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Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 26 - INTERCONNECTION OF DISTRIBUTED GENERATION FACILITIES › Section R14-2-2605 - Utility Rights and Responsibilities

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A.
				A Utility shall interconnect a Generating Facility to the Distribution System,
				subject to the requirements of this Article and of the Utility's
				Interconnection Manual.
B. A
				Utility has the right to expect prompt, reasonable, and professional responses
				from a Customer during the Interconnection process.
C. A Utility shall require that an
				interconnected Generating Facility:
1. Not
				present any hazards to Utility personnel, other Utility consumers, or the
				public;
2. Minimize the possibility
				of damage to the Utility and to other Utility consumers' equipment;
3. Not adversely affect the quality of
				service to other Utility consumers; and
4. Not hamper efforts to restore a feeder to
				service when a Clearance is required.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 26 - INTERCONNECTION OF DISTRIBUTED GENERATION FACILITIES › Section R14-2-2606 - Easements and Rights-of-Way

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A.
				Where an easement or right-of-way does not exist, but is required by a Utility
				to accommodate Interconnection, a Customer shall provide a suitable easement or
				right-of-way, in the Utility's name, on the premises owned, leased, or
				otherwise controlled by the Customer. If the required easement or right of way
				is on another's property, the Customer shall obtain and provide to the Utility
				a suitable easement or right-of-way, in the Utility's name, at the Customer's
				expense and in sufficient time to comply with Interconnection Agreement
				requirements.
B. A Utility shall
				use reasonable efforts to utilize existing easements to accommodate
				Interconnection.
C. A Utility shall
				use reasonable efforts to assist a Customer in securing necessary easements at
				the Customer's expense.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 26 - INTERCONNECTION OF DISTRIBUTED GENERATION FACILITIES › Section R14-2-2607 - Insurance

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A. Except as
				provided in subsection (D), a Utility shall not require a Customer to maintain
				general liability insurance coverage as a condition for
				Interconnection.
B. A Utility shall
				not require a Customer to negotiate any policy or renewal of any policy
				covering any liability through a particular insurance provider, agent,
				solicitor, or broker.
C. The
				provision in subsection (A) does not waive or otherwise foreclose any rights a
				Utility may have to pursue remedies at law against a Customer to recover
				damages.
D. A Utility that obtains
				financing from RUS may require a Customer to maintain liability insurance, to
				the extent necessary to meet the Utility's obligations to RUS.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 26 - INTERCONNECTION OF DISTRIBUTED GENERATION FACILITIES › Section R14-2-2608 - Non-Circumvention

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A. A Utility shall
				not directly or through an affiliate use knowledge of proposed Distributed
				Generation projects submitted to the Utility for Interconnection or study to
				initiate competing proposals to the Customer that offer discounted rates in
				return for not installing the Distributed Generation, or to offer the Customer
				competing Distributed Generation projects.
B. A Customer may share with a Utility or its
				affiliates information in the Customer's possession regarding a potential
				Distributed Generation project and may use such information to negotiate a
				discounted rate or other mutually beneficial arrangement with a Utility or its
				affiliate.
C. A Utility may inform
				a Customer of any existing or pending (awaiting approval by the Commission)
				rate schedule that may economically benefit, economically disadvantage, or
				otherwise affect the Customer's Distributed Generation project.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 26 - INTERCONNECTION OF DISTRIBUTED GENERATION FACILITIES › Section R14-2-2609 - Designation of Contact Persons

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A. Each
				Utility shall:
1. Designate a person or
				persons who will serve as the Utility's contact for all matters related to
				Distributed Generation Interconnection;
2. Identify to the Commission in its
				Interconnection Manual each designated Distributed Generation Interconnection
				contact person or persons; and
3.
				Provide convenient access through its website to the name, telephone number,
				mailing address, and email address for each Distributed Generation
				Interconnection contact person.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 26 - INTERCONNECTION OF DISTRIBUTED GENERATION FACILITIES › Section R14-2-2610 - Minor Modifications

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A Utility shall not reject or declare incomplete and require
				  resubmission of a submitted Application if minor modifications must be made to
				  the design of the Generating Facility or to other information on the
				  Application (including ownership of Generating Facility) while the Application
				  is being reviewed by the Utility or prior to completing the Interconnection of
				  the Generating Facility.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 26 - INTERCONNECTION OF DISTRIBUTED GENERATION FACILITIES › Section R14-2-2611 - Certification

