Minnesota Power, an ALLETE Company

• A SISA is an agreement for MP to study the impacts of the request and identify interconnection and network upgrades required by the requested interconnection; all costs for the study shall be paid by the Requestor.
• Transmission Owner will draft and send an initial SISA to Requestor.
• Initial cost estimate for the System Impact Study (SIS) is $10,000 plus $50 per megawatt of load proposed to be interconnected.
• Upon execution of SISA, Requestor will be invoiced for 50% of the estimated costs with payment due within 30 business days.
• MP will utilize its best efforts to complete the SIS within 90 business days (or timeline as otherwise agreed to by Parties) of deposit receipt.
• Once SIS is completed and delivered, remaining cost balance will be invoiced to Requestor and payment due within 60 business days.
• Following receipt and finalization of completed study, Requestor will have 15 business days to decide whether to proceed with a Facilities Study (FS) for interconnection and network upgrades identified in the SIS.

• An FSA is an agreement for MP to identify the scope, schedule, and estimated cost for the interconnection and network upgrade facilities required by the requested interconnection; all costs for study shall be paid by the Requestor.
• Transmission Owner will draft and send an initial FSA to Requestor.
• Initial cost estimate of the Facility Study (FS) is $25,000 plus $250 per megawatt of load proposed to be interconnected by the Requestor.
• Upon execution of FSA, Requestor will be invoiced for 50% of the estimated costs with payment due within 30 business days.
• MP will utilize its best efforts to complete the FS within 90 business days (or timeline as otherwise agreed to by Parties) of deposit receipt.
• Once FS is completed and delivered, remaining balance will be invoiced to Requestor and payment due within 60 business days.

The completed FS shall be valid for a period of 180 calendar days, at the end of which if a Facilities Construction Agreement (“FCA”) has not been executed or filed, the interconnection request shall be terminated, unless extended by mutual written agreement.

• An FCA is an agreement for the customer to pay for, and Minnesota Power to construct, the interconnection and network upgrade facilities.
• An Engineering and Procurement Agreement (E&P) is an agreement which may be utilized to initiate engineering, procurement, and other development activities for the interconnection and network upgrade facilities prior to executing an FCA.
• All costs, schedules, and payment terms for the FCA and optional E&P will be spelled out in the Agreements sent to the Requestor.
• Additional MISO Coordination studies may be required based on the interconnection that is requested. Projects will not be submitted into the MISO transmission planning process until they have a signed FCA.

• Identifies the obligations of each Party in the interconnection process.
• Governs the ongoing ownership and operation of the Parties’ facilities and equipment at the new interconnection.
• Costs associated with the interconnection have been identified in the previous steps of the interconnection process.

• Transmission Interconnection Online Form
• Transmission Interconnection Physical Form
• Interconnection Guidelines for Substation/End Use Customers
• MISO’s Generator Interconnection/BPM-015