Grid Backlog Targeted by DOE to Accelerate Clean Energy Rollout

The Biden administration released policy recommendations Wednesday to speed up the connection of more clean energy onto the nation’s transmission grid and clear the growing backlog of solar, wind, and battery projects seeking to be built.

The Energy Department is pressing for grid authorities to adopt streamlined requirements around the generator interconnection process that has snarled access to the grid as proposed renewable projects have soared in recent years.

There were nearly 2,600 gigawatts of cumulative active capacity in the interconnection queues at the end of 2023, up 27% from the end of 2022, according to a report issued this ...