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SCHEDULE 3—INTERCONNECTION PROCESS,TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS,AND OPERATING PROCEDURES 4) The Interconnection Customer shall furnish the required insurance certificates and endorsements to the Area EPS Operator prior to the initial operation of the Generation System.Thereafter,the Area EPS Operator shall have the right to periodically inspect or obtain a copy of the original policy or policies of insurance 5) Evidence of the insurance required in Section F.1.shall state that coverage provided is primary and is not excess to or contributing with any insurance or self-insurance maintained by the Area EPS Operator. 6) If the Interconnection Customer is self-insured with an established record of self- insurance, the Interconnection Customer may comply with the following in lieu of Section F.1—5: 7) Interconnection Customer shall provide to the Area EPS Operator,at least thirty(30)days prior to the date of initial operation,evidence of an acceptable plan to self-insure to a level of coverage equivalent to that required under section F.1 8) If Interconnection Customer ceases to self-insure to the level required hereunder,or if the Interconnection Customer is unable to provide continuing evidence of its ability to self- insure,the Interconnection Customer agrees to immediately obtain the coverage required under section F.1. 9) Failure of the Interconnection Customer or Area EPS Operator to enforce the minimum levels of insurance does not relieve the Interconnection Customer from maintaining such levels of insurance or relieve the Interconnection Customer of any liability. G) Pre-Certification The most important part of the process to interconnect generation with Local and Area EPS's is safety. One of the key components of ensuring the safety of the public and employees is to ensure that the design and implementation of the elements connected to the electrical power system operate as required. To meet this goal, all of the electrical wiring in a business or residence, is required by the State of Minnesota to be listed by a recognized testing and certification laboratory, for its intended purpose. Typically we see this as"UL" listed. Since Generation Systems have tended to be uniquely designed for each installation they have been designed and approved by Professional Engineers. This process has been set up to be able to deal with these uniquely designed systems. As the number of Generation Systems installed increase, vendors are working towards creating equipment packages which can be tested in the factory and then will only require limited field testing. This will allow us to move towards"plug and play" installations. For this reason, this interconnection process recognizes the efficiency of"pre-certification" of Generation System equipment packages that will help streamline the design and installation process. Interconnection Process for Distributed Generatiii Systems