The problem, in the open
Everyone downstream plans around queues whose records rarely say what is committed.
Requested gigawatts get planned around and priced in. Most queues do publish a status for each request, but the status fields differ by operator, and few people read all seven the same way. LOADSTAR reads them the same way every day and publishes the result, free to cite.
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of requested capacity in the seven ISO/RTO generation queues (50 MW and up) shows an executed interconnection agreement (live, from the index)
~13%
of 2000–2020 queued generation capacity had reached operation by end-2025 (LBNL, Queued Up 2026)
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operator queue files read every day, each by its own published status rule
Who it's for
One number, read from six seats.
A regulator needs it for a record. A utility planner needs it for a forecast. A journalist needs it for a story. Underneath, the question is the same: of the power requested to connect, how much is signed? LOADSTAR answers that one question, with the same files and the same method for everyone.
You need a figure that holds up in a record.
Every figure names the operator queue file it was read from and the date it was read. The rule for what counts as signed is published for each operator, in the operator's own words, and every change of method is dated in Corrections. Parties in your proceeding can check the same totals from the same public JSON. LOADSTAR takes no side in any proceeding.
You need to know how much of the queue is signed before you plan around it.
Requested capacity is not signed capacity. LOADSTAR reads each operator's queue file every day and reports, queue by queue, how much of the requested capacity shows an executed interconnection agreement. It is a floor under our current reading, not a forecast, and the shares are not comparable across operators, because each one publishes status its own way.
You need a dated, sourced read of the queue as research input.
Historically, most generation capacity that enters U.S. interconnection queues is never built (LBNL’s Queued Up series tracks this). LOADSTAR adds a daily reading of how much of today’s requested capacity is signed, with the source file and the date. It is research input, not investment advice, and it takes no view on any company or asset.
You need to see how much of a queue is signed before you plan a site.
Read the signed share queue by queue, with the rule each operator uses and the date of the read. Teams that need the files behind it, request by request, can license them; every licensee gets the same files on the same day.
You need the supply side of the queue, read the same way in every market.
Power plants and storage have to connect before new load can be served. LOADSTAR reads how much of the requested generation in each ISO/RTO queue shows an executed interconnection agreement, every day, by the same published rules. It is a reading of the queue, not a view on any company’s plans.
You need a sourced, dated figure you can cite.
The number is free to cite, with its date and a ready citation string. Each figure names the operator queue file it was read from, and the totals recompute from our public JSON before you publish. When we were wrong, the correction is dated and says by how much. We’re not asking you to buy anything.