California did it again — it led the nation on a key environmental issue. In this case, FERC (the Federal Energy Regulation Commission) adopted key aspects of California’s new interconnection rules for small wholesale energy projects like solar and small hydro. The Fast Track process, which FERC largely adopted, is a dramatically cheaper and faster interconnection process for qualifying small projects, so this change represents a major improvement with nation-wide impacts.

via Solar Energy News – RenewableEnergyWorld.com http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2014/01/ferc-adopts-new-california-fast-track-interconnection-rules-nation-wide?cmpid=rss