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interconnecting qualifying facilities with capacity of less than 40 kilowatts who choose not to offer electric power for sale on either a time -of -day basis, a simultaneous purchase and sale basis or roll- over credit basis. Subp. 2. Method of billing. The utility shall bill the customer with an interconnected qualifying facility for the excess of energy supplied by the utility above energy supplied by the qualifying facility during each billing period according to the utility's applicable retail rate schedule. Subp. 3. Additional calculations for billing. When the energy generated by the qualifying facility exceeds that supplied by the utility to the customer at the same site during the same billing period, the utility shall compensate the customer for the excess energy at the average retail utility energy rate. Part O. SIMULTANEOUS PURCHASE AND SALE BILLING RATE Subpart 1. Applicability. The simultaneous purchase and sale rate is available only to customers with qualifying facilities with capacity of less than 40 kilowatts who choose not to offer electric power for sale on average retail utility energy rate basis, time -of -day basis or roll- over credit basis. Subp. 2. Method of billing. A customer with a qualifying facility must be billed for all energy and capacity they consume during a billing period according to the utility's applicable retail rate schedule. Subp. 3. Compensation to a customer with a qualifying facility; energy purchase. The utility shall purchase all energy which is made available to it by the qualifying facility. At the option of the customer, the qualifying facility's entire generation may be deemed to be made available to the utility. Compensation to the customer must be the energy rate shown on schedule 4 2. Subp. 4. Compensation to a customer with a qualifying facility; capacity purchase. If a customer with a qualifying facility provides firm power to the utility, the capacity component must be the utility's net annual avoided capacity cost per kilowatt-hour averaged over all hours shown on schedule 4 2, divided by the number of hours in the billing period. If the qualifying facility does not provide firm power to the utility, no capacity component may be included in the compensation paid to the customer. Part P. TIME -OF -DAY PURCHASE RATES Subpart 1. Applicability. Time -of -day rates are required for customers interconnecting qualifying facilities with capacity of 40 kilowatts or more and less than or equal to 100 kilowatts, and they are optional for customers interconnecting qualifying facilities with capacity less than 40 kilowatts. Time -of -day rates are also optional for customers interconnecting qualifying facilities with capacity greater than 100 kilowatts if these qualifying facilities provide firm power. Subp. 2. Method of billing. The interconnecting customer must be billed for all energy and capacity they consume during each billing period according to the utility's applicable retail rate schedule. Subp. 3. Compensation to qualifying facility; energy purchases. The utility shall purchase all energy which is made available to it by the qualifying facility. Compensation to the interconnecting 54