Section 407-324-11 - LEVEL 3 SCREENING CRITERIA AND PROCESS: NON-EXPORTING GENERATORS NOT GREATER THAN 10 MWA.Interconnection Application. The Applicant shall submit a completed Interconnection Application indicating which certified interconnection equipment the Applicant intends to use. Within five (5) Business Days of receipt, the T&D Utility shall notify the whether the application is complete. If the application is incomplete, the T&D Utility shall provide notice to the Applicant that the application is incomplete and a written list detailing all information that must be provided to complete the application. The Applicant will have ten (10) Business Days after receipt of the list to submit the listed information, or to request an extension of time to provide such information. Otherwise, the application will be deemed withdrawn.B.Applicable Screens. A facility must pass screens in § 7. Interconnections to distribution networks must pass applicable screens under § 8. In addition, a Customer-Generator must use reverse power relays or otherwise ensure no export to the T & D Distribution System.C.Time to Process Under Screens. Within seventeen (17) Business Days after the utility sends notice to the Applicant that the application is complete, the T&D Utility shall notify the Applicant whether the ICGF meets all the applicable screens in §11(B).D.Screens Failure. If the ICGF fails one or more of the applicable screens, then the T&D utility shall provide the Applicant with (1) detailed information on the reason or reasons for failure; (2) the utility's definition of the line section and identification of the automatic sectionalizing device that bounds the line section; (3) aggregated generation on the line section; and (4) a good faith estimate of the costs of additional review in accordance with §11(H). The Applicant may request the application continue to be processed under Level 4 within five (5) days of receiving notice of failure. Otherwise, the application will be deemed denied. Notwithstanding a failure of one or more screens, including such failures with or without any Minor System Modifications, the utility, at its sole option, may approve the interconnection provided such approval is consistent with safety, reliability, and power quality, and provided that the Applicant pays all interconnection costs.
E.Approval. If a facility meets all the applicable screens above or is otherwise approved by the T&D Utility, within five (5) Business Days after notifying the Applicant that all the applicable screens have been met the utility shall send an executable Interconnection Agreement.F.Execution of Interconnection Agreement. An Applicant that receives an Interconnection Agreement under this Section shall execute the Interconnection Agreement and return it to the T&D Utility no more than thirty (30) business days from being sent the Interconnection Agreement. The Applicant shall not delay the return of an executed Interconnection Agreement more than ninety (90) days beyond the date shown in the original application for initial operations except by mutual agreement between the T&D Utility and the Applicant.G.Witness Testing. A T&D Utility may require witnessing of the Commissioning Test. If witnessing of the Commissioning Test is required, this shall be stated in the Interconnection Agreement.H.Additional Review. If an ICGF has failed to meet one or more of the Level 3 screens, but additional review may enable the T&D Utility to determine that, with Minor System Modifications, the ICGF can be interconnected consistent with safety, reliability, and power quality pursuant to Section 11(D), the T&D Utility shall offer to perform additional review to determine whether Minor System Modifications would enable the interconnection to be made consistent with safety, reliability, and power quality. The T&D Utility shall undertake the additional review only after the Applicant pays for the additional study. Within ten (10) Business Days of receipt of payment for the additional study, the T&D utility shall provide to the Applicant a non-binding, good faith estimate of the costs of the upgrades.I.Application Fee. The fee for Level 3 interconnection applications is one-hundred dollars ($100) plus three dollars per kW ($3.00/kW) of generator capacity.65-407 C.M.R. ch. 324, § 11