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When a large power generator connects to the electrical grid, it is allocated a certain amount of capacity at that connection point — but it often doesn't use all of it. This bill requires Utah's major electric utilities to analyze whether any of that unused, or "surplus," grid connection capacity could be put to use, and to include that analysis in their long-range energy planning documents filed with the state Public Service Commission. The Commission must encourage utilities to incorporate surplus interconnection opportunities into those plans, and if the Commission finds a proposed project cost-effective, it allows the utility to recover the costs of that project from ratepayers.