The revised proposal includes a project cap, stricter requirements for demonstrating need, and accommodates retail choice states, aiming to accelerate generation projects to meet resource adequacy needs.

The proposed change aims to streamline the interconnection of commercially ready projects in both RTO footprints, addressing urgent capacity needs.

The change aims to streamline interconnection procedures and reduce delays for new generation projects along the MISO-SPP seam.

The new process aims to address backlog of connection requests by considering planned generation resources.

PJM must revise its interconnection agreements to explicitly assign land acquisition duties for network upgrades to transmission owners, not customers.

Shifting fuel mix sees solar, storage, and hybrid or thermal projects dominate interconnection queue, surpassing wind.

SPP projects a 17 GW capacity shortfall by 2030, necessitating the accelerated study and integration of new projects to meet resource adequacy and reliability needs.

The joint venture helps streamline the interconnection process, optimizing resource utilization for the developers which face long PJM project queues.

Data centers in the Western Interconnection are dominating the grid connection queues, accounting for nearly 80% of total requests from large load customers.

Rehearing requests were denied for plan to accelerate grid connection for shovel-ready projects, despite concerns from clean energy sector.

The coalition of renewable groups contend that the grid manager’s plan will fail to resolve massive gridlocks in connecting new projects to the system, which has grown to over 300 GW.

The order approves revised interconnection procedures, timelines, cost allocation methods, and financial security requirements for generators connecting to the New England grid, aiming to streamline the process while addressing a backlog of interconnection requests.

The new process aims to accelerate the study of generation projects critical for grid reliability, as MISO faces a capacity shortfall that could grow to 4.7 GW by 2028.

Further delays in the approval of the market reforms could leave up to 3 GW of new resources ineligible for the next capacity commitment period, according to one estimate.

The extraordinary measure by PJM to speed up generator interconnections comes as the grid manager faces a potential 10 GW capacity gap by the end of the decade.

Potomac Economics Ltd., in comments filed with FERC on Dec. 11, urged FERC to overhaul its interconnection and rate policies as massive electricity loads increasingly cluster with power generators.

The tech giant is pushing for more co-location of loads with generators, arguing it’s not about cost-cutting, but faster, smarter grid integration.