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Grid Interconnection

Transformer Lead Times

+9

Everyone's arguing over who pays. The transformer line is three years long.

Sep 1, 2026

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6 min read

Everyone's arguing over who pays. The transformer line is three years long.

Six grid operators just filed their answers on large-load cost allocation. Not one of those filings shortens a factory queue.

Julian Green
Julian Green

Grid Interconnection

+6

Texas froze the queue. Four days later, someone sold 1.25 GW around it.

Aug 11, 2026

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4 min read

Texas froze the queue. Four days later, someone sold 1.25 GW around it.

Energy Vault's largest-ever contract isn't a battery deal. It's a bet that speed-to-power is the product now, and the grid is the competitor.

Julian Green
Julian Green

Post-Queue Problems

+6

The interconnection queue isn't the bottleneck anymore

Jun 16, 2026

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4 min read

The interconnection queue isn't the bottleneck anymore

An interconnection agreement used to be the finish line. In 2026 it's barely the halfway mark — and the second half runs on a factory floor, not a queue.

Julian Green
Julian Green

Pacifico Energy

+12

The off-grid stack just got an underwriter

May 26, 2026

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4 min read

The off-grid stack just got an underwriter

Three deployments, one template, and a finance structure quietly leaving rate base behind.

Julian Green
Julian Green

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