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interconnection

News interconnection-queue
The energy storage interconnection queue is broken. Here are some...

As the energy storage interconnection queue gets longer and longer, new strategies are emerging to speed up studies, to make costs more tran...

July 31, 2024
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Milestone decision by Calif. regulators approves DER schedules to avoid...

The California Public Utilities Commission just issued a significant decision allowing renewable energy systems to be approved to interconne...

March 21, 2024
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FERC affirms decision to hold utilities accountable for interconnection delays

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission affirmed its historic July 2023 rule that modernizes the U.S. transmission grid by streamlining the...

March 21, 2024
Projects
IREC issues model rules to speed up clean energy interconnection

The Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) has updated its model rules to facilitate the safe, efficient and reliable interconnection of...

August 29, 2023
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FERC issues final rule on reforming interconnection process for renewable...

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a final rule today to improve the interconnection process and address the growing bac...

July 27, 2023
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IREC interconnection grades highlight need for reforms to support clean...

The Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) released its Freeing the Grid interconnection grades, showing room for improvement in th...

June 21, 2023
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NEC 2020 | 705.11 | Load and Supply Side Connections

The National Electric Code allows for a few different ways to interconnect PV systems to utility systems. In two editions of Code Corner, Ry...

January 17, 2023
News New Mexico
New Mexico makes key changes to interconnection rules

The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission is updating and improving the state’s interconnection rules. The changes will be a relief ...

December 8, 2022
Featured home-electrification
Interconnection FAQs: Addressing solar installers’ five most common concerns

Interconnection can determine whether your project is able to move forward or not. Unfortunately, the process by which you connect a PV proj...

August 29, 2022
Policy fine penalty
Minnesota PUC fined Xcel Energy $1 million for interconnection delays...

The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission fined Xcel Energy $1 million for exceeding a maximum number of customer service complaints as a re...

January 28, 2021
Featured state interconnection
FERC Order 841 mattered, but state interconnection rules

It was big news this summer when a federal appeals court upheld Order 841 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. FERC Order 841 clarif...

November 19, 2020
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Interconnection innovation: Pine Gate standardized Michigan portfolio interconnect via myPV...

Equipment standardization for portfolio-level purchasing is a proven strategy to simplify procurement, establish repeatable construction pra...

October 12, 2020
News California Building Standards vote
California’s PUC just made huge changes to its Rule 21...

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) just issued sweeping changes to Rule 21, the rules under which distributed energy resource...

September 25, 2020
Policy Direct relief
Grid saturation lessons from Australia and Hawaii

A number of countries, states, and municipalities have been setting 100% clean energy goals. As the price of renewables keeps dropping, more...

September 3, 2020
News Asset-Management-Hero
How to deliver solar safely (and successfully) during COVID-19

In any scenario, the construction phase of a solar energy project brings with it a slew of logistical challenges and decision points for the...

May 28, 2020
News NERC compliance
NERC compliance on solar projects: whose responsibility is it?

Watching a professional kitchen operate is an impressive sight. At first glance, it appears chaotic and disorganized. But upon closer inspec...

February 19, 2020
News IREC logo
What’s new in the 2019 edition of IREC’s grid interconnection...

The Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) released its nationally applicable IREC Model Interconnection Procedures, 2019 Edition, last ...

September 16, 2019
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