Electricity
Using Regional-First Planning to Streamline Large Load Interconnection
How to align the large load interconnection process and system-wide transmission planning for maximum impact.
Understanding Large Load Interconnection
An overview of the process that transmission providers and large load customers such as data centers use when a large load customer requests to connect to the electric grid.
Large Loads and Network Upgrades
Large loads are triggering an increasing volume of network upgrades. Addressing those upgrades through a piecemeal interconnection process is inefficient and costly.
Large Loads and System-Wide Transmission
Large loads are driving system-wide transmission investments beyond the load interconnection process.
The Interconnection Queue Continues to Be a Barrier to American Economic Competitiveness
The race is on to power the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution. As AI becomes increasingly central to national security and US economic competitiveness, demand for electricity is surging. Yet companies seeking to build data centers — and other large loads like new manufacturing plants — are struggling to secure sufficient…