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A. To qualify as
				Certified Equipment, Generating Facility equipment proposed for use separately
				or packaged with other equipment in an Interconnection system shall:
1. Comply with all applicable codes and
				standards required by this Article and referenced in the Utility
				Interconnection Manual;
2. Comply
				with all applicable codes and standards used by an NRTL to test and certify
				Interconnection equipment; and
3.
				Be labeled and publicly listed as certified by the NRTL at the time of
				Application submission.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 26 - INTERCONNECTION OF DISTRIBUTED GENERATION FACILITIES › Section R14-2-2612 - No Additional Requirements

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If a Generating Facility complies with all applicable
				  requirements of R14-2-2611, complies with the screens listed in R14-2-2615, and
				  complies with the Utility's Interconnection Manual, a Utility shall not require
				  the Customer to install additional controls, or to perform or pay for
				  additional tests, in order to obtain approval to interconnect, unless the
				  Customer agrees to do so or the Commission so requires. A Utility may install
				  additional equipment or perform additional testing at its own
				  expense.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 26 - INTERCONNECTION OF DISTRIBUTED GENERATION FACILITIES › Section R14-2-2613 - Disconnection from or Reconnection with the Distribution System

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A. A Utility may
				disconnect a Generating Facility from the Distribution System under the
				following conditions:
1. Upon expiration or
				termination of the Interconnection Agreement with a Customer, in accordance
				with the terms of the Interconnection Agreement;
2. Upon determining that the Generating
				Facility is not in compliance with the technical requirements found within the
				Utility's Interconnection Manual;
3. Upon determining that continued
				Interconnection of the Generating Facility will endanger system operations,
				persons, or property, for the time needed to make immediate repairs on the
				Distribution System;
4. To perform
				routine maintenance, repairs, and system modifications; and
5. Upon determining that an Interconnection
				Agreement is not in effect for the Generating Facility.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 26 - INTERCONNECTION OF DISTRIBUTED GENERATION FACILITIES › Section R14-2-2614 - Application and Generating Facility General Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A. A Customer desiring to interconnect to the
				Distribution System a Generating Facility that is not a Non-Exporting
				inverter-based energy storage Generating Facility or an Inadvertent Export
				Generating Facility with a Maximum Capacity of 20 kW or less shall apply to the
				Utility for Interconnection as provided in this Section.
B. An Applicant shall submit an Application
				on a form provided by the Utility, or according to a format provided by the
				Utility, along with the following:
1. All
				supplemental information and documents required by the Utility, which shall be
				noted on the Utility's Application or Application instructions;
2. An executed Interconnection Agreement, if
				required by the Utility; and
3. An
				initial Application or processing fee, if a tariff containing such a fee is
				approved for the Utility by the Commission.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 26 - INTERCONNECTION OF DISTRIBUTED GENERATION FACILITIES › Section R14-2-2616 - Pre-Application Report

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A. An Applicant
				requesting a Pre-Application Report shall submit to a Utility:
1. The Applicant's contact information (name,
				address, phone, and email);
2. A
				proposed Point of Interconnection, sufficiently identified by latitude and
				longitude, site map, street address, meter number, account number, or some
				combination of those sufficient to identify the location of the Point of
				Interconnection;
3. A description
				of the proposed generation technology and fuel source; and
4. A non-refundable processing fee, if a
				tariff containing such a fee is approved for the Utility by the
				Commission.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 26 - INTERCONNECTION OF DISTRIBUTED GENERATION FACILITIES › Section R14-2-2617 - Level 1 Super Fast Track

