PJM completed the first phase of studies for 306 generation interconnection requests in the transition to its new interconnection process.

Lengthy wait times in PJM’s generator interconnection queue are interacting with siting and permitting timelines, supply chain disruptions and inflation to contribute to increasingly long construction periods, according to a study released by Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy.

Transmission development and siting reform were a central theme at the 2024 New York Energy Summit.

FERC rejected challenges to its new generator interconnection rules under Order 2023, while making minor modifications and extending the compliance date.  

The NEPOOL Participants Committee unanimously approved ISO-NE’s package of tariff revisions to comply with FERC Order 2023.

CAISO released its final draft proposal out of its Interconnection Process Enhancements, its initiative to address the “unprecedented and unsustainable interconnection request volumes” submitted in the current and prior study windows.

PJM has begun working its way through 308 projects in its transitional generation interconnection queue, advancing it a step toward implementation of a clustered method of studying network upgrades.

SPP chalked up numerous successes during 2023 without the effects of a global pandemic or severe winter storms.

FERC Commissioner Allison Clements said addressing transmission planning issues will be a key component of cutting down interconnection backlogs.