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Bailey County Electric Cooperative Association interconnection application

Bailey County Electric Cooperative Association is an electric cooperative serving 3,461 residential customers in Texas (EIA-861, 2025). Gridpol files Bailey County Electric Cooperative Association 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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Bailey County Electric Cooperative Association is a member of Golden Spread Electric Cooperative, which publishes a model interconnection policy (see below); the Texas rule (16 TAC §25.211 (Interconnection of On-Site Distributed Generation) and §25.212 (Technical Requirements)) also applies where it covers electric cooperatives. Bailey County Electric Cooperative Association’s own form is confirmed on the first project.

Bailey County Electric Cooperative Association at a glance

Utility

Bailey County Elec Coop Assn

Type

Electric cooperative

EIA utility ID

1169

Residential customers

3,461 (EIA-861, 2025)

Net-metered residential customers

8 (EIA-861, 2025)

Service territory

5 counties in Texas

Wholesale supplier / association

Golden Spread Electric Cooperative · Small Generator Interconnection Request Application Form (Qualifying Facilities page)

Documents Bailey County Electric Cooperative Association asks for

  • Interconnection application formRequired by the state rule Gridpol prepares this.
  • Interconnection agreementRequired by the state rule
  • Other utility-specific documentRequired by the state rule

Documents required by the Texas rule. Bailey County Electric Cooperative Association may ask for more on its own form; we confirm on the first project.

Texas interconnection rule

Commission

Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT)

Interconnection rule

16 TAC §25.211 (Interconnection of On-Site Distributed Generation) and §25.212 (Technical Requirements) – Interconnection of On-Site Distributed Generation (DG) · source

Applies to

Electric utilities under PUCT jurisdiction (incl. ERCOT transmission & distribution utilities such as Oncor, CenterPoint, AEP Texas, TNMP and non-ERCOT IOUs). Electric cooperatives only via §25.211(o) (distributed natural gas generation); municipal utilities not addressed.

Application form

Commission-prescribed statewide application for interconnection and parallel operation (§25.211(q) figure) and prescribed interconnection agreement (§25.211(p)); utility must file DG tariff on prescribed form (§25.211(d)). Customer must submit application and execute agreement on these forms before interconnecting (§25.211(e)(5)).

Timelines

Pre-certified: interconnect within 4 weeks of complete application; others 6 weeks; if substantial upgrades, within 2 weeks after upgrades complete (§25.211(m)); pre-interconnection studies <=4 weeks.

Fees

No separate application fee in rule; study fees in utility DG tariff; no study fee for pre-certified <=500 kW meeting (g)(1) or network inverter <20 kW; no distribution/O&M/transmission charges for exported energy (§25.211(d)).

External disconnect

§25.212(b)(8): manual disconnect accessible to utility personnel, lockable open, with visible break; no small-inverter waiver in rule text, but parties may agree otherwise or seek good-cause exception (§25.212(a)(4)).

Export compensation

None statewide – 16 TAC §25.242(h) (QF purchase arrangements, integrated IOUs only)
No statewide net metering mandate found for ERCOT competitive areas; export compensation is set by retail electric providers. For integrated (non-unbundled) IOUs, §25.242(h) provides standard-rate purchase of QF output <=100 kW; single forward/backward meter option for renewable QFs <=50 kW closed to contracts after 2008-12-31. §25.242 excludes munis, river authorities, coops.

Not bound by the rule

Municipal utilities and electric cooperatives are not bound by §25.211/§25.212 (except coop gas-DG under (o)) and set their own interconnection and net metering/buyback policies.

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