Churchill County, NV interconnection queue
15 interconnection applications are pending in Churchill County, NV, requesting 4.1 GW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 3 projects have been built here and 24 have been withdrawn since 2004.
Source: interconnection queues published by NVE. 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 Churchill County, by fuel
| Fuel | Projects | Capacity requested |
|---|---|---|
| Geothermal | 10 | 2.2 GW |
| Solar | 5 | 1.9 GW |
Outcomes of every application filed here
| Outcome | Projects | Capacity | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built | 3 | 68 MW | 7.0% |
| Still pending | 15 | 4.1 GW | 34.9% |
| Withdrawn | 24 | 2.2 GW | 55.8% |
| Suspended | 1 | — | 2.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Company MI | Solar | 700 MW | active | 2021-09 | NVE |
| 25-00406 | Geothermal | 600 MW | active | 2025-07 | NVE |
| 25-00409 | Geothermal | 600 MW | active | 2025-07 | NVE |
| Company JK | Solar | 500 MW | active | 2018-09 | NVE |
| Company QY | Solar | 500 MW | withdrawn | 2024-03 | NVE |
| Company KE | Solar | 300 MW | withdrawn | 2019-09 | NVE |
| Company MH | Solar | 300 MW | active | 2021-09 | NVE |
| Company NI | Solar | 250 MW | withdrawn | 2022-03 | NVE |
| Company QX | Solar | 240 MW | active | 2024-03 | NVE |
| Company LI | Battery | 200 MW | withdrawn | 2021-03 | NVE |
| Company OB | Solar | 200 MW | suspended | 2022-09 | NVE |
| 25-00404 | Geothermal | 200 MW | active | 2025-07 | NVE |
| 25-00405 | Geothermal | 200 MW | active | 2025-07 | NVE |
| 25-00407 | Geothermal | 200 MW | active | 2025-07 | NVE |
| 25-00408 | Geothermal | 200 MW | active | 2025-07 | NVE |
How this county ranks
Churchill County ranks #74 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #3 of 15 in Nevada.
Other Nevada counties in the queue
| County | Pending | Capacity queued |
|---|---|---|
| Clark County | 57 | 15.5 GW |
| Nye County | 13 | 4.9 GW |
| Humbolt | 12 | 3.0 GW |
| Story | 7 | 3.0 GW |
| Lyon County | 11 | 2.9 GW |
| Washoe County | 12 | 2.9 GW |
| Esmerelda | 9 | 2.7 GW |
| White Pine County | 5 | 1.8 GW |
Go deeper on Churchill 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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