Interconnection decision guides
The decisions behind an interconnection request.
Each guide takes one decision a developer actually has to make, sets out what to compare, and says which evidence settles it — and which evidence does not exist yet. They cite the ISO manuals, FERC orders and public queue record they rest on, so anyone can check them against the source.
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Guide
Stay in the Interconnection Queue or Withdraw? A Decision Guide
What changes at each cluster-study decision point, what is at risk if you continue or withdraw, and the evidence to put in front of management before you choose.
Read the guideThe decision
Continue, withdraw or restudy at a cluster decision point
Guide
How to Choose a Point of Interconnection (POI)
A decision framework for choosing a point of interconnection: what to compare, what the public queue record shows, and which unknowns to resolve first.
Read the guideThe decision
Which point of interconnection to file against
Guide
Interconnection Due Diligence Checklist for Energy Developers
A practical evidence checklist for renewable, storage, and large-load developers evaluating an interconnection decision.
Read the guideThe decision
Whether the evidence behind a decision is complete
Guide
PTDF, LODF and DC Power Flow Screening, Explained
What power transfer and line outage distribution factors measure, how ISOs use distribution-factor thresholds in interconnection studies, and what a DC screen cannot tell you.
Read the guideThe decision
How to read the screening results in a study report
Guide
Data Center Power Availability Due Diligence
How to organize site, grid, interconnection, schedule, and evidence questions before advancing a large-load site.
Read the guideThe decision
Whether to advance a large-load site