How the Interconnection Queue Backlog Is Slowing Energy Growth - Sustainability Dialogue
By Eliza Beckerman-Lee What Is The Interconnection Queue? Energy demand in the United States is increasing rapidly due to the major growth in electricity demand, and our electric grid is struggling to keep up. The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates that the net generation of electricity from utility-scale generators (power plants with at least Read more...
How the Interconnection Queue Backlog Is Slowing Energy Growth - Sustainability Dialogue Skip to content By Eliza Beckerman-Lee What Is The Interconnection Queue? Energy demand in the United States is increasing rapidly due to the major growth in electricity demand, and our electric grid is struggling to keep up. The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates that the net generation of electricity from utility-scale generators (power plants with at least 1,000 kilowatts or 1 megawatt capacity) in 2023 was 4,178 billion kilowatt hours (kWh) or 4.18 trillion kWh– more than 14 times gre
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