Topic
Interconnection Process
15 published works
Washington Energy Report
FERC Accepts PJM’s Replacement Generation Interconnection Process
By Antonia Douglas, S. Jennifer Panahi
On January 29, 2026, FERC accepted PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.’s (PJM) revisions to its Open Access Transmission Tariff (Tariff) to create a separate, fast‑track interconnection process for “Replacement Generation Resources” that…
Washington Energy Report
FERC Accepts SPP’s Large Load Interconnection Process
On January 14, 2026, FERC accepted the Southwest Power Pool, Inc.’s (SPP) revisions to its Open Access Transmission Tariff (Tariff) to create a High Impact Large Load (HILL) study process…
Climate Solutions Legal Digest
SPP Proposes to Speed Up Interconnection Process for High Impact Large Loads
By Michael Blackwell, Brittney Beetcher
On September 4, 2025, the Board of Directors of Southwest Power Pool (SPP), the regional transmission organization (RTO) responsible for much of the central United States, passed Revision Request 696…
Renewable + Law
CPUC Opens Rulemaking to Modernize Rule 21 Interconnection Procedures
By Meghan O’Brien, Seth Hilton
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC or Commission) has launched a new rulemaking to update Electric Tariff Rule 21 (Rule 21). This proceeding was initiated through an Order Instituting Rulemaking…
Renewable + Law
CAISO Releases Interconnection Process Enhancements Final Proposal
By Seth Hilton, Meghan O’Brien
Summary On March 29, 2024, the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) released the Track 2 final proposal for its Interconnection Process Enhancements (IPE) initiative. The proposed changes in the IPE…
Renewable + Law
FERC Proposes Broad Reforms to Interconnection Process
By Melan Patel, Jessica Bayles, Jason Johns
At its June 16, 2022, open meeting, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR), Improvements to Generator Interconnection Procedures and Agreements, 179…
Lights On
Crypto-Miners, Large Loads Subject to New Interim Interconnection Process in ERCOT
By Eddy Daniels, Bernie McNamee, Carrie Mobley, Kate Zaykowski, Margaret Rockwell
On March 25, 2022, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) issued a notice regarding a new interim large load interconnection process that is effective immediately. The interim process applies…
Renewable + Law
FERC Approves Changes to CAISO Interconnection Procedures; Next Queue Cluster Application Window Not Scheduled to Open Until 2023
By Seth Hilton
On September 24, 2021, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued an order (176 FERC ¶ 61,207) approving tariff revisions to amend the California ISO’s (CAISO) interconnection procedures for its current queue…
Washington Energy Report
FERC Directs MISO, SPP, and PJM to Memorialize Affected System Coordination Processes in Their Tariffs and Joint Operating Agreements
By Katherine O'Konski, Kelsey Bagot
On September 19, 2019, FERC granted in part and denied in part a complaint by EDF Renewable Energy, Inc. (“EDF”) which alleged that the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (“MISO”),…
Washington Energy Report
FERC Affirms Denial of Complaint Alleging MISO Interconnection Process Delays
By Meghan Mandel, Russell Kooistra
On October 31, 2018, FERC denied a request from a group of wind generation developers (“Wind Generation Developers”) for rehearing of FERC’s order denying a complaint which alleged that the…