Md. Code Regs. 20.50.09.14 - Record Retention and Reporting Requirements
A. A utility shall
retain records of the following for a minimum of 7 years:
(1) The total number nameplate capacity and
total fees charged for the interconnection requests received, approved, and
denied under Level 1, Level 2, Level 3, and Level 4 reviews;
(2) The number of evaluations of
interconnections requests approved and denied using any alternate process under
Level 1, Level 2, Level 3, and Level 4 reviews;
(3) The fuel type, if appropriate, total
number, and nameplate capacity of small generator facilities approved in each
of the following categories:
(a) Net
metering;
(b) Emergency standby
capable of operating in parallel;
(c) Behind the meter load offset;
(d) Combined heat and power;
(e) Energy storage devices; and
(f) Other;
(4) The number of interconnection requests
that were not processed within the deadlines established for Level 1, Level 2,
Level 3, and Level 4 reviews in this chapter;
(5) The number of scoping meetings held, the
number of feasibility studies, impact studies, and facility studies performed,
and the fees charged for these studies;
(6) The justifications for the actions taken
to deny interconnection requests;
(7) The number of interconnection requests
that were not processed within the deadlines established for Level 1, Level 2,
Level 3, and Level 4 reviews in this chapter due to a PJM Interconnection, LLC
market process study; and
(8) Any
special operating requirements required in interconnection agreements, which
are permitted only for generating facilities with a nameplate capacity greater
than 2 MW, that are not part of the utility's standard operating procedures
applicable to small generator facilities.
B. A utility shall retain records of
interconnection studies it performs to determine the feasibility, system
impacts, and facilities required by the interconnection of any small generator
facility for a minimum of 7 years.
C. A utility shall file not later than April
1 of each year a report entitled "Annual Small Generator Interconnection
Report" to the Commission containing the following information for the
preceding calendar year:
(1) The total number
of interconnection requests received, approved, and denied under Level 1, Level
2, Level 3, and Level 4 reviews;
(2) The fuel type, or energy storage type,
total number, and total nameplate capacity of small generator facilities
approved in each of the following categories:
(a) Net metering;
(b) Emergency standby capable of operating in
parallel;
(c) Behind the meter load
offset;
(d) Combined heat and
power;
(e) Energy storage devices;
and
(f) Other;
(3) The number of interconnection requests
that were not processed within the deadlines established for Level 1, Level 2,
Level 3, and Level 4 reviews and permission to operate notices in this
chapter;
(4) The total number of
interconnection requests denied and the reason for each denial;
(5) Each interconnection request for a
proposed small generator facility that received a cost estimate or incurred an
actual cost of at least $10,000 for interconnection facilities or distribution
upgrades and was completed during the reporting year, -which shall include:
(a) A list of the nameplate capacity of the
proposed small generator facility;
(b) Cost variance;
(c) Variance percentage; and
(d) If required, a summary explanation on -why the
actual cost of facilities or upgrades was at least 10 percent greater than the
cost estimate provided;
(6) The number of scoping meetings held, the
number of feasibility studies, impact studies, facility studies, and combined
studies performed and the total fees charged for these studies;
(7) For each interconnection request for a
proposed small generator facility that failed to meet Level 2 criteria
according to Regulation .10F of this chapter, a list of the queue number,
reason for failure to meet Level 2 criteria, if the applicant requested
additional review, whether the additional review was completed within 30
calendar days, or if the applicant decided to request interconnection under
Level 4 criteria;
(8) The current
utility status and future plans and schedule for implementation of hosting
capacity reporting systems or improvements to existing hosting capacity
reporting systems;
(9) Beginning
April 1, 2021, a utility shall also report annually for the previous year:
(a) The total number of restricted circuits
and the total number of closed circuits;
(b) The number of interconnection requests
totaled for Level 1, Level 2, Level 3, and Level 4 that were denied due to
restricted circuits and the total number that were denied due to closed
circuits;
(c) The number of
interconnection requests for inadvertent export totaled for Level 1, Level 2,
Level 3, and Level 4 that were approved, denied, or suspended due to
non-compliance;
(d) The number of
interconnection requests for flexible interconnection options totaled for Level
1, Level 2, Level 3, and Level 4 that were approved, denied, or suspended due
to non-compliance;
(e) The number
of cancelled small generator facility projects that result in interconnection
costs to subsequent small generator facility projects in the same
interconnection queue; and
(f) The
number of small generator facility projects that delay payment for a
distribution system upgrade until the time a first higher small generator
facility project in an interconnection queue is ready to
interconnect;
(10)
Beginning April 1, 2024, if Volt-Watt control is implemented in a utility's
default utility required inverter settings profile, a utility shall also report
for the electric distribution system annually for the previous year:
(a) Number of total interconnection customer
complaints about smart inverter related curtailments;
(b) Number of smart inverter related
curtailment interconnection customer complaints resolved by utility;
(c) Number of smart inverter related
curtailment interconnection customer complaints resolved by customer;
and
(d) Number of smart inverter
related interconnection customer curtailment complaints unresolved;
and
(11) Beginning April
1, 2025, an electric utility shall report exemptions to Regulation .06R of this
chapter annually for the previous year, including:
(a) The number of interconnection requests
subject to the PJM Interconnection, LLC Tariff;
(b) The number of interconnection requests in
an area governed by a hosting capacity upgrade plan approved by the
Commission;
(c) The number of
interconnection requests on a dedicated primary voltage feeder that may not
benefit any other interconnection customer;
(d) The number of interconnection requests on
a dedicated secondary voltage facility that may not benefit any other
interconnection customer;
(e) The
number of interconnection requests on an AC distribution grid or spot
network;
(f) The number of
interconnection requests exempted for other good cause; and
(g) The reason for good cause for each
interconnection request exempted from Regulation .06R of this
chapter.
D. The
utility shall file a notice with the Commission describing any interconnection
equipment the utility has considered field-approved for its distribution system
within 90 days after granting approval for the interconnection of a small
generator facility using the field-approved interconnection
equipment.
E. For any small
generator facility receiving an interconnection impact study, the utility shall
list and explain any study for which the cost of the actual upgrade exceeded
the impact study's estimate by at least 25 percent.
F. For any small generator facility receiving
an interconnection facilities study, the utility shall list and explain any
study for which the cost of the actual upgrade exceeded the impact study's
estimate by at least 10 percent.
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