The Nickel Report

On July 16, Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Ranking Democrat on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, introduced legislation to provide for a streamlined, time-limited electric generation interconnection review process for generation projects that agree to limit their output to a level that will not require grid upgrades. This approach is modeled on the “connect and manage” framework used by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) region.