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A. A
				Customer interconnecting an inverter-based Generating Facility with a Maximum
				Capacity of 20 kW or less, which only uses Certified Equipment, shall apply for
				Interconnection under the Level 1 Super Fast Track Application
				process.
B. To qualify for Level 1
				Super Fast Track, the Generating Facility shall comply with R14-2-2615(A), (E),
				and (F).
C. The Level 1 Super Fast
				Track shall proceed as follows:
1. Within 14
				calendar days following provision of notice under R14-2-2614(D)(1), the Utility
				shall review the Application and notify the Applicant of one of the following
				determinations:
a. The Generating Facility
				design satisfies R14-2-2615(A), (E), and (F) and meets all Interconnection
				requirements and the Application is therefore deemed complete and approved for
				Interconnection; or
b. The
				Generating Facility design does not satisfy one or more of the requirements
				listed in R14-2-2615(A), (E), or (F) or does not meet one or more of the
				Utility's Interconnection requirements, which shall be specified, and the
				Application is therefore deemed incomplete and not approved for
				Interconnection.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 26 - INTERCONNECTION OF DISTRIBUTED GENERATION FACILITIES › Section R14-2-2618 - Level 2 Fast Track

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A. A Customer
				interconnecting a Generating Facility with a Maximum Capacity of less than 2
				MW, excluding a Generating Facility processed in accordance with R14-2-2617,
				shall apply for Interconnection under the Level 2 Fast Track Application
				process.
B. To qualify for the
				Level 2 Fast Track, the Generating Facility shall comply with R14-2-2615(A)
				through (J).
C. The Level 2 Fast
				Track shall proceed as follows:
1. Within 21
				calendar days following provision of notice under R14-2-2614(D)(1), the Utility
				shall review the Application and notify the Applicant of one of the following
				determinations:
a. The Generating Facility
				design satisfies R14-2-2615(A) through (J) and meets all Interconnection
				requirements and the Application is therefore deemed complete and approved for
				Interconnection; or
b. The
				Generating Facility design does not satisfy one or more of the requirements
				listed in subsections R14-2-2615(A) through (J) or does not meet one or more of
				the Utility's Interconnection requirements, which shall be specified, and the
				Application is therefore deemed incomplete and not approved for
				Interconnection.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 26 - INTERCONNECTION OF DISTRIBUTED GENERATION FACILITIES › Section R14-2-2619 - Level 3 Study Track

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A. A Customer
				interconnecting a Generating Facility with a Maximum Capacity of 2 MW or
				greater, or a Generating Facility that does not meet the screening requirements
				for Level 1 Super Fast Track, Level 2 Fast Track, or Supplemental Review, shall
				apply for Interconnection under the Level 3 Study Track Application
				process.
B. An Applicant may
				request a pre-application meeting with the Utility to discuss the proposed
				design, installation, and operation of the Generating Facility prior to
				submission of an Application.
C.
				The Level 3 Study Track shall proceed as follows:
1. Within 14 calendar days after transfer
				from Level 1 Super Fast Track, transfer from Level 2 Fast Track, or transfer
				from Supplemental Review, a Utility shall review the Application and provide
				the Applicant notice:
a. That the Application
				satisfies all requirements under R14-2-2614(B); or
b. That the Application does not satisfy one
				or more requirements under R14-2-2614(B), in which case:
i. The Utility shall specify the additional
				information or documents required;
ii. The Applicant shall submit the specified
				information or documents; and iii. The Application may be deemed withdrawn if
				the Applicant does not submit the required information or documents within 30
				calendar days.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 26 - INTERCONNECTION OF DISTRIBUTED GENERATION FACILITIES › Section R14-2-2620 - Supplemental Review

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A. If a Utility
				determines that an Application for Interconnection cannot be approved without
				conducting a Supplemental Review, or if requested by the Applicant:
1. The Utility shall, within seven calendar
				days of making the determination or receiving the request, provide the
				Applicant a good faith estimate of the cost of the Supplemental Review and a
				written agreement setting forth the terms of the Supplemental Review;
				and
2. If the Customer desires to
				proceed with the Application, the Customer shall, within 14 calendar days of
				receipt of the good faith estimate and written agreement, sign the written
				agreement and submit to the Utility a deposit for the full estimated cost of
				the Supplemental Review.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 26 - INTERCONNECTION OF DISTRIBUTED GENERATION FACILITIES › Section R14-2-2621 - Utility Site Inspection; Approval for Parallel Operation

