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Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 3 - Electric Supply and Signal Lines; Principles of Safety; Co-ordination with Other Utilities › Section 3-10 - Nonconformance with coordinated methods; special location and types

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-10
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-5;
				  IC
				  8-1-14-1;
				  IC
				  8-3-1-1
Sec. 10.
Special Location and Types. When co-ordination of supply and
				  signal lines of particular types cannot be technically and economically
				  established under the methods of co-ordination covered by these principles,
				  special co-operative consideration should be given to determining what location
				  and type of construction should be established for each line of such type.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 3 - Electric Supply and Signal Lines; Principles of Safety; Co-ordination with Other Utilities › Section 3-11 - Wires over railroad tracks

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3; IC 8-1-2-10
Affected: IC 8-1-14-1; IC 8-3-1-1
Sec. 11.
Wires Over Railroads. All telegraph, telephone, electric
				  light and all other wires of any kind, now or hereafter constructed over the
				  tracks of any railroad shall be constructed to comply with the requirements of
				  the laws of the State of Indiana pertaining thereto, which are by reference
				  made a part of these rules
[ 170 IAC 4-3 ]
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Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 4.1 - Cogeneration and Alternate Energy Production Facilities › Section 4.1-2 - Applicability

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-2.4-1
Affected: IC 8-1-2.4-1
Sec. 2.
All electric utilities, which have customers within the state
				  of Indiana, and all qualifying facilities will be subject to 170 IAC
				  4-4.1.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 4.1 - Cogeneration and Alternate Energy Production Facilities › Section 4.1-3 - Exemption

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1; IC 8-1-2; IC 8-1-2.4
Affected: IC 8-1-2; IC 8-1-2.4
Sec. 3.
Qualifying facilities shall be exempt from revenue
				  requirement and associated regulation under IC 8-1-2 as administered by the
				  Indiana utility regulatory commission, but the commission shall be final
				  authority over rates for purchase and sale of electric energy and capacity in
				  transactions between qualifying facilities and electric utilities. However,
				  nothing in this rule limits the authority of a utility and a qualifying
				  facility to mutually agree to rates for purchase, and sale transactions, which
				  may differ from conditions which are specified in this rule, provided such
				  agreements, specifying rates and terms, are filed with the
				  commission.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 4.1 - Cogeneration and Alternate Energy Production Facilities › Section 4.1-4 - Filing of rate data

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1; IC 8-1-2; IC 8-1-2.4
Affected: IC 8-1-2; IC 8-1-2.4
Sec. 4.
(a) Each
				generating electric utility shall file with the commission each year all
				supporting data for the rates and rate filings required by this rule.
(b) Each nongenerating electric utility shall
				file with the commission the revised rate schedule, tariff, or contract
				pursuant to which it purchases electricity from its supplier or each of its
				suppliers within sixty (60) days of the effective date of the revised rate
				schedule, tariff, or contract. At the same time, the nongenerating electric
				utility shall also file a report indicating its demand upon and the amount of
				energy received from each of its electricity suppliers during the most recent
				twelve (12) month period. If the electricity supplier's effective rate
				schedule, tariff, or contract contains multiple components in demand and energy
				rates, the demand and energy data submitted to the commission by the
				nongenerating electric utility for that electricity supplier should be set
				forth by rate component. When such rate components are based on system peaks,
				the date and hour of those peaks should also be supplied.
(c) The commission may require the electric
				utility to provide additional data and justification for the rates and rate
				filings required by this rule.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 4.1 - Cogeneration and Alternate Energy Production Facilities › Section 4.1-5 - Obligation to purchase and sell

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-2.4-1
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2.4-1
Sec. 5.
(a) An
				electric utility shall purchase energy, subject to section 8 of this rule, and
				capacity, subject to section 9 of this rule, offered by a qualifying facility.
				If a utility purchases all of its power from a single supplier, such that its
				avoided cost, as defined in this rule, is derived from the single supplier, the
				supplier may assume the obligation to purchase the energy and capacity offered
				by a qualifying facility.
(b) An
				electric utility which sells to an ultimate consumer shall sell to a qualifying
				facility back-up power, maintenance power, supplementary power, or
				interruptible power requested by the qualifying facility at a rate which does
				not discriminate against the qualifying facility in comparison to another
				retail customer with similar load characteristics served by the electric
				utility. A rate for back-up and maintenance power shall not presume (unless
				supported by factual data) that a forced outage or other reduction in the
				electrical output of each qualifying facility on the electric utility's system
				will occur simultaneously or during the system peak, or both, and may take into
				account the extent to which a scheduled outage of the qualifying facility can
				be usefully coordinated with a scheduled outage of the utility's
				facility.
(c) A purchase and sale
				under this rule may occur simultaneously or the qualifying facility may elect
				to sell only that portion of the qualifying facility's output net of its own
				use. An election between total output and output net of a qualifying facility's
				own use may occur at the beginning of the contract period of the arrangement
				between the qualifying facility and the electric utility.
(d) The utility is not required to purchase
				or sell energy or capacity, or both, during a system emergency.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 4.1 - Cogeneration and Alternate Energy Production Facilities › Section 4.1-6 - Wheeling capacity and energy

