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United States β€Ί Grid β€Ί Interconnection queues

OCTARY USA Β· INTERCONNECTION QUEUES

Solar interconnection queue 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 This shows every request: active, built and withdrawn.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 shown274.6 MW
Active in queue74.6 MW2 requests
Agreement signed74.6 MW2 requests
Withdrawn1158,839 MW never built

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In studyAgreement signedUnder constructionBuiltSuspendedWithdrawn

Requests

2 requests
ProjectCapacityStatusLocationRegionQueuedOnline
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

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–OR35MWNV–WY–SD–IA–IN–OH–PA–NJ–CT–CA–UT–CO–NE–MO–KY–WV–VA–MD–DE–AZ–NM40MWKS–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.

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 A request is a proposal to connect, not a commitment to build: historically most are withdrawn.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