N.M. Admin. Code § 17.9.568.23

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 23, December 10, 2024

Section 17.9.568.23 - GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO INTERCONNECTION APPLICATIONS

A. An applicant shall pay the following application fee to the utility at the time it delivers its interconnection application to the utility:

(1) $150.00 if the proposed generating facilities will have a nameplate rating less than or equal to 25 kW;

(2) $300.00 if the proposed generating facilities will have a nameplate rating greater than 25 kW and less than or equal to 100 kW; or

(3) $300.00 + $1.00 per kW if the proposed generating facilities will have a nameplate rating greater than 100 kW;

(4) if the proposed generating facility is non-export only, it shall pay $150.00, if it has a nameplate rating below 100kW, or $300 if the nameplate rating is greater than 100 kW.

B. In addition to the fees authorized by this rule, a small utility may collect from the applicant the reasonable costs incurred to obtain necessary expertise from consultants to review interconnection applications for generating facilities with rated capacities greater than 10 kW. A small utility shall provide a good faith estimate of the costs of such consultants to an applicant within 10 business days of the date the interconnection application is delivered to the utility.

C. Commissioning tests of the interconnection customer's installed equipment shall be performed pursuant to applicable codes and standards, including IEEE 1547.1 "IEEE standard conformance test procedures for equipment interconnecting distributed energy resources with electric power systems." A utility must be given at least five business days written notice of the tests, or as otherwise mutually agreed to by the parties, and may be present to witness the commissioning tests. An interconnection customer shall reimburse a utility for its costs associated with witnessing commissioning tests performed except that a utility may not charge a fee in addition to the interconnection application fee for the cost of witnessing commissioning tests for inverter-based generating facilities that have nameplate capacities that are less than or equal to 25 kW.

D. If an interconnection customer requests an increase in capacity for an existing generating facility, the interconnection application shall be evaluated on the basis of the new total capacity of the generating facility. If an interconnection customer requests interconnection of a generating facility that includes multiple energy production devices at a site for which the interconnection customer seeks a single point of common coupling, the interconnection application shall be evaluated on the basis of the aggregate capacity of the multiple devices.

E. Confidential information shall remain confidential unless otherwise ordered by the commission. Confidential information shall mean any confidential and proprietary information provided by one party to the other party that is clearly marked or otherwise designated "confidential".

N.M. Admin. Code § 17.9.568.23

Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXXIV, Issue 03, February 14, 2023, eff. 2/14/2023