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Conference Papers Comparison of Some Randomly Selected Utilities Interconnection Requirements and the Compliance with the IEEE Std. 1547 - Interconnection Guidelines Keith Malmedal P.E., P.K. Sen Ph.D. Paper No. 08 C3 C3 978-1-4244-2148-0/08/$25.00 ©2008 IEEE

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Page 1: Conference Papers · requirements of IEEE Std. 1547, however, in most cases there is considerable variability between what the utility requires and what is suggested in IEEE Std

Conference Papers

Comparison of Some Randomly Selected Utilities InterconnectionRequirements and the Compliance with theIEEE Std. 1547 - Interconnection Guidelines

Keith Malmedal P.E., P.K. Sen Ph.D.

Paper No.08 C3

C3

978-1-4244-2148-0/08/$25.00 ©2008 IEEE

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Abstract—Electric Utilities permitting interconnection of

generation (small and/or large) on their power systems have long

had standards which any entity wishing to interconnect has to

meet. Recently the growing importance of distributed generation

(mostly less than 10MVA), especially using renewable sources,

has prompted the creation of IEEE Std. 1547 which sets

requirements and guidelines for interconnecting a distributed

resource with an electric power system. This paper will examine

the requirements of the Std. IEEE 1547 and compare them with

the interconnection requirements currently used by a number of

randomly selected utilities.

Index Terms—Distributed Energy Resources, Generators,

Interconnection, Renewable Energy.

I. INTRODUCTION

EEE Standard 1547-2003 titled “IEEE Standard for

Interconnection Distributed Resources with Electric Power

Systems” was developed in its own words to “provide a

uniform standard for interconnection of distributed resources

(DR) with electric power systems (EPS). It provides

requirements relevant to performance, operation, testing,

safety considerations, and maintenance of the

interconnection“[1]. The standard also states that the

requirements contained within it “are universally needed for

interconnection of DR, including synchronous machines,

induction machines, or power inverters/converters and will be

sufficient for most installations.”

Many utilities had developed their own standards some of

which have been in use for many years prior to the IEEE

Standard Guideline. An examination of a variety of

interconnection standards shows that there is a wide variation

in the acceptance of the requirements stated in the Std. IEEE

1547.

This paper will examine, in detail, a number of such

randomly selected guidelines and compare them with the

Manuscript submitted January 18, 2008 for 2008 IEEE Rural Electric

Power Conference, April 28-29, Charleston, SC.

This work was partially supported by the NSF IUCRC Power Systems

Engineering Research Center (www.pserc.org).

K. Malmedal is a principal engineer with NEI Electric Power Engineering,

Arvada, CO 80001 USA. and a doctoral student at Colorado School of Mines,

Golden, Colorado 80401, e-mail: [email protected]

P. K. Sen is Professor of Engineering with Colorado School of Mines,

Golden Colorado 80401 e-mail: [email protected]

IEEE Std. 1547 Guideline. An analysis is also added with

respect to these data to enhance the understanding and

applicability of these requirements.

In 1978 the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA)

was passed which encouraged the creation of non-utility

owned generation and cogeneration. The Energy Policy Act

of 2005 modified PURPA and its provisions will further

encourage the creation and interconnection of distributed

generation on utility facilities. These developments have lead

to the creation of IEEE Std. 1547 and the further creation of

utility interconnection standards for power plants and

distributed resources which wish to connect with utility

facilities.

II. INTERCONNECTION REQUIRMENTS AND IEEE STD. 1547

The table shown at the end of this paper in Appendix II is

designed to quickly show how a variety of utilities and state

requirements for generation interconnection compare with the

requirements of IEEE Std. 1547. Of the standards (available

in public domain) examined only two utilities completely

required the implementation of IEEE Std. 1547, PacifiCorp

and the New York State Public Utilities Commission. Several

others, such as Otter Tail Power, partially accept the

requirements of IEEE Std.1547 while others, independently

develop their own requirements.

The only meaningful guidelines of IEEE Std. 1547 which

seems to be universally accepted is the provision of requiring

a utility to have accessible disconnect switch at the point of

common coupling (PCC) with the utility (Fig. 1)[1]. Another

requirement which is well, although not universally, accepted

is the requirement that some type of testing (usually field

testing) (Appendix – 1 Table 4)[1]be done before the

distributed energy resource (DER) is released for operation.

