Storage + Interconnection: OCED Demonstration Application for a Data Center Grid Project

Anonymized pursuit: a grid-storage consortium needed to pair a compelling technology story with consortium governance and community benefits for an OCED demonstration serving new data center load.

Challenge

The team had strong storage technology and a plausible interconnection plan but had not formalized consortium roles, cost-share commitments, or a community benefits plan—common gaps that stall OCED applications at the concept-paper gate.

Approach

Weeks 1–2: OCED FOA fit assessment and consortium role mapping
Weeks 3–6: community benefits plan and stakeholder engagement log development
Weeks 6–10: multi-volume application build with interconnection-timeline risk framing

Outcome

Cleared the concept-paper gate with a credible consortium governance structure and community benefits plan, and submitted a full application with defensible interconnection-risk framing.