Very worthwhile new Solar and Storage Industries Institute whitepaper on 'game changing interconnection (IX) reform' recommends delinking deep network upgrades from IX process (& pleased to see fellow DukeU grad student co-author w/ David Gahl & Melissa Alfano!) ssii.org/interconnectio…

Who wouldn't want to spend late June in Arlington at an interconnection pow-wow? But seriously, the agenda & lineup for this one looks excellent & I'm especially excited for our panel on 6/25: infocastinc.com/downloads/tran…

Absolutely wild story. A Baltimore County principal was seemingly caught on recorded audio making blatantly racist and anti-Semitic comments.

After investigation... the audio was fake. AI-generated, in a plot by the school's former athletic director. thebaltimorebanner.com/education/k-12…

So appreciated the chance to join the ranks of this esteemed group to talk interconnection and innovating around grid constraints — props to The AES Corporation for picking a panel topic so good we could easily have talked for hours ⚡️

This thread: “Duke Energy is currently proposing more large new 'baseload' gas plants than any known US utility … In short, Duke's model is heavily skewed toward gas … we can say near-definitively they're most expensive such units ever proposed” #ncga #ncpol

I appreciate the efforts that have been made, but nothing in the blog post suggests that the underlying problems have been “largely addressed.”

Excited to join this panel IEEE interconnection workshop this week, w/ Will Gorman Katie Siegner @theAEScorp & DOE Tech Transitions Office. events.vtools.ieee.org/m/406059

⚡️JUST RELEASED: DOE’s new roadmap outlining solutions to speed up the interconnection of clean energy onto the nation’s transmission grid and clear the existing backlog of solar, wind, and battery projects seeking to be built.

Get the scoop👇
energy.gov/articles/doe-r…

Notable to see two most popular Utility Dive articles both related to connect & manage right now, and #1 highlight on their Weekender newsletter.

Building on DOE’s interconnection roadmap, new legislation would require FERC to enable faster & more cost-effective access to US grid. Supported by 20 orgs, it may become part of permitting reform package. utilitydive.com/news/congress-…

“There is unlikely to be any document for years to come reflecting such a comprehensive set of [interconnection] solutions,” said Tyler Norris, former head of development at Cypress Creek Renewables.

utilitydive.com/news/doe-trans…

The many folks on here who have both wittingly and unwittingly fed into a load growth panic that gas-addicted monopoly utility execs could have imagined only in their wildest dreams 12 months ago should really read this well-reported piece: latitudemedia.com/news/microsoft…

If you’re still on #energytwitter but not following EMP at Berkeley Lab Will Gorman Joseph Rand, I suggest you fix this immediately!