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SCHEDULE 3—INTERCONNECTION PROCESS,TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS,AND OPERATING PROCEDURES 1) A single point of contact with the Area EPS Operator for this project.(Generation Interconnection Coordinator) 2) Approval or rejection of the generation interconnection request. a) Rejection—The Area EPS shall supply the technical reasons,with supporting information,for rejection of the interconnection Application. b) Approval-An approved Application is valid for 6 months from the date of the approval.The Area EPS Generation Interconnection Coordinator may extend this time if requested by the Applicant 3) If additional specialized engineering studies are required for the proposed interconnection, the following information will be provided to the Applicant.Typical Engineering Studies are outlined in Appendix D.The costs to the Applicant,for these studies shall be not exceed the values shown in the following table for pre-certified equipment. Generation System Size Engineering Study Maximum Costs <_40kW Actual Costs >40kW Actual Costs a) General scope of the engineering studies required. b) Estimated cost of the engineering studies. c) Estimated duration of the engineering studies. d) Additional information required to allow the completion of the engineering studies. e) Study authorization agreement. 4) Comments on the schedule provided. 5) If the rules of MISO(Midwest Independent System Operator)require that this interconnection request be processed through the MISO process,the Generation Interconnection Coordinator will notify the Applicant that the generation system isnot eligible for review through the State of Minnesota process. Step 3 Go-No Go Decision for Engineering Studies (By Applicant) In this step, the Applicant will decide whether or not to proceed with the required engineering studies for the proposed generation interconnection. If no specialized engineering studies are required by the Area EPS Operator, the Area EPS Operator and the Applicant will automatically skip this step. If the Applicant decides NOT to proceed with the engineering studies, the Applicant shall notify the Area EPS Generation Interconnection Coordinator, so other generation interconnection requests in the queue are not adversely impacted. Should the Applicant decide to proceed, the Applicant shall provide the following to the Area EPS Generation Interconnection Coordinator: 1) Payment required by the Area EPS Operator for the specialized engineeringstudies. 2) Additional information requested by the Area EPS Operator to allow completion of the engineering studies. Interconnection Process for Distributed Generatiy5 Systems