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1; IC 8-1-2; IC 8-1-2.4
Affected: IC 8-1-2; IC 8-1-2.4
Sec. 6.
(a) The
				terms and conditions for the wheeling of nonfirm energy or capacity and energy
				for an Indiana qualifying facility and the rate for such service shall be
				specified in a contract between the Indiana qualifying facility and the
				electric utility and shall not conflict with the Federal Energy Regulatory
				Commission's implementation of the Federal Power Act or with the authority of
				any other relevant federal authority. The electric utility shall offer to wheel
				pursuant to, at a minimum:
(1) a contract of
				five (5) years' duration or longer to wheel capacity and energy;
(2) a contract of five (5) years' duration or
				longer to wheel capacity and energy, subject to cancellation by the electric
				utility with two (2) years' written notice to the Indiana qualifying facility;
				or
(3) a contract to wheel capacity
				and energy when, as, and if such service is available from the electric
				utility.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 4.1 - Cogeneration and Alternate Energy Production Facilities › Section 4.1-7 - Interconnections; metering; costs

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1; IC 8-1-2; IC 8-1-2.4
Affected: IC 8-1-2; IC 8-1-2.4
Sec. 7.
(a) The
				qualifying facility shall:
(1) install,
				operate, and maintain in good order such:
(A)
				relays;
(B) locks and
				seals;
(C) breakers;
(D) automatic synchronizers; and
(E) other control and protective apparatus;
				as shall be designated by the electric utility for safe, efficient, and
				reliable operation in parallel to the electric utility's system; and
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 4.1 - Cogeneration and Alternate Energy Production Facilities › Section 4.1-8 - Rates for energy purchase

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-2.4-1
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2.4-1
Sec. 8.
(a) The rate
				to be paid by a generating electric utility for purchase of energy from a
				qualifying facility shall be an average of marginal running costs of the
				generating electric utility adjusted for line losses in accordance with:
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Where: Pj = Rate for purchase of energy in the jth rating
				  period.
[lambda]ij = Expected current fuel and
				  associated variable operating and maintenance costs for the most expensive unit
				  or source on line in the ith hour of the jth rating period as derived from
				  recent historical data adjusted to the present or from appropriate generation
				  simulation programs.
l = Line losses, expressed as a percentage, for the previous
				  year.
nj = Number of hours in jth rating period.
(b) The rate to be paid by a non-generating
				electric utility for purchase of energy from a qualifying facility shall be a
				weighted average of the rate or rates a non-generating electric utility pays to
				its suppliers, adjusted by the non-generating utility's line losses, in
				accordance with:
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Where: P = Rate for purchase of energy.
n = Number of suppliers.
ci = Cost per kilowatt-hour to be
				  charged by ith supplier.
qi = Quantity to be purchased from ith
				  supplier.
l = Line losses, expressed as a percentage, for the previous
				  year.
(c) Adjustments. For intended
				purchases of 72,000 kilowatt-hours or more per month from a qualifying
				facility, the electric utility and the qualifying facility may agree to
				increase or decrease the rates determined by subsections (a) and (b) in
				recognition of the following factors:
(1) the
				extent to which scheduled outages of the qualifying facility can be usefully
				coordinated with scheduled outages of the electric utility's generation
				facilities;
(2) the relationship of
				the availability of energy from the qualifying facility to the ability of the
				electric utility to avoid costs, particularly as is evidenced by the electric
				utility's ability to dispatch the qualifying facility;
(3) the usefulness of energy from the
				qualifying facility during system emergencies, including the ability of the
				qualifying facility to separate its load from its generation.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 4.1 - Cogeneration and Alternate Energy Production Facilities › Section 4.1-10 - Filing of standard offer

