Interconnection Policy Working Group Meeting Con Edison Interconnection

Interconnection Policy Working Group Meeting Con Edison Interconnection Update Joe White whitejoe@coned. com Distributed Generation Ombudsman 3/18/2020 1

Interconnection Policy Working Group Meeting Con Edison Updates Agenda Power. Clerk Updates Inquiry System Viewable Milestones Communications Tab update Permission to Operate Electronic billing CESIR cost guide Secondary Network Screening Performance 2

Interconnection Policy Working Group Meeting Con Edison Updates – Inquiry System • Power Clerk Inquiry System enabled in October – – – Easy access in Power Clerk Directly associates questions to a project Monitored correspondence and improved response time 3

Interconnection Policy Working Group Meeting Con Edison Updates – Inquiry System If user selects “No”, a message will be prompted to contact DGEXPERT@CONED. COM for any “Non. Project Specific Questions” 4

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Interconnection Policy Working Group Meeting Con Edison Updates – Viewable Milestones 6

Interconnection Policy Working Group Meeting Con Edison Updates – Communications Tab 7

Interconnection Policy Working Group Meeting Con Edison Updates – Electronic Invoicing & Payment • Electronic billing and payment infrastructure went live in September – Standard Invoice sent Electronically – E-payment available (wire transfer and ACH) – Eliminates unnecessary handoffs – More transparency in the process 8

Interconnection Policy Working Group Meeting Con Edison Updates – CESIR Cost Guidance • CESIR Cost Guidance issued in October @ www. coned. com/dg – Guide was added to the DG website – (located in the “Apply for Private Generation”…. and “Guides and…” tiles) 9

Interconnection Policy Working Group Meeting Con Edison Updates – SIR Secondary Network Screens • January 2019 IPWG Presentation/Review – – January 2019 – May 2019 Internal Cross-Functional Committee Formation and Draft Screens Development June 2019 – Interconnection Technical, Policy & Joint Utility Working Group Introduction to Network Screens Stakeholder Feedback Sessions September 2019 – Network Screens Finalized and submitted with other SIR changes • Approved by the PSC on December 12 th with February 3 rd start date • From 2/3/2020 through 3/13/2019 – – – 77 applications submitted qualified to use the new screens (106 total applications YTD) 27 projects passed the screens for 2. 93 MWs approved to be constructed These projects would have FAILED this time a year ago and required a CESIR for interconnection 10

Interconnection Policy Working Group Meeting Con Edison Updates – Interconnection Focus • CESIR Construction Cost Details included in CESIR results • Permission to Operate Letters Standardized at end of 2019 • Developer Workshops in 2020 – – – CUNY Event Second Annual Energy Storage Day Developer Workshop 11