St. James Parish, LA interconnection queue
2 interconnection applications are pending in St. James Parish, LA, requesting 335 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 5 projects have been built here and 3 have been withdrawn since 2018.
Source: interconnection queues published by MISO. 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 St. James Parish, by fuel
| Fuel | Projects | Capacity requested |
|---|---|---|
| Solar | 2 | 335 MW |
Outcomes of every application filed here
| Outcome | Projects | Capacity | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built | 5 | 625 MW | 50.0% |
| Still pending | 2 | 335 MW | 20.0% |
| Withdrawn | 3 | 128 MW | 30.0% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vacherie Sub 230 kV Substation | Solar | 200 MW | completed | 2018-03 | MISO |
| Vacherie 230kV Substation | Solar | 200 MW | completed | 2019-04 | MISO |
| VACHERIE | Solar | 200 MW | active | 2025-10 | MISO |
| Thibodaux - Vacherie 230kV | Solar | 135 MW | completed | 2020-06 | MISO |
| CHACKBAY - VACHERIE 230.0kV | Solar | 135 MW | active | 2025-09 | MISO |
| Vacherie 230 kV | Solar | 95 MW | withdrawn | 2021-08 | MISO |
| Vacherie 230 kV Substation | Solar | 70 MW | completed | 2018-03 | MISO |
| Vacherie 230 kV | Solar | 25 MW | withdrawn | 2021-08 | MISO |
| Vacherie 230kV Substation | Solar | 20 MW | completed | 2018-03 | MISO |
| ST JAMES | Hybrid | 8 MW | withdrawn | 2024-04 | MISO |
How this county ranks
St. James Parish ranks #739 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #15 of 31 in Louisiana.
Other Louisiana counties in the queue
| County | Pending | Capacity queued |
|---|---|---|
| Bossier Parish | 3 | 1.7 GW |
| Iberville Parish | 3 | 1.7 GW |
| Morehouse Parish | 6 | 1.2 GW |
| Ouachita Parish | 4 | 1.2 GW |
| Lafayette Parish | 3 | 943 MW |
| Jefferson Davis Parish | 5 | 890 MW |
| Rapides Parish | 3 | 830 MW |
| St. Landry Parish | 4 | 818 MW |
Go deeper on St. James Parish
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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