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Norris: Proactive transmission planning matters even more than interconnection queue reform
“The biggest Additional piece is improving the proactive transmission planning process and not relying as much on the interconnection process.”
Norris: Faster interconnection is the key value proposition for flexible data centers
“What would really present a value proposition for the hyperscalers and the large co-location data centers would be if you can actually interconnect them to the grid more quickly if they're able to offer this flexibility.”
Norris: Cluster studies lack proof of speeding up grid interconnection queues
“What I think is fair to say is that we don't really have good empirical evidence, ah, to prove or disprove this hypothesis yet. There have been, ah, transmission providers that have shifted to cluster studies in recent years. I was very involved in one of thos…”
Norris: ERCOT's planning process pursues fewer proactive grid upgrades than needed
“It's worth noting that there are some really significant limitations to ERCOT's transmission planning process, and there are a lot of concerns that it doesn't Incorporate the longer-term benefits of these upgrades, and the result is that they aren't, they prob…”