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1; IC 8-1-2; IC 8-1-2.4
Affected: IC 8-1-2; IC 8-1-2.4
Sec. 10.
Within sixty (60) days of the effective date of this rule and
				  on or before February 28, of each subsequent year, each generating electric
				  utility shall file with the commission a standard offer for purchase of energy
				  and capacity at rates derived from the appropriate application of sections 8(a)
				  and 9(c) through 9(d) of this rule. Within sixty (60) days of the effective
				  date of this rule and within sixty (60) days of the effective date of any
				  subsequent wholesale rate schedule, tariff, or contract, each nongenerating
				  utility shall file with the commission a standard offer for the purchase of
				  energy and capacity at rates derived from the appropriate application of
				  sections 8(b) and 9(e) through 9(f) of this rule.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 4.1 - Cogeneration and Alternate Energy Production Facilities › Section 4.1-11 - Filing of standard contracts

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1; IC 8-1-2; IC 8-1-2.4
Affected: IC 8-1-2; IC 8-1-2.4
Sec. 11.
(a) Within
				sixty (60) days of the effective date of this rule each generating electric
				utility shall submit for approval via the commission's thirty (30) day filing
				process a standard form contract which it would enter into with a qualifying
				facility in connection with the generating electric utility's purchase of
				energy or capacity or both. The standard form contracts shall be prepared in a
				manner and form which will permit their use in the majority of circumstances
				with only minor modifications, although it is recognized that in unique
				situations a standard form contract may have to be revised
				significantly.
(b) The standard
				form contract for the purchase of a nonfirm energy should contain provisions
				addressing the following, at a minimum:
(1)
				The basis for the determination of energy rate.
(2) The expected maximum electrical output to
				be made available to the generating electric utility.
(3) The interconnection and metering
				requirements.
(4) The operation,
				protection, and maintenance of the qualifying facility.
(5) The liability and indemnification between
				parties.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 4.1 - Cogeneration and Alternate Energy Production Facilities › Section 4.1-12 - Petitions for resolution of disputes

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-2.4-1
Affected: IC 8-1-2.4-1
Sec. 12.
In the event an electric utility and a qualifying facility
				  are unable to agree on matters to be determined for purchase or sale, either
				  party may petition the commission for resolution of matters within the scope of
				  170 IAC 4-4.1-12 and the commission's jurisdiction. In said petition the other
				  party shall be named as a respondent. The commission shall conduct a public
				  hearing on said petition and thereafter determine and fix by order in the
				  matter in dispute.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 4.1 - Cogeneration and Alternate Energy Production Facilities › Section 4.1-13 - Reporting requirements for proposed alternate energy production and cogeneration facilities

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-8.5-7
Affected: IC 8-1-8.5-7
Sec. 13.
(a)
				"Facility" for purposes of this section means any alternate energy production
				and cogeneration facility as previously defined under
				170 IAC
				4-4.1-1.
(b) Persons wishing to proceed with the
				construction of a facility as defined for purposes of this section, will submit
				a report to the commission entailing the following:
(1) the location of the facility;
(2) the form(s) of energy output of the
				facility;
(3) the owner(s), form
				and percentage of ownership of the facility;
(4) the maximum electric generating capacity
				of the facility;
(5) the expected
				annual electric energy output of the facility for the first five years of its
				operation;
(6) the primary fuel to
				be used for the production of electricity by the facility; and
(7) the expected life of the facility;
				and
(8) the expected date of
				commercial operation for the facility.
This report will be submitted to the commission at least one
				  year prior to the commencement of the proposed construction of the
				  facility.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 4.2 - Net Metering › Section 4.2-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-1; IC
				  8-1-37-4
Sec. 1.
(a) The
				definitions in this section apply throughout this rule.
(b) "Commission" means the Indiana utility
				regulatory commission.
(c)
				"Customer" means a person, firm, corporation, municipality, or other government
				agency that has agreed, orally or otherwise, to pay for electric service
				received from an investor-owned electric utility.
(d) "Eligible net metering energy resource"
				means the following:
(1) A renewable energy
				resource as defined in IC
				8-1-37-4(a)(1)
				 through IC
				8-1-37-4(a)(8).
(2) Other emerging renewable energy
				technologies the commission determines appropriate.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 4.2 - Net Metering › Section 4.2-2 - Applicability

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3
Affected: IC 8-1-2
Sec. 2.
These rules shall apply to an investor-owned electric
				  utility, subject to the jurisdiction of the commission, that may now or
				  hereafter be engaged in the production, transmission, sale, or distribution of
				  electric service and all net metering facilities as defined in section 1 of
				  this rule that are interconnected with the investor-owned electric
				  utilities.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 4.2 - Net Metering › Section 4.2-3 - Exemption

