Last revised: June 23, 2005
PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE
CAREFULLY. BY USING THIS WEB SITE, YOU AGREE TO THESE TERMS AND
CONDITIONS.
These terms and conditions apply exclusively to your access
to, and use of, this Web site and do not alter in any way the
terms or conditions of any other agreement you may have with
Puget Energy and Puget Sound Energy, Inc., ("the company") for
products, services or otherwise.
The company reserves the right to amend at any time any
policies governing this Web site, including these terms and
conditions and the company's privacy policy, by posting the
amended terms and indicating the date of the last revision. The
amended terms shall be effective immediately after they are
initially posted on this Web site. If you do not accept the
amended terms, you must cease using this Web site.
If you have any question regarding the use of this Web site,
please direct such questions to the appropriate contact person.
Contents:
- Privacy Policy
- Copyright
- Trademarks
- Indemnification
- Submissions
- Hyperlinks
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Third-Party
Content and Services
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Forward-Looking
Statement
- Disclaimer
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Limitation of
Liability
- Applicable Law
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Repeat-Infringer
Policy
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Claims of
Copyright Infringment; Designated Agent
- Termination
- Severability
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Questions
and Contact Information
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Privacy Policy
The company believes strongly in protecting user privacy.
Please refer to our privacy policy
for information on how the company uses and collects
information and protects your privacy.
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Copyright
Unless otherwise indicated, all Web site materials, including,
without limitation, the company logo, and all designs, text,
graphics, other files, and the selection and arrangement
thereof are the proprietary and copyrighted property of the
company or its licensors. You may electronically copy and print
to hard copy portions of this Web site for the sole purpose of
using materials it contains for informational, noncommercial,
personal use only. Any other use of the materials in this Web
site — including any commercial use, reproduction for purposes
other than described above, modification, distribution,
re-publication, display, or performance — without the prior
written permission of the company is strictly
prohibited.
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Trademarks
The trademarks for Puget Sound Energy, Puget Energy, the Puget
Sound Energy and Puget Energy logos, and any product or service
name or slogan contained in this Web site, are either
trademarks or registered trademarks of the company and its
licensors, and may not be copied, imitated or used, in whole or
in part, without the prior written permission of the company.
In addition, all page headers, custom graphics, button icons,
and scripts are service marks, trademarks, and/or trade dress
of the company, and may not be copied, imitated, or used, in
whole or in part, without the prior written permission of the
company. All other trademarks, registered trademarks, product
names and company names or logos mentioned herein are the
property of their respective owners.
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Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the company,
its independent contractors, service providers and consultants,
and their respective directors, employees and agents, from and
against any third-party claim, damages, costs and expenses
(including, but not limited to, reasonable attorney's fees)
arising out of your use of the company's Web site, including
without limitation any actual or threatened suit, demand, or
claim made against the company and/or its independent
contractors, service providers, or consultants, arising out of
or relating to your conduct, your violation of these terms and
conditions, or your violation of the rights of any third
party.
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Submissions
You agree that any materials, including but not limited to
questions, comments, suggestions, ideas, plans, notes,
drawings, original or creative materials or other information,
provided by you in the form of e-mail or submissions to the
company, or postings on this Web site, are nonconfidential and
shall become the sole property of the company. The company
shall own exclusive rights, including all intellectual property
rights, and shall be entitled to the unrestricted use of these
materials for any purpose, commercial or otherwise, without
acknowledgment or compensation to you. The submission of any
materials to the company, including the posting of materials to
any forum or interactive area, irrevocably waives any and all
"moral rights" in such materials, including the rights of
paternity and integrity.
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Hyperlinks
You are granted a limited, nonexclusive right to create a
hyperlink to this Web site provided such link does not portray
the company or any of its products and services in a false,
misleading, derogatory or otherwise defamatory manner. This
limited right may be revoked at any time. You may not use,
frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose the company
trademark, logo or other proprietary information, including the
images found at this Web site, or the content of any text or the
layout/design of any page or form contained on a page without
the company's express written consent. Except as noted above,
you are not conveyed any right or license by implication,
estoppel, or otherwise in or under any patent, trademark,
copyright, or proprietary right of the company or any third
party.
The company makes no claim or representation regarding, and
accepts no responsibility for, the quality, content, nature or
reliability of Web sites accessible by hyperlink from this Web
site, or Web sites linking to this Web site. The linked sites
are not under the control of the company and the company is not
responsible for the contents of any linked site or any link
contained in a linked site, or any review, changes or updates
to such sites. The company is providing these links to you only
as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply
affiliation, endorsement, or adoption by the company of the
site or any information contained therein.
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Third-Party
Content & Services
The company may provide links to Web pages and content of third
parties ("third-party content") as a service to those
interested in this information. The company does not monitor
or have any control over any third party content or third-party
Web sites. The company does not endorse or adopt any third-party content and can make no guarantee as to its accuracy or
completeness. The company does not represent or warrant the
accuracy of any information contained therein, and undertakes
no responsibility to update or review any third-party content.
Users use these links and third-party content contained therein
at their own risk.
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Forward-Looking
Statement
This Web site together with any documents issued by the company
and available through this Web site, contains statements which
constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the
U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Those
statements appear in a number of places in this Web site
together with any documents issued by the company and available
through this Web site and can be identified by the use of
forward-looking terminology such as "believe," "expect,"
"plans," "may," "will," "should," "anticipates" or similar
statements or the negative thereof or other variations thereof.
