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Lawmakers, FERC and industry press to speed interconnection as queues swell
Summary
Members of the House Energy Subcommittee and witnesses said long interconnection queue delays are blocking thousands of projects — mostly wind, solar and batteries — from reaching the grid and urged FERC and grid operators to accelerate studies, increase automation and adopt stronger commercial-readiness tests.
Members of the House Energy Subcommittee and witnesses said long delays in the transmission interconnection process are a central barrier to meeting rapid growth in electricity demand.
"We need to interconnect new generation expeditiously," Acting General Counsel David Morinoff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission told the committee, citing FERC Order No. 2023 and follow-up compliance filings. Morinoff said the commission has processed most initial compliance filings but that further progress will be needed to move projects through the queue.
Ranking Member Kathy Castor (D‑Fla.) pressed the…
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