# COMAR 20.50.09.06: COMAR 20.50.09.06. General Requirements > Maryland · Regulations · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MD_COMAR_20_50_09_06 ## Section - **Citation:** COMAR 20.50.09.06 - **Heading:** COMAR 20.50.09.06. General Requirements - **Jurisdiction:** Maryland - **Kind:** Regulations - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** Code of Maryland Regulations / Title 20 PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION / Subtitle 50 SERVICE SUPPLIED BY ELECTRIC COMPANIES / Chapter 09 Small Generator Facility Interconnection Standards / COMAR 20.50.09.06 ## Text failing to either deliver the certification of completion or request an extension by the deadline. (3) Once the utility delivers notice of conditional approval to the applicant, the applicant shall deliver the certification of completion within the following time frames: (a) For an application for a small generator facility with a nameplate capacity smaller than or equal to 100 kW, the applicant: (i) Shall deliver the certification of completion within 6 months; (ii) Shall receive a 6-month extension of the specified deadline, upon request; and (iii) May receive one or more additional extensions of at least 6 months upon good cause shown after an initial 6-month extension; and (b) For an application for a small generator facility with a nameplate capacity larger than 100 kW, the applicant: (i) Shall deliver the certification of completion within 12 months; (ii) Shall receive a 6-month extension of the specified deadline, upon request; and (iii) May receive one or more additional extensions of at least 6 months upon good cause shown after an initial 6-month extension. (3) A project participating in the Community Solar pilot program under COMAR 20.62 is not subject to this section. O. Smart Inverters. (1) After January 1, 2024, any small generator facility requiring an inverter that submits an interconnection request shall use a smart inverter with either a default or a site-specific utility required inverter settings profile, as determined by a utility. (2) Any small generator facility may replace an existing inverter with a similar spare inverter that was purchased prior to January 1, 2024, for use at the small generator facility. This requirement does not apply to inverter replacements conducted under manufacturer warranty. cuit based on a circuit-specific assessment of distributed energy resource forecasts or other factors, including customer density, type of area served, and customer demographics of the circuit. (d) A utility may determine the aggregate generation of a small generator facility permitted to use an electric distribution circuit’s reserve hosting capacity and publish this information on their website. (e) A utility shall report their closed circuits, restricted circuits, and reserve hosting capacity in their hosting capacity reporting system. (2) A utility may submit for the Commission’s review and approval a hosting capacity upgrade plan or multiple plans to address or otherwise increase the utility’s existing distribution aggregate circuit hosting capacity limits across the system, or in a specific area of an electric utility’s system, that are forecasted to be congested in the future if the utility’s forecast of distributed energy resource growth exceeds existing hosting capacity. These plans may be considered by the Commission if primary voltage hosting capacity upgrade fees, pursuant to §R of this regulation , exceed a threshold of the utility’s average cost per kilowatt for their aggregate customer funded hosting capacity upgrade projects completed in the previous year, unless good cause exists for a utility to request a waiver of this requirement. (3) Hosting capacity upgrade plans that are submitted by a utility shall include: (a) A description of the electric system areas to be included in the hosting capacity upgrade plan at the feeder and substation level; (b) A description of the assumptions used for establishing and prioritizing the area covered by the hosting capacity upgrade plan and associated forecasts and timeline for hosting capacity utilization; (c) A description of the assumptions used for modeling and establishing the cost of the hosting capacity upgrade plan; ## Nearby sections - [COMAR 20.50.09.01 COMAR 20.50.09.01. 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Record Retention and Reporting Requirements](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MD_COMAR_20_50_09_14.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MD_COMAR_20_50_09_06. Check the current official text before relying on it. Not legal advice.