An area of (wide) common concern is the (voltage) flicker

and voltage fluctuations that may be caused by a DR. IEEE

Std. 1547 states a level of acceptable voltage fluctuation

which some utilities accept while other simply makes the

blanket statement that “no abnormal voltages” will be created

by the DR. IEEE Std. 1547 also states that the DR must be

grounded in a way not to produce over voltages without

stating how this is to be done. The interconnection standards

are generally more specific on grounding and ground fault

protection issues, sometimes requiring a transfer trip to the DR

to insure no over voltages are produced.

Comparison of Some Randomly Selected Utilities

Interconnection Requirements and the Compliance with

the IEEE Std. 1547 - Interconnection Guidelines

Keith Malmedal P.E. Member, IEEE, P,K. Sen Ph.D. P.E., Senior Member, IEEE

I

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IEEE Std. 1547 contains a number of requirements to limit

harmonics created by the DR. Those interconnection

standards addressing harmonics commonly include

compliance with IEEE Std. 519 rather than referring to IEEE

Std. 1547 (Appendix I Table 3)[1].

There appears to be two areas of considerable disagreement

between the IEEE Std. 1547 and many utility interconnection

standards. The first is in the area of frequency protection.

IEEE Std. 1547 has requirements for tripping the DR at certain

abnormal frequencies within certain times (Appendix I Table

2) [1]. These requirements disagree with several of the

interconnection standards. In some cases, the interconnection

standards do not permit tripping in part of the frequency range

which IEEE Std. 1547 requires tripping. In general, where

IEEE Std. 1547 appears to be more concerned with removing

the DR from the system during an abnormal frequency event,

the utility interconnection standards seem more concerned

with keeping generation on to try to prevent an abnormal

frequency event from becoming worse due to the removal of

generation.

The second area of disagreement is the protection that must

exist at the point of common coupling (PCC). Fig. 1[1] shows

how the DR and EPS may be interconnected and illustrates

where the PCC may occur. This is an area not well addressed

in the IEEE Std. 1547 which states: “the requirements shall be

met at the point of common coupling (PCC), although the

devices used to meet these requirements can be located

elsewhere.”[1] Most utilities, however, require protective

devices to be located at the point of common coupling. Fig. 2

shows a typical distribution system including the locations

where DER may be connected. This point is commonly

protected with fuses only. However, many interconnection

requirements call for increased protection at the PCC. This is

done to prevent disturbances caused by the DR from affecting

the utility, and is often also required to insure that there is

protective relaying which backs up the relaying which may

exist at the DR.

Among the protection often required by the utility at the

PCC are over and under voltage protection, frequency

protection, ground fault protection, and occasionally some

type of backup system protection such as a 51V relay. Utility

interconnection standards often also require additional

relaying for the generator which is not required by the IEEE

Std. 1547 [2]. Some utility interconnection standards require

utility grade relays above a certain generation size, and

provisions for periodic relay testing by the utility. The

periodic re-testing of interconnection equipment is also a

requirement often seen as important by utilities, but not well

addressed in the IEEE Std. 1547[2].

III. CONCLUSION

The table in the Appendix II shows some of the more

important requirements of the IEEE Std. 1547 and compares

them with selected utility interconnection standards. It can be

seen that there is considerable variation between the standards

and the various utilities examined. Although some utilities do

accept all of IEEE Std. 1547, most of those also have other

standards which must be met. It also appears that from the

standpoint of many utilities allowing generation

interconnection the provisions of IEEE Std. 1547 are not, as

stated in the standard “universally needed” and “sufficient for

most installations” [1] and many utilities have other stringent

requirements than those stated in IEEE Std. 1547.

Fig. 1 Relationship of Interconnection Terms.

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The Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPACT) specifically states

that interconnection services be based upon the IEEE Standard

1547. It also states that “agreements and procedures shall be

established whereby the services offered shall promote current

best practices of interconnection for distributed generation,

including but not limited to practices stipulated in model codes

Voltage Regulator

30/40/50

MVA

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adopted by associations of state regulatory agencies. All such

agreements and procedures shall be just and reasonable, and

not unduly discriminatory or preferential.” So EPACT

recognizes both IEEE Std. 1547 and utilities’ interconnection

practices and standards. It can be seen that in some cases the a

utility’s interconnection standards are the same as the

requirements of IEEE Std. 1547, however, in most cases there

is considerable variability between what the utility requires

and what is suggested in IEEE Std. 1547.

