Interconnection queue status digest (free)
- Project, queue ID and point of interconnection
- Current phase and cluster
- Posted study dates
- Deposits and readiness milestones
- Changes since the last posting
- Other requests at the same substation
Solar, storage and wind developers with a project in a queue
What is your queue or project ID?
Free tracker for your generator interconnection request: queue position, study phase and posted dates, read from your grid operator's own queue file.
- Free to read
- No sign-up until the draft
- Hands off to the right door
ePlan fills in
- Queue position
- Study phase
- Posted dates
- Point of interconnection
- Nearby queued projects
How it works
Interconnection queue status digest, from one answer
- Pick the grid operator and enter your queue ID.
- ePlan reads the operator's queue file and tracks your phase, dates and neighbors.
- Project on federal land or using federal money? Start a NEPA environmental assessment draft.
What you get
Interconnection queue status digest and 1 more document
The check is free. The paperwork after it is drafted at the NEPA environmental assessment door.
NEPA environmental assessment draft
- Purpose and need
- Alternatives
- Affected environment
- Environmental consequences
- Agencies consulted
From public data
What ePlan fills in, and from where
- PJM queuePJM serial service request status
- MISO queueMISO generator interconnection queue
- ERCOT queueERCOT monthly Generator Interconnection Status report
- CAISO queueCAISO generator interconnection
- SPP queueSPP generator interconnection
2,000 GW
were waiting in US interconnection queues by 2022, up from 1,400 GW a year earlier, as average waits grew from about 4 to 5 years
Source: FERC Order No. 2023, 88 FR 61014
Ready for the paperwork?
Draft a NEPA environmental assessment and FONSI, or an EIS outline, that follows a reference document. Free to read; every unconfirmed fact is marked.
Questions
Interconnection Queue Tracker: what people ask
What did FERC Order No. 2023 change?
It replaced the serial queue with a first-ready, first-served cluster study process. Developers pay study and commercial readiness deposits, show site control when they apply, and face withdrawal penalties. Each transmission provider had to adopt a transition process to the new rules.
What if my operator's study is late?
Order No. 2023 added study delay penalties measured against the tariff deadline: $1,000 per business day for a late cluster study, $2,000 for a late cluster restudy or affected system study, and $2,500 for a late facilities study.
How big are the application fee and study deposit?
Under the pro forma rules in Order No. 2023: a $5,000 application fee plus a study deposit of $35,000 plus $1,000 per MW for 20 to 80 MW, $150,000 for 80 to 200 MW, or $250,000 for 200 MW or more. Your operator's tariff may differ.
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