South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 20 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Article 20:10 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 20:10:36 - Small generator facility interconnection › Section 20:10:36:45 - Tier 3 interconnection review process

Current through Register Vol. 51, page 10, July 15, 2024
The applicant shall submit a tier 3 application and
				  appropriate fees to the public utility at its designated address. Application
				  forms are available from the commission.
Within 3 business days of receipt of the application, the
				  public utility shall provide written acknowledgement of receipt and the start
				  date of the review to determine if the application is complete. Within 10
				  business days of receipt of the application, the public utility shall inform
				  the applicant that the application is either complete or incomplete. In the
				  event the applicant does not receive notification within 10 business days, the
				  applicant may contact the public utility to determine the status of the
				  application. If the application is incomplete, the public utility shall
				  indicate the missing information. If a complete application is not returned to
				  the public utility within 30 days from the date the public utility sends
				  notification to the applicant that the application is incomplete, the
				  application is considered withdrawn.
If the public utility does not have a record of receipt of
				  the application, the applicant shall provide the public utility with an
				  additional copy of the application. If the applicant can demonstrate that the
				  original completed application was delivered to the public utility, the public
				  utility shall determine if the application is complete or incomplete within 5
				  business days.
Once the public utility finds the application is complete, it
				  shall assign the project a queue position. The queue position of each
				  application is used to determine any potential adverse system impacts of the
				  proposed small generator facility based on the relevant screening criteria. The
				  applicant must proceed under the timeframes of this section. The public utility
				  shall schedule a scoping meeting to notify the applicant about other
				  higher-queued applications including FERC interconnection applications on the
				  same radial line or area network to which the applicant is seeking to
				  interconnect.
Within 20 business days after the public utility notifies the
				  applicant that it has received a completed interconnection request or within a
				  time period mutually agreed to by parties, the public utility shall:
(1) Evaluate the application using the tier 3
				screening criteria;
(2) Review any
				independent analysis that may be provided by the applicant using the same
				criteria; and
(3) Provide the
				applicant the results of its review, including a comparison of the results and
				the independent analysis provided by the applicant, if applicable.
If in the process of evaluating the interconnection request,
				  the public utility determines that supplemental or clarifying information is
				  required, the public utility shall request the information from the applicant.
				  The time required for the receipt of the additional information may extend the
				  time necessary to complete the review, but only to the extent of the time
				  required for the receipt of the additional information. The public utility may
				  not alter the applicant's queue position.
General Authority:
SDCL
					 49-34A-27,
					 49-34A-93.
Law Implemented:
SDCL
					 49-34A-27,
					 49-34A-93.