Such forward-looking statements include, without limitation,
statements made as to future operation costs, capital
expenditures, cash flow, improvements in infrastructure,
distribution and replenishment systems and operating
efficiencies, sales and earnings estimates or trends and
expansion plans and projections. Such forward-looking
statements are based on current expectations and by their
nature involve known and unknown internal and external risks,
uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual
results, performance or achievements to be materially different
from those expressed or implied. The information contained in
the company's most recent annual reports to shareholders,
including information included under the section captioned
"Management's Discussion and Analysis," as well as other
information included under the caption "Risk Factors" in other
company filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, identifies important factors that could cause such
results, performance or achievements not to be realized. The
company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking
statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date
such statements were made.
The information contained within press releases issued by the
company should not be deemed accurate or current except as of
the date the release was posted. The company has no intention
of updating, and specifically disclaims any duty to update, the
information in the press releases. To the extent any
information therein is forward-looking, it is intended to fit
within the safe harbor for forward-looking statements, and is
subject to material risk.
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Disclaimer
THIS WEB SITE AND THE MATERIALS IN THIS WEB SITE ARE PROVIDED
ON AN "AS IS" BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. THE COMPANY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES,
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. THE COMPANY DOES NOT
REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT MATERIALS IN THIS WEB SITE ARE
ACCURATE, COMPLETE, RELIABLE, CURRENT, OR ERROR-FREE. THE
COMPANY DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THIS WEB SITE OR ITS
SERVER(S) ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL
COMPONENTS.
The company reserves the right to change any and all content
contained on this Web site at any time without notice.
Reference to any products, services, processes, or other
information, by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, supplier,
or otherwise does not constitute or imply endorsement,
sponsorship or recommendation thereof by the
company.
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Limitation of
Liability
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COMPANY, IT'S OFFICERS, DIRECTORS,
SHAREHOLDERS, OR EMPLOYEES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, SPECIAL,
INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES OF ANY
KIND, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF
PROFITS, OR LOSS OF DATA, WHETHER IN AN ACTION IN CONTRACT,
TORT (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO NEGLIGENCE, PRODUCT
LIABILITY, OR STRICT LIABILITY), OR OTHERWISE, ARISING OUT OF
OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OF THIS WEB SITE OR THE
MATERIALS CONTAINED IN, OR ACCESSED THROUGH, THIS WEB SITE,
INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY DAMAGES CASED BY OR RESULTING
FROM RELIANCE BY USER ON ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM THE
COMPANY, OR THAT RESULTS FROM MISTAKES, OMISSIONS,
INTERRUPTIONS, DELETION OF FILES OR E-MAIL, ERROR, DEFECTS,
VIRUSES, DELAYS IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION OR ANY FAILURE OF
PERFORMANCE, WHETHER OR NOT RESULTING FROM ACTS OF GOD,
COMMUNICATIONS FAILURE, THEFT, DESTRUCTION OR UNAUTHORIZED
ACCESS TO THE COMPANY'S RECORDS, PROGRAMS, OR SERVICES. IN NO
EVENT SHALL THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY (WHETHER IN
CONTRACT, WARRANTY TORT-INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE, WHETHER ACTIVE,
PASSIVE, OR IMPUTED-PRODUCT LIABILITY, STRICT LIABILITY OR
OTHER THEORY) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE USE OF THE
COMPANY'S WEB SITE EXCEED ANY COMPENSATION YOU PAY, IF ANY, TO
THE COMPANY FOR ACCESS TO OR USE OF THIS WEB SITE.
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Applicable Law
These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with the laws of the state of Washington, without
resort to its conflict-of-law provisions. You agree that any
action at law or in equity arising out of or relating to these
terms and conditions shall be filed only in the state and
federal courts located in King County, Wash., and you
hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consent and submit to
the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts over any suit, action
or proceeding arising out of these terms and
conditions.
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Repeat Infringer
Policy
The company respects the intellectual property of others, and
we ask our users to do the same. The company may, in
appropriate circumstances and at its own discretion, limit
access to this Web site and/or terminate the accounts of any
users who infringe the intellectual property rights of
others.
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Claims of
Copyright Infringement; Designated Agent
If you believe that any material on this Web site infringes
upon any copyright which you own or control, or that any link
on this Website directs users to another Web site that contains
material that infringes upon any copyright which you own or
control, you may file a notification of such infringement with
our designated agent. Please see our notice and procedure for notifying
the designated agent of claims of copyright
infringement.
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Termination
Notwithstanding any of these terms and conditions, the company
reserves the right, without notice and in its sole discretion,
to terminate your license to use this Web site, and to block or
prevent future access to and use of this Web site.
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Severability
If any provision of these terms and conditions shall be deemed
unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that
provision shall be deemed severable from these terms and
conditions and shall not affect the validity and enforceability
of any remaining provisions.
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Questions
& Contact Information
Questions or comments about the company's Web site may be directed
to Puget Sound Energy at webmaster@pse.com , or you may
telephone us at 888-225-5773 and ask for the webmaster.
From outside of the state of Washington, please call
425-452-1234. You may also write to us at Webmaster,
Puget Sound Energy, 10885 NE Fourth St., P.O. Box 97034,
Bellevue, WA 98009-9734.
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