[{"id":"ercot_queue","region":"Texas (ERCOT)","metric":"Big power hookup requests","value":498,"unit":"GW","status":"watch","as_of":"2026-07-29","reading":"498 GW across 688 requests, up from 474 GW in June. Roughly 90% of it is data centers.","source_title":"Baxtel: Texas grid audit pauses new data center approvals across ERCOT","source_url":"https://baxtel.com/news/texas-grid-audit-pauses-new-data-center-approvals-across-ercot"},{"id":"ercot_ready","region":"Texas (ERCOT)","metric":"Requests that look ready","value":65,"unit":"GW","status":"watch","as_of":"2026-07-29","reading":"Only 150 requests (65 GW) passed the first screen for base-load service. 294 GW didn't even have a qualifying study. Most of the queue is a wish list.","source_title":"Baxtel: Texas grid audit pauses new data center approvals across ERCOT","source_url":"https://baxtel.com/news/texas-grid-audit-pauses-new-data-center-approvals-across-ercot"},{"id":"ercot_connected","region":"Texas (ERCOT)","metric":"Actually connected","value":7.5,"unit":"GW","status":"watch","as_of":"2025-12-13","reading":"About 7.5 GW connected or at final approval, against a queue that was already 230 GW. That gap is the delay risk lenders are underwriting.","source_title":"Introl: Texas data center bubble, 220 GW in queue, 7.5 GW connected","source_url":"https://introl.com/blog/texas-ercot-220gw-data-center-bubble-december-2025"},{"id":"pjm_price","region":"Mid-Atlantic (PJM)","metric":"Capacity price, 2028/29","value":325,"unit":"$/MW-day","status":"flashing","as_of":"2026-07-14","reading":"Cleared at the $325/MW-day cap for the third auction in a row. Power is the bottleneck, and it's getting pricier.","source_title":"PJM Inside Lines: capacity auction procures 138,318 MW","source_url":"https://insidelines.pjm.com/pjm-capacity-auction-procures-138318-mw-of-generation-resources-as-work-continues-to-address-growing-electricity-demand/"},{"id":"pjm_short","region":"Mid-Atlantic (PJM)","metric":"Short of the reliability target","value":6831,"unit":"MW","status":"flashing","as_of":"2026-07-14","reading":"The auction came up 6,831 MW short, and only 525 MW of new generation cleared. Forecast peak load rose about 2,000 MW, mostly on data centers.","source_title":"PJM Inside Lines: capacity auction procures 138,318 MW","source_url":"https://insidelines.pjm.com/pjm-capacity-auction-procures-138318-mw-of-generation-resources-as-work-continues-to-address-growing-electricity-demand/"},{"id":"us_queue","region":"United States","metric":"Power plants waiting to connect","value":2061,"unit":"GW","status":"calm","as_of":"2025-12-31","reading":"About 2,061 GW of generation and storage waiting, down roughly 10% in 2025. Gas requests jumped 86%. Only 13% of what applied in 2000–2020 ever got built.","source_title":"Berkeley Lab: Queued Up, 2026 edition","source_url":"https://emp.lbl.gov/publications/queued-2026-edition-characteristics"}]