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Avista solar interconnection: what it requires before you energize

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

How does Avista detect unpermitted backfeed?

Being verified being verified

What happens if they catch you?

Being verified being verified

Small and DIY interconnection requirements

Their own wording: apply before purchase or install. Around 20 business days to approval, self install acknowledged. documented

Under 100 kW net metering, credits reset March 31. WA law blocks extra insurance requirements. documented

sources: Avista net metering · WA RCW 80.60

Related: Puget Sound Energy (WA) · AEP Ohio (OH)

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.