Common use of System Impact Study Process Clause in Contracts

System Impact Study Process. Once the System Impact Study Report is issued by the Cooperative designating a Generating Facility as a Project A for purposes of the Section 4 .4 Facilities Study, the Interconnection Request will retain this designation without change. 1.8.2 If the Cooperative determines that that the Interconnection Customer’s proposed Generating Facility is Interdependent with one (1) other Interconnection Request with a lower Queue Number, the Cooperative shall notify the Interconnection Customer at the Section 4. 2 Scoping Meeting that the Interconnection Request is designated as a Project B. 1.8.2.1 Following the Section 4.2 scoping meeting and execution of the System Impact Study Agreement, the Project B shall proceed to the Section 4 .3 System Impact Study process. Project B shall receive a System Impact Study Report that assumes the interdependent Project A Interconnection Request with the lower Queue Number completes construction and interconnection and another System Impact Study report that assumes the interdependent Project A Interconnection Request with the lower Queue Number is not constructed and is withdrawn. 1.8.2.2 The Cooperative will not proceed to a Project B Facilities Study until after the Project B Interconnection Customer returns a signed Facilities Study Agreement to the Cooperative and the Cooperative has issued the Section 4.4.4 Facilities Study report for the Interdependent Project A. The Project B Interconnection Customer shall then have the option of whether to proceed with a Facility Study, or wait until the Interdependent Project A executes an Interconnection Agreement and makes payment for any required Upgrade, Interconnection Facilities, and other charges under Section 5 .2 . If the Project B Interconnection Customer signed a Facilities Study Agreement prior to Interdependent Project A committing to Section 5 construction, the Project B’s Facility Study shall assume that the Interdependent Project A Interconnection Request with the lower Queue Number completes construction and interconnection. If Project A is later cancelled prior to the Project A Interconnection Customer making payment for the required Upgrade, the Cooperative will revise the Project B Facility Study at Project B Interconnection Customer's expense. If Project B Interconnection Customer chooses to wait to request the Project B Facility Study, Project B is not required to adhere to the timeline in Section 4.4.1 until Project A has signed an Interconnection Agreement and paid the charges specified in Section 5.2.4 of these Interconnection Procedures or withdrawn. 1.8.3 If the Cooperative determines that that the Interconnection Customer’s proposed Generating Facility is Interdependent with more than one (1) other Interconnection Request with lower Queue Numbers, the Cooperative will make a preliminary determination and notify the Interconnection Customer at the Section 4.2 scoping meeting, if requested by the Interconnection Customer, describing generally the number and type of Interdependencies of Interconnection Requests with lower Queue Numbers. 1.8.3.1 Except as provided in Section 1.8.3.3 below, the Cooperative shall not study a project if it is interdependent with more than one prior project, each of which has a lower Queue Number. The Cooperative will study a project when interdependency with only one lower Queue Number prior project exists. The removal of interdependency with multiple projects may be the result of upgrades to the Cooperative System which eliminate the cause of the interdependency, 2) withdrawal of prior interdependent project(s) with lower Queue Numbers, or 3) a lower Queue Number prior project signing an Interconnection Agreement and making payments required in Section 5.2.4. 1.8.3.2 Within five (5) Business Days of an Interconnection Request becoming a Project B Interconnection Request that is Interdependent with only one (1) other prior Interconnection Request with a lower Queue Number, the Cooperative shall notify the Interconnection Customer in writing and provide the new Project B an executable System Impact Study Agreement. Upon being designated by the Cooperative as a Project B, the Interconnection Customer may request a Section 4.2 scoping meeting on or before the date that the System Impact Study Agreement must be returned to the Utility pursuant to Section 4.2.1 The new Project B Interconnection Customer’s Queue Number will be used to determine the order in which the Interconnection Request is studied under Section 4.3 relative to all other Interconnection Requests. 1.8.3.3 When an Interconnection Customer is proposing to interconnect a Standby Generating Facility with zero export requested, the Cooperative shall designate the Standby Generating Facility for expedited Section 4 study as a Project A and also ahead of all other Section 4 studies currently underway in the Cooperative study queue, unless there are other Standby Generating Facilities currently under study, in which case such Standby Generating Facilities shall be studied in their own queue order. Notwithstanding Section 1.7.1, a Standby Generating Facility will be responsible for Interconnection Facilities and any Upgrades arising from its designated Project A position in the Queue as provided for in this section. 