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<p>Hopefully Wisconsin is better than Minnesota about this. As a
former Wisconsin resident, I doubt it...but here is how some of
this works in Minnesota, lest you have any illusion that a PSC or
a state cares about you.<br>
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<p>In Minnesota the state allows the utility to essentially make any
interconnection rules they want. <br>
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<p>Our local cooperative requires that you install a meter socket
for a production only meter. And then buy the meter from them. The
first time I got bit by this was after they had charged us
hundreds of dollars to have an engineer review our plans, got
approval, installed the system, and then they asked where the
production only meter was. I said it wasn't on the plans their
engineer approved and they said they didn't care and they wouldn't
interconnect until that meter was there. Ended up having to rework
a bunch and cost well over a $1,000 to get added. <br>
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<p>Another game they play is skirting the 40kW state law guaranteed
net metering cap. The same cooperative requires demand metering if
your transformer is larger than 37.5 kVA. And their demand meter
doesn't take into account direction. So if you are supplying them
40kW that counts as 40kW of demand and *costs* $400 a month for
demand charges. So you can really only connect 37.5 kW.<br>
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<p>I attempted to make a complaint on both of these occasions to the
state Public Utilities Commission. And found out that they don't
regulate cooperatives. Apparently the state feels that since
cooperatives are owned by members, they don't need any oversight.
They told me that I could just run to be on the cooperative board.
Which I decided to do. Then came to find out that the 60k member
cooperative suspended board elections for 5 years due to a merger.</p>
<p>-James Jarvis</p>
<p>APRS World, LLC<br>
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<p>I would think that would be illegal. They don't have
jurisdiction on supply side taps. It's past the meter, and
expressly allowed in the NEC. I would definitely first ask to
talk to a higher level person than the one denying it (paper
trail important). If that does not work, then the PSC is your
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deny my interconnection application with a supply side
connection and require a load side. Has anyone seen this
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in a 200 A socket and a 60 A fused disconnect within 10
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<div>If they refuse it, i am thinking that registering a
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Kris Schmid<br>
Legacy Solar, LLC<br>
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