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Transmission Planning

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"Unlocking Grid Potential: DOE's Roadmap for Doubling Capacity and Reducing Emissions"
energy1 year ago

"Unlocking Grid Potential: DOE's Roadmap for Doubling Capacity and Reducing Emissions"

The U.S. Department of Energy has released a road map aimed at improving grid interconnection processes to address a 2.6-TW backlog, with a focus on increasing transparency, promoting economic efficiency, and maintaining grid reliability. The road map suggests creating new fast-track options for interconnection, investigating interregional transmission projects, and incorporating equity goals in transmission planning. It also recommends reducing cost uncertainty and making cost sharing more efficient, with potential impacts on interconnection queues and cost allocation.

"FERC's Bold Move: Boosting Clean Energy Integration on the US Grid"
energy2 years ago

"FERC's Bold Move: Boosting Clean Energy Integration on the US Grid"

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has issued an order requiring grid operators in the US to speed up interconnection processes for clean energy projects. The order mandates a switch from studying projects individually to studying them in groups, known as "cluster" studies, to better understand the impact on the grid. However, clean-energy groups emphasize that this is just the first step and that more reforms are needed, including expanding transmission capacity and addressing cost allocation issues. The success of the order will depend on how grid operators and utilities implement its provisions.