NYSEG interconnection problems [RE-wrenches]

[Michael Welch, Home Power]

Can anyone help Gay with this? Please respond to her directly, her address is at the bottom.

Gay E. Canough wrote at 05:46 PM 01/31/2001 -0500:
   
>Here's the story on NYSEG and Yes it is a MAJOR problem.
>
>The New York interconnection rules are attached in PSC Opinion 99-13. There is the NY SIR (Standard Interconnection Requirements) and Appendix B for residential PV. If you look at appendix B, paragraph 6, you will see that the all the various negotiators for the solar industry failed to get removed the ON SITE testing requirement! Thus, all the type-testing efforts did nothing except cost the suppliers a lot of money and add still more layers of rules.
>
>Most of the New York utilities are not asking for these complex and somewhat expensive tests. But NYSEG IS. And since the rules allow it, we are stuck in a really ugly spot.
>
>First off, we have one customer with a pure net metering system who can't use it until we get this test done. Then, we have numerous customers with SW inverters who want to go to net metering mode, now that the new software is available for the SW. Under present conditions, I would have to find approximately $1000 per customer to have these tests done. In addition, doing this test just once sets a bad precendent. Finally, there is no way I can sell SunSine modules in NYSEG territory, as the stupid test would be 30 to 40% of the cost of the SunSine module!
>
>Being as I'm in the heart of NYSEG territory, I either have to drive a lot farther to serve other territories, serve only off-grid customers (for which the market is rather small) or go find another job. All of which stinks, and in any case, I have to get the one guy (with pure net metering, no battery bank) up and running one way or another.
>
>--- Gay
>
>
>Dr. Gay E. Canough
>ETM Solar Works 
>Solar Energy Contractor
>607-785-6499
>ETM at tier.net
>Endicott New York

   
Michael Welch
   
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