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Carroll Electric Cooperative interconnection application

Carroll Electric Cooperative is an electric cooperative serving 116,791 residential customers in Arkansas, Missouri (EIA-861, 2025). Applications: Own online portal (Carroll Electric online Net Metering Application form (may also be submitted by email or mail); commercial: contact Member Services 800-432-9720). Gridpol files Carroll Electric Cooperative interconnection applications for licensed installers – solar, storage and EV chargers – with single-line diagram and site plan, unlimited for $500 a month.

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Partly researched from official sources. Not verified: carrollecc.com blocks us; content from archive.org captures of 2024-02-23 (net-metering FAQ) and 2024-06-15 (application page), which predate Arkansas Act 278 changes. Verify on first project: current application form fields/attachments, fees, AR post-Act-278 credit terms and MO-member process.

Carroll Electric Cooperative at a glance

Utility

Carroll Electric Coop Corp (Arkansas Electric Cooperatives (G&T member))

Type

Electric cooperative

EIA utility ID

3093

Residential customers

116,791 (EIA-861, 2025)

Net-metered residential customers

2,306 (EIA-861, 2025)

Service territory

7 counties in Arkansas, 4 counties in Missouri

How to apply

Own online portal – Carroll Electric online Net Metering Application form (may also be submitted by email or mail); commercial: contact Member Services 800-432-9720 · official link

Who submits

Member submits net-metering application (online form, email or mail); commercial systems via Member Services.

Export compensation

NEM – Carroll Electric Net Metering Tariff (Arkansas)
Per 2024-02 page: excess kWh accumulated and credited to the generation account, may offset other accounts under common ownership; service availability charges still apply. Arkansas Act 278 of 2023 changed terms for new systems – not reflected in capture.

Wholesale supplier / association

Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation

Documents Carroll Electric Cooperative asks for

  • Interconnection application formNet Metering Application – submit as soon as fully complete; incomplete applications not considered 'received' Gridpol prepares this.
  • Net metering / net billing agreementNet-Metering Agreement submitted AFTER installation
  • Final inspection sign-offDocumentation that all applicable local inspectors inspected and approved the facility (attached to agreement)
  • Single-line diagram (one-line)Detailed electrical diagram attached to the Net-Metering Agreement Gridpol prepares this.

How the Carroll Electric Cooperative process runs

  1. Submit Net Metering Application (online form, email or mail) once complete.
  2. Carroll assesses facilities case by case; member pays any needed facility upgrades before installation.
  3. Install; pass all applicable local inspections.
  4. Submit Net-Metering Agreement with inspection documentation and detailed electrical diagram.
  5. Carroll safety inspection; Carroll installs bi-directional meter.

Size levels and limits

LevelUp toNote
Residential25 kWOr 100% of highest monthly usage in prior 12 months
Non-residential1000 kWUnless otherwise approved by APSC
Net metering cap25 kW

From 2024-02 capture (pre-Act 278 implementation) – recheck current APSC rules.

Sources

Arkansas interconnection rule

Commission

Arkansas Public Service Commission

Interconnection rule

126.00.23 Ark. Code R. 001 (APSC Net-Metering Rules, Rules 3.01-3.04 and Appendix A Standard Interconnection Agreement) – Net-Metering Rules · source

Applies to

Electric utilities jurisdictional to the APSC (Rule 1.04.A), incl. investor-owned utilities and AECC member distribution cooperatives; rule text does not address municipal utilities

Application form

Statewide Standard Interconnection Agreement for Net-Metering Facilities (Appendix A, Part I sections 1-6 + Part II terms); Appendix A-1 Preliminary Interconnection Site Review Request; Appendix A-2 Facilities Agreement

Timelines

Customer submits Standard Interconnection Agreement at least 30 days before planned interconnection (Rule 3.01.A/C); utility responds in writing within 30 calendar days (Rule 3.01.D); modifications evaluated within 30 days (Rule 3.02.A); preliminary site review 30 days, multiple reviews 90 days (3.03.B); facilities study 120 days (3.04.G). Parallel operation only after utility inspection/approval (Appendix A).

Fees

Meter charge for standard two-channel digital meter and standard one-time administrative/interconnection review fee per Commission-approved tariff (Rule 2.03.A); customer pays nonstandard metering difference (2.02.A); amounts not fixed in rule (Appendix B blanks).

Insurance

Not addressed in the rule text.

External disconnect

Required: visibly open, lockable, manual disconnect switch accessible to the utility (Rule 3.01.B; Appendix A section 4). The 2023 text contains no waiver (the 2007 version allowed a waiver for non-overridable certified inverters).

Export compensation

Net billing – Ark. Code Ann. 23-18-601 et seq. (Act 278 of 2023, Cost Shifting Prevention Act); Net-Metering Rules Rule 2.04-2.08
Legacy facilities (action before 2024-09-30) keep kWh 1:1 crediting until 2040-06-01. Non-legacy: utility elects avoided-cost dollar credit for exports or net kWh with Monthly Grid Charge (Ark. Code Ann. 23-18-606/607). Avoided cost refiled by Feb 1 each year.

Not bound by the rule

Cooperatives are covered (avoided cost by AECC load zone, Rule 2.08.B). Municipal utilities are not mentioned in the rule; they adopt their own net metering ordinances (e.g. North Little Rock Electric ordinance 2026).

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