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Interconnection – Navigating the Transmission Queue

Transmission interconnection has stopped being a delay and become the single biggest point of failure in a developer’s portfolio. Study outcomes shift without warning, timelines are indeterminate, and the few…

Feb 10 2027

1:15 PM - 2:15 PM PST

Room 4

Transmission interconnection has stopped being a delay and become the single biggest point of failure in a developer’s portfolio. Study outcomes shift without warning, timelines are indeterminate, and the few transmission-feasible sites left are fiercely contested as data center load consumes transmission capacity.

This panel discussion brings three vantage points on the same problem into one room: a transmission owner/grid-operator voice explaining how the transmission queue works and how study decisions get made; a developer who screens sites for transmission viability before sinking cost; and an interconnection engineer who drives projects through the queue to serve large loads at transmission voltage.

Attendees leave knowing how to read a site’s transmission interconnection viability early, plan around study and network upgrade uncertainty, and engineer through the queue, plus the questions to ask before they ever enter it.

Speakers

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

- Energy Policy Researcher