Remember how big the interconnection queue for new generators was last year? Guess what – it’s 30% bigger now! It is now TWICE the capacity of currently operating power plants. See the annual “Queued Up” report from @BerkeleyLab at emp.lbl.gov/queues. Thread!
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@BerkeleyLab @ckrausss @Jennifer_Hiller @ivanlpenn @bradplumer @cmatthews9 @evanhalper @maxinejoselow @shannonosaka @SmithRebecca @jeffbradynews 900 gigawatts of new projects entered the queues in 2023, meaning nearly 2,600 GW of generation and storage capacity are now actively seeking grid interconnection. This is 8x higher than in 2010. 2/x