> I have come to a conclusion: Utility companies serve two (2) purposes: 1) > To safely and profitably distribute electrical power and 2) To drive PV > integrators insane. > > The particular utility of which I speak, Allegheny Power, was responsible > for convincing the Maryland PUC for requiring External Disconnect Switches > on PV installs if they are to be eligible for REC generation. Now they have > finally gotten around to inspecting a system we installed a year ago where > the EDS was located on the opposite side of the house from the meter (we > made our interconnection at a sub-panel) and they are requiring us to move > it back to the meter location (or install a 200A external service > disconnect). > > Does anyone know of any documentation from a utility or AHJ that accepts a > weatherproof label (or plack) on the meter indicating the location of the > EDS when it is not convienient for the meter and EDS to be co-located? > > > Andrew Truitt > Standard Solar Inc. > > > > -- > "Don't get me wrong: I love nuclear energy! It's just that I prefer fusion > to fission. And it just so happens that there's an enormous fusion reactor > safely banked a few million miles from us. It delivers more than we could > ever use in just about 8 minutes. And it's wireless!" > > ~William McDonough > >
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