Planning area

Empress planning area

A top-to-bottom view of transmission infrastructure and grid connection projects listed across the Empress planning area.

DTS MW in current Project List6 MW
Projects currently listed3
Tracked substations14

DTS and STS figures represent contract-capacity changes reported in the Connection Project List. They do not represent available transmission capacity, current site demand, or guaranteed service. Planning-area totals should not be attributed to a specific substation.

Substations

Infrastructure in Empress

Open a substation for its physical record, county context, and nearby facilities.

Connection projects

Projects listed in Empress

Connection process stage breakdown, and each project's published type, MW type, status, stage and reported in-service dates. A later stage number indicates further progress toward energization; Stage 6 is Close Out and can follow energization.

Stage 4 · AUC Applications1 project
Stage 5 · Construction2 projects
P2091 Arenosum Solar
Project P2091
DTS 1 MWSTS 150 MWMW type: SolarStage 4 · AUC ApplicationsActiveProject type: ConnectionEN1 ISD 2028-05-26
P2411 Northland Power Jurassic MPC Solar Battery
Project P2411
DTS 3.5 MWSTS 300 MWMW type: Solar + StorageStage 5 · ConstructionActiveProject type: ConnectionEN1 ISD 2026-03-09EN2 ISD 2026-04-01EN3 ISD 2028-01-15
P2418 Greencells Estuary Solar
Project P2418
DTS 1.5 MWSTS 200 MWMW type: SolarStage 5 · ConstructionActiveProject type: ConnectionEN1 ISD 2028-01-31EN2 ISD 2028-01-31