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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced a series of actions in support of the Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and [...]

For years, utilities have grappled with how to handle the ever-growing number of solar and battery systems trying to connect to the lower-voltage grids that deliver power to customers. That’s especially true for midsize projects like, say, a solar array that might adorn the roof of a multiunit apartment complex or a community-solar project that generates power shared by hundreds of dispersed customers.

On October 25, 2023, the Department of Energy (“DOE”) released a draft roadmap addressing challenges to the interconnection of clean energy projects to the transmission grid. The...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released a draft roadmap to address interconnection challenges on the transmission grid and seeks feedback from the public before releasing a final version.

DOE is now seeking input from interconnection stakeholders on the challenges and solution sets outlined in the roadmap.

Renewables deployment in the US is at risk of stalling unless distributed interconnection policies are improved to make them more efficient.

Startup Kevala forecasts California will need $50 billion in grid upgrades to meet electric-vehicle goals — and it can tell utilities where to start…

Such projects face multi-year interconnection queue delays, which can impact a project’s viability, she said. 

Often at odds, utilities and DER developers have joined together with the launch of the GridTECH Connect Forum in San Diego on Feb. 6. By John Engel,

The Biden administration’s 100% clean power by 2035 target needs a huge increase in renewable energy use.