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Sangre De Cristo Electric Association Inc. interconnection application

Sangre De Cristo Electric Association Inc. is an electric cooperative serving 14,818 customers in Colorado (EIA-861, 2025). Gridpol files Sangre De Cristo Electric Association 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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Colorado’s interconnection rule (4 CCR 723-3, Rules 3850-3859 (Interconnection Procedures and Standards)) applies to Sangre De Cristo Electric Association Inc.. Levels, timelines and documents below come from that rule; Sangre De Cristo Electric Association Inc.’s own form and portal are confirmed on the first project.

Sangre De Cristo Electric Association Inc. at a glance

Utility

Sangre De Cristo Elec Assn Inc

Type

Electric cooperative

EIA utility ID

16649

Customers

14,818 (EIA-861, 2025, short form: all customer classes)

Net-metered residential customers

none reported

Service territory

5 counties in Colorado

Wholesale supplier / association

Basin Electric Power Cooperative
Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc. · Board Policy for Member System Distributed Resource (Board Policy 115, FERC rate schedule) and BYOR Program

Documents Sangre De Cristo Electric Association Inc. asks for

  • Interconnection application formRequired by the state rule Gridpol prepares this.
  • Interconnection agreementRequired by the state rule
  • UL 1741 / IEEE 1547 certificationRequired by the state rule
  • Final inspection sign-offRequired by the state rule

Documents required by the Colorado rule. Sangre De Cristo Electric Association Inc. may ask for more on its own form; we confirm on the first project.

Colorado interconnection rule

Commission

Colorado Public Utilities Commission

Interconnection rule

4 CCR 723-3, Rules 3850-3859 (Interconnection Procedures and Standards) – Rules Regulating Electric Utilities - Interconnection Procedures and Standards · source

Applies to

PUC-regulated (investor-owned) utilities - Xcel Energy (PSCo) and Black Hills Colorado Electric - for non-FERC-jurisdictional interconnection of retail renewable DG and other DER incl. storage. Cooperatives must comply with the PUC interconnection standards and insurance requirements per C.R.S. 40-9.5-118(2)(d); municipal utilities adopt functionally similar standards.

Application form

Standard interconnection application form prescribed in the rule (Level 1 application/agreement text in Rule 3854); fees set in each utility's interconnection tariff

Timelines

Receipt notice 3 business days; completeness notice 10 business days (applicant has 10 business days to cure); Level 1 screens 10 business days and approval 10 business days; Level 2 initial review 15 business days; customer signs agreement within 30 business days, utility countersigns within 2; Level 1 witness test/inspection within 10 business days of certificate of completion; operational approval letter 3 business days after successful commissioning; pre-application report 20 business days.

Fees

Processing fee/deposit as specified in the request and the utility's Commission-approved interconnection tariff; no other fees unless the procedures specify. Customer pays upgrades, interconnection facilities, interconnection metering and Level 2/3 commissioning witness costs.

Insurance

Level 1: interconnection customer not required to provide general liability insurance (Rule 3854(c)(VII)).

Export compensation

NEM – C.R.S. 40-2-124(1)(e); 4 CCR 723-3-3664
IOUs: no fixed kW cap; Rule 3664 limits system to 120% of average annual consumption and service entrance capacity (statute as amended allows retail DG up to 200% of expected consumption). Excess kWh carried forward 1:1 monthly; paid at average hourly incremental cost within 60 days of year-end unless customer elects indefinite rollover.

Not bound by the rule

Cooperatives (C.R.S. 40-9.5-118): must offer net metering at least 10 kW residential / 25 kW commercial, 1:1 monthly carryforward, annual excess handled as co-op decides, must comply with PUC interconnection standards and insurance requirements (may reduce/waive insurance). Municipal utilities with >=5,000 customers (C.R.S. 40-2-124(7)): net metering at least 10 kW residential / 25 kW C&I, must adopt and post functionally similar small-generator interconnection standards; written explanation required for denials.

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