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Washoe County, NV interconnection queue

12 interconnection applications are pending in Washoe County, NV, requesting 2.9 GW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 3 projects have been built here and 21 have been withdrawn since 2015.

Pending applications
12
of 38 ever filed
Capacity queued
2.9 GW
requested, not committed
Already built
360 MW
3 projects connected
Built vs decided
12.5%
21 withdrawn
Median wait
7.4 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
668 MW
indicator, see note

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 Washoe County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Solar41.3 GW
Battery4825 MW
Gas1600 MW
Geothermal3122 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built3360 MW7.9%
Still pending122.9 GW31.6%
Withdrawn214.7 GW55.3%
Suspended25.3%

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

ProjectFuelCapacityStatusFiledQueue
Company QVSolar1.0 GWwithdrawn2024-03NVE
25-00395Solar600 MWactive2025-07NVE
25-00419Gas600 MWactive2025-07NVE
Company NCSolar600 MWsuspended2022-03NVE
Company KBSolar500 MWwithdrawn2019-09NVE
Company QQBattery500 MWactive2024-03NVE
Company QRSolar500 MWwithdrawn2024-03NVE
Company JISolar400 MWactive2018-09NVE
Company HAGas360 MWwithdrawn2015-11NVE
Company JABattery300 MWwithdrawn2018-09NVE
Company LQSolar300 MWwithdrawn2021-09NVE
Company GUSolar200 MWcompleted2015-09NVE
Company ICSolar200 MWwithdrawn2018-03NVE
Company ILSolar200 MWactive2018-03NVE
Company JHSolar200 MWwithdrawn2018-09NVE

How this county ranks

Washoe County ranks #124 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #7 of 15 in Nevada.

Other Nevada counties in the queue

CountyPendingCapacity queued
Clark County5715.5 GW
Nye County134.9 GW
Churchill County154.1 GW
Humbolt123.0 GW
Story73.0 GW
Lyon County112.9 GW
Esmerelda92.7 GW
White Pine County51.8 GW

Go deeper on Washoe 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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