Current through all regulations passed and filed through March 18, 2024
(A) Prohibitions
(1) In accordance with the EDU's code of
conduct adopted pursuant to section
4928.17 of the Revised Code, an
EDU or its affiliates shall not use, without the customer's consent, such
knowledge of proposed interconnection service to prepare competing proposals to
the interconnection service that offer either discounted rates in return for
not providing the interconnection service or competing generation.
(2) No EDU shall reject, penalize, or
discourage the use or development of new technology for interconnection service
in accordance with division (A) of section
4928.11 of the Revised
Code.
(B)
Pre-application
(1) The EDU will designate an
employee or office from which information on the requirements for EDU's
application review process can be obtained through an informal request by the
applicant that includes discussion of the following:
(a) The applicant's proposed interconnection
of a DER at a specific location on the EDU's system.
(b) Qualifications under EDU's level 1, level
2 or level 3 review procedures.
(2) In addition to the information described
in paragraph (B)(1) of this rule, which may be provided in response to an
informal request, an applicant may submit a formal request along with a
non-refundable processing fee of three hundred dollars for a pre-application
report on a proposed project at a specific site. The EDU shall provide
a
pre-application
report to the applicant
within ten business days of receipt of the written request and payment of the
three hundred dollar processing fee.
(3) The pre-application report will include
the following information:
(a) Total
generation capacity (in megawatts, ONAN) of substation/area bus, bank or
circuit based on normal or operating ratings likely to serve the proposed
site.
(b) Existing aggregate
generation capacity (in megawatts) interconnected to a substation/area bus,
bank or circuit, which is the online amount of generation, likely to serve the
proposed site.
(c) Aggregate queued
generation capacity (in megawatts) for a substation/area bus, bank or circuit,
which is the amount of generation in the queue likely to serve the proposed
site.
(d) Available generation
capacity (in megawatts) of substation/area bus or bank and circuit most likely
to serve the proposed site, which is the total capacity less the sum of
existing aggregate generation capacity and aggregate queued generation
capacity.
(e) Substation nominal
distribution voltage and/or transmission nominal voltage, if
applicable.
(f) Nominal
distribution circuit voltage at the proposed site.
(g) Approximate circuit distance between the
proposed site and the substation.
(h) Relevant line section(s) peak load
estimate, and minimum load data, when available.
(i) Number and rating of protective devices
and number and type (standard, bidirectional) of voltage regulating devices
between the proposed site and the substation/area. Identify whether substation
has a load tap changer.
(j) Number
of phases available at the site.
(k) Limiting conductor ratings from the
proposed point of common coupling to the distribution substation.
(l) Based on the proposed point of common
coupling, existing or known constraints such as, but not limited to, electrical
dependencies at that location, short circuit interrupting capacity issues,
power quality or stability issues on the circuit, capacity constraints, or
secondary networks.
(4)
The pre-application report need only include pre-existing data. A
pre-application report request does not obligate the EDU to conduct a study or
other analysis of the proposed generator in the event that data is not readily
available. If the EDU cannot complete some of a pre-application report due to
lack of available data, the EDU
will provide the applicant with a pre-application
report that includes the data that is available.
(C) Application processing
(1) EDUs shall process all applications for
interconnection service and parallel operation with the EDU's system in a
nondiscriminatory manner and in the order in which they are received.
(2) Where minor modifications to a pending
application are required during the EDU's review of the application, such minor
modifications
do not obligate the applicant to file a new or
separate application .
(3) When an
application is submitted, the EDU shall determine whether the application is
complete and provide the applicant with a written or email notice of receipt
within ten business days after the application has been received.
(4)
When the EDU determines that the application is
complete, the EDU
will issue a notice of receipt with the
following:
(a) A copy of the applicable review
process.
(b) A target date for
processing the application.
(5)
When the EDU determines that the application is
incomplete, the EDU
will issue a notice of receipt with the
following:
(a) A copy of the applicable
review process.
(b) A checklist or
description of the information needed to complete the application.
(c) A statement that processing the
application cannot begin until the needed information is received.
(6) Upon receiving any necessary
application materials missing from the original application, the EDU shall
provide the applicant with a second, written or email notice establishing a
target date for processing the application.
(7) If an EDU determines that it cannot
connect the applicant's facility within the time frames stated in this chapter,
it will notify the applicant in writing of that fact within ten business days
after the complete application has been received. The notification must include
the following:
(a) The reason or reasons
interconnection service could not be performed within the time frames stated in
this rule.
(b) An alternative date
for interconnection service.
(D) Compliance with national industry
standards
An EDU shall file tariffs for uniform interconnection service
with the commission that are consistent with the following:
(1) Applicable IEEE standards, effective as
set forth in rule
4901:1-22-03 of the
Administrative Code.
(2) Applicable
UL standards for inverters, converters, and controllers for use in independent
power systems, effective as set forth in rule
4901:1-22-03 of the
Administrative Code.
(3) The
appropriate criteria and interconnection parameters for the customer's
technology, so as not to impose technical and economic barriers to new
technology or the development, installation, and interconnection of an
applicant's facilities, pursuant to division (A) of section
4928.11 of the Revised
Code.
(E) Metering
Any metering installation, testing, or recalibration performed
by the EDU at the request of the applicant for installation of the applicant's
DER shall be provided consistent with the electric service and safety standards
pursuant to Chapter 4928. of the Revised Code, and rule
4901:1-10-05 and, as
applicable, paragraph (B) of rule
4901:1-10-28 of the
Administrative Code. Interconnection requested by the applicant for the
purposes of net metering must follow the commission's net metering rules
promulgated pursuant to division (A)(31) of section
4928.01 of the Revised Code. Any
exception to the net metering rules shall be implemented in accordance with any
special metering or communication infrastructure ordered by the
commission.
(F) Disposal of
excess energy produced by the applicant's DER
(1) An applicant proposing to install a
self-generator as defined in division (A)(32) of section
4928.01 of the Revised Code for
the purposes of selling excess electricity to retail electric service providers
as a competitive service to the extent not preempted by federal law must first
seek certification of managerial, technical and financial capability consistent
with section 4928.08 of the Revised
Code.
(2) An applicant requesting
interconnection for the purpose of selling energy to any party as a sale for
resale or as a wholesale transaction may be subject to applicable rules for
regional interstate sales at wholesale prices in markets operated by
independent transmission system operators or regional transmission operators
under the jurisdiction of the federal energy regulatory commission.
(G) Construction or system
upgrades of the EDU's system
(1) Where
construction or system upgrades of the EDU's system are required by the
applicant's installation of a DER, the EDU shall provide the applicant with an
estimate of the timetable and the applicant's cost for the construction or
system upgrades, consistent with the provisions of this chapter.
(2) All construction or distribution system
upgrade costs
are the interconnection applicant's
responsibility .
(3) If the
applicant desires to proceed with the construction or system upgrades, the
applicant and the EDU shall enter into a contract for the completion of the
construction or system upgrades.
(4) All construction and system upgrade cost
estimates and invoices shall be itemized and clearly explained.
(5) Interconnection service shall take place
no later than ten business days following the completion of such construction
or system upgrades, unless necessary inspections outside the control of the EDU
cannot be completed within the allocated ten-day period.