Efforts are accelerating to address the obstacles to interconnecting large distribution system resources like community solar and big box store rooftop solar arrays, advocates of recent reforms report.

Distribution system-connected resources, especially those in the 1 MW to 5 MW range, can offer flexibility to meet electricity demand spikes without requiring significant power system upgrades, the advocates said. But costs to increase system carrying capacity under current interconnection practices make many projects that require system upgrades uneconomic, they added.

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Source: Utility Dive

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