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A. Once an Application is approved for
				Interconnection:
1. If the Utility has not
				received an executed Interconnection Agreement, the Utility shall send to the
				Customer, within seven calendar days after the notice of Application approval,
				the appropriate Interconnection Agreement for review and signature;
2. If required, the Customer shall submit to
				the Utility a copy of the final electrical clearance for the Generating
				Facility issued by the authority having jurisdiction;
3. The Customer shall submit all necessary
				supplemental documents as specified by the Utility; and
4. A site inspection shall be performed if
				deemed necessary by the Utility or requested by the Customer.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 26 - INTERCONNECTION OF DISTRIBUTED GENERATION FACILITIES › Section R14-2-2622 - Interconnection to a Secondary Spot Network System

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A. A Secondary Spot Network System is a
				system that:
1. Simultaneously serves a
				Customer from three-phase, four-wire, low-voltage (typically 480V) circuits
				supplied by two or more network transformers which have low-voltage terminals
				that are connected to the low-voltage circuits through network protectors
				without ties to adjacent or nearby secondary network systems;
2. Has two or more high-voltage primary
				feeders that are either dedicated network feeders that serve only other network
				transformers, or non-dedicated network feeders that serve radial transformers
				in addition to the network transformers, depending on network size and design;
				and
3. Has automatic protective
				devices and fuses intended to isolate faulted primary feeders, network
				transformers, or low-voltage cable sections while maintaining uninterrupted
				service to the consumers served from the low-voltage circuits.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 26 - INTERCONNECTION OF DISTRIBUTED GENERATION FACILITIES › Section R14-2-2623 - Expedited Interconnection Process

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A. A Customer interconnecting a Non-Exporting
				inverter-based energy storage Generating Facility or an Inadvertent Export
				Generating Facility with a Maximum Capacity of 20 kW or less may apply for
				Interconnection under the Expedited Interconnection Process. In order to
				qualify for the Expedited Interconnection Process, the Customer's Generating
				Facility must meet the applicable conditions specified in subsections (B) and
				(C).
B. For a Customer
				interconnecting a Non-Exporting Generating Facility:
1. The Generating Facility shall utilize only
				UL 1741- and UL 1741SA-listed equipment;
2. The Generating Facility shall meet all
				applicable codes and standards required by this Article and referenced in the
				Utility Interconnection Manual;
3.
				The Generating Facility shall comply with Utility Interconnection and
				contractual requirements;
4. The
				Generating Facility shall be a Non-Exporting inverter-based energy storage
				device with an aggregate maximum nameplate rating no greater than 500
				kW;
5. No other Generating
				Facilities, other than isolated back-up Generating Facilities, may be at the
				same Point of Interconnection as the Generating Facility;
6. The Generating Facility shall comply with
				R14-2-2615(F); and
7. The
				Generating Facility shall comply with one of the following:
a. The system capacity shall be less than 25%
				of the electrical service entrance ampere rating, and less than 50% of the
				service transformer rating; or
b.
				The system output rating shall be less than 50% of the verifiable Customer
				minimum load as measured over the past 12 months.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 26 - INTERCONNECTION OF DISTRIBUTED GENERATION FACILITIES › Section R14-2-2624 - Disconnect Switch Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A.
				If required by a Utility, a Customer shall install and maintain a visual-open,
				manually operated, load break Disconnect Switch that completely opens and
				isolates all ungrounded conductors of the Generating Facility from the
				Distribution System. For multi-phase systems, the Disconnect Switch shall be
				gang-operated.
B. A Utility may
				impose additional requirements for a Disconnect Switch in its Interconnection
				Manual.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 26 - INTERCONNECTION OF DISTRIBUTED GENERATION FACILITIES › Section R14-2-2625 - Advanced Inverter Requirements

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A. If interconnected after the effective date
				of this Article, a Generating Facility utilizing inverter-based technology
				shall be interconnected via advanced inverter(s) that are capable of, at
				minimum, the advanced grid support features specified in subsection
				(B).
B. At a minimum, an advanced
				inverter shall be capable of the following grid support features:
1. Volt/VAR Mode - Provide voltage/VAR
				control through dynamic reactive power injection through autonomous responses
				to local voltage measurement;
2.
				Volt/Watt Mode - Provide voltage/watt control though dynamic active power
				injection through autonomous responses to local voltage measurement;
3. Fixed Power Factor - Provide reactive
				power by a fixed power factor;
4.
				Anti-Islanding - Support anti-Islanding to trip off under extended anomalous
				conditions;
5. Low/High Voltage
				Ride-through (L/HVRT) - Provide ride-through of low/high voltage excursions
				beyond normal limits;
6. Low/High
				Frequency ride-through (L/HFRT) - Provide ride-through of low/high frequency
				excursions beyond normal limits;
7.
				Soft-Start Reconnection - Reconnect after grid power is restored; and
8. Frequency/Watt Mode - Provide
				Frequency/Watt control to counteract frequency excursions beyond normal limits
				by decreasing or increasing real power.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 26 - INTERCONNECTION OF DISTRIBUTED GENERATION FACILITIES › Section R14-2-2626 - Utility Reporting Requirements

