission and the Rating Agencies an Opinion of Counsel from independent tax counsel stating that, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, such consolidation, conversion, merger or succession and such agreement of assumption will not result in a material adverse U.S. federal income tax consequence to the Issuer or the Holders,

(e)    the Servicer shall have given the Rating Agencies prior written notice of such transaction.

When any Person (or more than one Person) acquires the properties and assets of the Servicer substantially as a whole or otherwise becomes the successor, by merger, conversion, consolidation, sale, transfer, lease or otherwise, to all or substantially all the assets of the Servicer in accordance with the terms of this Section 6.03, then, upon satisfaction of all of the other conditions of this Section 6.03, the preceding Servicer shall automatically and without further notice be released from all its obligations hereunder (except for responsibilities for its actions prior to such release).

SECTION 6.04.    Limitation on Liability of Servicer and Others.

Except as otherwise provided under this Servicing Agreement, neither the Servicer nor any of the directors, officers, employees or agents of the Servicer shall be liable to the Issuer or any other Person for any action taken or for refraining from the taking of any action pursuant to this Servicing Agreement or for good faith errors in judgment; provided, however, that this provision shall not protect the Servicer or any such Person against any liability that would otherwise be imposed by reason of negligence, recklessness or willful misconduct in the performance of duties or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations and duties under this Servicing Agreement. The Servicer and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Servicer may rely in good faith on the advice of counsel or on any document of any kind, prima facie properly executed and submitted by any Person, respecting any matters arising under this Servicing Agreement.

Except as provided in this Servicing Agreement, including Section 5.02(d), the Servicer shall not be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action relating to the Securitized Utility Tariff Property that is not directly related to one of the Servicer’s enumerated duties in this Servicing Agreement or related to its obligation to pay indemnification, and that in its reasonable opinion may cause it to incur any expense or liability; provided, however, that the Servicer may, in respect of any Proceeding, undertake any action that it is not specifically identified in this Servicing Agreement as a duty of the Servicer but that the Servicer reasonably determines is necessary or desirable in order to protect the rights and duties of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee under this Servicing Agreement and the interests of the Holders and Customers under this Servicing Agreement. The Servicer’s costs and expenses incurred in connection with any such Proceeding shall be payable from Securitized Utility Tariff Charges as an Ongoing Financing Cost (and shall not be deemed to constitute a portion of the Servicing Fee) in accordance with the Indenture. The Servicer’s obligations pursuant to this Section 6.04 shall survive and continue notwithstanding that payment of such Ongoing Financing Cost may be delayed pursuant to the terms of the Indenture (it being understood that the Servicer may be required initially to advance its own funds to satisfy its obligations hereunder).

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SECTION 6.05.    KGS Not to Resign as Servicer.

Subject to Section 6.03, KGS shall not resign from the obligations and duties imposed on it as Servicer under this Servicing Agreement except upon a determination that KGS’s performance of its duties under this Servicing Agreement shall no longer be permissible under applicable Requirements of Law. Notice of any such determination permitting the resignation of KGS shall be communicated to the Issuer, the Commission, the Indenture Trustee and each Rating Agency at the earliest practicable time (and, if such communication is not in writing, shall be confirmed in writing at the earliest practicable time), and any such determination shall be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to such effect delivered to the Issuer, the Commission and each Indenture Trustee concurrently with or promptly after such notice. No such resignation shall become effective until a Successor Servicer has been approved by the Commission and has assumed the servicing obligations and duties hereunder of the Servicer in accordance with Section 7.02.

SECTION 6.06.    Servicing Compensation.

(a)    In consideration for its services hereunder, until the Collection in Full of the Charges, the Servicer shall receive an annual fee (the “Servicing Fee”) in an amount equal to (i) 0.05% of the aggregate initial principal amount of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds plus reimbursable expenses for so long as KGS or an Affiliate of KGS is the Servicer, or (ii) if KGS or any of its Affiliates is not the Servicer, an amount agreed upon by the Successor Servicer, and the Indenture Trustee, provided, that the annual Servicing Fee shall not exceed 0.60% of the aggregate initial principal amount of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, unless the Commission has approved the appointment of the Successor Servicer or the Commission does not act to approve or disapprove such appointment on or before the date which is 30 days after notice of the proposed appointment of the Successor Servicer is provided to the Commission in the same manner substantially as provided in Section 8.01(c).

(b)    The Servicing Fee owing shall be calculated based on the initial principal amount of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds and shall be paid semi-annually, with half of the Servicing Fee being paid on each Payment Date, except for the amount of the Servicing Fee to be paid on the first Payment Date in which case the Servicing Fee then due will be calculated based on the number of days that this Servicing Agreement has been in effect. In addition, the Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed by the Issuer for filing fees and fees and expenses for printing, attorneys, accountants or other professional services retained by the Issuer and paid for by the Servicer (or procured by the Servicer on behalf of the Issuer and paid for by the Servicer) to meet the Issuer’s obligations under the Basic Documents (“Reimbursable Expenses”). Except for such Reimbursable Expenses, the Servicer shall be required to pay all other costs and expenses incurred by the Servicer in performing its activities hereunder (but, for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any such costs and expenses incurred by KGS in its capacity as Administrator).

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(c)    The Servicing Fee set forth in Section 6.06(a) shall be paid to the Servicer by the Indenture Trustee, on each Payment Date in accordance with the priorities set forth in Section 8.02(e) of the Indenture, by wire transfer of immediately available funds from the Collection Account to an account designated by the Servicer. Any portion of the Servicing Fee not paid on any such date shall be added to the Servicing Fee payable on the subsequent Payment Date. In no event shall the Indenture Trustee be liable for the payment of any Servicing Fee or other amounts specified in this Section 6.06; provided, that this Section 6.06 does not relieve the Indenture Trustee of any duties it has to allocate funds for payment for such fees under Section 8.02 of the Indenture.

(d)    The Servicer and the Issuer acknowledge and agree that so long as the Servicer faithfully makes daily remittances of collected Securitized Utility Tariff Charges as provided for herein, no actual or deemed investment earnings shall be payable in respect of any over-remittances or under-remittances of collected Securitized Utility Tariff Charges. However, the Servicer shall remit at least annually to the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the Issuer, any late charges received from Customers in respect of Securitized Utility Tariff Charges.

(e)    Except as expressly provided elsewhere in this Servicing Agreement, the Servicer shall be required to pay from its own account expenses incurred by the Servicer in connection with its activities hereunder (including any fees to and disbursements by accountants, counsel, or any other Person, any taxes imposed on the Servicer and any expenses incurred in connection with reports to Holders) out of the compensation retained by or paid to it pursuant to this Section 6.06, and shall not be entitled to any extra payment or reimbursement therefor.

(f)    The foregoing Servicing Fee constitutes a fair and reasonable compensation for the obligations to be performed by the Servicer. Such Servicing Fee shall be determined without regard to the income of the Issuer, shall not be deemed to constitute distributions to the recipient of any profit, loss or capital of the Issuer and shall be considered a fixed Operating Expense of the Issuer subject to the limitations on such expenses set forth in the Financing Order.

(g)    Any services required for or contemplated by the performance of the above-referenced services by the Servicer to be provided by unaffiliated third parties may, if provided for or otherwise contemplated by the Financing Order and if the Issuer deems it necessary or desirable, be arranged by the Issuer or by the Servicer at the direction (which may be general or specific) of the Issuer. Costs and expenses associated with the contracting for such third-party professional services may be paid directly by the Issuer or paid by the Servicer and reimbursed by the Issuer in accordance with Section 6.06(a), or otherwise as the Servicer and the Issuer may mutually arrange.

SECTION 6.07.    Compliance with Applicable Law.

The Servicer covenants and agrees, in servicing the Securitized Utility Tariff Property, to comply in all material respects with all laws applicable to, and binding upon, the Servicer and relating to the Securitized Utility Tariff Property the noncompliance with which would have a material adverse effect on the value of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property; provided, however, that the foregoing is not intended to, and shall not, impose any liability on the Servicer for noncompliance with any Requirement of Law that the Servicer is contesting in good

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faith in accordance with its customary standards and procedures. It is expressly acknowledged that the payment of fees to the Rating Agencies shall be at the expense of the Issuer and that, if the Servicer advances such payments to the Rating Agencies, the Issuer shall reimburse the Servicer for any such advances.

SECTION 6.08.    Access to Information Regarding Securitized Utility Tariff Property.

The Servicer shall provide to the Indenture Trustee access to the Securitized Utility Tariff Property Records for the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds as is reasonably required for the Indenture Trustee to perform its duties and obligations under the Indenture and the other Basic Documents and shall provide access to such records to the Holders as required by applicable law. Access shall be afforded without charge, but only upon reasonable request and during normal business hours at the offices of the Servicer. Nothing in this Section 6.08 shall affect the obligation of the Servicer to observe any applicable law (including any Commission Regulation) prohibiting disclosure of information regarding Customers, and the failure of the Servicer to provide access to such information as a result of such obligation shall not constitute a breach of this Section 6.08.

SECTION 6.09.    Appointments

The Servicer may at any time appoint any Person to perform all or any portion of its obligations as Servicer hereunder; provided, however, that, unless such Person is an Affiliate the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied in connection therewith; provided, further, that the Servicer shall remain obligated and be liable under this Servicing Agreement for the servicing and administering of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property in accordance with the provisions hereof without diminution of such obligation and liability by virtue of the appointment of such Person and to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the Servicer alone were servicing and administering the Securitized Utility Tariff Property. The fees and expenses of any such Person shall be as agreed between the Servicer and such Person from time to time and none of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Holders or any other Person shall have any responsibility therefor or right or claim thereto. Any such appointment shall not constitute a Servicer resignation under Section 6.05.

SECTION 6.10.    No Servicer Advances

The Servicer shall not make any advances of interest or principal of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds.

SECTION 6.11.    Remittances

(a)    The Servicer shall remit Securitized Utility Tariff Charge Collections on each Servicer Business Day (the “Daily Remittance”) as soon as reasonably practicable after collection to the General Subaccount of the Collection Account but in no event later than two Servicer Business Days following receipt of such Securitized Utility Tariff Charge Collections. Prior to, or concurrently with, each remittance to the General Subaccount of the Collection Account pursuant to this Section 6.11, the Servicer shall provide written notice (which may be via electronic means, including electronic mail) to the Indenture Trustee and, upon request, to the Issuer of each such remittance (including the exact dollar amount to be remitted). The Servicer shall also, promptly upon receipt, remit to the Collection Account any other proceeds of the Securitized Utility Tariff Collateral that it may receive from time to time.

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(b)    The Servicer agrees and acknowledges that it holds all Securitized Utility Tariff Charges collected by it and any other proceeds for the Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Collateral received by it for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee and the Holders and that all such amounts will be remitted by the Servicer in accordance with this Section without any surcharge, fee, offset, charge or other deduction except for and interest earnings permitted by Section 6.06. The Servicer further agrees not to make any claim to reduce its obligation to remit all Securitized Utility Tariff Charges collected by it in accordance with this Servicing Agreement.

(c)    [Reserved.]

(d)    Unless otherwise directed to do so by the Issuer, the Servicer shall be responsible for selecting Eligible Investments in which the funds in the Collection Account shall be invested pursuant to Section 8.03 of the Indenture.

SECTION 6.12.    Maintenance of Operations

Subject to Section 6.03, KGS agrees to continue, unless prevented by circumstances beyond its control, to operate its gas service distribution system to provide service so long as it is acting as the Servicer under this Servicing Agreement.

SECTION 6.13.    Protection of Title

The Servicer shall cause to be executed and filed all filings, all in such manner and in such places as may be required by law fully to preserve, maintain and protect the Issuer’s ownership interests in and the Indenture Trustee’s first priority lien and security interest on the Securitized Utility Tariff Property. The Servicer shall deliver (or cause to be delivered) to the Issuer, and the Indenture Trustee file-stamped copies of, or filing receipts for, any document filed as provided above, as soon as available following such filing.

ARTICLE VII.

DEFAULT

SECTION 7.01.    Servicer Default.

If any one or more of the following events (a “Servicer Default”) shall occur and be continuing:

(a)    any failure by the Servicer to remit to the Collection Account on behalf of the Issuer any required remittance that shall continue unremedied for a period of 5 Business Days after written notice of such failure is received by the Servicer from the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee or after discovery of such failure by an officer of the Servicer; or

(b)    any failure on the part of the Servicer or, so long as the Servicer is KGS or an Affiliate thereof, any failure on the part of KGS, as the case may be, duly to observe or to

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perform in any material respect any covenants or agreements of the Servicer or KGS, as the case may be, set forth in this Servicing Agreement (other than as provided in Section 7.01(a) or Section 7.01(c)) or any other Basic Document to which it is a party, which failure shall (i) materially and adversely affect the rights of the Holders and (ii) continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after the date on which (A) written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to the Servicer or KGS, as the case may be, by the Issuer, the Commission (with a copy to the Indenture Trustee) or to the Servicer or KGS, as the case may be, by the Indenture Trustee or (B) such failure is discovered by a Responsible Officer of the Servicer; or

(c)    any failure by the Servicer duly to perform its obligations under Section 4.01(b) in the time and manner set forth therein, which failure continues unremedied for a period of 5 Business Days; or

(d)    any representation or warranty made by the Servicer in this Servicing Agreement or any other Basic Document shall prove to have been incorrect in a material respect when made, which has a material adverse effect on the Holders and which material adverse effect continues unremedied for a period of 60 days after the date on which (i) written notice thereof, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been delivered to the Servicer (with a copy to the Indenture Trustee) by the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee (with a copy of such notice being provided promptly upon receipt by the Servicer to the Commission), or (ii) such failure is discovered by a Responsible Officer of the Servicer; or

(e)    an Insolvency Event occurs with respect to the Servicer;

then, and in each and every case, so long as the Servicer Default shall not have been remedied, the Indenture Trustee shall, upon the instruction of Holders evidencing a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds by notice then given in writing to the Servicer (and to the Indenture Trustee if given by the Holders)(a “Termination Notice”), terminate all the rights and obligations (other than the obligations set forth in Section 6.02 and the obligation under Section 7.02 to continue performing its functions as Servicer until a successor Servicer is appointed) of the Servicer under this Servicing Agreement. In addition, upon a Servicer Default described in Section 7.01(a), the Holders and the Indenture Trustee as financing parties under the Securitization Law (or any of their representatives) shall be entitled to apply to the Commission or a court of appropriate jurisdiction for an order of sequestration and payment of revenues arising with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Property. On or after the receipt by the Servicer of a Termination Notice, all authority and power of the Servicer under this Servicing Agreement, whether with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, the Securitized Utility Tariff Property, the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges or otherwise, shall, without further action, pass to and be vested in such successor Servicer as may be appointed under Section 7.02; and, without limitation, the Indenture Trustee is hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of the predecessor Servicer, as attorney-in-fact or otherwise, any and all documents and other instruments, and to do or accomplish all other acts or things necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such Termination Notice, whether to complete the transfer of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property Records and related documents, or otherwise. The predecessor Servicer shall cooperate with the successor Servicer, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee in effecting the termination of the responsibilities and rights of the predecessor Servicer under this Servicing

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Agreement, including the transfer to the successor Servicer for administration by it of all Securitized Utility Tariff Property Records and all cash amounts that shall at the time be held by the predecessor Servicer for remittance, or shall thereafter be received by it with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Property or the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges. As soon as practicable after receipt by the Servicer of such Termination Notice, the Servicer shall deliver the Securitized Utility Tariff Property Records to the successor Servicer. In case a successor Servicer is appointed as a result of a Servicer Default, all reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred in connection with transferring the Securitized Utility Tariff Property Records to the successor Servicer and amending this Servicing Agreement to reflect such succession as Servicer pursuant to this Section 7.01 shall be paid by the predecessor Servicer upon presentation of reasonable documentation of such costs and expenses. Termination of KGS as Servicer shall not terminate KGS’s rights or obligations under the Sale Agreement (except rights thereunder deriving from its rights as the Servicer hereunder).

SECTION 7.02.    Appointment of Successor

(a)    Upon the Servicer’s receipt of a Termination Notice pursuant to Section 7.01 or the Servicer’s resignation or removal in accordance with the terms of this Servicing Agreement, the predecessor Servicer shall continue to perform its functions as Servicer under this Servicing Agreement, and shall be entitled to receive the requisite portion of the Servicing Fee, until a Successor Servicer shall have assumed in writing the obligations of the Servicer hereunder as described below. In the event of the Servicer’s removal or resignation hereunder, the Indenture Trustee may at the written direction, and with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds or of the Commission shall appoint a successor Servicer with the Issuer’s prior written consent thereto (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), and the successor Servicer shall accept its appointment by a written assumption in form reasonably acceptable to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee and provide prompt written notice of such assumption to the Issuer, the Commission and the Rating Agencies. If within 30 days after the delivery of the Termination Notice, a new Servicer shall not have been appointed, the Indenture Trustee may at the direction of the Holders of not less than a majority of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, petition the Commission or a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor Servicer under this Servicing Agreement. A Person shall qualify as a successor Servicer only if (i) such Person is permitted under Commission Regulations to perform the duties of the Servicer, (ii) the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied, (iii) such Person enters into a servicing agreement with the Issuer having substantially the same provisions as this Servicing Agreement. In no event shall the Indenture Trustee be liable for its appointment of a successor Servicer. The Indenture Trustee’s expenses incurred under this Section 7.02(a) shall be at the sole expense of the Issuer and payable from the Collection Account as provided in Section 8.02 of the Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Successor Servicer shall begin providing service until (i) the date the Commission approves the appointment of the Successor Servicer or (ii) if the Commission does not act to either approve or disapprove the appointment within 30 days after notice of such proposed appointment is given to the Commission.

(b)    Upon appointment, the successor Servicer shall be the successor in all respects to the predecessor Servicer and shall be subject to all the responsibilities, duties and liabilities arising thereafter placed on the predecessor Servicer and shall be entitled to the Servicing Fee and all the rights granted to the predecessor Servicer by the terms and provisions of this Servicing Agreement.

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SECTION 7.03.    Waiver of Past Defaults.

The Indenture Trustee, with the written consent of the Holders evidencing a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, may waive in writing any default by the Servicer in the performance of its obligations hereunder and its consequences, except a default in making any required deposits to the Collection Account in accordance with this Servicing Agreement. Upon any such waiver of a past default, such default shall cease to exist, and any Servicer Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been remedied for every purpose of this Servicing Agreement. No such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereto. Promptly after the execution of any such waiver, the Servicer shall furnish copies of such waiver to each of the Rating Agencies and the Commission

SECTION 7.04.    Notice of Servicer Default

The Servicer shall deliver to the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Commission and the Rating Agencies, promptly after having obtained knowledge thereof, but in no event later than five Business Days thereafter, written notice of any event that, with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would become a Servicer Default under Section 7.01.

SECTION 7.05.    Cooperation with Successor

The Servicer covenants and agrees with the Issuer that it will, on an ongoing basis, cooperate with the successor Servicer and provide whatever information is, and take whatever actions are, reasonably necessary to assist the successor Servicer in performing its obligations hereunder.

ARTICLE VIII.

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

SECTION 8.01.    Amendment

(a)    This Servicing Agreement may be amended in writing by the Servicer and the Issuer, provided that (i) the Rating Agency Condition has been satisfied in connection therewith, (ii) the Indenture Trustee has consented thereto and (iii) in the case of any amendment that increases Ongoing Financing Costs as defined in the Financing Order, the Commission has consented thereto or shall be conclusively deemed to have consented thereto; provided, that any such amendment may not adversely affect the interest of any Holder in any material respect without the consent of Holders representing not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds. Promptly after the execution of any such amendment or consent, the Issuer shall furnish written notification of the substance of such amendment or consent to each of the Rating Agencies. With respect to the Commission’s consent to any amendment to this Servicing Agreement,

(i)    the Servicer may submit the amendment to the Commission by delivering to the Commission’s Executive Director a written request for such consent, which request shall contain:

(ii)    a reference to Docket No. 22-KGSG-466-TAR and a statement as to the possible effect of the amendment on Ongoing Financing Costs;

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(iii)    an Officer’s Certificate stating that the proposed amendment has been approved by all relevant parties to this Servicing Agreement; and

(iv)    a statement identifying the person to whom the Commission or its staff is to address its consent to the proposed amendment or request additional time.

Any amendment requiring the consent of the Commission as provided in this Section 8.01(a) shall become effective on the later of:

(i)    the date proposed by the parties to the amendment, or

(ii)    31 days after such submission of the amendment to the Commission unless the Commission issues an order disapproving the amendment within a 30-day period.

(b)    Prior to the execution of any amendment to this Servicing Agreement, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to receive and rely upon an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Servicing Agreement and all conditions precedent have been satisfied. The Issuer and the Indenture Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such amendment that affects their own rights, duties or immunities under this Servicing Agreement or otherwise. Following delivery of a notice to the Commission by the Servicer under Section 8.01(a) above, the Servicer and Issuer may at any time withdraw from the Commission further consideration of any notification of a proposed amendment.

(c)    Notwithstanding Section 8.01(a) or anything to the contrary in this Servicing Agreement, the Servicer and the Issuer may amend the Annexes to this Servicing Agreement in writing with prior written notice given to the Indenture Trustee, the Commission and the Rating Agencies, but without the consent of the Indenture Trustee, any Rating Agency or any Holder, solely to address changes to the Servicer’s method of calculating Securitized Utility Tariff Charges as a result of changes to the Servicer’s current computerized customer information system; but no such amendment shall have a material adverse effect on the Holders of then Outstanding Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds.

(d)    Notwithstanding Sections 8.01(a) or 8.01(b), or anything to the contrary in this Servicing Agreement, the Servicer and the Issuer may amend the Annexes to this Servicing Agreement in writing with prior written notice given to the Indenture Trustee, the Commission and the Rating Agencies, but without the consent of the Indenture Trustee, the Commission, any Rating Agency or any Holder, solely to address the manner of presenting Securitized Utility Tariff Charges on the Bills of Customers; but no such amendment shall have a material adverse effect on the Holders of then Outstanding Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds.

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SECTION 8.02.    Notices

Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, all demands, notices and communications upon or to the Servicer, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Commission or the Rating Agencies under this Servicing Agreement shall be sufficiently given for all purposes hereunder if in writing and delivered personally, sent by documented delivery service or, to the extent receipt is confirmed telephonically, sent by telecopy or other form of electronic transmission:

(a)    in the case of the Servicer, to Kansas Gas Service, a Division of ONE Gas, Inc., 15 East Fifth Street, Tulsa Oklahoma 74103, Attention: Treasurer,

(b)    in the case of the Issuer, to Kansas Gas Service Securitization I, L.L.C., 15 East Fifth Street, Suite 2662, Tulsa Oklahoma 74103, Attention: Manager,

(c)    in the case of Moody’s, to Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., ABS/RMBS Monitoring Department, 25th Floor, 7 World Trade Center, 250 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10007, Email: ABSCORMonitoring@moodys.com (for notices) and servicereports@moodys.com (for servicer reports and other reports) (all notices and reports to be delivered to Moody’s in writing by email),

(d)    in the case of Fitch, to Fitch, Ratings, Inc., One State Street Plaza, New York, New York 10004, Attention: ABS Surveillance, Telephone: (212) 908-0500,

(e)    in the case the Indenture Trustee, at the address provided for notices or communications to the Indenture Trustee in the Indenture, and

(f)    in the case of the Commission, to 1500 SW Arrowhead Road, Topeka, Kansas 66604-402], Attention: Executive Director;

or, as to each of the foregoing, at such other address as shall be designated by written notice to the other parties.    Each party hereto may, by notice given in accordance herewith to the other party or parties hereto, designate any further or different address to which subsequent notices, reports and other communications shall be sent.

SECTION 8.03.    Assignment

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, except as provided in Section 6.03 and as provided in the provisions of this Servicing Agreement concerning the resignation of the Servicer, this Servicing Agreement may not be assigned by the Servicer.

SECTION 8.04.    Severability

Any provision of this Servicing Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remainder of such provision (if any) or the remaining provisions hereof (unless such a construction shall be unreasonable), and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

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SECTION 8.05.    Separate Counterparts

This Servicing Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

SECTION 8.06.    Governing Law

THIS SERVICING AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF KANSAS, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.

SECTION 8.07.    Assignment to Indenture Trustee

The Servicer hereby acknowledges and consents to the assignment by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee of any or all of the Issuer’s rights hereunder. In no event shall the Indenture Trustee have any liability for the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or other obligations of the Issuer hereunder or in any of the certificates delivered pursuant hereto, as to all of which any recourse shall be had solely to the assets of the Issuer subject to the availability of funds therefor under Section 8.02 of the Indenture.

SECTION 8.08.    Nonpetition Covenants

Notwithstanding any prior termination of this Servicing Agreement or the Indenture, the Servicer shall not, prior to the date that is one year and one day after the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture, acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke or cause the Issuer to invoke or join with any Person in provoking the process of any Governmental Authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining an involuntary case against the Issuer under any U.S. federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of the Issuer for any substantial part of the property of the Issuer or ordering the dissolution, winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Issuer.

SECTION 8.09.    Limitations on Rights of Others.

The provisions of this Servicing Agreement are solely for the benefit of the Servicer and the Issuer and, to the extent expressly provided herein or in the Basic Documents, the Issuer, the Commission, Customers, the Indenture Trustee and the Holders, and the other Persons expressly referred to herein, and such Persons shall have the right to enforce the relevant provisions of this Servicing Agreement. Nothing in this Servicing Agreement, whether express or implied, shall be construed to give to any other Person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim in the Securitized Utility Tariff Property or Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Collateral or under or in respect of this Servicing Agreement or any covenants, conditions or provisions contained herein. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, for the avoidance of doubt, any right, remedy or claim to which any Customer may be entitled pursuant to the Financing Order and to this Servicing Agreement may be asserted or exercised only by the Commission (or by the Attorney General of the State of Kansas in the name of the Commission) for the benefit of such Customer.

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SECTION 8.10.    Limitation of Liability

It is expressly understood and agreed by the parties hereto that this Servicing Agreement is executed and delivered by the Indenture Trustee, not individually or personally but solely as Indenture Trustee in the exercise of the powers and authority conferred and vested in it, and that the Indenture Trustee, in acting hereunder, is entitled to all rights, benefits, protections, immunities and indemnities accorded to it under the Indenture.

SECTION 8.11.    Rule 17g-5 Compliance

The Servicer agrees that any notice, report, request for satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition, document or other information provided by the Servicer to any Rating Agency under this Servicing Agreement or any other Basic Document to which it is a party for the purpose of determining the initial credit rating of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds or undertaking credit rating surveillance of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds with any Rating Agency, or satisfy the Rating Agency Condition, shall be substantially concurrently posted by the Servicer on the 17g-5 Website.

SECTION 8.12.    Indenture Trustee Actions

In acting hereunder, the Indenture Trustee shall have the rights, protections and immunities granted to it under the Indenture.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Servicing Agreement to be duly executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above written.

KANSAS GAS SERVICE SECURITIZATION I, L.L.C., as Issuer

By:

Name:

Title:

KANSAS GAS SERVICE, A DIVISION OF ONE GAS, INC., as Servicer

By:

Name:

Title:

ACKNOWLEDGED AND ACCEPTED:
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
not in its individual capacity, but solely as
Indenture Trustee
By:
	Name:
	Title:

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Securitization Property Servicing Agreement

ANNEX I

The Servicer agrees to comply with the following servicing procedures:

SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS.

Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Securitized Utility Tariff Property Servicing Agreement (the “Agreement”).

SECTION 2. INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE OF METERS.

The Servicer shall cause to be installed, replaced and maintained meters in such places and in such condition as will enable the Servicer to identify each Customer at least once every Billing Period.

SECTION 3. CUSTOMER CALCULATION.

The Servicer shall identify each Customer and the number of Customers in each Customer Class at least once each Billing Period and include the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges on Bills issued by it to such Customer.

SECTION 4. BILLING.

The Servicer shall bill the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges beginning as specified in the Financing Order and shall thereafter bill each Customer for the respective Customer’s outstanding current and past due Securitized Utility Tariff Charges accruing until all Securitization Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds and related financing costs are paid in full, all in accordance with the following:

(a)    Frequency of Bills; Billing Practices. In accordance with the Servicer’s then-existing Servicer Policies and Practices for its own charges, as such Servicer Policies and Practices may be modified from time to time, the Servicer shall generate and issue a Bill to each Customer, for such Customers’ Securitized Utility Tariff Charges once every applicable Billing Period, at the appropriate time, with the same frequency and on the same Bill as that containing the Servicer’s own charges to such Customers. In the event that the Servicer makes any material modification to these practices, it shall notify the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, and the Rating Agencies prior to the effectiveness of any such modification; and the Servicer may not make any modification that will materially adversely affect the Holders.

(b)    Format.

(i)    Each Bill issued by the Servicer shall contain the charge corresponding to the respective Securitized Utility Tariff Charges owed by such Customer for the applicable Billing Period. The Securitized Utility Tariff Charges shall be separately identified on each bill, or included in the line item on bills for Securitized Utility Tariff Charges previously or subsequently approved by the Commission, to the extent required by the related Tariffs.

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(ii)    The Servicer shall conform to such requirements in respect of the format, structure and text of Bills delivered to Customers in accordance with, if applicable, the Financing Order, Tariffs, other tariffs and any other Commission Regulations. To the extent that Bill format, structure and text are not prescribed by the Act, the Securitization Law, or by applicable other applicable law or Commission Regulations, the Servicer shall, subject to clause (i) above, determine the format, structure and text of all Bills in accordance with its reasonable business judgment, its Servicer Policies and Practices with respect to its own charges and prevailing industry standards.

(c)    Delivery. The Servicer shall deliver all Bills issued by it (i) by United States mail in such class or classes as are consistent with the Servicer Policies and Practices followed by the Servicer with respect to its own charges to its customers or (ii) by any other means, whether electronic or otherwise, that the Servicer may from time to time use to present its own charges to its customers. The Servicer shall pay from its own funds all costs of issuance and delivery of all Bills, including but not limited to printing and postage costs as the same may increase or decrease from time to time.

SECTION 5. CUSTOMER SERVICE FUNCTIONS.

The Servicer shall handle all Customer inquiries and other Customer service matters according to the same procedures it uses to service Customers with respect to its own charges.

SECTION 6. COLLECTIONS; PAYMENT PROCESSING; REMITTANCE.

(a)    Collection Efforts, Policies, Procedures.

(i)    The Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to collect all Securitized Utility Tariff Charges from Customers (to the extent permitted by law) as and when the same become due and shall follow such collection procedures as it follows with respect to comparable assets that it services for itself or others, including with respect to the following:

(A) The Servicer shall prepare and deliver overdue notices to Customers in accordance with applicable Commission Regulations and Servicer Policies and Practices.

(B) The Servicer shall apply late payment charges to outstanding Customer balances in accordance with applicable Commission Regulations and the Financing Order.

