Does America have enough engineers for interconnection studies?

As two US grid operators have flagged a shortage of qualified engineers to conduct interconnection studies, pv magazine USA recently spoke with Kalyan Chilukuri, vice president of Electric Power Engineers, about industry staffing challenges and measures that might help. The California Independent System Operator (CAISO) said in a statement to the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) last year that that "few experts are available to hire" who can conduct interconnection studies for utility-scale projects. The Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) similarly reported to FERC in ...

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