Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 199 - Utilities Division › Utilities and Transportation Divisions › Chapter 45 - Electric Interconnection of Distributed Generation Facilities › Rule 199-45.10 - Level 3 Expedited Review

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
A utility shall use the Level 3 expedited review procedure
				  for an interconnection request that meets the criteria in subrule 45.7(3) or
				  45.7(4). A utility may not impose additional requirements for Level 3 reviews
				  not specifically authorized under this rule or rule
				  199-45.3
				  (476) unless the applicant agrees.
(1)
				A Level 3 interconnection shall use the following procedures:
a. The applicant shall submit an
				interconnection request using the Levels 2 to 4 Interconnection Request
				Application form along with the Level 3 application fee.
b. Within ten business days after receiving
				the interconnection request, the utility shall inform the applicant as to
				whether the interconnection request is complete. If the request is incomplete,
				the utility shall specify what materials are missing and the applicant has ten
				business days to provide the missing information, or the interconnection
				request shall be deemed withdrawn.
c. After an interconnection request is deemed
				complete, the utility shall assign a review order position to it based upon the
				date the interconnection request is determined to be complete. The utility
				shall then inform the applicant of its review order position.
d. If, after determining that the
				interconnection request is complete, the utility determines that it needs
				additional information to evaluate the distributed generation facility's
				adverse system impact, the utility shall request this information. The utility
				may not restart the review process or alter the applicant's review order
				position because it requires the additional information. The utility can extend
				the time to finish its evaluation only to the extent the delay is required for
				receipt of the additional information. If this additional information is not
				provided by the applicant within 15 business days, the interconnection request
				shall be deemed withdrawn.
e.
				Interconnection requests meeting the requirements set forth in paragraph
				45.7(3)
"a"
for nonexporting distributed generation facilities
				interconnecting to an area network shall be presumed to be appropriate for
				interconnection. The utility shall process the interconnection requests using
				the following procedures:
(1) The utility
				shall evaluate the interconnection request under Level 2 interconnection review
				procedures as set forth in subrule 45.9(1) except that the utility has 25
				business days to evaluate the interconnection request against the screens to
				determine whether interconnecting the distributed generation facility to the
				utility's area network has any potential adverse system impacts.
(2) If the Level 2 screens for area networks
				identify potential adverse system impacts, the utility may determine at its
				sole discretion that it is inappropriate for the distributed generation
				facility to interconnect to the area network under Level 3 review, and the
				interconnection request is denied. The applicant may submit a new
				interconnection request for consideration under Level 4 procedures at the
				review order position assigned to the Level 3 interconnection request, if the
				request is made within 15 business days after notification that the current
				application is denied.
f. For interconnection requests that meet the
				requirements of paragraph 45.7(3)
"b"
for nonexporting
				distributed generation facilities interconnecting to a radial distribution
				circuit, the utility shall evaluate the interconnection request under the Level
				2 expedited review in subrule 45.9(1), except for the screen in paragraph
				45.9(1)
"a."