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This two-day workshop hosted by the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission is the first of several workshops designed to develop a statewide best practices model for connecting small generating facilities to the electric grid.

• Workshop 1 Issues (93 KB)
• Draft Agenda (12 KB)
• South Dakota Straw Man (376 KB)
• Presentations
  • Introduction to Small Generation Interconnection: Technical Issues and Process Issues (34 KB)
  • IEEE 1547 Technical Standard Review (1,083 KB)
  • Utility-Interconnected Photovoltaic Systems: Evaluating the Rationale for the
        Utility-Accessible External Disconnect Switch (337 KB)
    • Technical Report (266 KB)
  • Best Practice Issues: Process in other Great Plains States Other? (759 KB)
  • South Dakota Public Utilities Commission Small Generator Interconnection Straw Man Rule Workshop #1: Overview and Participant Issues (758 KB)
  • Criteria Flowcharts (118 KB)
  • Procedural Aspects (61 KB)

• IEEE 1547 Standard for Interconnecting Distributed Resources with Electric Power Systems –   Tom Basso and Mike Coddington, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
• Interconnection Procedures – Wayne Shirley, The Regulatory Assistance Project
• Interconnection Processes in the Midwestern States – Brad Klein, Environmental Law and Policy Center