New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 8 - RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY › Subchapter 5 - INTERCONNECTION OF CLASS I RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS › Section 14:8-5.1 - Interconnection definitions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter,
				  shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise. Additional definitions that apply to this subchapter can be found at
				  14:3-1.1 and
				  14:8-1.2.
"Applicant" means a person who has filed an application to
				  interconnect a customer-generator facility to an electric distribution
				  system.
"Area network" means a type of electric distribution system
				  served by multiple transformers interconnected in an electrical network
				  circuit, which is generally used in large metropolitan areas that are densely
				  populated, in order to provide high reliability of service. This term has the
				  same meaning as the term "secondary grid network" as defined in IEEE standard
				  1547 Section 4.1.4, which is incorporated herein by reference as amended and
				  supplemented. IEEE standard 1547 can be obtained through the IEEE website at
www.ieee.org
.
"Electrical power system" or "EPS" has the same meaning as is
				  assigned to this term in IEEE standard 1547. As of June 4, 2012, IEEE standard
				  1547 defined EPS as a facility that delivers electric power to a load.
"Fault current" means electrical current that flows through a
				  circuit and is produced by an electrical fault, such as to ground, double-phase
				  to ground, three-phase to ground, phase-to-phase and three-phase. A fault
				  current is several times larger in magnitude than the current that normally
				  flows through a circuit.
"Good utility practice" has the same meaning as assigned to
				  this term in the Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of PJM
				  Interconnection, which is incorporated herein by reference as amended and
				  supplemented. The Operating Agreement can be obtained on the PJM
				  Interconnection website at
http://www.pjm.com/documents/downloads/agreements/oa.pdf
.
				  As of October 23, 2008, the Operating Agreement defines this term as "any of
				  the practices, methods and acts engaged in or approved by a significant portion
				  of the electric utility industry during the relevant time period, or any of the
				  practices, methods and acts which, in the exercise of reasonable judgment in
				  light of the facts known at the time the decision was made, could have been
				  expected to accomplish the desired result at a reasonable cost consistent with
				  good business practices, reliability, safety and expedition. Good Utility
				  Practice is not intended to be limited to the optimum practice, method, or act
				  to the exclusion of all others, but rather is intended to include acceptable
				  practices, methods, or acts generally accepted in the region."
"IEEE Standard 1547" means IEEE Standard 1547-2003, which was
				  approved in 2003 and reaffirmed in 2008.
"IEEE standards" means the standards published by the
				  Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, available at
www.ieee.org
.
"Interconnection agreement" means an agreement between a
				  customer-generator and an EDC, which governs the connection of the
				  customer-generator facility to the electric distribution system, as well as the
				  ongoing operation of the customer-generator facility after it is connected to
				  the system. An interconnection agreement shall follow the standard form
				  agreement developed by the Board and available from each EDC.
"Interconnection equipment" means a group of components
				  connecting an electric generator with an electric distribution system and
				  includes all interface equipment including switchgear, inverters or other
				  interface devices. Interconnection equipment may include an integrated
				  generator or electric source.
"Line section" means that portion of an EDC's electric
				  distribution system, which is connected to an interconnection customer and is
				  bounded by automatic sectionalizing devices or the end of the distribution
				  line.
"Point of common coupling" has the same meaning as assigned
				  to this term in IEEE Standard 1547 Section 3.0, which is incorporated herein by
				  reference as amended and supplemented. IEEE standard 1547 can be obtained
				  through the IEEE website at
www.ieee.org
. As
				  of June 4, 2012, IEEE standard 1547 Section 3.0 defined this term as "the point
				  where a Local EPS is connected to an Area EPS."
"Spot network" has the same meaning as assigned to the term
				  under IEEE Standard 1547 Section 4.1.4, (published July, 2003), which is
				  incorporated herein by reference as amended and supplemented. IEEE standard
				  1547 can be obtained through the IEEE website at
www.ieee.org
. As of June 4, 2012, IEEE Standard 1547
				  defined "spot network" as "a type of electric distribution system that uses two
				  or more inter-tied transformers to supply an electrical network circuit." A
				  spot network is generally used to supply power to a single customer or a small
				  group of customers.