Santa Barbara County, CA interconnection queue
0 interconnection applications are pending in Santa Barbara County, CA, requesting 0 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 0 projects have been built here and 12 have been withdrawn since 2003.
Source: interconnection queues published by the transmission providers serving this county. 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 Santa Barbara County, by fuel
Outcomes of every application filed here
| Outcome | Projects | Capacity | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built | 0 | 0 MW | 0.0% |
| Still pending | 0 | 0 MW | 0.0% |
| Withdrawn | 12 | 1.4 GW | 100.0% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Withdrawn project | Wind | 750 MW | withdrawn | 2020-04 | CAISO |
| Withdrawn project | Hybrid | 200 MW | withdrawn | 2020-04 | CAISO |
| Withdrawn project | Wind | 105 MW | withdrawn | 2006-11 | CAISO |
| Withdrawn project | Wind | 56 MW | withdrawn | 2003-03 | CAISO |
| Withdrawn project | Solar | 50 MW | withdrawn | 2008-05 | CAISO |
| Withdrawn project | Battery | 42 MW | withdrawn | 2015-04 | CAISO |
| Withdrawn project | Wind | 40 MW | withdrawn | 2007-08 | CAISO |
| Withdrawn project | Battery | 31 MW | withdrawn | 2018-04 | CAISO |
| Withdrawn project | Solar | 30 MW | withdrawn | 2017-05 | CAISO |
| Withdrawn project | Battery | 30 MW | withdrawn | 2020-04 | CAISO |
| Withdrawn project | Solar | 20 MW | withdrawn | 2010-09 | CAISO |
| Withdrawn project | Solar | 5 MW | withdrawn | 2011-11 | CAISO |
How this county ranks
Santa Barbara County ranks #1282 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #40 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 |
| Sacramento County | 16 | 3.6 GW |
| Kings County | 8 | 2.5 GW |
Go deeper on Santa Barbara 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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