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Renewable Energy World reports that Southwest Power Pool (SPP), one of nation’s largest regional transmission organizations, has requested that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) postpone 2024 interconnection requests and hold off on accepting new ones until the grid operator can catch up on previous clusters. In the article, United’s Lisa Barrett categorizes SPP pausing its queue as disappointing.

Utility Dive reports on a the release of a new report, co-commissioned by United, that calls for grid interconnection reforms to advance cost certainty and transparency, speed and schedule certainty, and remove barriers to market access. The article quotes United’s Caitlin Marquis, who emphasizes the importance of reshaping the interconnection process as electricity demand increases.

Amid growing demand for electricity, a new report from Grid Strategies LLC and The Brattle Group and recommends additional reforms to “generator interconnection,” the process by which new, large-scale energy resources are connected to transmission grids. The report, Unlocking America’s Energy: How to Efficiently Connect New Generation to the Grid, calls for new approaches to interconnection that can move new generation projects more quickly to completion while providing up-front cost certainty.  

In this report, co-commissioned by Advanced Energy United and the Solar and Storage Industries Institute, Grid Strategies, and The Brattle Group, put forward recommendations to further improve the interconnection process and deliver cost savings and improved reliability for customers.

Renewable Energy World reports Maryland State Senator Ron Watson and five state delegates released a joint statement condemning the recent spikes in electricity prices within the PJM territory. The article cites United’s Generator Interconnection Scorecard, which assigned PJM with a “D-,” one of the worst scores across the nation, for its management of generation interconnection.

The California Independent System Operator (CAISO) approved the first step of the West-Wide Governance Pathways Initiative’s straw proposal. Step 1 of the straw proposal increases the independence of the existing CAISO real-time and day-ahead markets’ governance by providing more autonomy to the existing Western Energy Market Governing Body.

Canary Media discusses a recent spike in electricity prices by PJM, the largest power market in the country. The article quotes United’s Jon Gordon, who speaks to how PJM’s interconnection queue delays are exacerbating market issues and negatively impacting energy costs.

Today, PJM announced the results of its latest capacity auction, which reflected a massive increase in electricity prices.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) announces an advanced notice of a proposed rulemaking aimed at guiding transmission providers to implement Dynamic Line Ratings (DLR), a technology that determines the true, real-time capacity of a power line.

Today, national business association Advanced Energy United applauds NV Energy’s signal of intent to join the California Independent System Operator’s (CAISO) extended day-ahead market (EDAM), recognizing the several benefits of joining a unified regional electricity market in the West. NV Energy becomes the sixth market participant to indicate it intends to join EDAM.

America has not been building the kind of transmission lines it needs to reliably and cost-effectively power our grid, and a major part of the problem has been our short-term, just-in-time planning process. On May 13, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) released Order No. 1920, meant to modernize the transmission planning process by viewing the system through a wider lens to plan for and construct the transmission system we need for the future.

FERC announces Order No. 1920, aimed at improving interregional electric transmission planning and cost allocation.