Solar, battery and wind projects make up 95% of the capacity in interconnection queues, according to the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. utilitydive.com/news/grid-inte…

Very pleased to release this new report from our survey of large-scale solar project neighbors today. Understanding the perceptions + experiences of existing project neighbors is key to improving development + procedural justice & ensuring continued support for RE deployment

Engaged suit mode today #intheheartofthebeast

Joe Rand from EMP at Berkeley Lab presenting today at “IRA, BIL, and the Future of Energy: A Summit to Support State Implementation”

Thrilled to share that DOE has released the Transmission Interconnection Roadmap, led by the i2X program and our team at EMP at Berkeley Lab The roadmap identifies 35 solutions to improve interconnection, which complement FERC Order 2023. Kudos to Will Gorman for his leadership!

In new roadmap, USDOE lays out most comprehensive solution set yet for interconnection bottlenecks. It will shape agenda for yrs to come. Utility Dive reports, and here's brief 🧵: utilitydive.com/news/doe-trans…

Correction: the webinar is tomorrow, Tuesday April 23 at 1 ET / 10 PT. Tune in for all the details on the new report and time for Q&A

Are others optimistic that we are at or near the peak of the grid interconnection problem? Between FERC Order 2023, the forthcoming transmission rule, and the solutions outlined in DOE i2X Interconnection Roadmap, I'm hopeful we'll soon see improvements chicagotribune.com/2024/04/21/cle…

Happening soon! Tune in today to hear all the details from the latest Queued Up report!

Great news webinar lovers! (lol) For anyone who wanted to attend our Queued Up webinar today but couldn't make it, the webinar recording is available on our website here: emp.lbl.gov/queued-charact…

“ The overarching takeaway is that clean power plants can supply enough near-term electricity to avoid building new fossil-gas-fired power plants or keeping coal plants open longer — but only if something is done about the grid backlog.”

Any other Switzer Foundation fellows at #CLEANPOWER24? Jason Grumet

I was fortunate enough to be a lead on this report, with a great collaboration from other folks EMP at Berkeley Lab , Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, and ESIG. Please join us for a webinar next week on May 14th to hear us describe our work and give a sneak peak into key next steps register 👇

Our ⁦Joseph Rand⁩ spoke at the ⁦American Clean Power (ACP)⁩ conference on the grid queues. The low success rate hints at “major problems [at a] deeper level,” he said. utilitydive.com/news/grid-inte…

"We've seen the economics of #wind & #solar become very competitive and very attractive to the point where in many parts of the U.S., those are the cheapest forms that can generate a unit of electricity," says Berkeley Lab ETA's Joseph Rand. CNBC cnbc.com/2024/06/19/sol…

New Berkeley Lab report on job/wage impacts of wind farms find that wind farms result in lasting increases in employment and wages within a 20 mi radius, especially for Black & Hispanic workers and workers w/o a high school or college degree. emp.lbl.gov/news/do-large-…

ICYMI ⚡ ☀ 🌬️Last week, colleagues of mine EMP at Berkeley Lab released a new study quantifying the "net market value" of wind and solar over the last decade. Spoiler alert: They've become net positive in recent years! Dig in more below 👇

Attention interconnection folks: DOE i2X program is hosting a Solution eXchange workshop on Thurs, July 18, focused on improvements in interconnection data access and transparency, and will feature speakers from @FERC, Nira Energy, and RMI events.gcc.teams.microsoft.com/event/030d6ed6…

It was an incredible experience to participate in the @FERC workshop on generator interconnection lnkd.in/g6DgmcTq One focus of my remarks was the need for more data transparency to enable auditing of interconnection reforms and to compare solutions over time and regions

NEW: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is requesting post-Interconnection Workshop comments on issues that would benefit from further discussion. ➡️ ferc.gov/news-events/ne… #energytwitter