Brian Fitzsimons, CEO of GridUnity, doesn’t think his company alone can solve the grid interconnection backlog that’s holding back the U.S. energy transition. But he’s sure that its software is a lot better than the combination of paper, spreadsheets, and email that most grid operators use right now.

In fact, he claims his firm’s software can shave about a year or more from the average time new energy projects spend waiting in line to connect to the grid. Right now, the hundreds of gigawatts of clean energy projects seeking to plug into the grid can face wait times as high as three years.

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