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Solar, Wind and Battery Projects Throng US Grid Connection Queue

Renewables’ predominance on the current waiting list looks ahead to a cleaner power grid. 

Solar inverters outside the LS Power Group Vista Energy Storage project in Vista, California, in 2021. 

Photographer: Bing Guan/Bloomberg
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The US power grid includes everything from 100-year-old hydro dams to brand-new batteries. It’s evolving as coal power diminishes, wind and solar rise and energy storage smooths out operations. But those changes are a shadow of what might come next.