LBNL · Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
The US national lab whose interconnection-queue and data-center energy studies are the standard public reference for grid wait times and load growth.
Current numbers
>5 yearsmedian request-to-COD for built US generation/storage projects in LBNL data — not a large-load service lead time
~19%of projects requesting interconnection 2000–2018 (LBNL-tracked US queues) had reached commercial operation by end-2023 — 14% by capacity; most of the rest withdrew