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Funding Resources
| TX Interconnection Standards | |
|---|---|
| Type of Incentive | Interconnection |
| Eligible States | TX |
| 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 | 0-10 |
| Critical Information |
Eligible Technologies: Solar Thermal Electric, Photovoltaics, Landfill Gas, Wind, Biomass, Hydroelectric, Geothermal Electric, Fuel Cells, CHP/Cogeneration, Reciprocating Engines, Turbines, Storage, Tidal Energy, Wave Energy, Ocean Thermal, Microturbines, Other Distributed Generation Technologies Size Limitations: 10 MW External Disconnect Requirements: Yes |
| Start Date | 1/8/2001 |
| End Date |
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| Minimum Efficiency (%) |
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| Additional Information | The Texas Public Utility Regulatory Act (PURA) of 1999 included a provision that "a customer is entitled to have access 'to on-site distributed generation'" [§39.101(b)(3)]. This provision led the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) to adopt interconnection standards (Substantive Rules §25.211 and §25.212) in 1999. The rules apply to electrical generating facilities (consisting of one or more on-site distributed-generation units) located at a customer's point of delivery, with a maximum capacity of 10 megawatts (MW) and connected at a voltage less than 60 kilovolts (kV). The total capacity of a facility's individual on-site distributed generation units may exceed 10 MW. However, no more than 10 MW of capacity will be interconnected at any point in time at the point of common coupling. |
| Web Site |
http://www.puc.state.tx.us/industry/electric/business/dg/Dg.aspx |
| Additional Web Site |
http://www.dsireusa.org/library/includes/ incentive2.cfm?Incentive_Code=TX10R&state=TX&CurrentPageID=1&RE=1&EE=0 |
| Primary Contact |
Kevin Mathis 1701 N. Congress Avenue PO Box 13326 Austin, TX 78711-3326 U.S.A. Kevin Mathis (kevin.mathis@puc.state.tx.us) (512) 936-7380 |