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Rich Mountain Electric Cooperative, Inc. interconnection application

Rich Mountain Electric Cooperative, Inc. is an electric cooperative serving 9,561 customers in Arkansas, Oklahoma (EIA-861, 2025). Gridpol files Rich Mountain Electric Cooperative, Inc. 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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Arkansas’s interconnection rule (126.00.23 Ark. Code R. 001 (APSC Net-Metering Rules, Rules 3.01-3.04 and Appendix A Standard Interconnection Agreement)) applies to Rich Mountain Electric Cooperative, Inc.. Levels, timelines and documents below come from that rule; Rich Mountain Electric Cooperative, Inc.’s own form and portal are confirmed on the first project.

Rich Mountain Electric Cooperative, Inc. at a glance

Utility

Rich Mountain Elec Coop, Inc

Type

Electric cooperative

EIA utility ID

15811

Customers

9,561 (EIA-861, 2025, short form: all customer classes)

Net-metered residential customers

none reported

Service territory

4 counties in Arkansas, 2 counties in Oklahoma

Wholesale supplier / association

Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation

Documents Rich Mountain Electric Cooperative, Inc. asks for

  • Interconnection application formRequired by the state rule Gridpol prepares this.
  • Interconnection agreementRequired by the state rule
  • Single-line diagram (one-line)Required by the state rule Gridpol prepares this.
  • Final inspection sign-offRequired by the state rule
  • Net metering / net billing agreementRequired by the state rule

Documents required by the Arkansas rule. Rich Mountain Electric Cooperative, Inc. may ask for more on its own form; we confirm on the first project.

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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