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Lake Region Electric Cooperative is an electric cooperative serving 27,496 residential customers in Minnesota (EIA-861, 2025). Gridpol files Lake Region Electric Cooperative 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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Lake Region Electric Cooperative is a member of Great River Energy, which publishes a model interconnection policy (see below); the Minnesota rule (Minn. Stat. § 216B.1611; MN PUC Orders in Docket E-999/CI-16-521 (Aug. 13, 2018; Apr. 19, 2019) adopting the Minnesota Distributed Energy Resources Interconnection Process (MN DIP), MN DER Interconnection Agreement (MN DIA) and Minnesota Technical Requirements; implemented in each rate-regulated utility's tariff) also applies where it covers electric cooperatives. Lake Region Electric Cooperative’s own form is confirmed on the first project.

Lake Region Electric Cooperative at a glance

Utility

Lake Region Electric Cooperative

Type

Electric cooperative

EIA utility ID

10618

Residential customers

27,496 (EIA-861, 2025)

Net-metered residential customers

121 (EIA-861, 2025)

Service territory

8 counties in Minnesota

Wholesale supplier / association

Great River Energy · On-site distributed generation resources (GRE DG rates/provisions under MN PUC Docket E999/CI-01-1023, Minn. Stat. 216B.1611 subd. 3)

Documents Lake Region Electric Cooperative asks for

  • Interconnection application formRequired by the state rule Gridpol prepares this.
  • Single-line diagram (one-line)Required by the state rule Gridpol prepares this.
  • Site plan / site layoutRequired by the state rule Gridpol prepares this.
  • UL 1741 / IEEE 1547 certificationRequired by the state rule
  • Interconnection agreementRequired by the state rule
  • Final inspection sign-offRequired by the state rule
  • Other utility-specific documentRequired by the state rule

Documents required by the Minnesota rule. Lake Region Electric Cooperative may ask for more on its own form; we confirm on the first project.

Minnesota interconnection rule

Commission

Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (MN PUC)

Interconnection rule

Minn. Stat. § 216B.1611; MN PUC Orders in Docket E-999/CI-16-521 (Aug. 13, 2018; Apr. 19, 2019) adopting the Minnesota Distributed Energy Resources Interconnection Process (MN DIP), MN DER Interconnection Agreement (MN DIA) and Minnesota Technical Requirements; implemented in each rate-regulated utility's tariff – Minnesota Distributed Energy Resources Interconnection Process (MN DIP) · source

Applies to

DER <= 10 MW interconnecting to rate-regulated utilities: Xcel Energy (NSP), Minnesota Power, Otter Tail Power, and Dakota Electric Association (rate-regulated cooperative). Other cooperatives and municipal utilities adopt their own processes (MMUA M-MIP for munis; cooperative versions).

Application form

Statewide templates: Attachment 2 Simplified Application Form; Attachment 3 Interconnection Application (Fast Track/Study); Uniform Statewide Contract (Minn. R. ch. 7835) or MN DIA; Certificate of Completion. Utilities file versions with utility-specific information.

Timelines

Simplified: completeness 10 BD (customer 5 BD to cure, utility 5 BD to re-review); screening 20 BD; executable agreement 5 days; customer returns agreement within 30 BD; witness test within 10 BD of Certificate of Completion or deemed waived; permission to operate within 3 BD of inspection/waiver. Fast Track: receipt notice 3 BD, initial review 15 BD after complete.

Fees

MN DIP 1.5.1: Simplified up to $100; Fast Track up to $100 + $1/kW certified, $100 + $2/kW non-certified; Study: down payment up to $1,000 + $2/kW. No additional fees except as specified.

Export compensation

NEM – Minn. Stat. § 216B.164; Minn. R. ch. 7835
Applies to all MN utilities incl. cooperatives and munis. < 40 kW: may elect average retail utility energy rate (coops/munis may charge a cost-justified fixed-cost fee and may use kWh credit expiring at year end). Public utilities: 40 kW-1,000 kW net metered with kWh credit carried forward, annual excess paid at applicable rate (subd. 3a). Uniform statewide contract for <1,000 kW (public utilities) and <40 kW (coops/munis) (subd. 6). Muni/coop boards may act as 'commission' if they adopt implementing rules (subd. 9, 11).

Not bound by the rule

Municipal utilities and cooperatives (except Dakota Electric) are not bound by the MN DIP tariff orders but must adopt interconnection standards under Minn. Stat. § 216B.1611 and follow § 216B.164 for < 40 kW net metering; munis commonly use the MMUA Minnesota Municipal Interconnection Process (M-MIP), cooperatives use their own DER interconnection procedures.

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