(C) In circumstances where the Servicer is allowed to bill Customers directly, the Servicer shall deliver verbal and written final notices of delinquency and possible disconnection in accordance with applicable Commission Regulations and Servicer Policies and Practices.

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(D) The Servicer shall adhere to and carry out disconnection policies in accordance with the laws of the State of Kansas, the Financing Order, applicable Commission Regulations and the Servicer Policies and Practices.

(E) The Servicer may employ the assistance of collection agents to collect any past-due Securitized Utility Tariff Charges in accordance with applicable Commission Regulations and Servicer Policies and Practices and the Tariffs.

(F) The Servicer shall apply Customer deposits to the payment of delinquent accounts in accordance with applicable Commission Regulations and Servicer Policies and Practices and according to the priorities set forth in Section 6(b) of this Annex I.

(ii)    The Servicer shall not waive any late payment charge or any other fee or charge relating to delinquent payments, if any, or waive, vary or modify any terms of payment of any amounts payable by a Customer, in each case unless such waiver or action: (A) would be in accordance with the Servicer’s customary practices or those of any successor Servicer with respect to comparable assets that it services for itself and for others; (B) would not materially adversely affect the rights of the Holders; and (C) would comply with applicable law.

(iii)    Notwithstanding anything in the Agreement or this Annex I to the contrary, the Servicer is authorized to write off any Billed Securitized Utility Tariff Charges, in accordance with its Servicer Policies and Practices, that have remained outstanding for 180 days or more.

(iv)    The Servicer shall accept payment from Customers in respect of Billed Securitized Utility Tariff Charges in such forms and methods and at such times and places as it accepts for payment of its own charges.

(b)    Allocation; Priority of Payments.

(i)    If any Customer does not pay the full amount of any Bill to KGS, the amount allocated to the Customer’s Securitized Utility Tariff Charges shall be in accordance with the priority of payment terms approved by the Commission in the Winter Event Storm Cost Recovery Rider.

(ii)    The Servicer shall hold all over-payments for the benefit of the Issuer and KGS and shall apply such funds to future Bill charges in accordance with clause (i) as such charges become due.

(c)    Accounts; Records.

The Servicer shall maintain accounts and records as to the Securitized Utility Tariff Property accurately and in accordance with its standard accounting procedures and in sufficient detail (i) to permit reconciliation between payments or recoveries with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Property and the amounts from time to time remitted to the Collection Account in respect of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property and (ii) to permit the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges held by the Servicer to be accounted for separately from the funds with which they may be commingled, so that the dollar amounts of Securitized Utility Tariff Charges commingled with the Servicer’s funds may be properly identified and traced.

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(d)    Investment of Securitized Utility Tariff Charges Received.

Prior to each Daily Remittance, the Servicer may invest Securitized Utility Tariff Charges received as permitted by applicable Commission Regulations. So long as the Servicer complies with its obligations under Section 6(c) of this Annex I, neither such investments nor such funds shall be required to be segregated from the other investment and funds of the Servicer. The Servicer shall remit to the Indenture Trustee any earnings on such unremitted Securitized Utility Tariff Charges as required by Section 6.11 of the Agreement. In addition, the Commission may at any time order the Servicer to account for any interest earnings, if any, on Securitized Utility Tariff Charges.

(e)    Remittances.

(i)    The Collection Account shall be established in the name of the Indenture Trustee in accordance with the Indenture.

(ii)    The Servicer shall make remittances to the Collection Account in accordance with Section 6.11 of the Agreement.

(iii)    In the event of any change of account or change of institution affecting any Collection Account, the Issuer shall provide written notice thereof to the Servicer not later than 5 Servicer Business Days after the effective date of such change.

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APPENDIX A

DEFINITIONS AND RULES OF CONSTRUCTION

A. Defined Terms. The following terms have the following meanings:

“17g-5 Website” is defined in Section 10.18(a) of the Indenture.

“Act” is defined in Section 10.03(a) of the Indenture.

“Actual Securitized Utility Tariff Charges” means Securitized Tariff Charges determined by the Servicer in connection with reconciliation procedures performed in accordance with the requirements of Article IV and the Servicer Policies and Procedures.

“Administration Agreement” means the Administration Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between KGS and the Issuer.

“Administration Fee” is defined in Section 2 of the Administration Agreement.

“Administrator” means KGS, as Administrator under the Administration Agreement, or any successor Administrator to the extent permitted under the Administration Agreement.

“Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person controlling or controlled by or under common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such specified Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

“Amendatory Tariff” means a revision to service riders or any other notice filing filed with the Commission in respect of the Securitized Utility Tariff Rate Schedule pursuant to a True-Up Adjustment.

“Annual Accountant’s Report” is defined in Section 3.03(a) of the Servicing Agreement.

“Authorized Denomination” means, with respect to any Securitized Utility Tariff Bond, the authorized denomination therefor specified in the Series Supplement, which shall be at least $2,000 and, except as otherwise provided in the Series Supplement, integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof, except for one Securitized Utility Tariff Bond which may be of a smaller denomination.

“Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code (11 U.S.C. §§ 101 et seq.).

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“Basic Documents” means the Indenture, the Series Supplement, the Certificate of Formation, the LLC Agreement, the Administration Agreement, the Sale Agreement, the Bill of Sale, the Servicing Agreement, the Letter of Representations, the Underwriting Agreement and all other documents and certificates delivered in connection therewith.

“Bill of Sale” means a bill of sale substantially in the form of Exhibit A to the Sale Agreement delivered pursuant to Section 2.02(i) of the Sale Agreement.

“Billed Securitized Utility Tariff Charges” means the amounts of Securitized Utility Tariff Charges billed by the Servicer.

“Billing Period” means the period created by dividing the calendar year into 12 consecutive periods of approximately 21 Servicer Business Days.

“Bills” means each of the regular monthly bills, summary bills, opening bills and closing bills issued to Customers by KGS in its capacity as Servicer.

“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York, Chicago, Illinois or Tulsa, Oklahoma are, or DTC or the Corporate Trust Office is, authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to be closed.

“Capital Contribution” means the amount of cash contributed to the Issuer by KGS as specified in the LLC Agreement.

“Capital Subaccount” is defined in Section 8.02(a) of the Indenture.

“Certificate of Compliance” means the certificate referred to in Section 3.02(a) of the Servicing Agreement and substantially in the form of Exhibit C-2 to the Servicing Agreement.

“Certificate of Formation” means the Certificate of Formation of the Issuer filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on August 30, 2022 pursuant to which the Issuer was formed.

“Claim” means a “claim” as defined in Section 101(5) of the Bankruptcy Code.

“Closing Date” means the date on which the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds are originally issued in accordance with Section 2.10 of the Indenture and the Series Supplement.

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

“Collection Account” is defined in Section 8.02(a) of the Indenture.

“Collection in Full of the Charges” means the day on which the aggregate amounts on deposit in the General Subaccount and the Excess Funds Subaccount are sufficient to pay in full all the Outstanding Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds and to replenish any shortfall in the Capital Subaccount.

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“Collection Period” means any period commencing on the first Servicer Business Day of any Billing Period and ending on the last Servicer Business Day of such Billing Period.

“Commission” means the State Corporation Commission of the State of Kansas.

“Commission Condition” means the satisfaction of any precondition to any amendment or modification to or action under any Basic Documents through the obtaining of Commission consent or acquiescence, as described in the related Basic Document.

“Commission Regulations” means any orders issued or rules or regulations, including temporary regulations, promulgated by the Commission pursuant to Kansas law.

“Corporate Trust Office” is defined in the Indenture.

“Customer” means an end-use Customer (as such term is defined in the Financing Order) who purchases natural gas for consumption from KGS.

“Daily Remittance” is defined in Section 6.11(a) of the Servicing Agreement.

“Default” means any occurrence that is, or with notice or the lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default.

“DTC” means The Depository Trust Company.

“Eligible Institution” has the meaning specified in the Indenture.

“Eligible Investments” has the meaning specified in the Indenture.

“Event of Default” is defined in Section 5.01 of the Indenture.

“Excess Funds Subaccount” is defined in Section 8.02(a) of the Indenture.

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

“Expected Sinking Fund Schedule” means the expected sinking fund schedule in Schedule A to the Series Supplement.

“Federal Book-Entry Regulations” means 31 C.F.R. Part 357 et seq. (Department of Treasury).

“Final” means that the Financing Order has become final, that the Financing Order is not being appealed and that the time for filing an appeal thereof has expired.

“Final Maturity Date” means the final maturity date of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds as specified in the Series Supplement.

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“Financing Costs” means all financing costs as defined in K.S.A. 66-1,240(a)(10), as amended, of the Securitization Law allowed to be recovered by KGS under the Financing Order.

“Financing Order” means the financing order issued by the Commission to KGS on August 18, 2022, in Docket No. 22-KGSG-466-TAR authorizing the creation of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property and the issuance of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds.

“Financing Party” means any and all of the following: the Holders, the Indenture Trustee, KGS, collateral agents, any party under the Basic Documents, or any other person acting for the benefit of the Holders.

“Fitch” means Fitch Ratings, Inc. or any successor in interest. References to Fitch are effective so long as Fitch is a Rating Agency.

“General Subaccount” is defined in Section 8.02(a) of the Indenture.

“Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any U.S. federal, state, local or other political subdivision thereof and any court, administrative agency or other instrumentality or entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of government.

“Holder” means the Person in whose name a Securitized Utility Tariff Bond is registered on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Register.

“Indemnified Losses” is defined in Section 5.03 of the Servicing Agreement.

“Indemnified Party” is defined in Section 6.02(a) of the Servicing Agreement.

“Indenture” means the Indenture, dated as of the date hereof, by and between the Issuer and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Indenture Trustee, and U.S. Bank National Association, as Securities Intermediary.

“Indenture Trustee” means U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as indenture trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties, or any other indenture trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties, under the Indenture.

“Independent” means, when used with respect to any specified Person, that such specified Person (a) is in fact independent of the Issuer, any other obligor on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, the Seller, the Servicer and any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons, (b) does not have any direct financial interest or any material indirect financial interest in the Issuer, any such other obligor, the Seller, the Servicer or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons and (c) is not connected with the Issuer, any such other obligor, the Seller, the Servicer or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons as an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director (other than as an independent director or manager) or person performing similar functions.

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“Independent Certificate” means a certificate to be delivered to the Indenture Trustee under the circumstances described in, and otherwise complying with, the applicable requirements of Section 10.01 of the Indenture, made by an Independent appraiser or other expert appointed by an Issuer Order and consented to by the Indenture Trustee, and such certificate shall state that the signer has read the definition of “Independent” in the Indenture and that the signer is Independent within the meaning thereof.

“Independent Manager” is defined in Section 4.01(a) of the LLC Agreement.

“Insolvency Event” means, with respect to a specified Person: (a) the filing of a decree or order for relief by a court having jurisdiction in the premises in respect of such specified Person or any substantial part of its property in an involuntary case under any applicable U.S. federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law in effect as of the date hereof or thereafter, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official for such specified Person or for any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of such specified Person’s affairs, and such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or (b) the commencement by such specified Person of a voluntary case under any applicable U.S. federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law in effect as of the Closing Date or thereafter, or the consent by such specified Person to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, or the consent by such specified Person to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official for such specified Person or for any substantial part of its property, or the making by such specified Person of any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the failure by such specified Person generally to pay its debts as such debts become due, or the taking of action by such specified Person in furtherance of any of the foregoing.

“Interim True-Up Adjustment” means each adjustment to the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges made pursuant to Section 4.01(b)(ii) of the Servicing Agreement.

“Investment Company Act” means the Investment Company Act of 1940.

“Investment Earnings” means investment earnings on funds deposited in the Collection Account net of losses and investment expenses.

“Issuer” means Kansas Gas Service Securitization I, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, named as such in the Indenture until a successor replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor and, for purposes of any provision contained herein and required by the Trust Indenture Act, each other obligor on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds.

“Issuer Order” means a written order signed in the name of the Issuer by any one of its Responsible Officers and delivered to the Indenture Trustee or Paying Agent, as applicable.

“Issuer Request” means a written request signed in the name of the Issuer by any one of its Responsible Officers and delivered to the Indenture Trustee or Paying Agent, as applicable.

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“KGS” means Kansas Gas Service, a division of ONE Gas, Inc.

“Letter of Representations” means any applicable agreement between the Issuer and the applicable Clearing Agency, with respect to such Clearing Agency’s rights and obligations (in its capacity as a Clearing Agency) with respect to any Book-Entry Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds (as defined in the Indenture).

“Lien” means a security interest, lien, mortgage, charge, pledge, claim or encumbrance of any kind.

“LLC Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Kansas Gas Service Securitization I, L.L.C., dated as of             , 2022.

“Losses” means (a) any and all amounts of principal of and interest on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds not paid when due or when scheduled to be paid in accordance with their terms and the amounts of any deposits by or to the Issuer required to have been made in accordance with the terms of the Basic Documents or the Financing Order that are not made when so required and (b) any and all other liabilities, obligations, losses, claims, damages, payments, costs or expenses of any kind whatsoever.

“Manager” means each manager of the Issuer under the LLC Agreement.

“Member” has the meaning specified in the first paragraph of the LLC Agreement.

“Monthly Servicer’s Certificate” is defined in Section 3.01(b)(i) of the Servicing Agreement.

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or any successor in interest. References to Moody’s are effective so long as Moody’s is a Rating Agency.

“NRSRO” is defined in Section 10.18(b) of the Indenture.

“NY UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect on the date hereof in the State of New York.

“Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Issuer under the circumstances described in, and otherwise complying with, the applicable requirements of Section 10.01 of the Indenture, and delivered to the Indenture Trustee.

“Ongoing Financing Costs” means the Financing Costs described as such in the Financing Order, including Operating Expenses and any other costs identified in the Basic Documents; provided, however, that Ongoing Financing Costs do not include the Issuer’s costs of issuance of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds.

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“Operating Expenses” means all unreimbursed fees, costs and out-of-pocket expenses of the Issuer, including all amounts owed by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee (including indemnities, legal, audit fees and expenses) or any Manager, the Servicing Fee, the Administration Fee, legal and accounting fees, Rating Agency fees, any Regulatory Assessment Fees and related fees (i.e., website provider fees) and any franchise or other taxes owed by the Issuer, including on investment income in the Collection Account.

“Opinion of Counsel” means one or more written opinions of counsel, who may, except as otherwise expressly provided in the Basic Documents, be employees of or counsel to the party providing such opinion of counsel, which counsel shall be reasonably acceptable to the party receiving such opinion of counsel, and shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to such party.

“Outstanding” means, as of the date of determination, all Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds theretofore authenticated and delivered under the Indenture, except:

(a) Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds theretofore canceled by the Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Registrar or delivered to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Registrar for cancellation;

(b) Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds or portions thereof the payment for which money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Indenture Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust for the Holders of such Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds; and

(c) Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds in exchange for or in lieu of other Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds that have been issued pursuant to the Indenture unless proof satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee is presented that any such Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds are held by a Protected Purchaser; provided, that, in determining whether the Holders of the requisite Outstanding Amount of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver under any Basic Document, Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds owned by the Issuer, any other obligor upon the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, the Member, the Seller, the Servicer or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding (unless one or more such Persons owns 100% of such Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds), except that, in determining whether the Indenture Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds that the Indenture Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds so owned that have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Indenture Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds and that the pledgee is not the Issuer, any other obligor upon the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, the Member, the Seller, the Servicer or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons.

“Outstanding Amount” means the aggregate principal amount of all Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds Outstanding at the date of determination.

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“Paying Agent” means, with respect to the Indenture, U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, and any other Person appointed as a paying agent for the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds pursuant to the Indenture.

“Payment Date” means the dates specified in the Series Supplement; provided, that if any such date is not a Business Day, the Payment Date shall be the Business Day succeeding such date.

“Periodic Billing Requirement” means, for any Remittance Period, the aggregate amount of Securitized Utility Tariff Charges calculated by the Servicer as necessary to be billed during such period in order to collect the Periodic Payment Requirement on a timely basis.

“Periodic Interest” means, with respect to any Payment Date, the periodic interest for such Payment Date as specified in the Series Supplement.

“Periodic Payment Requirement” for any Remittance Period means the total dollar amount of Securitized Utility Tariff Charge Collections reasonably calculated by the Servicer in accordance with Section 4.01 of the Servicing Agreement as necessary to be received during such Remittance Period (after giving effect to the allocation and distribution of amounts on deposit in the Excess Funds Subaccount at the time of calculation and that are projected to be available for payments on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds at the end of such Remittance Period and including any shortfalls in Periodic Payment Requirements for any prior Remittance Period) in order to ensure that, as of the last Payment Date occurring in such Remittance Period, (a) all accrued and unpaid principal of and interest on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds then due shall have been paid in full on a timely basis, (b) the Outstanding Amount of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds is equal to the Projected Unpaid Balance on each Payment Date during such Remittance Period, (c) the balance on deposit in the Capital Subaccount equals the Required Capital Amount and (d) all other fees and expenses due and owing and required or allowed to be paid under Section 8.02 of the Indenture as of such date shall have been paid in full; provided, that, with respect to any Semi-Annual True-Up Adjustment or Interim True-Up Adjustment occurring after the date that is one year prior to the Scheduled Final Payment Date, the Periodic Payment Requirements shall be calculated to ensure that sufficient Securitized Utility Tariff Charges will be collected to retire the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds in full as of the Scheduled Final Payment Date.

“Permitted Lien” means the Lien created by the Indenture.

“Person” means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust (including any beneficiary thereof), unincorporated organization or Governmental Authority.

“Proceeding” means any suit in equity, action at law or other judicial or administrative proceeding.

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“Projected Unpaid Balance” means, as of any Payment Date, the projected outstanding principal amount of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds for such Payment Date set forth in the Expected Amortization Schedule.

“Protected Purchaser” has the meaning specified in Section 8-303 of the UCC.

“Rating Agency” means, with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, any of Moody’s or Fitch that provides a rating with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds. If no such organization (or successor) is any longer in existence, “Rating Agency” shall be a nationally recognized statistical rating organization or other comparable Person designated by the Issuer, notice of which designation shall be given to the Indenture Trustee and the Servicer.

“Rating Agency Condition” means, with respect to any action, at least ten Business Days’ prior written notification to each Rating Agency of such action, and written confirmation from each of Fitch and Moody’s to the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer that such action will not result in a suspension, reduction or withdrawal of the then current rating by such Rating Agency of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds; provided, that, if, within such ten Business Day period, a Rating Agency has neither replied to such notification nor responded in a manner that indicates that such Rating Agency is reviewing and considering the notification, then (a) the Issuer shall be required to confirm that such Rating Agency has received the Rating Agency Condition request, and if it has, promptly request the related Rating Agency Condition confirmation and (b) if the Rating Agency neither replies to such notification nor responds in a manner that indicates it is reviewing and considering the notification within five Business Days following such second request, the applicable Rating Agency Condition requirement shall not be deemed to apply to such Rating Agency. For the purposes of this definition, any confirmation, request, acknowledgment or approval that is required to be in writing may be in the form of electronic mail or a press release (which may contain a general waiver of a Rating Agency’s right to review or consent).

“Record Date” means one Business Day prior to the applicable Payment Date.

“Registered Holder” means the Person in whose name a Securitized Utility Tariff Bond is registered on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Register.

“Regulation AB” means the rules of the SEC promulgated under Subpart 229.1100 – Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R. §§229.1100-229.1123.

“Reimbursable Expenses” is defined in Section 2 of the Administration Agreement and Section 6.06(a) of the Servicing Agreement.

“Released Parties” is defined in Section 6.02(d) of the Servicing Agreement.

“Remittance Period” means, with respect to any True-Up Adjustment (except for the first True-Up Adjustment), the period comprised of six consecutive Collection Periods beginning with the Collection Period three months prior to when such True-Up Adjustment would go into effect. Prior to the first True-Up Adjustment, “Remittance Period” means the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the first Semi-Annual True-Up Adjustment Date.

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“Required Capital Amount” means the amount specified as such in the Series Supplement therefor.

“Requirement of Law” means any foreign, U.S. federal, state or local laws, statutes, regulations, rules, codes or ordinances enacted, adopted, issued or promulgated by any Governmental Authority or common law.

“Responsible Officer” means, with respect to: (a) the Issuer, any Manager or any duly authorized officer; (b) the Indenture Trustee, any officer within the Corporate Trust Office of such trustee (including the President, any Vice President, any Assistant Vice President, any Secretary, any Assistant Treasurer or any other officer of the Indenture Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, and that has direct responsibility for the administration of the Indenture and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred to because of such officer’s knowledge and familiarity with the particular subject); (c) any corporation (other than the Indenture Trustee but including KGS), the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer or any other duly authorized officer of such Person who has been authorized to act in the circumstances; (d) any partnership, any general partner thereof; and (e) any other Person (other than an individual), any duly authorized officer or member of such Person, as the context may require, who is authorized to act in matters relating to such Person.

“Return on Invested Capital” means, for any Payment Date with respect to any Remittance Period, the sum of (i) rate of return, payable to KGS, on its Capital Contribution equal to KGS’s cost of capital, which as of the date of the Servicing Agreement is 8.6012%, plus (ii) any Return on Invested Capital not paid on any prior Payment Date.

“Sale Agreement” means the Securitized Utility Tariff Property Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between the Issuer and KGS, and acknowledged and accepted by the Indenture Trustee.

“Scheduled Final Payment Date” means the date when all interest and principal is scheduled to be paid on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds in accordance with the Expected Sinking Fund Schedule, as specified in the Series Supplement.

“Scheduled Payment Date” means each Payment Date on which principal for the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds is to be paid in accordance with the Expected Sinking Fund Schedule.

“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

“Secured Obligations” means the payment of principal of and premium, if any, interest on, and any other amounts owing in respect of, the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds and all fees, expenses, counsel fees and other amounts due and payable to the Indenture Trustee.

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“Secured Parties” means the Indenture Trustee, the Holders and any credit enhancer described in the Series Supplement.

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

“Securities Intermediary” means U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association, solely in the capacity of a “securities intermediary” as defined in the NY UCC and Federal Book-Entry Regulations or any successor securities intermediary under the Indenture.

“Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds” means the Series 2022-A Senior Secured Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, Tranche A issued by the Issuer on the Closing Date.

“Securitized Utility Tariff Charge Collections” means Securitized Utility Tariff Charges actually received by the Servicer to be remitted to the Collection Account.

“Securitized Utility Tariff Charge Payments” means the payments made by Customers based on the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges.

“Securitized Utility Tariff Charges” means the nonbypassable amounts to be charged to any existing or future sales customer located within KGS’s service area, approved by the Commission in the Financing Order that may be collected by the Servicer, its successors, assignees or other collection agents as provided for in the Financing Order.

“Securitized Utility Tariff Collateral” means collateral for the benefit of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds.

“Securitized Utility Tariff Costs” means (i) KGS’s deferred asset balance associated with Winter Storm Uri as approved in Docket No. 21-KGSG-332-GIG and as revised in Docket No. 22-KGSG-446-GIG, including a return on the unrecovered balance, and with respect to the capital investments, including a deferral of depreciation expense and a return on the investment determined by the Commission to be prudently incurred (ii) carrying costs through the projected issuances date of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, calculated at a rate authorized by the Commission, (iii) plus up-front Financing Costs.

“Securitization Law” means the laws of the State of Kansas adopted in 2021 enacted at Kansas Statutes Annotated “(K.S.A.”) 66-1,240 et. seq.

“Securitized Utility Tariff Property” means all Securitized Utility Tariff Property as defined in K.S.A. 66-1,240(a)(22). of the Securitization Law created pursuant to the Financing Order and under the Securitization Law, including the right to impose, bill, charge, collect and receive the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges authorized under the Financing Order and to obtain periodic adjustments of the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges and all revenue, collections, claims, rights to payments, payments, money, or proceeds arising from the rights and interests specified in K.S.A. 66-1,240(a)(22) of the Securitization Law, regardless of whether such revenues, collections, claims, rights to payments, money, or proceeds are imposed, billed, received, collected, or maintained together with or commingled with other revenues, collections, rights to payment, payments, money or proceeds.

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“Securitized Utility Tariff Property Records” is defined in Section 5.01 of the Servicing Agreement.

“Securitized Utility Tariff Rate Class” means one of the seven separate rate classes to whom Charges are allocated for ratemaking purposes in accordance with the Financing Order.

“Securitized Utility Tariff Rate Schedule” means the Tariff sheets to be filed with the Commission stating the amounts of the Charges, as such Tariff sheets may be amended or modified from time to time pursuant to a True-Up Adjustment.

“Seller” is defined in the preamble to the Sale Agreement.

“Semi-Annual Servicer’s Certificate” is defined in Section 4.01(c)(ii) of the Servicing Agreement.

“Semi-Annual True-Up Adjustment” means each adjustment to the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges made in accordance with Section 4.01(b)(i) of the Servicing Agreement.

“Semi-Annual True-Up Adjustment Date” means the first billing cycle of                     and                     of each year, commencing in                     .

“Series Supplement” means an indenture supplemental to the Indenture in the form attached as Exhibit B to the Indenture that authorizes the issuance of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds.

“Servicer” means KGS, as initial Servicer under the Servicing Agreement, or any successor Servicer to the extent permitted under the Servicing Agreement.

“Servicer Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York, Chicago, Illinois or Tulsa, Oklahoma are authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to be closed, on which the Servicer maintains normal office hours and conducts business.

“Servicer Default” is defined in Section 7.01 of the Servicing Agreement.

“Servicer Policies and Practices” means, with respect to the Servicer’s duties under Annex I to the Servicing Agreement, the policies and practices of the Servicer applicable to such duties that the Servicer follows with respect to comparable assets that it services for itself and, if applicable, others.

“Servicing Agreement” means the Securitized Utility Tariff Property Servicing Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between the Issuer and KGS, and acknowledged and accepted by the Indenture Trustee.

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“Servicing Fee” is defined in Section 6.06(a) of the Servicing Agreement.

“Servicing Standard” means the obligation of the Servicer to calculate, apply, remit and reconcile proceeds of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property, including Securitized Utility Tariff Charge Payments, and all other Securitized Utility Tariff Collateral for the benefit of the Issuer and the Holders (a) with the same degree of care and diligence as the Servicer applies with respect to payments owed to it for its own account, (b) in accordance with all applicable procedures and requirements established by the Commission for executing duly authorized natural gas utility tariffs and (c) in accordance with the other terms of the Servicing Agreement.

“Special Payment Date” means the date on which any payment of principal of or interest (including any interest accruing upon default) on, or any other amount in respect of, the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds that is not actually paid within five days of the Payment Date applicable thereto is to be made by the Indenture Trustee to the Holders.

“Special Record Date” means, with respect to any Special Payment Date, the close of business on the fifteenth day (whether or not a Business Day) preceding such Special Payment Date.

“Sponsor” means KGS, in its capacity as “sponsor” of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds within the meaning of Regulation AB.

“State” means any one of the fifty states of the United States of America or the District of Columbia.

“State Pledge” means the pledge of the State of Kansas as set forth in K.S.A. 66-1,252, as amended, of the Securitization Law.

“Subaccounts” is defined in Section 8.02(a) of the Indenture.

“Successor” means any successor to KGS under the Securitization Law, whether pursuant to any bankruptcy, reorganization or other insolvency proceeding or pursuant to any merger, conversion, acquisition, sale or transfer, by operation of law, as a result of natural gas utility restructuring, or otherwise.

“Successor Servicer” means (i) a successor to KGS pursuant to Section 6.03 of the Servicing Agreement or (ii) a successor Servicer appointed by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 7.02 of the Servicing Agreement which in each case will succeed to all the rights and duties of the Servicer under the Servicing Agreement.

“Tariff” means the most current version on file with the Commission.

“Tax Returns” is defined in Section 1(i)(C) of the Administration Agreement.

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“Temporary Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds” means Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds executed and, upon the receipt of an Issuer Order, authenticated and delivered by the Indenture Trustee pending the preparation of Definitive Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds pursuant to Section 2.04 of the Indenture.

“Termination Notice” is defined in Section 7.01(e) of the Servicing Agreement.

“True-Up Adjustment” means any Semi-Annual True-Up Adjustment or Interim True-Up Adjustment, as the case may be.

“Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as in force on the Closing Date, unless otherwise specifically provided.

“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the relevant jurisdiction.

“Underwriters” means the underwriters who purchase the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds from the Issuer and sell the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds in a public offering pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement.

“Underwriting Agreement” means the Underwriting Agreement, dated             , 2022, by and among the Issuer, KGS, and the representatives of the several Underwriters named therein, as the same may be amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, with respect to the issuance of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds.

“U.S. Government Obligations” means direct obligations (or certificates representing an ownership interest in such obligations) of the United States of America (including any agency or instrumentality thereof) for the payment of which the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged and that are not callable at the option of the issuer thereof.

B. Rules of Construction. Unless the context otherwise requires, in each Basic Document to which this Appendix A is attached:

(a) All accounting terms not specifically defined herein shall be construed in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles. To the extent that the definitions of accounting terms in any Basic Document are inconsistent with the meanings of such terms under generally accepted accounting principles or regulatory accounting principles, the definitions contained in such Basic Document shall control.

(b) The term “including” means “including without limitation”, and other forms of the verb “include” have correlative meanings.

(c) All references to any Person shall include such Person’s permitted successors and assigns, and any reference to a Person in a particular capacity excludes such Person in other capacities.

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(d) Unless otherwise stated in any of the Basic Documents, in the computation of a period of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including” and each of the words “to” and “until” means “to but excluding”.

(e) The words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in any Basic Document shall refer to such Basic Document as a whole and not to any particular provision of such Basic Document. References to Articles, Sections, Appendices and Exhibits in any Basic Document are references to Articles, Sections, Appendices and Exhibits in or to such Basic Document unless otherwise specified in such Basic Document.

(f) The various captions (including the tables of contents) in each Basic Document are provided solely for convenience of reference and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of any Basic Document.

(g) The definitions contained in this Appendix A apply equally to the singular and plural forms of such terms, and words of the masculine, feminine or neuter gender shall mean and include the correlative words of other genders.

(h) Unless otherwise specified, references to an agreement or other document include references to such agreement or document as from time to time amended, restated, reformed, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms thereof (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, restatements, reformations, supplements or modifications set forth in such agreement or document) and include any attachments thereto.

(i) References to any law, rule, regulation or order of a Governmental Authority shall include such law, rule, regulation or order as from time to time in effect, including any amendment, modification, codification, replacement or reenactment thereof or any substitution therefor.

(j) The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”.

(k) The word “or” is not exclusive.

(l) All terms defined in the relevant Basic Document to which this Appendix A is attached shall have the defined meanings when used in any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant thereto unless otherwise defined therein.

(m) A term has the meaning assigned to it.

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EXHIBIT A

MONTHLY SERVICER’S CERTIFICATE

KANSAS GAS SERVICE SECURITIZATION I, L.L.C.

