wwhitney
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- Berkeley, CA
- Occupation
- Retired
I don't mean to suggest that you are using the terms "wrong." I'm just suggesting that when you post about requirements, it would be helpful if you differentiate between NEC requirements, which will apply to basically all US readers of this forum (although interpretations of some aspects of the NEC may differ across jurisdictions) and POCO requirements, which can vary widely across locations. In this thread, the OP is asking about the NEC requirements, so additional requirements the POCO makes are not particularly relevant to the OP's question.Use the term however you want but please stop telling me that the way I use it is wrong.
Oops, I was wrong, thank you for the correction. I was thinking of the 2017 NEC, where 705.12(A) is supply-side interconnections, but the OP clearly says 2020 NEC.What you have described is a 705.11 interconnection, not a 705.12 connection as we were discussing;
Now I mostly agree with you. You could do still do the following if you wanted, although I imagine it wouldn't be so common, but it would result in a multiple 705.12(A) disconnects and a single PV meter. Namely in order moving away from the utility: breaker supplying a feeder - feeder is tapped (or just spliced, depending on the ampacity) to a load panel - feeder continues to a PV meter - multiple taps (or splices) on the load side of the meter to multiple 705.12(A) disconnects. [Edit: the breaker on the utility side of the PV meter is not a 705.12(A) disconnect as it also kills power to the load panel, so it is not "dedicated" to the interconnected sources.]
Cheers, Wayne
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