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San Luis Obispo County, CA interconnection queue

2 interconnection applications are pending in San Luis Obispo County, CA, requesting 1.0 GW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 7 projects have been built here and 36 have been withdrawn since 2000.

Pending applications
2
of 45 ever filed
Capacity queued
1.0 GW
requested, not committed
Already built
982 MW
7 projects connected
Built vs decided
16.3%
36 withdrawn
Median wait
12.3 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
3.6 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 San Luis Obispo County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Wind11.0 GW
Hybrid140 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built7982 MW15.6%
Still pending21.0 GW4.4%
Withdrawn3623.3 GW80.0%
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
Withdrawn projectHybrid1.5 GWwithdrawn2019-04CAISO
Withdrawn projectHybrid1.5 GWwithdrawn2019-04CAISO
Withdrawn projectHybrid1.5 GWwithdrawn2019-04CAISO
Withdrawn projectHybrid1.5 GWwithdrawn2021-04CAISO
Withdrawn projectHybrid1.5 GWwithdrawn2020-04CAISO
Withdrawn projectWind1.4 GWwithdrawn2020-04CAISO
Withdrawn projectWind1.4 GWwithdrawn2021-04CAISO
Withdrawn projectGas1.2 GWwithdrawn2000-12CAISO
Withdrawn projectHybrid1.1 GWwithdrawn2021-04CAISO
Withdrawn projectWind1.1 GWwithdrawn2019-04CAISO
WINDWALKER OFFSHOREWind1.0 GWactive2020-04CAISO
Withdrawn projectWind1.0 GWwithdrawn2020-04CAISO
Withdrawn projectWind1.0 GWwithdrawn2021-04CAISO
Withdrawn projectWind1.0 GWwithdrawn2021-04CAISO
Withdrawn projectHydro650 MWwithdrawn2015-04CAISO

How this county ranks

San Luis Obispo County ranks #362 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #18 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 San Luis Obispo 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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