Sacramento County, CA interconnection queue
16 interconnection applications are pending in Sacramento County, CA, requesting 3.6 GW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 0 projects have been built here and 19 have been withdrawn since 2018.
Source: interconnection queues published by CAISO, SMUD. 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 Sacramento County, by fuel
| Fuel | Projects | Capacity requested |
|---|---|---|
| Solar | 6 | 1.8 GW |
| Battery | 8 | 1.2 GW |
| Other | 2 | 650 MW |
Outcomes of every application filed here
| Outcome | Projects | Capacity | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built | 0 | 0 MW | 0.0% |
| Still pending | 16 | 3.6 GW | 45.7% |
| Withdrawn | 19 | 4.0 GW | 54.3% |
| Suspended | 0 | — | 0.0% |
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
| Project | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Filed | Queue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | Solar | 550 MW | active | 2022-07 | SMUD |
| 2 | Solar | 400 MW | withdrawn | 2019-10 | SMUD |
| SC1Q31 | Other | 400 MW | active | 2025-07 | SMUD |
| 9 | Solar | 360 MW | withdrawn | 2021-03 | SMUD |
| 8 | Solar | 344 MW | active | 2021-01 | SMUD |
| 26 | Solar | 275 MW | active | 2022-09 | SMUD |
| 12 | Solar | 250 MW | active | 2021-05 | SMUD |
| 23 | Battery | 250 MW | withdrawn | 2022-08 | SMUD |
| 24 | Battery | 250 MW | withdrawn | 2022-08 | SMUD |
| 28 | Battery | 250 MW | withdrawn | 2022-11 | SMUD |
| 3 | Solar | 250 MW | active | 2020-02 | SMUD |
| 4 | Solar | 250 MW | withdrawn | 2020-06 | SMUD |
| 5 | Solar | 250 MW | withdrawn | 2020-11 | SMUD |
| SC1Q33 | Other | 250 MW | active | 2025-07 | SMUD |
| 21 | Battery | 230 MW | withdrawn | 2022-07 | SMUD |
How this county ranks
Sacramento County ranks #86 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #7 of 42 in California.
Other California counties in the queue
| County | Pending | Capacity queued |
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles County | 33 | 15.0 GW |
| Kern County | 51 | 13.8 GW |
| Riverside County | 23 | 8.4 GW |
| San Bernardino County | 19 | 7.3 GW |
| Imperial County | 35 | 6.7 GW |
| Fresno County | 28 | 6.5 GW |
| Kings County | 8 | 2.5 GW |
| Merced County | 10 | 2.5 GW |
Go deeper on Sacramento 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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