The continued growth of large-scale renewables requires longer-term transmission planning to identify transmission upgrade options that have the largest net benefits over longer time horizons of 10 to 20 years. To bridge the gap between the short-term focus of current interconnection processes and long-term transmission needs, a more proactive generation interconnection process is needed.
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Relevant Materials
Proactive Planning for Generation Interconnection: A Case Study of SPP and MISO
This study by the Brattle Group examined three levels of proactiveness and calculated the average cost of interconnection for each.