4 Colo. Code Regs. § 723-3-3918
Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 11, June 10, 2024
Section 4 CCR 723-3-3918 - Coordination of Circuit Protection Equipment(a) Prior to interconnection and at the earliest time possible after a qualifying facility provides its complete design information, but in no event later than 25 days after submission of complete design information, a utility shall provide a written statement to the qualifying facility as to whether the utility's circuit protection equipment can accommodate the equipment of the qualifying facility.(b) A utility shall evaluate the effects of a proposed interconnection, together with the aggregate effects of all other interconnections, on the utility's installed circuit protection equipment. Costs of the evaluation shall be an interconnection cost paid by the qualifying facility.(c) As part of normal planning, a utility shall evaluate the interaction between a qualifying facility's operations and the utility's installed circuit protection equipment. The cost of evaluation shall be an interconnection cost of the qualifying facility.(d) If the design of a qualifying facility causes replacement or significant re-coordination of the utility's circuit protection equipment, or if the design reasonably can be expected to require extraordinary operation of the utility's installed protection equipment, the utility shall not interconnect with the qualifying facility. The utility shall decline to interconnect until either the design has been modified to eliminate the problems or specific modified designs for the interconnection are established. Replacement and re-coordination costs shall be an interconnection cost of the qualifying facility.(e) A qualifying facility shall provide the utility with a description of the qualifying facility's electrical and mechanical equipment sufficient for the utility to determine the safety and adequacy of its installed service drops and supply equipment. The qualifying facility shall provide this information at the time it submits its design information to the utility.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