New York interconnection applications

New York State Public Service Commission (Department of Public Service)

NYS Standardized Interconnection Requirements (SIR), Case 24-E-0621 and predecessors – New York State Standardized Interconnection Requirements and Application Process for New Distributed Generators and/or Energy Storage Systems 5 MW or Less Connected in Parallel with Utility Distribution Systems · source

PSC-regulated electric utilities: Central Hudson, Con Edison, NYSEG, National Grid (Niagara Mohawk), Orange & Rockland, RG&E; DG/ESS up to 5 MW AC in parallel with distribution system

Statewide standard application package (Appendix F checklist) submitted electronically via utility Interconnection Online Application Portal (IOAP); NYS Standardized Interconnection Contract; property owner consent form (>50 kW); site control form

<=50 kW: utility determines completeness/approval within 10 BD; applicant has 30 BD to supply missing info; acceptance includes executed contract; metering changes for net metered systems within 10 BD; verification test within 10 BD of notice (or applicant certifies within 5 BD if not witnessed); final acceptance letter within 5 BD. >50 kW: completeness 10 BD, CESIR 60 BD, etc.

No application fee <=50 kW; $750 pre-application report (credited); supplemental screening $2,500 nonrefundable up to $5,000 actual; CESIR and upgrades at cost.

No general liability insurance may be required for facilities <=300 kW AC (PSC recommends adequate insurance); 300 kW-1 MW $1M; >1-5 MW $2M per occurrence/$5M aggregate; >5 MW $5M (Standardized Contract sec. 7).

External manual visible gang-operated load-break disconnect required for systems >25 kW and for non-inverter systems <=25 kW; inverter-based systems <=25 kW exempt. Lockable with 3/8" shank padlock, labeled 'Generator Disconnect Switch' (SIR Section II.D).

NEM – PSL 66-j (solar etc.) and 66-l (wind); PSC VDER orders (Case 15-E-0751)
Mass-market customers interconnected after 2022 receive net metering with a Customer Benefit Contribution charge; larger projects on Value Stack (VDER). Details per utility tariff; not verified here.

Municipal utilities (NYPA customers) and electric cooperatives are not bound by the SIR; PSEG Long Island/LIPA follows its own (LIPA) SIR-based requirements.