New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES
Chapter 8 - RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Subchapter 5 - INTERCONNECTION OF CLASS I RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS
Section 14:8-5.1 - Interconnection definitions

The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. Additional definitions that apply to this subchapter can be found at 14:3-1.1 and 14:8-1.2.

"Applicant" means a person who has filed an application to interconnect a customer-generator facility to an electric distribution system.

"Area network" means a type of electric distribution system served by multiple transformers interconnected in an electrical network circuit, which is generally used in large metropolitan areas that are densely populated, in order to provide high reliability of service. This term has the same meaning as the term "secondary grid network" as defined in IEEE standard 1547 Section 4.1.4, which is incorporated herein by reference as amended and supplemented. IEEE standard 1547 can be obtained through the IEEE website at www.ieee.org.

"Electrical power system" or "EPS" has the same meaning as is assigned to this term in IEEE standard 1547. As of June 4, 2012, IEEE standard 1547 defined EPS as a facility that delivers electric power to a load.

"Fault current" means electrical current that flows through a circuit and is produced by an electrical fault, such as to ground, double-phase to ground, three-phase to ground, phase-to-phase and three-phase. A fault current is several times larger in magnitude than the current that normally flows through a circuit.

"Good utility practice" has the same meaning as assigned to this term in the Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of PJM Interconnection, which is incorporated herein by reference as amended and supplemented. The Operating Agreement can be obtained on the PJM Interconnection website at http://www.pjm.com/documents/downloads/agreements/oa.pdf. As of October 23, 2008, the Operating Agreement defines this term as "any of the practices, methods and acts engaged in or approved by a significant portion of the electric utility industry during the relevant time period, or any of the practices, methods and acts which, in the exercise of reasonable judgment in light of the facts known at the time the decision was made, could have been expected to accomplish the desired result at a reasonable cost consistent with good business practices, reliability, safety and expedition. Good Utility Practice is not intended to be limited to the optimum practice, method, or act to the exclusion of all others, but rather is intended to include acceptable practices, methods, or acts generally accepted in the region."

"IEEE Standard 1547" means IEEE Standard 1547-2003, which was approved in 2003 and reaffirmed in 2008.

"IEEE standards" means the standards published by the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, available at www.ieee.org.

"Interconnection agreement" means an agreement between a customer-generator and an EDC, which governs the connection of the customer-generator facility to the electric distribution system, as well as the ongoing operation of the customer-generator facility after it is connected to the system. An interconnection agreement shall follow the standard form agreement developed by the Board and available from each EDC.

"Interconnection equipment" means a group of components connecting an electric generator with an electric distribution system and includes all interface equipment including switchgear, inverters or other interface devices. Interconnection equipment may include an integrated generator or electric source.

"Line section" means that portion of an EDC's electric distribution system, which is connected to an interconnection customer and is bounded by automatic sectionalizing devices or the end of the distribution line.

"Point of common coupling" has the same meaning as assigned to this term in IEEE Standard 1547 Section 3.0, which is incorporated herein by reference as amended and supplemented. IEEE standard 1547 can be obtained through the IEEE website at www.ieee.org. As of June 4, 2012, IEEE standard 1547 Section 3.0 defined this term as "the point where a Local EPS is connected to an Area EPS."

"Spot network" has the same meaning as assigned to the term under IEEE Standard 1547 Section 4.1.4, (published July, 2003), which is incorporated herein by reference as amended and supplemented. IEEE standard 1547 can be obtained through the IEEE website at www.ieee.org. As of June 4, 2012, IEEE Standard 1547 defined "spot network" as "a type of electric distribution system that uses two or more inter-tied transformers to supply an electrical network circuit." A spot network is generally used to supply power to a single customer or a small group of customers.