Prior to these tariff revisions, an interconnection customer’s maximum cost responsibility was the lesser of either the Phase I or the Phase II study cost estimates. Therefore, the Phase I study cost ...

Solar panels at the ENGIE Sun Valley Solar project in Hill County, Texas, on March 1, 2023. Solar project developers in Texas enjoy among the shortest wait time in the U.S. for permission to ...

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on July 28 issued a landmark order that reforms the generator interconnection process. The order is in response to a clear need for nationwide ...

At the end of May, the U.S. Department of Energy (“DOE”) announced a new program, the Interconnection Innovation e-Xchange (“i2X”), to bring together stakeholders and several of DOE’s National ...

FERC has proposed large-scale changes to generator interconnection procedures based on comments received from stakeholders last fall. There are many details in this proposed rulemaking because FERC is ...

There are three parts to the FERC interconnection NOPR. In the first piece, FERC proposed reforms to implement the first-ready, first-served cluster study process. Next, recognizing the delays ...

The connection of solar, storage and other renewables to the US can be a lengthy process. Image: Nexamp Grid bottlenecks have emerged as a significant obstacle standing in the way of the energy ...

To connect a new source of power to the U.S. electric grid requires energy generators to go through an application process with a regional transmission authority or ...

U.S. economic health, national security, and quality of life rely on an affordable and reliable supply of energy. After years of stable or even falling electricity demand in the United States, ...