On March 21, 2024, FERC issued a follow up rehearing order to its landmark Order No. 2023 generator interconnection reform rule, providing several clarifications and tweaks in response to industry ...

Order No. 2023 replaces the current first-come, first-served serial study process contained in its pro forma open access tariffs with a new cluster process. Generators seeking interconnection can ...

Today FERC took an historic step in the modernization of the nation’s transmission grid by streamlining the interconnection process for transmission providers, providing greater timing and cost ...

December 4, 2023 - Interest in renewable and clean energy project development has skyrocketed in the U.S., resulting in longer interconnection wait times as more projects petition for interconnection ...

Proposed reforms for helping ease grid congestion in the US are facing mounting legal challenges. Image: ERCOT. The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has introduced major transmission reforms ...

Using existing surplus interconnection, such as at rarely-used peaker plants, can get generation and storage resources online faster and more cheaply than seeking new interconnection rights. PJM lags ...

A wave of federal rulemaking and public-land policy changes is pushing grid operators, solar developers, and state regulators ...

The timing of a transmission study matters greatly for companies with billions of dollars at stake in developments requiring grid connection. PUC chair Thomas Gleeson said one of the largest points of ...

New Energy Dept. analysis calls for 47,300 GW miles of new transmission by 2035 to connect fast developing renewable energy to population centers but grid investment has been declning since 2015. The ...

Transmission-scale AI campus structured for phased grid delivery as ERCOT faces record large-load interconnection ...