Hood River County, OR interconnection queue
1 interconnection applications are pending in Hood River County, OR, requesting 234 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 1 projects have been built here and 5 have been withdrawn since 2009.
Source: interconnection queues published by BPA. 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 Hood River County, by fuel
| Fuel | Projects | Capacity requested |
|---|---|---|
| Wind | 1 | 234 MW |
Outcomes of every application filed here
| Outcome | Projects | Capacity | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built | 1 | 5 MW | 14.3% |
| Still pending | 1 | 234 MW | 14.3% |
| Withdrawn | 5 | 243 MW | 71.4% |
| Suspended | 0 | — | 0.0% |
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
| Project | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Filed | Queue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G1036 | Wind | 234 MW | active | 2023-11 | BPA |
| G0554 | Wind | 148 MW | withdrawn | 2016-10 | BPA |
| G0553 | Wind | 70 MW | withdrawn | 2016-08 | BPA |
| 309 | Wind | 20 MW | withdrawn | 2009-12 | PacifiCorp |
| 643 | Hydro | 5 MW | completed | 2015-02 | PacifiCorp |
| 279 | Hydro | 5 MW | withdrawn | 2009-06 | PacifiCorp |
| 358 | Hydro | 0 MW | withdrawn | 2010-11 | PacifiCorp |
Large-load connection requests in this county
Requests to connect large new demand — data centres, industry, electrification — as distinct from generation. 3 recorded here.
| Request | Capacity | Status | Queue | Stated end use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyramid Substation | 14 MW | withdrawn | BPA | not stated |
| Hood River Loads | 5 MW | active | BPA | not stated |
| Oregon Mines | 4 MW | withdrawn | BPA | not stated |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
Hood River County ranks #868 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #21 of 30 in Oregon.
Other Oregon counties in the queue
| County | Pending | Capacity queued |
|---|---|---|
| Sherman County | 31 | 14.6 GW |
| Crook County | 36 | 14.2 GW |
| Wasco County | 19 | 9.9 GW |
| Morrow County | 21 | 6.5 GW |
| Klamath County | 14 | 5.3 GW |
| Umatilla County | 18 | 4.2 GW |
| Jefferson County | 21 | 4.2 GW |
| Gilliam County | 16 | 3.8 GW |
Go deeper on Hood River 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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