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Santa Clara County, CA interconnection queue

7 interconnection applications are pending in Santa Clara County, CA, requesting 943 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 1 projects have been built here and 17 have been withdrawn since 2008.

Pending applications
7
of 25 ever filed
Capacity queued
943 MW
requested, not committed
Already built
75 MW
1 projects connected
Built vs decided
5.6%
17 withdrawn
Median wait
7.3 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
1.9 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 Santa Clara County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Battery6823 MW
Hybrid1120 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built175 MW4.0%
Still pending7943 MW28.0%
Withdrawn172.8 GW68.0%
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Withdrawn projectBattery500 MWwithdrawn2021-04CAISO
Withdrawn projectBattery414 MWwithdrawn2016-05CAISO
JEWELFLOWER STORAGEBattery350 MWactive2019-04CAISO
Withdrawn projectBattery300 MWwithdrawn2020-04CAISO
Withdrawn projectBattery250 MWwithdrawn2020-04CAISO
Withdrawn projectBattery250 MWwithdrawn2021-04CAISO
TANAGER STORAGEBattery200 MWactive2019-04CAISO
Withdrawn projectBattery200 MWwithdrawn2019-04CAISO
Withdrawn projectBattery150 MWwithdrawn2020-04CAISO
Withdrawn projectBattery150 MWwithdrawn2021-04CAISO
LOS ESTEROS CRITICAL ENERGY FACILITY EXPANSIONHybrid120 MWactive2008-05CAISO
AJO POWER BANKBattery120 MWactive2018-04CAISO
TOKAY STORAGEBattery100 MWactive2021-04CAISO
Withdrawn projectBattery100 MWwithdrawn2019-04CAISO
Withdrawn projectBattery100 MWwithdrawn2019-04CAISO

How this county ranks

Santa Clara County ranks #397 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #19 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 Santa Clara 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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