ncsolarelectric
Engineering Support CEO
Is it permissible to interconnect a grid-tied, utility-interactive inverter that can be programmed for zero (0) Export to the grid, without an interconnection agreement with the utility?
I have been involved in over 300 interconnections to utilities all over the country, including systems that were not allowed to export. All of them required an interconnection agreement because the inverters operate in parallel with the utility grid. I can understand that the AIMS Power inverters, EG4, and MPP inverters are off-grid and are not utility-interactive. They only draw power from the grid. But a Sol-Ark is utility-interactive. I hear it can be programmed not to export but still operate in parallel with the utility grid up to the amount of energy used by the home.
Has anyone interconnected a Sol-Ark inverter and used it this utility-interactive way without a utility interconnection agreement? Successfully?
Thank you.
Best,
Todd
I have been involved in over 300 interconnections to utilities all over the country, including systems that were not allowed to export. All of them required an interconnection agreement because the inverters operate in parallel with the utility grid. I can understand that the AIMS Power inverters, EG4, and MPP inverters are off-grid and are not utility-interactive. They only draw power from the grid. But a Sol-Ark is utility-interactive. I hear it can be programmed not to export but still operate in parallel with the utility grid up to the amount of energy used by the home.
Has anyone interconnected a Sol-Ark inverter and used it this utility-interactive way without a utility interconnection agreement? Successfully?
Thank you.
Best,
Todd