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Midwest Energy Cooperative

Michigan Utility Interconnection & net metering rules
Net Metering Allowed1
Line Taps Allowed0
Load Taps Allowed0

Net metering & export

Net Metering Allowed
1
TOU Utility
0
Post Solar Billing Method
Export Rate
Solar Export Type
Avoided Cost
Solar Export Rate Approx
0.056
Net Excess Generation Notes

The Customer shall be credited 5.6 cents per kwh, for Excess Generation. Energy produced by the Customer’s solar or wind renewable energy generator and consumed at the Customer’s location without flowing onto the Cooperative’s distribution system is not billed by the Cooperative, compensated by the Cooperative, or displayed on the billing statement. The Customer shall pay the full retail rate in accordance with the Cooperative’s standard service tariff applicable to the Customer for energy delivered to the Customer by the Cooperative. Any credit that is not used up during the current billing period shall be carried forward for use in subsequent billing periods.

Rebates Offered
0
Deregulated
1

Interconnection & taps

Approval Req To Install
Yes
Interconnection Level
3
Line Taps Allowed
0
Load Taps Allowed
0
Automatic Transformer Upgrade Size
0

System size & offset

System Size Restrictions
20
System Size Restriction Type
AC kW
System Size Battery Included
0
System Size Includes Existing Systems
0
Offset Type
Combination
Offset Value
110
Offset Calculation Basis
Historical
Offset Calculation Period
12
Industry Standard Watts Sqft
2
Offset Calc Tool
Historical Usage

Metering & disconnect

Production Meter Required
No
Production Meter Position
N/A
Production Meter Labeling
N/A

Plans & docs

SLD Reqs

The following information on these system components shall appear on the preliminary One-Line Diagram, including manufacturer make and model for the items listed below:

  • Breakers - Rating, location and normal operating status (open or closed)
  • Buses - Operating voltage
  • Capacitors - Size of bank in kVAR
  • Current Transformers - Overall ratio, connected ratio
  • Fuses - normal operating status, rating (Amps), type
  • Generators - Capacity rating (kVA), location, type, method of grounding
  • Grounding Resistors - Size (ohms), current (Amps)
  • Isolating transformers - Capacity rating (kVA), location, impedance, voltage ratings, primary and secondary connections and method of grounding
  • Potential Transformers - Ratio, connection
  • Reactors - Ohms/phase
  • Relays - Types, quantity, IEEE device number, operator lines indicating the device initiated by the relays.
  • Switches - Location and normal operating status (open or closed), type, rating
  • Tagging Point - Location, identification
Install Reqs

AC Disconnect Required

  • Must be approved for use on the Utility system.
  • Must comply with current relevant ANSI and/or IEEE Standards.
  • Must have load break capability, unless used in series with a three-phase interrupting device. 
  • Must be rated for the application.
  • If used as part of a protective relaying scheme, it must have adequate interrupting capability. The Utility will provide maximum short circuit currents and X/R ratios available at the PCC upon request.
  • Must be operable and accessible by the Utility at all times (24 hours a day, 7 days a week)
  • The Utility will determine if the isolation device will be used as a protective tagging point. If the determination is so made, the device must have a visible open break, provisions for padlocking in the open position and it must be gang operated. If the device has automatic operation, the controls must be located remote from the device.
Placards

Placards will be placed per NEC code

Electrical Stamp Required
1
Equipment Approvals
California Energy Commission
Website
link
Phone
(800) 492-5989

Other details

Address ID
10588327
Express Planset Eligible
Yes
Compiled from public records, 2026. Tariffs and interconnection rules change; verify with Midwest Energy Cooperative before you rely on this. The useful move: if an installer says you need a main panel upgrade, ask how these tap and interconnection policies were considered first.