Some states are proposing to use IEEE Std. 1547 as the

basic standard to determine if a new DR can automatically be

connected to a system without further review or if further

study of the system is required by the utility before the DR can

be allowed to connect (which will be paid for by the

customer). The procedure might require a new DR customer

to fill out a form which would include a number of questions

about the new DR. If the answers provided proved that the

provisions of IEEE Std. 1547 were satisfied, the

interconnection of the new DR could proceed without further

study.

The basic IEEE Std. 1547 is not sufficient to determine if a

certain type of interconnection is safe for the rest of the

system. IEEE Std. 1547 mainly addresses the generator and

PCC itself, while not concerning itself with other parts of the

system or system operation.

For example, the requirement that the DR not cause over

voltages may be met at the point of common coupling (PCC),

but may not be met in other parts of the distribution system.

The customer filling out the forms may have no way of

knowing that this is true and examination of the system with

DR by a distribution engineer might be needed to determine

that this problem even existed. This problem may become

more pronounced when the DR is connected at the residential

level and every effort is made by simplifying the procedure.

Another area of concern is reclosing and the effect DR may

have on the existing utility reclosing scheme. Nearly every

distribution system in the U.S. incorporates multiple-shot

reclosing. However, how this scheme may be impacted by the

addition of DR is certainly not clear to the customer who is

designing only the equipment in the new power plant at the

PCC. IEEE Std. 1547 doesn’t address the impacts of DR on

reclosing and line sectionalizing schemes.

As long as the penetration level of DR is small (say less

than 5% of the feeder capacity) the addition of an additional

unit, especially small inverter based DR, may cause minimum

impact to the system and can be connected without further

review by the utility’s engineers. However, when DR

penetration level on a distribution system becomes sufficiently

high (presently estimated at 20% or higher) this may cause

problems with the system [3]. Will the latest DR to connect

be required to pay for all the system upgrades to make it

possible to safely connect this generator? Or will all the DR’s

on the system, old and new, be required to contribute to this

cost? This question has to be addressed. As DR penetration

levels become high the impacts become more widespread and

the IEEE Std. 1547 concentrates on impacts at the PCC and

does not address what may become widespread future effects

on both distribution and transmission systems and their

operation. These are valid questions currently imposed and

must be addressed in the future revision of the Standard.

Utilities need to be more careful in allowing

interconnections base only on the IEEE Std. 1547. It is

evident that utilities have seen the necessity of providing their

own standards, which may or may not include provisions of

IEEE Std. 1547 in the foreseeable future, to insure their

systems can continue to operate safely and reliably as DER

becomes a more important part of the generation mix.

The attempt to make a more general Standard by the IEEE

was good, but future revisions must address a number of

additional issues. Additional Std. of the 1547 series may also

include some of the questions raised by this paper.

REFERENCES

[1] IEEE Standard for Interconnecting Distributed Resources with Electric

Power Systems, IEEE Standard 1547-2003, IEEE Piscataway, NJ.

[2] K. Malmedal, P.K. Sen, and J. P. Nelson, “Application of Out-of-Step

Relaying for Small Generators in Distributed Generation,” IEEE

Transactions on Industry Applications, Vol. 41, No. 6, Nov./ Dec. 2005,

pp. 1506 – 1514.

[3] K. Malmedal, B. Kroposki, and P.K. Sen, “Distributed Energy

Resources and Renewable Energy in Distribution Systems: Protection

Considerations and Penetration Levels,” (In Review), 2008 IEEE

Industry Applications Society 43rd Annual Meeting, Edmonton, Alberta,

October 5-9, 2008.

[4] IEEE Standard Conformance Test Procedures for Equipment

Interconnecting Distributed Resources with Electric Power Systems,

IEEE 1547.1, IEEE, Piscataway, NJ.

[5] XCEL Energy Interconnection Guidelines for Transmission

Interconnected Producer-Owned Generation 20MW and less. Version 1,

Xcel Energy, June 15, 2006.

[6] PacifiCorp Cogeneration and Parallel Generation Interconnection

Guide,

www.puc.state.or.us/PUC/admin_rules/workshops/interconnection/drpac

ificorp/pplengin.pdf

[7] AESO Generation and Load Interconnection Standard,

www.aeso.ca/rulesprocedures/9056.html.

[8] Otter Tail Power Company, Guidelines for Generation, Tie-Line, and

Substation Interconnection,

www.otpco.com/NewsInformation/GeneratorInterconnect.asp

[9] Rules for Interconnecting Distributed Generation Systems, Wisconsin

Public Service Commission PSC 119,

www.legis.state.wi.us/rsb/code/psc/psc119.pdf

[10] Distributed Generation Interconnection Manual, Public Utility

Commission of Texas

www.puc.state.tx.us/electric/business/dg/dgmanual.pdf May 1, 2002.

