- 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)