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3
Affected: IC 8-1-2
Sec. 3.
Net metering facilities shall be exempt from revenue
				  requirement and associated regulation under IC 8-1-2 as administered by the
				  commission, but the commission shall have authority over rates charged by
				  electric utilities to net metering facilities.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 4.2 - Net Metering › Section 4.2-4 - Availability

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-40-12
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-34.5;
				  IC
				  8-1-37-4;
				  IC 8-1-40
Sec. 4.
(a) An
				investor-owned electric utility shall offer net metering to a customer that
				installs a net metering facility prior to the earlier of the following:
(1) January 1 of the first calendar year
				after the calendar year in which the aggregate amount of net metering facility
				nameplate capacity under the investor-owned electric utility's net metering
				tariff equals at least one and one-half percent (1.5%) of the most recent
				summer peak load of the investor-owned electric utility; or
(2) July 1, 2022.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 4.2 - Net Metering › Section 4.2-5 - Interconnection

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3
Affected: IC 8-1-2-4
Sec. 5.
(a) A net
				metering interconnection agreement between the investor-owned electric utility
				and the net metering customer must be executed before the net metering facility
				may be interconnected with the investor-owned electric utility's
				system.
(b) The net metering
				facility shall comply with the technical interconnection requirements approved
				by the commission as outlined in section 9(a) of this rule. Inverter based
				systems listed by Underwriters Laboratories (UL) to UL standard 1741, published
				May 7, 1999, as revised January 28, 2010 (UL 1741), shall be accepted by the
				investor-owned electric utility as meeting the technical interconnection
				requirements tested by UL 1741. The net metering facility shall comply with the
				applicable requirements of 170 IAC 4-4.3.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 4.2 - Net Metering › Section 4.2-6 - Metering

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3
Affected: IC 8-1-2
Sec. 6.
(a) One (1)
				of the following metering options, if not already present, shall be installed
				on the net metering customer's premises by the investor-owned electric utility
				to properly record the net kilowatt hours (kWh) of a net metering facility:
(1) One (1) main watt-hour meter capable of
				measuring net kWh.
(2) One (1) main
				watt-hour meter measuring kWh to the net metering customer and a second
				watt-hour meter measuring kWh to the investor-owned electric utility. The
				reading of the second meter will be subtracted from the reading of the main
				meter to obtain net kWh for billing.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 4.2 - Net Metering › Section 4.2-7 - Billing

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-34.5;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-38
Sec. 7.
An investor-owned electric utility shall determine a net
				  metering customer's monthly bill as follows:
(1) Bill charges, credits, rates, and
				adjustments shall be in accordance with the investor-owned electric utility's
				tariff and administrative rules that would apply if the net metering customer
				did not participate in net metering.
(2) The investor-owned electric utility shall
				measure the difference between the amount of electricity delivered by the
				investor-owned electric utility to the net metering customer and the amount of
				electricity generated by the net metering customer and delivered to the
				investor-owned electric utility during the billing period, in accordance with
				normal metering practices. If the kilowatt hours (kWh) delivered by the
				investor-owned electric utility to the net metering customer exceed the kWh
				delivered by the net metering customer to the investor-owned electric utility
				during the billing period, the net metering customer shall be billed for the
				kWh difference at the rate applicable to the net metering customer if it was
				not a net metering customer. If the kWh generated by the net metering customer
				and delivered to the investor-owned electric utility exceed the kWh supplied by
				the investor-owned electric utility to the net metering customer during the
				billing period, the net metering customer shall be credited in the next billing
				cycle for the kWh difference.
(3)
				The credit shall roll over indefinitely for net metering customers, except that
				when the net metering customer elects to no longer participate in the net
				metering tariff, all unused credit shall revert to the investor-owned electric
				utility.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 4.2 - Net Metering › Section 4.2-8 - Liability insurance and indemnity

