Section 445.40  Terms and Conditions of Service

a)         The electric utility shall negotiate terms and conditions of service with the owner(s) or developer(s) of a qualified solid waste energy facility in accordance with the utility's standard terms and conditions of service for small power producers compiled pursuant to 83 Ill. Adm. Code 430.40.

b)         Electric utilities shall be required to enter into long-term contracts to purchase electric energy from qualified solid waste energy facilities located in the electric utility's service area for a period beginning on the date the qualified solid waste energy facility begins generating electric energy, and continuing for a minimum of twenty years thereafter, including qualified solid waste energy facilities fueled by landfill-generated methane gas which are located at landfills owned by a forest preserve district or ten years in the case of qualified solid waste energy facilities fueled by landfill-generated methane gas which are not located at landfills owned by a forest preserve district.

(Source:  Amended at 16 Ill. Reg. 2535, effective February 1, 1992)