Planned power plants by state, against what each state runs today
280,971 MW is planned in the 50 states and DC against 1,318,784 MW operating. Wyoming has the largest pipeline for its size (60%), and 12 places have planned capacity equal to a quarter or more of what runs today. Source: EIA-860M, August 2026.
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- 13% to 16%
- 16% to 29%
- 29% to 60%
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| Wyoming | 60% | 1st | 7,049 | 11,825 |
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| Texas | 48% | 2nd | 92,564 | 194,097 |
| Oregon | 42% | 3rd | 7,776 | 18,483 |
| Louisiana | 41% | 4th | 10,645 | 25,864 |
| Nevada | 37% | 5th | 6,665 | 17,888 |
| Arizona | 36% | 6th | 15,166 | 41,591 |
| Arkansas | 35% | 7th | 6,026 | 17,093 |
| Utah | 32% | 8th | 3,741 | 11,578 |
| Rhode Island | 30% | 9th | 718 | 2,418 |
| Colorado | 29% | 10th | 6,346 | 21,781 |
| Wisconsin | 26% | 11th | 4,885 | 18,500 |
| Mississippi | 26% | 12th | 4,221 | 16,539 |
| Virginia | 24% | 13th | 7,309 | 29,860 |
| North Dakota | 21% | 14th | 2,256 | 10,672 |
| New Mexico | 20% | 15th | 3,553 | 17,545 |
| California | 19% | 16th | 19,721 | 104,198 |
| New York | 17% | 17th | 7,162 | 41,635 |
| Indiana | 17% | 18th | 5,337 | 31,913 |
| Nebraska | 17% | 19th | 1,912 | 11,498 |
| Missouri | 16% | 20th | 3,601 | 21,840 |
| Kentucky | 16% | 21st | 3,151 | 19,292 |
| Georgia | 16% | 22nd | 6,565 | 40,706 |
| Montana | 16% | 23rd | 1,167 | 7,256 |
| Tennessee | 16% | 24th | 3,340 | 21,163 |
| Illinois | 16% | 25th | 7,574 | 48,717 |
| Oklahoma | 15% | 26th | 5,181 | 34,422 |
| Michigan | 15% | 27th | 5,108 | 34,150 |
| Idaho | 15% | 28th | 959 | 6,567 |
| Hawaii | 13% | 29th | 467 | 3,474 |
| Pennsylvania | 13% | 30th | 6,499 | 49,445 |
| Vermont | 13% | 31st | 108 | 856 |
| Washington | 12% | 32nd | 3,601 | 31,107 |
| Kansas | 11% | 33rd | 2,226 | 20,134 |
| Ohio | 10% | 34th | 3,466 | 33,157 |
| Maine | 10% | 35th | 591 | 5,948 |
| Minnesota | 9% | 36th | 1,744 | 18,701 |
| South Carolina | 9% | 37th | 2,181 | 25,148 |
| District of Columbia | 8% | 38th | 5 | 67 |
| Delaware | 7% | 39th | 200 | 2,931 |
| Connecticut | 6% | 40th | 625 | 10,128 |
| Alabama | 6% | 41st | 1,880 | 31,326 |
| North Carolina | 6% | 42nd | 2,124 | 36,750 |
| Massachusetts | 6% | 43rd | 727 | 12,754 |
| West Virginia | 6% | 44th | 859 | 15,313 |
| South Dakota | 5% | 45th | 374 | 7,249 |
| Iowa | 4% | 46th | 1,061 | 23,774 |
| Florida | 3% | 47th | 2,432 | 75,067 |
| Alaska | 1% | 48th | 29 | 2,857 |
| New Hampshire | 1% | 49th | 24 | 4,331 |
| New Jersey | 0% | 50th | 35 | 16,757 |
| Maryland | 0% | 51st | 14 | 12,418 |
Sources
Planned and operating MW are net summer capacity from the EIA-860M inventory, August 2026 edition, retrieved 5 Oct 2026. The explainer lists the status codes behind each stage.
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Questions
Which state has the biggest power plant pipeline compared with what it runs today?
Wyoming: 7,049 MW planned against 11,825 MW operating, 60%.
Which state has the most planned megawatts?
Texas: 92,564 MW.
How much capacity is planned in the whole U.S.?
280,971 MW against 1,318,784 MW operating in the 50 states and DC, 21%.
How much of it is under construction?
96,849 MW, 34% of the planned list, is under construction or in testing.
Does a big pipeline mean lower prices?
Not by itself. Projects can slip or be canceled, and prices depend on fuel, grid costs and demand. This page counts projects, not price effects.
Will the pipeline ranking change?
Yes. EIA revises the monthly inventory as projects move, so ranks shift from edition to edition.