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United States β€Ί Grid β€Ί Interconnection queues

OCTARY USA Β· INTERCONNECTION QUEUES

Coal interconnection queue in SPP (Southwest Power Pool)

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 This shows every request: active, built and withdrawn.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 shown1450 MW
Active in queue450 MW1 requests
Agreement signed0.0 MW0 requests
Withdrawn3218.0 GW never built

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Requests

1 requests
ProjectCapacityStatusLocationRegionQueuedOnline
Coal project ERAS-2025-009, Chouteau County
Coal		 450 MWIn study Chouteau, OKSPP Oct 2025target 2026

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–CA–UT–CO–NE–MO–KY–WV–VA–MD–DE–AZ–NM–KS–AR–TN–NC–SC–DC–OK450MWLA–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.

20252025

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 A request is a proposal to connect, not a commitment to build: historically most are withdrawn.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)