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SCHEDULE 2-STANDARD CONTRACTS Interconnection Customer—The person or entity, including the Area EPS Operator, whom will be the owner of the DER that proposes to interconnect a DER(s) with the Area EPS Operator's Distribution System.The Interconnection Customer is responsible for ensuring the DER(s) is designed, operated and maintained in compliance with the Minnesota Technical Requirements. Interconnection Facilities—The Area EPS Operator's Interconnection Facilities and the Interconnection Customer's Interconnection Facilities. Collectively, Interconnection Facilities include all facilities and equipment between the DER and the Point of Common Coupling, including any modification, additions or upgrades that are necessary to physically and electrically interconnect the DER to the Area EPS Operator's System. Some examples of Customer Interconnection Facilities include: supplemental DER devices, inverters, and associated wiring and cables up to the Point of DER Connection. Some examples of Area EPS Operator Interconnection Facilities include sole use facilities; such as, line extensions, controls, relays, switches, breakers, transformers and shall not include Distribution Upgrades or Network Upgrades. Interconnection Process—The Area EPS Operator's interconnection standards in this document. Material Modification—A modification to machine data, equipment configuration or to the interconnection site of the DER at any time after receiving notification by the Area EPS Operator of a complete Interconnection Application that has a material impact on the cost, timing, or design of any Interconnection Facilities or Upgrades, or a material impact on the cost, timing or design of any Interconnection Application with a later Queue Position or the safety or reliability of the Area EPS.' MN Technical Requirements—The term including all of the DER technical interconnection requirement documents for the state of Minnesota; including Attachment 2 Distributed Generation Interconnection Requirements established in the Commission's September 28, 2004 Order in E-999/CI-01-1023) until superseded and upon Commission approval of updated A Material Modification shall include,but may not be limited to,a modification from the approved Interconnection Application that: (1)changes the physical location of the point of common coupling;such that it is likely to have an impact on technical review; (2)increases the nameplate rating or output characteristics of the Distributed Energy Resource;(3)changes or replaces generating equipment,such as generator(s),inverter(s), transformers,relaying,controls,etc.,and substitutes equipment that is not like-kind substitution in certification,size, ratings,impedances,efficiencies or capabilities of the equipment;(4)changes transformer connection(s)or grounding;and/or(5)changes to a certified inverter with different specifications or different inverter control settings or configuration.A Material Modification shall not include a modification from the approved Interconnection Application that:(1)changes the ownership of a Distributed Energy Resource; (2)changes the address of the Distributed Energy Resource,so long as the physical point of common coupling remains the same; (3)changes or replaces generating equipment such as generator(s), inverter(s),solar panel(s),transformers,relaying,controls,etc. and substitutes equipment that is a like-kind substitution in certification,size,ratings, impedances,efficiencies or capabilities of the equipment;and/or(4)increases the DC/AC ratio but does not increase the maximum AC output capability of the Distributed Energy Resource in a way that is likely to have an impact on technical review. Municipal Minnesota Interconnection Agreement_January 2019 27 118