In March 2022, the Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) published its BATRIES Toolkit, which provides solutions to eight regulatory and technical barriers to the interconnection of energy storage solar-plus-storage systems to the distribution grid. These recommendations are based on over a year of research and analysis by IREC’s utility and industry experts. The Toolkit also includes model language that utility regulators can use to update state interconnection rules to reduce the costs and time to safely interconnect energy storage and solar-plus-storage systems. The solutions are nationally applicable and can be applied in diverse states and markets across the U.S.