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A. Each Utility shall maintain records
				concerning each received Application for Interconnection and shall include in
				its records:
1. The date the Application was
				received;
2. Any documents
				generated in the course of processing the Application;
3. Any correspondence regarding the
				Application;
4. The final
				disposition of the Application; and
5. The final disposition date.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 26 - INTERCONNECTION OF DISTRIBUTED GENERATION FACILITIES › Section R14-2-2627 - Electric Cooperatives

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A. Upon
				Commission approval of an Electric Cooperative's Interconnection Manual, its
				provisions shall substitute for the timeline requirements set forth in
				R14-2-2614 and R14-2-2616 through R14-2-2623 for the Electric Cooperative and
				its Customers.
B. Each Electric
				Cooperative shall employ best reasonable efforts to comply with the deadlines
				set forth in the applicable provisions of this Article or, if unable to meet
				those deadlines, shall process all Applications and conduct all inspections and
				tests in the shortest time practical.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 26 - INTERCONNECTION OF DISTRIBUTED GENERATION FACILITIES › Section R14-2-2628 - Interconnection Manuals

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A. No later than
				90 calendar days after the effective date of this Article, each Utility shall
				file with Docket Control, for Commission review and approval, an
				Interconnection Manual that:
1. Contains
				detailed technical, safety, and protection requirements necessary to
				interconnect a Generating Facility to the Distribution System in compliance
				with this Article and Good Utility Practice; and
2. Specifies by date, either within its main
				text or in an appendix, the version of each standard, code, or guideline with
				which an Applicant's Generating Facility must comply to be eligible for
				Interconnection and Parallel Operation.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 3 - Corporation Commission - Rules of Practice and Procedure › Article 1 - RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE BEFORE THE CORPORATION COMMISSION › Section R14-3-101 - Scope and construction of rules, special orders

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A. Procedure governed. Except as may be
				otherwise directed by the Commission, and when not in conflict with law or the
				regulations or orders of this Commission, these Rules of Practice and Procedure
				shall govern in all cases before the Corporation Commission including but not
				limited to those arising out of Article XV of the Arizona Constitution, or
				Titles 10, 40, or 44 of the Arizona Revised Statutes. In all cases in which
				procedure is set forth neither by law, nor by these rules, nor by regulations
				or orders of the Commission, the Rules of Civil Procedure for the Superior
				Court of Arizona as established by the Supreme Court of the state of Arizona
				shall govern. Notwithstanding any of the above, neither these rules nor the
				Rules of Civil Procedure shall apply to any investigation by the Commission,
				any of its divisions or its staff.
B. Liberal construction -- waiver. These
				rules shall be liberally construed to secure just and speedy determination of
				all matters presented to the Commission. If good cause appears, the Commission
				or the presiding officer may waive application of these rules when not in
				conflict with law and does not affect the substantial interests of the
				parties.
C. Rate hearing procedure
				for gas, electric, telephone, telegraph, water and sewer corporations. Special
				orders of the Commission shall govern over these rules in matters regarding
				notice, intervention, service of pleadings and exhibits, and discovery for gas,
				electric, telephone, telegraph, water and sewer corporation rate
				hearing.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 3 - Corporation Commission - Rules of Practice and Procedure › Article 1 - RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE BEFORE THE CORPORATION COMMISSION › Section R14-3-102 - Filing, fees, communications, hearing calendar and general provisions

