While I do love to vent about interconnection with #energytwitter, really I am here mostly for weather twitter.

It’s true, heading to Denver tomorrow morning! I have a bit of free time on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon, I hope to see as many of you as possible.

The place in service requirements and the timing of the application windows are also a classic formula for interconnection backlogs by forcing many projects to apply in limited windows.

Anyone who cares about clean energy deployment should care about interconnection. And most should probably also know a lot more about it. In this great conversation with John Farrell ☀️🌬🔋, I had fun digging into why interconnection matters and some key ways to improve it.

I need to break the year into 4 sequential chunks based upon how load changes in CA. e.g. is it best to put June-Aug together, or say July-Sept? I need to do the same for a 24 hour load profile. What can I look at to best illustrate the load variations in CA in this manner?

We are going to start reviewing applications soon, get yours in now and share with other great renewable energy lawyers you know!

Has any US utility deployed a true DERMS system across all or most of their system on a non-pilot basis? I want to see if the regulator has a use/performance monitoring plan.

Are you coming to the #IRECVisionSummit? Looking forward to spending a whole day talking about distributed interconnection challenges and solutions with solar and storage advocates from across the US!

If you are in a state with a backlogged queue, group studies are likely under consideration. But are they a good fit? Check out our new paper that looks at when to use them and how!

Hey folks, popping over here to ask for help! I need recos for true insulation pros in the Bay Area. About to replace the roof on my 1900 house. I have had 5 cos out so far and none seemed to truly know how best to do the work. I want someone I can feel confident in.