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-33;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-34
Sec. 8.
(a) A net
				metering customer operating a net metering facility shall maintain homeowners,
				commercial, or other insurance providing coverage in the amount of at least one
				hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for the liability of the insured against
				loss arising out of the use of a net metering facility. Net metering customers
				shall not be required by the utility to obtain liability insurance with limits
				higher than that which is stated in this section, nor shall such net metering
				customers be required by the utility to purchase additional liability
				insurance, for example, insurance coverage that exceeds one hundred thousand
				dollars ($100,000) where the net metering customer's existing insurance policy
				provides coverage against loss arising out of the use of a net metering
				facility by virtue of not explicitly excluding coverage for such
				loss.
(b) The utility and the net
				metering customer shall indemnify and hold the other party harmless from and
				against all claims, liability, damages, and expenses, including attorney's
				fees, based on any injury to any person, including loss of life or damage to
				any property, including loss of use thereof, arising out of, resulting from, or
				connected with, or that may be alleged to have arisen out of, resulted from, or
				connected with an act or omission by such other party, its employees, agents,
				representatives, successors, or assigns in the construction, ownership,
				operation, or maintenance of such party's facilities used in net metering. This
				indemnification provision is not applicable in the case of governmental net
				metering customers that are restricted from entering into indemnification
				provisions.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 4.2 - Net Metering › Section 4.2-9 - Tariff and reporting requirements

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3
Affected: IC 8-1-2
Sec. 9.
(a) Within
				sixty (60) days of the effective date of this rule, investor-owned electric
				utilities shall submit for approval under the commission's thirty (30) day
				filing process a net metering tariff. The net metering tariff shall:
(1) include the technical interconnection
				requirements of the investor-owned electric utility; and
(2) comply with the requirements of this
				rule.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 4.2 - Net Metering › Section 4.2-10 - Customer complaints

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-34.5
Sec. 10.
In the event an investor-owned electric utility and a net
				  metering customer are unable to agree on matters relating to net metering,
				  either party may raise a customer complaint to the commission in accordance
				  with the commission's consumer complaint rules.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 4.3 - Customer-Generator Interconnection Standards › Section 4.3-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC 8-1-2.4
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-1
Sec. 1.
(a) The
				definitions in this section apply throughout this rule.
(b) "Area network" means a type of electric
				distribution system served by multiple transformers interconnected in an
				electrical network circuit that is generally used in large metropolitan areas,
				which are densely populated, in order to provide high reliability of
				service.
(c) "Commission" means the
				Indiana utility regulatory commission.
(d) "Customer-generator facility" means an
				arrangement of equipment for the production of electricity that is owned and
				operated by:
(1) an eligible customer;
				or
(2) a third party at the
				eligible customer's site.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 4.3 - Customer-Generator Interconnection Standards › Section 4.3-2 - Applicability

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC 8-1-2.4
Affected: IC 8-1-2
Sec. 2.
This rule shall apply to any investor-owned electric utility,
				  subject to the jurisdiction of the commission, that may now or hereafter be
				  engaged in the:
(1)
				production;
(2)
				transmission;
(3) sale;
				or
(4) distribution; of electric
				service and all customer-generator facilities that apply for interconnection
				with such utilities on or after the effective date of this rule.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 4.3 - Customer-Generator Interconnection Standards › Section 4.3-3 - Exemptions

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC 8-1-2.4
Affected: IC 8-1-2
Sec. 3.
(a)
				Customer-generator facilities shall be exempt from revenue requirements and
				associated regulation under IC 8-1-2 as administered by the commission, except
				that the commission shall have authority over rates charged by electric
				utilities to customer-generator facilities.
(b) Upon agreement of an eligible customer
				and the utility, the customer-generator facility interconnection may be exempt
				from the requirements of this rule, except for the provisions of section 4(f)
				and 4(g) of this rule.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 4.3 - Customer-Generator Interconnection Standards › Section 4.3-4 - General interconnection provisions

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC 8-1-2.4
Affected: IC 8-1-2
Sec. 4.
(a) Each
				investor-owned electric utility shall provide each of the following three (3)
				procedures for applications for interconnection of customer-generator
				facilities and use:
(1) The Level 1 review
				procedure described in section 6 of this rule for applications to connect
				inverter-based customer-generator facilities that:
(A) have a nameplate capacity of ten (10)
				kilowatts or less; and
(B) meet the
				certification requirements of section 5 of this rule.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 4.3 - Customer-Generator Interconnection Standards › Section 4.3-5 - Certification of customer-generator facilities

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC 8-1-2.4
Affected: IC 8-1-2
Sec. 5.
(a) In order
				to qualify for the Level 1 and the Level 2 interconnection review procedures
				described in sections 6 and 7 of this rule, a customer-generator facility must
				be certified as complying with the following standards, as applicable:
(1) IEEE 1547, Standard for Interconnecting
				Distributed Resources with Electric Power Systems, as amended and supplemented,
				which is incorporated by reference herein. IEEE 1547 can be obtained through
				the IEEE at 445 Hoes Lane, P.O. Box 1331, Piscataway, New Jersey 08855-1331 or
				at
www.ieee.org
.
(2) Underwriters Laboratories (UL) Standard
				1741 on Inverters, Converters, and Controllers for Use in Independent Power
				Systems (January 2001), as amended and supplemented, which is incorporated by
				reference herein. UL Standards can be obtained through Underwriters
				Laboratories at 333 Pfingsten Road, Northbrook, Illinois 60062-2096 or at
www.ul.com
.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 4.3 - Customer-Generator Interconnection Standards › Section 4.3-6 - Level 1 interconnection review

