Code of Maine Rules › 65 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › 407 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 324 - SMALL GENERATOR INTERCONNECTION PROCEDURES › Section 407-324-10 - LEVEL 2 SCREENING CRITERIA AND PROCESS: GENERATORS NOT GREATER THAN 2MW

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A.
Interconnection Application.
The Applicant shall submit an Interconnection Application indicating which
				certified interconnection equipment the Applicant intends to use. Within five
				(5) Business Days after receipt, the T&D Utility shall acknowledge receipt
				of the application and notify the Applicant 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 shall 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. If the Applicant does not do so, the application shall be
				deemed withdrawn.
B.
Applicable Screens.
A facility must pass screens §
									7(A) through §
									7(H).
				Interconnections to distribution networks must pass applicable screens under
				Section §
									8.
C.
Time to Process Under
				Screens.
Within fifteen (15) Business Days after the T&D Utility
				sends notice to the Applicant that the Interconnection Application is complete,
				the T&D Utility shall notify the Applicant whether the ICGF meets all the
				applicable screens in §10(B) above.
D.
Screens Failure.
If the ICGF
				fails one or more of the applicable screens, then the T&D Utility shall
				provide notice to 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 §10(H).
				Within five (5) Business Days of such notice, the Applicant may request the
				application continue to be processed under additional review under §10(H),
				Level 3 or Level 4.
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.
Within five (5)
				Business Days of notifying an Applicant that its ICGF meets all of the
				applicable screens above or is otherwise approved by the T&D Utility, the
				T&D Utility shall send an executable Interconnection Agreement to the
				Applicant.
F.
Execution of
				Interconnection Agreement.
An Applicant that receives an Interconnection
				Agreement pursuant to 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 2
				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 §10(E),
				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 2 interconnection applications is one-hundred dollars ($100) plus two
				dollars per kW ($2/kW) of generator capacity.