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As part of its review of charges, LADWP will propose a reduced fixed cost-recovery charge, and would expect that to be in line with other utilities in California, whose interconnection charges range from $75 to $145.

An interconnection agreement is a business contract between the utility and the customer for the purpose of interconnecting a distributed energy (DE) project located at the customer site to the utility's electrical distribution system.

An interconnection agreement is a business contract between the utility and the customer for the purpose of interconnecting a distributed energy (DE) project located at the customer site to the utility's electrical distribution system.

Point Of Interconnection for Solar Utility-scale projects either connect directly to a substation or a transmission line of 69 kV or higher. Unless a solar farm is installed next to transmission lines or substations, the solar contractor needs to a generation tie to connect the clean energy project to the grid.

The agreement is a written notice to a utility company of a plan to build and operate a solar system that ultimately will be connected to the grid. This notice must be submitted before construction begins. A parallel permitting process may be required to obtain a local building permit.

The interconnection application process takes two to three weeks on average for residential solar panel installations. Once the solar panel system is installed and passes local inspection, it takes another one to two weeks on average to receive permission to operate.