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC 8-1-2.4
Affected: IC 8-1-2
Sec. 6.
(a) Each
				investor-owned electric utility shall adopt a Level 1 interconnection review
				procedure. The utility shall use the Level 1 review procedure for an
				application to interconnect a customer-generator facility that:
(1) is inverter-based;
(2) has a nameplate capacity of ten (10)
				kilowatts or less; and
(3) is
				certified in accordance with section 5 of this rule.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 4.3 - Customer-Generator Interconnection Standards › Section 4.3-7 - Level 2 interconnection review

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC 8-1-2.4
Affected: IC 8-1-2
Sec. 7.
(a) Each
				investor-owned electric utility shall adopt a Level 2 interconnection review
				procedure. The utility shall use the Level 2 review procedure for an
				application to interconnect a customer-generator facility that:
(1) has a nameplate capacity of two (2)
				megawatts or less; and
(2) is
				certified in accordance with section 5 of this rule.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 4.3 - Customer-Generator Interconnection Standards › Section 4.3-8 - Level 3 interconnection review

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC 8-1-2.4
Affected: IC 8-1-2
Sec. 8.
(a) Each
				investor-owned electric utility shall adopt a Level 3 interconnection review
				procedure. The utility shall use the Level 3 review procedure for an
				application to interconnect a customer-generator facility that:
(1) is connected to its distribution system;
				and
(2) does not meet the
				requirements of section 6 or 7 of this rule.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 4.3 - Customer-Generator Interconnection Standards › Section 4.3-9 - Requirements for ongoing operation of customer-generator facilities

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC 8-1-2.4
Affected: IC 8-1-2
Sec. 9.
(a) The
				investor-owned electric utility may perform reasonable on-site inspections to
				verify the proper installation and continuing safe operation of the
				customer-generator facility and interconnection facilities:
(1) at reasonable times; and
(2) upon reasonable advance notice to the
				customer.
The cost of the inspection or inspections shall be at the
				  utility's expense; however, the utility shall not be responsible for any other
				  cost the customer may incur as a result of the inspection or
				  inspections.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 4.3 - Customer-Generator Interconnection Standards › Section 4.3-10 - Liability insurance and indemnity

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3; IC 8-1-2.4
Affected: IC 8-1-2-33; IC 8-1-2-34
Sec. 10.
(a) The
				liability insurance and indemnification requirements of a customer-generator
				facility that is also a net metering facility, as defined at
				170 IAC 4-4.2-1,
				shall be in accordance with
				170 IAC
				4-4.2-8.
(b) The liability insurance and
				indemnification requirements of a customer-generator facility that is not also
				a net metering facility, as defined at
				170 IAC 4-4.2-1,
				shall be as follows:
(1) Insurance provisions
				shall require a party to obtain only reasonable amounts of insurance against
				risks for which there is a reasonable likelihood of occurrence.
(2) The utility and the customer shall
				indemnify and hold each other harmless from and against all claims, liability,
				damages, and expenses, including attorney's fees, based on any injury to any
				person, including loss of life or damage to any property, including loss of use
				thereof, arising out of, resulting from, or connected with, or that may be
				alleged to have arisen out of, resulted from, or connected with an act or
				omission by the other party or its:
(A)
				employees;
(B) agents;
(C) representatives;
(D) successors; or
(E) assigns; in the construction, ownership,
				operation, or maintenance of the party's facilities.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 4.3 - Customer-Generator Interconnection Standards › Section 4.3-11 - Tariff and reporting requirements

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC 8-1-2.4
Affected: IC 8-1-2
Sec. 11.
(a) Within
				sixty (60) days of the effective date of this rule, all investor-owned electric
				utilities shall submit for approval via the commission's thirty (30) day filing
				process generic interconnection application and interconnection agreement forms
				for each of the three (3) levels of review.
(b) To assist the commission in monitoring
				the effectiveness of this rule over time, each investor-owned utility shall
				file a report with the commission's electricity division before March 2 of each
				year following the effective date of this rule. The report shall contain the
				number, size, and type of the following:
(1)
				Customer-generator facilities detailed in all applications received during the
				pervious
[sic.]
calendar year and the resolution, for example,
				granted, denied, withdrawn, of the applications. The report shall include the
				following:
(A) The application procedure
				(Level 1, 2, or 3) for all applications.
(B) The reason or reasons for any denied
				application or applications.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 4.3 - Customer-Generator Interconnection Standards › Section 4.3-12 - Customer complaints

