Source: Canary Media

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Backlogged power grids could be the biggest barrier to meeting U.S. decarbonization goals — and the grid operators in charge of clearing those backlogs and expanding grid capacity for solar, wind and battery projects are running out of time to solve the problem.

That’s the dire warning in a new study examining the interconnection woes of PJM, the grid operator that manages the high-voltage power grid serving about 65 million people in 13 states from the mid-Atlantic coast to Chicago.

The study from the Natural Resources Defense Council finds that PJM is so behind on reviewing and approving transmission interconnection requests for new clean energy projects that many of the states in its territory are at risk of not being able to meet their clean energy targets over the remainder of the decade.

Read more: A backed-up grid threatens clean energy growth from Virginia to Illinois