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Part A. DEFINITIONS Subpart 1. Applicability. For purposes of these rules, the following terms have the meanings given them below. Subp. 2. Average retail utility energy rate. "Average retail utility energy rate" means, for any class of utility customer, the quotient of the total annual class revenue from sales of electricity minus the annual revenue resulting from fixed charges, divided by the annual class kilowatt-hour sales. For purposes of determining the "average retail utility energy rate," the utility may consider a retail demand rate as a fixed charge and may exclude such annual revenue from the calculation. The computation shall use data from the most recent 12- month period available. Subp. 3. Backup power. "Backup power" means electric energy or capacity supplied by the utility to replace energy ordinarily generated by a qualifying facility's own generation equipment during an unscheduled outage of the facility. Subp. 4. Capacity. "Capacity" means the capability to produce, transmit, or deliver electric energy and is determined using the aggregate nameplate ratings of all qualifying systems located on the customer side of the point of common coupling. The nameplate ratings of each qualifying system are the maximum alternating current capacity values at the point of DER coupling that could be measured in a 15-minute interval period. Subp. S. Capacity costs. "Capacity costs" means the costs associated with providing the capability to deliver energy. The utility's capacity costs consist of the capital costs of facilities from the utility and the utility's wholesale provider used to generate, transmit, and distribute electricity and the fixed operating and maintenance costs of these facilities. Subp. 6. Customer. "Customer" means the person or entity named on the utility electric bill for the premises. Subp. 7. Energy. "Energy" means electric energy, measured in kilowatt-hours. Subp. 8. Energy costs. "Energy costs" means the variable costs associated with the production of electric energy. They consist of fuel costs and variable operating and maintenance expenses. Subp. 9. Firm power. "Firm power" means energy delivered by the qualifying facility to the utility with at least a 65 percent on -peak capacity factor in the month. The capacity factor is based upon the qualifying facility's maximum metered capacity delivered to the utility during the on -peak hours for the month. Subp.10. Governing body. "Governing body" means Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission. Subp. 11. Interconnection costs. "Interconnection costs" means the reasonable costs of connecting, switching, metering, transmission, distribution, safety provisions, and administrative costs incurred by the utility that are directly related to installing and maintaining the physical facilities necessary to permit interconnected operations with a qualifying facility. Costs are considered interconnection costs only to the extent that they exceed the costs the utility would incur in selling electricity to the customer as a non -generating customer. Subp. 12. Interruptible power. "Interruptible power" means electric energy or capacity supplied by