Section 451.120  Technical Qualifications under Subpart B

a)         An applicant that uses electric generation, transmission or distribution facilities that it owns, controls, or operates in serving customers shall be deemed to possess sufficient technical capabilities to serve nonresidential retail customers with maximum electrical demand of one megawatt or more if it maintains a technical staff on duty or on call 24 hours each day to operate and maintain applicant's facilities as needed and whose technical staff's minimum total four years of previous experience include at least two years demonstrated electric sales and at least two years operational experience.  In addition, an applicant that uses electric generation, transmission or distribution facilities that it owns, controls, or operates in serving customers shall demonstrate its ability to provide, or that it has arranged to provide, a scheduling facility with 24 hour staffed operation for coordination with control centers of scheduling changes, reserve implementation, curtailment orders, and interruption plan implementation.

b)         Any other applicant shall be deemed to possess sufficient technical capabilities to serve nonresidential retail customers with maximum electrical demand of one megawatt or more if it has staff with 2 years demonstrated electric sales and 2 years operational experience and provides, or has arranged to provide, a scheduling facility with 24 hour staffed operation for coordination with control centers of scheduling changes, reserve implementation, curtailment orders, and interruption plan implementation.

(Source:  Amended at 24 Ill. Reg. 15971, effective October 15, 2000)