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United States β€Ί Grid β€Ί Interconnection queues

OCTARY USA Β· INTERCONNECTION QUEUES

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 This shows every request: active, built and withdrawn.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 shown191,925 MW
Active in queue1,925 MW19 requests
Agreement signed152 MW7 requests
Withdrawn39770.5 GW never built

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Requests

19 requests
ProjectCapacityStatusLocationRegionQueuedOnline
Solar + storage project G0478, Morrow County
Solar + storage		 500 MWIn study Morrow, ORWest Sep 2012target 2016
Gas project 12-051, Cowlitz County
Gas		 375 MWPaused / redesign Cowlitz, WAWest Jul 2012target 2016
Onshore wind project IA-PNM-2012-05, Guadalupe Cty County
Onshore wind		 198 MWIn study Guadalupe Cty, NMWest Dec 2012target 2015
Solar + storage project Q30, Kern County
Solar + storage		 170 MWPaused / redesign Kern, CAWest Jun 2012target 2014
Battery storage project 12-052, Marion County
Battery storage		 100 MWPaused / redesign Marion, ORWest Oct 2012target 2014
Battery storage project 12-054, Clackamas County
Battery storage		 100 MWPaused / redesign Clackamas, ORWest Dec 2012target 2014
Onshore wind project 12-053, Polk County
Onshore wind		 87.5 MWPaused / redesign Polk, ORWest Oct 2012target 2015
Gas project 12-049, Morrow County
Gas		 75.0 MWPaused / redesign Morrow, ORWest Feb 2012target 2013
Onshore wind project GI-2012-3, Logan County
Onshore wind		 60.0 MWIn study Logan, COWest May 2012target 2013
Coal project 12-047, Morrow County
Coal		 44.0 MWPaused / redesign Morrow, ORWest Feb 2012target 2012
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
Coal project GI-48, Randolph County
Coal		 33.0 MWIn study Randolph, MOSoutheast Oct 2012target 2012
Gas project 12-048, Morrow County
Gas		 30.0 MWPaused / redesign Morrow, ORWest Feb 2012target 2012
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

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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)