report presents 35 interconnection improvement solutions developed through a DOE stakeholder engagement process launched 22 months ago, known as the Interconnection Innovation e-Xchange
The report is separated into four “goals”, with multiple solutions underneath each.
The goals are:
- Increase Data Access, Transparency, and Security for Interconnection
- Improve Interconnection Process and Timeline
- Promote Economic Efficiency in Interconnection
- Maintain a Reliable, Resilient, and Secure Grid
An example solution set, in this case for goal #1:
• Solution 1.1: Improve the scope, accessibility, quality, and standardization of data on projects already in interconnection queues, including project attributes, cost estimates, and post-IA information. (short-term)
• Solution 1.2: Enhance the scope, timeliness, accuracy, and consistency of interconnection study models and modeling assumptions that transmission providers make available to interconnection customers. (short-term)
• Solution 1.3: Develop tools to manage, analyze, and visualize transmission and interconnection data made available in the first two solutions, while ensuring secure data-sharing processes. (medium-term)