Generator Interconnection Request
Solar Generating Facility Data
Generating Facility Name:
Maximum Net Export Capability (at POI):
MW (Gross Generation – Station Service)
Gross Generator Capability (at Inverter Terminals):
MW
Station Service Load (including losses):
MW
1. Simplified One-Line Diagram. This should be similar to Figure below. If it is different, please mark
the difference on the diagram below.
Generator
Interconnection
Tie Line
Main
Transformer(s)
Collector
System
Equivalent
Inverter Step-up
Transformer
PV Inverter
Point of
Interconnection
Dynamic Reactive
Device
Fixed Reactive
Device
2. Generator Interconnection Tie Line.
a) Point of Interconnection (substation/line name):
b) Line voltage:
kV, line rating at 95F ambient:
MVA, line length:
c) R1 =
ohm or
pu on 100 MVA and line kV base (positive sequence)
d) X1 =
ohm or
pu on 100 MVA and line kV base (positive sequence)
e) B1 =
F or
f) R0 =
ohm or
pu on 100 MVA and line kV base (zero sequence)
g) X0 =
ohm or
pu on 100 MVA and line kV base (zero sequence)
h) B0 =
F or
3. Main Transformer.
Miles/Feet
pu on 100 MVA and line kV base (positive sequence)
pu on 100 MVA and line kV base (zero sequence)
Number of main transformers:
Two-Winding Main Transformer Data (as applicable):
a) Rating (OA/FA/FA):
/
/
MVA
b) Nominal Voltage for each winding (Low/High):
/
kV
c) Winding Connections (Low/High): Delta or Wye / Delta or Wye
d) Available tap positions:
/
/
e) Positive sequence impedance Z1:
f) Zero sequence impedance Z0:
/
%,
%,
/
kV or
%
# of taps.
X/R on self-cooled (OA) MVA rating above.
X/R on self-cooled (OA) MVA rating above.
g) For padmount transformer, construction: 3 / 4 / 5 -legged
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Three-Winding Main Transformer Data (as applicable)
h) GSU connection and winding (please attach diagram and mark to reference this form).
H Winding Data
Full load ratings
(i.e. OA/FA/FA)
/
X Winding Data
/
/
MVA
Rated high side voltage
base
/
kV
/
kV
Delta or Wye connected
/
/
Neutral solidly grounded?
(or) Neutral Grounding
Resistor (if applicable)
/
MVA
kV
/
kV
Present Tap Setting
(if applicable)
/
MVA
Delta or Wye connected
Tap positions available
Y Winding Data
/
/
/
Delta or Wye connected
/
/
kV
/
/
/
kV
kV
kV
kV
Ohms
Ohms
Ohms
kV
kV
kV
BIL rating
Three-Winding Main Transformer Impendance Data (as applicable)
H-X Winding Data
Transformer base for
impedances provided
H-Y Winding Data
MVA
X-Y Winding Data
MVA
MVA
Positive sequence impedance Z1
%
X/R
%
X/R
%
X/R
Zero sequence impedance Z0
%
X/R
%
X/R
%
X/R
4. Collector System Equivalent Model.
a) Collector system voltage =
kV
b) Collector system equivalent model rating at 95F ambient =
MVA
c) R1 =
ohm or
pu on 100 MVA and collector kV base (positive sequence)
d) X1 =
ohm or
pu on 100 MVA and collector kV base (positive sequence)
e) B1 =
F or
f) R0 =
ohm or
pu on 100 MVA and collector kV base (zero sequence)
g) X0 =
ohm or
pu on 100 MVA and collector kV base (zero sequence)
h) B0 =
F or
pu on 100 MVA and collector kV base (positive sequence)
pu on 100 MVA and collector kV base (zero sequence)
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5. Inverter Step-Up Transformers.
a) Number of inverter step-up transformers:
Rating:
MVA
Two-Winding Inverter Step-Up Transformer Data (as applicable):
b) Nominal Voltage for each winding (Low/High):
/
kV
c) Winding Connections (Low/High): Delta or Wye / Delta or Wye
d) Available taps:
/
/
/
/
e) Positive sequence impedance (Z1)
kV or
%,
f) Zero sequence impedance (Z0)
%,
%
# of taps.
X/R on MVA rating above.
X/R on MVA rating above.
Three-Winding Inverter Step-Up Transformer Data (as applicable)
g) GSU connection and winding (attach diagram and mark to reference this form).
H Winding Data
Full load ratings
(i.e. OA/FA/FA)
Rated high side voltage
base
Tap positions available
Present Tap Setting
(if applicable)
Neutral solidly grounded?
(or) Neutral Grounding
Resistor (if applicable)
BIL rating
/
X Winding Data
/
/
MVA
/
/
MVA
kV
/
/
/
MVA
kV
Delta or Wye connected
/
Y Winding Data
kV
Delta or Wye connected
/
kV
/
/
/
Delta or Wye connected
/
/
kV
/
/
/
kV
kV
kV
kV
Ohms
Ohms
Ohms
kV
kV
kV
Three-Winding Inverter Step-Up Transformer Impendance Data (as applicable)
H-X Winding Data
Transformer base for
impedances provided
H-Y Winding Data
MVA
X-Y Winding Data
MVA
MVA
Positive sequence impedance Z1
%
X/R
%
X/R
%
X/R
Zero sequence impedance Z0
%
X/R
%
X/R
%
X/R
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6. Inverter and PV Module Data.
a) Number of Inverters:
b) Nameplate Rating (each Inverter):
kW/
kVA
c) Describe reactive capability:
d) Inverter Manufacturer and Model #:
e) PV Module Manufacturer and Model #:
f) Provide with this form the dynamic modeling data, including plant volt/var control function
model and active power/frequency control function model, in a Siemens/PTI PSS/E standard
model. If a user-written model is submitted in place of a standard model, it must include the
model characteristics, including block diagrams, values and names for all model parameters and a
list of all state variables. All of the associated files, including source code, for dynamic modeling
should be in PSS/E versions 30, 32, and 33, and must be shareable on an interconnection-wide
basis to support use in the interconnection-wide cases.1
7. Plant Reactive Power Compensation (beyond the inverters built-in reactive capability).
a) Type of reactive compensation device(s): Fixed or Dynamic
b) Individual fixed shunt reactive device type:
-
Number and size of each:
×
MVA
c) Dynamic reactive control device (e.g., SVC, STATCOM):
d) Control range at rated MW output:
Mvar (lead and lag)
e) Control mode (e.g., voltage, power factor, reactive power):
f) Regulation point:
g) Describe the overall reactive power control strategy:
h) Provide with this form the dynamic modeling data in a Siemens/PTI PSS/E standard model. If a
user-written model is submitted in place of a standard model, it must include the model
characteristics, including block diagrams, values and names for all model parameters, and a list of
all state variables. All of the associated files, including source code, for dynamic modeling
should be in PSS/E versions 30, 32, and 33, and must be shareable on an interconnection-wide
basis to support use in the interconnection-wide cases.2
1
2
As required by NERC Reliability Standard MOD-32-1.
As required by NERC Reliability Standard MOD-32-1.
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8. Short Circuit Contribution of the Generating Facility at the Point of Interconnection.
a) Maximum Three Phase Fault Current:
Amps and Duration:
b) Maximum Single Line to Ground Fault* Current:
Amps and Duration:
* Single Line to Ground Fault at the Point of Interconnection with ties to utility at the POI open.
9. Harmonic Distortion of the plant at Point of Interconnection.
a) Total Harmonic Current Distortion:
%
b) Provide with this data form the individual harmonic currents through 49th harmonic, in % of
fundamental current rating.
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