The Problem

The interconnection queue is the best forward indicator in U.S. energy. Almost nobody can read it.

Every energy project — solar, wind, storage, gas, nuclear — must apply to connect to the grid years before it's built. That application process, the interconnection queue, is publicly available data. It tells you exactly where developers are placing bets on future infrastructure, often 3–7 years before a project is operational.

The problem is that this data is fragmented across hundreds of utility portals, published in inconsistent formats, updated on unpredictable schedules, and buried in PDFs that require manual extraction. Monitoring it at scale requires significant technical infrastructure.

Large energy companies and financial institutions pay five and six figures annually for enterprise platforms that aggregate this data. Everyone else — regional EPC contractors, equipment dealers, small developers, regional investors — either goes without or spends hours per week manually pulling reports they can barely interpret.

What We Built

A daily intelligence pipeline that reads the queue so you don't have to.

Grid Pressure runs a daily data pipeline that pulls, normalizes, and analyzes interconnection queue data from 13 ISOs and utilities across the United States. The pipeline tracks project status changes, detects geographic clustering patterns, and identifies the specific combinations of project types that historically precede major infrastructure buildouts.

The output isn't a database you search. It's a territory intelligence brief you read — a weekly report for your specific ISO territory that tells you where the pressure is building, which transmission owners are under the most load, and which geographies are showing early signs of accelerating development.

Built for the operator who knows this data matters but can't justify an enterprise data contract to access it.

Step 01
Daily Ingestion

Queue data pulled daily from ISO APIs, utility portals, and published Excel/CSV exports. PDF study documents parsed with AI extraction for upgrade cost data.

Step 02
Normalization

Raw data normalized across 13 different source formats into a unified schema. Status codes, fuel types, and transmission owner names standardized for cross-ISO analysis.

Step 03
Pattern Detection

Change log analysis identifies geographic acceleration. Fuel type combination analysis flags energy transition clusters. Transmission owner aggregation surfaces pressure concentrations.

Step 04
Territory Brief

Intelligence synthesized into a clean, print-ready territory report delivered weekly. Designed to be read in under 10 minutes by someone who doesn't work in data.

Data Sources

13 ISOs and utilities. Updated daily.

All data is sourced from publicly available government and utility publications. Grid Pressure does not purchase data from third-party vendors.

Source Territory Data Type Status
PJM Mid-Atlantic, Midwest Full queue, study PDFs, upgrade costs Primary
MISO Midcontinent Full queue, fuel types, transmission owners, substations Primary
ERCOT Texas GIS report, construction-ready alerts Active
CAISO California Full queue Active
SPP South-Central Full queue Active
NYISO New York Full queue Active
ISO-NE New England Full queue Active
BPA Pacific Northwest Full queue Monitored
PacifiCorp Western U.S. TSR queue Monitored
NV Energy Nevada PDF queue Monitored
PSE Pacific Northwest PDF queue Monitored
TVA Tennessee Valley PDF queue Monitored
Duke Energy Southeast PDF queue Monitored
Data Disclaimer

Grid Pressure aggregates and analyzes publicly available data from ISO and utility interconnection queue publications. All source data is published by the respective grid operators and utilities. Grid Pressure does not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of source data, and queue data is subject to change as projects advance, withdraw, or are modified. Intelligence reports are provided for informational purposes and should not be construed as investment advice. Grid Pressure is an independent service and is not affiliated with any ISO, utility, or grid operator.

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