The Solar Energy Industries Association (“SEIA”) issued a June 14th report titled:
Lessons from the Front Line: Principles and Recommendations for Large-scale and Distributed Energy Interconnection Reform (“Report”)
The Report’s authors include Dave Gahl, Melissa Alfano, and Jeremiah Miller.
SEIA describes itself as the national trade association of the solar and solar-plus storage industries, focused on research, education and advocacy. Membership includes 1,000 companies.
The Report notes that the United States solar industry continues to have rapid expansion. However, it expresses concern for what it characterizes as:
. . . outdated interconnection policies pose a major threat to solar and storage deployment across the nation.
The Report argues that:
. . . interconnection policies and regional transmission organizations (“RTOs”),…