N.J. Admin. Code § 14:8-5.3 - Certification of customer-generator interconnection equipment

(a) In order to qualify for the level 1 and the level 2 interconnection review procedures described at 14:8-5.4 and 5.5, a customer-generator's interconnection equipment shall have been tested and listed by an OSHA-approved nationally recognized testing laboratory for continuous interactive operation with an electric distribution system in accordance with the following standards, as applicable:

1. IEEE 1547, Standard for Interconnecting Distributed Resources with Electric Power Systems (published July 2003), which is incorporated herein by reference, as amended or supplemented. IEEE Standard 1547 can be obtained through the IEEE website at www.ieee.org; and

2. UL 1741 Inverters, Converters, and Controllers for Use in Independent Power Systems (November 2005), which is incorporated herein by reference as amended or supplemented. UL 1741 can be obtained through the Underwriters Laboratories website at www.ul.com.

(b) Interconnection equipment shall be considered certified for interconnected operation if it has been submitted by a manufacturer to an OSHA-approved nationally recognized testing laboratory, and has been tested and listed by the laboratory for continuous interactive operation with an electric distribution system in compliance with the applicable codes and standards listed in (a) above.

(c) If the interconnection equipment has been tested and listed in accordance with this section as an integrated package, which includes a generator or other electric source, the interconnection equipment shall be deemed certified and the EDC shall not require further design review, testing or additional equipment.

(d) If the interconnection equipment includes only the interface components (switchgear, inverters or other interface devices), an interconnection applicant shall show that the generator or other electric source being utilized with the interconnection equipment is compatible with the interconnection equipment and consistent with the testing and listing specified for the equipment. If the generator or electric source being utilized with the interconnection equipment is consistent with the testing and listing performed by the OSHA-approved nationally recognized testing laboratory, the interconnection equipment shall be deemed certified and the EDC shall not require further design review, testing or additional equipment.

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N.J. Admin. Code § 14:8-5.3

Recodified from N.J.A.C. 14:8-4.6 and amended by R.2010 d.010, effective 1/4/2010.
See: 41 N.J.R. 2215(a), 42 N.J.R. 78(a).
Section was "Certification of customer-generator facilities". Rewrote the section. Former N.J.A.C. 14:8-5.3, Standards and testing for commercial clothes washers, recodified to N.J.A.C. 14:8-7.3.