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Reliability Explored: What a Decade of Data Tells Us About US Grid Reliability
RMI’s new grid Reliability Dashboard can bhelp grid planners target solutions to reduce customer outages.
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Electricity
Why Regulated Utilities Lose More on Uneconomic Power Plants
Business models, not technological constraints, determine whether utilities run money-losing power plants. We offer three solutions for regulators to fix that.
Electricity
Using Regional-First Planning to Streamline Large Load Interconnection
How to align the large load interconnection process and system-wide transmission planning for maximum impact.
Electricity
Understanding Large Load Interconnection
An overview of the process that transmission providers and large load customers such as data centers use when a large load customer requests to connect to the electric grid.
Electricity
Large Loads and Network Upgrades
Large loads are triggering an increasing volume of network upgrades. Addressing those upgrades through a piecemeal interconnection process is inefficient and costly.
Electricity
Large Loads and System-Wide Transmission
Large loads are driving system-wide transmission investments beyond the load interconnection process.
Electricity
A Smarter Approach to Cost Trackers to Support Affordability
A report outlining four regulatory strategies to manage the risks that cost trackers pose to electricity affordability.
Electricity
The Interconnection Queue Continues to Be a Barrier to American Economic Competitiveness
Untapped solutions that can streamline processes and speed up generator interconnection timelines.
Electricity
How Fuel Cost-Sharing Can Deliver Savings for Utility Customers
RMI analysis of North Carolina shows how a fuel cost-sharing mechanism could reduce bill volatility, save customers money, and better align utility incentives.
Electricity
Fast, Efficient Solutions to Meet Electricity Demand Growth
We have the technology and solutions to upgrade and expand our electricity grid while deferring costly infrastructure investments.
