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Butte County, CA interconnection queue

2 interconnection applications are pending in Butte County, CA, requesting 400 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 1 projects have been built here and 9 have been withdrawn since 2009.

Pending applications
2
of 12 ever filed
Capacity queued
400 MW
requested, not committed
Already built
4 MW
1 projects connected
Built vs decided
10.0%
9 withdrawn
Median wait
5.0 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
1.2 GW
indicator, see note

Source: interconnection queues published by WAPA-SN. Parsed and normalised by Watt Street. Data as of 15 August 2026. A queued project is a request, not a commitment.

What is waiting in Butte County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Solar2400 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built14 MW8.3%
Still pending2400 MW16.7%
Withdrawn9986 MW75.0%
Suspended00.0%

Withdrawal is the ordinary outcome of an interconnection application nationally, not a sign of a problem in this county. Most withdrawals are a developer testing a site and moving on.

The largest projects on file

ProjectFuelCapacityStatusFiledQueue
2019-G1Solar300 MWactive2019-08WAPA-SN
Withdrawn projectHybrid225 MWwithdrawn2021-04CAISO
Withdrawn projectBattery200 MWwithdrawn2021-04CAISO
Withdrawn projectBattery200 MWwithdrawn2021-04CAISO
Withdrawn projectBattery101 MWwithdrawn2020-04CAISO
2023-G4Solar100 MWactive2023-08WAPA-SN
Withdrawn projectHybrid85 MWwithdrawn2020-04CAISO
Withdrawn projectSolar75 MWwithdrawn2011-03CAISO
Withdrawn projectWind60 MWwithdrawn2013-04CAISO
Withdrawn projectSolar20 MWwithdrawn2016-05CAISO
Withdrawn projectSolar20 MWwithdrawn2010-11CAISO
AMERESCO BUTTE COUNTY LANDFILLBiomass4 MWcompleted2009-02CAISO

How this county ranks

Butte County ranks #689 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #23 of 42 in California.

Other California counties in the queue

CountyPendingCapacity queued
Los Angeles County3315.0 GW
Kern County5113.8 GW
Riverside County238.4 GW
San Bernardino County197.3 GW
Imperial County356.7 GW
Fresno County286.5 GW
Sacramento County163.6 GW
Kings County82.5 GW

Go deeper on Butte County

The interactive map plots every one of these applications, and a generated county report puts them in a sourced PDF with the date each figure was true on every page.

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