54-25-201. Electrical power delivery quality plan for a qualified utility.

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Effective 5/3/2023

(1)A qualified utility shall:

(a)prepare an electrical power delivery quality plan in accordance with the requirements of this chapter; and

(b)submit the electrical power delivery quality plan to the commission.

(2)An electrical power delivery quality plan under Subsection

(1)shall include:

(a)a description of the procedures and standards that the qualified utility will use to assess an interconnection request to:

(i)decrease the risk that the interconnected utility-scale generation facility will adversely affect the electrical power delivery quality to other customers on the qualified utility lines; and

(ii)address adverse effects to the electrical power service quality caused by interconnected customer-owned generation systems that are discovered after the time of interconnection;

(b)a description of the equipment that the qualified utility will use to perform the assessment described in Subsection (2)(a) ; and

(c)a description of proposed modifications or upgrades to facilities and preventative programs that the qualified utility will implement to address any electrical power delivery quality issues that do not meet the qualified utility's interconnections policy or relevant national standards.

(a)The commission may only approve an electrical power delivery quality plan that meets the requirements of Subsection

(2).

(b)If the commission does not approve a proposed electrical power delivery quality plan, the commission shall:

(i)notify the qualified utility that the proposed electrical power delivery quality plan was not approved; and

(ii)provide specific recommendations to the qualified utility about changes needed for approval of the proposed electrical power delivery quality plan.

(4)On or before October 31, 2023, and before October 31 of each year after 2023, the commission shall report to the Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Interim Committee regarding a qualified utility's compliance with the qualified utility's electrical power delivery quality plan.

Enacted by Chapter 186 , 2023 General Session