Pennsylvania interconnection applications

Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

52 Pa. Code 75.21-75.51 (Chapter 75 Subchapter C, Interconnection Standards); fee policy 52 Pa. Code 69.2104 – Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards - Interconnection Standards · source

Electric distribution companies (EDCs) regulated by the PUC, for customer-generators' small generator facilities <=5 MW not subject to RTO interconnection rules (75.31); not electric cooperatives or municipal utilities

EDC standard interconnection request forms and standard small generator interconnection agreement (examples posted on EDC websites, 75.33); Certificate of Completion

Level 1: completeness 10 business days; screen verification 15 BD after; witness test within 10 BD of certificate of completion or deemed waived; approval conditional on local code approval, certificate of completion and signed standard agreement (75.37).

Policy statement 52 Pa. Code 69.2104: Level 1 $100; Level 2 $250 + $1/kW; Level 3 $350 + $2/kW plus studies; engineering not over $100/hour.

Not addressed in the Chapter 75 sections reviewed.

Required: lockable, visible-break isolation device accessible by EDC, owned/maintained by facility owner; padlockable draw-out breaker acceptable; lockbox option for locked areas (75.36(9)-(10)).

NEM – 52 Pa. Code 75.11-75.17; 73 P.S. 1648.1 et seq. (AEPS Act)
Residential <=50 kW; nonresidential <=3 MW (<=5 MW under 75.16); >=500 kW needs PUC approval. Full retail kWh credit (generation, transmission, distribution), excess carried forward through the year; year-end excess compensated per 75.13 (price-to-compare).

Electric cooperatives and municipal utilities are not EDCs under the AEPS rules and set their own net metering/interconnection policies.