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a. Average retail utility energy rate. • QF capacity must be less than 40 kW. b. Simultaneous purchase and sale billing rate. • QF capacity must be less than 40 kW. c. Roll-over credits. • QF capacity must be less than 40 kW. d. Time-of-day purchase rates. • QF capacity must be 40 kW or more and less than or equal to 100 kW. A copy of the presently approved rate schedule is attached to this contract. 3. The rates for sales and purchases of electricity may change over the time this contract is in force, due to actions of the Utility or the State of Minnesota, and the QF and the Utility agree that sales and purchases will be made under the rates in effect each month during the time this contract is in force. 4. The Utility will compute the charges and payments for purchases and sales for each billing period. Any net credit to the QF, other than kilowatt-hour credits under clause 2(c), will be made under one of the following options as chosen by the QF. a. Credit to the QF's account with the Utility. b. Paid by check or electronic payment service to the QF within fifteen (15) days of the billing date. 5. Renewable energy credits associated with generation from the facility are owned by: • 6. The QF must operate its electric generating facilities within any rules, regulations, and policies adopted by the Utility not prohibited by the rules governing Cogeneration and Small Power Production on the Utility's system which provide reasonable technical connection and operating specifications for the QF and are consistent with the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission's rules on Cogeneration and Small Power Production, as required under Minnesota Statutes §216B.164, subdivision 9. 7. The QF will not enter into an arrangement whereby electricity from the generating facilities will be sold to an end user in violation of the Utility's exclusive right to provide electric service in its service area under Minnesota Statutes, §216B.37-44. 76