[11] Guidelines for Interconnection of Customer Generators, City of

Anaheim Public Utilities Department, Electrical Engineering,

www.anaheim.net/utilities/adv_svc_prog/com_pol/Comm%20Guideline

s2-1.pdf, December 2005.

[12] New York State Standardized Interconnection Requirements and

Application Process for New Distributed Generators 2 MW or Less

Connected in Parallel with Utility Distribution Systems, New York

State, Public Service Commission,

www.dps.state.ny.us/94e0952_11152000.pdf , September 2005.

[13] SRP Interconnection Guidelines for Distributed Generators,

www.srpnet.com/electric/pdfx/gen_guidelines.pdf, December 2002.

[14] Application Guide for Distributed Generation Interconnection: 2006

Update, The NRECA Guide to IEEE 1547, Resource Dynamics

Corporation,

www.nreca.org/Documents/PublicPolicy/DGApplicationGuide-

Final.pdf, March 2006.

[15] K. Malmedal, B. Kroposki, and P. K. Sen, “The Energy Policy Act of

2005 and its Impact on Distributed Generation,” IEEE IAS Magazine,

January 2007, pp. 14-20.

[16] K. Malmedal, B. Kroposki, and P.K. Sen, “The Energy Policy Act of

2005 and it’s Impact on Renewable Energy Applications in the USA”,

2007 IEEE Power Engineering Society General Meeting Conference

Record, Annual Summer Meeting, Tampa Bay, Florida, June 2007.

[17] Energy Policy Act of 2005, Washington, DC, 2005.

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Keith Malmedal (Member, IEEE) received his BSEET degree from

Metropolitan State College of Denver in 1995, a MSEE degree (Power) and a

MSCE degree (Structures) from the University of

Colorado at Denver in 1998 and 2002, respectively.

Keith is presently a PhD candidate at Colorado School

of Mines in Engineering Systems (Electrical

Specialty). He has over sixteen years combined

experience in electrical power system analyses and

system study, teaching and research and is presently

the President and a senior project manager at NEI

Electric Power Engineering, Arvada, Colorado,

specializing in all aspects of power system design.

Keith has published over a dozen technical papers in

archival journals and conference proceedings and

taught (and co-taught) regular university courses, short courses on a variety of

subjects related to the interrelated areas of power systems, machines,

protections, renewable energy applications, and energy policy issues to

hundreds of practicing professionals. Mr. Malmedal is a member of the

American Society of Civil Engineers and a registered professional engineer in

14 states.

Pankaj K. (PK) Sen (Sr. Member, IEEE) received his

BSEE degree (with honors) (1966) from Jadavpur

University, India, and the M.Eng. (1971) and Ph.D.

(1974) degrees in electrical engineering from the

Technical University of Nova Scotia (Dalhousie

University), Halifax, NS, Canada. He is currently a

Professor of Engineering and Site Director of the Power

Systems Engineering Research Center (www.pserc.org)

at Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado. His

research interests include application problems in

electric machines, power systems, protection, renewable energy and

distributed generation and power engineering education. He has published

more than 130 articles in various archival journals and conference proceedings

and has supervised over 120 students with MS and PhD degrees. Dr. Sen

taught a number of regular advanced level graduate and many undergraduate

university courses, and conducted workshops and taught short courses on

machines, power systems, transmission and distribution, renewable energy,

energy policy and energy economics to literally thousands of practicing

engineers and is a registered professional engineer in the State of Colorado.

APPENDIX I

Selected Sketches from the IEEE Std. 1547[1]

Fig. 3 Schematic of Interconnection.

TABLE 1

Interconnection System Response to Abnormal Voltages.

TABLE 2

Interconnection System Response to Abnormal Frequencies.

TABLE 3

Maximum Harmonic Current Distortion in Percent of Current.

TABLE 4

Sequence for Conducting Design Test.

TABLE 5

Synchronization Parameter Limits for Synchronous Interconnection to an EPS

or an Energized Local EPS to an Energized Area EPS.

TABLE 6

Maximum Harmonic Distortion in Percent of Rated Voltage for Synchronous

Machines.

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he E

PS

pri

or

to a

ny

reclo

sure

on

th

e E

PS

.

