MISO receives record-breaking amount of Generation Interconnection Queue Applications – through GridUnity tool
The online self-serve application tool GridUnity developed and deployed for MISO streamlines the process for applicants and for MISO
The Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) announced on August 3 that the 2020 Generation Interconnection Queue (GIQ) application process yielded the largest amount of annual requests in new generation in the company’s history. According to MISO:
This year, MISO Interconnection Customers submitted 353 applications representing approximately 52 GW of new generation across the MISO footprint – 36 GW (or 69 percent) of which is solar. The requests exceed the previous all-time high of 47 GW in 2007 and, most recently, 44 GW in 2019.
These record-breaking GW requests were processed via the new tool that GridUnity developed for the ISO/RTO, which serves 42 million Americans located primarily in the Midwest and Southern U.S. MISO’s press release says:
MISO successfully launched a new application tool for the GIQ process in May of this year and worked with member companies for more than a month to ensure that all applications were submitted successfully by the June 25, 2020, deadline. There was also a thorough, month-long review process to correct any deficiencies in submittals. Overall, member companies reported a positive experience with the new tool.
We couldn’t be prouder of this successful launch. Click here to read the MISO press release in full.