How interconnection timelines, costs, and reform efforts are reshaping BESS economics
- Interconnection queues now stretch to five years in some markets, how are developers and operators adapting their project pipelines?
- How does rising load growth driven by data centres and electrification affect the economics and queue position of new BESS projects?
- How should the cost of connecting new large loads be allocated and is the current framework fair to existing asset owners?
- What would meaningful interconnection reform look like, and is the political will there to deliver it before the queue problem becomes a crisis?
