![]() ![]() See here for a full breakdown of clean energy projects active and withdrawn in the PJM interconnection queue state-by-state and region-wide, with estimates for jobs impacts and homes that could be powered.Īll 2,274 projects waiting for an interconnection agreement in the PJM interconnection queue have been waiting for a year or more. While solar predominates region-wide in sheer numbers of pending projects, battery storage projects aren’t far behind in terms of capacity – nearly 75 GW across the PJM region. And in New Jersey, the queue holds the potential for more than 200,000 jobs. In Illinois, the combination of wind, solar, hybrid and storage projects in the PJM interconnection queue could power nearly 10,000 homes and support nearly 220,000 jobs. In Ohio, there are more than 200 solar projects on deck, enough to power 5.6 million homes and create nearly 100,000 jobs. In Pennsylvania, for example, developers have more than 13 GW of solar power waiting in the queue, projects that together would create nearly 45,000 direct jobs. If the projects could be built, they’d generate power for 68 million homes and support approximately 1.7 million jobs. A look at data from PJM’s New Service Queue (i.e., its waiting list for interconnection) reveals just how long projects are waiting for interconnection, as well as the rate of attrition – how many projects that entered the queue are being withdrawn, never getting a chance to put a shovel in the ground.Ĭurrently, developers have more than 2,000 solar, wind, battery storage and hybrid (solar plus storage) projects waiting for approval in the PJM interconnection queue, totaling nearly 300 GW of generating capacity. In one recent renewable industry sector survey, nine in 10 developers named long interconnection timelines and high costs as the biggest barrier to the Department of Energy’s goal of 40% solar by 2035. ![]() The pause on accepting new applications - an unusual action - speaks to the severity of the current situation. Those improvements won’t solve all the problems with PJM’s interconnection process, but they are a good start, and they can’t come soon enough. That pause will come with much needed improvements to PJM’s processes to speed up future interconnection requests. This usually behind-the-scenes issue moved to center stage this month when PJM proposed a dramatic step: a two-year pause on formally accepting new interconnection applications so that the grid operator can focus on speeding up delayed projects and clearing some of the backlog. In the vast PJM Interconnection region stretching from DC to Illinois, a huge pool of solar, wind, and battery storage projects are stuck in the grid operator’s Interconnection queue, often waiting years for technical and cost studies and final approvals needed to connect to the grid. Like anyone in construction, renewable energy developers are all too familiar with process hurdles and delays. ![]()
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