Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 20, October 25, 2024
Section 4 CCR 723-3-3926 - Maintenance and Inspection of a Qualifying Facility(a) Prior to interconnection, a qualifying facility shall establish a planned maintenance schedule containing dates, times, and procedures. No qualifying facility shall commence interconnected operations until the utility approves the proposed maintenance schedule. The utility shall not withhold approval unreasonably.(b) A utility shall establish written procedures for inspecting a qualifying facility and shall provide a copy of the procedures to the qualifying facility prior to interconnection. Inspection procedures may be modified on a case-by-case basis.(c) A qualifying facility shall keep records of maintenance, and a utility shall keep records of inspections. Each shall have access to the records of the other.(d) A utility may inspect a qualifying facility, on demand, to determine if the qualifying facility is complying with the previously-approved maintenance schedule and is safely operating all protective equipment.(e) A utility may inspect the qualifying facility and its records, on demand, to determine if the qualifying facility is, or has been, reselling the utility's energy and/or capacity to the utility.(f) Personnel from both a utility and a qualifying facility shall have the right to witness inspections. For inspections to determine safety or the reselling of the utility's energy or capacity to the utility, the utility shall inform the qualifying facility that it intends to inspect the facility. If the qualifying facility declines, the inspection shall be conducted without the presence of qualifying facility personnel. If the qualifying facility fails the inspection, the utility shall have the right to disconnect the qualifying facility from the utility's system until the qualifying facility can demonstrate the proper functioning of the qualifying facility's protection and control equipment to the satisfaction of utility representatives.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