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GAS · ERCOTBig Watt Power Austin-1
Big Watt Power Austin-1 is a 449 MW gas request in interconnection study in the ERCOT interconnection queue, in Caldwell County, Texas.
Queue statusIn planning
- PlanningQueued Oct 2025 (current stage)
- Consented (not yet reached)
- Construction (not yet reached)
- OperatingTarget Nov 2028 (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
- 29INR0167
- Grid region
- ERCOT (Texas)
- Developer
- Big Watt Power Austin-1 LLC
- Connection point (POI)
- Tapping the 345 kV Double circuit Line: Zorn (Bus# 7042) - Lytton Springs (Bus# 9074) and Zorn (Bus# 7042) - Austrop (Bus# 7040).
- Location
- Caldwell County, Texas
- Technology
- Gas: 449 MW
- Total requested
- 449 MW
- Study phase
- SS Completed, FIS Started, No IA
- Queue status
- Active
- Entered queue
- 3 October 2025
- Proposed online date
- November 2028
Location
Marker shows the centre of Caldwell County; the queue data does not give exact sites.
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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