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A continuously updated directory of the major U.S. power generation, transmission, and grid construction projects driving hiring demand - from gas peakers and battery storage to HVDC corridors and substations.
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Three programs whose scale, technology, and strategic weight mark them as defining builds for the 2024–2031 power generation and grid construction cycle.
The largest transmission line in U.S. history — an approximately 800-mile, ±600 kV HVDC corridor designed to move up to 5,000 MW between the Kansas wind belt and MISO and PJM load. Invenergy has awarded $1.7B in construction contracts to Quanta Services and Kiewit, with Phase 1 across Kansas and Missouri moving toward full construction in 2026 per federal permitting status updates.
The largest planned gas-fired generation campus in the country — up to 4.5 GW across seven GE Vernova 7HA.02 hydrogen-enabled turbines on a 3,200-acre former coal plant site, built to serve an AI data-center campus with PJM and NYISO interconnections. Turbine deliveries begin in 2026, with first power targeted for 2027 per 2026 reports.
A 550-mile, ±525 kV HVDC line built to carry 3,000 MW of New Mexico wind to Desert Southwest load — the transmission half of the largest clean energy infrastructure program in U.S. history, reaching commercial operations in 2026 and proving out the corridor delivery model the next decade of HVDC will reuse.
Organized by build category. We track every project below; on select builds we’re actively recruiting transmission line project managers, substation superintendents, power plant construction managers, commissioning and startup leaders, and project controls talent.
Largest transmission line in U.S. history. $1.7B in construction contracts awarded to Quanta and Kiewit; Phase 1 (Kansas–Missouri) moving toward full construction in 2026 per federal permitting status. Converter stations, line, and ROW scopes all hiring-relevant.
The transmission half of the largest clean energy infrastructure program in U.S. history — commercial operations reached in 2026, delivering New Mexico wind to Desert Southwest load centers.
Interregional corridor connecting Wyoming wind to Desert Southwest markets. Terminal and early segment construction underway, with Wyoming segments mobilizing and first in-service now targeted for 2031 per 2026 filings.
Fully buried and submarine HVDC link delivering Hydro-Québec hydropower into New York City — commercial operation reached in mid-2026, ahead of schedule, after a multi-year marine and underground construction program.
ERCOT’s first 765 kV extra-high-voltage backbone, approved by the PUCT in 2025 to serve Permian Basin and data-center load. Import paths and loop projects in CCN routing through 2026 — a decade of line and substation work behind it.
Nevada’s largest transmission build — a 525 kV backbone linking southern and northern Nevada with new collector substations, under construction with in-service targeted for 2027 per utility updates. Greenlink North follows.
Pacific Northwest–Mountain West intertie two decades in permitting, now in construction across eastern Oregon with energization targeted for 2026–2027 per utility updates.
A ~550-mile 345 kV loop with new substations (Canal Crossing, Goose Creek, May Valley) opening eastern Colorado to new generation. First segments in service; remaining segments completing 2026–2027 per Xcel updates.
Three new 345 kV ties between Long Island and the statewide grid, including submarine crossings of Long Island Sound. Contractors selected and construction expected to begin in 2026 per project updates.
Southeast Texas combined-cycle plant capable of co-firing hydrogen — more than 90% complete per late-2025 updates and in startup toward summer 2026 commercial operation. Roughly 7,000 direct construction jobs at peak.
Ground broken on the first two of three combined-cycle units powering Meta’s $10B+ AI data center — part of a wider Entergy generation program in the Gulf South, with further plants proposed in 2026 filings.
The country’s largest planned gas-fired campus, rising on a 3,200-acre former coal plant site to serve AI data-center load with PJM and NYISO interconnections. Turbine deliveries from 2026; first power targeted 2027 per 2026 reports.
First newbuild generation delivered under the Texas Energy Fund — new simple-cycle peaking units at the T.H. Wharton site reaching commercial operation in May 2026 to firm the Houston grid.
One of the largest battery energy storage facilities in the country, built in phases on a former gas plant site — final phase reaching commercial operation in 2025, dispatching four-hour capacity into the Southern California grid.
ERCOT standalone battery storage that broke ground in early 2026 — one of a wave of Texas BESS builds firming data-center-driven load growth, with commercial operation targeted for 2027 per announcements.
Flagship U.S. repowering: 1,800 MW of retired coal replaced by hydrogen-capable gas units that reached commercial operation in July 2025, beside the ACES Delta salt-cavern hydrogen storage hub.
Every project shown is compiled from FERC and state PSC or PUCT filings, RTO planning documents, developer announcements, regulatory disclosures, and our own placement work across the segment.
To appear in the tracker, a project must meet at least three of the following criteria:
The tracker is maintained by iRecruit.co’s research team in coordination with our active placement work. Verify all data before referencing in formal documents. Power and transmission programs are particularly sensitive to permitting, financing, and interconnection milestones.
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