Access the MISO Generator Interconnection Queue report from https://www.misoenergy.org/planning/generator-interconnection/GI_Queue/; MISO publishes a regularly updated queue report in Excel and CSV format — download the current file programmatically by constructing the URL from the queue report page.
Parse the queue report CSV which contains columns including Queue Number, Project Name, County/State, Fuel, Summer Capacity (MW), Winter Capacity (MW), Status (e.g., 'Active', 'Withdrawn', 'Completed'), Study Cluster, and In-Service Date Request.
Filter by status to identify active projects awaiting interconnection study completion; track the Study Cluster (or Study Phase) to understand which projects are in Feasibility Study, System Impact Study, or Facilities Study phases under MISO's Definitive Planning Phase (DPP) process.
For projects of interest, cross-reference the queue number with MISO's eLibrary at https://www.misoenergy.org/stakeholder-engagement/regulatory-libraries/ to find associated interconnection study documents and cost allocation decisions.
Automate weekly downloads of the queue report and diff against the prior week's snapshot to detect newly added projects, status changes (e.g., Active to Withdrawn), and In-Service Date Request changes — these changes are market-relevant signals for capacity and transmission planning.
For large-scale analysis, supplement MISO queue data with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Queued Up database (emp.lbl.gov) which aggregates interconnection queue data across all ISOs and provides standardized project-level attributes for multi-ISO comparison.
Known gotchas
MISO queue report column headers and file formats change periodically without advance notice — implement a schema validation step that alerts on unexpected column names rather than silently dropping data when the format changes.
MISO uses Definitive Planning Phase (DPP) cycles rather than first-come first-served individual study tracks; project status progression is cluster-based, meaning multiple projects advance or are withdrawn together — a project status change may reflect cluster-level decisions rather than project-specific outcomes.
Capacity values in the queue report are nameplate capacity, not necessarily the contracted or approved interconnection capacity; final interconnection capacity may differ from the queue entry after study results are applied — do not use queue MW values as committed generation capacity without confirming study completion.
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