Lyon County, NV interconnection queue
11 interconnection applications are pending in Lyon County, NV, requesting 2.9 GW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 0 projects have been built here and 12 have been withdrawn since 2015.
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 Lyon County, by fuel
| Fuel | Projects | Capacity requested |
|---|---|---|
| Solar | 8 | 2.6 GW |
| Geothermal | 3 | 273 MW |
Outcomes of every application filed here
| Outcome | Projects | Capacity | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built | 0 | 0 MW | 0.0% |
| Still pending | 11 | 2.9 GW | 35.5% |
| Withdrawn | 12 | 1.7 GW | 38.7% |
| Suspended | 8 | — | 25.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-00432 | Solar | 900 MW | active | 2025-07 | NVE |
| 25-00401 | Solar | 500 MW | active | 2025-07 | NVE |
| Company ME | Solar | 500 MW | suspended | 2021-09 | NVE |
| Company OV | Solar | 500 MW | suspended | 2023-01 | NVE |
| Company OW | Battery | 500 MW | suspended | 2023-01 | NVE |
| Company OX | Solar | 500 MW | suspended | 2023-01 | NVE |
| Company OY | Battery | 500 MW | suspended | 2023-01 | NVE |
| Company KU | Solar | 400 MW | active | 2020-09 | NVE |
| Company LP | Solar | 400 MW | active | 2021-09 | NVE |
| Company MX | Wind | 400 MW | suspended | 2022-03 | NVE |
| Company MJ | Solar | 300 MW | suspended | 2021-09 | NVE |
| Company LM | Geothermal | 230 MW | active | 2021-03 | NVE |
| Company LG | Solar | 200 MW | active | 2021-03 | NVE |
| Company LK | Solar | 200 MW | active | 2021-03 | NVE |
| Company MC | Solar | 200 MW | withdrawn | 2021-09 | NVE |
How this county ranks
Lyon County ranks #123 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #6 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 |
| Churchill County | 15 | 4.1 GW |
| Humbolt | 12 | 3.0 GW |
| Story | 7 | 3.0 GW |
| Washoe County | 12 | 2.9 GW |
| Esmerelda | 9 | 2.7 GW |
| White Pine County | 5 | 1.8 GW |
Go deeper on Lyon 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.