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Date August 7, 2025
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Sparking adaptation: The politics of reforming effective interconnection regimes in Massachusetts and New York

By Kathryn Chelminski

As the U.S. grapples with the urgent need to speed clean energy deployment to meet net zero targets, interconnection delays are a major obstacle to achieving an energy transition. Why do some states manage to overcome political barriers to adapt interconnection regimes to be relatively more effective?

Increasing delays and costs are only in part related to the rising rate of deployment; ineffective interconnection regimes also play a significant role, which can be linked to perverse incentive structures, absence of proactive approaches, mismatched institutional design and norms such as serial study, or outdated cost sharing approaches. Nevertheless, some policy subsystems have managed to break through barriers to create relatively more effective and innovative interconnection regimes. 

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