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Santa Fe County, NM interconnection queue

9 interconnection applications are pending in Santa Fe County, NM, requesting 1.6 GW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 1 projects have been built here and 19 have been withdrawn since 2008.

Pending applications
9
of 29 ever filed
Capacity queued
1.6 GW
requested, not committed
Already built
10 MW
1 projects connected
Built vs decided
5.0%
19 withdrawn
Median wait
4.4 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
14 MW
indicator, see note

Source: interconnection queues published by PNM. 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 Fe County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Solar91.6 GW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built110 MW3.4%
Still pending91.6 GW31.0%
Withdrawn191.4 GW65.5%
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
IA-PNM-2017-16Wind480 MWwithdrawn2017-10PNM
IA-PNM-2023-07Solar300 MWactive2023-01PNM
IA-PNM-2023-30Solar250 MWactive2023-09PNM
IA-PNM-2024-04Solar230 MWactive2024-06PNM
IA-PNM-2022-02Solar220 MWwithdrawn2022-04PNM
IA-PNM-2023-22Solar200 MWactive2023-09PNM
Pentstemon SolarSolar199 MWactive2021-07PNM
IA-PNM-2021-21Solar199 MWwithdrawn2021-10PNM
Globemallow SolarSolar150 MWactive2021-07PNM
IA-PNM-2017-17Battery100 MWwithdrawn2017-10PNM
IA-PNM-2022-03Solar100 MWactive2022-04PNM
IA-PNM-2019-05Solar96 MWactive2019-04PNM
IA-PNM-2019-09Solar60 MWwithdrawn2019-04PNM
IA-PNM-2018-09Solar60 MWwithdrawn2018-07PNM
NMRD Data Center IVSolar50 MWactive2017-01PNM

How this county ranks

Santa Fe County ranks #247 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #5 of 21 in New Mexico.

Other New Mexico counties in the queue

CountyPendingCapacity queued
Bernalillo Cty213.9 GW
Roosevelt County92.4 GW
Valencia Cty112.2 GW
San Juan County92.1 GW
Torrence51.2 GW
Lea County101.1 GW
Doña Ana Cty7953 MW
Luna County8893 MW

Go deeper on Santa Fe 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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