COMAR 20.50.09.09. Level 1 Review

e applicant shall inform the utility within 10 business days if the applicant elects to continue the application;

(b) If the applicant makes such an election, the utility shall provide an interconnection agreement, along with a non-binding good faith cost estimate and construction schedule for those upgrades, to the applicant within 30 calendar days after the utility receives such an election; and

(c) The applicant shall have 30 calendar days, or other mutually agreeable time frame after receipt of the interconnection agreement, to sign and return such agreement.

B. The utility in conducting a Level 1 interconnection review shall:

(1) Within 5 business days after receipt of the interconnection request, inform the applicant that the interconnection request is:

(a) Complete; or

(b) Incomplete and what materials are missing; and

(2) Within 15 business days after the utility notifies the applicant that the application is complete under §B(1) of this regulation , verify that the small generator facility can be interconnected safely and reliably under §A of this regulation .

C. Unless the utility determines and demonstrates that a small generator facility cannot be interconnected safely or reliably to its electric distribution system, including after utility consideration of temporary limited export agreements or temporary operation in a non-export mode and other conditions where applicable, the utility shall approve the interconnection request and provide a permission to operate notice or a temporary permission to operate notice, if applicable, within 20 business days of receipt of acceptable documents, subject to the following conditions:

(1) The small generator facility has been approved by local or municipal electric code officials with jurisdiction over the interconnection;

(2) A certificate of completion has been returned to the utility;

(3) The witness test has been successfully completed or waived by the utility;

(4) The applicant has signed an interconnection agreement; and

perate notice within 20 business days of receipt of acceptable documents, subject to the following conditions:

(1) The small generator facility has been approved by local or municipal electric code officials with jurisdiction over the interconnection;

(2) A certificate of completion has been returned to the utility;

(3) The witness test has been successfully completed or waived by the utility; and

(4) The applicant has signed an interconnection agreement.

D. If an applicant does not sign the interconnection agreement within 30 calendar days after receipt from the utility, the interconnection request is considered withdrawn unless the applicant requests to have the deadline extended. A request for extension may not be unreasonably denied by the utility.

E. Level 1 Review Failure.

(1) If the small generator facility is not approved under a Level 1 review, the utility shall provide the applicant a letter explaining its reasons for denying the interconnection request.

(2) If a small generator facility fails a Level 1 review, the utility may approve the interconnection request if the small generator facility can be interconnected safely and reliably to the utility’s electric distribution system.

(3) When a small generator facility is not approved under a Level 1 review, the applicant may submit a new interconnection request for consideration under Level 2, Level 3, or Level 4 procedures.

Cross References 20.50.09.06S(2)