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Subp. 13. Maintenance power. "Maintenance power" means electric energy or capacity supplied by a utility during scheduled outages of the qualifying facility. Subp. 14. On-peak hours. "On-peak hours" means either those hours formally designated by the utility as on-peak for ratemaking purposes or those hours for which its typical loads are at least 85 percent of its average maximum monthly loads. Subp. 15. Point of distributed energy resource (DER) connection. "Point of DER connection" means the point where the qualifying facility's generation system, including the point of generator output, is connected to the on of IEEE 1547. Subp. 16. Purchase. "Purchase" means the purchase of electric energy or capacity or both from a qualifying facility by the utility. Subp. 17. Qualifying facility. "Qualifying facility" means a cogeneration or small power production facility which satisfies the conditions established in Code of Federal Regulations, title 18, part 292. The initial operation date or initial installation date of a cogeneration or small power production facility must not prevent the facility from being considered a qualifying facility for the purposes of this chapter if it otherwise satisfies all stated conditions. The qualifying facility must be owned by a Customer and located in the utility service area. Subp. 18. Sale. "Sale" means the sale of electric energy or capacity or both by the utility to a qualifying facility. Subp. 19a. Standby charge. "Standby charge" means the charge imposed by the utility upon a qualifying facility for the recovery of costs for the provision of standby services necessary to make electricity service available to the qualifying facility. Subp. 19b. Standby service. "Standby service" means the service to potentially provide electric energy or capacity supplied by the utility to a qualifying facility greater than 40 kW. Subp. 20. Supplementary power. "Supplementary power" means electric energy or capacity supplied by the utility which is regularly used by a qualifying facility in addition to that which the facility generates itself. Subp. 21. System emergency. "System emergency" means a condition on the utility's system which is imminently likely to result in significant disruption of service to customers or to endanger life or property. Subp. 22. Utility. "Utility" means Elk River Municipal Utilities. Part B. SCOPE AND PURPOSE The purpose of these rules is to implement certain provisions of Minnesota Statutes, §216B.164; the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, United States Code, title 16, §824a-3; and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission regulations, Code of Federal Regulations, title 18, part 292. These rules shall be applied in accordance with their intent to give the maximum possible encouragement to cogeneration and small power production consistent with protection of the ratepayers and the public. 2 78