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SLEMCO interconnection application

SLEMCO is an electric cooperative serving 109,628 residential customers in Louisiana (EIA-861, 2025). Gridpol files SLEMCO 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. verify on first project: SLEMCO publishes no application form, submission channel, fees or steps online (only credit rate and Engineering contact); documents listed are from the LPSC standard agreement - confirm with SLEMCO Engineering whether it uses that form and what else it requires.

SLEMCO at a glance

Utility

Southwest Louisiana E M C

Type

Electric cooperative

EIA utility ID

17684

Residential customers

109,628 (EIA-861, 2025)

Net-metered residential customers

1,063 (EIA-861, 2025)

Service territory

9 counties in Louisiana

Export compensation

Net billing – Distributed Generation (avoided cost) per LPSC DG Rules (GO 9/19/2019, R-33929)
Imports at retail, self-consumed at zero, exports credited at avoided cost (12-month average LMP); SLEMCO rate $0.03930/kWh, updated annually (posted January, effective February). Pre-2020 installations grandfathered.

Review time (official)

LPSC DG Rules: utility responds to proposed modifications of an existing DG facility within 14 business days; no SLEMCO-specific application timeline found.

Documents SLEMCO asks for

  • Interconnection agreementLPSC Standard Interconnection Agreement for Distributed Generation Facilities (GO 9/19/2019 R-33929, Appendix A): customer/account info, generator rating, inverter make/model/rating, location of accessible and lockable disconnect, installer info
  • Single-line diagram (one-line)LPSC Appendix A: detailed electrical diagram of the DG facility attached Gridpol prepares this.
  • Final inspection sign-offLPSC Appendix A: local building/electrical inspector signature or copy of final inspection certificate
  • Customer signatureLPSC Appendix A: owner certifies installation, warranty and operation manual received

Size levels and limits

LevelUp toNote
Net metering cap25 kW

LPSC DG Rules (R-33929) 1.2.8: DG facility up to 25 kW residential, 300 kW commercial/agricultural; rules apply to electric cooperatives.

Sources

Louisiana interconnection rule

Commission

Louisiana Public Service Commission

Interconnection rule

LPSC General Order dated 09-19-2019 (Docket R-33929), Distributed Generation Rule, incl. Standard Interconnection Agreement – Distributed Generation Rules · source

Applies to

LPSC-jurisdictional electric utilities: investor-owned utilities and electric cooperatives (definition of Electric Utility, La. R.S. 45:1161); not municipal utilities; Entergy New Orleans is regulated by the New Orleans City Council

Application form

Statewide Standard Interconnection Agreement (Part I standard information sections 1-4 + terms) filed by each utility

Timelines

Residential: submit Standard Interconnection Agreement at least 30 business days before interconnection, 30-day review (best efforts 14 days). Commercial/community: submit at least 45 business days before, 45-day review. Customer must document date of notification (Sec. 5.2).

Fees

Utility may assess greater fees or customer charges to DG customers only if authorized by the Commission after notice in a rate case or formula rate plan proceeding (Sec. 6.3). Interconnection costs for inadequate facilities per utility extension policies.

Insurance

Not addressed in the rule text reviewed.

External disconnect

Visibly open, lockable, manual, clearly labeled disconnect switch accessible to utility required, unless waived by utility under Section 4 of the Standard Interconnection Agreement: waiver if inverter cannot be manually overridden and shuts down on loss of utility, manufacturer warrants it, and inverter is properly installed and inspected/tested by utility (utility discretion).

Export compensation

Net billing – LPSC General Order 09-19-2019 (R-33929)
For interconnection requests/installations after 2019-12-31: customer pays full retail rate for all energy purchased, zero rate for self-consumed energy, and exports credited at the utility's avoided cost (published annually by LPSC). Earlier customers grandfathered (15 years).

Not bound by the rule

Electric cooperatives are bound. Municipal utilities (e.g. Lafayette Utilities System) are not LPSC-jurisdictional and set their own policies; New Orleans follows City Council rules.

Other utilities in Louisiana

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$500 / month

Unlimited interconnection applications. 12-month agreement, signed online. The agreement starts the day you sign; first invoice right away, then monthly.

  • Unlimited interconnection applications
  • Single-line diagram and site plan for every application
  • Pre-submission check against the utility’s requirements
  • Homeowner e-signature link for the authorization
  • Filing in your utility portal accounts or by the utility’s method
  • Utility questions, corrections and resubmissions
  • Follow-up through approval, inspection and PTO
  • Customer list, exports, API and webhooks
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Applications are typically submitted within 2 business days after complete documents. Utility review times are set by each utility.

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