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A. Offices. The
				principal office of the Commission is in Phoenix, Arizona. A branch office of
				the Commission is maintained in Tucson, Arizona.
B. Place of filing. Formal documents and
				other papers required to be filed with the Commission shall be addressed to the
				Commission and not to an individual, may be transmitted by mail or express, or
				otherwise delivered, but must be received for filing at its offices in Phoenix
				or Tucson, Arizona, within the time limit, if any, for such filing. All formal
				documents and other papers filed with the Commission shall be limited in size
				to 8 1/2 x 11 inches.
C.
				Correspondence and communication. Communications should contain the name and
				address of the correspondent and the appropriate certificate number, permit
				number, docket number, title of proceeding and case number, if any, pertaining
				to the subject of the communication.
D. Docket numbers and title. Each matter
				coming before the Commission shall be given a docket number and title,
				descriptive of the subject matter.
E. Fees and remittances. Fees and remittances
				to the Commission shall be by money order, bank draft or check payable to
				"Arizona Corporation Commission". Remittances in currency or coin mailed to the
				Commission are wholly at the risk of the remitter and the Commission assumes no
				responsibility for loss thereof. Postage stamps will not be accepted.
F. Hearing calendar. A hearing calendar will
				be maintained by the Executive Secretary of the Commission, and hearing
				assignments shall be noted upon such calendar. A copy of the hearing calendar
				shall be maintained in the Tucson office of the Commission and both such
				calendars shall be open for public inspection during regular business hours of
				the Commission.
G. Presiding
				officer. Within the context of these rules "Presiding Officer" shall mean a
				Commissioner or Hearing Officer conducting a hearing.
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A. Classification
				of parties. Parties to any proceeding before the Commission shall consist of
				and shall be designated "Applicant", "Complainant", "Respondent", "Intervenor",
				or "Protestant" according to the nature of the proceedings and the relationship
				of the party thereto.
B. Applicant.
				Any person requesting a certificate, permit, other authority or any affirmative
				relief other than a complainant shall be designated "Applicant".
C. Complainant. Any person complaining
				pursuant to any statute or any rule or order of the Commission shall be
				designated "Complainant".
D.
				Respondent. Any person against whom a complaint or petition is filed or any
				person who may be subject to having any schedule, rate or tariff forfeited or
				revoked by the Commission, shall be designated as "Respondent".
E. Intervenor. Any person permitted to
				intervene in any proceeding shall be designated "Intervenor".
F. Protestant. Any person permitted to
				protest in any proceeding shall be designated "Protestant".
G. Two or more complainants. Two or more
				complainants may join in one complaint if their respective complaints are
				against the same respondent or respondents and involve substantially the same
				matter or thing and a like state of facts.
H. Multiple respondents. If complaint be made
				of tariffs, rates, fares, charges, regulations or practices involving more than
				one public service corporation, all such public service corporations shall be
				made respondents.
I. Receivers and
				trustees. The receiver or trustee of any person subject to the orders of this
				Commission shall be a party in any proceeding affecting such person and shall
				be designated as herein provided.
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A. Intervention. Persons, other than the
				original parties to the proceedings, who are directly and substantially
				affected by the proceedings, shall secure an order from the Commission or
				presiding officer granting leave to intervene before being allowed to
				participate.
B. Application. An
				application for leave to intervene shall be in writing and must state the basis
				for the application. Such application shall be served and filed by an applicant
				at least five days before the proceeding is called for hearing. No application
				for leave to intervene shall be granted where by so doing the issues
				theretofore presented will be unduly broadened, except upon leave of the
				Commission first had and received. Upon the granting of an application to
				intervene by the Commission or the presiding officer, the intervening person
				shall thereafter be designated an "Intervenor".
C. Other appearances. Notwithstanding the
				provisions of subsections
				R14-3-105(A)
				and
				R14-3-105(B),
				any consumer or prospective consumer may appear at any proceeding and make a
				statement on his own behalf, at a time designated by the Commission or
				presiding officer. A person so appearing shall not be deemed a party to the
				proceedings. When two or more interested persons under this rule have
				substantially like interests and positions, the presiding officer may declare
				them a class of interested persons for purposes of the hearing. The members of
				the class shall designate to be spokesman for the class one of their number, or
				his attorney, or such greater of their number, or attorneys, as the presiding
				officer shall determine. More than one class may be established for a
				hearing.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 3 - Corporation Commission - Rules of Practice and Procedure › Article 1 - RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE BEFORE THE CORPORATION COMMISSION › Section R14-3-107 - Filing and service of formal documents

