FERC issues rule to speed grid connections for storage, renewables, other generators amid 2 TW backlog

…The interconnection reform package is “underwhelming,” according to Devin Hartman, director of energy and environmental policy at the R Street Institute, a free market think tank.

“The new status quo will still leave years worth of interconnection backlogs, keep grid upgrade costs at multiples of what is necessary, and delay new supply needed for grid reliability and clean [energy] transition,” Hartman said in an email. 

FERC should prioritize supplemental efforts to tackle remaining interconnection issues, he said…