The new California Interconnection Model creates incentives for energy developers and utilities to gather and use detailed data about energy projects and the grid to create more predictability about costs to safely interconnect a project at a specific grid location.

It increases the amount of information energy developers must submit to the utility about proposed projects. The new process requires utilities to engage in detailed studies of grid conditions to yield more accurate data about the cost for any grid upgrades necessary to safely interconnect an energy facility.

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