4 Colo. Code Regs. § 723-3-3915
Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 11, June 10, 2024
Section 4 CCR 723-3-3915 - Compliance with Requirements and Rule Standards(a) No utility shall interconnect with a qualifying facility until the qualifying facility has established, to the satisfaction of the utility, that it has complied with the utility's requirements for interconnected operations and the standards established in rules 3910 through 3929.(b) When a qualifying facility determines that it has complied with all of the requirements of a utility and the standards established in these rules for interconnected operations, the qualifying facility shall give written notice of that fact to the utility. Within 25 days after receipt of that notice, the utility and the qualifying facility shall arrange for an onsite inspection of the qualifying facility. The utility shall inspect the facilities related to the qualifying facility's interconnection with the utility. The qualifying facility shall provide the personnel necessary to operate the facility in order to demonstrate to the utility the proper operation of the qualifying facility's equipment. (I) If the utility determines from the inspection that the qualifying facility has complied with all of the requirements of the utility and the standards established in these rules, the utility shall certify in writing that the qualifying facility complies.(II) If the utility determines that the qualifying facility has failed to comply with any requirement of the utility or any standard established in these rules, the utility shall notify the qualifying facility in writing of the requirements or standards that the qualifying facility must meet for interconnection. Upon compliance, the qualifying facility shall give written notice to the utility; and the parties shall proceed as provided in paragraph (b) of this rule.(c) When the qualifying facility has obtained compliance certification, the qualifying facility and the utility shall schedule a date for the initial energizing and start-up testing of the qualifying facility's generating equipment. The utility at its option may be present at this test.(I) At the conclusion of the test, the utility shall certify in writing whether the qualifying facility may commence interconnected operations.(II) If the qualifying facility fails the start-up test, the utility shall so notify the qualifying facility in writing and within five business days. When the qualifying facility has corrected the deficiencies, the parties shall schedule a new start-up test; and the parties shall proceed as provided in paragraph (c) of this rule.(d) In the event of a disagreement between a qualifying facility and a utility regarding compliance by the qualifying facility with the utility's requirements or with the standards established in these rules or the qualifying facility's failure of the start-up test, either party may file with the Commission a petition for a declaratory order under paragraph 1304(j) seeking resolution of the disagreement.(e) In the event that either party files a petition for a declaratory order, the Commission shall enter an order resolving the dispute. The qualifying facility or the utility shall comply with the Commission's order prior to interconnection.38 CR 17, September 10, 2015, effective 9/30/201539 CR 06, March 25, 2016, effective 4/14/201639 CR 08, April 25, 2016, effective 5/15/201640 CR 22, November 25, 2017, effective 12/15/201742 CR 03, February 10, 2019, effective 3/2/201942 CR 07, April 10, 2019, effective 4/30/201942 CR 09, May 10, 2019, effective 5/30/201943 CR 08, April 25, 2020, effective 5/15/202043 CR 12, June 25, 2020, effective 7/15/202043 CR 20, October 25, 2020, effective 11/14/202044 CR 13, July 10, 2021, effective 7/30/202144 CR 24, December 25, 2021, effective 1/14/202245 CR 18, September 25, 2022, effective 10/15/202246 CR 02, January 25, 2023, effective 2/14/2023