Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 50 - Energy Conservation › Article 3 - Net Metering Standards › 3 AAC 50.940 - Interconnection of eligible consumer generation systems

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) No later than
				  March 31, 2012, each electric utility required under
				  3 AAC 50.900 to provide net metering services shall
				  submit a tariff revision to incorporate interconnection rules for eligible
				  consumer generation systems. The interconnection rules must
(1) address any requirements for liability
				  insurance coverage, if that coverage is readily available at a reasonable cost
				  to the consumer;
(2) address the
				  installation of an external disconnect switch, unless the utility determines
				  additional disconnection capability is not necessary; consumers must be offered
				  the option to
(A) install an external
				  disconnect switch in a location readily accessible by utility personnel, as
				  designated by the utility; or
(B)
				  agree to allow the utility to disconnect both the consumer's non-utility
				  generation and the consumer's load from the utility electric system when
				  disconnection is necessary, under circumstances described in the utility's
				  tariff;
(3) set out
				  rules regarding the allocation of costs for the installation of the external
				  disconnection switch in accordance with the following requirements:
(A) the utility may require the consumer to
				  pay for the installed cost of the external disconnect switch and necessary
				  wiring if the location designated by the utility under (2)(A) of this
				  subsection is
(i) within five feet of the
				  consumer's meter base;
(ii) at the
				  consumer's main structure; or
(iii)
				  at a location otherwise agreed to between the utility and the
				  consumer;
(B) the
				  utility may require the consumer to pay for the installed cost of the external
				  disconnect switch but the utility shall pay for necessary wiring if the
				  installed location of the external disconnect switch is a location other than
				  one described in (A) of this paragraph;
(4) include an application form for
				  interconnection of eligible consumer generation systems that is no more than
				  two pages;
(5) include criteria and
				  requirements for interconnection of non-utility generation with electric power
				  systems; in developing those criteria and requirements, the utility may use, as
				  applicable, standards from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
				  Engineers (IEEE) 1547 series of interconnection standards or other similar
				  national standards; when determining the reasonableness of the tariff filing,
				  the commission may refer to those standards and consider their applicability;
				  and
(6) include requirements for
				  inverters, converters, controllers, and interconnection system equipment for
				  use by non-utility generation; in developing those requirements, the utility
				  may use, as applicable, Underwriters' Laboratories (UL) standard 1741,
Standard for Inverters, Converters, Controllers and Interconnection
				  System Equipment for Use With Distributed Energy Resources
, or other
				  similar national standards; when determining the reasonableness of the tariff
				  filing, the commission may refer to those standards and consider their
				  applicability.