casella waste systems and waga energy said they signed a commercial agreement which will see the companies develop renewable natural gas facilities at three casella landfills under the terms of the deal waga will fund construction of the projects and will own and operate the renewable natural gas infrastructure the two companies will share revenue generated from the facilities once they begin operations the companies said commercial operations are expected to start in about 24 months the three sites are expected to initially produce about 13 million mmbtu of renewable natural gas per year the companies said casella will receive a royalty stream from waga energy to supply landfill gas to the facilities the companies said adding the projects may be entitled to investment tax credits as part of the inflation reduction act