The generator-owner shall provide a 24-hour telephone and email/electronic contact. This contact will be used by the utility to arrange access for repairs, inspection, or emergencies. The utility will make such arrangements (except for emergencies) during normal business hours. For all required disconnections of the generator-owner’s system to facilitate non-emergency utility work on the electric power system, the utility will provide two (2) Business Days’f advance notice to the generator-owner contact with an indication of anticipated duration.
Voltage and frequency trip set point adjustments shall be accessible to service personnel only. Any changes to these settings must be reviewed and approved by the utility.
The generator-owner shall not supply power to the utility during any outages of the utility system that serves the PCC. The generator-owner’s generation may be operated during such outages only with an open tie to the utility. Islanding will not be permitted. The generator-owner shall not energize a de-energized utility circuit for any reason.
Energy storage systems cannot disconnect to self-generate if their operating characteristics require their stored energy to be discharged at that time. All control systems must be password protected from modification by the interconnection customer and property owner following Interconnection.
The disconnect switch specified for system size larger than 25 kW and non-inverter based systems of 25 kW or less in Section II.D, Disconnect Switch, may be opened by the utility at any time for any of the following reasons:
a. to eliminate conditions that constitute a potential hazard to utility personnel or the general public;
b. pre-emergency or emergency conditions on the utility system;
c. a hazardous condition is revealed by a utility inspection; protective device tampering; or,
d. parallel operation prior to utility approval to interconnect.
The disconnect switch may be opened by the utility for the following reasons, after notice to the responsible party has been delivered and a reasonable time to correct (consistent with the conditions) has elapsed:
a. A generator-owner has failed to make available records of verification tests and maintenance of its protective devices;
b. A generator-owner's system adversely impacts the operation of utility equipmentor equipment belonging to other utility customers; or,
c. A generator-owner’s system is found to adversely affect the quality of service to adjoining customers.
The utility will provide a name and telephone number so that the generator-owner can obtain information about the utility lock-out.
The generator-owner shall be allowed to disconnect from the utility without prior notice to self-generate.
If a generator-owner proposes any modification to the system that has an impact on the interface at the PCC after it has been installed and a contract between the utility and the generator-owner has already been executed, then any such modifications must be reviewed and approved by the utility before the modifications are made.