For journalists and researchers
A number you can cite — and check
The number is free to cite, no permission needed. Each figure names the operator queue file it was read from and the date it was read, and the totals recompute from our public JSON before you publish. Questions in writing go to the LOADSTAR data desk at contact@
The number, ready to quote
LOADSTAR Number, seven U.S. ISO/RTO generation interconnection queues (active requests of 50 MW and up), as of Oct. 30, 2026: 25.6% of requested capacity shows an executed interconnection agreement. index.loadstar.energy/the-number
Free to cite · CC BY 4.0 · credit “LOADSTAR, index.loadstar.energy”
How to cite us
Please keep the honest line: the number measures power plants and storage waiting to connect, not data-center demand. It is a floor under our current reading, not a forecast. Unsigned is not the same as fake.
The LOADSTAR Number is free to cite under CC BY 4.0. Credit “LOADSTAR, index
Press kit
The problem is on the record
These aren’t citations of LOADSTAR — we’re new. They’re regulators and reporters writing about large loads and the grid. This index reads the supply side, the generation queues. The question is real, and it’s already on the public record:
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Tell us the region or the docket. We’ll send a sourced, dated cut you can check. Send questions to the LOADSTAR data desk at contact@