23 CAR § 454-306. Interconnection costs

(a) Obligation to pay. Each qualifying facility shall be obligated to pay any interconnection costs estimated on a nondiscriminatory basis with respect to other customers with similar load characteristics. (b) Reimbursement of interconnection costs. (1) Each utility shall make provisions in its standard tariff (see 23 CAR § 454-304) or the case-by-case legally binding obligations with qualifying facilities for the repayment of interconnection costs. (2) The utility shall provide the alternatives of either: (A) Complete payment at the inception of service; or (B) Periodic payments over a term of not less than two (2) years wherein such payments provide for the amortization of interconnection costs as well as a return to the utility equal to its pretax marginal cost of capital. (3) In addition, the qualifying facility will reimburse the utility for any recurring interconnection and administrative costs.