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC 8-1-2.4
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-34.5
Sec. 12.
In the event an investor-owned electric utility and an
				  eligible customer are unable to agree on matters relating to customer-generator
				  facility interconnection, either party may raise a customer complaint to the
				  commission in accordance with the commission's consumer complaint
				  rules.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 5 - Electric Submeters of Master Meter Accounts › Section 5-1 - Scope of rule; enforcement

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3; IC 8-1-2-36.5
Affected: IC 8-1-2-36.5; IC 8-1-2-115
Sec. 1.
(a) Purpose
				and Scope. The provisions of these rules
[ 170 IAC 4-5 ]
are
				intended to establish a system to assure that the practices involving
				submetering and billing of dwelling units are just and reasonable to the tenant
				and the building owner and to establish the rights and responsibilities of the
				building owner and tenant.
(b)
				Application. These rules
[ 170 IAC 4-5 ]
shall apply to
				existing buildings utilizing electrical submetering as of the effective date,
				as well as those buildings which engage in electrical submetering at any
				subsequent date, subject to master metering of electric service in new
				buildings in accordance with sections 113(a)(1) and (b)(1) and 115(d) of Title
				I of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act and subject to 170 IAC
				4-1.5.
(c) Enforcement. The
				provisions of this rule
[ 170 IAC 4-5 ]
are subject to the
				enforcement provisions of IC
				8-1-2-115.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 5 - Electric Submeters of Master Meter Accounts › Section 5-2 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3; IC 8-1-2-36.5
Affected: IC 8-1-2-36.5
Sec. 2.
Definitions.
(a)
				Qualifying building: Any building containing more than one residential unit
				including trailer courts and similar multi-user installations which are
				provided electric service through a master meter pursuant to 170 IAC 4-1.5 but
				does not include buildings not qualified for master metering pursuant to 170
				IAC 4-1.5 and also does not include hotels, motels or other similar transient
				lodging.
(b) Commission: The term
				commission means the Indiana utility regulatory commission.
(c) Owner: Any owner, operator or manager of
				a "qualifying building" who engages in electric submetering.
(d) Electric submetering: The instrumentation
				devices used to measure the number of KWH used by a tenant and the owner during
				a particular billing period.
(e)
				Dwelling unit: A room or rooms suitable for occupancy as a residence containing
				kitchen and bathroom facilities. This includes trailer court lots and similar
				multi-user installations.
(f)
				Hearing: Any proceeding based on an application, petition, complaint, or
				motion.
(g) "Month" or "monthly":
				The period between any two consecutive meter readings by the utility, either
				actual or estimated, at approximately thirty day intervals.
(h) Master meter: A meter used to measure,
				for billing purposes, all electric usage of a building including common areas,
				common facilities and dwelling units therein which is authorized pursuant to
				170 IAC 4-1.5.
(i) ANSI: The
				American National Standards Institute. Standards of American National Standards
				Institute are referred to herein and defined as follows:
(1) -ANCI: C12.1-1982, American National Code
				for Electric Metering, 7th Edition, approved July 6, 1982, American National
				Standards Institute; published by The Institute of Electrical and Electronic
				Engineers, Inc., 345 Est
[sic.]
47th Street, New York, NY
				10017, and
(2) -ANSI/IEEE
				C57.13-1978, American National Standard Requirements for Instrument
				Transformers, approved September 9, 1976, IEE Standards, Board; published by
				the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Inc., 345 East 47th
				Street, New York, NY 10017.
Any reference to the above does not include any later
				  amendments or editions.
Copies of aforementioned are available from the Indiana
				  utility regulatory commission, 101 West Washington Street, Suite 1500 E.,
				  Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 at costs or from the Institute of Electrical and
				  Electronic Engineers, Inc., 345 East 47th Street, New York, NY
				  10017.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 5 - Electric Submeters of Master Meter Accounts › Section 5-3 - Records to be kept

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-36.5
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-36.5
Sec. 3.
Records and Reports to be Kept.
(a) The owner shall maintain and make
				available for inspection by the tenant the following records:
(1) the billing from the utility to the owner
				for the current month and the twelve preceding months,
(2) the calculation of the average cost per
				KWH for the current month and the twelve preceding months,
(3) all tenant and owner submeter readings
				and tenant billings for the current month and the twelve preceding
				months,
(4) all submeter test
				results for the current month and the twelve preceding months.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 5 - Electric Submeters of Master Meter Accounts › Section 5-4 - Records of submeters and submeter tests

