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United States β€Ί Grid β€Ί Interconnection queues

OCTARY USA Β· INTERCONNECTION QUEUES

Onshore wind interconnection queue in the USA (2014 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 This shows every request: active, built and withdrawn.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 shown6991 MW
Active in queue991 MW6 requests
Agreement signed443 MW4 requests
Withdrawn10416.2 GW never built

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Requests

6 requests
ProjectCapacityStatusLocationRegionQueuedOnline
Onshore wind project GI-1404, Billings County
Onshore wind		 383 MWIn study Billings, NDWest May 2014
Mesteno Wind
Onshore wind Β· Mesteno Windpower, LLC		 202 MWAgreement signed Starr, TXERCOT Dec 2014target 2025
Hart Wind (Old POI)
Onshore wind		 165 MWPaused / redesign Castro, TXERCOT Feb 2014
Onshore wind project GI-1401, Butte County
Onshore wind		 103 MWAgreement signed Butte, SDWest Jan 2014
Rocky Forge Wind
Onshore wind		 78.2 MWAgreement signed Botetourt, VAPJM Aug 2014target 2026
Onshore wind project GI-2014-4, Logan County
Onshore wind		 60.0 MWAgreement signed Logan, COWest Apr 2014target 2013

Capacity in the queue by state

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 A request is a proposal to connect, not a commitment to build: historically most are withdrawn.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