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 14:8-5.4 - Level 1 interconnection review

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 14:8-5.4

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024

(a) Each EDC shall adopt a level 1 interconnection review procedure. The EDC shall use the level 1 review procedure only for an application to interconnect a customer-generator facility that meets all of the following criteria:

1. The facility is inverter-based;

2. The facility has a capacity of 10 kW or less; and

3. The facility has been certified in accordance with 14:8-5.3.

(b) For a customer-generator facility described at (a) above, the EDC shall approve interconnection under the level 1 interconnection review procedure if all of the applicable requirements at (c) through (g) below are met. An EDC shall not impose additional requirements not specifically authorized under this section.

(c) The aggregate generation capacity on the line section to which the customer-generator facility will interconnect, including the capacity of the customer-generator facility, shall not contribute more than 10 percent to the distribution circuit's maximum fault current at the point on the high voltage (primary) level that is nearest the proposed point of common coupling.

(d) A customer-generator facility's point of common coupling shall not be on a transmission line, a spot network, or an area network.

(e) If a customer-generator facility is to be connected to a radial line section, the aggregate generation capacity connected to the circuit, including that of the customer-generator facility, shall not exceed 10 percent (15 percent for solar electric generation) of the circuit's total annual peak load, as most recently measured at the substation.

(f) If a customer-generator facility is to be connected to a single-phase shared secondary, the aggregate generation capacity connected to the shared secondary, including the customer-generator facility, shall not exceed 20 kilovolt-amps (kVA).

(g) If a single-phase customer-generator facility is to be connected to a transformer center tap neutral of a 240 volt service, the addition of the customer-generator facility shall not create an imbalance between the two sides of the 240 volt service of more than 20 percent of nameplate rating of the service transformer.

(h) An applicant shall submit an Interconnection Application/Agreement Form for level 1 interconnection review. The standard form is available from the EDC, and includes a Part 1 (Terms and Conditions) and a Part 2 (Certificate of Completion).

(i) Within three business days after receiving an application for level 1 interconnection review, the EDC shall provide written or e-mail notice to the applicant that it received the application and whether the application is complete. If the application is incomplete, the written notice shall include a list of all of the information needed to complete the application.

(j) Within 10 business days after the EDC notifies the applicant that the application is complete under (i) above, the EDC shall notify the applicant that:

1. The customer-generator facility meets all of the criteria at (c) through (g) above that apply to the facility, and the interconnection will be finally approved upon completion of the process set forth at (k) through (o) below; or

2. The customer-generator facility has failed to meet one or more of the applicable criteria at (c) through (g) above, and the interconnection application is denied.

(k) If the EDC notifies the customer-generator under (j)1 above that the facility will be approved, the EDC shall, within three business days after sending the notice under (j)1 above, do both of the following:

1. Notify the applicant by e-mail or other writing of whether an EDC inspection of the customer-generator facility is required prior to energizing the facility; or that the EDC waives inspection; and

2. Return to the applicant Part 1 of the original application, signed by the appropriate EDC representative.

(l) Once an applicant receives Part 1 of the application with the EDC signature in accordance with (k) above, and has installed and interconnected the customer-generator facility, the applicant shall obtain approval of the facility by the appropriate construction official, as defined at 5:23-4.1.

(m) The customer-generator shall submit documentation of the construction official's approval to the EDC, along with a copy of Part 2 of the application, signed by the customer-generator.

(n) If inspection of the customer-generator facility was waived under (k)1 above, the EDC shall, within five business days after receiving the submittal required under (m) above, notify the customer-generator of authorization to energize the facility. The notice to the customer-generator shall be provided in the format required under 14:8-5.2(i).

(o) If inspection of the customer-generator facility was not waived under (k)1 above, the following process shall apply:

1. The customer-generator shall submit the construction official's approval and signed Part 2 as required at (m) above, and inform the EDC that the customer-generator facility is ready for EDC inspection;

2. Within five business days after the customer-generator notifies the EDC under (o)1 above that the facility is ready for inspection, the EDC shall offer the customer-generator two or more available four-hour inspection appointments (for example, February 4th from noon to 4:00 P.M. or February 6th from 10:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M.);

3. The appointments offered under (o)2 above shall be no later than 10 business days after the EDC offers the appointments (that is, within 13 business days after the customer-generator submittal under (m) above);

4. The customer-generator shall notify the EDC which of the offered inspection times the customer-generator prefers, or shall arrange another time by mutual agreement with the EDC;

5. Within five business days after successful completion of the EDC inspection, the EDC shall notify the customer-generator that it is authorized to energize the facility. The notice shall be provided in the format required under 14:8-5.2(i); and

6. The applicant shall not begin operating the customer-generator facility until after the inspection and testing is completed.

(p) If an application for level 1 interconnection review is denied because it does not meet one or more of the applicable requirements in this section, an applicant may resubmit the application under the level 2 or level 3 interconnection review procedure, as appropriate.

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