Georgia interconnection applications

Georgia Public Service Commission

O.C.G.A. 46-3-50 to 46-3-56 (Georgia Cogeneration and Distributed Generation Act of 2001) – Cogeneration and Distributed Generation · source

All electric service providers: electric utilities (Georgia Power), electric membership corporations and municipal electric utilities (O.C.G.A. 46-3-52)

No statewide form; written agreement between provider and customer generator (46-3-54); each provider uses own interconnection application/agreement (e.g. Georgia Power DG Interconnection Guidelines, EMC DG policies)

No statutory or PSC review timelines found.

Fees limited to direct costs of interconnecting/administering metering; no standby, capacity, interconnection or other fees beyond monthly service charge unless customer agrees or commission/governing body approves (46-3-54).

Provider may not require additional liability insurance from a facility meeting NEC, NESC, IEEE and UL requirements (46-3-56).

Not addressed in statute; utility-specific (e.g. Georgia Power DG construction guidelines).

Utility-specific – O.C.G.A. 46-3-55, 46-3-56
Bidirectional metering with excess credited at rate filed with commission; providers must buy first-come first-served until 0.2% of prior-year annual peak demand, at not more than avoided energy cost. Georgia Power offers monthly netting/buyback per PSC-approved tariffs.

EMCs and municipal utilities are covered by the Act; rates set by their governing bodies instead of PSC; each publishes own DG interconnection policy (e.g. Altamaha EMC, Carroll EMC, City of Cartersville).