AGC Division of APGI Inc. interconnection application

Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC)

170 IAC 4-4.3 (as amended by LSA #25-368, IURC RM #24-01) – Interconnection of customer facilities · source

Investor-owned electric utilities subject to IURC jurisdiction (170 IAC 4-4.3-2). Municipal utilities and electric cooperatives are not covered.

Commission-approved interconnection application and interconnection agreement forms, used by each IOU (170 IAC 4-4.3-4(c)).

Level 1/2: completeness notice 10 business days; determination 15 business days after complete; executable agreement 10 business days after approval; customer returns executed agreement at least 10 business days before operation; final approval after executed agreement and any inspection, conditioned on electrical code official approval (170 IAC 4-4.3-6, -7).

Level 1: no fee. Level 2: <= $50 + $1/kW nameplate (+ minor modifications/additional review, engineering <= $100/h). Level 3: <= $100 + $2/kW + study time (<= $100/h) (170 IAC 4-4.3-4(e)).

Net metering facilities: liability coverage of at least $100,000 (homeowners, commercial or other); utility may not require higher limits or additional policies (170 IAC 4-4.2-8, referenced by 4-4.3-10(a)). Other customer facilities: only reasonable amounts of insurance against reasonably likely risks, mutual indemnification (170 IAC 4-4.3-10(b)).

Utility may require the applicant to include a disconnect switch as a supplement to the equipment package (170 IAC 4-4.3-4(d)).

Net billing – IC 8-1-40 (P.L.264-2017, SEA 309); 170 IAC 4-4.2 (net metering rule, legacy)
Net metering tariffs closed to new customers after June 30, 2022 (IC 8-1-40-11); legacy NEM customers continue per IC 8-1-40-13/-14. New distributed generation (<= lesser of 1 MW or average annual consumption, IC 8-1-40-3) is credited for excess distributed generation (instantaneous difference, IC 8-1-40-5) at 1.25 x the supplier's average marginal price of electricity of the prior year (IC 8-1-40-17). Applies to IURC-regulated public utilities; excludes municipally owned utilities and certain cooperatives (IC 8-1-40-4).

Municipal utilities and REMC/electric cooperatives are not bound by 170 IAC 4-4.3 or IC 8-1-40 (IC 8-1-40-4 excludes them) and set their own interconnection and DG policies (many through Hoosier Energy / Wabash Valley Power member policies, not reviewed).