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A. Formal documents. An original and three
				legible copies of all formal documents shall be filed with the Commission. One
				copy shall be served on any person who is already a party to the proceeding. In
				addition, the Commission may direct that a copy of any such documents shall be
				made available by the party filing same to any person whom the Commission may
				specify.
B. Manner of service.
				Except as provided in
				R14-3-103(B)
				or unless otherwise ordered by the Commission or otherwise provided by law, all
				notices, orders to show cause, opinions and orders required to be served by the
				Commission and all documents filed by any party may be served by mail, and
				service thereof shall be deemed complete when a true copy of such paper or
				document, properly addressed and stamped, is deposited in the United States
				mail with first class postage prepaid.
C. Proof of service. There shall appear on
				all documents required to be served by a party an acknowledgement of service or
				the following certificate:
I hereby certify that I have this day served the foregoing
				  documents on all parties of record in this proceeding (by delivering a copy
				  thereof in person to ____________________________________________,) (By mailing
				  a copy thereof, properly addressed with first class postage prepaid to
				  __________________________ __________________________).
Dated at _______________________________, Arizona, this ____
				  day of ________________, 19____
________________________________
(Signature)
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A.
				Procedure. The Commission or presiding officer upon its own motion or upon
				motion of any party and upon written notice to all parties of record, may
				direct that a prehearing conference shall be held for the purposes of
				formulating or simplifying the issues, obtaining admissions of fact and of
				documents which will avoid unnecessary proof, arranging for the exchange of
				proposed exhibits or prepared expert testimony, limitation of number of
				witnesses and consolidation of the examination of witnesses, procedure at the
				hearing and such other matters which may expedite orderly conduct and
				disposition of the proceedings or settlements thereof.
B. Action taken. The action taken at such
				conference and the agreements made by the parties concerned shall be made a
				part of the record and, if approved by the parties, such action will control
				the course of subsequent proceedings, unless modified at the hearing by the
				presiding officer.
C. Recessing
				hearing for conference. In any proceeding the presiding officer, in his
				discretion, may call all parties together for a conference prior to the taking
				of testimony, or may recess the hearing for such conference, with the view of
				carrying out the purpose of this rule. The presiding officer shall state on the
				record the results of such conference.
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A. Decisions. A
				proceeding is submitted for decision by the Commission after taking of
				evidence, the filing of briefs or the presentation of oral argument as may have
				been prescribed by the presiding officer.
B. Recommendations of Hearing Officers. In a
				proceeding heard by a Hearing Officer, the Hearing Officer shall prepare his
				recommendation which may be in the form of an opinion and order, unless
				otherwise directed by the Commissioners. Such recommendation by the Hearing
				Officer shall become part of the Docket. Upon prior written request by a party
				to the Executive Secretary, a copy of such recommendation shall be sent to such
				party by the Executive Secretary. Such proposed order shall include recommended
				findings, conclusions, and order, which may be narrative form at the discretion
				of the Hearing Officer.
Any party to the proceeding may serve and file five copies of
				  exceptions to the proposed order within ten days after service thereof. There
				  shall be no reply to exceptions and the proposed order and any exceptions filed
				  shall be submitted to the Commission for its consideration.
Any party to a proceeding may offer at the conclusion of the
				  hearing, a proposed order, with Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law for
				  consideration by the Commission, or Hearing Officer.
C. Service of orders. Except as otherwise
				provided by law, conformed copies of orders of the Commission shall be served
				by mailing copies thereof to the parties of record or their representatives or
				by personal service thereof.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 3 - Corporation Commission - Rules of Practice and Procedure › Article 1 - RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE BEFORE THE CORPORATION COMMISSION › Section R14-3-111 - Rehearings in cases relating to the regulation of public service corporations

