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August 3, 2023
The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has published the final draft of a new programme to reform interconnections in the US energy grid.
July 31, 2023
The US's Council on Environmental Quality has proposed a rule that would streamline the permitting process for new renewable projects.
February 1, 2023
Non-profit environmental law organisation Earthjustice has filed a complaint with the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission challenging a rule that prevents renewables to provide ancillary services.
January 19, 2023
Nearly two-thirds of US generating capacity additions in the next three years will be fulfilled by solar, with the technology’s share of power generation in the country set to almost double, according to a report from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
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October 13, 2022
The US has a massive interconnection problem, with more than 14TW of clean power sat dormant in its queues. The DOE i2X initiative is seeking to unleash this power and catapult the US closer to its climate targets. But how will it achieve this? Sean Rai-Roche finds out more.
August 18, 2022
The Electricity Transmission Competition Coalition (ETCC) has called for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to require transmission competition for projects that are 100kV or larger, branding a lack of competition as “inflationary policy” and slamming the Commission's decision to re-write its refusal rules.  
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August 15, 2022
PV Tech Premium speaks with US developers who are railing against the country's long interconnection queues, which they say are dampening deployment and pushing up the cost of solar PV
June 23, 2022
US power grid operator PJM Interconnection latest capacity auction for 2023/2024 saw 1,868MW of solar PV procured, up 25% from 2022/2023.
June 17, 2022
Solar and energy storage deployment in the US could be accelerated under new proposals from the country’s Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) aimed at addressing significant backlogs in interconnection queues.
June 16, 2022
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has released a whitepaper outlining the reforms it believes are needed to the US interconnection system, in which it lays out a series of proposals for both regional transmission organisations (RTO) and the US-wide Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).

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