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United States β€Ί Grid β€Ί Interconnection queues

OCTARY USA Β· INTERCONNECTION QUEUES

Nuclear interconnection queue in the USA (2023 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 This shows every request: active, built and withdrawn.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 shown21,390 MW
Active in queue1,390 MW2 requests
Agreement signed0.0 MW0 requests
Withdrawn12,200 MW never built

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Requests

2 requests
ProjectCapacityStatusLocationRegionQueuedOnline
Nuclear project G0998, Benton County
Nuclear		 1,120 MWIn study Benton, WAWest Nov 2023target 2030
Nuclear project G0919, Benton County
Nuclear		 270 MWIn study Benton, WAWest Aug 2023target 2031

Capacity in the queue by state

Click a state to drill down.

AK–ME–VT–NH–WA1.4GWID–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–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.

20142025

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 A request is a proposal to connect, not a commitment to build: historically most are withdrawn.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