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Contra Costa County, CA interconnection queue

5 interconnection applications are pending in Contra Costa County, CA, requesting 1.6 GW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 8 projects have been built here and 40 have been withdrawn since 2000.

Pending applications
5
of 53 ever filed
Capacity queued
1.6 GW
requested, not committed
Already built
1.0 GW
8 projects connected
Built vs decided
16.7%
40 withdrawn
Median wait
5.3 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
4.2 GW
indicator, see note

Source: interconnection queues published by CAISO. 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 Contra Costa County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Battery51.6 GW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built81.0 GW15.1%
Still pending51.6 GW9.4%
Withdrawn408.8 GW75.5%
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
Withdrawn projectGas651 MWwithdrawn2007-09CAISO
Withdrawn projectGas650 MWwithdrawn2007-11CAISO
Withdrawn projectBattery650 MWwithdrawn2019-04CAISO
Withdrawn projectGas630 MWwithdrawn2007-06CAISO
Withdrawn projectGas611 MWwithdrawn2008-03CAISO
Withdrawn projectGas611 MWwithdrawn2008-03CAISO
GATEWAY GENERATING FACILITY (FKA CONTRA COSTA POWER PLANT PROJECT)Gas590 MWcompleted2000-02CAISO
Withdrawn projectGas590 MWwithdrawn2004-12CAISO
Withdrawn projectGas531 MWwithdrawn2004-12CAISO
DELILAH ENERGY STORAGEBattery500 MWactive2021-04CAISO
Withdrawn projectBattery500 MWwithdrawn2021-04CAISO
ALLEGHENY ENERGY STORAGEBattery325 MWactive2021-04CAISO
Withdrawn projectGas309 MWwithdrawn2014-04CAISO
HARMONY STORAGE 2Battery300 MWactive2021-04CAISO
Withdrawn projectBattery300 MWwithdrawn2021-04CAISO

How this county ranks

Contra Costa County ranks #251 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #14 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 Contra Costa 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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