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SCHEDULE 3-DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES INTERCONNECTION PROCESS
<br /> include all facilities and equipment between the DER and the Point of Common Coupling,
<br /> including any modification, additions or upgrades that are necessary to physically and
<br /> electrically interconnect the DER to the Area EPS Operator's System. Some examples of
<br /> Customer Interconnection Facilities include supplemental DER devices, inverters, and
<br /> associated wiring and cables up to the Point of DER Connection. Some examples of Area EPS
<br /> Operator Interconnection Facilities include sole use facilities; such as, line extensions, controls,
<br /> relays, switches, breakers, transformers and shall not include Distribution Upgrades or Network
<br /> Upgrades.
<br /> Interconnection Process—The Area EPS Operator's interconnection standards in this
<br /> document.
<br /> Material Modification—A modification to machine data, equipment configuration or to the
<br /> interconnection site of the DER at any time after receiving notification by the Area EPS
<br /> Operator of a complete Interconnection Application that has a material impact on the cost,
<br /> timing, or design of any Interconnection Facilities or Upgrades, or a material impact on the cost,
<br /> timing or design of any Interconnection Application with a later Queue Position or the safety or
<br /> reliability of the Area EPS.6
<br /> MN Technical Requirements—The term including all of the DER technical interconnection
<br /> requirement documents for the state of Minnesota; including Attachment 2 Distributed
<br /> Generation Interconnection Requirements established in the Commission's September 28, 2004
<br /> Order in E-999/CI-01-1023) until superseded and upon Commission approval of updated
<br /> Minnesota DER Technical Interconnection and Interoperability Requirements in E-999/CI-16-
<br /> 521 (anticipated July 2019.)
<br /> Nameplate Rating— nominal voltage (V), current (A), maximum active power (kWac), apparent
<br /> power (kVA), and reactive power(kVar) at which a DER is capable of sustained operation. For a
<br /> Local EPS with multiple DER units, the aggregate nameplate rating is equal to the sum of all
<br /> DERs nameplate rating in the Local EPS. For purposes of the Attachment V in the
<br /> Interconnection Agreement, the DER system's capacity may, with the Area EPS's agreement, be
<br /> 6 A Material Modification shall include,but may not be limited to,a modification from the approved
<br /> Interconnection Application that: (1)changes the physical location of the point of common coupling such that it is
<br /> likely to have an impact on technical review;(2)increases the nameplate rating or output characteristics of the
<br /> Distributed Energy Resource;(3)changes or replaces generating equipment,such as generator(s),inverter(s),
<br /> transformers,relaying,controls,etc.,and substitutes equipment that is not like-kind substitution in certification,size,
<br /> ratings,impedances,efficiencies or capabilities of the equipment; (4)changes transformer connection(s)or
<br /> grounding;and/or(5)changes to a certified inverter with different specifications or different inverter control settings
<br /> or configuration.A Material Modification shall not include a modification from the approved Interconnection
<br /> Application that: (1)changes the ownership of a Distributed Energy Resource;(2)changes the address of the
<br /> Distributed Energy Resource,so long as the physical point of common coupling remains the same;(3)changes or
<br /> replaces generating equipment such as generator(s), inverter(s),solar panel(s),transformers,relaying,controls,etc.
<br /> and substitutes equipment that is a like-kind substitution in certification,size,ratings, impedances,efficiencies or
<br /> capabilities of the equipment;and/or(4)increases the DC/AC ratio but does not increase the maximum AC output
<br /> capability of the Distributed Energy Resource in a way that is likely to have an impact on technical review.
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