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United States β€Ί Grid β€Ί Interconnection queues

OCTARY USA Β· INTERCONNECTION QUEUES

Projects with signed interconnection agreements in the USA (2012 requests)

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 This shows every request: active, built and withdrawn.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 shown7152 MW
Active in queue1,925 MW19 requests
Agreement signed152 MW7 requests
Withdrawn39770.5 GW never built

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In studyAgreement signedUnder constructionBuiltSuspendedWithdrawn

Requests

7 requests
ProjectCapacityStatusLocationRegionQueuedOnline
Rio Bravo Solar 1
Solar + storage		 40.0 MWAgreement signed Kern, CACAISO Apr 20122016
Solar project IA-PNM-2012-04, Guadalupe Cty County
Solar		 40.0 MWAgreement signed Guadalupe Cty, NMWest Aug 2012target 2016
Solar project 443, Crook County
Solar Β· Ponderosa Solar, LLC		 34.6 MWAgreement signed Crook, ORWest Oct 2012target 2020
Hydro project E291
Hydro		 27.0 MWAgreement signed TXMISO May 20122020
Hydro project GI-2012-1, Boulder County
Hydro		 5.0 MWAgreement signed Boulder, COWest Jan 2012target 2012
Berkshire Wind Increase
Onshore wind		 4.6 MWAgreement signed Berkshire, MAISO-NE Aug 2012target 2019
Other project J258, Stearns County
Other		 1.0 MWAgreement signed Stearns, MNMISO Oct 2012target 2013

Capacity in the queue by state

Click a state to drill down.

AK–ME–VT–NH–WA–ID–MT–ND–MN1MWIL–WI–MI–NY–RI–MA5MWOR35MWNV–WY–SD–IA–IN–OH–PA–NJ–CT–CA40MWUT–CO5MWNE–MO–KY–WV–VA–MD–DE–AZ–NM40MWKS–AR–TN–NC–SC–DC–OK–LA–MS–AL–GA–HI–TX27MWFL–

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.

20102025

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 A request is a proposal to connect, not a commitment to build: historically most are withdrawn.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