Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 445 - PURCHASE AND SALE OF ELECTRIC ENERGY FROM QUALIFIED SOLID WASTE ENERGY FACILITIES › Section 445.50 - Reporting Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) The
			 owner(s) or operator of a qualified solid waste energy facility (excluding
			 facilities fueled by methane gas generated from landfills) shall annually report to
			 the Commission that the facility has met the requirements of the Illinois
			 Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to the Local Solid Waste Disposal
			 Act.
b) The owner(s) or operator of a
			 qualified solid waste energy facility (excluding facilities fueled by methane gas
			 generated from landfills) shall certify to the Commission, on an annual basis
			 following the date of commercial operation of the facility, that solid waste is
			 expected to comprise, at the minimum, 95 percent of the annual fuel loading for the
			 following twelve months. In December of each year following the year of the
			 facility's commercial operation date, the owner(s) or operator shall report the
			 actual fuel loading for the twelve month period ending on November 30th of the same
			 year. The use of natural gas, oil, or other fuels in connection with ignition,
			 start-up, testing, flame stabilization and control, maintenance of minimum
			 combustion temperatures, and during unanticipated outages of the solid waste sources
			 shall not be included in any calculation of annual fuel loading.
c) The owner(s) or operator of a qualified solid
			 waste energy facility (excluding facilities fueled by methane gas generated from
			 landfills) shall certify to the Commission, on an annual basis following the date of
			 commercial operation of the facility, that the solid waste throughput volume for the
			 following twelve months shall, at a minimum, be 66 percent of the yearly design
			 capacity of the facility. In December of each year following the year of the
			 facility's commercial operation date, the owner(s) or operator shall report the
			 throughput volume for the twelve month period ending on November 30th of the same
			 year.
d) The owner(s) or operator of a
			 qualified solid waste energy facility shall notify the Commission and all electric
			 utilities to which the facility sells electric energy within 30 days of the date of
			 a decision by a court or agency of competent jurisdiction in which the facility
			 loses its status under the Act or this Part. The notification shall state that the
			 facility no longer qualifies, the reasons therefor, and the anticipated date when
			 the facility shall again qualify under the Act or this Part.
e) Displacement reports
1) Each electric utility shall report to the
			 Commission in December of each year an estimate of the amounts and types of fuels
			 displaced pursuant to Section 8-403.1(g) of the Act. Each utility also shall report
			 an estimate of additional costs it incurred to alter its economic dispatch
			 procedures pursuant to Section 8-403.1(g) of the Act. These costs may include added
			 fuel costs caused by deviating from economic dispatch, computer software costs to
			 alter plant dispatching, monitoring and control costs, as well as any other costs
			 incurred to comply with Section 8-403.1(g) of the Act.
2) In the event that an electric utility is
			 constrained from displacement of fuels by existing technical, contractual or other
			 circumstances, the utility shall report such circumstances and show why displacement
			 is not practicable. The Commission will weigh the practicability of displacement
			 against the general requirement of displacement pursuant to Section 8-403.1(g) of
			 the Act. In case of a successful showing of cause for exemption from displacement,
			 the utility need not comply with the reporting requirements of subsection
			 (e).