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All applications filed under A.R.S. §
									40-253
				  for further hearings, rehearings, re-arguments, reconsideration or modification
				  of orders issued in proceedings arising out of Article XV of the Constitution
				  or Title 40 of Arizona Revised Statutes with respect to the Commission's
				  regulation of public service corporations shall be filed within 20 days from
				  the date of the order of the Commission.
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A.
				Except as provided in subsection (G), any party in a contested case before the
				Commission arising out of Title 10 or 44 of Arizona Revised Statutes, who is
				aggrieved by a decision rendered in such case may file with the Commission, not
				later than ten days after service of the decision, a written application for
				rehearing or review of the decision specifying the particular grounds therefor.
				For purposes of this subsection, a decision shall be deemed to have been served
				when personally delivered or mailed by certified mail to the party at his last
				known residence or place of business.
B. An application for rehearing under this
				rule may be amended at any time before it is ruled upon by the Commission. A
				response may be filed within ten days after service of such application or
				amended application by any other party or the staff. The Commission may require
				the filing of written briefs upon the issues raised in the application and may
				provide for oral argument.
C. A
				rehearing of the decision may be granted for any of the following causes
				materially affecting the moving party's rights:
1. Irregularity in the proceedings before the
				Commission or any order or abuse of discretion, whereby the moving party was
				deprived of a fair hearing;
2.
				Misconduct of the Commission, its staff or its hearing officer or the
				prevailing party;
3. Accident or
				surprise which could not have been prevented by ordinary prudence;
4. Newly discovered material evidence which
				could not with reasonable diligence have been discovered and produced at the
				original hearing;
5. Excessive or
				insufficient penalties;
6. Error in
				the admission or rejection of evidence or other errors of law occurring at the
				hearing;
7. That the decision is
				not justified by the evidence or is contrary to law.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 3 - Corporation Commission - Rules of Practice and Procedure › Article 1 - RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE BEFORE THE CORPORATION COMMISSION › Section R14-3-113 - Unauthorized communications

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A.
				Purpose. It is the purpose of this rule to assist the members of the Arizona
				Corporation Commission and its employees in avoiding the possibility of
				prejudice, real or apparent, to the public interest in proceedings before the
				Commission and hearings before the Arizona Power Plant and Transmission Line
				Siting Committee.
B. Application.
				The provisions of this rule apply from the time a contested matter is set for
				public hearing before the Commission and from the time a notice of siting
				hearing is published pursuant to
				R14-3-208(A).
				The provisions of this rule do not apply to rulemaking proceedings.
C. Prohibitions.
1. No person shall make or cause to be made
				an oral or written communication, not on the public record, concerning the
				substantive merits of a contested proceeding or siting hearing to a
				commissioner or commission employee involved in the decision-making process for
				that proceeding or siting hearing.
2. No commissioner or commission employee
				involved in the decision-making process of a contested proceeding or siting
				hearing shall request, entertain, or consider an unauthorized communication
				concerning the merits of the proceeding or siting hearing.
3. The provisions of this rule shall not
				prohibit:
a. Communications regarding
				procedural matters;
b.
				Communications regarding any other proceedings;
c. Intra-agency or non-party communications
				regarding purely technical and legal matters;
d. Comments from the general
				public;
e. Communications among
				hearing officers, non-party staff and commissioners.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 3 - Corporation Commission - Rules of Practice and Procedure › Article 2 - RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE BEFORE POWER PLANT AND TRANSMISSION LINE SITING COMMITTEE › Section R14-3-201 - Sessions of the committee

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A.
				Sessions of the Committee shall be held at such times and places as the
				business of the Committee shall require and after notice as provided in these
				Rules of Practice and Procedure.
B.
				Hearings on applications for certificates of environmental compatibility, in
				the discretion of the chairman but subject to overruling by a majority of the
				Committee within five days of notice of his decision, shall be conducted by the
				Full Committee or by a hearing officer qualified under A.R.S. §
									40-360.04(B).
				There shall be no quorum requirement in the event a hearing is conducted by the
				full Committee.
C. Hearings shall
				be presided over by a Presiding Officer who shall be either:
1. The chairman or his designee, in the event
				of a hearing conducted by the full Committee, or
2. The hearing officer.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 3 - Corporation Commission - Rules of Practice and Procedure › Article 2 - RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE BEFORE POWER PLANT AND TRANSMISSION LINE SITING COMMITTEE › Section R14-3-202 - Parties

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A. Parties to the
				proceedings before the Committee shall be designated "applicants" or
				"intervenors".
1. Any person seeking a
				certificate shall be designated "applicant".
2. Any other person having an interest in a
				proceeding before the Committee shall be designated "intervenor".