a) Any electric utility subject to this Part that uses its transmission or distribution system to directly provide generation services to 50,000 or fewer retail customers in Illinois may petition the Commission for waiver of Section 452.30, 452.35(b) and (c), 452.40, 452.60, 452,70, 452.80, 452.90, 452.100 or 452.170 of this Part. The petition must include a demonstration of the following:

1. 1) that the electric utility does not own, operate, or control power generation resources;
2. 2) that no affiliate of the electric utility owns, operates, or controls power generation resources;
3. 3) that the electric utility provides only mandatory generation services;
4. 4) that any power and energy provided to customers in the electric utility's Illinois service area is obtained entirely through wholesale purchases at tariffs approved, or allowed into effect, by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission;
5. 5) that no power and energy provided to customers in the electric utility's Illinois service area is obtained from an affiliated interest; and
6. 6) that the electric utility employs a Commission-approved fuel adjustment clause or similar mechanism to recover costs of providing mandatory generation services.