$         Series 2022-A Senior Secured Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds

Pursuant to Section 3.01(b) of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property Servicing Agreement, dated as of         , 2022, by and between Kansas Gas Service, a Division of ONE Gas, Inc., as Servicer, and Kansas Gas Service Securitization I, L.L.C., as Issuer (the “Servicing Agreement”), the Servicer does hereby certify as follows:

Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Monthly Servicer’s Certificate have their respective meanings as set forth in the Servicing Agreement. References herein to certain sections and subsections are references to the respective sections or subsections of the Servicing Agreement.

“SUTC” means Residential Securitized Utility Tariff Charges

BILLING MONTH: {    /        /20    } - {    /        /20    }

Customer Class	SUTC Collected and Remitted
Residential
General Service - Small
General Service - Large
General Service - Transport Eligible
Small Generator Service
Irrigation Sales
KGS Supply
TOTAL

Executed as of this {        } day of {        }, 20{    }.

KANSAS GAS SERVICE, a Division of ONE Gas, Inc., as Servicer
By:
	Name:
	Title:

EXHIBIT A

FORM OF MONTHLY SERVICER’S CERTIFICATE

A-1

EXHIBIT B

SEMI-ANNUAL SERVICER’S CERTIFICATE

KANSAS GAS SERVICE SECURITIZATION I, L.L.C.

$         Series 2022-A Senior Secured Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds

Pursuant to Section 4.01(c)(ii) of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property Servicing Agreement, dated as of             , 2022, by and between Kansas Gas Service, a Division of ONE Gas, Inc., as Servicer, and Kansas Gas Service Securitization I, L.L.C., as Issuer (the “Servicing Agreement”), the Servicer does hereby certify, for the {        }, 20{    } Payment Date (the “Current Payment Date”), as follows:

Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Semi-Annual Servicer’s Certificate have their respective meanings as set forth in the Servicing Agreement. References herein to certain sections and subsections are references to the respective sections of the Servicing Agreement or the Indenture, as the context indicates.

Collection Periods: {                    } to {                    }

Payment Date: {            }, 20{    }

Cut-off Date¹ {            }, 20{    }

1. (a) Available amounts on deposit in Collection Account (including Excess Funds Subaccount) as of Cut-Off Date: $        

(b) Actual Remittances from the date in (a) above through the Servicer Business Day preceding Current Payment Date: $         

(c) Total amounts available to Indenture Trustee for payment of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds and Ongoing Financing Costs: $         

¹  Cut-Off Date not to be more than 5 days prior to the date of the certificate.

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2. Allocation of available amounts as of Current Payment Date allocable to payment of principal and interest on Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds on Current Payment Date:

a) Principal

Aggregate                    

i. Tranche A

ii. Total:

b) Interest

Aggregate                    

i. Tranche A

ii. Total:

3. Outstanding amount of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds prior to, and after giving effect to the payment on the Current Payment Date and the difference, if any, between the Outstanding Amount specified in the Expected Amortization Schedule (after giving effect to payments to be made on such Payment Date under 1a above) and the expected principal balance to be Outstanding (following payment on Current Payment Date):

a) Expected principal balance Outstanding (as of the date of this certification):

i. Tranche A

ii. Total:

b) Expected principal balance to be Outstanding (following payment on Current Payment Date):

i. Tranche A

ii. Total:

c) Difference between (b) above and Outstanding Amount specified in Expected Amortization Schedule:

i. Tranche A

ii. Total:

4. All other transfers to be made on the Current Payment Date, including amounts to be paid to the Indenture Trustee and to the Servicer pursuant to Section 8.2(e) of the Indenture:

a) Certain Ongoing Financing Costs

i. Indenture Trustee Fees and Expenses (subject to $200,000 annual cap per Section 8.2(e)(i)):

ii. Servicing Fee:

iii. Issuer’s Fees:

iv. Total:

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b) Other Ongoing Financing Costs and Payments

i. Other Ongoing Financing Costs (payable pursuant to Section 8.2(e)(v)):

ii. Funding of Capital Subaccount to the Required Capital Amount

iii. Any other unpaid Issuance Costs of the Issuer, any remaining fees, expenses and indemnity amounts owed to the Indenture Trustee and any remaining indemnity amounts owed to the Issuer shall be paid to the parties to which such amounts, if any, are owed, pursuant to Section 8.2(e)(viii):

iv. Deposits to Excess Funds Subaccount:

v. Total:

5. Estimated amounts on deposit in the Capital Subaccount and Excess Funds Subaccount after giving effect to the foregoing payments:

a) Capital Subaccount

i. Total:

b) Excess Funds Subaccount

i. Total:

1. Collections Allocable and Aggregate Amounts Available for the Current Payment Date:

i.    Remittances for the {                    } Collection Period	$	{            }
ii.   Remittances for the {                    } Collection Period	$	{            }
iii.   Remittances for the {                    } Collection Period	$	{            }
iv.   Remittances for the {                    } Collection Period	$	{            }
v.   Remittances for the {                    } Collection Period	$	{            }
vi.   Investment Earnings on Capital Subaccount	$	{            }
vii.  Investment Earnings on Excess Funds Subaccount	$	{            }
viii.   Investment Earnings on General Subaccount	$	{            }
ix.   General Subaccount Balance (sum of i through viii above)	$	{            }
xi.   Capital Subaccount Balance as of prior Payment Date	$	{            }

2. Outstanding Amounts as of prior Payment Date:

i.   Tranche A Outstanding Amount ${                }

3. Required Funding/Payments as of Current Payment Date:

Principal	Principal Due
i.   Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds – Tranche A	$	{            }
Interest

Tranche	Interest Rate			Days in Interest Period2		Principal Balance		Interest Due
ii. Tranche A		{    }	%		{                    }	$	{            }	$	{            }
						Required Level		Funding Required
iii. Capital Subaccount						$	{            }	$	{            }

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4. Allocation of Remittances as of Current Payment Date Pursuant to 8.02(e) of Indenture:

i. Trustee Fees and Expenses; Indemnity Amounts	$	{            }
ii. Servicing Fee	$	{            }
iii. Administration Fee	$	{            }
iv. Operating Expenses	$	{            }

Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds	Aggregate		Per $1,000 of Original Principal Amount
v. Semi-Annual Interest (including any past-due for prior periods)
1. Tranche A Interest Payment	$	{            }	$	{            }
vi. Principal Due and Payable as a Result of an Event of Default or on Final Maturity Date
1. Tranche A Interest Payment	$	{            }	$	{            }
vii. Semi-Annual Principal
1. Tranche A Interest Payment	$	{            }	$	{            }

² On 30/360 day basis for initial payment date; otherwise use one-half of annual rate.

viii. Other unpaid Operating Expenses	$	{            }
ix. Funding of Capital Subaccount (to required level)	$	{            }
x. Capital Subaccount Return to KGS	$	{            }
xi. Deposit to Excess Funds Subaccount	$	{            }
xii. Released to Issuer upon Retirement of all Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds	$	{            }
xiii. Aggregate Remittances as of Current Payment Date	$	{            }

5. Outstanding Amount and Collection Account Balance as of Current Payment Date (after giving effect to payments to be made on such Payment Date):

i.   Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds – Tranche A	$	{            }
ii.  Excess Funds Subaccount Balance	$	{            }
iii.   Capital Subaccount Balance	$	{            }
iv.   Aggregate Collection Account Balance	$	{            }

6. Subaccount Withdrawals as of Current Payment Date (if applicable, pursuant to Section 8.02(e) of Indenture):

i.   Excess Funds Subaccount	$	{            }
ii.  Capital Subaccount	$	{            }
iii.   Total Withdrawals	$	{            }

7. Shortfalls in Interest and Principal Payments as of Current Payment Date:

i.   Semi-annual Interest
Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds – Tranche A Interest Payment	$	{            }
ii.  Semi-annual Principal
Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds – Tranche A Principal Payment	$	{            }

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8. Shortfalls in Payment of Return on Invested Capital as of Current Payment Date:

i.   Return on Invested Capital $ {            }

9. Shortfalls in Required Subaccount Levels as of Current Payment Date:

i.   Capital Subaccount $ {            }

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed and delivered this Semi-Annual Servicer’s Certificate this {                    } day of {        }, 20{    }.

KANSAS GAS SERVICE, a Division of ONE Gas, Inc., as Servicer
By:
	Name:
	Title:

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EXHIBIT C-1

FORM OF SERVICER ANNUAL CERTIFICATE

SERVICER ANNUAL CERTIFICATE

KANSAS GAS SERVICE SECURITIZATION I, L.L.C.

$         Series 2022-A Senior Secured Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds

The undersigned hereby certifies that the undersigned is the duly elected and acting {                    } of Kansas Gas Service, a Division of ONE Gas, Inc., as servicer (the “Servicer”), under the Securitized Utility Tariff Property Servicing Agreement dated as of             , 2022 (the “Servicing Agreement”) by and between the Servicer and Kansas Gas Service Securitization I, L.L.C., and further certifies that:

1. The undersigned is responsible for assessing the Servicer’s compliance with the servicing criteria set forth in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB (the “Servicing Criteria”).

2. With respect to each of the Servicing Criteria, the undersigned has made the following assessment of the Servicing Criteria in accordance with Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB, with such discussion regarding the performance of such Servicing Criteria during the fiscal year covered by ONE Gas, Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K:

Regulation AB Reference	Servicing Criteria	Assessment
General Servicing Considerations
1122(d)(1)(i)	Policies and procedures are instituted to monitor any performance or other triggers and events of default in accordance with the transaction agreements.	Applicable; assessment below.
1122(d)(1)(ii)	If any material servicing activities are outsourced to third parties, policies and procedures are instituted to monitor the third party’s performance and compliance with such servicing activities.	Not applicable; no servicing activities were outsourced.
1122(d)(1)(iii)	Any requirements in the transaction agreements to maintain a back-up servicer for pool assets are maintained.	Not applicable; transaction agreements do not provide for a back-up servicer.

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Regulation AB Reference	Servicing Criteria	Assessment
1122(d)(1)(iv)	A fidelity bond and errors and omissions policy is in effect on the party participating in the servicing function throughout the reporting period in the amount of coverage required by and otherwise in accordance with the terms of the transaction agreements.	Not applicable; transaction agreements do not require a fidelity bond or errors and omissions policy.
1122(d)(1)(v)	Aggregation of information, as applicable, is mathematically accurate and the information conveyed accurately reflects the information.	Applicable
Cash Collection and Administration
1122(d)(2)(i)	Payments on pool assets are deposited into the appropriate custodial bank accounts and related bank clearing accounts no more than two business days following receipt, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.	Applicable.
1122(d)(2)(ii)	Disbursements made via wire transfer on behalf of an obligor or to an investor are made only by authorized personnel.	Applicable.
1122(d)(2)(iii)	Advances of funds or guarantees regarding collections, cash flows or distributions, and any interest or other fees charged for such advances, are made, reviewed and approved as specified in the transaction agreements.	Applicable; no advances by the Servicer are permitted under the transaction agreements, except for payments of certain indemnities.
1122(d)(2)(iv)	The related accounts for the transaction, such as cash reserve accounts or accounts established as a form of overcollateralization, are separately maintained (e.g., with respect to commingling of cash) as set forth in the transaction agreements.	Applicable, but no current assessment is required since the related accounts are maintained by the Indenture Trustee.
1122(d)(2)(v)	Each custodial account is maintained at a federally insured depository institution as set forth in the transaction agreements. For purposes of this criterion, “federally insured depository institution” with respect to a foreign financial institution means a foreign financial institution that meets the requirements of Rule 13k-1(b)(1) under the Exchange Act.	Applicable, but no current assessment required; all “custodial accounts” are maintained by the Indenture Trustee.
1122(d)(2)(vi)	Unissued checks are safeguarded so as to prevent unauthorized access.	Not applicable; all payments made by wire transfer.

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Regulation AB Reference	Servicing Criteria	Assessment
1122(d)(2)(vii)	Reconciliations are prepared on a monthly basis for all asset-backed securities related bank accounts, including custodial accounts and related bank clearing accounts. These reconciliations are: (A) mathematically accurate; (B) prepared within 30 calendar days after the bank statement cutoff date, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements; (C) reviewed and approved by someone other than the person who prepared the reconciliation; and (D) contain explanations for reconciling items. These reconciling items are resolved within 90 calendar days of their original identification, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.	Applicable; assessment below.
Investor Remittances and Reporting
1122(d)(3)(i)	Reports to investors, including those to be filed with the SEC, are maintained in accordance with the transaction agreements and applicable SEC requirements. Specifically, such reports: (A) are prepared in accordance with timeframes and other terms set forth in the transaction agreements; (B) provide information calculated in accordance with the terms specified in the transaction agreements; (C) are filed with the SEC as required by its rules and regulations; and (D) agree with investors’ or the trustee’s records as to the total unpaid principal balance and number of pool assets serviced by the servicer.	Applicable; assessment below.
1122(d)(3)(ii)	Amounts due to investors are allocated and remitted in accordance with timeframes, distribution priority and other terms set forth in the transaction agreements.	Not applicable; investor records maintained by the Indenture Trustee.
1122(d)(3)(iii)	Disbursements made to an investor are posted within two business days to the servicer’s investor records, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.	Applicable.
1122(d)(3)(iv)	Amounts remitted to investors per the investor reports agree with cancelled checks, or other form of payment, or custodial bank statements.	Applicable; assessment below.

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Regulation AB Reference	Servicing Criteria	Assessment
Pool Asset Administration
1122(d)(4)(i)	Collateral or security on pool assets is maintained as required by the transaction agreements or related pool asset documents.	Applicable; assessment below.
1122(d)(4)(ii)	Pool assets and related documents are safeguarded as required by the transaction agreements.	Applicable; assessment below.
1122(d)(4)(iii)	Any additions, removals or substitutions to the asset pool are made, reviewed and approved in accordance with any conditions or requirements in the transaction agreements.	Not applicable; no removals or substitutions of Securitized Utility Tariff Property are contemplated or allowed under the transaction documents.
1122(d)(4)(iv)	Payments on pool assets, including any payoffs, made in accordance with the related pool asset documents are posted to the servicer’s obligor records maintained no more than two business days after receipt, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements, and allocated to principal, interest or other items (e.g., escrow) in accordance with the related pool asset agreements.	Applicable; assessment below.
1122(d)(4)(v)	The servicer’s records regarding the pool assets agree with the servicer’s records with respect to an obligor’s unpaid principal balance.	Not applicable; because underlying obligation (Securitized Utility Tariff Charge) is not an interest-bearing instrument.
1122(d)(4)(vi)	Changes with respect to the terms or status of an obligor’s pool assets (e.g., loan modifications or re-agings) are made, reviewed and approved by authorized personnel in accordance with the transaction agreements and related pool asset documents.	Applicable; assessment below.
1122(d)(4)(vii)	Loss mitigation or recovery actions (e.g., forbearance plans, modifications and deeds in lieu of foreclosure, foreclosures and repossessions, as applicable) are initiated, conducted and concluded in accordance with the timeframes or other requirements established by the transaction agreements.	Applicable; limited assessment below. Servicer actions governed by Commission regulations.

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Regulation AB Reference	Servicing Criteria	Assessment
1122(d)(4)(viii)	Records documenting collection efforts are maintained during the period a pool asset is delinquent in accordance with the transaction agreements. Such records are maintained on at least a monthly basis, or such other period specified in the transaction agreements, and describe the entity’s activities in monitoring delinquent pool assets, including, for example, phone calls, letters and payment rescheduling plans in cases where delinquency is deemed temporary (e.g., illness or unemployment).	Applicable, but does not require assessment since no explicit documentation requirement with respect to delinquent accounts are imposed under the transaction agreements due to availability of “true-up” mechanism; and any such documentation is maintained in accordance with applicable Commission rules and regulations.
1122(d)(4)(ix)	Adjustments to interest rates or rates of return for pool assets with variable rates are computed based on the related pool asset documents.	Not applicable; Securitized Utility Tariff Charges are not interest-bearing instruments.
1122(d)(4)(x)	Regarding any funds held in trust for an obligor (such as escrow accounts): (A) such funds are analyzed, in accordance with the obligor’s pool asset documents, on at least an annual basis, or such other period specified in the transaction agreements; (B) interest on such funds is paid, or credited, to obligors in accordance with applicable pool asset documents and state laws; and (C) such funds are returned to the obligor within 30 calendar days of full repayment of the related pool assets, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.	Not applicable.
1122(d)(4)(xi)	Payments made on behalf of an obligor (such as tax or insurance payments) are made on or before the related penalty or expiration dates, as indicated on the appropriate bills or notices for such payments, provided that such support has been received by the servicer at least 30 calendar days prior to these dates, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.	Not applicable; Servicer does not make payments on behalf of obligors.

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Regulation AB Reference	Servicing Criteria	Assessment
1122(d)(4)(xii)	Any late payment penalties in connection with any payment to be made on behalf of an obligor are paid from the servicer’s funds and not charged to the obligor, unless the late payment was due to the obligor’s error or omission.	Not applicable; Servicer cannot make advances of its own funds on behalf of customers under the transaction agreements.
1122(d)(4)(xiii)	Disbursements made on behalf of an obligor are posted within two business days to the obligor’s records maintained by the servicer, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.	Not applicable; Servicer cannot make advances of its own funds on behalf of customers to pay principal or interest on the bonds.
1122(d)(4)(xiv)	Delinquencies, charge-offs and uncollectible accounts are recognized and recorded in accordance with the transaction agreements.	Applicable; assessment below.
1122(d)(4)(xv)	Any external enhancement or other support, identified in Item 1114(a)(1) through (3) or Item 1115 of Regulation AB, is maintained as set forth in the transaction agreements.	Not applicable; no external enhancement is required under the transaction agreements.

3. To the best of the undersigned’s knowledge, based on such review, the Servicer is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable servicing criteria set forth above as of and for the period ended the end of the fiscal year covered by the Issuer’s annual report on Form 10-K. {If not true, include description of any material instance of noncompliance.}

4. A registered independent public accounting firm, has issued an attestation report in accordance with Section 1122(b) of Regulation AB on its assessment of compliance with the applicable servicing criteria as of and for the period ended [the end of the fiscal year covered by the Issuer’s annual report on Form 10-K.]

5. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have their respective meanings as set forth in the Servicing Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed and delivered this Servicer Annual Certificate this {    } day of {            }, 20{    }.

KANSAS GAS SERVICE, a Division of ONE Gas, Inc., as Servicer
By:
	Name:
	Title:

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EXHIBIT C-2

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE

KANSAS GAS SERVICE SECURITIZATION I, L.L.C.

$         Series 2022-A Senior Secured Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds

The undersigned hereby certifies that the undersigned is the duly elected and acting {                    } of Kansas Gas Service, a Division of ONE Gas, Inc., as servicer (the “Servicer”), under the Securitized Utility Tariff Property Servicing Agreement dated as of             , 2022 (the “Servicing Agreement”) by and between the Servicer and Kansas Gas Service Securitization I, L.L.C., and further certifies that:

1. A review of the activities of the Servicer and of its performance under the Servicing Agreement during the twelve months ended {            }, 20{    } has been made under the supervision of the undersigned pursuant to Section 3.03 of the Servicing Agreement.

2. To the undersigned’s knowledge, based on such review, the Servicer has fulfilled all of its obligations in all material respects under the Servicing Agreement throughout the twelve months ended {        }, 20{    }, except as set forth on EXHIBIT A hereto.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed and delivered this Certificate of Compliance this {    } day of {        }, 20{    }.

KANSAS GAS SERVICE, a Division of ONE Gas, Inc., as Servicer
By:
	Name:
	Title:

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CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE

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EXHIBIT A

TO

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE

LIST OF SERVICER DEFAULTS

The following Servicer Defaults, or events that with the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, would become Servicer Defaults, known to the undersigned occurred during the twelve months ended {            }, 20{    }:

Nature of Default	Status
{                     }		{                    }

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SCHEDULE 4.01(a)

EXPECTED AMORTIZATION SCHEDULE

OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL BALANCE

Semi-Annual Payment Date	Tranche A Balance
Issuance Date	$	[	]

EX-10.2

Exhibit 10.2

SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF PROPERTY PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT

between

KANSAS GAS SERVICE SECURITIZATION I, L.L.C.

Issuer

and

KANSAS GAS SERVICE, a Division of ONE Gas, Inc.

Seller

Dated as of             , 2022

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS		1
Section 1.01	Definitions	1
Section 1.02	Other Definitional Provisions	1
ARTICLE II CONVEYANCE OF THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF PROPERTY		2
Section 2.01	Conveyance of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property	2
Section 2.02	Conditions to Conveyance of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property	2
ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER		3
Section 3.01	Organization and Good Standing	4
Section 3.02	Due Qualification	4
Section 3.03	Power and Authority	4
Section 3.04	Binding Obligation	4
Section 3.05	No Violation	4
Section 3.06	No Proceedings	4
Section 3.07	Approvals	5
Section 3.08	The Securitized Utility Tariff Property	5
Section 3.09	Solvency	6
Section 3.10	The Financing Order	7
Section 3.11	State Action	7
Section 3.12	No Court Order	8
Section 3.13	Approvals Concerning the Securitized Utility Tariff Property	8
Section 3.14	No Right of Kansas Voters to Act by Initiative or Referendum	8
Section 3.15	Tax Liens	8
Section 3.16	Assumptions	8
Section 3.17	Creation of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property	9
Section 3.18	Prospectus	10
Section 3.19	Nature of Representations and Warranties	10
Section 3.20	Waivers of Legal Warranties	10
ARTICLE IV COVENANTS OF THE SELLER		10
Section 4.01	Seller’s Existence	10
Section 4.02	No Liens or Conveyances	10
Section 4.03	Use of Proceeds	11
Section 4.04	Delivery of Collections	11

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Section 4.05	Notice of Liens	11
Section 4.06	Compliance with Law	11
Section 4.07	Covenants Related to the Securitized Utility Tariff Property	11
Section 4.08	Protection of Title	13
Section 4.09	Taxes	13
Section 4.10	Filings Pursuant to Financing Order	14
Section 4.11	Issuance Advice Letter	14
Section 4.12	Securitized Utility Tariff	14
Section 4.13	Notice of Breach to Rating Agencies, Etc.	14
Section 4.14	Further Assurances	14
ARTICLE V ADDITIONAL UNDERTAKINGS OF SELLER		14
Section 5.01	LIABILITY OF THE SELLER; INDEMNITIES	14
Section 5.02	Merger, Conversion or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, the Seller	17
Section 5.03	Limitation on Liability of the Seller and Others	19
ARTICLE VI MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS		19
Section 6.01	Amendment	19
Section 6.02	Notices	20
Section 6.03	Assignment by the Seller	21
Section 6.04	Pledge to the Trustee	21
Section 6.05	Limitations on Rights of Others	21
Section 6.06	Severability	21
Section 6.07	Separate Counterparts	21
Section 6.08	Headings	21
Section 6.09	Governing Law	21
Section 6.10	Limitation of Liability	21
Section 6.11	Waivers	21
Section 6.12	Nonpetition Covenants	22
APPENDIX A—DEFINITIONS		Appendix A-1
EXHIBIT A BILL OF SALE		Exhibit A-1
SCHEDULE 1 to BILL OF SALE		Schedule 1-1

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SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF PROPERTY PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of            , 2022, between KANSAS GAS SERVICE SECURITIZATION I, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (the “Issuer”), and KANSAS GAS SERVICE, a division of ONE Gas, Inc., an Oklahoma corporation, as seller (the “Seller”).

WHEREAS, the Issuer desires to purchase the Securitized Utility Tariff Property created pursuant to the Securitization Act and the Financing Order;

WHEREAS, the Seller is willing to sell its rights and interests in and to the Securitized Utility Tariff Property to the Issuer;

WHEREAS, the Issuer, in order to finance the purchase of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property, will issue the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds under the Indenture; and

WHEREAS, the Issuer, to secure its obligations under the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds and the Indenture, will pledge its right, title and interest in the Securitized Utility Tariff Property and this Agreement to the Trustee for the benefit of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bondholders.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein contained and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.01    Definitions. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in Appendix A to this Agreement. Not all terms defined in Appendix A to this Agreement are used in this Agreement.

Section 1.02    Other Definitional Provisions.

(a)    “Agreement” means this Securitized Utility Tariff Property Purchase and Sale Agreement, as the same may be amended and supplemented from time to time.

(b)    Non-capitalized terms used herein which are defined in the Securitization Act, as the context requires, have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Securitization Act, but without giving effect to amendments to the Securitization Act after the date hereof which have a material adverse effect on the Issuer or the Securitized Utility Tariff Bondholders.

(c)    All terms defined in this Agreement shall have such defined meanings when used in any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined therein.

(d)    The words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement; Section, Schedule and Exhibit references contained in this Agreement are references to Sections, Schedules and Exhibits in or to this Agreement unless otherwise specified; and the term “including” shall mean “including without limitation.”

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(e)    The definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms.

ARTICLE II

CONVEYANCE OF THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF PROPERTY

Section 2.01    Conveyance of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property.

(a)    In consideration of the Issuer’s payment to or upon the order of the Seller of $         (the “Purchase Price”), subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions specified in Section 2.02, the Seller does hereby irrevocably sell, transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the Issuer, without recourse (subject, for the avoidance of doubt, to the express obligations of the Seller herein) or warranty, except as set forth herein, all right, title and interest of the Seller in and to the Securitized Utility Tariff Property as identified in the Bill of Sale delivered pursuant to Section 2.02(i) on or prior to the Closing Date (such sale, transfer, assignment, setting over and conveyance of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property to include, to the fullest extent permitted by the Securitization Act, the right to impose, collect and receive the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges, as the same may be adjusted from time to time). Such sale, transfer, assignment, setting over and conveyance of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property is hereby expressly stated to be a sale or other absolute transfer and, pursuant to K.S.A. §66-1,246(a) and other applicable law, is a true sale and is not a secured transaction and title and ownership has passed to the Issuer. The preceding sentence is the statement referred to in K.S.A. §66-1,246(a). The Seller agrees and confirms that upon payment of the Purchase Price and the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Bill of Sale, the sale, transfer and assignment hereunder shall be effective and the Seller shall have no right, title or interest in, to or under the Securitized Utility Tariff Property.

(b)    Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of conditions specified in Section 2.02, the Issuer does hereby purchase the Securitized Utility Tariff Property from the Seller for the consideration set forth in Section 2.01(a).

(c)    The Seller and the Issuer each acknowledge and agree that the purchase price for the Securitized Utility Tariff Property sold pursuant to this Agreement is equal to its fair market value at the time of sale.

Section 2.02    Conditions to Conveyance of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property. The obligation of the Seller to sell, and the obligation of the Issuer to purchase the Securitized Utility Tariff Property on the Closing Date shall be subject to and conditioned upon the satisfaction or waiver of each of the following conditions:

(i)    on or prior to the Closing Date, the Seller shall deliver to the Issuer a duly executed Bill of Sale identifying the Securitized Utility Tariff Property, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto;

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(ii)    as of the Closing Date, the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects and no material breach by the Seller of its covenants in this Agreement shall exist and the Seller shall have delivered to the Issuer and the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate to such effect and no Servicer Default shall have occurred and be continuing;

(iii)    as of the Closing Date:

(A)    the Issuer shall have sufficient funds available to pay the Purchase Price,

(B)    all conditions set forth in the Indenture to the issuance of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds shall have been satisfied or waived, and

(C)    the Seller is not insolvent and will not have been made insolvent by the sale of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property and the Seller is not aware of any pending insolvency with respect to itself.

(iv)    on or prior to the Closing Date, the Seller shall have taken all actions required under the Securitization Act, the Financing Order and other applicable law for the Issuer to have ownership of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property, free and clear of all Liens other than Liens created by the Issuer pursuant to the Indenture; and the Issuer, or the Servicer on behalf of the Issuer, shall have taken any action required for the Issuer to grant the Trustee a first priority perfected security interest in the Trust Estate and maintain such security interest as of such date (including all actions required under the Securitization Act, the Financing Order and the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted in the State of Kansas and each other applicable jurisdiction (the “UCC”));

(v)    the Seller shall have delivered to each Rating Agency and to the Issuer any Opinions of Counsel requested by the Rating Agencies;

(vi)    the Seller shall have delivered to the Trustee and the Issuer an Officer’s Certificate confirming the satisfaction of each relevant condition precedent specified in this Section 2.02; and

(vii)    the Seller shall have received the Purchase Price in funds immediately available on the Closing Date.

ARTICLE III

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER

As of the Closing Date, the Seller makes the following representations and warranties on which the Issuer has relied and will rely in acquiring the Securitized Utility Tariff Property. The following representations and warranties are made under existing law as in effect as of the Closing Date. The Seller shall not be in breach of any representation or warranty herein as a result of a change in law occurring after the Closing Date, including by means of legislative enactment,

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constitutional amendment or voter initiative. The representations and warranties shall survive the sale of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property to the Issuer and the pledge thereof on the Closing Date to the Trustee pursuant to the Indenture.

Section 3.01    Organization and Good Standing. The Seller is a corporation duly organized and in good standing under the laws of the State of Oklahoma, with corporate power and authority to own its properties and to conduct its business as currently owned or conducted.

Section 3.02    Due Qualification. The Seller is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing, and has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals, in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualifications, licenses or approvals (except where the failure to so qualify or obtain such licenses and approvals would not be reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the Seller’s business, operations, assets, revenues or properties).

Section 3.03    Power and Authority. The Seller has the corporate power and authority to obtain the Financing Order and to execute and deliver this Agreement and to carry out its terms; the Seller has the corporate power and authority to own the rights and interests under the Financing Order, and to sell and assign the rights and interests under the Financing Order and in the Securitized Utility Tariff Property to the Issuer; and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement have been duly authorized by the Seller by all necessary corporate action.

Section 3.04    Binding Obligation. This Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Seller, enforceable against the Seller in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer and other laws relating to or affecting creditors’ or secured parties’ rights generally from time to time in effect and to general principles of equity (including concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing), regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

Section 3.05    No Violation. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the fulfillment of the terms hereof do not: (i) conflict with or result in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time) a default under, the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Seller, each as amended to the date of this Agreement, or any indenture, mortgage, credit agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Seller is a party or by which it or its properties is bound; (ii) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of the Seller’s properties pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, agreement or other instrument (except for any Lien created by the Issuer under the Basic Documents in favor of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bondholders and in accordance with K.S.A. §66-1,245); or (iii) violate any existing law or any existing order, rule or regulation applicable to the Seller of any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Seller or its properties.

Section 3.06    No Proceedings. Except as disclosed in the Issuer’s prospectus dated            , 2022 relating to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds (the “Prospectus”), there are no proceedings pending and, to the Seller’s knowledge, (x) there are no proceedings threatened and (y) there are no investigations pending or threatened before any Governmental Authority having

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jurisdiction over the Seller or its properties involving or relating to the Seller or the Issuer or, to the Seller’s knowledge, any other Person:

(i)    asserting the invalidity of this Agreement, any of the other Basic Documents, the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, the Securitization Act or the Financing Order;

(ii)    seeking to prevent the issuance of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of the other Basic Documents;

(iii)    seeking any determination or ruling that could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the performance by the Seller of its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement, any of the other Basic Documents or the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds; or

(iv)    challenging the Seller’s treatment of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds as debt of the Seller for federal or state income, gross receipts or franchise tax purposes.

