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GAS · MISOOrient Energy Center
Orient Energy Center is a 265 MW gas request in interconnection study in the MISO interconnection queue, in Adair County, Iowa, connecting to MidAmerican Energy Company.
Queue statusIn planning
- PlanningQueued Aug 2025 (current stage)
- ConsentedDec 2025 (not yet reached)
- Construction (not yet reached)
- OperatingTarget Sep 2027 (not yet reached)
- Closed (not yet reached)
Studies assess what grid upgrades the project would need and who pays for them. A signed interconnection agreement is the main step before construction.
Request details
- Queue ID
- E0002
- Grid region
- MISO (Midcontinent)
- Utility / transmission owner
- MidAmerican Energy Company
- Developer
- MidAmerican Energy Company
- Connection point (POI)
- Northboro-Orient 345kV
- Location
- Adair County, Iowa
- Technology
- Gas: 265 MW
- Total requested
- 265 MW
- Service type
- Network resource (NRIS)
- Study phase
- Request Status: Active; Post GIA Status: Not started
- Queue status
- Active
- Entered queue
- 6 August 2025
- Agreement signed
- 31 December 2025
- Proposed online date
- September 2027
Location
Marker shows the centre of Adair County; the queue data does not give exact sites.
Other requests in Adair County
- Surplus; J500Gas · 263 MW · in study
- Gas project J3047, Adair CountyGas · 263 MW · in study
- Onshore wind project J500, Adair CountyOnshore wind · 500 MW · built
- Onshore wind project J499, Adair CountyOnshore wind · 340 MW · built
- Onshore wind project J527, Adair CountyOnshore wind · 250 MW · built
- Onshore wind project R38, Adair CountyOnshore wind · 200 MW · built
- Onshore wind project R41, Adair CountyOnshore wind · 100 MW · built
- Gas project J355, Adair CountyGas · 810 MW · withdrawn
- Onshore wind project R52, Adair CountyOnshore wind · 500 MW · withdrawn
- Gas project J364, Adair CountyGas · 464 MW · withdrawn
- Gas project J3553, Adair CountyGas · 263 MW · withdrawn
- Onshore wind project J528, Adair CountyOnshore wind · 200 MW · withdrawn
Source: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Queued Up, data through end of 2025, compiled from ISO/RTO and utility queues. Check the grid operator's own queue for the latest status. Report a problem