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Boyle: New grid energy projects face four-to-five-year interconnection queue delays

Michael Boyle · Stunning new data on coal vs renewables · Feb 22, 2023 · at 13:13

Michael Boyle of Energy Innovation discusses severe transmission grid interconnection backlogs delaying new renewable energy developments across the US.

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“Projects are waiting four to five years, maybe longer if they're getting into the queue now.”

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The claim, plainly

Renewable energy and grid projects entering the interconnection queue face wait times of four to five years or longer.

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Assessment

Data from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) annual 'Queued Up' reports corroborates the claim. For projects reaching commercial operation between 2022 and 2025, the median queue duration from initial Interconnection Request (IR) to Commercial Operation Date (COD) was consistently 5 years (up from 3 years in 2015 and under 2 years in 2008). Over 95% of active capacity in these queues consists of zero-carbon resources (solar, wind, and storage), confirming that renewable and grid projects entering the queue face typical wait times of 4 to 5 years or longer.

LBNL Queued Up 2023 Edition reported that projects built in 2022 spent a typical duration of 5 years in interconnection queues from initial request to commercial operation.
LBNL Queued Up 2024–2026 Editions documented that median duration from initial request to commercial operation remained at 5 years or longer for projects completed through 2025.
Over 95% of active queued capacity analyzed across U.S. ISOs/RTOs and non-ISO utilities consists of renewable generation and battery storage.

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[1] lbl.gov [2] lbl.gov [3] utilitydive.com [4] ourenergypolicy.org [5] microgridknowledge.com [6] researchgate.net [7] rmi.org [8] ssii.org

LBNL Queued Up 2024 report interconnection queue wait times years LBNL Queued Up 2023 2024 interconnection queue duration average years commercial operation Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Queued Up interconnection queue wait time duration 5 years LBNL Queued Up duration interconnection request to commercial operation

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