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APS solar interconnection: what it requires before you energize

AZ · checked 2026-07-03 · request an update

How does APS detect unpermitted backfeed?

Monitors expected export: dispatched a tech when a permitted, grandfathered system stopped backfeeding after an inverter died reported

What happens if they catch you?

Being verified being verified

Small and DIY interconnection requirements

RCP export rate, steps down annually. Grandfathered net metering cohorts still exist. documented

sources: APS solar service plans

Related: Salt River Project (AZ)

Planning a zero-export or plug-in setup here? See the zero-export reality check and equipment notes.

Every claim above is evidence-graded: documented means it traces to the tariff or the utility's own filings, reported means a dated community report. The full table covers 53 utilities: see all of Gridrules.