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National Grid: 300MW of Halted Solar Can Move Forward With No Upgrade Costs
https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/national-grid-allows-more-than-300-mw-of-distributed-projects-to-move-forwaNational Grid on Friday released results for the first part of an interconnection study that put nearly 1 gigawatt worth of Massachusetts solar projects on hold. Sixty-eight projects can move forward with no added transmission cost, the utility said.
Just a single project out of the 320 megawatts studied in Part 1 of the “cluster study” will have to pay for a transmission upgrade, the costs of which National Grid is still estimating. The results mean that a large chunk of projects out of the 1-gigawatt study, most of which consists of community solar, can progress.
The utility initiated its cluster study in May, identifying nearly a gigawatt worth of projects that it said required transmission-level impact analysis. The first phase was designed to study projects in more advanced stages of development. After some applicant attrition, that portion dropped from 372 megawatts to the 320 megawatts for which National Grid reported results on Friday.
Though the results could allay some developer concerns, solar advocates say the study has already been the source of significant strain.
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