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United States β€Ί Grid β€Ί Interconnection queues

OCTARY USA Β· INTERCONNECTION QUEUES

Gas interconnection queue in CAISO (California)

Before a new power plant or battery can connect to the US grid, it joins a queue for studies and an interconnection agreement. Most requests never get built. This shows every request: active, built and withdrawn.

Requests shown83,493 MW
Active in queue3,493 MW8 requests
Agreement signed640 MW4 requests
Withdrawn21972.5 GW never built

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Requests

8 requests
ProjectCapacityStatusLocationRegionQueuedOnline
Aviation
Gas		 1,200 MWIn study San Bernardino, CACAISO Apr 2023target 2028
Sunrise Power Improvement
Gas		 656 MWIn study Kern, CACAISO Apr 2020target 2024
Duran
Gas		 600 MWIn study San Bernardino, CACAISO Apr 2023target 2028
Comstock
Gas		 398 MWIn study San Bernardino, CACAISO Apr 2023target 2028
Midway Peaking
Gas		 240 MWAgreement signed Fresno, CACAISO Jan 20052009
Tracy Combined-Cycle Power Plant
Gas		 185 MWAgreement signed San Joaquin, CACAISO Oct 20072012
Los Esteros Critical Energy Facility Expansion
Gas		 123 MWAgreement signed Santa Clara, CACAISO May 2008target 2023
Fresno Cogeneration Expansion Project
Gas		 91.8 MWAgreement signed Fresno, CACAISO Mar 20052007

Capacity in the queue by state

Click a state to drill down.

AK–ME–VT–NH–WA–ID–MT–ND–MN–IL–WI–MI–NY–RI–MA–OR–NV–WY–SD–IA–IN–OH–PA–NJ–CT–CA3.5GWUT–CO–NE–MO–KY–WV–VA–MD–DE–AZ–NM–KS–AR–TN–NC–SC–DC–OK–LA–MS–AL–GA–HI–TX–FL–

By grid region

ISO/RTO markets and the non-ISO West and Southeast.

Requests by year joined

Capacity of requests in this view, by the year they entered the queue. Click a year.

20202023

Source: Rand, J. et al., Queued Up, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, data through end of 2025. Compiled from the queues of the 7 ISO/RTOs and dozens of non-ISO utilities. A request is a proposal to connect, not a commitment to build: historically most are withdrawn. Capacity is the requested interconnection size; hybrids include the storage component. Transmission lines Β· Planned power plants (EIA)