The proposed Grid 2.0 standard, floated by AES SVP Chris Shelton and colleagues, took inspo from the rules that run the internet. How it works: “New large loads, transmission, batteries, and clean energy assets voluntarily adopt orchestrated management of their grid participation in a real-time, permission-based paradigm,” according to a new report . This essentially codifies the “fragmented” processes introduced by grid operators around the country. The math: If new loads accept 0.25% curtailment, it would free up 76 GW nationally from existing infrastructure, the report noted . “A small amount of flex unlocks a large amount of capacity on the system we already pay for as electricity customers,” Shelton wrote on LinkedIn.