1.9 Interconnection Request Submitted Prior to the Effective Date of these Procedures Other than as set forth in Section 1.1.3, nothing in this Standard affects an Interconnection Customer’s Queue Number assigned before the effective date of these procedures. Interconnection Requests which have received a System Impact Study Report as of the effective date of these procedures that did not identify any interdependency with another project shall be deemed a Project A. Any Interconnection Requests for which the Utility has not completed the System Impact Study and issued a System Impact Study Report to the Interconnection Customer as of the Effective date of these procedures shall be reviewed for Interdependency pursuant to Section 1.8.‌ 2 Optional 20 kW Inverter Process for Certified Inverter-Based Generating Facilities No Larger than 20 kW 2.1 Applicability‌ The 20 kW Inverter Process is available to an Interconnection Customer proposing to interconnect its inverter-based Generating Facility with the Cooperative's System if the Generating Facility is no larger than 20 kW and if the Interconnection Customer's proposed Generating Facility meets the codes, standards, and certification requirements of Attachments 4 and 5 of these procedures, or the Cooperative has reviewed the design or tested the proposed Generating Facility and is satisfied that it is safe to operate. The Interconnection Customer must install a manual load- break disconnect switch or safety switch as a clear visible indication of switch position between the Cooperative System and the Interconnection Customer. When the installation of the switch is not otherwise required (e.g. National Electric Code, state or local building code) and is deemed necessary by the Cooperative for certified, inverter- based generators no larger than 10 kW, the Cooperative will reimburse the Interconnection Customer for the reasonable cost of installing a switch that meets the Cooperative's specifications (see also Section 6.16).

System Impact Study Process. Once the System Impact Study Report report is issued by the Cooperative designating Utility designated a Generating Facility as a Project A for purposes of the Section 4 .4 4.4 Facilities Study, the Interconnection Request will shall retain this designation without change. 1.8.2 If the Cooperative Utility determines that that the Interconnection Customer’s proposed Generating Facility is Interdependent with one (1) other Interconnection Request with a lower Queue Number, the Cooperative Utility shall notify the Interconnection Customer at the Section 4. 2 4.2 Scoping Meeting that the Interconnection Request is designated as a Project B. 1.8.2.1 Following the Section 4.2 scoping meeting Scoping Meeting and execution of the System Impact Study Agreement, the Project B shall proceed to the Section 4 .3 4.3 System Impact Study process. Project B shall receive a System Impact Study Report report that assumes the interdependent Project A Interconnection Interconnect Request with the lower Queue Number completes construction and interconnection and another System Impact Study report that assumes the interdependent Project A Interconnection Interconnect Request with the lower Queue Number is not constructed and is withdrawn. 1.8.2.2 The Cooperative will Utility shall not proceed to a Project B Facilities Study until after the Project B Interconnection Customer returns a signed Facilities Study Agreement to the Cooperative Utility and the Cooperative Utility has issued the Section 4.4.4 Facilities Study report for the Interdependent Project A. The Project B Interconnection Customer shall then have the option of whether to proceed with a Facility Study, or wait until the Interdependent Project A executes an a Final Interconnection Agreement and makes payment for any required Upgrade, Interconnection Facilities, and other charges under Section 5 .2 5.2. If the Project B Interconnection Customer with a signed a Facilities Study Agreement prior to Interdependent Project A committing to Section 5 construction, the Project B’s Facility Study shall assume that the Interdependent interdependent Project A Interconnection Request with the lower Queue Number completes construction and interconnection. If Project A is later cancelled prior to the Project A Interconnection Customer making payment for the required Upgrade, the Cooperative Utility will revise the Project B Facility Study at Project B Interconnection Customer's expense. If Project B Interconnection Customer chooses to wait to request the Project B Facility Study, Project B is not required to adhere to the timeline in Section 4.4.1 until Project A has signed an Interconnection Agreement and paid the charges payment charge specified in Section 5.2.4 of these Interconnection Procedures or withdrawn. 