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Customer Generation Cogeneration and Small Power Production Facilities Rate A qualifying facility is an electrical generating facility that meets certain energy efficiency or renewable energy requirements and has either submitted a self-certification of qualifying facility status to, or obtained certification of qualifying facility status from, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, or FERC. There are two types of qualifying facilities: cogeneration facilities and small power production facilities. A cogeneration facility is a generating facility that sequentially produces electricity and another form of useful thermal energy, such as heat or steam, used for industrial, commercial, residential, or institutional purposes and meets certain requirements for operation, efficiency and use of energy output. A small power production facility is a generating facility whose primary energy source is renewable such as wind, solar, hydro, biomass or waste, and that meets certain requirements as defined by FERC. Visit ferc.gov for additional information regarding qualifying facilities. MidAmerican Energy offers a purchase rate for energy produced onto MidAmerican ’s electric distribution system from a qualifying facility. In order to qualify, customers must obtain qualifying facility status from FERC. A customer can obtain qualifying facility status by either submitting a self-certification or applying for and obtaining a Commission certification of qualifying facility status. MidAmerican will not assist customers in obtaining qualifying facility status. Visit ferc.gov for information regarding qualifying facility status. Customers interested in the cogeneration and small power production facilities rate must complete the interconnection process as described on the customer generation page. For more information, review a listing of cogeneration and small power production facilities FAQs. For information regarding MidAmerican's purchase rate for qualifying facilities, visit: Iowa Iowa's Qualifying Facility Tariff Illinois Illinois' Qualifying Facility Tariff South Dakota South Dakota's Qualifying Facility Tariff Contact Information Questions? Call 888-427-5632 for additional distributed generation information. To view the PDF files, you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader on your hard drive. You can download a free copy of Acrobat Reader by visiting the Adobe Download Site. Note: MidAmerican Energy Company provides Internet access to its tariffs and other supplemental information for customers’ convenience; however, electronically posted tariffs are not official company documents, and users of the electronically posted tariffs assume sole responsibility for reliance upon tariffs in electronic format. Rates and provisions included in the electronically posted tariffs are subject to revision. Notification of proposed changes to electronically posted tariffs is not provided through this Web site. For Your Home | For Your Business | Safety | Rates | Energy Efficiency | Economic Development | Environmental Efforts About Us | Careers | News Room | Storm Center | Wind Energy | Contact | Streetlight Repair Request | System Outage Watch | Energy Choice | For Contractors | For Landlords | ©2009 MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company. All rights reserved.