Mich. Admin. Code R. 460.966 - Inspection, testing, and commissioning
Rule 66.
(1) If the
interconnection application requires telecommunications, cybersecurity, data
exchange or remote controls operation, successful testing and certification of
these items must be completed prior to or during testing. The electric
utility's interconnection procedures must describe the technical requirements
of common items, but site-specific requirements may be included in the
interconnection agreement.
(2) An
applicant shall notify the electric utility when installation of a DER and any
required local code inspection and approval is complete. The applicant shall
provide any test reports or configuration documents as defined in the standard
level 1, 2, and 3 interconnection agreement or level 4 and 5 interconnection
agreement.
(3) The electric utility
shall review the applicant's inspection, test reports, or configuration
documents, and communicate its intent to perform a witness or commissioning
test, or waive its right to perform a witness test and commissioning test
within 10 business days. If the electric utility finds the applicant's
inspection, test reports, or configuration documents to be incomplete,
insufficient, or unsatisfactory, the electric utility shall provide the reasons
for doing so in writing and the applicant shall have not less than 20 business
days or a mutually agreed upon timeframe with the utility to implement
corrections to those documents. The applicant, after taking corrective action,
shall request the electric utility to reconsider the inspection, test reports,
or configuration documents.
(4)
Subsequent to completion of the items in subrule (3), if the electric utility
intends to witness or perform commissioning tests required to comply with the
interconnection agreement or the interconnection procedures and inspect the
DER, the electric utility shall witness or perform the commissioning tests and
inspect the DER within the following:
(a) Ten
business days of receiving the notification from the applicant pursuant to
completion of subrules (2) and (3) of this rule for level 1
applications.
(b) Twenty business
days after receiving the notification from the applicant pursuant to completion
of subrules (2) and (3) of this rule for level 2 and level 3
applications.
(c) A mutually-agreed
upon timeframe after receiving the notification from the applicant pursuant to
completion of subrules (2) and (3) of this rule for level 4 and 5
applications.
(5) The
electric utility may waive its right to visit the site and inspect the DER or
perform the commissioning tests. The following requirements apply:
(a) If the electric utility waives this
right, it shall provide a written waiver to the applicant within 10 business
days from receiving the notification from the applicant pursuant to subrule (2)
of this rule.
(b) The applicant
shall provide the electric utility with the completed commissioning test report
within 20 business days of receipt of the electric utility's written
waiver.
(6) If the
electric utility attempts to conduct the inspection and testing pursuant to
subrule (4) of this rule at the arranged time and is unable to access the DER
or complete the testing, the DER must remain disconnected until the applicant
and the electric utility can complete the inspection and testing.
(7) If the electric utility witnessed or
performed commissioning tests and inspected the DER pursuant to subrule (4) of
this rule, within 5 business days of the receipt of the completed commissioning
test report, the electric utility shall notify the applicant whether it has
accepted or rejected the commissioning test report and found the site to be
satisfactory or unsatisfactory. The following requirements apply:
(a) If the commissioning test report is
accepted and the site was found satisfactory, the electric utility shall
provide the notification of acceptance in writing, and the interconnection
application proceeds to
R 460.968.
(b) If the electric utility rejects the
commissioning test report or did not find the site satisfactory, the electric
utility shall provide its reasons for doing so in writing and the applicant has
not less than 20 business days to implement corrections. The applicant, after
taking corrective action, shall request the electric utility to reconsider its
findings. The applicant may be billed the actual cost of any
re-inspections.
(8) If the
electric utility waived its right to witness or perform commissioning tests and
inspect the DER pursuant to subrule (5) of this rule, within 5 business days of
the receipt of the completed commissioning test report, the electric utility
shall notify the applicant whether it has accepted or rejected the
commissioning test report. The following requirements apply:
(a) If the commissioning test report is
accepted, the electric utility shall provide notification of acceptance, and
the interconnection application proceeds to
R 460.968.
(b) If the electric utility rejects the
commissioning test report, the electric utility shall provide its reasons for
doing so in writing and the applicant has not less than 20 business days to
implement corrections. The applicant, after taking corrective action, may then
request the electric utility to reconsider its findings.
(9) The cost of testing and inspection for
applicants participating in an electric utility's distributed generation
program, as described in part 3 of these rules,
R 460.1001 to
R 460.1026, are considered a cost of
operating a distributed generation program and must be recovered pursuant to
section 175(1) of the clean and renewable energy and energy waste reduction
act, 2008 PA 295, MCL
460.1175.
(10) If the applicant does not notify the
electric utility that the DER is installed and ready to test pursuant to
subrule (2) of this rule, the electric utility may, in writing, query the
status of the interconnection. If the applicant does not provide a written
response within 10 business days or no progress is evident, the electric
utility may consider the interconnection application
withdrawn.
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