Interconnection Qualifications – What, How and Where

We offer Net Metering to applicants interested in offsetting their electricity consumption as an existing retail service customer of PGE. Under Net Metering, customers will receive credit, referred to as excess generation, tracked via bidirectional meter. This is based on kilowatt-hours (kWh) provided to the PGE system during a given billing period. The energy provided is deducted from the customer consumption prior to billing.

Customers seeking to install solar DERs to sell power to PGE end-user subscribers within the Community Solar Program (CSP) may apply for interconnection of DERs up to 3 MW in capacity. The interconnection requirements for CSP DERs are similar to small generator requirements, though they differ in some respects such as the possibility of joint study for applications in limited circumstances. CSP applicants must adhere exactly to PGE’s CSP interconnection requirements. Each CSP applicant must also execute a Community Solar Program Purchase Agreement with PGE.  

Under the small generator interconnection rules, customers can install distributed energy resources (DERs) up to 10 MW of capacity. Requests can be submitted online using PowerClerk.

• The facility and related equipment must meet standards as designated by the state of Oregon, PGE and local electrical and building codes.

• If the system generates more than 30 amps, it must have a lockable isolation device readily accessible to PGE at all times.

• You must demonstrate proof of site control (property tax bill, deed, lease agreement or other legally binding contract) for the location of the facility.

• You must carry general liability insurance for a facility with a nameplate capacity of more than 200 kilowatts. Limits and conditions are subject to PGE approval.

• For multiple generators, the total nameplate capacity at a point of interconnection must be 10 MW or less.

Learn more about Schedule 201: Qualifying Facility 10 MW or Less Avoided Cost Power Purchase Information. You can also download Schedule 201 contracts from our Resource Library.

If your Qualifying Facility has a nameplate capacity greater than 10 MW and you’d like to sell power, PGE may buy the power under a negotiated power purchase agreement (PPA).

This negotiated PPA with PGE will cover all aspects of the sale, delivery and purchase of power and the rights and responsibilities of both parties. For more information call 503-464-8000 and ask for the power production coordinator. Additionally, for information about large generator projects and to go through the contracting process, please email qualifying.facility@pgn.com. To administer or manage Qualifying Facility contracts after they have been executed, please email pge.qfadmin@pgn.com.

Interconnection of a Qualifying Facility (QF) of 20 MW capacity or more shall be governed by the terms, conditions and provisions of the Commission-approved QF interconnection procedures and the Commission-approved QF interconnection agreement.

Learn more about Schedule 202: Qualifying Facility Greater than 10 MW Avoided Cost Power Purchase Information. 

If you wish to use a particular point of delivery on our PGE System, you should inform us as soon as possible. We will need to perform a study to determine whether the delivery to the interconnection point is feasible. PGE’s System currently has limited or no Available Transmission Capability on certain transmission paths. The following points are not acceptable points of delivery for Qualifying Facility contracts:

• PACW

• Roundbutte