Ohio Administrative Code
Title 4901:1 - Utilities
Chapter 4901:1-22 - Interconnection Services
Section 4901:1-22-06 - Level 1 review procedure
Universal Citation: OH Admin Code 4901:1-22-06
Current through all regulations passed and filed through March 18, 2024
(A) Level 1 qualifying criteria
In order for the application to be approved by the EDU under the level 1 review procedure, the applicant's DER must meet the following requirements:
(1) The
DER uses inverter-based equipment that is certified in
compliance with the IEEE
and UL
standards set forth in
rule
4901:1-22-03
of the Administrative Code.
(2) The
DER has a nominal
nameplate capacity of twenty-five kilowatts or less.
(B) Level 1 approval criteria
(1) The EDU shall approve an application for
interconnection under level 1 review procedures if the
DER meets the following
criteria:
(a) The applicant's proposed
DER's point of common coupling is not on a
transmission line.
(b) For
interconnection of a proposed
DER to a radial distribution
circuit, the aggregated generation, including the proposed
DER, on the circuit shall not exceed fifteen per cent
of the line section annual peak load as most recently measured at the
substation.
(c) The proposed
DER, in aggregation with other generation on the
distribution circuit, shall not contribute more than ten per cent to the
distribution circuit's maximum fault current at the point on the high voltage
(primary) level nearest the proposed point of common coupling.
(d) For interconnection of a proposed
DER to the load side of spot network protectors,
the proposed
DER must utilize an
inverter-based equipment package and, aggregated
together with other
inverter-based generation, shall not exceed the smaller of five per cent of a
spot network's maximum load or fifty kilowatts.
(e) Direct current injection shall be
maintained at or below five-tenths of a per cent of full rated inverter output
current into the point of common coupling.
(f) When a proposed
DER is single phase and is to be interconnected
on a center tap neutral of a two hundred forty volt service, its addition shall
not create an imbalance between the two sides of the two hundred forty volt
service of more than twenty per cent of the nameplate rating of the service
transformer.
(g) The proposed
DER installation is certified to pass an
applicable non-islanding test, or uses reverse power relays or other means to
meet the unintentional islanding requirements of IEEE
standard 1547
, effective as set forth in rule
4901:1-22-03
of the Administrative Code.
(h) The
proposed
DER installation complies with
applicable codes and standards,
effective as set forth in rule
4901:1-22-03
of the Administrative Code.
(2) Having complied with the parameters set
forth in paragraph (B)(1) of this rule, the applicant's proposed
DER installation requires no further study by the
EDU for the purpose of interconnection to the EDU's distribution
system.
(C) Level 1 review timeframe
(1) Within fifteen business
days after the EDU notifies the applicant that it has received a complete short
form interconnection service application, the EDU shall perform a review using
the criteria set forth in paragraph (B)(1) of this rule,
shall notify
the applicant of the results, and shall include with the notification copies of
the analysis and data underlying the EDU's determinations under the
criteria.
(2) If the proposed
interconnection fails one or more of the screening criteria,
the EDU may, at its discretion, work with the applicant
to modify the application to comply; otherwise, the application shall be
denied. At the applicant's request, the EDU shall provide copies of the
analysis and data underlying the EDU's determinations under the criteria. Upon
denial of the level 1 interconnection request, the applicant may elect to
submit a new application for consideration under level 2 or level 3
review procedures.
If the new application is submitted within ten business
days,
the queue
position assigned to the level 1 application shall be retained.
(3) If the proposed interconnection meets the
screening criteria, the application shall be
approved and the EDU will provide the applicant a standard interconnection
agreement within five business days after the determination. The standard
interconnection agreement shall be consistent with the uniform requirements for
an interconnection agreement in rule
4901:1-22-10
of the Administrative Code, and include a timetable for the physical
interconnection of the applicant's proposed
DER to the EDU's system.
(D) Level 1 application fee
The EDU's tariff for a level 1 fee shall not exceed fifty dollars and may be waived.
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