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nameplate rating in the qualifying facility. tion capacity may, <br />with the utility <br />similar device settings or adjustments as identified in IEEE 1547. The customer must fully, <br />accurately and completely disclose in its interconnection application to the utility, the <br />technical specifications for any capacity limiting device contemplated and the customer shall <br />furnish the utility with any factory manuals or other similar documents requested from the <br />utility regarding such limiting or other control devices which factor into the calculation of <br />total generator capacity. <br />K.Qualifying facility - a cogeneration or small power production facility which satisfies the <br />conditions established in Code of Federal Regulations, title 18, part 292. The qualifying <br />facility must be owned by a customer of the utility and located in the utility service area. <br />L.Utility Elk River Municipal Utilities. <br /> <br />In the event an inconsistency exists between terms in this policy and those established by <br />applicable statute, rule or court order, then the definition so established shall supersede the <br />definition used in this policy and shall govern. <br />All customers are eligible for distributed generation, interconnection with the utility's <br />distribution system and application of net metering upon the following terms and conditions. <br />1.The customer must meet the eligibility requirements set forth in the federal Public <br />Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) *18 C.F.R. 292.303, 292.304 and <br />Minnesota's distributed generation laws. Minn. Stat. §216B.164. <br />2.The customer shall complete, sign and return to utility either the Interconnection <br />Application or the Simplified Process Application in the form prescribed in the utility <br />Distributed Energy Resources Interconnection Process. The application shall be approved <br />by the utility prior to the customer beginning the project. The customer signature on the <br />application indicates the customer shall follow the steps outlined in the u <br />interconnection rules. <br />3.The customer shall enter into a written contract with the utility using the uniform <br />contract contained in the utility Interconnection of Cogeneration <br />and Small Power Production. <br />4.The qualifying facility shall pay the utility for all reasonable costs of interconnection <br />including those costs outlined in Minnesota Statute 216B.164, the utilityDER <br />Interconnection Process, and the State of Minnesota Interconnection Technical <br />Requirements. <br />5.The qualifying facility total generator nameplate capacity shall be less than 40 kW and <br />the facility shall operate at a measured capacity of less than 40 kW at all times to qualify <br />for net metering/net billing or roll over credit compensation. <br />6.The utility may limit the capacity and operating characteristics of qualifying facility single <br />phase generators in a manner consistent with the utility limitations for single phase <br />motors, when necessary to avoid a qualifying facility from causing problems with the <br />service of other customers. <br />7.The utility may require the qualifying facility to discontinue parallel generation operations <br />when necessary for system safety. <br />2 <br />73 <br />