WaitingForPower
https://waitingforpower.com/mcp ↗
Description
Tracks U.S. energy projects stuck in permitting: docket status, delay causes, hearing dates.
What our measurements say
WaitingForPower is a remote MCP server published at waitingforpower.com. It has been probed 8 times since 9/12/2026. It answered in 8 of them (100.0%), a near-uninterrupted record. Median response time is 585 ms, a delay an agent will notice. It offers a narrow, focused set of 6 tools. On the protocol side it speaks the 2026-07-28 stateless spec.
Agent readability score
Can an LLM agent pick the right tool here — names, descriptions and parameter clarity are assessed.
Agent readability score
Strengths
- Tool names explicitly indicate purpose (e.g., 'get_project' for detail retrieval).
- Parameters have clear types and optional/required flags.
Weaknesses
- Some parameters (e.g., 'stage', 'status') lack defined value ranges or examples.
- No explicit error handling documentation for invalid inputs.
search_projects— Ambiguous 'stage' and 'status' parameter value rangesget_stats— Shared filters with search_projects may cause tool selection confusionlist_causes— No explicit error handling for invalid cause queries
Verdict
Event narrative
Risk: low
Advice
Schema compliance
tools/list structure, inputSchema validity, and a functional smoke test — the components of the 0-100 score.
- tools/list schema valid
- inputSchema is valid JSON Schema
- Smoke test passed · last run:
- Cold-start: cold 146ms → warm 152ms (penalty 0ms)
Tools
Tools the server advertised in the latest measurement — measured, not catalog-claimed.
search_projectsSearch the WaitingForPower dataset of U.S. energy projects (generation, transmission, storage, LNG, pipelines) currently stuck waiting on permitting approval. Returns a paginated summary; call get_project with a slug for full detail (sources, milestone timeline).
statestringfuelTypearrayprojectTypearraystagearrayminYearsWaitingnumberminCapacitynumberstatusstringlimitintegeroffsetinteger
get_projectFull detail for one WaitingForPower project by slug — cited sources, milestone timeline, capacity, and estimated investment waiting. Get a slug from search_projects first.
slugstringrequired
get_statsHeadline aggregate numbers (project count, capacity waiting, clean-energy capacity waiting, estimated investment waiting) for the WaitingForPower dataset, optionally scoped by the same filters as search_projects.
statestringfuelTypearrayprojectTypearraystagearrayminYearsWaitingnumberminCapacitynumberstatusstring
list_causesThe fixed set of structural bottleneck categories (interconnection queue backlog, NEPA review, multi-agency permitting, transmission siting, litigation, local/state opposition, financing/supply chain) every tracked project's delay is mapped to — with a neutral description of each.
list_policiesWaitingForPower's six bipartisan permitting-reform policy proposals, one per structural cause category — each with a summary, strengths, weaknesses, and related bills. This is the site's argued position, distinct from the neutral cause categories in list_causes.
list_statesUSPS state codes and full names usable as the `state` filter in other tools.
Availability history
Event log
Derived by comparing consecutive probes — changes in era, protocol version, build and reachability.
- Added to watch — era: Dual-era
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