Member-consumers that meet one of the following criteria may be exempted from the standby service requirement:
100 kW or less
Any Member with a member-consumer taking service under a Member’s a) Parallel Generation tariff, as established under Minnesota Rules chapter 7835, or b) Rider for Distributed Generation Service shall not be required to take standby service under GRE’s Standby Service rate rider if the member-consumer’s DG system has a capacity rating of 100kW or less, unless the member has reduced or eliminated this threshold for exception, in which case, standby service under GRE’s Standby Service rate rider will be required.
Physical Assurance
Any member with a member-consumer taking service under a Member’s Rider for Distributed Generation Service shall not be required to take standby service under GRE’s Standby Service rate rider if the member-consumer provides physical assurance that ensures standby service will not be taken.
A member-consumer requesting a physical assurance exemption must comply with all provisions of either a) or b) below:
a) Furnish and install an approved load limiting device, at their expense, which shall be set and sealed by the member.
i) Any actual usage resulting from the failure of a load limiting physical assurance device shall be billed to the Member as non-firm standby service usage.
ii) Member-consumers with load limiting physical assurance devices are ineligible for any GRE demand side management program.
b) Furnish and install a separate, stand-alone back-up generation system with a nameplate rating greater than the member-consumer’s total load connected to the DG System.
i) The back-up generation system must comply with all requirements of GRE’s Interruptible Commercial and Industrial Loads program, but is not eligible for demand credits under that program.
ii) The member-consumer must provide and maintain interval metering compatible with GRE’s meter recording system (MV-90) and an appropriate telephone line that enables GRE to remotely access and record the output of the back-up generator and the connected load.