Electric transmission providers objected on Monday to a rule from federal regulators seeking to smooth out the process of studying power generators looking to connect to the power grid.
A lengthy final rule issued unanimously last month by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission would institute financial penalties for missed deadlines to study proposed power plants and require publishing informational maps to improve energy developers’ decisions on where to locate a project.
About 2,000 gigawatts of projects—almost all are solar, wind, or battery installations—are waiting in a queue to connect to the grid, and it can take five years for plants ...
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