2025 Was a Record-Breaking Year in U.S. Interconnection Queues.

From a tsunami of withdrawals, to an unprecedented growth in natural gas, 2025 was unlike any year the U.S. grid has ever seen.

Let’s start with the obvious: 2025 was a tumultuous year for the U.S. grid across many dimensions.

Load forecasts exploded thanks to an era-defining AI infrastructure boom.

Renewables were suddenly forced to grapple with the upending of incentives which were often foundational for their financial viability.

Supply chain woes compounded.

And sweeping queue reform was enacted swiftly in many regions.

The net impact of all of this: an unprecedented volume of withdrawals from interconnection queues, especially among renewable projects. But not all technologies were as battered as solar and wind. Gas projects swarmed the queues, with total gas capacity growing nearly 40%, while all other major technologies experienced a relentless culling.

… you can continue reading the free report on the interconnection.fyi blog

Or, purchase the full report to understand:

• Full regional and technology breakdowns for withdrawals, additions, new CODs

• See which ISOs drove each wave, cluster-by-cluster detail, and the impact of the ERAS fast-track program.

• Full report also includes fully exportable project-level data:

  • 2025 Starting Projects dataset (12,453 rows)

  • 2025 Ending Projects dataset (10,027 rows)

  • Projects added during 2025 (2,140 rows)

  • Projects which became operational in 2025 (408 rows)

  • Projects which signed GIAs in 2025 (2,722 rows)

  • Projects which withdrew in 2025 (4,061 rows)

  • 46 charts with per-power-market and per-technology breakdowns + printable PDF (no watermarks)