Substation Scout

Queues, substations, dockets

Making the grid legible.

Substation Scout tracks the US energy build-out and presents public data in easy-to-use formats.

Live

Confidential Site Scanner

The fastest way to scan for nearby transmission.

Drop a pin. Get the nearest substations with voltage, the franchise utility, FEMA flood zone and watershed in seconds. Plus nearby queue activity where we track it and local moratoria on record. Use it to rule out parcels with no transmission nearby.

Confidential. Searches are not logged and reports are auto-deleted. Privacy Policy.

See 42 sample reports Real, unedited. No email required.

Screening aid only. Not a system impact study. Shows nearby infrastructure — not available capacity, cost or timeline.

1 mi2 miTYLER · 230 kVCHESTERFIELD · 230 kV ×3
Nearest substation
0.09 mi Tyler · 230 kV · 6 lines
FEMA flood zone
Zone X Outside the special flood hazard area

From the Chester, VA sample report · 5 nearest substations, to scale · HIFLD Electric Substations (2022-06), FEMA NFHL

Substations indexed78,373
Utility territories2,845
Sample reports published42
Generated narrativeNone

The platform

What Phil and Scout are working on.

Phil is tracking the US energy build-out with Scout, an AI research agent. Below are the data pipelines in progress. See the roadmap →

01 Queue WireIn progress Which interconnection queue projects are advancing and which are not? This is a weekly diff report on generation projects. 02 Substation Expansion TrackerScoping Parsing PJM RTEP and TEAC filings for planned substation additions and upgrades. 03 Large-Load Regulatory TrackingRegistry live · BPA The Large Load Registry is live for BPA — 291 live requests, 50.5 GW. The regulatory-docket piece is still taking shape. Large Load Registry is live →
Queue Wire · weekly13,178 interconnection requests tracked across PJM, ERCOT and BPA Changes logged568 status, capacity and terminal moves since Aug 27, 2026 Large Load Registry · BPA50.5 GW requested across 291 load requests not withdrawn, as filed Site Scanner78,373 substations indexed for an address-level screen

Queue and registry figures from the pipeline run of Oct 12, 2026. Substations: HIFLD, 2022‑06 vintage.