Beyond FERC Order 2023: Considerations on Deep Interconnection Reform
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2023-08-23
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In late July 2023, the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission released its much-anticipated rule on interconnection reform, Order 2023. This policy brief explores a deeper reform option known as connect and manage. This less restrictive interconnection approach could speed the deployment of resources in a way that can be managed after their integration with the grid, leading to a larger volume of interconnected generation capacity without sacrificing reliability. The brief summarizes connect and manage in relationship to existing interconnection procedures and reviews foundational issues with current processes not addressed by Order 2023; identifies opportunities to improve energy-only interconnection procedures and potential solutions to manage attendant complications with curtailment risk and hybrid resources; and discusses linkages of interconnection, transmission planning, and competitive procurement in alignment with a connect and manage approach, particularly in jurisdictions not governed by independent system operator/regional transmission organizations (ISO/RTOs).
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Norris, Tyler (2023). Beyond FERC Order 2023: Considerations on Deep Interconnection Reform. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/31260.
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Tyler Norris
Tyler H. Norris is a James B. Duke Fellow at Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment, where his PhD research focuses on electric power systems in the GRACE Lab led by Prof. Dalia Patino-Echeverri.
Norris brings nearly 15 years of energy sector experience to his research. Most recently, he was VP of development at Cypress Creek Renewables, a leading US independent power producer, where he oversaw a multi-gigawatt project portfolio and regularly directed electricity simulation studies for use in regulatory proceedings. Previously, he served as a director at S&P Global Platts, an international energy consultancy, where he developed power market forecasts for electric utilities and integrated majors. Prior to S&P, he was a special advisor at the US Department of Energy, where he designed technology commercialization programs.
Norris has served as an expert witness in multiple state utility commission proceedings related to interconnection, resource planning, and wholesale electricity rates. In 2020 he was appointed to Governor Cooper’s Carbon Policy Working Group to advise the development of NC's state-wide electricity decarbonization standard (H.951). In 2019 he was awarded “Clean Energy Leader of the Year” by the NC Sustainable Energy Association, and in 2023 was named to BusinessNC's annual "Power List” for energy.
Norris currently serves as chair of the board of the NC Clean Energy Fund and was previously elected vice chair of the Carolinas Clean Energy Business Association and co-chair of the Clean Power Suppliers Association. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, Foreign Affairs, Harvard Law & Policy Review, and elsewhere. He is a recipient of the Harry S. Truman Scholarship and Forbes 30 Under 30, received his B.A. in public policy from Stanford University, and graduated from the NC School of Science & Mathematics.
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