Section 3.07    Approvals. Except for continuation filings under the UCC and the Securitization Act, no approval, authorization, consent, order or other action of, or filing with, any Governmental Authority is required under an applicable law, rule or regulation in connection with the execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement, the performance by the Seller of the transactions contemplated hereby or the fulfillment by the Seller of the terms hereof, except those that have been obtained or made and those that the Seller, in its capacity as Servicer under the Servicing Agreement, is required to make in the future pursuant to the Servicing Agreement.

Section 3.08    The Securitized Utility Tariff Property.

(a)    Information. Subject to Section 3.16, all written information, as amended or supplemented from time to time prior to the date this representation is made, provided by the Seller to the Issuer with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Property (including the Financing Order and the Issuance Advice Letter) is correct in all material respects and does not omit any material facts required to be included therein and all historical data for the purpose of calculating the initial Securitized Utility Tariff Charges in the Issuance Advice Letter and the assumptions used for such calculations are reasonable and such calculations were made in good faith.

(b)    Effect of Transfer. It is the intention of the parties hereto that (other than for United States federal income tax purposes and, to the extent consistent with applicable state tax laws, state income and franchise tax purposes) the sale, transfer, assignment, setting over and conveyance herein contemplated constitutes a sale or other absolute transfer of all right, title and interest of the Seller in and to the Securitized Utility Tariff Property from the Seller to the Issuer. Upon execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Bill of Sale and payment of the Purchase Price, the Seller will have no right, title or interest in, to or under the Securitized Utility Tariff Property; and that such Securitized Utility Tariff Property would not be a part of the estate of the Seller as debtor in the event of the filing of a

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bankruptcy petition by or against the Seller under any bankruptcy law. No portion of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property has been sold, transferred, assigned, pledged or otherwise conveyed by the Seller to any person other than the Issuer, and, to the Seller’s knowledge, no security arrangement, financing statement or equivalent security or lien instrument listing the Seller, as debtor, and all or a portion of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property, as collateral, is on file or of record in Kansas, except such as may have been filed or recorded in favor of the Issuer or the Trustee in connection with the Basic Documents.

(c)    Transfer Filings.

(i)    The Seller is the sole owner of all the rights and interests under the Financing Order to be sold to the Issuer on the Closing Date.

(ii)    On the Closing Date, immediately upon the sale hereunder, the Securitized Utility Tariff Property will have been validly sold, assigned, transferred, set over and conveyed to the Issuer free and clear of all Liens (except for any Lien created by the Issuer under the Basic Documents in favor of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bondholders and in accordance with K.S.A. §66-1,245).

(iii)    All actions or filings (including filings with the Kansas Secretary of State in accordance with the rules prescribed under the Securitization Act) necessary in any jurisdiction to give the Issuer a perfected ownership interest (subject to any Lien created by the Issuer under the Basic Documents in favor of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bondholders and in accordance with K.S.A. §66-1,245) in the Securitized Utility Tariff Property and to grant to the Trustee a first priority perfected security interest in the Securitized Utility Tariff Property, free and clear of all Liens of the Seller or anyone else (except for any Lien created by the Issuer under the Basic Documents in favor of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bondholders and in accordance with K.S.A. §66-1,245), have been taken or made.

Section 3.09    Solvency. After giving effect to the sale of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property hereunder, the Seller:

(i)    is solvent and expects to remain solvent,

(ii)    is adequately capitalized to conduct its business and affairs considering its size and the nature of its business and intended purposes,

(iii)    is not engaged and does not expect to engage in a business for which its remaining property represents an unreasonably small portion of its capital,

(iv)    reasonably believes that it will be able to pay its debts as they come due, and

(v)    is able to pay its debts as they come due and does not intend to incur, or believes that it will incur, indebtedness that it will not be able to repay at its maturity.

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Section 3.10    The Financing Order.

(a)    The Financing Order was issued by the Kansas Commission on August 18, 2022 in accordance with the Securitization Act; the Financing Order and the process by which it was issued comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations of the State of Kansas and the federal laws of the United States, and the Financing Order is final, non-appealable and in full force and effect.

(b)    As of the date of issuance of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds will be entitled to the protections provided by the Securitization Act and the Financing Order, the Issuance Advice Letter and the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges authorized therein will have become irrevocable and not subject to reduction, impairment or adjustment by further action of the Kansas Commission, except for changes made pursuant to the adjustment mechanism authorized under the Securitization Act, and the Issuance Advice Letter and the Securitized Utility Tariff have been filed in accordance with the Financing Order. The Issuance Advice Letter have been filed in accordance with the Financing Order. The initial Securitized Utility Tariff Charges and the final terms of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds set forth in the Issuance Advice Letter have become effective. No other approval, authorization, consent, order or other action of, or filing with any Governmental Authority is required in connection with the creation of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property transferred on such date, except those that have been obtained or made.

Section 3.11    State Action.

(a)    Under K.S.A. §66-1,252(a), the State of Kansas has pledged that it will not take any action listed in such section or, except for changes made pursuant to the adjustment mechanism authorized under the Securitization Act, reduce, alter or impair the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges until the principal, interest and premium, if any, and any other charges incurred and contracts to be performed in connection with the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, have been paid and performed in full.

(b)    Under the laws of the State of Kansas and the federal laws of the United States, a reviewing court of competent jurisdiction would hold that (x) the State of Kansas could not constitutionally take any action of a legislative character, including the repeal or amendment of the Securitization Act, which would substantially limit, alter or impair the Securitized Utility Tariff Property or other rights vested in the Securitized Utility Tariff Bondholders pursuant to the Financing Order, or substantially limit, alter, impair or reduce the value or amount of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property, unless such action is a reasonable and necessary exercise of the State of Kansas’s sovereign powers based on reasonable conditions and of a character reasonable and appropriate to the emergency or other significant and legitimate public purpose justifying such action, and, (y) under the takings clauses of the State of Kansas and United States Constitutions, if the court concludes that the Securitized Utility Tariff Property is protected by the takings clauses, the State of Kansas could not repeal or amend the Securitization Act or take any other action in contravention of its pledge referred to in subsection (a) above without paying just compensation to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bondholders, as determined by a court of

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competent jurisdiction, if doing so would constitute a permanent appropriation of a substantial property interest of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bondholders in the Securitized Utility Tariff Property and deprive the Securitized Utility Tariff Bondholders of their reasonable expectations arising from their investments in the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds; however, there is no assurance that, even if a court were to award just compensation, it would be sufficient to pay the full amount of principal of and interest on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds.

(c)    Under the laws of the State of Kansas and the United States Constitution, a Kansas state court reviewing an appeal of Kansas Commission action of a legislative character would conclude that the Kansas Commission Pledge (i) creates a binding contractual obligation of the State of Kansas for purposes of the contract clauses of the United States Constitution, and (ii) provides a basis upon which the Securitized Utility Tariff Bondholders could challenge successfully any action of the Kansas Commission of a legislative character, including the rescission or amendment of the Financing Order, that such court determines violates the Kansas Commission Pledge in a manner that substantially reduces, limits or impairs the value of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property or the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges, prior to the time that the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds are paid in full and discharged, unless there is a judicial finding that the Kansas Commission action clearly is exercised for a public end and is reasonably necessary to the accomplishment of that public end so as not to be arbitrary, capricious or an abuse of authority. There is no assurance, however, that, even if a court were to award just compensation it would be sufficient to pay the full amount of principal and interest on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds.

Section 3.12    No Court Order. There is no order by any court providing for the revocation, alteration, limitation or other impairment of the Securitization Act, the Financing Order, the Issuance Advice Letter, the Securitized Utility Tariff Property or the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges or any rights arising under any of them or that seeks to enjoin the performance of any obligations under the Financing Order.

Section 3.13    Approvals Concerning the Securitized Utility Tariff Property. Under the laws of the State of Kansas and the federal laws of the United States, no other approval, authorization, consent, order or other action of, or filing with any Governmental Authority is required in connection with the creation or transfer of the Seller’s rights and interests under the Financing Order and the Issuer’s purchase of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property from the Seller, except those that have been obtained or made.

Section 3.14    No Right of Kansas Voters to Act by Initiative or Referendum. Apart from amending the Constitution of the State of Kansas, the citizens of the State of Kansas currently do not have the constitutional right to adopt or revise state laws by initiative or referendum.

Section 3.15    Tax Liens. The Seller is not aware of any judgment or tax Lien filings against the Issuer or the Seller that would result in a Lien on the Securitized Utility Tariff Property.

Section 3.16    Assumptions. Based on information available to the Seller on the date hereof, the assumptions used in calculating the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges in the Issuance Advice Letter are reasonable and made in good faith; however, notwithstanding the foregoing,

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THE SELLER MAKES NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, THAT BILLED SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF CHARGES WILL BE ACTUALLY COLLECTED FROM CUSTOMERS, OR THAT AMOUNTS ACTUALLY COLLECTED ARISING FROM THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF CHARGES WILL IN FACT BE SUFFICIENT TO MEET THE PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS ON THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDS OR THAT THE ASSUMPTIONS USED IN CALCULATING SUCH SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF CHARGES WILL IN FACT BE REALIZED.

Section 3.17    Creation of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property.

(a)    Upon the effectiveness of the Financing Order, the transfer of the Seller’s rights and interests under the Financing Order related to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds and the Issuer’s purchase of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property from the Seller pursuant to this Agreement, the Securitized Utility Tariff Property will constitute a present contract right vested in the Issuer.

(b)    Upon the effectiveness of the Financing Order, the Issuance Advice Letter and the Securitized Utility Tariff, the transfer of the Seller’s rights and interests under the Financing Order and the Issuer’s purchase of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property from the Seller pursuant to this Agreement, the Securitized Utility Tariff Property includes:

i the right to impose, bill, charge, collect and receive the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges, including the right to receive Securitized Utility Tariff Charges in amounts and at all times projected to be sufficient to pay scheduled principal and interest on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds,

ii all rights and interest of the Seller under the Financing Order, except the rights of Seller to earn and receive a rate of return on its invested capital in the Issuer, to receive administration and servicer fees, or to use the Seller’s remaining portion of those proceeds,

iii the rights to obtain periodic adjustments of the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges as provided in the Financing Order, and

iv all revenues, collections, claims, rights to payments, payments, money, or proceeds arising from the rights and interests resulting from the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges.

(c)    Upon the effectiveness of the Issuance Advice Letter and the Securitized Utility Tariff, the transfer of the Seller’s rights and interests under the Financing Order and the Issuer’s purchase of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property from the Seller on the Closing Date pursuant to this Agreement, the Securitized Utility Tariff Property will not be subject to any Lien created by a previous indenture.

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Section 3.18    Prospectus. As of the date hereof, the information describing the Seller under the captions “Review of Securitized Utility Tariff Property” and “The Depositor, Seller, Initial Servicer and Sponsor” in the Prospectus is true and correct in all material respects.

Section 3.19    Nature of Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.08 and Section 3.10 through Section 3.18, insofar as they involve conclusions of law, are made not on the basis that the Seller purports to be a legal expert or to be rendering legal advice, but rather to reflect the parties’ good faith understanding of the legal basis on which the parties are entering into this Agreement and the other Basic Documents and the basis on which the Securitized Utility Tariff Bondholders are purchasing the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, and to reflect the parties’ agreement that, if such understanding turns out to be incorrect or inaccurate, the Seller will be obligated to indemnify the Issuer and its permitted assigns (to the extent required by and in accordance with Section 5.01), and that the Issuer and its permitted assigns will be entitled to enforce any rights and remedies under the Basic Documents on account of such inaccuracy to the same extent as if the Seller had breached any other representations or warranties hereunder.

Section 3.20    Waivers of Legal Warranties. The Seller makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, as to the solvency of any of its customers on the Closing Date or as to the future solvency of any of its customers.

ARTICLE IV

COVENANTS OF THE SELLER

Section 4.01    Seller’s Existence. Subject to Section 5.02, so long as any of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds are outstanding, the Seller (i) will keep in full force and effect its existence and remain in good standing under the laws of the state of its organization, and shall obtain and preserve its qualification to do business in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is or will be necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of this Agreement and each other instrument or agreement to which the Seller is a party necessary to the proper administration of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and (ii) will continue to operate its natural gas delivery system to provide service to its customers.

Section 4.02    No Liens or Conveyances. Except for the conveyances hereunder or any Lien under the Basic Documents pursuant to K.S.A. §66-1,245 for the benefit of the Trustee and the Securitized Utility Tariff Bondholders, the Seller shall not sell, pledge, assign or transfer to any other Person, or grant, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien on, any of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property, whether then existing or thereafter created, or any interest therein. The Seller shall not at any time assert any Lien against or with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Property, and shall defend the right, title and interest of the Issuer and the Trustee, as assignee of the Issuer, in, to and under the Securitized Utility Tariff Property against all claims of third parties claiming through or under the Seller.

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Section 4.03    Use of Proceeds. The Seller will use the proceeds from the sale of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property to the Issuer in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Financing Order and the Securitization Act.

Section 4.04    Delivery of Collections. In the event that the Seller receives collections in respect of the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges or the proceeds thereof other than in its capacity as the Servicer, the Seller agrees to pay to the Servicer, on behalf of the Issuer, all payments (other than penalty amounts described in Part V(157) of the Financing Order) received by it in respect thereof as soon as practicable after receipt thereof. Prior to such remittance to the Servicer by the Seller, the Seller agrees that such amounts are held by it in trust for the Issuer and the Trustee. If the Seller becomes a party to any future trade receivables purchase and sale arrangement or similar arrangement under which it sells all or any portion of its accounts receivables, the Seller and the other parties to such arrangement shall enter into an intercreditor agreement in connection therewith and the terms of the documentation evidencing such trade receivables purchase and sale arrangement or similar arrangement shall expressly exclude Securitized Utility Tariff Charges from any receivables or other assets pledged or sold under such arrangement.

Section 4.05    Notice of Liens. The Seller shall notify the Issuer and the Trustee promptly after becoming aware of any Lien on any of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property, other than the conveyance hereunder, any Lien created in favor of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bondholders or any Lien created by the Issuer under the Indenture.

Section 4.06    Compliance with Law. The Seller shall comply with its organizational or governing documents and all laws, treaties, rules, regulations and determinations of any Governmental Authority applicable to the Seller, except to the extent that failure to so comply would not materially adversely affect the Issuer’s or the Trustee’s interests in the Securitized Utility Tariff Property or under any of the Basic Documents or the Seller’s performance of its obligations hereunder or under any of the other Basic Documents.

Section 4.07    Covenants Related to the Securitized Utility Tariff Property.

(a)    So long as any of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds are outstanding, the Seller shall:

(i)    treat the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds as debt of the Issuer and not of the Seller, except for financial reporting or tax purposes;

(ii)    disclose in its financial statements that the Issuer is, and the Seller is not, the owner of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property and that the assets of the Issuer are not available to pay creditors of the Seller or any of its Affiliates (other than the Issuer),

(iii)    unless, and to the extent, required by applicable law or directed or required by a Governmental Authority, disclose the effects of all transactions between the Seller and the Issuer in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and

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(iv)    not own or purchase any Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds.

(b)    So long as any of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds are outstanding,

(i)    in all proceedings relating directly or indirectly to the Securitized Utility Tariff Property, the Seller shall: (A) affirmatively certify and confirm that it has sold all of its rights and interests in and to the Securitized Utility Tariff Property to the Issuer (other than for financial reporting or tax purposes), and (B) not make any statement or reference in respect of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property that is inconsistent with the ownership thereof by the Issuer (other than for financial reporting or tax purposes);

(ii)    the Seller shall not take any action in respect of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property except solely in its capacity as the Servicer thereof pursuant to the Servicing Agreement or as contemplated by the Basic Documents;

(iii)    neither the Seller nor the Issuer shall take any action, file any tax return, or make any election inconsistent with the treatment of the Issuer, for purposes of federal taxes and, to the extent consistent with applicable state, local and other tax law, for purposes of state, local and other taxes, as a disregarded entity that is not separate from the Seller (or, if relevant, from another sole owner of the Issuer); and

(iv)    if the Seller enters into a sale agreement selling to any other affiliate property consisting of nonbypassable charges payable by the Seller’s retail customers comparable to those sold by the Seller pursuant to this Agreement, the Rating Agency Condition shall be satisfied with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds prior to or coincident with such sale and the Seller shall enter into an intercreditor agreement with the Issuer, the Trustee, the issuing entity of such additional bonds and the indenture trustee for such additional bonds; and

(v)    neither the Seller nor a subsidiary of the Seller shall issue any bonds similar to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds or other bonds supported by nonbypassable charges payable by the Seller’s retail customers comparable to those sold by the Seller pursuant to this Agreement without the Rating Agency Condition being satisfied with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds prior to or coincident with such issuance.

(c)    The Seller agrees that upon the sale by the Seller of all of its rights and interests in and to the Securitized Utility Tariff Property to the Issuer pursuant to this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by law, including applicable Kansas Commission regulations and the Securitization Act, the Issuer shall have all of the rights originally held by the Seller with respect to the transferred Securitized Utility Tariff Property, including the right (subject to the terms of the Servicing Agreement) to exercise any and all rights and remedies to collect any amounts payable by any of Seller’s retail customers in respect of the transferred Securitized Utility Tariff Property, notwithstanding any objection or direction

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to the contrary by the Seller (and the Seller agrees not to make any such objection or to take any such contrary action), and any payment to the Servicer by any Person responsible for remitting Securitized Utility Tariff Charges to the Servicer under the terms of the Financing Order or the Securitization Act or the Securitized Utility Tariff shall discharge such Person’s obligations in respect of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property to the extent of such payment, notwithstanding any objection or direction to the contrary by the Seller.

Section 4.08    Protection of Title. The Seller shall execute and file such filings, and cause to be executed and filed such filings, in such manner and in such places as may be required by law fully to preserve, maintain and protect the interests of the Issuer and the Trustee in the Securitized Utility Tariff Property, including all filings required under the Securitization Act and the UCC relating to the transfer of the ownership of the rights and interests under the Financing Order by the Seller to the Issuer and the pledge of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property by the Issuer to the Trustee. The Seller shall deliver (or cause to be delivered) to the Issuer and the Trustee file-stamped copies of, or filing receipts for, any document filed as provided above, as soon as available following such filing. The Seller shall institute any action or proceeding reasonably necessary to compel performance by the Kansas Commission or the State of Kansas of any of their obligations or duties under the Securitization Act, the Financing Order or the Issuance Advice Letter relating to the transfer of the rights and interests under the Financing Order by the Seller to the Issuer and shall notify the Trustee of the institution of any such action. The Seller agrees to take such legal or administrative actions, including defending against or instituting and pursuing legal actions and appearing or testifying at hearings or similar proceedings, in each case as may be reasonably necessary:

(a)    to protect the Issuer and the Securitized Utility Tariff Bondholders from claims, state actions or other actions or proceedings of third parties which, if successfully pursued, would result in a breach of any representation set forth in Article III; or

(b)    so long as the Seller is also the Servicer, to block or overturn any attempts to cause a repeal of, modification of or supplement to the Securitization Act, the Financing Order, the Issuance Advice Letter or the rights of Securitized Utility Tariff Bondholders by legislative enactment (including any action of the Kansas Commission of a legislative character) or constitutional amendment that would be materially adverse to the Issuer, the Trustee or the Securitized Utility Tariff Bondholders.

The costs of any such actions or proceedings shall be reimbursed by the Issuer to the Seller from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account as an Operating Expense (as such terms are defined in the Indenture) in accordance with the terms of the Indenture. The Seller’s obligations pursuant to this Section 4.08 shall survive and continue notwithstanding that the payment of Operating Expenses pursuant to the Indenture may be delayed (it being understood that the Seller may be required to advance its own funds to satisfy its obligation hereunder). The Seller designates the Issuer as its agent and attorney-in-fact to execute any filings of financing statements, continuation statements or other instruments required of the Seller pursuant to this Section 4.08, it being understood that the Issuer shall have no obligation to execute any such instruments.

Section 4.09    Taxes. So long as any of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds are outstanding, the Seller shall pay all material taxes, assessments and governmental charges imposed upon it or any of its properties or assets or with respect to any of its franchises, businesses, income

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or property before any penalty accrues thereon if the failure to pay any such taxes, assessments and governmental charges would, after any applicable grace periods, notices or other similar requirements, result in a Lien on the Securitized Utility Tariff Property; provided that no such tax need be paid if the Seller or any of its Affiliates is contesting the same in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently conducted and if the Seller or such Affiliate has established appropriate reserves as shall be required in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.

Section 4.10    Filings Pursuant to Financing Order. The Seller shall comply with all filing requirements imposed upon the Seller in its capacity as such by the Financing Order, including making any such post-closing filings.

Section 4.11    Issuance Advice Letter. The Seller hereby agrees not to withdraw the filing of the Issuance Advice Letter with the Kansas Commission.

Section 4.12    Securitized Utility Tariff. The Seller hereby agrees to make all reasonable efforts to keep the Securitized Utility Tariff in full force and effect at all times.

Section 4.13    Notice of Breach to Rating Agencies, Etc. Promptly after obtaining knowledge thereof, in the event of a breach in any material respect (without regard to any materiality qualifier contained in such representation, warranty or covenant) of any of the Seller’s representations, warranties or covenants contained herein, the Seller shall promptly notify the Issuer, the Trustee and the Rating Agencies of such breach. For the avoidance of doubt, any breach which would adversely affect scheduled payments on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds will be deemed to be a material breach for purposes of this Section 4.13.

Section 4.14    Further Assurances. Upon the reasonable request of the Issuer, the Seller shall execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary to carry out more effectually the provisions and purposes of this Agreement.

ARTICLE V

ADDITIONAL UNDERTAKINGS OF SELLER

The Seller hereby undertakes the obligations contained in this Article V and acknowledges that the Issuer shall have the right to assign its rights with respect to such obligations to the Trustee for the benefit of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bondholders.

Section 5.01    LIABILITY OF THE SELLER; INDEMNITIES.

(a)    THE SELLER SHALL BE LIABLE IN ACCORDANCE HEREWITH ONLY TO THE EXTENT OF THE OBLIGATIONS SPECIFICALLY UNDERTAKEN BY THE SELLER UNDER THIS AGREEMENT.

(b)    THE SELLER SHALL INDEMNIFY THE ISSUER AND THE TRUSTEE, FOR ITSELF AND ON BEHALF OF THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDHOLDERS, AND EACH OF THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, MANAGERS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS FOR, AND DEFEND

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AND HOLD HARMLESS EACH SUCH PERSON FROM AND AGAINST, ANY AND ALL TAXES (OTHER THAN ANY TAXES IMPOSED ON SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDHOLDERS SOLELY AS A RESULT OF THEIR OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDS) THAT MAY AT ANY TIME BE IMPOSED ON OR ASSERTED AGAINST ANY SUCH PERSON UNDER EXISTING LAW AS OF THE CLOSING DATE AS A RESULT OF THE SALE AND ASSIGNMENT OF THE SELLER’S RIGHTS AND INTERESTS UNDER THE FINANCING ORDER BY THE SELLER TO THE ISSUER, THE ACQUISITION OR HOLDING OF THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF PROPERTY BY THE ISSUER OR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE BY THE ISSUER OF THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDS, INCLUDING ANY SALES, GROSS RECEIPTS, TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY, PRIVILEGE, FRANCHISE OR LICENSE TAXES, BUT EXCLUDING ANY TAXES IMPOSED AS A RESULT OF A FAILURE OF SUCH PERSON TO PROPERLY WITHHOLD OR REMIT TAXES IMPOSED WITH RESPECT TO PAYMENTS ON ANY SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BOND, IN THE EVENT AND TO THE EXTENT SUCH TAXES ARE NOT RECOVERABLE AS FINANCING COSTS, IT BEING UNDERSTOOD THAT THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDHOLDERS SHALL BE ENTITLED TO ENFORCE THEIR RIGHTS AGAINST THE SELLER UNDER THIS SECTION 5.01(b) SOLELY THROUGH A CAUSE OF ACTION BROUGHT FOR THEIR BENEFIT BY THE TRUSTEE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE INDENTURE.

(c)    THE SELLER SHALL INDEMNIFY THE ISSUER AND THE TRUSTEE, FOR ITSELF AND ON BEHALF OF THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDHOLDERS, AND EACH OF THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, MANAGERS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS FOR, AND DEFEND AND HOLD HARMLESS EACH SUCH PERSON FROM AND AGAINST, ANY AND ALL LIABILITIES, OBLIGATIONS, CLAIMS, ACTIONS, SUITS OR PAYMENTS OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER THAT MAY BE IMPOSED ON OR ASSERTED AGAINST ANY SUCH PERSON (WHICH MAY INCLUDE, WITHOUT LIMITATION, AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDS AS A MEASURE OF SELLER’S INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS UNDER THIS SECTION 5.01) TOGETHER WITH ANY REASONABLE COSTS AND EXPENSES INCURRED BY SUCH PERSON, IN EACH CASE AS A RESULT OF THE SELLER’S BREACH OF ANY OF ITS REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES OR COVENANTS CONTAINED IN THIS AGREEMENT.

(d)    THE INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS OF THE SELLER UNDER THIS SECTION 5.01 SHALL RANK PARI PASSU WITH ALL OTHER GENERAL UNSECURED OBLIGATIONS OF THE SELLER.

(e)    INDEMNIFICATION UNDER THIS SECTION 5.01 SHALL SURVIVE THE RESIGNATION OR REMOVAL OF THE TRUSTEE AND THE TERMINATION OF THIS AGREEMENT AND SHALL INCLUDE REASONABLE FEES AND EXPENSES OF INVESTIGATION AND LITIGATION (INCLUDING

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REASONABLE ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND EXPENSES) AND THE COSTS AND EXPENSES (INCLUDING REASONABLE ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND EXPENSES) OF ENFORCING THE SELLER’S INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER. THE SELLER SHALL NOT INDEMNIFY ANY PARTY UNDER THIS SECTION 5.01 FOR ANY CHANGES IN LAW AFTER THE CLOSING DATE, INCLUDING BY MEANS OF LEGISLATIVE ENACTMENT, CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT OR VOTER INITIATIVE, OR FOR ANY LIABILITY RESULTING SOLELY FROM A DOWNGRADE IN ANY RATING OF THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF BONDS BY ANY RATING AGENCY. THE SELLER SHALL NOT INDEMNIFY THE TRUSTEE OR ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, MANAGERS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS UNDER THIS SECTION 5.01 AGAINST ANY LIABILITY, OBLIGATION, CLAIM, ACTION, SUIT OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND ARISING OUT OF THE WILLFUL MISCONDUCT, NEGLIGENCE OR BAD FAITH OF ANY SUCH PERSON.

(f)    THE SELLER SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO INDEMNIFY A PARTY UNDER THIS SECTION 5.01 FOR ANY AMOUNT PAID OR PAYABLE BY SUCH PARTY IN THE SETTLEMENT OF ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR INVESTIGATION WITHOUT THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE SELLER WHICH CONSENT SHALL NOT BE UNREASONABLY WITHHELD.

(g)    PROMPTLY AFTER RECEIPT BY A PARTY OF NOTICE OF THE COMMENCEMENT OF ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR INVESTIGATION, SUCH PARTY SHALL, IF A CLAIM IN RESPECT THEREOF IS TO BE MADE AGAINST THE SELLER UNDER THIS SECTION 5.01, NOTIFY THE SELLER IN WRITING OF THE COMMENCEMENT THEREOF. FAILURE BY A PARTY TO SO NOTIFY THE SELLER SHALL RELIEVE THE SELLER FROM THE OBLIGATION TO INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS SUCH INDEMNIFIED PARTY UNDER THIS SECTION 5.01 ONLY TO THE EXTENT THAT THE SELLER SUFFERS ACTUAL PREJUDICE AS A RESULT OF SUCH FAILURE.

(h)    WITH RESPECT TO ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR INVESTIGATION BROUGHT BY A THIRD PARTY FOR WHICH INDEMNIFICATION MAY BE SOUGHT UNDER SECTION 5.01(c), THE SELLER SHALL BE ENTITLED TO CONDUCT AND CONTROL, AT ITS EXPENSE AND WITH COUNSEL OF ITS CHOOSING THAT IS REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO SUCH INDEMNIFIED PARTY, THE DEFENSE OF ANY SUCH ACTION, PROCEEDING OR INVESTIGATION (IN WHICH CASE THE SELLER SHALL NOT THEREAFTER BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FEES AND EXPENSES OF ANY SEPARATE COUNSEL RETAINED BY THE INDEMNIFIED PARTY EXCEPT AS SET FORTH BELOW); PROVIDED THAT THE INDEMNIFIED PARTY SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN SUCH ACTION, PROCEEDING OR INVESTIGATION THROUGH COUNSEL CHOSEN BY IT AND AT ITS OWN EXPENSE. NOTWITHSTANDING THE SELLER’S ELECTION TO ASSUME THE DEFENSE OF ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR INVESTIGATION, THE INDEMNIFIED PARTY SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO EMPLOY SEPARATE COUNSEL (INCLUDING LOCAL COUNSEL), AND THE

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SELLER SHALL BEAR THE REASONABLE FEES, COSTS AND EXPENSES OF SUCH SEPARATE COUNSEL IF (I) THE DEFENDANTS IN ANY SUCH ACTION INCLUDE BOTH THE INDEMNIFIED PARTY AND THE SELLER AND THE INDEMNIFIED PARTY SHALL HAVE REASONABLY CONCLUDED THAT THERE MAY BE LEGAL DEFENSES AVAILABLE TO IT THAT ARE DIFFERENT FROM OR ADDITIONAL TO THOSE AVAILABLE TO THE SELLER, (II) THE SELLER SHALL NOT HAVE EMPLOYED COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE INDEMNIFIED PARTY TO REPRESENT THE INDEMNIFIED PARTY WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME AFTER NOTICE OF THE INSTITUTION OF SUCH ACTION, (III) THE SELLER SHALL AUTHORIZE THE INDEMNIFIED PARTY TO EMPLOY SEPARATE COUNSEL AT THE EXPENSE OF THE SELLER OR (IV) IN THE CASE OF THE TRUSTEE, SUCH ACTION EXPOSES THE TRUSTEE TO A MATERIAL RISK OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY OR FORFEITURE OR A SERVICER DEFAULT HAS OCCURRED AND IS CONTINUING. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE SELLER SHALL NOT BE OBLIGATED TO PAY FOR THE FEES, COSTS AND EXPENSES OF MORE THAN ONE SEPARATE COUNSEL FOR THE INDEMNIFIED PARTIES OTHER THAN ONE LOCAL COUNSEL, IF APPROPRIATE.

NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, IN NO EVENT SHALL ANY SUCH FOREGOING INDEMNITY EXTEND TO THE COLLECTIBILITY OF THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF CHARGES FROM ANY PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR REMITTING SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF CHARGES TO THE SERVICER UNDER THE TERMS OF THE FINANCING ORDER, THE SECURITIZATION ACT OR AN APPLICABLE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF, OR THE CREDITWORTHINESS OF ANY SUCH PERSON OR THE INABILITY OR FAILURE OF SUCH PERSON TO TIMELY PAY ALL OR A PORTION OF THE SECURITIZED UTILITY TARIFF CHARGES. THE REMEDIES PROVIDED IN THIS AGREEMENT ARE THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDIES AGAINST THE SELLER FOR BREACH OF ITS REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES OR COVENANTS IN THIS AGREEMENT.

Section 5.02    Merger, Conversion or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, the Seller.

Any Person:

(a)    into which the Seller may be merged, converted or consolidated and which succeeds to all or substantially all of the natural gas utility business in the State of Kansas of the Seller,

(b)    which results from the division of the Seller into two or more Persons and which succeeds to all or substantially all of the natural gas utility business in the State of Kansas of the Seller,

(c)    which may result from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Seller shall be a party and which succeeds to all or substantially all of the natural gas utility business in the State of Kansas of the Seller,

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(d)    which may purchase or otherwise succeed to the properties and assets of the Seller substantially as a whole and which purchases or otherwise succeeds to all or substantially all of the natural gas utility business in the State of Kansas of the Seller, or

(e)    which may otherwise purchase or succeed to all or substantially all of natural gas utility business in the State of Kansas of the Seller,

which Person in any of the foregoing cases executes an agreement of assumption to perform every obligation of the Seller under this Agreement, shall be the successor to the Seller hereunder without the execution or filing of any document or any further act by any of the parties to this Agreement; provided, however, that

(i)    immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no representation, warranty or covenant made pursuant to Article III or Article IV shall have been breached in any material respect and no Servicer Default, and no event that, after notice or lapse of time, or both, would become a Servicer Default, shall have occurred and be continuing,

(ii)    the Rating Agencies shall have received prior written notice of such transaction,

(iii)    the Seller shall have delivered to the Issuer and the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such consolidation, conversion, merger, division or succession and such agreement of assumption comply with this Section 5.02 and that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Agreement relating to such transaction have been complied with,

(iv)    the Seller shall have delivered to the Issuer and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel either

(A)    stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all filings to be made by the Seller, including filings with the Kansas Commission pursuant to the Securitization Act, that are necessary fully to preserve and protect the respective interests of the Issuer and the Trustee in the Securitized Utility Tariff Property have been executed and filed, and reciting the details of such filings, or

(B)    stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action is necessary to preserve and protect such interests, and

(v)    the Seller shall have delivered to the Issuer, the Trustee and the Rating Agencies an opinion of independent tax counsel (as selected by, and in form and substance satisfactory to the Seller, and which may be based on a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service) to the effect that, for federal income tax purposes, such transaction will not result in a material adverse federal income tax consequence to the Issuer, the Trustee or the Securitized Utility Tariff Bondholders.

The Seller shall not consummate any transaction referred to in clauses (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) above except upon execution of the above described agreement of assumption and compliance with

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clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) above. When any Person acquires the properties and assets of the Seller substantially as a whole and succeeds to all or substantially all of the natural gas utility business in the State of Kansas of the Seller, or otherwise becomes the successor to the Seller in accordance with the terms of this Section 5.02, then upon the satisfaction of all of the other conditions of this Section 5.02, the Seller shall automatically and without further notice be released from its obligations hereunder.

Section 5.03    Limitation on Liability of the Seller and Others. The Seller and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Seller may rely in good faith on the advice of counsel or on any document of any kind, prima facie properly executed and submitted by any Person, respecting any matters arising hereunder. Subject to Section 4.07, the Seller shall not be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that is not incidental to its obligations under this Agreement, and that in its opinion may involve it in any expense or liability.

ARTICLE VI

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Section 6.01    Amendment.

(a)    This Agreement may be amended in writing by the Seller and the Issuer, provided that (i) the Rating Agency Condition has been satisfied in connection therewith, (ii) the Trustee has consented thereto and (iii) in the case of any amendment that increases Ongoing Financing Costs as defined in the Financing Order, the Kansas Commission has consented thereto or shall be conclusively deemed to have consented thereto; provided, that any such amendment may not adversely affect the interest of any Securitized Utility Tariff Bondholder in any material respect without the consent of Securitized Utility Tariff Bondholders representing not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds. Promptly after the execution of any such amendment or consent, the Issuer shall furnish written notification of the substance of such amendment or consent to each of the Rating Agencies. With respect to the Kansas Commission’s consent to any amendment to this Agreement,

(i)    the Seller may submit the amendment to the Kansas Commission by delivering to the Kansas Commission’s Executive Director a written request for such consent, which request shall contain:

(A)    a reference to Docket No. 22-KGSG-466-TAR and a statement as to the possible effect of the amendment on Ongoing Financing Costs;

(B)    an Officer’s Certificate stating that the proposed amendment has been approved by all relevant parties to this Agreement; and

(C)    a statement identifying the person to whom the Kansas Commission or its staff is to address its consent to the proposed amendment or request additional time;

(ii)    Any amendment requiring the consent of the Kansas Commission as provided in this Section 6.01(a) shall become effective on the later of:

(A)    the date proposed by the parties to the amendment, or

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(B)    31 days after such submission of the amendment to the Kansas Commission unless the Kansas Commission issues an order disapproving the amendment within a 30-day period.

(b)    Prior to the execution of any amendment to this Agreement, the Issuer and the Trustee shall be entitled to receive and rely upon an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Agreement and all conditions precedent have been satisfied. The Issuer and the Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such amendment that affects their own rights, duties or immunities under this Agreement or otherwise. Following delivery of a notice to the Kansas Commission by the Seller under Section 6.01(a) above, the Seller and Issuer may at any time withdraw from the Kansas Commission further consideration of any notification of a proposed amendment.

Section 6.02    Notices. Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, all demands, notices and communications upon or to the Seller, the Issuer, the Trustee, the Kansas Commission or the Rating Agencies under this Agreement shall be in writing, delivered personally, via facsimile, reputable overnight courier or by certified mail, return-receipt requested, and shall be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt

(a)    in the case of the Seller, to KGS, 15 East Fifth Street, Tulsa Oklahoma 74103, Attention: Treasurer,

(b)    in the case of the Issuer, to Kansas Gas Service Securitization I, L.L.C., 15 East Fifth Street, Suite 2662, Tulsa Oklahoma 74103, Attention: Manager,

(c)    in the case of Moody’s, to Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., ABS/RMBS Monitoring Department, 25th Floor, 7 World Trade Center, 250 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10007, Email: ABSCORMonitoring@moodys.com (for notices) and servicereports@moodys.com (for servicer reports and other reports) (all notices and reports to be delivered to Moody’s in writing by email),

(d)    in the case of Fitch, to Fitch, Ratings, Inc., 300 West 57th Street, New York, New York 10019, Attention: ABS Surveillance, Telephone: (212) 908-0500,

(e)    in the case the Trustee, at the address provided for notices or communications to the Trustee in the Indenture, and

(f)    in the case of the Kansas Commission, to 1500 SW Arrowhead Road, Topeka, Kansas 66604-4027, Attention: Executive Director;

or, as to each of the foregoing, at such other address as shall be designated by written notice to the other parties.

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Section 6.03    Assignment by the Seller. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, except as provided in Section 5.02, this Agreement may not be assigned by the Seller.

Section 6.04    Pledge to the Trustee. The Seller hereby acknowledges and consents to any pledge and grant of a security interest by the Issuer to the Trustee pursuant to the Indenture for the benefit of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bondholders of all right, title and interest of the Issuer in, to and under the Securitized Utility Tariff Property and the proceeds thereof and the pledge of any or all of the Issuer’s rights hereunder to the Trustee. Notwithstanding such pledge, in no event shall the Trustee have any liability for the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or other obligations of the Issuer hereunder or in any of the certificates, notices or agreements delivered pursuant hereto, as to all of which recourse shall be had solely to the assets of the Issuer.

Section 6.05    Limitations on Rights of Others. The provisions of this Agreement are solely for the benefit of the Seller, the Issuer and the Trustee, on behalf of itself and the Securitized Utility Tariff Bondholders, and nothing in this Agreement, whether express or implied, shall be construed to give to any other Person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim in the Trust Estate or under or in respect of this Agreement or any covenants, conditions or provisions contained herein.

Section 6.06    Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

Section 6.07    Separate Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

Section 6.08    Headings. The headings of the various Articles and Sections herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not define or limit any of the terms or provisions hereof.

Section 6.09    Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF KANSAS, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.

Section 6.10    Limitation of Liability. It is expressly understood and agreed by the parties hereto that this Sale Agreement is executed and delivered by the Trustee, not individually or personally but solely as Trustee on behalf of the Secured Parties, in the exercise of the powers and authority conferred and vested in it. The Trustee in acting hereunder is entitled to all rights, benefits, protections, immunities and indemnities accorded to it under the Indenture.

Section 6.11    Waivers. Any term or provision of this Sale Agreement may be waived, or the time for its performance may be extended, by the party or parties entitled to the benefit thereof; provided, however, that no such waiver delivered by the Issuer shall be effective unless

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the Trustee has given its prior written consent thereto. Any such waiver shall be validly and sufficiently authorized for the purposes of this Sale Agreement if, as to any party, it is authorized in writing by an authorized representative of such party, with prompt written notice of any such waiver to be provided to the Rating Agencies and the Kansas Commission. The failure of any party hereto to enforce at any time any provision of this Sale Agreement shall not be construed to be a waiver of such provision, nor in any way to affect the validity of this Sale Agreement or any part hereof or the right of any party thereafter to enforce each and every such provision. No waiver of any breach of this Sale Agreement shall be held to constitute a waiver of any other or subsequent breach.

Section 6.12    Nonpetition Covenants.

(a)    Notwithstanding any prior termination of this Agreement or the Indenture, the Seller shall not, prior to the date which is one year and one day after the termination of the Indenture, petition or otherwise invoke or cause the Issuer to invoke the process of any Governmental Authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining an involuntary case against the Issuer under any federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of the Issuer or any substantial part of the property of the Issuer, or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of the affairs of the Issuer.

(b)    Notwithstanding any prior termination of this Agreement or the Indenture, the Issuer shall not, prior to the date which is one year and one day after the termination of the Indenture, petition or otherwise invoke the process of any Governmental Authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining an involuntary case against the Seller under any federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of the Seller or any substantial part of the property of the Seller, or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of the affairs of the Seller.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written.

KANSAS GAS SERVICE SECURITIZATION I, L.L.C.,
as Issuer,
By:
	Name:
	Title:
KANSAS GAS SERVICE,
a Division of ONE Gas, Inc.,
as Seller,
By:
	Name:
	Title:

ACKNOWLEDGED AND ACCEPTED:

U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

not in its individual capacity, but solely as Trustee under the Indenture

By:
	Name:
	Title:

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APPENDIX A—DEFINITIONS

The definitions contained in this Appendix A are applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms.

“Administration Agreement” means the Administration Agreement, dated as of            , 2022, between the Issuer and the Seller, as the same may be amended and supplemented from time to time.

“Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person controlling or controlled by or under common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, control, when used with respect to any specified Person, means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms controlling and controlled have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

“Agreement” or the “Sale Agreement” means this Securitized Utility Tariff Property Purchase and Sale Agreement, as the same may be amended and supplemented from time to time.

“Basic Documents” means the Certificate of Formation of the Issuer which was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on August 30, 2022, the limited liability company agreement of the Issuer, as amended to the date hereof, the Sale Agreement, the Bill of Sale, the Servicing Agreement, the Administration Agreement and the Indenture.

“Bill of Sale” means the Bill of Sale, dated as of            , 2022, issued by the Seller to the Issuer pursuant to the Sale Agreement evidencing the sale of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property by the Seller to the Issuer.

“Closing Date” means the date on which the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds are to be originally issued in accordance with Section 2.10 of the Indenture.

“Financing Order” means Financing Order No. 22-KGSG-466-TAR issued by the Kansas Commission on August 18, 2022 in Docket No. 22-KGSG-466-TAR pursuant to the Securitization Act.

“Fitch” means Fitch Ratings, Inc., or any successor in interest.

“Governmental Authority” means any court or any federal or state regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental instrumentality.

“Indenture” means the Indenture, dated as of            , 2022, among the Issuer, the Trustee and the Securities Intermediary, and the Series Supplement (including the forms and terms of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds), as the same may be amended and supplemented with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds from time to time.

“Issuance Advice Letter” means the issuance advice letter submitted to the Kansas Commission on            , 2022 by the Seller pursuant to the Financing Order in connection with the issuance of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds.

Appendix A-1

“Issuer” means Kansas Gas Service Securitization I, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, or its successor under the Indenture.

“Kansas Commission” means the State Corporation Commission of the State of Kansas or any successor.

“Kansas Commission Pledge” means the pledge of the Kansas Commission found in Part V(159) of the Financing Order.

“KGS” means Kansas Gas Service, a division of ONE Gas, Inc., or its successor.

“Lien” means a security interest, lien, charge, pledge, equity or encumbrance of any kind.

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., or any successor in interest.

“Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed, in the case of the Seller, by the chief executive officer, the president, the chief financial officer, any vice president, the general counsel, the treasurer, the assistant treasurer, the secretary, or any assistant secretary of the Seller.

“Opinion of Counsel” means one or more written opinions of counsel who may be an employee of or counsel to the Issuer or the Seller, which counsel shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, the Kansas Commission, the Issuer or the Rating Agencies, as applicable, and which shall be in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee or the Kansas Commission, if applicable.

“Outstanding Amount” has the meaning specified in the Indenture.

“Person” means any individual, corporation, estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust (including any beneficiary thereof), business trust, limited liability company, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

“proceeding” means any suit in equity, action at law or other judicial or administrative proceeding.

“Prospectus” has the meaning specified in Section 3.06 hereof.

“Purchase Price” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(a) hereof.

“Rating Agency” means, with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, any of Moody’s or Fitch that provides a rating with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds. If no such organization (or successor) is any longer in existence, “Rating Agency” shall be a nationally recognized statistical rating organization or other comparable Person designated by the Issuer, notice of which designation shall be given to the Trustee and the Servicer.

“Rating Agency Condition” means, with respect to any action, at least ten Business Days’ prior written notification to each Rating Agency of such action, and written confirmation from each of Fitch and Moody’s to the Servicer, the Trustee and the Issuer that such action will not result in a suspension, reduction or withdrawal of the then current rating by such Rating Agency of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds; provided, that, if, within such ten Business Day period, a Rating Agency has neither replied to such notification nor responded in a manner that indicates

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that such Rating Agency is reviewing and considering the notification, then (a) the Issuer shall be required to confirm that such Rating Agency has received the Rating Agency Condition request, and if it has, promptly request the related Rating Agency Condition confirmation and (b) if the Rating Agency neither replies to such notification nor responds in a manner that indicates it is reviewing and considering the notification within five Business Days following such second request, the applicable Rating Agency Condition requirement shall not be deemed to apply to such Rating Agency. For the purposes of this definition, any confirmation, request, acknowledgment or approval that is required to be in writing may be in the form of electronic mail or a press release (which may contain a general waiver of a Rating Agency’s right to review or consent).

“Secured Parties” mean the Trustee, the Securitized Utility Tariff Bondholders and any credit enhancer described in the Series Supplement.

“Securities Intermediary” means U.S. Bank National Association, or its successor or any successor securities intermediary under the Indenture.

“Securitization Act” means K.S.A. §§66-1,240 through 66-1,253, also known as the Kansas Utility Financing and Securitization Act, authorizing the securitization of certain generating facilities and qualified extraordinary costs, and providing for the approval and issuance of securitized utility tariff bonds.

“Securitized Utility Tariff” means the Winter Event Securitized Cost Recovery Rider filed by the Seller pursuant to Part V(128) of the Financing Order.

“Securitized Utility Tariff Bond” means any of the Senior Secured Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds issued by the Issuer pursuant to the Indenture and the Series Supplement.

“Securitized Utility Tariff Bondholder” means a Person in whose name a Securitized Utility Tariff Bond is registered on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Register.

“Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Register” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05 of the Indenture.

“Securitized Utility Tariff Charges” means the nonbypassable amounts to be charged to any existing or future retail customer located within KGS’s service area, approved by the Kansas Commission in the Financing Order that may be collected by the Seller, its successors, assignees or other collection agents as provided for in the Financing Order.

“Securitized Utility Tariff Property” means all of Seller’s rights and interest under the Financing Order (including, without limitation, rights to impose, collect and receive the “securitized utility tariff charges” (as defined in the Securitization Act) approved in such Financing Order) issued by the Kansas Commission on August 18, 2022 (Docket No. 22-KGSG-466-TAR) pursuant to the Securitization Act, except the rights of Seller to earn and receive a rate of return on its invested capital in the Issuer, to receive administration and servicer fees, or to use the Seller’s remaining portion of those proceeds.

“Seller” means KGS, or its successor, in its capacity as seller of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property to the Issuer pursuant to the Sale Agreement.

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“Servicer” means KGS, in its capacity as the servicer under the Servicing Agreement, and each successor to or assignee of KGS (in the same capacity) pursuant to the relevant sections of the Servicing Agreement.

“Servicer Default” means the occurrence and continuation of one of the events specified in Section 7.01 of the Servicing Agreement.

“Servicing Agreement” means the Securitized Utility Tariff Property Servicing Agreement, dated as of            , 2022, between the Issuer and the Servicer and acknowledged by the Trustee, as the same may be amended and supplemented from time to time.

“Trust Estate” means the “Series Trust Estate” as such term is defined in the Series Supplement.

“Trustee” means U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, or its successor or any successor Trustee under the Indenture.

“UCC” has the meaning specified in Section 2.02(iv) hereof.

Appendix A-4

EXHIBIT A

BILL OF SALE

1. This Bill of Sale is being delivered pursuant to the Securitized Utility Tariff Property Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of            , 2022 (the “Sale Agreement”), between Kansas Gas Service, a division of ONE Gas, Inc. (the “Seller”), and Kansas Gas Service Securitization I, L.L.C. (the “Issuer”). All capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Sale Agreement.

2. In consideration of the Issuer’s payment to the Seller of $         , receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Seller does hereby irrevocably sell, transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the Issuer, without recourse or warranty, except as set forth in the Sale Agreement, all right, title and interest of the Seller in, to and under the Securitized Utility Tariff Property identified on Schedule 1 hereto (such sale, transfer, assignment, setting over and conveyance of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property includes, to the fullest extent permitted by the Securitization Act, the right to impose, collect and receive the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges related to the Securitized Utility Tariff Property, as the same may be adjusted from time to time). Such sale, transfer, assignment, setting over and conveyance is hereby expressly stated to be a sale or other absolute transfer and, pursuant to K.S.A. §66-1,246(a) and other applicable law, is a true sale and is not a secured transaction and title and ownership has passed to the Issuer. The preceding sentence is the statement referred to in K.S.A. §66-1,246(a). The Seller agrees and confirms that, after giving effect to the sale evidenced by this Bill of Sale, the Seller has no right, title or interest in, to or under the Securitized Utility Tariff Property.

3. The Issuer does hereby purchase the Securitized Utility Tariff Property identified on Schedule 1 hereto from the Seller for the consideration set forth in paragraph 2 above.

4. The Seller and the Issuer each acknowledge and agree that the purchase price for the Securitized Utility Tariff Property sold pursuant to this Bill of Sale and the Sale Agreement is equal to its fair market value on the date hereof.

5. The Seller confirms that each of the representations and warranties on the part of the Seller contained in the Sale Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on the date hereof as if made on the date hereof.

6. This Bill of Sale may be executed by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

7. THIS BILL OF SALE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF KANSAS, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.

Exhibit A-1

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Seller and the Issuer have duly executed this Bill of Sale as of the    day of         , 2022.

KANSAS GAS SERVICE SECURITIZATION I, L.L.C.,
as Issuer,
By:
	Name:
	Title:
KANSAS GAS SERVICE,
a Division of ONE Gas, Inc.,
as Seller,
By:
	Name:
	Title:

Exhibit A-2

SCHEDULE 1

to

BILL OF SALE

Securitized Utility Tariff Property

All of Seller’s rights and interest under the Financing Order (including, without limitation, rights to impose, collect and receive the “securitized utility tariff charges” (as defined in the Securitization Act) approved in such Financing Order) issued by the Kansas Commission on August 18, 2022 (Docket No. 22-KGSG-466-TAR) pursuant to the Securitization Act, except the rights of Seller to earn and receive a rate of return on its invested capital in the Issuer, to receive administration and servicer fees, or to use the Seller’s remaining portion of those proceeds.

Schedule 1-1

EX-10.3

Exhibit 10.3

ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT

ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT, dated as of            , 2022 (this “Administration Agreement”), is by and between KANSAS GAS SERVICE SECURITIZATION I, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, as Issuer (the “Issuer”), and KANSAS GAS SERVICE, a division of ONE Gas, Inc., an Oklahoma corporation (“KGS”), as Administrator (in such capacity, the “Administrator”). Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in Appendix A to the Indenture (as defined below). Not all terms defined in Appendix A are used in this Administration Agreement. The rules of construction set forth in Appendix A shall apply to this Administration Agreement and are hereby incorporated by reference into this Administration Agreement as if set forth in this Administration Agreement.

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, the Issuer is issuing Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of the date hereof and the Series Supplement thereto, also dated as of the date hereof (the “Series Supplement”) (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, the “Indenture”), among the Issuer, U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as the Indenture Trustee, and U.S. Bank National Association, as Securities Intermediary;

WHEREAS, the Issuer has entered into certain agreements in connection with the issuance of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, including (i) the Indenture and the Series Supplement, (ii) the Securitized Utility Tariff Property Servicing Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “Servicing Agreement”), between the Issuer and KGS, as Servicer, (iii) the Securitized Utility Tariff Property Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “Sale Agreement”), between the Issuer and KGS, as Seller, and (iv) the Letter of Representations, dated as of            , 2022 (the “Depository Agreement”), between the Issuer and The Depository Trust Company relating to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds (the Indenture, the Series Supplement, the Servicing Agreement, the Sale Agreement and the Depository Agreement, as such agreements may be amended and supplemented from time to time, being referred to hereinafter collectively as the “Initial Related Agreements”);

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Initial Related Agreements, the Issuer is required to perform certain duties in connection with the Initial Related Agreements, the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds and the Trust Estate pledged to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture;

WHEREAS, the Issuer may from time to time enter into and be required to perform certain duties under additional agreements similar to the Initial Related Agreements (together with the Initial Related Agreements, the “Related Agreements”);

WHEREAS, the Issuer has no employees, other than its officers, and does not intend to hire any employees, and consequently desires to have the Administrator perform certain of the duties of the Issuer referred to in the preceding clauses and to provide such additional services consistent with the terms of this Administration Agreement and the Related Agreements as the Issuer may from time to time request; and

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WHEREAS, the Administrator has the capacity to provide the services and the facilities required thereby and is willing to perform such services and provide such facilities for the Issuer on the terms set forth herein;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

1. Duties of the Administrator: Management Services. The Administrator hereby agrees to provide the following corporate management services to the Issuer and to cause third parties to provide professional services required for or contemplated by such services in accordance with the provisions of this Administration Agreement:

(i) furnish the Issuer with ordinary clerical, bookkeeping and other corporate administrative services necessary and appropriate for the Issuer, including, without limitation, the following services:

(A) maintain at the Premises (as defined below) general accounting records of the Issuer (the “Account Records”), subject to year-end audit, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, separate and apart from its own accounting records, prepare or cause to be prepared such quarterly and annual financial statements as may be necessary or appropriate and arrange for year-end audits of the Issuer’s financial statements by the Issuer’s independent accountants;

(B) prepare and, after execution by the Issuer, file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) and any applicable state agencies documents required to be filed with the Commission and any applicable state agencies, including, without limitation, periodic reports required to be filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended;

(C) prepare for execution by the Issuer and cause to be filed such income, franchise or other tax returns of the Issuer as shall be required to be filed by applicable law (the “Tax Returns”) and cause to be paid on behalf of the Issuer from the Issuer’s funds any taxes required to be paid by the Issuer under applicable law;

(D) prepare or cause to be prepared for execution by the Issuer’s managers (the “Managers”) minutes of the meetings of the Managers and such other documents deemed appropriate by the Issuer to maintain the separate limited liability company existence and good standing of the Issuer (the “Company Minutes”) or otherwise required under the Related Agreements (together with the Account Records, the Tax Returns, the Company Minutes, the Issuer LLC Agreement, and the Issuer Certificate of Formation, the “Issuer Documents”); and any other documents deliverable by the Issuer thereunder or in connection therewith; and

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(E) hold, maintain and preserve at the Premises (or such other place as shall be required by any of the Related Agreements) executed copies (to the extent applicable) of the Issuer Documents and other documents executed by the Issuer thereunder or in connection therewith;

(ii) take such actions on behalf of the Issuer, as are necessary or desirable for the Issuer to keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises as a limited liability company under the laws of the state of Delaware and obtain and preserve its qualification to do business in each jurisdiction in which it becomes necessary to be so qualified;

(iii) take such actions on behalf of the Issuer, as are necessary for the issuance and delivery of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds;

(iv) provide for the performance by the Issuer of its obligations under each of the Related Agreements, and prepare, or cause to be prepared, all documents, reports, filings, instruments, notices, certificates and opinions that it shall be the duty of the Issuer to prepare, file or deliver pursuant to the Related Agreements;

(v) to the full extent allowable under applicable law, enforce each of the rights of the Issuer under the Related Agreements, at the direction of the Indenture Trustee (acting at the direction of Holders representing at least a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds);

(vi) provide for the defense, at the direction of the Managers, of any action, suit or proceeding brought against the Issuer or affecting the Issuer or any of its assets;

(vii) provide office space (the “Premises”) for the Issuer and such reasonable ancillary services as are necessary to carry out the obligations of the Administrator hereunder, including telecopying, duplicating and word processing services;

(viii) undertake such other administrative services as may be appropriate, necessary or requested by the Issuer; and

(ix) provide such other services as are incidental to the foregoing or as the Issuer and the Administrator may agree.

In providing the services under this Section 1 and as otherwise provided under this Administration Agreement, the Administrator will not knowingly take any actions on behalf of the Issuer which (i) the Issuer is prohibited from taking under the Related Agreements, or (ii) would cause the Issuer to be in violation of any federal, state or local law or the Issuer LLC Agreement.

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In performing its duties hereunder, the Administrator shall use the same degree of care and diligence that the Administrator exercises with respect to performing such duties on its own account and, if applicable, for others.

2. Compensation. As compensation for the performance of the Administrator’s obligations under this Administration Agreement (including the compensation of Persons serving as Managers (other than the independent Manager(s)) and officers of the Issuer, but, for the avoidance of doubt, excluding the performance by KGS of its obligations in its capacity as Servicer), the Administrator shall be entitled to $100,000.00 annually (the “Administration Fee”), with no escalation, payable by the Issuer in arrears proportionately on each Payment Date, in semi-annual increments of $50,000.00, which amount will be pro-rated for the first Payment Date. In addition, the Administrator shall be entitled to be reimbursed by the Issuer for all costs and expenses of services performed by unaffiliated third parties and actually incurred by the Administrator in connection with the performance of its obligations under this Administration Agreement in accordance with Section 3 (but, for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any such costs and expenses incurred by KGS in its capacity as Servicer), to the extent that such costs and expenses are supported by invoices or other customary documentation and are reasonably allocated to the Issuer (“Reimbursable Expenses”).

3. Third Party Services. Any services required for or contemplated by the performance of the above-referenced services by the Administrator to be provided by unaffiliated third parties (including independent accountants’ fees and legal counsel fees) may, if provided for or otherwise contemplated by the Financing Order and if the Issuer deems it necessary or desirable, be arranged by the Issuer or by the Administrator at the direction (which may be general or specific) of the Issuer. Costs and expenses associated with the contracting for such third-party services may be paid directly by the Issuer or paid by the Administrator and reimbursed by the Issuer in accordance with Section 2, or otherwise as the Administrator and the Issuer may mutually arrange.

4. Additional Information to be Furnished to the Issuer. The Administrator shall furnish to the Issuer from time to time such additional information regarding the Trust Estate as the Issuer shall reasonably request.

5. Independence of the Administrator. For all purposes of this Administration Agreement, the Administrator shall be an independent contractor and shall not be subject to the supervision of the Issuer with respect to the manner in which it accomplishes the performance of its obligations hereunder. Unless expressly authorized by the Issuer or in this Administration Agreement, the Administrator shall have no authority, and shall not hold itself out as having the authority, to act for or represent the Issuer in any way and shall not otherwise be deemed an agent of the Issuer.

6. No Joint Venture. Nothing contained in this Administration Agreement (a) shall constitute the Administrator and the Issuer as partners or co-members of any partnership, joint venture, association, syndicate, unincorporated business or other separate entity, (b) shall be construed to impose any liability as such on either of them or (c) shall be deemed to confer on either of them any express, implied or apparent authority to incur any obligation or liability on behalf of the other.

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7. Other Activities of Administrator. Nothing herein shall prevent the Administrator or any of its directors, officers, employees, subsidiaries or affiliates from engaging in other businesses or, in its sole discretion, from acting in a similar capacity as an Administrator for any other person or entity even though such person or entity may engage in business activities similar to those of the Issuer.

8. Term of Agreement; Resignation and Removal of Administrator.

(a) This Administration Agreement shall continue in force until the payment in full of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds and any other amount which may become due and payable under the Indenture, upon which event this Administration Agreement shall automatically terminate.

(b) Subject to Sections 8(e) and 8(f), the Administrator may resign its duties hereunder by providing the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies with at least sixty (60) days’ prior written notice.

(c) Subject to Sections 8(e) and 8(f), the Issuer may remove the Administrator without cause by providing the Administrator, the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies with at least sixty (60) days’ prior written notice.

(d) Subject to Sections 8(e) and 8(f), at the sole option of the Issuer, the Administrator may be removed immediately upon written notice of termination from the Issuer to the Administrator and the Rating Agencies if any of the following events shall occur:

(i) The Administrator shall default in the performance of any of its duties under this Administration Agreement and, after notice of such default, shall fail to cure such default within ten (10) days (or, if such default cannot be cured in such time, shall (A) fail to give within ten (10) days such assurance of cure as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer and (B) fail to cure such default within 30 days thereafter);

(ii) a court of competent jurisdiction shall enter a decree or order for relief, and such decree or order shall not have been vacated within sixty (60) days, in respect of the Administrator in any involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or such court shall appoint a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official for the Administrator or any substantial part of its property or order the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs; or

(iii) the Administrator shall commence a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, shall consent to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, shall consent to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator,

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assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or similar official for the Administrator or any substantial part of its property, shall consent to the taking of possession by any such official of any substantial part of its property, shall make any general assignment for the benefit of creditors or shall fail generally to pay its debts as they become due.