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-36.5
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-36.5
Sec. 4.
Records of Submeters and Submeter Tests.
(a) Submeter requirements:
(1) Use of submeter: All electrical energy
				sold by an owner shall be charged for by meter measurements.
(2) Installation by owner: Unless otherwise
				authorized by the commission, each owner shall be responsible for providing,
				installing and maintaining all submeters necessary for the measurement of
				electrical energy to its tenants.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 5 - Electric Submeters of Master Meter Accounts › Section 5-5 - Location of submeters

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-36.5
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-36.5
Sec. 5.
Location of Submeters. Submeters and service switches in
				  conjunction with the submeter shall be installed in accordance with the ANSI
				  C12.1-1982, or other standards as may be prescribed by the commission, and will
				  be readily accessible for reading, testing and inspection where such activities
				  will cause minimum interference and inconvenience to the
				  tenant.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 5 - Electric Submeters of Master Meter Accounts › Section 5-6 - Submeter testing equipment and facilities

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3; IC 8-1-2-36.5
Affected: IC 8-1-2-36.5
Sec. 6.
Submeter Testing Equipment and Facilities.
(a) Qualified expert: Each owner shall
				provide or engage an independent qualified expert to provide such instruments
				and other equipment and facilities as may be necessary to make the submeter
				tests required by 170 IAC 4-5. Such equipment and facilities shall generally
				conform to ANSI C12.1-1982, prescribed by the commission, and shall be
				acceptable to the commission and shall be available at all reasonable times for
				the inspection by its authorized representatives.
(b) Portable standards: Each owner engaged in
				electrical submetering shall, unless specifically excused by the commission,
				provide portable test instruments or utilize a testing firm as necessary for
				testing billing submeters.
(c)
				Reference standards: Each owner shall provide or have access to suitable
				indicating electrical instruments as reference standards for insuring the
				accuracy of shop and portable instruments used for testing billing
				submeters.
(d) Testing of reference
				standards: Reference standards of all kinds shall be submitted once each year
				or on a scheduled basis approved by the commission to a standardizing
				laboratory of recognized standing for the purpose of testing and
				adjustment.
(e) Calibration of test
				equipment: All shop and portable instruments used for testing billing submeters
				shall be calibrated by comparing them with a reference standard at least
				annually. Test equipment shall at all times be accompanied by a certified
				calibration card signed by the proper authority, giving the date when it was
				last certified and adjusted. Records of certifications and calibrations shall
				be kept on file in the office of the owner.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 5 - Electric Submeters of Master Meter Accounts › Section 5-7 - Submeter accuracy

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-36.5
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-36.5
Sec. 7.
Submeter Accuracy.
(a) Limits: No submeter that exceeds the test
				calibration limits for self-contained watt-hour meters as set by the ANSI
				C12.1-1982, shall be placed in service or left in service. All electric current
				transformers, potential transformers, or other such devices used in conjunction
				with submeters shall be considered part of the submeter and must also meet test
				calibrations and phase angle limits set by ANSI C12.1-1982 and ANSI/IEEE
				C57.13-1978 for revenue billing. Whenever on installation, inspection,
				periodic, or other tests, a submeter or transformer is found to exceed these
				limits, it shall be adjusted, repaired, or replaced.
(b) Adjustments: Submeters shall be adjusted
				as close as possible to the condition of zero error. The tolerances are
				specified only to allow for necessary variations.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 5 - Electric Submeters of Master Meter Accounts › Section 5-8 - Testing of submeters in service

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-36.5
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-36.5
Sec. 8.
Testing of Submeters in Service. Submeters shall be tested
				  every five years or change in tenants, whichever is greater, unless specified
				  otherwise by the commission. Annually, the owner shall file with the commission
				  a report showing the number of meters tested and the number of meters exceeding
				  the standards of ANSI C12.1-1982.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 5 - Electric Submeters of Master Meter Accounts › Section 5-9 - Testing of submeters prior to installation

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-36.5
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-36.5
Sec. 9.
Tests of Submeters Prior to Installation. No submeter shall
				  be placed in service unless its accuracy has been established. If any submeter
				  is removed from actual service and replaced by another submeter for any purpose
				  whatsoever, it shall be properly tested and adjusted before being placed in
				  service again.