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Texas energy projects in ERCOT's queue: September 2026 update
ERCOT's September 2026 interconnection report lists 1,789 proposed energy projects in 194 Texas counties, about 438,768 MW in all. Compared with August, 27 projects are new, 48 are no longer listed, and 38 advanced a stage.
What's in the queue
By type: 610 solar, 159 wind, 869 battery storage, 139 gas, and 12 other. By stage: 1,154 are still in study, 497 have a signed interconnection agreement, 6 are under construction, and 132 are approved for energization or synchronization (ERCOT's own milestone names).
What changed since August
27 new projects, about 11,125 MW, appeared in September 2026. 48, about 8,680 MW, are no longer in ERCOT's September 2026 report; ERCOT's reports do not say why a project leaves the list. 38 projects moved to a later stage, such as signing an interconnection agreement or being approved to connect; the full list is on the ERCOT page.
Counties with new projects: Throckmorton (3), Brazoria (2), Fisher (2), Harris (2), Kent (2), Pecos (2), Victoria (2), Briscoe (1), Concho (1), Culberson (1), Dawson (1), Ellis (1), Jones (1), Nueces (1), Reeves (1), Starr (1), Ward (1), Wharton (1), Winkler (1).
Counties where projects dropped off: Uvalde (6), Matagorda (4), Brazoria (3), Bastrop (2), Cameron (2), Childress (2), Colorado (2), Comanche (2), Duval (2), Goliad (2), La Salle (2), Nacogdoches (2), Caldwell (1), Clay (1), Crane (1), Culberson (1), Ector (1), Galveston (1), Gonzales (1), Hidalgo (1), Hill (1), Jones (1), Kinney (1), Pecos (1), Reeves (1), San Patricio (1), Schleicher (1), Sutton (1), Wichita (1).
The full lists, project by project, are on the ERCOT page and each county's page.
The ten counties with the most proposed capacity
| County | Requests | MW |
|---|---|---|
| Pecos | 57 | 21,374 |
| Brazoria | 56 | 11,487 |
| Wharton | 42 | 8,625 |
| Wilbarger | 21 | 8,506 |
| Reeves | 24 | 8,350 |
| Milam | 29 | 8,290 |
| Jack | 17 | 7,978 |
| Hill | 22 | 7,763 |
| Harris | 33 | 6,843 |
| Mitchell | 15 | 6,791 |
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Source: ERCOT Generator Interconnection Status (GIS) Report, September 2026. ERCOT prepares this report for planning purposes from data entered by developers and transmission providers, and notes it may contain errors or be out of date.