The Electric Reliability Council of Texas has added 14.2GW to its grid capacity in the last two years, more than any other US operator, using a "connect and manage" strategy that cuts out the need for network upgrades. Collect and manage focuses its interconnection request studies on the local upgrades that would be needed for a project to link with the grid.
The strategy allows generators to interconnect faster, more efficiently and at significantly less cost than any other model used in the US, according to Tyler Norris, an expert on renewables and doctoral student at Duke University.
