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Douglas County, OR interconnection queue

5 interconnection applications are pending in Douglas County, OR, requesting 2.1 GW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 4 projects have been built here and 23 have been withdrawn since 2001.

Pending applications
5
of 32 ever filed
Capacity queued
2.1 GW
requested, not committed
Already built
31 MW
4 projects connected
Built vs decided
14.8%
23 withdrawn
Median wait
3.9 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
268 MW
indicator, see note

Source: interconnection queues published by BPA, PacifiCorp. 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 Douglas County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Battery2819 MW
Biomass1612 MW
Solar1610 MW
Gas120 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built431 MW12.5%
Still pending52.1 GW15.6%
Withdrawn232.1 GW71.9%
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
G0808Battery616 MWactive2022-09BPA
G0806Biomass612 MWactive2022-09BPA
G0807Solar610 MWactive2022-09BPA
G0809Solar600 MWwithdrawn2022-09BPA
G0996Solar400 MWwithdrawn2023-11BPA
G0801Battery204 MWactive2022-09BPA
G0805Biomass200 MWwithdrawn2022-09BPA
G0804Biomass200 MWwithdrawn2022-09BPA
C3-150Wind199 MWwithdrawn2023-05PacifiCorp
C3-188Wind120 MWwithdrawn2023-05PacifiCorp
C4-044Wind120 MWwithdrawn2024-05PacifiCorp
G0800Biomass80 MWwithdrawn2022-09BPA
292Other35 MWwithdrawn2009-09PacifiCorp
192Other30 MWwithdrawn2008-01PacifiCorp
327Other20 MWwithdrawn2010-03PacifiCorp

Large-load connection requests in this county

Requests to connect large new demand — data centres, industry, electrification — as distinct from generation. 4 recorded here.

RequestCapacityStatusQueueStated end use
Gardiner Hydrogen Production Facility100 MWwithdrawnBPAnot stated
Gardiner Substation30 MWwithdrawnBPAnot stated
Lookingglass Substation20 MWenergizedBPAnot stated
Gardiner-Reedsport8 MWenergizedBPAnot stated

494 of the 545 large-load requests we hold state no end use at all, so most cannot be attributed to any industry. Where this table says “not stated”, that is the filing’s own silence, not our omission.

How this county ranks

Douglas County ranks #188 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #13 of 30 in Oregon.

Other Oregon counties in the queue

CountyPendingCapacity queued
Sherman County3114.6 GW
Crook County3614.2 GW
Wasco County199.9 GW
Morrow County216.5 GW
Klamath County145.3 GW
Umatilla County184.2 GW
Jefferson County214.2 GW
Gilliam County163.8 GW

Go deeper on Douglas 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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