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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 20.50.09.04" title_num="20" subtitle_num="50" chapter_num="09" heading="Interconnection Requests.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Applicants seeking to interconnect a small generator facility shall submit an interconnection request to the utility that owns the electric distribution system to which interconnection is sought.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>An interconnection request shall be in the form and format specified by the utility that owns the electric distribution system to which interconnection is sought and shall include the following information and any additional information that may be reasonably requested by the utility:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Contact information for the interconnection customer;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Existing utility account information;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Location information for the small generator facility;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Contact information for the interconnection customer’s equipment and electrical contractors;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Information on the manner in which the interconnection customer intends to use the small generator facility;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Requested review level for interconnection request;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Technical information regarding the generator and prime mover;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Technical information regarding the interconnection components and system or systems;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Location and other information regarding disconnect switch for small generator facility;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>Details regarding any plans to export power to the electric distribution system; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(11)">
      <text>Any other item specified by the Commission.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Each utility shall make reasonable efforts to align the content of its interconnection request form with those forms provided by other utilities in Maryland.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Each utility shall establish a process that allows an applicant and an applicant’s authorized designee to:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Sign and submit an interconnection request electronically on the utility’s website;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Track the status of the interconnection request electronically; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Conduct electronically any other process that can reasonably occur in that manner.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>