Lea County, NM interconnection queue
10 interconnection applications are pending in Lea County, NM, requesting 1.1 GW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 1 projects have been built here and 56 have been withdrawn since 2002.
Source: interconnection queues published by SPP. 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 Lea County, by fuel
| Fuel | Projects | Capacity requested |
|---|---|---|
| Solar | 6 | 559 MW |
| Hybrid | 3 | 545 MW |
| Gas | 1 | 30 MW |
Outcomes of every application filed here
| Outcome | Projects | Capacity | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built | 1 | 604 MW | 1.5% |
| Still pending | 10 | 1.1 GW | 14.9% |
| Withdrawn | 56 | 11.0 GW | 83.6% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN-2023-081 | Solar | 625 MW | withdrawn | 2023-10 | SPP |
| GEN-2006-026 | Gas | 604 MW | completed | 2006-07 | SPP |
| GEN-2008-132 | Gas | 604 MW | withdrawn | 2008-12 | SPP |
| GEN-2007-054 | Gas | 550 MW | withdrawn | 2007-12 | SPP |
| GEN-2006-023 | Gas | 549 MW | withdrawn | 2006-06 | SPP |
| GEN-2023-236 | Solar | 400 MW | withdrawn | 2023-10 | SPP |
| GEN-2018-118 | Solar | 305 MW | withdrawn | 2018-11 | SPP |
| GEN-2019-031 | Solar | 303 MW | withdrawn | 2019-04 | SPP |
| GEN-2014-008 | Wind | 300 MW | withdrawn | 2014-03 | SPP |
| GEN-2016-084 | Wind | 300 MW | withdrawn | 2016-06 | SPP |
| GEN-2023-201 | Solar | 300 MW | withdrawn | 2023-10 | SPP |
| GEN-2023-203 | Solar | 300 MW | withdrawn | 2023-10 | SPP |
| GEN-2016-169 | Solar | 260 MW | withdrawn | 2016-11 | SPP |
| GEN-2024-281 | Hybrid | 250 MW | active | 2025-03 | SPP |
| GEN-2007-055 | Wind | 250 MW | withdrawn | 2007-12 | SPP |
How this county ranks
Lea County ranks #342 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #7 of 21 in New Mexico.
Other New Mexico counties in the queue
| County | Pending | Capacity queued |
|---|---|---|
| Bernalillo Cty | 21 | 3.9 GW |
| Roosevelt County | 9 | 2.4 GW |
| Valencia Cty | 11 | 2.2 GW |
| San Juan County | 9 | 2.1 GW |
| Santa Fe County | 9 | 1.6 GW |
| Torrence | 5 | 1.2 GW |
| Doña Ana Cty | 7 | 953 MW |
| Luna County | 8 | 893 MW |
Go deeper on Lea 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.