1. a) The Commission, on application or petition of an EDC, DER applicant or customer, or on its own motion, may grant a temporary or permanent waiver from this Part, or any Section or subsection of this Part, in individual cases in which the Commission finds that:

2. 1) the provision from which the waiver is granted is not statutorily mandated;

   1. 2) there is good cause for the waiver, and it is in the public interest; and
   2. 3) the rule from which the waiver is granted would, as applied to the particular case, be unreasonable or unnecessarily burdensome.
   3. b) The party seeking the waiver shall bear the burden of proof to establish the right for a waiver.

(Source: Amended at 46 Ill. Reg. 9788, effective May 26, 2022)