ESIG in collaboration with Berkeley Lab, is facilitating Studies, Tools and Interconnection Consistency and Harmonization Meetings (STITCH) as part of the DOE’s Interconnection Innovation e-Xchange (i2X) initiative.  The i2X STITCH initiative is intended to explore interconnection studies across the US and identify ways where harmonization and automations can help improve the speed and reliability of new generation resource interconnections. The effort will consist of a sequence of collaboration meetings with industry stakeholders and subject matter experts to dive into each region and explore their practices, which will serve as a reference for a technical report on this topic that will lay out areas for harmonization improvements.

The format of the meetings will include presentations followed by structured discussions around differences and harmonization opportunities. Presenters will be asked to cover a similar set of topics to ensure they cover interconnection process milestones, study methods and assumptions, pre-interconnection and study tools and automations, etc.

June 23, 2026: Regional Study Processes

Meeting Introduction: Julia Matevosyan, ESIG
MISO Interconnection Study Process: Alyssa Hickey, MISO
Developer Perspective on MISO Interconnection Study Process: Vish Sankaran, Engie
ERCOT Interconnection Study Process: Jenifer Fernandes, ERCOT
Developer Perspective on ERCOT Interconnection Study Process: Vish Sankaran, Engie
Audience Q&A and Discussion

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