Separate System definition
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If Customer claims a Separate System, Customer shall submit an Application along with associated Supplementary Information in accordance with Section 17 and Appendix C of this document for APS review and acceptance.
A Separate System is one so designed that the generation never interconnects (operates in electrical parallel) with, or is capable of ever back- feeding, the APS System.
An Open Transition Transfer Switch or Scheme that does not satisfy the requirements for a Separate System as outlined above constitutes a potential back-feed source to the APS System.
The Transfer Switch for the purpose of qualifying as a Separate System as outlined in this Section shall be of the manually operated type, and shall be tested and certified to UL 98.
Customer may elect to configure its Generator as a Separate System with open transition transfer of load between two independent power systems as described in Section 4.1, or Customer may configure its Generator to run in parallel with the APS System as is described in Section 4.2.
Unlike a UL 1008 transfer switch, a transfer scheme does not satisfy the requirements for a Separate System as outlined in Section 4.1. Customers that connect a static inverter to the utility, and which will be programmed so as not to back-feed into the Utility System (i.e. non-utility interactive mode), will need to sign a Non-Parallel Connection Agreement with APS, since such an arrangement can constitute a potential back-feed source.
A Separate System is one in which there is no possibility of electrically connecting or paralleling a Backup Generator with the Utility System, or of a Backup Generator otherwise posing a potential risk of back-feeding the Utility System.