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Texas energy projects in ERCOT's queue: August 2026 update

Published 2026-09-26 · Data from ERCOT's August 2026 reports

ERCOT's August 2026 interconnection report lists 1,810 proposed energy projects in 194 Texas counties, about 438,262 MW in all. Comparing ERCOT's July and August 2026 battery storage reports, 15 battery-related projects are new and 24 are no longer listed.

What's in the queue

By type: 616 solar, 158 wind, 889 battery storage, 137 gas, and 10 other. By stage: 1,168 are still in study, 482 have a signed interconnection agreement, 23 are under construction, and 137 are energized or approved to connect.

What changed since July

15 new battery-related projects, about 2,763 MW, appeared in August 2026. 24, about 3,760 MW, are no longer in any of ERCOT's August 2026 reports; ERCOT's reports do not say why a project leaves the list. This comparison covers battery projects and the solar, wind, or gas projects paired with them.

Counties with new projects: Burnet (2), Concho (2), Nueces (2), Tom Green (2), Wichita (2), Austin (1), Bee (1), Hunt (1), Pecos (1), Waller (1).

Counties where projects dropped off: Kinney (3), Culberson (2), La Salle (2), Milam (2), Willacy (2), Bastrop (1), Brazoria (1), Cameron (1), Ellis (1), Fayette (1), Galveston (1), Harris (1), Lampasas (1), Leon (1), Maverick (1), Taylor (1), Ward (1), Washington (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

CountyProjectsMW
Pecos5620,717
Brazoria5711,697
Wilbarger218,506
Wharton418,503
Reeves248,301
Milam298,286
Jack177,979
Hill237,874
San Patricio276,856
Mitchell156,792

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Source: ERCOT Generator Interconnection Status (GIS) Report, August 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for planning purposes from data entered by developers and transmission providers, and notes it may contain errors or be out of date.