Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The US has more clean energy projects ready to connect than ever before. The capital is there. The technology is there. The challenge is the connection: interconnection queues that run three to five years (or longer), transmission networks that must be upgraded to handle new patterns of generation, and rules written for a different era that must be modernized. The good news is that reform is underway. What’s working? And how do we clear the path from “shovel-ready” to “electrons flowing”?
The US has more clean energy projects ready to connect than ever before. The capital is there. The technology is there. The challenge is the connection: interconnection queues that run three to five years (or longer), transmission networks that must be upgraded to handle new patterns of generation, and rules written for a different era that must be modernized. The good news is that reform is underway. What’s working? And how do we clear the path from “shovel-ready” to “electrons flowing”?
