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White Paper - Accelerating Large-Load Interconnection Through Verifiable Flexibility  Sept 16.pdf

Electricity demand from AI data centers is outstripping the utility industry’s ability to deliver. Connection queues are backed up for years. Shifting forecasts make it hard for utilities to commit to infrastructure investments.

Into this pressure cooker, a proposition has emerged: What if the load itself could be part of the solution? Should customers willing to flex power usage during peak demand periods be rewarded with faster connections to the grid?

The NextGrid Alliance set out to answer these questions. Over four months of research, we found many utility providers have stopped debating if flexible interconnection should exist – and are now focused on how to make it work.

Click the link above to read the full report. 

Flexibility may be reshaping the relationship between utilities and their largest customers.

Lessons from Utility Leaders in a New Era of Load Growth

Data Centers and the Flexibility Imperative