1.8.3 If the Cooperative Utility determines that that the Interconnection Customer’s proposed Generating Facility is Interdependent with more than one (1) other Interconnection Request with lower Queue Numbers, the Cooperative will Utility shall make a preliminary determination and notify the Interconnection Customer at the Section 4.2 scoping meetingScoping Meeting, if requested by the Interconnection Customer, describing generally the number and type of Interdependencies of Interconnection Requests with lower Queue Numbers. 1.8.3.1 . Except as provided in Section 1.8.3.3 and 1.8.3.4 below, Tthe Commented [A39]: December Change from Duke Energy (see below for section) Commented [A40]: Change proposed by the Cooperative Public Staff (WG3/4) 1.8.3.1 Utility shall not study a project if it is interdependent with more than one prior project, each of which has a lower Queue Number. The Cooperative utility will study a project when interdependency with only one lower Queue Number prior project exists. The removal of interdependency with multiple projects may be the result of of 1) upgrades to the Cooperative Utility System which eliminate the cause of the interdependency, 2) withdrawal of prior interdependent project(s) with lower Queue Numbers, or 3) a lower Queue Number prior project signing an Interconnection Agreement and making payments required in Section 5.2.4. 1.8.3.2 Within five (5) Business Days of an Interconnection Request becoming a Project B Interconnection Request that is Interdependent with only one (1) other prior Interconnection Request with a lower Queue Number, the Cooperative Utility shall notify schedule the Interconnection Customer in writing and provide the new Project B an executable System Impact Study Agreement. Upon being designated by the Cooperative as a Project B, the Interconnection Customer may request a Section 4.2 scoping meeting on or before the date that the System Impact Study Agreement must be returned to the Utility pursuant to Section 4.2.1 The new Project B Interconnection Customer’s Queue Number will be used to determine the order in which the Interconnection Request is studied under Section 4.3 relative to all other Interconnection Requests. 1.8.3.3 When an Interconnection Customer is proposing to interconnect a Standby Generating Facility with zero export requested, the Cooperative shall designate the Standby Generating Facility for expedited Section 4 study as a Project A and also ahead of all other Section 4 studies currently underway in the Cooperative study queue, unless there are other Standby Generating Facilities currently under study, in which case such Standby Generating Facilities shall be studied in their own queue order. Notwithstanding Section 1.7.1, a Standby Generating Facility will be responsible for Interconnection Facilities and any Upgrades arising from its designated Project A position in the Queue as provided for in this section. 1.9 Interconnection Request Submitted Prior to the Effective Date of these Procedures Other than as set forth in Section 1.1.3, nothing in this Standard affects an Interconnection Customer’s Queue Number assigned before the effective date of these procedures. Interconnection Requests which have received a System Impact Study Report as of the effective date of these procedures that did not identify any interdependency with another project shall be deemed a Project A. Any Interconnection Requests for which the Utility has not completed the System Impact Study and issued a System Impact Study Report to the Interconnection Customer as of the Effective date of these procedures shall be reviewed for Interdependency pursuant to Section 1.8.‌ 2 Optional 20 kW Inverter Process for Certified Inverter-Based Generating Facilities No Larger than 20 kW 2.1 Applicability‌ The 20 kW Inverter Process is available to an Interconnection Customer proposing to interconnect its inverter-based Generating Facility with the Cooperative's System if the Generating Facility is no larger than 20 kW and if the Interconnection Customer's proposed Generating Facility meets the codes, standards, and certification requirements of Attachments 4 and 5 of these procedures, or the Cooperative has reviewed the design or tested the proposed Generating Facility and is satisfied that it is safe to operate. The Interconnection Customer must install a manual load- break disconnect switch or safety switch as a clear visible indication of switch position between the Cooperative System and the Interconnection Customer. When the installation of the switch is not otherwise required (e.g. National Electric Code, state or local building code) and is deemed necessary by the Cooperative for certified, inverter- based generators no larger than 10 kW, the Cooperative will reimburse the Interconnection Customer for the reasonable cost of installing a switch that meets the Cooperative's specifications (see also Section 6.16).Section