What's happening
The US interconnection queue totals 1.41 TW across 7,423 active projects. Queues are dominated by renewables and storage, but study timelines, withdrawal rates, and large-load demand vary sharply by ISO.
Updated 2026-09-07
- US queue total
- 1407 GW
- 7,423 active projects across 6 ISO/RTO markets
- Leading technology
- Solar
- 27% of queued MW nationally
- Clean + storage share
- 67%
- Solar, wind, storage, hydro, geothermal, and nuclear
- Largest queue by MW
- ERCOT
- 438 GW · Texas
- Most projects
- PJM
- 2,286 requests · avg 135 MW
Projects by state
Shaded states fall in a tracked ISO/RTO footprint (overlaps shown in tooltips) or have projects in our data. Gray states are outside coverage (e.g. Southeast, WECC). Tap a state for counts.
Scale (covered states)
Why this matters
- Interconnection queues are the bottleneck for new generation and large loads. MW sitting in queue ≠ MW getting built. Study timelines and withdrawal rates determine what actually connects.
- Fuel mix shows where the grid is headed: solar, wind, and storage dominate most queues, but gas and hybrid projects still account for meaningful capacity.
- ISOs run different processes. PJM's transition cycle, ERCOT's large-load queue, and MISO's reliability rules can matter as much as the raw project list.
Queue by market
Capacity, fuel mix, and project counts from live ISO feeds. Select a market to explore projects.
Other queue signals
Large-load demand, post-reform cycles, and report-only queues that aren't in the standard generator tables.
MISO · Large load
Large-load reliability rules are being defined
MISO's public dashboard shows active work on large-load interconnection reliability requirements, including ramping, ride-through, and modeling criteria.
Project lookup
Search individual queue entries when you need a specific project, ID, or status.
ERCOT large load queue
Data centers, crypto miners, and other large loads requesting interconnection in Texas — from ERCOT's Large Load Working Group monthly status update.
Total queue
466.5 GW
▲ 6.4% vs prior month
Data centers
90.2%
of tracked queue MW
Standalone
396.8 GW
Co-located
69.7 GW
Queue growth (co-located vs. standalone)
By project type
- Data center420.8 GW
- None disclosed22.4 GW
- Crypto14.0 GW
- Industrial4.7 GW
- Hydrogen3.7 GW
- Data center + crypto933 MW
Where projects stand
- Energized5.7 GW
- Under ERCOT review151.1 GW
- No studies submitted257.6 GW
- Planning studies approved0 MW
- Approved, not yet operational3.2 GW
By load zone
- OTHER60.9 GW
- LZ WEST82.2 GW
- LZ NORTH56.8 GW
Source: ERCOT Large Load Working Group, Jun 19, 2026 · view report
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How long does ERCOT interconnection actually take?
Built from 97 months of ERCOT's public GIS Report filings: GIS Film Full Process and Build Phase by CDR Zone and fuel, not filed estimates.
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