4 Colo. Code Regs. § 723-3-3920
Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 22, November 25, 2024
Section 4 CCR 723-3-3920 - Grounding Qualifying Facility Equipment(a) A utility shall establish grounding practices that are commensurate with those in the area, taking into consideration soil conditions, the nature of other loads in the area, and the utility's experience. Grounding practices shall be consistent with applicable national, state, and local codes.(b) A qualifying facility shall ground all equipment to meet governmental codes and the utility's requirements.(c) A utility shall advise, in writing, a qualifying facility of its grounding requirements within 25 days after the qualifying facility submits its complete design information.(d) If the grounding of a qualifying facility's equipment degrades safety, necessitating improvements or modifications of the interconnection, the utility shall have the right to approve the improvements or modifications made to the interconnection to assure that they are sufficient to address the safety issue caused by the degradation. The qualifying facility shall bear the responsibility for and the cost of such improvements or modifications.(e) In the event that grounding of a qualifying facility causes electro-magnetic interference with telephone service, radio or television reception, or the operation of other electrical devices, the qualifying facility shall make the necessary grounding modifications to remove such interference. The cost of such modifications shall be an interconnection cost of the qualifying facility.(f) No qualifying facility shall commence interconnected operations until it obtains written certification that it has complied with all applicable governmental codes and until the utility approves the grounding of the qualifying facility's equipment.38 CR 17, September 10, 2015, effective 9/30/201539 CR 06, March 25, 2016, effective 4/14/201639 CR 08, April 25, 2016, effective 5/15/201640 CR 22, November 25, 2017, effective 12/15/201742 CR 03, February 10, 2019, effective 3/2/201942 CR 07, April 10, 2019, effective 4/30/201942 CR 09, May 10, 2019, effective 5/30/201943 CR 08, April 25, 2020, effective 5/15/202043 CR 12, June 25, 2020, effective 7/15/202043 CR 20, October 25, 2020, effective 11/14/202044 CR 13, July 10, 2021, effective 7/30/202144 CR 24, December 25, 2021, effective 1/14/202245 CR 18, September 25, 2022, effective 10/15/202246 CR 02, January 25, 2023, effective 2/14/2023