(4.2

.2)

yes

no

n

o

no

y

es

no

y

es

yes

no

n

o

DR

pro

tect

ion

sy

stem

sh

all

det

ect

vo

ltag

es

at t

erm

inal

s if

DR

<3

0k

W, in

terc

on

nec

tio

n

eq

uip

men

t is

cert

ifie

d t

o p

ass

a n

on

-

isla

nd

ing

tes

t, o

r D

R i

s le

ss t

han

50

% o

f

local

EP

S m

inim

um

dem

and

an

d e

xp

ort

of

po

wer

is

no

t p

erm

itte

d.

(4.2

.3)

yes

no

no

no

no

no

no

no

no

no

Sh

all

trip

in

0.1

6 s

ec i

f V

<5

0%

, (4

.2.3

)

yes

no

1-5

sec

no

no

no

yes

no

Yes

n

o

Sh

all

trip

in

2

.00

sec

if

50

%<

V<

88

%,

(4.2

.3)

yes

no

1-5

sec

no

no

no

yes

no

Yes

n

o

Sh

all

tri

p i

n 1

sec i

f 1

10

%<

V<

12

0%

, (4

.2.3

)

yes

no

1-5

sec

no

no

no

yes

;

3

0

cy

at

10

5%

n

oY

es

no

Sh

all

tri

p i

n 0

.16

sec i

f V

>1

20

%

(4.2

.3)

yes

no

no

no

no

no

yes

no

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n

o

Fre

q t

rip

set

tin

gs

shal

l b

e ad

just

able

fo

r

ov

er

30

kW

(4.2

.4)

yes

yes

no

no

no

no

no

no

no

no

Sh

all

trip

in

0.1

6 s

ec i

f F

>6

0.5

Hz

(4.2

.4)

yes

Tri

pp

ing

no

t

per

mit

ted

bel

ow

60

.5 H

z

10

cy

cle

s

ab

ov

e 6

1

Hz

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pp

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no

t

per

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ted

belo

w 6

0.6

Hz.

3 m

in. ab

ov

e

60

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0

secs.

ab

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e

61

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z

Tri

pp

ing

no

t

per

mit

ted

bel

ow

60

.5 H

z

no

0.2

5 s

ec

no

Yes

n

o

Sh

all

trip

in

0.1

6 s

ec i

f F

<5

9.3

Hz

(4.2

.4)

yes

Tri

pp

ing

no

t

per

mit

ted

6 c

ycle

s

belo

w 5

9

Hz

3 m

inu

tes;

30

secs.

belo

w

58

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z; 7

.5

secs.

belo

w

57

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z; 4

5

cy

cle

s b

elo

w

57

.3 H

z

Tri

pp

ing

no

t

per

mit

ted

ab

ov

e

59

.5 H

z

no

0.2

5 s

ec

no

Yes

n

o

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d a

dju

st

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0.1

6 a

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300

sec

(4.2

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yes

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mit

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58

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no

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pp

ing

no

t

per

mit

ted

ab

ov

e

59

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z

no

no

no

no

Yes

n

o

No

DR

rec

on

nec

tio

n s

hal

l o

ccu

r if

vo

ltag

e

an

d f

req

uen

cy

are

ou

t o

f ra

ng

e.

(4.2

.6)

yes

no

no

no

no

no

yes

no

no

no

DR

sh

all

hav

e ad

just

able

tim

e d

elay

or

a

dela

y o

f 5

min

ute

s b

efo

re r

eco

nnecti

on

.

(4.2

.6)

yes

no

no

no

no

no

no

no

no

no

DR

sh

all

no

t in

ject

mo

re D

C c

urr

ent

than

0.5

% o

f it

s ra

ted

ou

tpu

t.

(4.3

.1)

yes

no

n

o

no

n

o

no

n

o

no

n

o

no

DR

sh

all

no

t p

rod

uce

ob

ject

ionab

le f

lick

er(4

.3.2

)

yes

yes

no

y

es

yes

yes

no

y

es

no

n

o

Sh

all

no

t p

rod

uce m

ore

th

an

4%

harm

on

ic

belo

w t

he 1

1th

.

(4.3

.3)

yes

<1

% b

elo

w t

he

7th

n

on

oIE

EE

51

9

no

no

no

no

Sh

all

no

t p

rod

uce

mo

re t

han

2%

harm

on

ics

betw

een

11

th a

nd

17

th.

