1. Save the interconnection application
form from the link below, or request an application from PNM:
Interconnection
application (.pdf)
Contact PNM
PNM
Customer Generation Programs
Alvarado Square
Albuquerque,
N.M., 87158-0510
2. When your project plans are
finalized, complete the application for interconnection and return it along with
the $50 application fee to PNM using the address above. The application must include
a copy of the inverter manufacturer's specification sheet showing the inverter's
rating and its listing under UL 1741. The application will also need to include
a simple one-line diagram of the proposed system. For installations where the
customer generation disconnect switch (utility-accessible disconnect switch) is
not located adjacent to the PNM metering point, a simple site diagram showing
the physical locations of all key components of the system is required. The system
one-line and site diagram drawings must identify all major equipment including
the inverter, electric service panels, the customer generation disconnect switch
and the PNM metering point. These last two items must be clearly labeled on the
one-line diagram.
View
a sample grid-tie only system one-line diagram (.pdf)
View
a sample stand-alone capable system one-line diagram (.pdf)
View
a sample site diagram (.pdf)
PNM
will not process or approve projects without finalized project plans.
The
one-line electrical diagram and, if required, the site diagram are critical components
of the application for interconnection and will become part of the Interconnection
Agreement. Deficiencies in the one-line diagram and site drawing are the most
common cause for delays in PNM's review and approval of an application for interconnection.
If there are any questions or concerns about the application or about the
interconnection plans, PNM will contact you or your contractor for clarification
to resolve the interconnection concerns. If the application is complete and the
interconnection plans are acceptable, PNM will approve the interconnection design.
To
avoid unnecessary cost and delay, it is recommend that PNM's approval of the final
interconnection design be obtained prior to purchasing material or equipment for
the project.
3. After the application has been approved, PNM will send
you two originals of the standard form Interconnection Agreement. Both originals of this agreement will need to be signed by you,
the PNM customer/generator owner who is requesting the interconnection. You then
return both of the signed originals to PNM for a PNM signature.
PNM will
execute the Interconnection Agreement when all inspections are complete and the
generating system has been authorized to commence interconnected operation.
4.
After construction of the generating system is complete and after it has received
the final electric inspection from the local building codes authority, you or
your contractor will need to contact PNM for an interconnection approval inspection.
The purpose of PNM's inspection will be:
PNM interconnection
inspections usually can be scheduled within 10 working days of receiving a request.
5.
After the interconnection has passed PNM's inspection, PNM will provide written
authorization for you to commence interconnected operations. The written authorization
to commence interconnected operation is an attachment to the fully executed Interconnection
Agreement.
PNM will return one of the fully executed agreements to you,
the customer/generator owner, and PNM will file a copy of the fully executed agreement
with the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission.
The generating system
may not be operated in parallel with PNM's system without PNM's written authorization
to do so.
