HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-1677ORDINANCE NO. 1677
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE NO. BY ADDING
THE FAIRHOPE STANDARD FOR INTERCONNECTING
CUSTOMER-OWNED SMALL RENEWABLE GNERATION WITH
ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS (EPS)
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAIRHOPE,
ALABAMA, as follows:
1. Overview:
This Standard contains the requirements, in addition to the applicable tariffs and
service regulations, for parallel interconnection of non-utility, single phase,
customer owned small renewable generation systems rated at 15kW or less for
residential customers and lOOkW or less for non-residential customers
consistent, as hereinafter further defined in Section 2.5 below, the "Customer-
owned Small Renewable Generation", with Section 5 below. Small Renewable
Generator procedures for application and acceptance of an interconnection
request are included in Section 7.
Customer-owned Small Renewable Generation meeting the criteria and
conditions included and/or referenced herein will normally be approved for
interconnection except in extenuating site specific circumstances.
1.1 Scope:
This Standard applies only to Customer-owned Small
Renewable Generation installed by existing radial fed Area EPS
distribution customers with a minimal impact determination.
1.2 Purpose:
This document was developed to provide a uniform standard for
interconnecting certain Customer-owned Small Renewable
Generation by retail customers of the Utility.
1.3 Limitations:
The Utility's Power Supplier limits participation by all
distribution customers to an aggregate 1% of total kW load of
the Utility on a first-come, first-served basis.
This Standard does not cover Momentary Parallel Systems
used for the exclusive purpose of Closed Transition of Loads.
The Standard does not cover small generation connecting to
Area EPS network systems. The Standard does not cover
customers served directly from Area EPS transmission facilities.
Although outside the scope of this document, generators failing
to meet the requirements of this Standard may still be
considered for interconnection on a case-by-case basis after
more detailed review specific to the proposed application and
generator. All costs incurred by the Utility, the Utility's Power
Supplier or the Utility's customer seeking to interconnect
associated with the review of such facilities are to be paid by the
generator owner.
1.4 Conflicts:
In case of conflict between any provision of a tariff and of
this standard, the provisions of the tariff shall prevail.