The grid works because we share it. What happens when its biggest new customers decide that waiting to join is no longer worth the trouble?
Michael Bruce’s policy pitch started with that risk. Electricity buyers are willing to pay, developers are willing to build, and the connection process can still leave both stranded. Customers with enough capital may respond by building outside the shared system, taking a potential source of investment with them.
Bruce proposed a more adaptable approach to connecting new supply and demand. Storage, power electronics, and modern controls could make the behavior of a facility more predictable; standardized interfaces could reduce the need to treat every connection as an entirely new engineering problem. His light-bulb analogy made the point memorable: familiar, certified equipment works because somebody has already established the rules for plugging it in. Major transmission projects would still be necessary. The opportunity is to create more ways onto the grid—and fair terms for customers willing to help pay for the upgrades.
