INSIGHTSSERIES
Power & Utilities | Smart Grid
August 26, 2024
Interconnection Efficiency Increasingly Crucial as New Power Sources Proliferate
Efforts to enhance the interconnection process aim to clear existing backlogs and manage the increasing volume of requests as electrification and state policies drive demand for new resources.
Amid ongoing improvements to interconnection processes across the U.S., current queue backlogs and the rapid increase in…Read the full report
Key Takeaways
- The New York grid operator has launched an enhanced interconnection process to facilitate the integration of a high volume of new generation facilities onto the grid.
- PJM is in the process of implementing interconnection reforms with about 72 GW of resources anticipated to be processed through 2025.
- Several entities are challenging FERC’s interconnection reforms as well as the agency’s recently adopted transmission planning rule.
