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Monthly Planned U.S. Generation Capacity

Solar & Battery Remain The Leaders

Highlights:

  • EnerWrap wrangles the monthly EIA-860M report, which details planned generation capacity in the U.S.

  • Total planned U.S. generation capacity as of May 2024 is 169,871 MW

  • 86.7% of planned U.S. capacity is Solar, Wind or Battery

  • There is a remaining 47,010 MW of planned capacity additions for 2024

  • 49,965 MW of capacity is scheduled for 2025

  • Texas and California comprise 73.4% of the U.S. planned power capacity pipeline

  • Solar additions are 58.6% and 53.8% of capacity additions for the rest of the year and next year, respectively

Everything is bigger in Texas

Planned capacity map

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