The Administrator agrees that if any of the events specified in clauses (ii) or (iii) of this Section 8(d) shall occur, it shall give written notice thereof to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee as soon as practicable but in any event within seven (7) days after the happening of such event.

(e) No resignation or removal of the Administrator pursuant to this Section 8(e) shall be effective until (i) a successor Administrator has been appointed by the Issuer, (ii) the Rating Agency Condition with respect to the proposed appointment has been satisfied and (iii) such successor Administrator has agreed in writing to be bound by the terms of this Administration Agreement in the same manner as the Administrator is bound hereunder.

(f) The appointment of any successor Administrator shall be effective only after satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition with respect to the proposed appointment.

9. Action upon Termination, Resignation or Removal. Promptly upon the effective date of termination of this Administration Agreement pursuant to Section 8(a), the resignation of the Administrator pursuant to Section 8(b) or the removal of the Administrator pursuant to Section 8(c) or 8(d), the Administrator shall be entitled to be paid a pro-rated portion of the annual fee described in Section 2 hereof through the date of termination and all Reimbursable Expenses incurred by it through the date of such termination, resignation or removal. The Administrator shall forthwith upon such termination pursuant to Section 8(a) deliver to the Issuer all property and documents of or relating to the Trust Estate then in the custody of the Administrator. In the event of the resignation of the Administrator pursuant to Section 8(b) or the removal of the Administrator pursuant to Section 8(c) or 8(d), the Administrator shall cooperate with the Issuer and take all reasonable steps requested to assist the Issuer in making an orderly transfer of the duties of the Administrator.

10. Administrator’s Liability. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Administrator assumes no liability other than to render or stand ready to render the services called for herein, and neither the Administrator nor any of its directors, officers, employees, subsidiaries or affiliates shall be responsible for any action of the Issuer or any of the members, managers, officers, employees, subsidiaries or affiliates of the Issuer (other than the Administrator itself). The Administrator shall not be liable for nor shall it have any obligation with regard to any of the liabilities, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent of the Issuer or any of the members, managers, officers, employees, subsidiaries or affiliates of the Issuer (other than the Administrator itself).

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11. INDEMNITY.

(a)    SUBJECT TO THE PRIORITY OF PAYMENTS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE, THE ISSUER SHALL INDEMNIFY THE ADMINISTRATOR, ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND AFFILIATES AGAINST ALL LOSSES, CLAIMS, DAMAGES, PENALTIES, JUDGMENTS, LIABILITIES AND EXPENSES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ALL EXPENSES OF LITIGATION OR PREPARATION THEREFOR WHETHER OR NOT THE ADMINISTRATOR IS A PARTY THERETO) WHICH ANY OF THEM MAY PAY OR INCUR ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT AND THE SERVICES CALLED FOR HEREIN; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH INDEMNITY SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY SUCH LOSS, CLAIM, DAMAGE, PENALTY, JUDGMENT, LIABILITY OR EXPENSE RESULTING FROM THE ADMINISTRATOR’S NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT IN THE PERFORMANCE OF ITS OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER.

(b)    THE ADMINISTRATOR SHALL INDEMNIFY THE ISSUER, ITS MEMBERS, MANAGERS, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES AGAINST ALL LOSSES, CLAIMS, DAMAGES, PENALTIES, JUDGMENTS, LIABILITIES AND EXPENSES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ALL EXPENSES OF LITIGATION OR PREPARATION THEREFOR WHETHER OR NOT THE ISSUER IS A PARTY THERETO) WHICH ANY OF THEM MAY INCUR AS A RESULT OF THE ADMINISTRATOR’S NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT IN THE PERFORMANCE OF ITS OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER.

12. Notices. Any notice, report or other communication given hereunder shall be in writing and addressed as follows:

(a) if to the Issuer, to:

Kansas Gas Service Securitization I, L.L.C.

15 East Fifth Street, Suite 2662

Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103

Attention: Manager

(b) if to the Administrator, to:

Kansas Gas Service,

a division of ONE Gas, Inc.

15 East Fifth Street

Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103

Attention: Treasurer

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or to such other address as either party shall have provided to the other party in writing. Any notice required to be in writing hereunder shall be deemed given if such notice is mailed by certified mail, postage prepaid, or hand-delivered to the address of such party as provided above.

13. Amendments. This Administration Agreement may be amended from time to time by a written amendment duly executed and delivered by each of the Issuer and the Administrator, provided that (i) the Rating Agency Condition has been satisfied in connection therewith, (ii) the Indenture Trustee shall have consented and (iii) in the case of any amendment that increases ongoing financing costs as defined in the Financing Order, the Kansas Commission shall have consented thereto or shall be conclusively deemed to have consented thereto; provided, that any such amendment may not adversely affect the interest of any Holder in any material respect without the consent of Holders representing not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds. With respect to the Kansas Commission’s consent to any amendment to this Administration Agreement,

(a) the Administrator may submit the amendment to the Kansas Commission by delivering to the Kansas Commission’s Executive Director a written request for such consent, which request shall contain:

(i) a reference to Docket No. 22-KGSG-466-TAR and a statement as to the possible effect of the amendment on ongoing financing costs;

(ii) an Officer’s Certificate stating that the proposed amendment has been approved by all parties to this Administration Agreement; and

(iii) a statement identifying the person to whom the Kansas Commission or its staff is to address its consent to the proposed amendment.

(b) Any amendment requiring the consent of the Kansas Commission as provided in this Section 13 shall become effective on the later of:

(i) the date proposed by the parties to the amendment, or

(ii) 31 days after such submission of the amendment to the Kansas Commission unless the Kansas Commission issues an order disapproving the amendment within a 30-day period.

Following delivery of a notice to the Kansas Commission by the Administrator under Section 13(a) above, the Administrator and Issuer may at any time withdraw from the Kansas Commission further consideration of any notification of a proposed amendment.

14. Successors and Assigns. This Administration Agreement may not be assigned by the Administrator unless such assignment is previously consented to in writing by the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee and subject to the satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition in connection therewith. Any assignment with such consent and satisfaction, if accepted by the assignee, shall bind the assignee hereunder in the same manner as the Administrator is bound hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Administration Agreement may be assigned by the Administrator without the consent of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee and without satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition to a corporation or other organization that is a successor (by merger, reorganization, consolidation or purchase of

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assets) to the Administrator; provided that such successor organization executes and delivers to the Issuer an agreement in which such corporation or other organization agrees to be bound hereunder by the terms of said assignment in the same manner as the Administrator is bound hereunder. Subject to the foregoing, this Administration Agreement shall bind any successors or assigns of the parties hereto. Upon satisfaction of all of the conditions of this Section 14, the preceding Administrator shall automatically and without further notice be released from all of its obligations hereunder.

15. Governing Law. This Administration Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Kansas, without reference to its conflict of law provisions, and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereunder shall be determined in accordance with such laws.

16. Headings. The Section headings hereof have been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be construed to affect the meaning, construction or effect of this Administration Agreement.

17. Counterparts. This Administration Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute but one and the same Administration Agreement.

18. Severability. Any provision of this Administration Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

19. Nonpetition Covenant. Notwithstanding any prior termination of this Administration Agreement, the Administrator covenants that it shall not, prior to the date which is one year and one day after payment in full of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke or cause the Issuer to invoke the process of any court or government authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining an involuntary case against the Issuer under any U.S. federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of the Issuer or any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Issuer.

20. Pledge to Indenture Trustee. The Administrator hereby acknowledges and consents to any pledge and grant of a security interest by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to the Indenture of any or all of the Issuer’s rights hereunder. For the avoidance of doubt, the Indenture Trustee is a third-party beneficiary of this Administration Agreement and is entitled to the rights and benefits hereunder and may enforce the provisions hereof as if it were a party hereto.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Administration Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written.

KANSAS GAS SERVICE SECURITIZATION I, L.L.C., as Issuer
By:
	Name:
	Title:
KANSAS GAS SERVICE, a Division of ONE Gas, Inc., as Administrator
By:
	Name:
	Title:

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EX-10.4

Exhibit 10.4

SERVICES AND INDEMNITY AGREEMENT

This Services and Indemnity Agreement, dated as of October     , 2022 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, this “Agreement”), is among Bernard J. Angelo, a natural person (the “GSS Representative”), Global Securitization Services, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Global”), Kansas Gas Service Securitization I, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), and Kansas Gas Service, a division of ONE Gas, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Oklahoma (“KGS”).

WHEREAS, it is necessary for the Company to have an Independent Manager and Special Member in each case as defined in the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company to be dated and executed in the future (the “Formation Document”), a form of which will be filed as an exhibit to the registration statement on Form SF-1 of the Company and KGS referred to below; and

WHEREAS, the GSS Representative is employed by Global and Global has agreed to have the GSS Representative serve as Independent Manager and Special Member of the Company;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises herein contained, and other good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

Section 1. Definitions. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Formation Document.

Section 2. GSS Representative’s Service as Independent Manager and Special Member.

(a) The GSS Representative’s service as Independent Manager and Special Member of the Company shall be subject to the terms of this Agreement. The GSS Representative shall perform its services with care, skill, and diligence and shall perform in accordance with the applicable, generally accepted professional and industry standards currently recognized by the GSS Representative’s profession. Nothing contained herein, however, shall be construed to require the GSS Representative to serve as Independent Manager and Special Member of the Company for any definite term. The GSS Representative shall have the right to resign in accordance with the terms of the Formation Document and this Agreement, or may be removed in accordance with the Formation Document. In the event that the GSS Representative desires to resign as Independent Manager and Special Member of the Company, Global, unless it determines in the exercise of its reasonable discretion that it is not advisable to do so, shall provide another representative of Global to serve as an Independent Manager and Special Member of the Company. The resignation or removal of the GSS Representative as an Independent Manager or Special Member shall not operate to deprive Indemnitees (as such term is defined in Section 3) of the benefits of this Agreement.

(b) On September 8, 2022, the Company and KGS filed a registration statement on Form SF-1 (Registration Nos. 333-267322 and 333-267322-01) (as amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Registration Statement”) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”). The Company and KGS expect to file a copy of this Agreement with the Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.

(c) In consideration of the GSS Representative’s services as Independent Manager and Special Member, Company shall pay to Global a fee in the amount of $3,500.00 per year (the “Fee”). The Fee for the first year of this Agreement shall be due and payable by the Company to Global upon the execution of this Agreement, and such Fee for subsequent years shall be due and payable by the Company to Global no later than each respective anniversary date hereof. The Company acknowledges that the Fee shall be paid according to the terms of this Agreement for so long as any GSS Representative serves as an Independent Manager or Special Member of the Company.

(d) Invoices will be sent to: Kansas Gas Service Securitization I, L.L.C., c/o ONE Gas, Inc., 15 East 5^th Street, Tulsa, OK 74103, Attention: Brian Shore, Email: Brian.Shore@onegas.com , Telephone: (918) 947-7905.

(e) The GSS Representative and Global hereby agree to keep all information regarding the Company and the transactions to which the Company is a party confidential, except (i) to the extent required by applicable law, rule or regulation or by any court, regulatory body or agency having jurisdiction, (ii) to legal counsel and auditors of the GSS Representative and Global if they agree to hold it confidential and (iii) to third parties to the extent such disclosure is made pursuant to a written agreement of confidentiality in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company. The GSS Representative and Global agree, if legally advisable or permitted, to promptly notify the Company and KGS of such request so that the Company or KGS may seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy, at the Company’s sole expense.

(f) It is expressly understood by the Company and KGS that neither the Independent Manager nor any other employee of Global and its affiliates shall serve as an officer of the Company. It is an ongoing condition to the continued performance of Global’s duties under this Agreement that the Company promptly (i) take all appropriate actions under its Formation Document to duly appoint the Independent Manager, (ii) provide the Independent Manager written notice of any material adverse change in the Company’s business or financial condition (including any pending or threatened action, suit or proceeding that could reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse change), or in the Company’s ability to perform its obligations under the agreements to which it is a party and (iii) provide the Independent Manager any other documents, information or advice reasonably requested by the Independent Manager or reasonably required in connection with his or her duties as Independent Manager.

(g) For so long as this Agreement remains in full force and effect, to the extent that the Company or any of its affiliates maintains a directors and officers liability insurance policy which covers any director of the Company, the GSS Representative shall be covered on no less favorable terms than that provided to other directors, and the Company will provide a copy of each such policy to the GSS Representative. The Company shall notify Global of the existence or non-existence of (and, if applicable, any termination, cancellation or material change to) such insurance coverage.

(h) The services provided by Global and the GSS Representative hereunder are not exclusive.

Section 3. Indemnification by KGS and the Company.

In consideration of the GSS Representative’s agreement to serve as Independent Manager and Special Member of the Company, recognizing that KGS and the Company benefit from such service, and subject to Sections 4, 5 and 6, each of KGS and the Company, jointly and severally, hereby agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless (collectively, “indemnify” and “indemnification”) the GSS Representative, Global and Global’s directors, officers, managers, employees, agents, members and affiliates (each, an “Indemnitee” and collectively, the “Indemnitees”) from and against any and all third-party claims, demands, actions, suits, liabilities, losses, damages, judgments, settlements, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements) (individually, a “Loss” and collectively, the “Losses”) that Indemnitees may sustain or incur as a result of (i) the GSS Representative’s services as Independent Manager or Special Member of the Company or (ii) any act or omission that Global or the GSS Representative is alleged to have taken or omitted to take as Independent Manager or Special Member of the Company, in either case irrespective of the time when the claim giving rise to such Loss or Losses is asserted or when the amount of such Loss or Losses is established, excluding however any Losses to the extent resulting from the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of any Indemnitee. The indemnification herein is contingent upon the GSS Representative and Global promptly notifying the Company of such claim, allowing the Company to solely control the defense, litigation, or settlement of such claim, and reasonably cooperating with the Company in the investigation, defense, and/or settlement of such claim. The Indemnitee shall have the option, at its sole expense, to have counsel of its own choosing participate in the defense of an indemnity claim. No settlement or payment of any indemnity claim shall be made by the Indemnitee without the Company’s prior written approval.

Section 4. Duty to Defend. The Company and KGS, jointly and severally, shall pay all reasonable fees and expenses incurred by an Indemnitee in enforcing the Indemnitee’s rights (as finally determined) to indemnification. The Company and KGS shall (i) bear the burden of proof that an Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification and (ii) be subrogated to an Indemnitee with respect to any indemnification payment.

Section 5. Reimbursement by Indemnitees. Global hereby agrees that if a court of competent jurisdiction, through a final order, verdict or appellate decision, determines that an Indemnitee hereunder is not entitled to indemnification under Sections 3 and 4 or by operation of applicable law and KGS or the Company shall have paid any amounts to or on behalf of such Indemnitees, then promptly after the last of such determinations shall have been made, Global shall promptly, and in any event no later than 15 days, repay all amounts paid by KGS or the Company to or on behalf of such Indemnitee to the extent it has been determined that such Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification. Late repayments of such amounts will incur interest at a rate of 2.0% per month.

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Section 6. Notice of Claims. If any Indemnitee receives complaints, threat of a claim, claims or other notices of any Losses or other liabilities that may give rise to indemnification under Sections 3 and 4, such Indemnitee shall promptly notify KGS and the Company of each such complaint, claim or other notice. The failure to so notify KGS and the Company shall not relieve KGS and the Company from any liability under this Agreement, but in no event shall KGS or the Company be liable for any Losses that result from an undue delay in providing notice that materially prejudices the defense of the claim(s). Each of the GSS Representative and Global acknowledges that the indemnification under Sections 3 and 4 are GSS Representative and Global’s exclusive remedy and the Company’s and KGS’s sole liability in connection with any claim under this Agreement.

Section 7. No Proceedings. Each of the Company and KGS agrees (i) not to file any complaint, proceeding, lawsuit or other legal or equitable action against an Indemnitee based upon, relating to or arising out of any of the services provided by an Indemnitee other than for reason of alleged gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct and (ii) that, notwithstanding any provision in the Formation Document to the contrary, an Indemnitee shall not have any liability for any act or omission taken or omitted by such Indemnitee arising from, related to or connected with this Agreement or any services provided by such Indemnitee to the Company or KGS except to the extent any loss, claim or damage is found in a final judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the Indemnitee’s gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct, in which case the Indemnitee shall only be liable for actual damages incurred and shall not be liable for consequential, punitive or exemplary damages or for any claims by third parties. Neither the Company nor KGS shall be liable to any GSS Representative or Global for any special, indirect, consequential, punitive or exemplary damages.

Section 8. Notices. Any notice or other communication under this Agreement shall be in writing and deemed given upon receipt by a party at its address set forth on the signature page hereof or at such other address as such party shall hereafter furnish in writing.

Section 9. Counterparts; Modification; Headings.

(a) This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which when taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in this Agreement or in any other certificate, agreement or document related to this Agreement shall include images of manually executed signatures transmitted by facsimile or other electronic format (including without limitation “pdf”, “tif” or “jpg”) and other electronic signatures (including without limitation DocuSign and AdobeSign). The use of electronic signatures and electronic records (including without limitation any contract or other record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means) shall be of the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a manually executed signature or use of a paper-based record-keeping system to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, including without limitation the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act and any other applicable law, including without limitation any state law based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the Uniform Commercial Code.

(b) No modification of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by the parties hereto or their respective successors and permitted assigns.

(c) Section headings are not part of this Agreement; they are solely for convenience of reference and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of any provisions of this Agreement.

Section 10. Successors and Assigns; Sole Benefit. This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns. Nothing expressed or referred to herein is intended or shall be construed to give any person other than the parties hereto and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns any legal or equitable rights, remedies or claims under or with respect to any provisions of this Agreement. No party hereto may assign its obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other parties hereto.

Section 11. Agreement Not Exclusive. The right to indemnification of expenses provided to Indemnitees under this Agreement shall be independent of, and neither subject to nor in derogation of, any other rights to indemnification, advancement or exculpation to which the GSS Representative may be entitled, including, without limitation, any such rights that may be asserted under any other agreement, applicable law, the Formation Document or any other contract or insurance.

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Section 12. No Petition. The GSS Representative, solely in his or her capacity as a creditor of the Company on account of any indemnification or other payment owing to him or her by the Company, and Global hereby covenant and agree that, prior to the date that is one year and one day after the payment in full of all outstanding indebtedness of the Company to third parties unaffiliated with the Company or KGS, they will not institute against, or join any other person instituting against, the Company, or seek or join any other person seeking to consolidate the Company or its assets into, any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other similar proceedings under the laws of any jurisdiction.

Section 13. Costs of Enforcement. KGS and the Company shall jointly and severally pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by Indemnitees in the enforcement of their rights under this Agreement, including, without limitation, all court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees except to the extent such costs and expenses resulted from gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on the part of such Indemnitees.

Section 14. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement, or the application thereof to any person, place or circumstance, shall be held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, unenforceable or void, the remainder of this Agreement and such provisions as applied to other persons, places and circumstances shall remain in full force and effect.

Section 15. Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction. The GSS Representative’s service as Independent Manager and Special Member shall be governed by the Formation Document and Delaware law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without reference to applicable principles of conflict of laws. Each of the parties hereto expressly (i) submits to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the state or federal courts located in the County of New York, Borough of Manhattan, in the State of New York and (ii) waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have relating to the venue or convenience of such courts. Further, each of the parties hereto agrees that no party shall request a trial by jury in the event of litigation between them concerning this Agreement or any claims or transactions in connection herewith, and any right to trial by jury is expressly waived, it being understood that such waiver is made with full understanding and knowledge of the nature of the rights and benefits waived hereby.

Section 16. Term of this Agreement; Authorization. (a) This Agreement shall continue in full force and effect with respect to each party hereto until terminated in a writing delivered by a party to the other parties hereto. Such writing shall specify the effective date of such termination or, if no such date is specified, this Agreement shall be deemed terminated with respect to such party immediately. On any day on which a GSS Representative is no longer employed by Global, subject to Section 18, this Agreement shall automatically terminate with respect to such GSS Representative.

(b) Each of the parties hereto represents and warrants that this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such party, and this Agreement constitutes the valid, binding and enforceable obligation of such party, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws (whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity).

Section 17. Entire Agreement. This Agreement expresses the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior agreements, written or oral, with respect to such subject matter.

Section 18. Survival. The provisions of Section 2(e), 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 12, 13 and 15 shall survive termination of this Agreement.

SIGNATURE PAGE TO FOLLOW

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Services and Indemnity Agreement to be executed as of the day and year first above written.

Bernard J. Angelo
Address:	c/o Global Securitization Services, LLC
	68 South Service Road, Suite 120
	Melville, NY 11747
Global Securitization Services, LLC
By:
Name:	Kevin J. Corrigan
Title:	Senior Vice President
Address:	114 West 47th Street, Suite 2310
	New York, NY 10036
Kansas Gas Service Securitization I, L.L.C., as Company
By:
Name:
Title:
Address:
Kansas Gas Service, a division of ONE Gas, Inc.
By:
Name:
Title:
Address:

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EX-25.1

Exhibit 25.1

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM T-1

STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY

UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939

OF A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

☐ Check if an Application to Determine Eligibility of a Trustee Pursuant to Section 305(b)(2)

U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

(Exact name of Trustee as specified in its charter)

91-1821036

I.R.S. Employer Identification No.

800 Nicollet Mall Minneapolis, Minnesota	55402
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Matthew M. Smith

U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association

190 South LaSalle Street, 7^th floor

Chicago, Illinois 60603

(312)332-7462

(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

Kansas Gas Service Securitization I, L.L.C.

(Issuer with respect to the Securities)

Delaware	88-3970012
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

15 East Fifth Street, Suite 2662 Tulsa, OK	74103
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

Series 2022-A Senior Secured Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds

(Title of the Indenture Securities)

FORM T-1

Item 1. GENERAL INFORMATION. Furnish the following information as to the Trustee.

a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.

Comptroller of the Currency

Washington, D.C.

b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

Yes

Item 2. AFFILIATIONS WITH THE OBLIGOR. If the obligor is an affiliate of the Trustee, describe each such affiliation.

None

Items 3-15 Items 3-15 are not applicable because to the best of the Trustee’s knowledge, the obligor is not in default under any Indenture for which the Trustee acts as Trustee.

Item 16. LIST OF EXHIBITS: List below all exhibits filed as a part of this statement of eligibility and qualification.

1. A copy of the Articles of Association of the Trustee, attached as Exhibit 1.

2. A copy of the certificate of authority of the Trustee to commence business and exercise corporate trust powers, attached as Exhibit 2.

3. A copy of the existing bylaws of the Trustee, attached as Exhibit 3.

4. A copy of each Indenture referred to in Item 4. Not applicable.

5. The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, attached as Exhibit 5.

6. Report of Condition of the Trustee as of June 30, 2022, published pursuant to law or the requirements of its supervising or examining authority, attached as Exhibit 6.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the Trustee, U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, has duly caused this statement of eligibility and qualification to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of Chicago, State of Illinois on the [14] of October, 2022.

By:	/s/ Matthew M. Smith
	Matthew M. Smith
	Vice President

Exhibit 1

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF

U. S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

For the purpose of organizing an association (the “Association”) to perform any lawful activities of national banks, the undersigned enter into the following Articles of Association:

FIRST. The title of this Association shall be U. S. Bank Trust Company, National Association.

SECOND. The main office of the Association shall be in the city of Portland, county of Multnomah, state of Oregon. The business of the Association will be limited to fiduciary powers and the support of activities incidental to the exercise of those powers. The Association may not expand or alter its business beyond that stated in this article without the prior approval of the Comptroller of the Currency.

THIRD. The board of directors of the Association shall consist of not less than five nor more than twenty-five persons, the exact number to be fixed and determined from time to time by resolution of a majority of the full board of directors or by resolution of a majority of the shareholders at any annual or special meeting thereof. Each director shall own common or preferred stock of the Association or of a holding company owning the Association, with an aggregate par, fair market, or equity value of not less than $1,000, as of either (i) the date of purchase, (ii) the date the person became a director, or (iii) the date of that person’s most recent election to the board of directors, whichever is more recent. Any combination of common or preferred stock of the Association or holding company may be used.

Any vacancy in the board of directors may be filled by action of a majority of the remaining directors between meetings of shareholders. The board of directors may increase the number of directors up to the maximum permitted by law. Terms of directors, including directors selected to fill vacancies, shall expire at the next regular meeting of shareholders at which directors are elected, unless the directors resign or are removed from office. Despite the expiration of a director’s term, the director shall continue to serve until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until there is a decrease in the number of directors and his or her position is eliminated.

Honorary or advisory members of the board of directors, without voting power or power of final decision in matters concerning the business of the Association, may be appointed by resolution of a majority of the full board of directors, or by resolution of shareholders at any annual or special meeting. Honorary or advisory directors shall not be counted to determined the number of directors of the Association or the presence of a quorum in connection with any board action, and shall not be required to own qualifying shares.

FOURTH. There shall be an annual meeting of the shareholders to elect directors and transact whatever other business may be brought before the meeting. It shall be held at the main office or any other convenient place the board of directors may designate, on the day of each year specified therefor in the Bylaws, or if that day falls on a legal holiday in the state in which the

Association is located, on the next following banking day. If no election is held on the day fixed or in the event of a legal holiday on the following banking day, an election may be held on any subsequent day within 60 days of the day fixed, to be designated by the board of directors, or, if the directors fail to fix the day, by shareholders representing two-thirds of the shares issued and outstanding. In all cases, at least 10 days’ advance notice of the meeting shall be given to the shareholders by first-class mail.

In all elections of directors, the number of votes each common shareholder may cast will be determined by multiplying the number of shares he or she owns by the number of directors to be elected. Those votes may be cumulated and cast for a single candidate or may be distributed among two or more candidates in the manner selected by the shareholder. On all other questions, each common shareholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock held by him or her.

A director may resign at any time by delivering written notice to the board of directors, its chairperson, or to the Association, which resignation shall be effective when the notice is delivered unless the notice specifies a later effective date.

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A director may be removed by the shareholders at a meeting called to remove him or her, when notice of the meeting stating that the purpose or one of the purposes is to remove him or her is provided, if there is a failure to fulfill one of the affirmative requirements for qualification, or for cause; provided, however, that a director may not be removed if the number of votes sufficient to elect him or her under cumulative voting is voted against his or her removal.

FIFTH. The authorized amount of capital stock of the Association shall be 1,000,000 shares of common stock of the par value of ten dollars ($10) each; but said capital stock may be increased or decreased from time to time, according to the provisions of the laws of the United States. The Association shall have only one class of capital stock.

No holder of shares of the capital stock of any class of the Association shall have any preemptive or preferential right of subscription to any shares of any class of stock of the Association, whether now or hereafter authorized, or to any obligations convertible into stock of the Association, issued, or sold, nor any right of subscription to any thereof other than such, if any, as the board of directors, in its discretion, may from time to time determine and at such price as the board of directors may from time to time fix.

Transfers of the Association’s stock are subject to the prior written approval of a federal depository institution regulatory agency. If no other agency approval is required, the approval of the Comptroller of the Currency must be obtained prior to any such transfers.

Unless otherwise specified in the Articles of Association or required by law, (1) all matters requiring shareholder action, including amendments to the Articles of Association must be approved by shareholders owning a majority voting interest in the outstanding voting stock, and (2) each shareholder shall be entitled to one vote per share.

Unless otherwise specified in the Articles of Association or required by law, all shares of voting stock shall be voted together as a class, on any matters requiring shareholder approval.

Unless otherwise provided in the Bylaws, the record date for determining shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at any meeting is the close of business on the day before the first notice is mailed or otherwise sent to the shareholders, provided that in no event may a record date be more than 70 days before the meeting.

The Association, at any time and from time to time, may authorize and issue debt obligations, whether subordinated, without the approval of the shareholders. Obligations classified as debt, whether subordinated, which may be issued by the Association without the approval of shareholders, do not carry voting rights on any issue, including an increase or decrease in the aggregate number of the securities, or the exchange or reclassification of all or part of securities into securities of another class or series.

SIXTH. The board of directors shall appoint one of its members president of this Association and one of its members chairperson of the board and shall have the power to appoint one or more vice presidents, a secretary who shall keep minutes of the directors’ and shareholders’ meetings and be responsible for authenticating the records of the Association, and such other officers and employees as may be required to transact the business of this Association. A duly appointed officer may appoint one or more officers or assistant officers if authorized by the board of directors in accordance with the Bylaws.

The board of directors shall have the power to:

(1) Define the duties of the officers, employees, and agents of the Association.

(2) Delegate the performance of its duties, but not the responsibility for its duties, to the officers, employees, and agents of the Association.

(3) Fix the compensation and enter employment contracts with its officers and employees upon reasonable terms and conditions consistent with applicable law.

(4) Dismiss officers and employees.

(5) Require bonds from officers and employees and to fix the penalty thereof.

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(6) Ratify written policies authorized by the Association’s management or committees of the board.

(7) Regulate the manner any increase or decrease of the capital of the Association shall be made; provided that nothing herein shall restrict the power of shareholders to increase or decrease the capital of the Association in accordance with law, and nothing shall raise or lower from two-thirds the percentage required for shareholder approval to increase or reduce the capital.

(8) Manage and administer the business and affairs of the Association.

(9) Adopt initial Bylaws, not inconsistent with law or the Articles of Association, for managing the business and regulating the affairs of the Association.

(10) Amend or repeal Bylaws, except to the extent that the Articles of Association reserve this power in whole or in part to the shareholders.

(11) Make contracts.

(12) Generally perform all acts that are legal for a board of directors to perform.

SEVENTH. The board of directors shall have the power to change the location of the main office to any authorized branch within the limits of the city of Portland, Oregon, without the approval of the shareholders, or with a vote of shareholders owning two-thirds of the stock of the Association for a location outside such limits and upon receipt of a certificate of approval from the Comptroller of the Currency, to any other location within or outside the limits of the city of Portland, Oregon, but not more than thirty miles beyond such limits. The board of directors shall have the power to establish or change the location of any office or offices of the Association to any other location permitted under applicable law, without approval of shareholders, subject to approval by the Comptroller of the Currency.

EIGHTH. The corporate existence of this Association shall continue until termination according to the laws of the United States.

NINTH. The board of directors of the Association, or any shareholder owning, in the aggregate, not less than 25 percent of the stock of the Association, may call a special meeting of shareholders at any time. Unless otherwise provided by the Bylaws or the laws of the United States, or waived by shareholders, a notice of the time, place, and purpose of every annual and special meeting of the shareholders shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed at least 10, and no more than 60, days prior to the date of the meeting to each shareholder of record at his/her address as shown upon the books of the Association. Unless otherwise provided by the Bylaws, any action requiring approval of shareholders must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting.

