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SCHEDULE 3—INTERCONNECTION PROCESS,TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS,AND OPERATING PROCEDURES <br /> "Grounding of Industrial and Commercial Power Systems" <br /> (3)All electrical equipment shall be grounded in accordance with local,state and federal electrical <br /> and safety codes and applicable standards <br /> v)Sales to Area EPS or other parties—Transportation of energy on the Transmission system is regulated <br /> by the area reliability council and FERC. Those contractual requirements are not included in this <br /> standard. The Area EPS will provide these additional contractual requirements during the <br /> interconnection approval process. <br /> B)For Inverter based,closed transfer and soft loading interconnections-The following additional <br /> requirements apply: <br /> i) Fault and Line Clearing-The Generation System shall be removed from the Area EPS for any faults,or <br /> outages occurring on the electrical circuit serving the Generation System <br /> ii) Operating Limits in order to minimize objectionable and adverse operating conditions on the electric <br /> service provided to other customers connected to the Area EPS,the Generation System shall meet <br /> the Voltage, Frequency, Harmonic and Flicker operating criteria as defined in the IEEE 1547 standard <br /> during periods when the Generation System is operated in parallel with the Area EPS. <br /> If the Generation System creates voltage changes greater than 4% on the Area EPS, it is the <br /> responsibility of the Interconnection Customer to correct these voltage sag/swell problems <br /> caused by the operation of the Generation System. If the operation of the interconnected <br /> Generation System causes flicker,which causes problems for others customer's <br /> interconnected to the Area EPS, the Interconnection Customer is responsible for correcting the <br /> problem. <br /> iii)Flicker-The operation of Generation System is not allowed to produce excessive flicker to <br /> adjacent customers.See the IEEE 1547 standard for a more complete discussion on this <br /> requirement. <br /> The stiffer the Area EPS,The larger a block load change that it will be able to handle. For any <br /> of the transfer systems the Area EPS voltage shall not drop or rise greater than 4%when the <br /> load is added or removed from the Area EPS. It is important to note, that if another <br /> interconnected customer complains about the voltage change caused by the Generation <br /> System, even if the voltage change is below the 4% level, it is the Interconnection Customer's <br /> responsibility to correct or pay for correcting the problem. Utility experience has shown that <br /> customers have seldom objected to instantaneous voltage changes of less than 2% on the <br /> Area EPS, so most Area EPS operators use a 2% design criteria <br /> iv)Interference-The Interconnection Customer shall disconnect the Distributed Generation from the Area <br /> EPS if the Distributed Generation causes radio, television or electrical service interference to other <br /> customers, via the EPS or interference with the operation of Area EPS. The Interconnection Customer <br /> shall either effect repairs to the Generation System or reimburse the Area EPS Operator for the cost of <br /> any required Area EPS modifications due to the interference. <br /> Interconnection Process for Distributed Generatiki Systems <br />