Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 467 - ELECTRIC INTERCONNECTION OF LARGE DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES FACILITIES › Appendix E - Interconnection System Impact Study Agreement

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Interconnection System Impact Study Agreement
This agreement ("Agreement") is made and entered into this ________
				day of ________ by and between ________________________ ("interconnection
				customer"), as an individual person, or as a ______________________ organized and
				existing under the laws of the State of ________ , and ________ ("Electric
				Distribution Company" (EDC)), a _____________ existing under the laws of the State
				of Illinois. Interconnection customer and EDC each may be referred to as a "Party",
				or collectively as the "Parties".
Recitals:
Whereas
, the interconnection customer is proposing to
				develop a distributed generation facility or modify an existing distributed
				generation facility consistent with the interconnection request
application form completed by interconnection customer on
				______(Date)_______ ; and
Whereas,
interconnection customer desires to
				interconnect the distributed generation facility to the EDC's electric distribution
				system; and
Whereas,
the EDC has completed an interconnection
				feasibility study and provided the results of the study to the interconnection
				customer (this recital to be omitted if the Parties have agreed to forego the
				interconnection feasibility study); and
Whereas,
the interconnection customer has requested the
				EDC to perform an interconnection system impact study to assess the impact of
				interconnecting the distributed generation facility to the EDC's electric
				distribution system;
Now, therefore,
in consideration of and subject to the
				mutual covenants contained in this Agreement the Parties agree as follows:
1. All terms defined in Section
				467.20
				of the Illinois Large Distributed Generation Interconnection Standard shall have the
				meanings indicated in that Section when used in this Agreement.
2. The interconnection customer elects and the EDC shall cause to be
				performed an interconnection system impact study consistent with Section
				467.70
				of the Illinois Large Distributed Generation Interconnection Standard.
3. The scope of the interconnection system impact study shall be
				based upon the information set forth in the interconnection request application form
				and in Attachment A to this Agreement.
4. The interconnection system impact study shall be based upon the
				interconnection feasibility study and the technical information provided by
				interconnection customer in the interconnection request application form. The EDC
				reserves the right to request additional technical information from interconnection
				customer. If the interconnection customer modifies its proposed point of
				interconnection or interconnection request, or the technical information provided in
				the request is modified, the time to complete the interconnection system impact
				study may be extended.
5. The interconnection system impact study report shall provide the
				following information:
5.1 Identification of any equipment short circuit
				capability limits exceeded as a result of the interconnection;
5.2 Identification of any thermal overload or voltage
				limit violations resulting from the interconnection;
5.3 Identification of any instability or inadequately
				damped response to system disturbances resulting from the interconnection;
				and
5.4 Description and non-binding estimated cost of
				facilities required to interconnect the distributed generation facility to EDC's
				electric distribution system and to address the identified short circuit, thermal
				overload, voltage and instability issues, as required under Section
				467.70(e)(2)
				of the Illinois Large Distributed Generation Interconnection Standard.
6. The interconnection customer shall provide a study deposit equal
				to 100 percent of the estimated non-binding study costs if the initial application
				fee deposit has been depleted. If the initial application fee deposit has been
				depleted, the study will not commence until the study deposit has been received by
				the EDC.
7. The interconnection system impact study, if required, shall be
				completed and the results transmitted to the interconnection customer within 45
				business days after this Agreement is signed by the Parties or the complete study
				deposit has been received by the EDC, whichever is later.
8. Study fees shall be based on actual costs and shall be invoiced
				to the interconnection customer after the study is transmitted to the
				interconnection customer. The invoice shall include an itemized listing of employee
				time and costs expended on the study.
9. The interconnection customer shall pay any study costs that
				exceed the deposit within 30 calendar days after receipt of the invoice. EDC shall
				refund any excess deposit amount within 30 calendar days after the invoice.
In witness thereof, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be
				duly executed by their duly authorized officers or agents on the day and year first
				above written.
[Insert name of interconnection customer]
Signed: ___________________________________________________
Name (Printed): _____________________ Title:
				___________________
[Insert name of EDC]
Signed: ___________________________________________________
Name (Printed): _____________________ Title:
				___________________
Attachment A to Interconnection System Impact
				Study Agreement
Assumptions Used in Conducting the
				Interconnection System Impact Study
The interconnection system impact study shall be based upon the
				results of the interconnection feasibility study, subject to any modifications in
				accordance with Section
				467.70
				of the Illinois Distributed Generation Interconnection Standard, and the following
				assumptions:
Point of interconnection and configuration to be studied to the
				extent it is different from the information provided in the application or
				feasibility study.
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
This Attachment A is to be completed by mutual agreement of the
				  Parties. Any additional assumptions (explained below) may be provided by either the
				  interconnection customer or the EDC.