McKinley County, NM interconnection queue
5 interconnection applications are pending in McKinley County, NM, requesting 889 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 3 projects have been built here and 11 have been withdrawn since 2017.
Source: interconnection queues published by PNM, TSGT. 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 McKinley County, by fuel
| Fuel | Projects | Capacity requested |
|---|---|---|
| Solar | 2 | 289 MW |
| Hydrogen | 1 | 210 MW |
| Battery | 1 | 200 MW |
| Wind | 1 | 190 MW |
Outcomes of every application filed here
| Outcome | Projects | Capacity | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built | 3 | 602 MW | 13.0% |
| Still pending | 5 | 889 MW | 21.7% |
| Withdrawn | 11 | 1.5 GW | 47.8% |
| Suspended | 4 | — | 17.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arroyo Solar | Solar | 300 MW | completed | 2018-07 | PNM |
| IA-PNM-2022-09 | Solar | 250 MW | withdrawn | 2022-04 | PNM |
| IA-PNM-2023-10 | Hydrogen | 210 MW | active | 2023-01 | PNM |
| GI-SISS-2025-03 | Battery | 200 MW | active | 2025-07 | TSGT |
| GI-TC-2021-05 | Solar | 200 MW | completed | 2021-03 | TSGT |
| IA-PNM-2022-05 | Solar | 199 MW | withdrawn | 2022-04 | PNM |
| IA-PNM-2023-06 | Solar | 199 MW | active | 2022-12 | PNM |
| IA-PNM-2025-03 | Solar | 195 MW | withdrawn | 2025-02 | PNM |
| IA-PNM-2025-15 | Wind | 190 MW | active | 2025-03 | PNM |
| IA-PNM-2019-10 | Solar | 150 MW | withdrawn | 2019-04 | PNM |
| IA-PNM-2020-14 | Solar | 150 MW | withdrawn | 2020-10 | PNM |
| IA-PNM-2021-20 | Solar | 150 MW | withdrawn | 2021-07 | PNM |
| IA-PNM-2019-08 | Solar | 125 MW | suspended | 2019-04 | PNM |
| IA-PNM-2017-22 | Solar | 120 MW | withdrawn | 2017-10 | PNM |
| IA-PNM-2017-21 | Solar | 110 MW | withdrawn | 2017-10 | PNM |
How this county ranks
McKinley County ranks #422 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #10 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 |
| Lea County | 10 | 1.1 GW |
| Doña Ana Cty | 7 | 953 MW |
Go deeper on McKinley 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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