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 data were reported in a staff report from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). LBNL’s preliminary values for all but one of the resource types awaiting interconnection are presented in ...

To understand what the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) is, it helps to understand how the North American electric power system is configured. The contiguous U.S. is comprised of three ...

US grid interconnection agreements soared 33% year over year in 2024, reaching a record 75 GW, according to a new report from Wood Mackenzie. Solar and energy storage projects captured 75% of the ...

A 2024 report from the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory in California said the US had 2.6TW of project capacity waiting in interconnection queues. Image: ERCOT. US grid interconnection agreements grew by ...

The Texan grid operator, ERCOT, has become a focal point in the ongoing debate over US interconnection reform. Image: ERCOT. The Texan grid operator, ERCOT, has come under the spotlight for its ...

The state’s power grid boss said Tuesday those pushing to connect Texas to national power grids to increase reliability haven’t given enough thought to the economic impacts of overhauling the state’s ...