Unlocking Competitive Advantage with Custom Scopes in Nira

Every developer brings unique insights to their projects - whether it’s proprietary research on new data centers, market intelligence on likely coal retirements, or confidence in a transmission upgrade not yet approved. Until now, there hasn’t been a way to translate those assumptions directly into the models your teams rely on for siting and prospecting.

With our newest feature, Custom Scopes, Nira makes that possible.

What are Custom Scopes?

Custom Scopes let users build prospecting maps in Nira based on their own assumptions. While Nira's default scopes provide expertly-curated analysis for all users, Custom Scopes let you tailor that view by layering in your team’s specific insights, creating a custom view of the grid that reflects your outlook.

Input Categories You Can Customize:

• Queue assumptions: e.g., assume all queued projects on federal or BLM land will not proceed.

• Generation retirements: e.g., remove coal plants that your team believes are unlikely to remain online.

• Load additions: e.g., incorporate new data centers or industrial facilities based on market research.

• Transmission upgrades: e.g., add transmission projects that are not officially approved, but are widely expected.

These assumptions can be imported directly into Nira. For your teams, the output is seamless: a new scope appears in your dropdown, with a prospecting map and results tailored to your inputs.

Why it Matters

Custom Scopes give developers a strategic edge in a crowded interconnection landscape:

• Bring your IP into the model: Capture years of institutional knowledge in a single, reproducible scope.

• De-risk siting decisions: Test how your assumptions shift available capacity and network upgrade triggers

• Accelerate internal workflows: Give developer teams instant access to prospecting results that align with your particular view on the state of the grid

• Stay ahead of competitors: Make siting and portfolio calls with insights no one else has.

  
  

The Bottom Line

Interconnection is full of uncertainty, but your team’s insights don’t have to sit on the sidelines. With Custom Scopes, Nira gives you the power to run the grid your way and translate assumptions into actionable maps and results.