Interconnection queues overstate what will actually get built: of the generation and storage capacity that entered US queues from 2000 to 2020, about 75 percent withdrew before connecting (LBNL, Queued Up). This page discounts each market's raw queue by its own historical drop-out rate, giving the capacity plausibly heading for operation rather than the headline number. These are generation and storage queues. They measure how congested the interconnection system is; they do not measure how long a new large load waits. Where an operator publishes a separate large-load queue, we show it as its own figure. The 12 markets with a countable queue are ranked; the other 67 are shown by demand read alone.
| Market | Region | Demand read | Queue likely to reach operation | Withdrawal | DC concentration | Queue wait |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Northern Virginia (PJM) | United States | Heavy load pressure and accelerating, but most of the queue will wash out. Load Pressure Score 82/100 · #1 of 12 | ~36.0 of 144 GW (measured) | 75% | Very high | ~72 mo (lands ~2032) |
| 🇺🇸 Desert Southwest (Phoenix) | United States | Rising load pressure, but most of the queue will wash out. Load Pressure Score 63/100 · #2 of 12 | ~23.8 of 95 GW (modelled) | 75% | High | ~55 mo (lands ~2031) |
| 🇺🇸 MISO (Midwest) | United States | Rising load pressure, but most of the queue will wash out. Load Pressure Score 63/100 · #3 of 12 | ~95.5 of 382 GW (measured) | 75% | Rising | ~50 mo (lands ~2030) |
| 🇺🇸 CAISO (California) | United States | Rising load pressure, but most of the queue will wash out. Load Pressure Score 63/100 · #4 of 12 | ~38.2 of 191 GW (measured) | 80% | Rising | ~60 mo (lands ~2031) |
| 🇺🇸 US Southeast (Atlanta) | United States | Rising load pressure, but most of the queue will wash out. Load Pressure Score 62/100 · #5 of 12 | ~38.2 of 153 GW (measured) | 75% | Rising | ~50 mo (lands ~2030) |
| 🇮🇪 Ireland (Dublin) | Europe | Rising load pressure, much of the queue looks real. Load Pressure Score 62/100 · #6 of 12 | ~3.5 of 5 GW (measured) | 30% | Very high | ~48 mo (lands ~2030) |
| 🇺🇸 Pacific Northwest | United States | Rising load pressure, but most of the queue will wash out. Load Pressure Score 60/100 · #7 of 12 | ~32.5 of 130 GW (modelled) | 75% | Rising | ~55 mo (lands ~2031) |
| 🇬🇧 Great Britain | Europe | Rising load pressure, much of the queue looks real. Load Pressure Score 57/100 · #8 of 12 | ~135.8 of 283 GW (measured) | 52% | Rising | ~48 mo (lands ~2030) |
| 🇳🇱 Netherlands | Europe | Rising load pressure, much of the queue looks real. Load Pressure Score 57/100 · #9 of 12 | ~30.4 of 38 GW (measured) | 20% | High | ~96 mo (lands ~2034) |
| 🇺🇸 NYISO (New York) | United States | Rising load pressure, but most of the queue will wash out. Load Pressure Score 52/100 · #10 of 12 | ~7.2 of 29 GW (measured) | 75% | Moderate | ~55 mo (lands ~2031) |
| 🇺🇸 SPP (Southwest Power Pool) | United States | Rising load pressure, but most of the queue will wash out. Load Pressure Score ••/100 · #11 of 12 | •• GW | ••% | •••• | •• mo |
| 🇺🇸 ISO New England | United States | Light load pressure, but most of the queue will wash out. Load Pressure Score ••/100 · #12 of 12 | •• GW | ••% | •••• | •• mo |
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