This directory is your starting point to getting quick help with your Capacity data, methodology, or workflows. Here, you'll find an overview of the most common questions and links to the answers.
General questions
- What are the differences between the scenarios and which one should I use?
- What is the impact of a project at one bus/substation on capacity in the rest of the grid?
- Some substations show multiple capacity 'buses' or datapoints. Which ones should we use?
- Does the queue include load requests in the queue? If not, how are potential loads factored?
Use cases
- How do I site solar projects using Prospect capacity data?
- How do I site standalone storage with Prospect capacity data?
- How do I site hybrid solar and storage projects using Prospect capacity data?
- How do I site data centers with Prospect capacity data?
- How do I know if a POI is “good”?
- How do I determine the cost for my exact target project size (MW) falling between the calculated preset sizes?
Methodology
- Do you model the whole queue for an ISO?
- Is the analysis historical or future-looking?
- Why is a future year case relevant?
Interconnection data
- What is a "bus" and why is it called that?
- What do N-0 and N-1 mean? Why are they significant?
- How often is the data refreshed and why?
- What is the difference between upgrade cost and allocated cost?
- What does "distribution factor (DFAX)" mean and why does it matter for developers?
- What does Rated Base MVA mean?
- What is a monitored facility/limiting element?
- What is a binding contingency?
- Which power flow studies are used in the analysis?
- How are allocated costs calculated?
- What is short-circuit current and why does it matter?
- What do negative power flow values mean?
- What are P0-P7 categories?
Note
Make sure to visit the Constraint scenarios data glossary for more terminology-related questions.
Make sure to visit the Constraint scenarios data glossary for more terminology-related questions.