Code of Maine Rules › 65 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › 407 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 324 - SMALL GENERATOR INTERCONNECTION PROCEDURES › Section 407-324-11 - LEVEL 3 SCREENING CRITERIA AND PROCESS: NON-EXPORTING GENERATORS NOT GREATER THAN 10 MW

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A.
Interconnection Application.
The Applicant shall submit a
				completed Interconnection Application indicating which certified
				interconnection equipment the Applicant intends to use. Within five (5)
				Business Days of receipt, the T&D Utility shall notify the whether the
				application is complete. If the application is incomplete, the T&D Utility
				shall provide notice to the Applicant that the application is incomplete and a
				written list detailing all information that must be provided to complete the
				application. The Applicant will have ten (10) Business Days after receipt of
				the list to submit the listed information, or to request an extension of time
				to provide such information. Otherwise, the application will be deemed
				withdrawn.
B.
Applicable
				Screens.
A facility must pass screens in §
									7. Interconnections to distribution
				networks must pass applicable screens under §
									8. In addition, a Customer-Generator
				must use reverse power relays or otherwise ensure no export to the T & D
				Distribution System.
C.
Time
				to Process Under Screens.
Within seventeen (17) Business Days after the
				utility sends notice to the Applicant that the application is complete, the
				T&D Utility shall notify the Applicant whether the ICGF meets all the
				applicable screens in §11(B).
D.
Screens Failure.
If the ICGF
				fails one or more of the applicable screens, then the T&D utility shall
				provide the Applicant with (1) detailed information on the reason or reasons
				for failure; (2) the utility's definition of the line section and
				identification of the automatic sectionalizing device that bounds the line
				section; (3) aggregated generation on the line section; and (4) a good faith
				estimate of the costs of additional review in accordance with §11(H). The
				Applicant may request the application continue to be processed under Level 4
				within five (5) days of receiving notice of failure. Otherwise, the application
				will be deemed denied.
Notwithstanding a failure of one or more screens, including
				  such failures with or without any Minor System Modifications, the utility, at
				  its sole option, may approve the interconnection provided such approval is
				  consistent with safety, reliability, and power quality, and provided that the
				  Applicant pays all interconnection costs.
E.
Approval.
If a facility meets
				all the applicable screens above or is otherwise approved by the T&D
				Utility, within five (5) Business Days after notifying the Applicant that all
				the applicable screens have been met the utility shall send an executable
				Interconnection Agreement.
F.
Execution of Interconnection Agreement
. An Applicant that receives
				an Interconnection Agreement under this Section shall execute the
				Interconnection Agreement and return it to the T&D Utility no more than
				thirty (30) business days from being sent the Interconnection Agreement. The
				Applicant shall not delay the return of an executed Interconnection Agreement
				more than ninety (90) days beyond the date shown in the original application
				for initial operations except by mutual agreement between the T&D Utility
				and the Applicant.
G.
Witness
				Testing.
A T&D Utility may require witnessing of the Commissioning
				Test. If witnessing of the Commissioning Test is required, this shall be stated
				in the Interconnection Agreement.
H.
Additional Review.
If an ICGF
				has failed to meet one or more of the Level 3 screens, but additional review
				may enable the T&D Utility to determine that, with Minor System
				Modifications, the ICGF can be interconnected consistent with safety,
				reliability, and power quality pursuant to Section 11(D), the T&D Utility
				shall offer to perform additional review to determine whether Minor System
				Modifications would enable the interconnection to be made consistent with
				safety, reliability, and power quality. The T&D Utility shall undertake the
				additional review only after the Applicant pays for the additional study.
				Within ten (10) Business Days of receipt of payment for the additional study,
				the T&D utility shall provide to the Applicant a non-binding, good faith
				estimate of the costs of the upgrades.
I.
Application Fee.
The fee for
				Level 3 interconnection applications is one-hundred dollars ($100) plus three
				dollars per kW ($3.00/kW) of generator capacity.