Mich. Admin. Code R. 460.920 - Electric utility interconnection procedures
Rule 20.
(1) An
electric utility shall file applications for approval of interconnection
procedures and forms within 120 calendar days of the effective date of these
rules.
(2) The commission shall
issue its order approving, rejecting, or modifying an electric utility's
proposed interconnection procedures and forms within 360 calendar days of the
electric utility filing an application for approval of interconnection
procedures and forms. If the commission finds the procedures and forms proposed
by the electric utility to be inadequate or unacceptable, the commission may
either adopt procedures and forms proposed by another person in the proceeding
or modify and accept the procedures and forms proposed by the electric
utility.
(3) Until the commission
accepts, rejects, or modifies an electric utility's interconnection procedures
and forms, the electric utility may use the proposed interconnection procedures
and forms when processing interconnection applications with the exception of
fixed fees and fee caps. An electric utility shall only charge fees that comply
with the requirements of
R 460.926 until the commission
accepts, rejects, or modifies the proposed interconnection procedures and
forms, unless the commission approves different fees pursuant to
R
460.926(5).
(4) Two or more electric utilities may file a
joint application proposing interconnection procedures for use by the joint
applicants. The proposed interconnection procedures must ensure compliance with
these rules.
(5) The proposed
interconnection procedures must, at a minimum, include all of the following:
(a) All necessary applications, forms, and
relevant template agreements.
(b) A
schedule of all applicable fixed fees and fee caps.
(c) Voltage ranges for high voltage
distribution and low voltage distribution.
(d) Required initial review
screens.
(e) Required supplemental
review screens.
(f) The process for
conducting system impact studies and facilities studies on DERs when there is
an affected system issue.
(g)
Testing and certification requirements of DER telecommunications,
cybersecurity, data exchange, and remote control operation.
(h) Parallel operation
requirements.
(i) A method to
estimate the expected annual kWh output of the generator or
generators.
(j) If an electric
utility uses alternative methods for power limited export DER pursuant to
R 460.980(3), a
description of those methods.
(k) A
cost allocation methodology for study track DERs.
(l) An evaluation of an interconnection
application for a project that includes single or multiple types of DERs at a
site for which the applicant seeks a single point of common coupling.
(m) Details describing how an energy storage
device may be integrated into an existing legacy net metering program system
without impacting the 10-year grandfathering period or participation in the
distributed generation program.
(n)
For electric utilities that are member-regulated electric cooperatives, a
procedure for fairly processing applications in instances in which the number
of applications exceed the capacity of the electric cooperative to timely meet
the deadlines in these rules.
(o)
Examples of modifications that are not material modifications.
(p) The procedure for performing a material
modification review to determine if a modification is material.
(q) Any required terms and conditions that
must be specified in the general liability insurance for level 3, 4, and 5
projects.
(r) A list of the
electric utility's holidays.
(s) If
an electric utility uses an alternative process pursuant to
R 460.956, a description of that
process.
(t) Fast track eligibility
criteria for applications proposing to interconnect DERs with 4.8 kV
distribution systems.
(u) In the
event daytime loading data is not available for the initial screen provided in
R 460.946(5)(b), the
date when the data will be collected.
(6) An electric utility shall obtain
commission approval to revise its interconnection
procedures.
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