TENTH. These Articles of Association may be amended at any regular or special meeting of the shareholders by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the stock of the Association, unless the vote of the holders of a greater amount of stock is required by law, and in that case by the vote of the holders of such greater amount; provided, that the scope of the Association’s activities and services may not be expanded without the prior written approval of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Association’s board of directors may propose one or more amendments to the Articles of Association for submission to the shareholders.

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In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands this 11^th of June, 1997.

/s/ Jeffrey T. Grubb

Jeffrey T. Grubb

/s/ Robert D. Sznewajs

Robert D. Sznewajs

/s/ Dwight V. Board

Dwight V. Board

/s/ P. K. Chatterjee

P. K. Chatterjee

/s/ Robert Lane

Robert Lane

Exhibit 2

	Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
		Washington, DC 20219

CERTIFICATE OF CORPORATE EXISTENCE AND FIDUCIARY POWERS

I, Michael J. Hsu, Acting Comptroller of the Currency, do hereby certify that:

1. The Comptroller of the Currency, pursuant to Revised Statutes 324, et seq, as amended, and 12 USC 1, et seq, as amended, has possession, custody, and control of all records pertaining to the chartering, regulation, and supervision of all national banking associations.

2. “U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association,” Portland, Oregon (Charter No. 23412), is a national banking association formed under the laws of the United States and is authorized thereunder to transact the business of banking and exercise fiduciary powers on the date of this certificate.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, today, July 5, 2022, I have hereunto subscribed my name and caused my seal of office to be affixed to these presents at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, in the City of Washington, District of Columbia.

Acting Comptroller of the Currency

Exhibit 3

U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

ARTICLE I

Meetings of Shareholders

Section 1.1. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the shareholders, for the election of directors and the transaction of any other proper business, shall be held at a time and place as the Chairman or President may designate. Notice of such meeting shall be given not less than ten (10) days or more than sixty (60) days prior to the date thereof, to each shareholder of the Association, unless the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the “OCC”) determines that an emergency circumstance exists. In accordance with applicable law, the sole shareholder of the Association is permitted to waive notice of the meeting. If, for any reason, an election of directors is not made on the designated day, the election shall be held on some subsequent day, as soon thereafter as practicable, with prior notice thereof. Failure to hold an annual meeting as required by these Bylaws shall not affect the validity of any corporate action or work a forfeiture or dissolution of the Association.

Section 1.2. Special Meetings. Except as otherwise specially provided by law, special meetings of the shareholders may be called for any purpose, at any time by a majority of the board of directors (the “Board”), or by any shareholder or group of shareholders owning at least ten percent of the outstanding stock. Every such special meeting, unless otherwise provided by law, shall be called upon not less than ten (10) days nor more than sixty (60) days prior notice stating the purpose of the meeting.

Section 1.3. Nominations for Directors. Nominations for election to the Board may be made by the Board or by any shareholder.

Section 1.4. Proxies. Shareholders may vote at any meeting of the shareholders by proxies duly authorized in writing. Proxies shall be valid only for one meeting and any adjournments of such meeting and shall be filed with the records of the meeting.

Section 1.5. Record Date. The record date for determining shareholders entitled to notice and to vote at any meeting will be thirty days before the date of such meeting, unless otherwise determined by the Board.

Section 1.6. Quorum and Voting. A majority of the outstanding capital stock, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of shareholders, unless otherwise provided by law, but less than a quorum may adjourn any meeting, from time to time, and the meeting may be held as adjourned without further notice. A majority of the votes cast shall decide every question or matter submitted to the shareholders at any meeting, unless otherwise provided by law or by the Articles of Association.

Section 1.7. Inspectors. The Board may, and in the event of its failure so to do, the Chairman of the Board may appoint Inspectors of Election who shall determine the presence of quorum, the validity of proxies, and the results of all elections and all other matters voted upon by shareholders at all annual and special meetings of shareholders.

Section 1.8. Waiver and Consent. The shareholders may act without notice or a meeting by a unanimous written consent by all shareholders.

Section 1.9. Remote Meetings. The Board shall have the right to determine that a shareholder meeting not be held at a place, but instead be held solely by means of remote communication in the manner and to the extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

ARTICLE II

Directors

Section 2.1. Board of Directors. The Board shall have the power to manage and administer the business and affairs of the Association. Except as expressly limited by law, all corporate powers of the Association shall be vested in and may be exercised by the Board.

Section 2.2. Term of Office. The directors of this Association shall hold office for one year and until their successors are duly elected and qualified, or until their earlier resignation or removal.

Section 2.3. Powers. In addition to the foregoing, the Board shall have and may exercise all of the powers granted to or conferred upon it by the Articles of Association, the Bylaws and by law.

Section 2.4. Number. As provided in the Articles of Association, the Board of this Association shall consist of no less than five nor more than twenty-five members, unless the OCC has exempted the Association from the twenty-five- member limit. The Board shall consist of a number of members to be fixed and determined from time to time by resolution of the Board or the shareholders at any meeting thereof, in accordance with the Articles of Association. Between meetings of the shareholders held for the purpose of electing directors, the Board by a majority vote of the full Board may increase the size of the Board but not to more than a total of twenty-five directors, and fill any vacancy so created in the Board; provided that the Board may increase the number of directors only by up to two directors, when the number of directors last elected by shareholders was fifteen or fewer, and by up to four directors, when the number of directors last elected by shareholders was sixteen or more. Each director shall own a qualifying equity interest in the Association or a company that has control of the Association in each case as required by applicable law. Each director shall own such qualifying equity interest in his or her own right and meet any minimum threshold ownership required by applicable law.

Section 2.5. Organization Meeting. The newly elected Board shall meet for the purpose of organizing the new Board and electing and appointing such officers of the Association as may be appropriate. Such meeting shall be held on the day of the election or as soon thereafter as practicable, and, in any event, within thirty days thereafter, at such time and place as the Chairman or President may designate. If, at the time fixed for such meeting, there shall not be a quorum present, the directors present may adjourn the meeting until a quorum is obtained.

Section 2.6. Regular Meetings. The regular meetings of the Board shall be held, without notice, as the Chairman or President may designate and deem suitable.

Section 2.7. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board may be called at any time, at any place and for any purpose by the Chairman of the Board or the President of the Association, or upon the request of a majority of the entire Board. Notice of every special meeting of the Board shall be given to the directors at their usual places of business, or at such other addresses as shall have been furnished by them for the purpose. Such notice shall be given at least twelve hours (three hours if meeting is to be conducted by conference telephone) before the meeting by telephone or by being personally delivered, mailed, or electronically delivered. Such notice need not include a statement of the business to be transacted at, or the purpose of, any such meeting.

Section 2.8. Quorum and Necessary Vote. A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of the Board, except when otherwise provided by law; but less than a quorum may adjourn any meeting, from time to time, and the meeting may be held as adjourned without further notice. Unless otherwise provided by law or the Articles or Bylaws of this Association, once a quorum is established, any act by a majority of those directors present and voting shall be the act of the Board.

Section 2.9. Written Consent. Except as otherwise required by applicable laws and regulations, the Board may act without a meeting by a unanimous written consent by all directors, to be filed with the Secretary of the Association as part of the corporate records.

Section 2.10. Remote Meetings. Members of the Board, or of any committee thereof, may participate in a meeting of such Board or committee by means of conference telephone, video or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other and such participation shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

Section 2.11. Vacancies. When any vacancy occurs among the directors, the remaining members of the Board may appoint a director to fill such vacancy at any regular meeting of the Board, or at a special meeting called for that purpose.

ARTICLE III

Committees

Section 3.1. Advisory Board of Directors. The Board may appoint persons, who need not be directors, to serve as advisory directors on an advisory board of directors established with respect to the business affairs of either this Association alone or the business affairs of a group of affiliated organizations of which this Association is one. Advisory directors shall have such powers and duties as may be determined by the Board, provided, that the Board’s responsibility for the business and affairs of this Association shall in no respect be delegated or diminished.

Section 3.2. Trust Audit Committee. At least once during each calendar year, the Association shall arrange for a suitable audit (by internal or external auditors) of all significant fiduciary activities under the direction of its trust audit committee, a function that will be fulfilled by the Audit Committee of the financial holding company that is the ultimate parent of this Association. The Association shall note the results of the audit (including significant actions taken as a result of the audit) in the minutes of the Board. In lieu of annual audits, the Association may adopt a continuous audit system in accordance with 12 C.F.R. § 9.9(b).

The Audit Committee of the financial holding company that is the ultimate parent of this Association, fulfilling the function of the trust audit committee:

(1)    Must not include any officers of the Association or an affiliate who participate significantly in the administration of the Association’s fiduciary activities; and

(2)    Must consist of a majority of members who are not also members of any committee to which the Board has delegated power to manage and control the fiduciary activities of the Association.

Section 3.3. Executive Committee. The Board may appoint an Executive Committee which shall consist of at least three directors and which shall have, and may exercise, to the extent permitted by applicable law, all the powers of the Board between meetings of the Board or otherwise when the Board is not meeting.

Section 3.4. Trust Management Committee. The Board of this Association shall appoint a Trust Management Committee to provide oversight of the fiduciary activities of the Association. The Trust Management Committee shall determine policies governing fiduciary activities. The Trust Management Committee or such sub-committees, officers or others as may be duly designated by the Trust Management Committee shall oversee the processes related to fiduciary activities to assure conformity with fiduciary policies it establishes, including ratifying the acceptance and the closing out or relinquishment of all trusts. The Trust Management Committee will provide regular reports of its activities to the Board.

Section 3.5. Other Committees. The Board may appoint, from time to time, committees of one or more persons who need not be directors, for such purposes and with such powers as the Board may determine; however, the Board will not delegate to any committee any powers or responsibilities that it is prohibited from delegating under any law or regulation. In addition, either the Chairman or the President may appoint, from time to time, committees of one or more officers, employees, agents or other persons, for such purposes and with such powers as either the Chairman or the President deems appropriate and proper. Whether appointed by the Board, the Chairman, or the President, any such committee shall at all times be subject to the direction and control of the Board.

Section 3.6. Meetings, Minutes and Rules. An advisory board of directors and/or committee shall meet as necessary in consideration of the purpose of the advisory board of directors or committee, and shall maintain minutes in sufficient detail to indicate actions taken or recommendations made; unless required by the members, discussions, votes or other specific details need not be reported. An advisory board of directors or a committee may, in consideration of its purpose, adopt its own rules for the exercise of any of its functions or authority.

ARTICLE IV

Officers

Section 4.1. Chairman of the Board. The Board may appoint one of its members to be Chairman of the Board to serve at the pleasure of the Board. The Chairman shall supervise the carrying out of the policies adopted or approved by the Board; shall have general executive powers, as well as the specific powers conferred by these Bylaws; and shall also have and may exercise such powers and duties as from time to time may be conferred upon or assigned by the Board.

Section 4.2. President. The Board may appoint one of its members to be President of the Association. In the absence of the Chairman, the President shall preside at any meeting of the Board. The President shall have general executive powers, and shall have and may exercise any and all other powers and duties pertaining by law, regulation or practice, to the office of President, or imposed by these Bylaws. The President shall also have and may exercise such powers and duties as from time to time may be conferred or assigned by the Board.

Section 4.3. Vice President. The Board may appoint one or more Vice Presidents who shall have such powers and duties as may be assigned by the Board and to perform the duties of the President on those occasions when the President is absent, including presiding at any meeting of the Board in the absence of both the Chairman and President.

Section 4.4. Secretary. The Board shall appoint a Secretary, or other designated officer who shall be Secretary of the Board and of the Association, and shall keep accurate minutes of all meetings. The Secretary shall attend to the giving of all notices required by these Bylaws to be given; shall be custodian of the corporate seal, records, documents and papers of the Association; shall provide for the keeping of proper records of all transactions of the Association; shall, upon request, authenticate any records of the Association; shall have and may exercise any and all other powers and duties pertaining by law, regulation or practice, to the Secretary, or imposed by these Bylaws; and shall also perform such other duties as may be assigned from time to time by the Board. The Board may appoint one or more Assistant Secretaries with such powers and duties as the Board, the President or the Secretary shall from time to time determine.

Section 4.5. Other Officers. The Board may appoint, and may authorize the Chairman, the President or any other officer to appoint, any officer as from time to time may appear to the Board, the Chairman, the President or such other officer to be required or desirable to transact the business of the Association. Such officers shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as pertain to their several offices, or as may be conferred upon or assigned to them by these Bylaws, the Board, the Chairman, the President or such other authorized officer. Any person may hold two offices.

Section 4.6. Tenure of Office. The Chairman or the President and all other officers shall hold office until their respective successors are elected and qualified or until their earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office, subject to the right of the Board or authorized officer to discharge any officer at any time.

ARTICLE V

Stock

Section 5.1. The Board may authorize the issuance of stock either in certificated or in uncertificated form. Certificates for shares of stock shall be in such form as the Board may from time to time prescribe. If the Board issues certificated stock, the certificate shall be signed by the President, Secretary or any other such officer as the Board so determines. Shares of stock shall be transferable on the books of the Association, and a transfer book shall be kept in which all transfers of stock shall be recorded. Every person becoming a shareholder by such transfer shall, in proportion to such person’s shares, succeed to all rights of the prior holder of such shares. Each certificate of stock shall recite on its face that the stock represented thereby is transferable only upon the books of the Association properly endorsed. The Board may impose conditions upon the transfer of the stock reasonably calculated to simplify the work of the Association for stock transfers, voting at shareholder meetings, and related matters, and to protect it against fraudulent transfers.

ARTICLE VI

Corporate Seal

Section 6.1. The Association shall have no corporate seal; provided, however, that if the use of a seal is required by, or is otherwise convenient or advisable pursuant to, the laws or regulations of any jurisdiction, the following seal may be used, and the Chairman, the President, the Secretary and any Assistant Secretary shall have the authority to affix such seal:

ARTICLE VII

Miscellaneous Provisions

Section 7.1. Execution of Instruments. All agreements, checks, drafts, orders, indentures, notes, mortgages, deeds, conveyances, transfers, endorsements, assignments, certificates, declarations, receipts, discharges, releases, satisfactions, settlements, petitions, schedules, accounts, affidavits, bonds, undertakings, guarantees, proxies and other instruments or documents may be signed, countersigned, executed, acknowledged, endorsed, verified, delivered or accepted on behalf of the Association, whether in a fiduciary capacity or otherwise, by any officer of the Association, or such employee or agent as may be designated from time to time by the Board by resolution, or by the Chairman or the President by written instrument, which resolution or instrument shall be certified as in effect by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Association. The provisions of this section are supplementary to any other provision of the Articles of Association or Bylaws.

Section 7.2. Records. The Articles of Association, the Bylaws as revised or amended from time to time and the proceedings of all meetings of the shareholders, the Board, and standing committees of the Board, shall be recorded in appropriate minute books provided for the purpose. The minutes of each meeting shall be signed by the Secretary, or other officer appointed to act as Secretary of the meeting.

Section 7.3. Trust Files. There shall be maintained in the Association files all fiduciary records necessary to assure that its fiduciary responsibilities have been properly undertaken and discharged.

Section 7.4. Trust Investments. Funds held in a fiduciary capacity shall be invested according to the instrument establishing the fiduciary relationship and according to law. Where such instrument does not specify the character and class of investments to be made and does not vest in the Association a discretion in the matter, funds held pursuant to such instrument shall be invested in investments in which corporate fiduciaries may invest under law.

Section 7.5. Notice. Whenever notice is required by the Articles of Association, the Bylaws or law, such notice shall be by mail, postage prepaid, e- mail, in person, or by any other means by which such notice can reasonably be expected to be received, using the address of the person to receive such notice, or such other personal data, as may appear on the records of the Association. Except where specified otherwise in these Bylaws, prior notice shall be proper if given not more than 30 days nor less than 10 days prior to the event for which notice is given.

ARTICLE VIII

Indemnification

Section 8.1. The Association shall indemnify such persons for such liabilities in such manner under such circumstances and to such extent as permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, as now enacted or hereafter amended. The Board may authorize the purchase and maintenance of insurance and/or the execution of individual agreements for the purpose of such indemnification, and the Association shall advance all reasonable costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred in defending any action, suit or proceeding to all persons entitled to indemnification under this Section 8.1. Such insurance shall be consistent with the requirements of 12 C.F.R. § 7.2014 and shall exclude coverage of liability for a formal order assessing civil money penalties against an institution-affiliated party, as defined at 12 U.S.C. § 1813(u).

Section 8.2. Notwithstanding Section 8.1, however, (a) any indemnification payments to an institution-affiliated party, as defined at 12 U.S.C. § 1813(u), for an administrative proceeding or civil action initiated by a federal banking agency, shall be reasonable and consistent with the requirements of 12 U.S.C. § 1828(k) and the implementing regulations thereunder; and (b) any indemnification payments and advancement of costs and expenses to an institution-affiliated party, as defined at 12 U.S.C. § 1813(u), in cases involving an administrative proceeding or civil action not initiated by a federal banking agency, shall be in accordance with Delaware General Corporation Law and consistent with safe and sound banking practices.

ARTICLE IX

Bylaws: Interpretation and Amendment

Section 9.1. These Bylaws shall be interpreted in accordance with and subject to appropriate provisions of law, and may be added to, altered, amended, or repealed, at any regular or special meeting of the Board.

Section 9.2. A copy of the Bylaws and all amendments shall at all times be kept in a convenient place at the principal office of the Association, and shall be open for inspection to all shareholders during Association hours.

ARTICLE X

Miscellaneous Provisions

Section 10.1. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Association shall begin on the first day of January in each year and shall end on the thirty-first day of December following.

Section 10.2. Governing Law. This Association designates the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended from time to time, as the governing law for its corporate governance procedures, to the extent not inconsistent with Federal banking statutes and regulations or bank safety and soundness.

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(February 8, 2021)

Exhibit 5

CONSENT

In accordance with Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the undersigned, U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION hereby consents that reports of examination of the undersigned by Federal, State, Territorial or District authorities may be furnished by such authorities to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon its request therefor.

Dated: October [14], 2022

By:	/s/ Matthew M. Smith
	Matthew M. Smith
	Vice President

Exhibit 6

U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association

Statement of Financial Condition

as of 6/30/2022

($000’s)

	6/30/2022
Assets
Cash and Balances Due From	$	616,060
Depository Institutions
Securities		4,515
Federal Funds		0
Loans & Lease Financing Receivables		0
Fixed Assets		2,682
Intangible Assets		582,627
Other Assets		121,863
Total Assets	$	1,327,747
Liabilities
Deposits	$	0
Fed Funds		0
Treasury Demand Notes		0
Trading Liabilities		0
Other Borrowed Money		0
Acceptances		0
Subordinated Notes and Debentures		0
Other Liabilities		95,303
Total Liabilities	$	95,303
Equity
Common and Preferred Stock		200
Surplus		1,171,635
Undivided Profits		60,609
Minority Interest in Subsidiaries		0
Total Equity Capital	$	1,232,444
Total Liabilities and Equity Capital	$	1,327,747

EX-99.2

Exhibit 99.2

910 LOUISIANA HOUSTON, TEXAS             77002-4995   TEL +1 713.229.1234 FAX +1 713.229.1522 BakerBotts.com AUSTIN BRUSSELS             DALLAS DUBAI HOUSTON LONDON NEW YORK PALO ALTO RIYADH SAN FRANCISCO WASHINGTON

TO:    THE ADDRESSEES ON APPENDIX A

Re: Kansas Gas Service Securitization I, L.L.C. Series 2022-A Senior Secured Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, Tranche A — U.S. Constitutional Issues

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel to Kansas Gas Service Securitization I, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (the “Issuer,” “issuing entity,” or “us”), and Kansas Gas Service (“KGS”), a division of ONE Gas, Inc., an Oklahoma corporation, in connection with the purchase by the Issuer on the date hereof of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property, as defined in the Sale Agreement referred to below, from KGS, the issuance by the Issuer of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds referred to below, and the related transactions described below.

THE TRANSACTION

Pursuant to the Utility Financing and Securitization Act, a Kansas senate substitute for House Bill 2072 (Volume 40 - Issue 16 - April 22, 2021), codified at K.S.A. §§ 66:1,240 through 66:1,253 (the “Securitization Law”), the State Corporation Commission of the State of Kansas (the “Kansas Commission”) issued a financing order to KGS on August 18, 2022 (the “Financing Order”) authorizing KGS to issue Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds to recover certain “qualified extraordinary costs” as defined by the Securitization Law. On the date hereof, KGS has sold its rights, title and interests under the Financing Order, which became the Securitized Utility Tariff Property upon such transfer, to the Issuer pursuant to the terms and conditions of that certain Securitized Utility Tariff Property Purchase and Sale Agreement dated as of the date hereof (the “Sale Agreement”), by and between KGS and the Issuer and the related bill of sale dated as of the date hereof. Under the Securitized Utility Tariff Property Servicing Agreement (the “Servicing Agreement”) dated as of the date hereof, by and between KGS, in its capacity as Servicer, and the Issuer, KGS has agreed to service the Securitized Utility Tariff Property. Under the Administration Agreement dated as of the date hereof, by and between KGS, in its capacity as Administrator, and the Issuer, KGS has agreed to perform certain administrative services on behalf of the Issuer. On the date hereof, the Issuer has issued its Series 2022-A Senior Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds (the “Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds”) under an Indenture dated as of the date hereof (the “Indenture”), by and between the Issuer and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee (the “Trustee”), and as supplemented by that certain Series Supplement dated as of the date hereof relating to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds by and between the Issuer and the Trustee.

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As used herein, “Transaction Documents” means the above-referenced documents, and “Transaction” means the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Indenture.

OPINIONS REQUESTED

You have requested our opinion as to:

(a) whether the holders of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds (the “Bondholders”) could challenge successfully under the Contract Clause of the United States Constitution (U.S. Const. art. 1, § 10; and herein the “Federal Contract Clause”) the constitutionality of any action by the State of Kansas (including the Kansas Commission) (the “State”) of a legislative character, including the repeal, amendment, or modification of the securitization provisions contained in Section 66:1,241 (the “Securitization Provisions”) of the Securitization Law or the Financing Order, that a court of competent jurisdiction would determine repeals, amends, or violates the pledge set forth in Section 66:1,252 of the Securitization Law (the “Pledge”), in a manner that substantially impairs the value of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property, or substantially reduces, alters, or impairs the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges as defined in the Servicing Agreement (other than specified adjustments to correct any over-collections and under-collections) (any such impairment being referred to herein as an “impairment”), prior to the time the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds are fully paid and discharged; and

(b) whether, under the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which provides in relevant part, “nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation” (U.S. Const. amend. V; and herein the “Federal Takings Clause”), a reviewing court would find a compensable taking if the State takes action of a legislative character that repeals, amends or violates the Pledge, takes other action in contravention of the Pledge, or takes action to rescind or amend the Financing Order that the court concludes (i) permanently appropriates the Securitized Utility Tariff Property or Securitized Utility Tariff Charges (other than specified adjustments to correct any over-collections and under-collections) or denies all economically productive use of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property or the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges (other than specified adjustments to correct any over-collections and under-collections); or (ii) destroys the Securitized Utility Tariff Property or the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges (other than specified adjustments to correct any over-collections and under-collections) other than in response to emergency conditions; or (iii) substantially impairs the value of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property or a substantial property interest of the Bondholders in the Securitized Utility Tariff Property or the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges (other than specified adjustments to correct any over-collections and under-collections), and deprives the Bondholders of their reasonable expectations arising from their investments in the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds (a “taking”).

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FACTS AND ASSUMPTIONS

In connection with rendering the opinions set forth below, we have examined and relied upon originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of (i) the Sale Agreement; (ii) the Indenture; (iii) the Registration Statement on Form SF-1 (Registration Statement Nos. 333-267322 and 333-267322-01) of the Issuer, as the Issuing Entity, and KGS, as Sponsor, Depositor and Initial Servicer (including the prospectus and prospectus supplement included therein) initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 8, 2022, as amended and as declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds (referred to throughout this opinion letter as the “Registration Statement”); (iv) the Securitization Provisions of the Securitization Law; (v) the Financing Order; and (vi) such other documents relating to the Transaction as we have deemed necessary or advisable as a basis for such opinions.

In our examination, we have assumed the legal capacity of all natural persons, the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents. In making our examination of documents, we have assumed that the parties to such documents had the power, corporate or other, to enter into and perform all obligations thereunder and have also assumed the due authorization by all requisite action, corporate or other, and execution and delivery by such parties of such documents, including the Transaction Documents, and the validity and binding effect thereof. The determination of whether a legislative action constitutes a substantial impairment of a particular contract is a fact-specific analysis, and nothing herein expresses an opinion as to how a court of competent jurisdiction would resolve that issue. Therefore, we assume for purposes of this opinion that any impairment of the value of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds and the Securitized Utility Tariff Property resulting from a challenged Kansas legislative action would be substantial under the Federal Contract Clause.

We have made no independent investigation of the facts referred to herein, and with respect to such facts have relied, for the purpose of rendering this opinion letter and except as otherwise stated herein, exclusively on the statements contained and matters provided for in the Transaction Documents, the Registration Statement, and such other documents relating to the Transaction as we deemed advisable, including the factual representations, warranties, and covenants contained therein as made by the respective parties thereto.

Members of this firm are admitted to the bar of the State of Texas. Our opinions set forth below are limited to the federal laws of the United States of America as in effect on the date hereof. We express no opinion herein as to the laws of any jurisdiction other than the federal laws of the United States of America other than to the extent specifically referred to herein.

PLEDGE OF THE STATE OF KANSAS

Section 66:1,252 of the Securitization Law sets forth a pledge by the State “for the full protection of the securitized utility tariff charges collected pursuant to a financing order and

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of the bondholders and any assignee or financing party entering into a contract with the public utility” in a securitization transaction contemplated by the Securitization Provisions of the Securitization Law:

(a) The state and its agencies, including the commission, hereby pledge and agree with bondholders, the owners of the securitized utility tariff property and other financing parties that the state and its agencies shall not take any action listed in this section. This subsection does not preclude limitation or alteration if full compensation is made by law for the full protection of the securitized utility tariff charges collected pursuant to a financing order and of the bondholders and any assignee or financing party entering into a contract with the public utility. The prohibited actions are as follows:

(1) Altering the provisions of this section that authorize the commission to create an irrevocable contract right or chose in action by the issuance of a financing order, to create securitized utility tariff property and to make the securitized utility tariff charges imposed by a financing order irrevocable, binding or nonbypassable charges for all existing and future retail customers within the service area of the public utility;

(2) taking or permitting any action that impairs or would impair the value of securitized utility tariff property or the security for the securitized utility tariff bonds or revises the securitized utility tariff costs for which recovery is authorized;

(3) impairing the rights and remedies of the bondholders, assignees and other financing parties in any way; or

(4) except for changes made pursuant to the adjustment mechanism authorized under this section, reducing, altering or impairing securitized utility tariff charges that are to be imposed, billed, charged, collected and remitted for the benefit of the bondholders, any assignee and any other financing parties until any and all principal, interest, premium, financing costs and other fees, expenses or charges incurred and any contracts to be performed in connection with the related securitized utility tariff bonds have been paid and performed in full.

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K.S.A. 2021 Supp. § 66:1,252.¹ Section 66:1,252 of the Securitization Law also authorizes the Issuer to “include the language specified in this section in the securitized utility tariff bonds and related documentation.” Id. We note that the Pledge is quoted in the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds and in the Indenture.

ANALYSIS

If Kansas were to take action of a legislative character—including the repeal, amendment, or modification of the Securitization Provisions of the Securitization Law—that a court would determine violates the Pledge in a manner that substantially impairs the value of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property or substantially reduces, alters, or impairs the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges, such action would raise issues under the Contract Clause and/or the Takings Clause of the United States Constitution. A court could invalidate such an action if it were found to violate either of those constitutional provisions. We address each of those provisions in turn.

A.    The Federal Constitution’s Contract Clause

The Federal Constitution prohibits Kansas from passing any law “impairing the Obligation of Contracts.” U.S. CONST. art. I § 10. A court’s review under the Contract Clause varies depending on whether the contract at issue is a private contract or a state contract. The U.S. Supreme Court has indicated that “impairments of a State’s own contracts would face more stringent examination under the Contract Clause than would laws regulating contractual relationships between private parties,” although “private contracts are not subject to unlimited modification under the police power.” Allied Structural Steel Co. v. Spannaus, 438 U.S. 234, 244 n.15 (1978) (quoting U.S. Tr. Co. v. New Jersey, 431 U.S. 1, 22-23 (1977) (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)); see also Energy Reserves Grp., Inc. v. Kansas Power & Light Co., 459 U.S. 400, 413 n.14 (1983) (“In almost every case, the Court has held a governmental unit to its contractual obligations when it enters financial or other markets.”).

¹  The adjustment mechanism is located in Section 66:1,241 of the Securitization Law (entitled “Same; financing order; application; elements of approved financing order; judicial review”) and provides in relevant part:

(g) If the public utility has been issued a financing order, the public utility shall file with the commission, at least annually, an application or letter applying the adjustment mechanism based on estimates of consumption for each rate class and other mathematical factors and requesting administrative approval to make the applicable adjustments. The commission’s review of the filing shall be limited to determining if any mathematical or clerical errors are present in the application of the adjustment mechanism relating to the appropriate amount of any over-collection or under-collection of securitized utility tariff charges and the amount of an adjustment. The adjustments shall ensure the recovery of revenue is sufficient to provide for the payment of principal, interest, acquisition, defeasance, financing costs or redemption premium and other fees, costs and charges with respect to the securitized utility tariff bonds approved under the financing order. Within 30 days after receiving a public utility’s application or letter pursuant to this subsection, the commission shall either approve the application or letter or inform the public utility of any mathematical or clerical errors present in its calculation. If the commission informs the public utility of the presence of mathematical or clerical errors in its calculation, the public utility may correct its error and refile its request. The time frames previously described in this subsection shall apply to a refiled request.

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1. Private Contracts

To prevail on a claim that state legislation unconstitutionally impairs the obligation of a contract to which the State is not a party, the plaintiff must demonstrate that the statute impairs contractual rights or obligations. Nat’l R.R. Passenger Corp. v. Atchison, 470 U.S. 451, 472 (1985). If there is an impairment, then the reviewing court must determine whether that impairment is substantial enough to constitute an unconstitutional impairment of the parties’ rights or obligations. See id. (noting that “[i]f the alteration of contractual obligations is minimal, the inquiry may end at this stage.”).

In determining whether a law unconstitutionally impairs the obligations of a private contract, the courts consider a variety of factors. In Allied Structural Steel and in Home Bldg. & Loan Ass’n v. Blaisdell, 290 U.S. 398 (1934), the U.S. Supreme Court explicitly weighed five such considerations: (1) whether the law was enacted pursuant to an “emergency”; (2) whether the law was enacted to “protect a basic societal interest, not a favored group”; (3) whether the relief was “appropriately tailored to the emergency that it was designed to meet”; (4) whether the imposed conditions were “reasonable”; and (5) whether “the legislation was limited to the duration of the emergency.” Allied Structural Steel, 438 U.S. at 242 (citing Blaisdell, 290 U.S. at 444-47).

