What's the deal with US interconnection queues?

Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨silence7@slrpnk.net⁩ to ⁨energy@slrpnk.net⁩

https://www.volts.wtf/p/whats-the-deal-with-interconnection

We’re going to talk through the basics of interconnection queues, why they’re so slow, what RTOs and FERC are doing to reform them, and what remains to be done

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ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
This is a very interesting podcast, had no idea how terrible the system of bringing new power onto the grid was. I wasn’t able to finish the entire thing, interested to hear if the problem is getting better later in the episode when I get around to finishing it.

Thanks for sharing Silence!

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- silence7@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  You’re welcome.
  
  There’s a bunch of effort to try and improve things, but it hasn’t actually happened yet.
  
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  - schroedingershat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    I’ve often wondered why more people aren’t just gaming the system.
    
    “Yeah, the near-bankrupt coal plant I just bought is still a coal plant, ignore the wires running into it and that big dark blue surface over the coal pit is my tennis court.”
    
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