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Start with your serving utility’s interconnection process and the local code office.

Check whether your electric system is covered by RCA net-metering rules before sizing an export system.

Use the serving utility’s distributed-generation process and confirm local permit requirements separately.

Determine whether the project receives legacy or non-legacy net-metering treatment before comparing economics.

Check both the utility’s Rule 21 process and the billing tariff for the application date.

Verify the utility type, approved system size, and export-credit election before final design.

For new residential projects, start with Residential Renewable Energy Solutions rather than assuming the legacy net-metering program.

Identify your utility before applying the state’s net-metering provisions or estimating annual credits.

Treat utility interconnection and DOB construction permitting as separate approvals.

Separate the utility interconnection application from local building, fire and electrical approval.

Have the serving utility review the proposed equipment before buying or beginning construction.

Choose an exporting or non-exporting DER pathway with your island’s utility and check the county permit rules.

Check the export-credit tariff separately from the technical interconnection requirements.

Check the current utility tariff and the existing system’s eligibility before using older net-metering assumptions.

For investor-owned utility customers, distinguish Excess Distributed Generation tariffs from preserved legacy net-metering service.

Ask which metering and billing method the utility’s approved distributed-generation tariff uses.

Identify whether net metering or parallel generation applies to your provider and system.

Review the specific utility’s net-metering tariff and interconnection agreement before assuming how exports will be credited.

Identify the serving utility before applying: Entergy New Orleans has its own net-metering process, separate from the LPSC distributed-generation rules.

Treat utility interconnection and net energy billing as separate applications, and check the current Maine PUC rules before committing to a project.

Use the Maryland PSC small-generator interconnection standards and confirm the inverter’s certification and required settings before purchase.

Check both net-metering eligibility and the electric company’s interconnection process; municipal electric customers must check their own municipal program.

Start with the serving utility’s approved generator-interconnection procedures and current distributed-generation tariff.

Use the MN DIP/DIA interconnection process for qualifying parallel distributed energy projects, then identify the separate compensation agreement.

Use the serving utility’s distributed-generation interconnection process and check whether PSC rules apply to that utility.

Check the customer-generator requirements, serving utility’s interconnection agreement, and local construction codes separately.

Identify whether service is from NorthWestern Energy, Montana-Dakota Utilities, or a cooperative, then use that provider’s interconnection terms.

Contact the local distribution utility about the qualified-facility interconnection agreement before choosing equipment.

Check the applicable net-metering tariff and the local building department rather than assuming a single rate or code applies throughout Nevada.

Use the current Department of Energy net-metering rules and the distribution utility’s interconnection requirements.

Plan the solar array around annual electric needs and identify the correct utility interconnection review level.

Use NMPRC Rule 568 for a qualifying distribution interconnection, alongside the utility’s tariff and construction permit process.

Use the Standardized Interconnection Requirements and the serving utility’s technical requirements for parallel solar and storage.

Identify the utility and applicable net-metering rider before estimating solar bill savings.

Confirm the serving utility’s small-generation tariff and interconnection terms, with separate state electrical compliance.

Start with the local electric utility for interconnection, then request its net-metering tariff.

Use the Corporation Commission’s distributed-generation rules and your utility’s current tariff.

Check the serving utility’s net-metering process alongside Oregon electrical requirements.

Net metering and grid connection are addressed separately within Chapter 75.

Choose the correct compensation program before applying for utility interconnection.

Use the current customer-generation tariff and the state’s interconnection procedures.

Plan around utility interconnection and excess-generation purchases rather than assuming retail net metering.

For TVA-supplied areas, coordinate with the local power company and the appropriate TVA program.

Separate the poles-and-wires interconnection from the contract that pays for exports.

Rocky Mountain Power’s export-credit program differs from its legacy net-metering programs.

Coordinate the state net-metering authorization with the serving utility’s interconnection review.

Start with SCC net-energy-metering resources and the serving utility’s notification process.

Check both your utility’s net-metering availability and the electrical inspection jurisdiction.

Confirm the utility’s current tariff and application timing before assuming a compensation structure.

Use PSC 119 interconnection procedures and your provider’s buyback or net-metering tariff.

Use Wyoming’s net-metering statute with the serving utility’s application and tariff.