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NC Interconnection Standards
Type of Incentive Interconnection
Eligible States NC
Eligible Technology Backpressure Turbine, Boiler, Combustion Turbine, Condensing Turbine, Extracting Turbine, Fuel Cell, Microturbine, Other, Reciprocating Engine, Heat Recovery Generator, Stirling Engine
Eligible Fuel # 2 Fuel Oil, # 6 Fuel Oil, Biogas, Biomass, Coal, Hydrogen, LFG, Municipal Solid Waste, Natural Gas, Other, Tire-Derived Fuel, Waste heat Recovery
Eligible Project Size All (MW)
Number of Awards  
Size of Award Eligible Technologies: Solar Thermal Electric, Photovoltaics, Landfill Gas, Wind, Biomass, Fuel Cells, Municipal Solid Waste, CHP/Cogeneration, Anaerobic Digestion, Small Hydroelectric, Microturbines, Other Distributed Generation Technologies

Size Limitations: None External Disconnect

Requirements: Not required for systems up to 10 kW; Utility authorized to require for systems greater than 10 kW

Insurance Requirements: Utilities may not require residential customers to carry liability insurance beyond the amount required by a standard homeowner's policy ($100,000 minimum). Non-residential generators are required to carry comprehensive general liability insurance ($300,000 minimum). Customers that meet certain eligibility requirements are allowed to self-insure.
Start Date 6/9/2008
End Date

 

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Additional Information The N.C. Utilities Commission (NCUC) adopted comprehensive interconnection standards for distributed generation in June 2008. The NCUC standards, which are similar to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) interconnection standards for small generators, govern interconnection to the distribution systems of the state's three investor-owned utilities: Progress Energy, Duke Energy and Dominion North Carolina Power. The standards apply to all state-jurisdictional interconnections (including interconnection of three-phase generators) regardless of the capacity of the generator, the voltage level of the interconnection, or whether the customer intends to offset electricity consumption or sell electricity. The NCUC standards, like the FERC standards, use a three-tiered approach to simplify the interconnection process: (1) Systems up to 10 Kilowatts (kW) must follow the 10kW Inverter Process of simplified interconnection; (2) Systems larger than 10kW and up to two megawatts (MW) must follow the fast track process; and (3) Systems greater than 2 MW must follow the study process.
Web Site http://www.ncuc.commerce.state.nc.us/ Exit EPA
Additional Web Site http://www.dsireusa.org/library/includes/
incentive2.cfm?Incentive_Code=NC04R&state=NC&CurrentPageID=1&RE=1&EE=1 Exit EPA
Primary Contact Sam Watson
430 North Salisbury Street Dobbs Building
Raleigh, NC 27603-5918
U.S.A.
Sam Watson (swatson@ncuc.net)
(919) 715-7057

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