Jerome County, ID interconnection queue
2 interconnection applications are pending in Jerome County, ID, requesting 320 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 14 projects have been built here and 30 have been withdrawn since 2001.
Source: interconnection queues published by IP. 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 Jerome County, by fuel
| Fuel | Projects | Capacity requested |
|---|---|---|
| Battery | 1 | 200 MW |
| Solar | 1 | 120 MW |
Outcomes of every application filed here
| Outcome | Projects | Capacity | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built | 14 | 60 MW | 28.0% |
| Still pending | 2 | 320 MW | 4.0% |
| Withdrawn | 30 | 5.4 GW | 60.0% |
| Suspended | 4 | — | 8.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 659 | Solar | 1.6 GW | suspended | 2022-06 | IP |
| 570 | Wind | 1.1 GW | withdrawn | 2019-10 | IP |
| 587 | Wind | 1.1 GW | withdrawn | 2020-08 | IP |
| 146 | Coal | 725 MW | withdrawn | 2005-07 | IP |
| 673 | Solar | 400 MW | withdrawn | 2022-10 | IP |
| 535 | Wind | 375 MW | withdrawn | 2018-06 | IP |
| 534 | Solar | 300 MW | withdrawn | 2018-05 | IP |
| 572 | Solar | 300 MW | withdrawn | 2019-11 | IP |
| 656 | Solar | 300 MW | suspended | 2022-05 | IP |
| 561 | Solar | 250 MW | withdrawn | 2019-07 | IP |
| 728 | Solar | 225 MW | withdrawn | 2023-07 | IP |
| 625 | Battery | 200 MW | suspended | 2021-10 | IP |
| 633 | Battery | 200 MW | active | 2022-01 | IP |
| 672 | Solar | 200 MW | withdrawn | 2022-10 | IP |
| 742 | Solar | 150 MW | withdrawn | 2023-10 | IP |
How this county ranks
Jerome County ranks #758 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #7 of 27 in Idaho.
Other Idaho counties in the queue
| County | Pending | Capacity queued |
|---|---|---|
| Elmore County | 10 | 2.5 GW |
| Ada County | 11 | 2.0 GW |
| Bingham County | 8 | 1.8 GW |
| Power County | 4 | 1.6 GW |
| Owyhee County | 5 | 993 MW |
| Canyon County | 4 | 594 MW |
| Bannock County | 2 | 301 MW |
| Kootenai County | 4 | 255 MW |
Go deeper on Jerome 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.