Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 82 - SMALL GENERATOR INTERCONNECTION RULES › Section 860-082-0025 - Applications to Interconnect a Small Generator Facility

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) A
			 person may not interconnect a small generator facility to a public utility's
			 transmission or distribution system without authorization from the public
			 utility.
(a) A person proposing to
			 interconnect a new small generator facility to a public utility's transmission
			 or distribution system must submit an application to the public
			 utility.
(b) A person with an
			 existing interconnected small generator facility who proposes to make any
			 change to the facility, other than a minor equipment modification, must submit
			 an application to the public utility. This includes changes affecting the
			 nameplate rating of the existing interconnected small generator facility or the
			 output capacity authorized in the agreement governing the terms of the
			 interconnection.
(c) An applicant
			 with a pending completed application to interconnect a small generator facility
			 must submit a new application if the applicant proposes to make any change to
			 the small generator facility other than a minor equipment modification. This
			 includes changes affecting the nameplate rating of the proposed small generator
			 facility.
(A) The applicant relinquishes the
			 queue position assigned to the pending completed application, and the public
			 utility assigns a new queue position based on the date and time the public
			 utility receives the new application.
(B) If the new application is submitted
			 within 30 business days of the date of submission of the original application,
			 then the public utility must apply the original application fee to the
			 application fee required for the new application.
(d) A person with a pending completed
			 application to interconnect a net metering facility or a FERC jurisdictional
			 generator who proposes to change the facility to a small generator facility
			 must submit a new application under the small generator interconnection rules.
(A) The applicant relinquishes the queue
			 position assigned to the pending completed application, and the public utility
			 assigns a new queue position based on the date and time that the
			 interconnecting public utility receives the small generator interconnection
			 application.
(B) If the small
			 generator interconnection application is received within 30 business days of
			 the date of submission of the original net metering or FERC jurisdictional
			 generator interconnection application, then the public utility must apply the
			 original application fee to the application fee required for the new
			 application.
(e) An
			 interconnection customer must submit an application to renew an existing small
			 generator facility interconnection before the expiration of the interconnection
			 agreement between the interconnection customer and the interconnected public
			 utility. The application must be submitted no later than 60 business days
			 before the interconnection agreement's expiration date.
(A) A public utility may not unreasonably
			 refuse to grant expedited review of an application to renew an existing small
			 generator facility interconnection if there have been no changes to the small
			 generator facility other than minor equipment modifications.
(B) A public utility may not require an
			 existing small generator facility to undergo Tier 4 review if there have been
			 no changes to the small generator facility other than minor equipment
			 modifications and there have been no material changes to the portion of the
			 public utility's transmission or distribution system affected by the
			 interconnection of the small generator facility.
(C) A public utility may require the
			 interconnection customer to pay for interconnection facilities, system
			 upgrades, or changes to the small generator facility or its associated
			 interconnection equipment that are necessary to bring the small generator
			 facility interconnection into compliance with the small generator
			 interconnection rules or IEEE 1547 or 1547.1.
(D) If the public utility has not completed
			 its review of an application to renew and a new interconnection agreement is
			 not signed before the expiration of the current interconnection agreement
			 governing the interconnection of an existing small generator facility to a
			 public utility's transmission or distribution system, then the current
			 interconnection agreement remains in effect until the renewal process is
			 completed and a new interconnection agreement is signed.