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Two terawatts of proposed power are waiting for grid connections

Political Guyentist · July 29, 20261 min read

LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY

U.S. interconnection queues held 2,061 gigawatts of proposed generation and storage at the end of 2025—down 10% from 2024 but still more than twice the country’s existing generating capacity. Solar, storage and wind made up 1,742 gigawatts; the median wait from application to operation exceeded five years. Queue entry is not a construction guarantee: only 13% of capacity requested from 2000–2020 was operating by the end of 2025.

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2,061 gigawatts are waiting to connect to the U.S. grid A stacked bar shows 773 gigawatts of solar, 749 of storage, 220 of wind, 253 of natural gas, and 66 of other resources in active interconnection queues at the end of 2025. 2,061 GW are waiting to connect to the grid More than twice the capacity of the existing U.S. generating fleet 85% is solar, storage or wind 1,742 GW combined 0 2,061 GW Solar 773 Storage 749 Wind 220 Gas 253 Other 66 Queue entry is a development proposal, not a construction commitment. Source: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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