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8. The power output from the qualifying facility must be maintained so that frequency and voltage are compatible with normal utility service and do not cause that service to fall outside the prescribed limits of interconnection rules and other standard limitations. 9. The qualifying facility shall keep in force liability insurance against personal or property damage due to the installation, interconnection, and operation of its electric generating facilities.The amount of insurance coverage shall be the maximum amount of said insurance for a qualifying facility or net metered facility as outlined in the utility's DER Interconnection Process. 10. Failure of the qualifying facility to operate its distributed energy resource at a measured capacity below the 40 kW AC capacity limit established by Minn. Stat. §216B.164, Sub. 3 and as contemplated by this policy,shall result in the following.The utility will notify the customer/qualifying facility of the fact that its generating equipment has failed to operate below the 40 kW AC maximum capacity and will provide the customer/qualifying facility with the date,time and kW reading that substantiate this finding. 11. The utility shall compensate the customer/qualifying facility for all metered electricity produced by said qualifying facility during the thirty(30) day period during which the failure occurred, at the utility's wholesale power supplier's avoided cost rate. 12. The utility shall continue to pay the customer/qualifying facility for subsequent electricity produced and delivered pursuant to the contract,at the utility's wholesale power supplier's avoided cost rate until: 1. The problem with the generator that caused it to operate at or above the statutory maximum capacity has been remedied;and 2. The utility has been provided documentation adopted by a Minnesota Professional Engineer that confirms the problem with the generator has been remedied. 13. Any customer account eligible for net metering/net billing is not eligible for any other load management discounts unless agreed to by the utility. 14. Payment for the purchase of the qualifying facility's electricity herein shall be in the form of a credit on the customer's monthly billing invoice or paid by check or electronic payment to the customer within fifteen (15) days of the billing date,whichever is selected and indicated in the contract. 15. The customer must be, and continue to be, current with payment on its electric account with utility. 16. The customer must not enter into any arrangement that violates the utility's exclusive right to provide electric service in its service area under Minnesota Statutes §§216B.37-44. 17. In the event that the distributed generator fails to meet the requirements of this policy for a total distributed generation capacity of less than 40 kW AC, and fails to satisfy the corrective requirements set forth in Section 12 above,then the utility will have the right to (1) cancel the contract with the owner of the qualifying facility, and (2) enter into a new contract with the owner of the qualifying facility that, among other changes, adjusts the qualifying facility's rated capacity and specifies avoided cost pricing for the qualifying facility's output.To the extent that the utility does not have the obligation to make purchases from qualifying facilities of 40 kW or greater due to transfer of the obligation to the utility's wholesale supplier that has been approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,the new agreement will be between the utility's wholesale supplier and the 3 64