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Advisory board creates working group to coordinate energy readiness and economic development; board adds members
Summary
The advisory board approved creation of a new focus-area working group to align grid readiness, interconnection and economic-development objectives (so-called clean-energy-ready development zones), and approved two proposed new advisory-board members.
The advisory board approved formation of a new focus-area working group to address barriers that slow or block connections of high-energy users and clean-energy projects to the grid and to consider a program of prequalified "clean-energy-ready" sites to expedite economic development aligned with climate goals.
Rationale and scope: presenters said companies deciding where to locate large manufacturing, data center or clean‑technology facilities weigh development timelines against utility interconnection timeframes and grid capacity constraints. The proposed working group will focus on three…
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