(4.3

.3)

yes

IEE

E 5

19

n

oIE

EE

51

9

IEE

E 5

19

n

oIE

EE

51

9

no

IEE

E 5

19

n

o

Sh

all

no

t p

rod

uce

mo

re t

han

1.5

%

harm

on

ics

betw

een

17

th a

nd

23

rd.

(4.3

.3)

yes

IEE

E 5

19

n

oIE

EE

51

9

IEE

E 5

19

n

oIE

EE

51

9

no

IEE

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19

n

o

Sh

all

no

t p

rod

uce

mo

re t

han

0.6

%

harm

on

ics

betw

een

23

rd a

nd

35

th.

(4.3

.3)

yes

IEE

E 5

19

n

oIE

EE

51

9

IEE

E 5

19

n

oIE

EE

51

9

no

IEE

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19

n

o

Sh

all

no

t p

rod

uce

mo

re t

han

0.3

%

har

mo

nic

s g

reat

er t

han

th

e 3

5th

.

(4.3

.3)

yes

IEE

E 5

19

n

oIE

EE

51

9

IEE

E 5

19

n

oIE

EE

51

9

no

IEE

E 5

19

n

o

To

tal

harm

on

ic d

isto

rtio

n s

hall

no

t ex

ceed

5%

(4.3

.3)

yes

IEE

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19

n

oIE

EE

51

9

IEE

E 5

19

n

oIE

EE

51

9

no

IEE

E 5

19

n

o

DR

sh

all

dete

ct

an

d d

e-e

nrg

ize a

n i

slan

d.

(4.4

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yes

no

n

o

no

If i

slan

din

g i

s

po

ssib

le S

CA

DA

is r

equ

ired

yes

no

y

es

yes

yes

DR

sh

all

un

derg

o t

esti

ng

at

facto

ry o

r in

fiel

d.

(5.1

)

yes

yes

no

n

o

yes

yes

yes

yes

no

y

es

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vern

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een

59

.5 a

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60

.5 H

Z a

nd

be a

dju

stab

le 0

-10

% d

roo

p.

no

y

es

no

n

o

no

n

o

no

n

o

no

n

o

Mu

st h

av

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it b

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at

PC

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no

y

es

no

n

o

no

y

es

Fo

r sy

nch

.

mach

. n

o

no

n

o

25

rel

ay r

equ

ired

n

o

yes

no

n

o

yes

yes

yes

ab

ov

e

1M

W

no

n

o

59

rel

ay r

equ

ired

n

o

yes

no

n

o

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

ab

ov

e

50

kW

27

rel

ay r

equ

ired

n

o

yes

no

n

o

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Yes

81

rel

ay r

equ

ired

n

o

yes

no

n

o

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

ab

ov

e

50

kW

51

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elay

req

uir

ed

no

y

es

no

n

o

yes

yes

may

be

req

uir

ed

ab

ov

e

1M

W

no

May

be

req

uir

ed

51

V o

r 2

1 r

elay

req

uir

ed

no

n

o

no

n

o

yes

yes

no

ab

ov

e

1M

W

no

n

o

32

rel

ay r

equ

ired

n

o

yes

no

n

o

yes

no

m

ay b

e

req

uir

ed

no

n

o

no

47

rel

ay r

equ

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n

o

no

n

o

no

n

o

no

n

o

yes

no

n

o

15

rel

ay r

equ

ired

fo

r in

du

ctio

n m

ach

ines

n

o

yes

no

n

o

no

n

o

no

n

o

no

n

o

Sy

stem

Stu

dy

Req

uir

ed

no

n

o

yes

no

Info

rmat

ion

mu

st

be a

vail

able

fo

r

un

its

ab

ov

e 5

MW

yes

may

be

req

uir

ed

no

n

o

no

Mu

st n

ot

incre

ase

vo

ltag

e u

nbala

nce b

y

mo

re t

han

1%

n

o

no

n

o

yes

no

n

o

no

n

o

no

n

o

Uti

lity

gra

de

rela

ys

req

uir

ed

no

y

es

no

n

o

yes

ab

ove 1

00k

W

no

n

o

no

n

o

ab

ov

e

30

0k

W

Sy

stem

mu

st b

e U

L l

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d

no

n

o

no

n

o

no

in

terr

up

tin

g

dev

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no

n

o

UL

17

41

Dis

con

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d

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rru

pti

ng

dev

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Mu

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rov

ide

test

sw

itch

es f

or

pro

tect

ion

test

ing

n

o

no

n

o

no

n

o

yes

no

n

o

no

n

o

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