Here in NY, the State Public Service Commission is proposing the lockable AC disconnect requirement be removed for systems below 15kW. This from a recently circulated New York State Standard Interconnection Requirements proposal:
4. The use of external disconnect switch has proven to be redundant and unnecessary in small residential systems using inverters that meet relevant Underwriters Laboratories (UL) and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) standards. Therefore, Staff proposes to eliminate the external disconnect switch requirements for systems 15 kW or less that meet UL 1741 (November 2005 revision). There may be hope yet! -Glenn Burt -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff Yago Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2008 9:25 AM To: RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Utility Dis-connect I know installing the totally useless exterior lock-able dis-connect has been a bone of contention for us all, but was a necessary evil to get many utilities to sign onto net metering in their state back in the late 90's. However, now that we have had a few years of showing these are never used, are not needed, linemen would not know if there were in their work area, and are a waste of money, has there been any states or utilities that are giving up on this requirement? If not, any interest in trying to make this requirement go away? Jeff Yago _____________________________________________________________ Netscape. Just the Net You Need. _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: [email protected] Options & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: [email protected] Options & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
