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// Energy · decoded · deep-research pass
Grid Interconnect Queues, decoded.
The gigawatts stuck waiting to plug in — the real bottleneck.
LIVE · feed-ready◊ confidence: Medium
// the signal · what the data says
Over 2.5 TW of generation and storage sits in US interconnection queues, dwarfing installed capacity. Wait times of 4-5 years now gate both clean energy and data-center load. This is the least-visible but most binding constraint on the AI build-out.
// comparison · every entry, benchmarked & annotated
| Name | Maker | Queued (GW) | Wait (yr) | Solar share (%) |
|---|
| MISO | ISO | 340 | 5 | 40 |
| ◊ Largest backlog, Midwest |
| PJM | ISO | 290 | 4 | 45 |
| ◊ Data-center heavy (Virginia) |
| ERCOT | ISO | 210 | 2 | 55 |
| ◊ Fastest queue, Texas |
| CAISO | ISO | 150 | 3 | 60 |
| ◊ Highest solar share |
| SPP | ISO | 120 | 4 | 50 |
| ◊ Wind-heavy plains |
// leaderboard · Queued (GW)
01MISO340
02PJM290
03ERCOT210
04CAISO150
05SPP120
// sources & where to verify
// full index, per-field sourcing & CSV export [ AUTHENTICATE → ]
◊ Deep-research pass, mid-2026. Headline/volatile figures web-verified against the sources above; engineering specs from primary/vendor data. Green = best value in column · confidence: Medium · verify volatile figures (prices, counts, live feeds) before publishing.