requests for connections to new projects. However, the East Asia region currently has no international interconnections, except between China and Southeast Asia Moreover, the Japanese grid operates at two frequencies, 50 Hz and 60 Hz depending on the region, limiting east-west power transfers and complicating delayed project, for example, recently started commercial operation after an extensive 22 years of construction, primarily due to local opposition. The 345 kV operation. The IEA surveyed a group of utilities and system operators from processes. The key findings of the survey were that only 23% use Al in real-time operation, compared with 54% for grid development planning and almost 70% for asset maintenance and operational planning. This reflects a general reluctance to adopt Al in real-time contexts due to reliability concerns. In contrast, operators are