The U.S. Supreme Court has since marshaled those considerations into a three-step test. See Energy Reserves Grp., Inc. v. Kansas Power & Light Co., 459 U.S. 400 (1983). Courts first consider whether the state law operates as a substantial impairment of a contractual relationship. Id. at 411. (For the purposes of this opinion letter, we assume that the impairment is substantial.) Where there is a substantial impairment, the State must demonstrate that the regulation had a significant and legitimate public purpose. Id. Once such a purpose is identified, courts will consider whether the regulation’s adjustment of rights and responsibilities is based upon reasonable conditions and is of a character appropriate to the public purpose justifying the measure’s adoption. Id. at 412-13; see also Stillman v. Tchrs. Ins. & Annuity Ass’n Coll. Ret. Equities Fund, 343 F.3d 1311, 1321 (10th Cir. 2003) (reciting the three-step test provided in Energy Reserves Group).

a.     Existence of a Contract

A claim that state legislation impairs a private contractual right or obligation necessarily requires that a private contractual right or obligation exist. See Nat’l R.R., 470 U.S. at 472.

b.     Legitimate Public Purpose

If Kansas were to enact legislation that substantially impairs contractual rights or obligations, a court considering a challenge to that enactment would inquire whether “the

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adjustment of the rights and responsibilities is based upon reasonable conditions and is of a character appropriate to the public purpose justifying the legislation’s adoption.” Energy Reserves Grp., 459 U.S. at 412 (brackets, quotation marks omitted). Where the State is not a party to the contract, the court will “defer to legislative judgment as to the necessity and reasonableness of a particular measure.” Id. at 413. “[T]he State . . . must have a significant and legitimate public purpose behind the regulation, such as the remedying of a broad and general social or economic problem.” Id. at 411-12 (citations omitted). The State must be acting pursuant to its “police power, rather than providing a benefit to special interests.” Id. at 412; see also In re Walker, 959 F.2d 894, 899 (10th Cir. 1992).

In judging necessity, the U.S. Supreme Court has considered the context in which the law was enacted. In Blaisdell, the state legislation was justified as a response to the lodestar of economic emergencies, the Great Depression. 290 U.S. at 442, 444. In Allied Structural Steel, by contrast, the Court held that general concern about pensions was not by itself a sufficient emergency; nor had the government declared an official emergency. 438 U.S. at 249. Finally, in Energy Reserves Group, the Court noted—in the course of rejecting a Contract Clause challenge—that the Kansas statute at issue had been enacted to protect consumers from the escalation of natural gas prices caused by recent deregulation. 459 U.S. at 416-17. Judgment of this factor’s application to hypothetical Kansas legislation is impossible without knowledge of the context in which that legislation is passed; in any event, the case law makes clear that courts give greater deference to legislative action seeking to address situations deemed to be emergencies.

The U.S. Supreme Court has also considered, on the question of justification, whether the challenged law was passed to protect broad societal interests or merely to benefit some to the detriment of others. In Blaisdell, the Supreme Court approved a law treating all debtors and creditors alike. The statute had not been passed “for the mere advantage of particular individuals but for the protection of a basic interest of society.” 290 U.S. at 445. In Allied Structural Steel, by contrast, the Supreme Court criticized a law that affected only some employers (those closing offices in Minnesota) and that took aim “only at those who had in the past been sufficiently enlightened as voluntarily to agree to establish pension plans for their employees.” 438 U.S. at 249-50.

c.     Reasonableness

Finally, the conditions set by the law must be reasonable in light of their justification. In Blaisdell, the emergency regulations regarding mortgage recourse were deemed “reasonable” because they did not wholly eviscerate mortgage obligations; rather, they merely extended the period for redemption following a foreclosure. Moreover, the act was not of indefinite duration, but was time-limited (albeit subject to extension). 290 U.S. at 446-48. In Allied Structural Steel, by contrast, the statute—which “impos[ed] a sudden, totally unanticipated, and substantial retroactive obligation upon the company to its employees”—“was not enacted to deal with a situation remotely approaching the broad and desperate emergency economic conditions of the early 1930’s—conditions of which the Court in Blaisdell took judicial notice.” 438 U.S. at 249. In Energy Reserves Group, the U.S. Supreme Court noted that the Kansas gas price caps applied to only a small amount of gas consumed in the State, and that the law

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reintroduced certainty to a market otherwise operating under “indefinite price escalator clauses.” 459 U.S. at 418. Importantly, the court conducted that analysis “in light of the deference to which the Kansas Legislature’s judgment is entitled.” Id. If Kansas were to enact legislation substantially impairing the obligations of contract, then the courts would invalidate the legislation if it was unreasonable in relation to the conditions put forth to justify its enactment.

2. State Contracts

a.     Existence of a Contract

To prevail on a claim that state legislation unconstitutionally impairs the obligation of a contract to which the State is a party, the plaintiff must first demonstrate the existence of such a contract. Nat’l R.R., 470 U.S. at 465. Courts have held that, “absent some clear indication that the legislature intends to bind itself contractually, the presumption is that ‘a law is not intended to create private contractual or vested rights but merely declares a policy to be pursued until the legislature shall ordain otherwise.’” Id. at 465-66 (quoting Dodge v. Bd. of Educ., 302 U.S. 74, 79 (1937)). “Policies, unlike contracts, are inherently subject to revision and repeal, and to construe laws as contracts when the obligation is not clearly and unequivocally expressed would be to limit drastically the essential powers of a legislative body.” Id. at 466.

National Railroad identified two principal considerations in determining whether a legislative act creates a contractual obligation. First, if the legislation “provides for the execution of a written contract on behalf of the state the case for an obligation binding upon the state is clear. But absent an adequate expression of an actual intent of the state to bind itself,” the finding of a contract is less likely. Id. at 466-67 (internal quotation marks and citations omitted, emphasis omitted). Section 66:1,252(b) of the Securitization Law, detailing the State’s Pledge, authorizes parties to execute written contracts incorporating the Pledge, but whether that suffices to manifest the State’s intent to “bind” itself is less obvious. Id. Section 66:1,250 of the Securitization Law maintains that “the bonds shall not be considered a debt or a general obligation of the state nor any political subdivisions, agencies or instrumentalities”—a statement that appears to disclaim governmental financial liability for the bonds themselves. Id. But to say that Kansas did not bind itself, by contractual obligation, to make payment on or financially backstop Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds is not the same as to say that the State did not bind itself to not enact countervailing legislation. In Section 66:1,252(a) of the Securitization Law, the State and its agencies expressly “pledge and agree . . . for the full protection” of bondholders, owners of the securitized utility tariff property, and other financing parties “that the state and its agencies shall not take any action” to alter the provisions of the Securitization Law that authorize the Kansas Commission to create an irrevocable contract right or that impairs or would impair the value of Securitized Utility Tariff Property and Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds. Id. That statement is, by its terms, a promise. And the State demonstrated its intent for parties to rely on the promise when ordering their affairs by authorizing the Pledge’s inclusion in specified contracts, albeit ones to which the State is not a signatory. Id. § 66:1,252(b).

The text of the Pledge compares favorably with the legislation at issue in National Railroad. Indeed, in authorizing inclusion of the Pledge in contracts and thereby outlining the

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terms on which private parties may execute contracts, Kansas included none of the express reservations found in the statute at issue in National Railroad. For example, in National Railroad, the U.S. Supreme Court noted that, “lest there be any doubt . . . Congress ‘expressly reserved’ its rights to ‘repeal, alter, or amend the Act at any time.’” 470 U.S. at 467. In marked contrast, Kansas issued no such reservation in the Securitization Law and, indeed, “pledge[d],” for the “protection” of financing parties and electric utilities, to “not take any action . . . that impairs or would impair the value” of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property, or that would “reduc[e], alter[], or impair[]” the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges (other than specified adjustments to correct any over-collections and under-collections) which are specified in the Securitized Utility Tariff Bond contracts. K.S.A. 2021 Supp. §66:1,252(a). That language weighs in favor of finding a binding contractual obligation on the State. Indeed, it is similar to the language conceded to create a contractual obligation in U.S. Trust, 431 U.S. at 9-10, 17-18. Unlike the statute construed in National Railroad, the Kansas Pledge expressly uses the phrase “pledge and agree” in its assurance.

Indiana ex rel. Anderson v. Brand, 303 U.S. 95 (1938), is also relevant. In Brand, the Supreme Court held that the Indiana Teachers’ Tenure Act formed a contract between the state and specified teachers because the statutory language showed a clear contractual intent. See id. at 105. Specifically, the Court based its decision on the legislature’s repeated and intentional use of the word “contract” throughout the statute to describe the legal relationship between the state and the impacted teachers. Id. at 105. “The title of the act,” too, was “couched in terms of contract,” and “[t]he tenor of the act indicate[d] that the word ‘contract’ was not used inadvertently or in other than its usual legal meaning.” Id. That said, the situation in Brand differed from that presented here because the obligation was appended to another existing contract between the state government and the complaining teacher. Id. at 97. Nevertheless, like the language of the covenant considered in Brand, the language of the Kansas Pledge manifests the legislature’s intent to bind the State. In particular, the Kansas Pledge provides, in pertinent part, that “[t]he state and its agencies, including the commission, hereby pledge and agree with bondholders, the owners of the securitized utility tariff property and other financing parties that the state and its agencies shall not take any action listed in this section.” K.S.A. 2021 Supp. § 66:1,252(b). Similar to the word “contract” in Brand, the terms “pledge” and “agree” evidence a desire to create rights of a contractual nature enforceable against the State. And “[t]he tenor” of the State Pledge, as in Brand, indicates that those words were “not used inadvertently or in other than [their] usual legal meaning.” Brand, 303 U.S. at 105. The language indicates the State’s intent to be bound vis-à-vis any holders of Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds and supports the conclusion that the Pledge constitutes a contractual relationship between the State and the Bondholders.²

Second, National Railroad suggests that an “atmosphere of pervasive prior regulation” weighs against finding a contract. 470 U.S. at 468-69. In that case, however, the atmosphere was explicitly reinforced by express reservation of the power to repeal. Id. at 469. The

²  In another case, the U.S. Supreme Court held that a general act modifying corporate charters constituted a contractual relationship, but there the legislation provided that it “shall not go into effect or be binding upon [a] company until the said company . . . shall have signified its assent hereto . . . .” New Jersey v. Yard, 95 U.S. 104, 110 (1877). In effect, the State had given private parties the power to “accept” its “offer.” See id.; cf. U.S. Trust., 431 U.S. at 17-18 (noting that parties did not contest that legislation created a contractual obligation).

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Kansas Pledge here has no such express reservation and actually promises that the state “will not take any action listed in this section” including:

(1) Altering the provisions of this section that authorize the commission to create an irrevocable contract right or chose in action by the issuance of a financing order, to create securitized utility tariff property and to make the securitized utility tariff charges imposed by a financing order irrevocable, binding or nonbypassable charges for all existing and future retail customers within the service area of the public utility;

(2) taking or permitting any action that impairs or would impair the value of securitized utility tariff property or the security for the securitized utility tariff bonds or revises the securitized utility tariff costs for which recovery is authorized;

(3) impairing the rights and remedies of the bondholders, assignees and other financing parties in any way;

(4) except for changes made pursuant to the adjustment mechanism authorized under this section, reducing, altering or impairing securitized utility tariff charges that are to be imposed, billed, charged, collected and remitted for the benefit of the bondholders, any assignee and any other financing parties until any and all principal, interest, premium, financing costs and other fees, expenses or charges incurred and any contracts to be performed in connection with the related securitized utility tariff bonds have been paid and performed in full.

K.S.A. 2021 Supp. § 66:1,252. An “atmosphere of pervasive prior regulation” may weigh against the reasonable expectation that further regulation is not forthcoming. Nat’l R.R. 470 U.S. at 468. But the Kansas Pledge’s strong statement appears specifically designed to disavow and forestall the expectation of further regulation that would interfere with the collection of charges financing the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds (e.g., reducing, altering, or impairing the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges), or that would otherwise substantially impair the value of Securitized Utility Tariff Property.

b.     Reserved Powers Doctrine

Assuming a contract and legislation that substantially impairs the obligation of that contract, the contract would not be enforceable if it purported to “bargain away” the “reserved powers” of the State. U.S. Trust, 431 U.S. at 23, 25. That is, even if Kansas intended to be contractually bound, it must be within the State’s power to create that obligation. Generally speaking, while a State can “contract[] away” its power to tax and spend in the future, it cannot do the same with its power of eminent domain or its police power. Id. at 23-25 & n.21. Regulation

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of utilities is one of the police powers of the States. See Pacific Gas & Elec. Co. v. State Energy Res. Conservation & Dev. Comm’n, 461 U.S. 190, 205 (1983) (“Need for power facilities, their economic feasibility, and rates and services, are areas that have been characteristically governed by the States.”).

In our opinion, the Pledge does not constitute an impermissible attempt to “contract away” the police power of the State of Kansas. The State has merely pledged not to reduce, alter, or impair the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges (other than specified adjustments to correct any over-collections and under-collections) that will fund repayment of the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds or impair the value of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property, which includes the right to impose and collect charges under the terms of the Financing Order. Health and safety regulations regarding the transmission or distribution of electricity going forward likely will not affect these charges. Nor can the Pledge be read as contracting away any power to regulate the safety of electric utility properties. Therefore, the reserved-powers doctrine likely would not preclude a court from holding that violation of the terms of the Pledge constitutes a violation of the Contract Clause of the United States Constitution.

c.     Justification

A state’s impairment of its own contract may withstand judicial scrutiny if the state’s action is undertaken in response to “a significant and legitimate public purpose.” Energy Reserves, 459 U.S. at 411-12 (citing U.S. Tr., 431 U.S. at 22). Put another way, impairment of a state contract “may be constitutional if it is reasonable and necessary to serve an important public purpose.” U.S. Trust, 431 U.S. at 25; see also In re Walker, 959 F.2d at 899 (explaining that a state law that otherwise violates the Contracts Clause will be valid, in part, if “it is supported by a significant and legitimate public purpose”) (internal citations omitted). The courts will defer at least to some extent to the legislature’s judgment on the subject, but the state is not given unlimited discretion: “a state is not free to impose a drastic impairment when an evident and more moderate course would serve its purposes equally well.” U.S. Trust, 431 U.S. at 31. Whether an impairment is justified by being reasonable and necessary to serve an important public purpose is case-specific and depends on the facts and circumstances surrounding any such impairment. See id. at 29-32. However, as noted above, a state faces stricter scrutiny when attempting to impair or abrogate a contract to which it is a party. See, e.g., In re Walker, 959 F.2d at 899.

3. Conclusion: Availability of Injunctive and Declaratory Relief

Based on our analysis of relevant judicial authority, as set forth above, it is our opinion, subject to all of the qualifications, limitations and assumptions (including the assumption that any impairment would be “substantial”) set forth in this opinion letter, that a reviewing court would conclude that the State Pledge (i) creates a binding contractual obligation of the State of Kansas for purposes of the Federal Contract Clause and (ii) unless the State’s action is a reasonable exercise of its sovereign powers and is of a character reasonable and appropriate to the public purpose justifying such action, provides a basis upon which the Bondholders (or the Trustee acting on their behalf) could challenge successfully, under the Federal Contract Clause, the constitutionality of any action by the State (including the Kansas Commission) of a legislative

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character, including the repeal, amendment, or modification of the Securitization Provisions of the Securitization Law or the recission or amendment of the Financing Order, that a court would determine violates the Pledge in a manner that substantially impairs the value of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property, or substantially reduces, alters, or impairs the Securitized Utility Tariff Charges (other than changes made pursuant to the adjustment mechanism authorized under the Securitization Law).

If Kansas legislation did violate the Federal Contract Clause, then holders and the issuer of Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds could file suit in federal court against the appropriate state executive officers responsible for enforcing the unconstitutional legislation, requesting injunctive relief to prevent enforcement of the new measure. See Ex Parte Young, 209 U.S. 123, 159-60 (1908).³ The provision of injunctive relief would be subject to judicial discretion and would require a showing that (1) the party seeking an injunction is likely to succeed on the merits, (2) immediate and irreparable harm would occur if the injunction does not issue, (3) the equities preponderate in favor of the moving party, and (4) public interest favors the issuance of an injunction. See, e.g., Winter v. Natural Res. Def. Council, Inc., 555 U.S. 7, 20 (2008). In addition, declaratory relief would be available subject to the court’s discretion. 28 U.S.C. § 2201(a) (“[A]ny court of the United States … may declare the rights and other legal relations of any interested party seeking such declaration, whether or not further relief is or could be sought.”); Wilton v. Seven Falls Co., 515 U.S. 277, 282-83 (1995) (explaining that “district courts possess discretion in determining whether and when to entertain an action under the Declaratory Judgment Act”). Finally, as noted below, infra p. 13, the availability of injunctive and declaratory relief might be limited where the State’s actions constitute an unconstitutional “taking” for which the aggrieved party can recoup money damages at law.

B.    The Federal Constitution’s Takings Clause

The Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution states: “nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.” That provision is made applicable to the States via the Fourteenth Amendment. Webb’s Fabulous Pharmacies v. Beckwith, 449 U.S. 155, 160 (1980). The Takings Clause covers both tangible and intangible property. Ruckelshaus v. Monsanto Co., 467 U.S. 986, 1002-03 (1984). Outside of a limited category of “per se” takings, challenges to legislation pursuant to the Takings Clause are decided on a case-by-case basis. Penn Cent. Transp. Co. v. City of New York, 438 U.S. 104, 124 (1978); Ruckelshaus, 467 U.S. at 1005.

³  The complainants would not be able to sue the State of Kansas for damages resulting from the Federal constitutional violation, because the State would be immune from suit under the 11th Amendment to the United States Constitution, unless it waived such immunity. See, e.g., North Carolina v. Temple, 134 U.S. 22, 25, 30 (1890) (holding that North Carolina enjoys sovereign immunity from claimed violation of Federal Contract Clause) (citing Ex Parte Ayers, 123 U.S. 443 (1887)). The complainants, however, would be able to sue individual officers for injunctive relief under Ex Parte Young.

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1. The Existence of Property Rights and the “Taking” Thereof

Whether the enactment of legislation that repeals, amends, or modifies the Securitization Provisions of the Securitization Law providing for, authorizing, or supporting the collection of charges financing the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, or that otherwise substantially impairs the value of Securitized Utility Tariff Property, in violation of the Pledge, constitutes an unlawful “taking” turns primarily on whether a court would conclude that “property” has been appropriated by the government. “Because the Constitution protects rather than creates property interests, the existence of a property interest is determined by reference to ‘existing rules or understandings that stem from an independent source such as state law.’” Phillips v. Washington Legal Found., 524 U.S. 156, 164 (1998) (quoting Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth, 408 U.S. 564, 577 (1972)); accord Webb’s Fabulous Pharmacies, 449 U.S. at 161. The extent to which contracts are “property” for purposes of the Takings Clause is unsettled. Urban Developers LLC v. City of Jackson, Miss., 468 F.3d 281, 303 (5th Cir. 2006) (“It is an unsettled question . . . the extent to which many jurisdictions will recognize as protected by the Takings Clause a property right in contract.” (citing United States v. Security Indus. Bank, 459 U.S. 70 (1982); Eastern Enters. v. Apfel, 524 U.S. 498 (1998)(Kennedy, J., concurring in the judgment and dissenting in part); Thomas W. Merrill, The Landscape of Constitutional Property, 86 Va. L. Rev. 885, 990-96 (2000)). The Supreme Court has stated broadly that “contracts . . . are property and create vested rights.” Lynch v. United States, 292 U.S. 571, 577 (1934); see also id. at 579 (“The Fifth Amendment commands that property be not taken without making just compensation. Valid contracts are property, whether the obligor be a private individual, a municipality, a state, or the United States.”); U.S. Trust, 431 U.S. at 19 n.16 (“Contract rights are a form of property and as such may be taken for a public purpose provided that just compensation is paid.”). However, the Supreme Court has clarified more recently that “the fact that legislation disregards or destroys existing contractual rights does not always transform the regulation into an illegal taking.” Connolly v. Pension Benefit Guar. Corp., 475 U.S. 211, 224 (1986) . “Contracts may create rights of property, but when contracts deal with a subject matter which lies within the control of Congress, they have a congenital infirmity. Parties cannot remove their transactions from the reach of dominant constitutional power by making contracts about them.” Id. at 223-24. Because Kansas law expressly makes the securitized utility tariff property specified in a financing order an “existing, present intangible property right or interest,” however, it is likely that a court would hold that the Securitized Utility Tariff Property is a compensable property interest under the Federal Takings Clause. See K.S.A. 2021 Supp. § 66:1,244(a) (“All securitized utility tariff property specified in a financing order constitutes an existing, present intangible property right or interest therein, notwithstanding that the imposition and collection of securitized utility tariff charges depends on the public utility to which the financing order is issued performing its servicing functions relating to the collection of securitized utility tariff charges and on future electricity or natural gas consumption.”).

To determine whether a property right has been unconstitutionally invaded, the U.S. Supreme Court has focused on three factors of “‘particular significance’: (1) ‘the economic impact of the regulation on the claimant’; (2) ‘the extent to which the regulation has interfered with distinct investment-backed expectations’; and (3) ‘the character of the governmental action.’” Connolly, 475 U.S. at 225 (quoting Penn Cent., 438 U.S. at 124).

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In Connolly, Congress enacted a requirement that employers pay a fixed and certain amount to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation to cover the company’s “unfunded vested benefits.” 475 U.S. at 217. The plaintiffs, a group of employers, sued on the grounds that, because the terms of the trust agreements that they had executed with their employees required the employers to pay a lesser contribution, the new federal requirements of additional payments impaired the employers’ rights under the trust agreements. Id. at 217-20. Although the U.S. Supreme Court acknowledged that the legislation “completely deprives” employers of the additional funds that they would now have to pay to satisfy the statutory requirement, id. at 225-26, it noted that pension plans long had been the subject of extensive government oversight: “‘Those who do business in the regulated field cannot object if the legislative scheme is buttressed by subsequent amendments to achieve the legislative end.’” Id. at 227 (quoting FHA v. The Darlington, Inc., 358 U.S. 84, 91 (1958)). Consequently, those operating in an area subject to pervasive government regulation generally cannot have a reasonable investment-backed expectation that regulations will not change. Id. at 227. The U.S. Supreme Court further observed that the government, in passing the challenged legislation, did not “physically invade or permanently appropriate any of the employer’s assets for its own use.” Id. at 225.

In United States v. Security Industrial Bank, 459 U.S. 70 (1982), the U.S. Supreme Court considered a challenge to a bankruptcy reform statute. The creditor plaintiffs argued that the bill’s modification of a bankruptcy law—allowing debtors to avoid pre-modification liens on debtor property—constituted an unconstitutional “taking” of the creditors’ property rights in the liens. Id. at 72-74. Although the government’s action involved no physical occupation of the plaintiffs’ property, the U.S. Supreme Court stressed that “[t]he total destruction by the government of all compensable value of these liens, which constitute compensable property, has every possible element of a Fifth Amendment ‘taking’ and is not a mere ‘consequential incidence’ of a valid regulatory measure.” Id. at 77 (quoting Armstrong v. United States, 364 U.S. 40, 48 (1960)). To avoid this apparent constitutional infirmity, the U.S. Supreme Court construed the legislation as applying only to lien interests vesting after the legislation took effect. Id. at 81-82.

It is our opinion that the enactment of legislation that repeals, amends, or modifies the Securitization Provisions of the Securitization Law providing for, authorizing, or supporting the collection of charges financing the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, or that otherwise substantially impairs the value of Securitized Utility Tariff Property, without just compensation, likely would be deemed an unconstitutional taking of property akin to that in Security Industrial Bank if the act appropriates a substantial property interest of the Bondholders in the Securitized Utility Tariff Property and deprives the Bondholders of their reasonable expectations arising from their investments in the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds. That conclusion is based primarily on the application of the second of the three Connolly factors, “the extent to which the regulation has interfered with distinct investment-backed expectations.” The enactment of such legislation would levy retroactive burdens on the contracting parties despite clear “investment-backed” expectations—expectations specifically promoted and endorsed by the Kansas legislature in promulgating the Pledge and in encouraging contracting parties to include the Pledge in Securitized Utility Tariff Bond documentation. That the Kansas legislature made the Pledge “for the full protection . . . of the bondholders and any assignee or financing party entering into a contract with the public utility” makes the expectations of those parties all the more reasonable. K.S.A. 2021 Supp. § 66:1,252.

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The first of the Connolly factors—“the economic impact of the regulation on the claimant”—would also favor holders and the Issuer of Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds where, as is assumed for present purposes, the modification of relevant portions of the Securitization Provisions of the Securitization Law is substantial and the act appropriates a substantial property interest of the Bondholders in the Securitized Utility Tariff Property and deprives the Bondholders of their reasonable expectations arising from their investments in the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds. If Kansas were to enact legislation that repeals, amends, or modifies the Securitization Provisions of the Securitization Law providing for, authorizing, or supporting the collection of charges financing the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds, or that otherwise substantially impairs the value of Securitized Utility Tariff Property, then the economic impact on Bondholders would be great.

The third Connolly factor—the character of the government’s action—does not appear significant. Id. There is no actual physical invasion of property. But actual physical invasion of the property is not a necessary condition to a successful takings claim.

2. Enforcement of the “Just Compensation” Provision

An aggrieved property owner may claim a violation of the U.S. Constitution’s Takings Clause “as soon as a government takes his property for public use without paying for it . . . . And the property owner may sue the government at that time in federal court for the ‘deprivation’ of a right ‘secured by the Constitution.’” Knick v. Twp. of Scott, 139 S. Ct. 2162, 2170 (2019) (quoting 42 U.S.C. § 1983). However, “[t]he Fifth Amendment does not require that compensation precede the taking.” Ruckelshaus, 467 U.S. at 1016. Injunctions are not available against a state government to remedy an alleged Takings Clause violation when a suit for compensation can be brought against the sovereign after the taking. Id.

As a general matter, “[t]he government cannot be sued, except with its own consent.” McElrath v. United States, 102 U.S. 426, 440 (1880). Notwithstanding Knick, the Tenth Circuit has held that sovereign immunity “bar[s]” “a claim under the Fifth Amendment Takings Clause” in federal court “as long as a remedy is available in state court.” Williams v. Utah Dep’t of Corr., 928 F.3d 1209, 1213-14 (10th Cir. 2019). Accordingly, so long as Kansas state courts are “available to adjudicate [a] federal takings claim”—and they are, see, e.g., Creegan v. State, 305 Kan. 1156 (2017) (awarding relief on a Fifth Amendment takings claim)—then sovereign immunity would prohibit pursuit of that claim in federal court, unless the State has waived its sovereign immunity. Id. (citing Jachetta v. United States, 653 F.3d 898, 909-10 (9th Cir. 2011)). Nonetheless, the enforcement of legislation that effects a taking could be enjoined by a suit against state officers if monetary relief were unavailable, subject to the four considerations set forth above. See supra p. 10. Thus, to the extent that there is a taking without just compensation and just compensation is unavailable through state or federal procedures, the Issuer and aggrieved Bondholders could seek to enjoin enforcement of the state legislation by suing individual officers under Ex Parte Young and 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

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3. Conclusion

Based on our analysis of relevant judicial authority, as set forth above, it is our opinion, subject to all of the qualifications, limitations and assumptions set forth in this opinion letter, that, under the Federal Takings Clause, a reviewing court would hold that the State would be required to pay just compensation to Bondholders if the State’s repeal, amendment, or modification of the Securitization Provisions of the Securitization Law, other action in violation of the Pledge, or recission or amendment of the Financing Order constitutes a permanent appropriation of a substantial property interest of the Bondholders in the Securitized Utility Tariff Property and deprives the Bondholders of their reasonable expectations arising from their investments in the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds. There can be no assurance, however, that any such award of just compensation would be sufficient to pay the full amount of principal of and interest on the Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds.

GENERAL MATTERS

We note that judicial analysis of issues relating to the Federal Contract Clause and the Federal Takings Clause has typically proceeded on a case-by-case basis and that the courts’ determinations, in most instances, are usually strongly influenced by the facts and circumstances of the particular case. We further note that there are no reported controlling judicial precedents of which we are aware directly on point. Our analysis is necessarily a reasoned application of judicial decisions involving similar or analogous circumstances. Moreover, the application of equitable principles (including the availability of injunctive relief or the issuance of a stay pending appeal) is subject to the discretion of the court which is asked to apply them. We cannot predict the facts and circumstances which will be present in the future and may be relevant to the exercise of such discretion. The foregoing opinions are based upon our evaluation of existing judicial decisions and arguments related to the factual circumstances likely to exist at the time of a Federal Contract Clause or Federal Takings Clause challenge to a law passed by the State legislature; such precedents and such circumstances could change materially from those discussed above in this opinion letter. Consequently, there can be no assurance that a court will follow our reasoning or reach the conclusions which we believe current judicial precedent supports. It is our and your understanding that none of the foregoing opinions is intended to be a guaranty as to what a particular court would actually hold; rather each such opinion is only an expression as to the decision a court should reach if the issue were properly prepared and presented to it and the court followed what we believe to be the applicable legal principles under existing judicial precedent. The recipients of this opinion letter should take these considerations into account in analyzing the risks associated with the subject transaction or other action of the State.

This opinion letter is limited to the federal laws of the United States of America.

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This opinion letter is being delivered solely for the benefit of the persons to whom it is addressed. We assume no obligation to update or supplement the opinions or statements expressed herein to reflect any facts or circumstances which may hereafter come to our attention with respect to such opinions or statements, including any changes in applicable law which may hereafter occur.

Very truly yours,

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APPENDIX A

U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee

Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

Attention: ABS Monitoring Department

7 World Trade Center

250 Greenwich Street

New York, New York 10007

Fitch Ratings, Inc.

Attention: ABS Surveillance

300 West 57th Street

New York, New York 10019

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

383 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10179

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EX-99.4

Exhibit 99.4

Consent of Manager Nominee

Kansas Gas Service, a division of ONE Gas, Inc., and Kansas Gas Service Securitization I, L.L.C. (the “Issuer”) have filed a Registration Statement on Form SF-1 (Registration Nos. 333-267322 and 333-267322-01; as subsequently amended, the “Registration Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), in connection with the public offering of $336.0 million aggregate principal amount of the Issuer’s Series 2022-A Senior Secured Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds. In connection therewith, I hereby consent, pursuant to Rule 438 of the Securities Act, to being named as a person about to become a manager of the Issuer as identified in the Registration Statement. I also consent to the filing of this consent as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.

/s/ Bernard J. Angelo

Bernard J. Angelo

Dated: October 13, 2022