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San Mateo County, CA interconnection queue

1 interconnection applications are pending in San Mateo County, CA, requesting 250 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 1 projects have been built here and 10 have been withdrawn since 2005.

Pending applications
1
of 12 ever filed
Capacity queued
250 MW
requested, not committed
Already built
13 MW
1 projects connected
Built vs decided
9.1%
10 withdrawn
Median wait
5.3 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
29 MW
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 Mateo County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Battery1250 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built113 MW8.3%
Still pending1250 MW8.3%
Withdrawn10958 MW83.3%
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Withdrawn projectBattery412 MWwithdrawn2015-04CAISO
BAYLANDS BATTERYBattery250 MWactive2021-04CAISO
Withdrawn projectBattery250 MWwithdrawn2020-04CAISO
Withdrawn projectBattery65 MWwithdrawn2021-04CAISO
Withdrawn projectBattery50 MWwithdrawn2014-04CAISO
Withdrawn projectBattery41 MWwithdrawn2021-04CAISO
Withdrawn projectBattery40 MWwithdrawn2018-04CAISO
Withdrawn projectBattery40 MWwithdrawn2021-04CAISO
Withdrawn projectBattery20 MWwithdrawn2016-05CAISO
Withdrawn projectBattery20 MWwithdrawn2015-04CAISO
Withdrawn projectBattery20 MWwithdrawn2017-05CAISO
OX MOUNTAIN LANDFILL GAS GENERATIONUnknown13 MWcompleted2005-06CAISO

How this county ranks

San Mateo County ranks #843 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #26 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 Mateo 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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