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Jefferson County, OR interconnection queue

21 interconnection applications are pending in Jefferson County, OR, requesting 4.2 GW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 5 projects have been built here and 56 have been withdrawn since 2000.

Pending applications
21
of 90 ever filed
Capacity queued
4.2 GW
requested, not committed
Already built
28 MW
5 projects connected
Built vs decided
8.2%
56 withdrawn
Median wait
3.3 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
532 MW
indicator, see note

Source: interconnection queues published by PGE, 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 Jefferson County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Solar173.2 GW
Wind41.0 GW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built528 MW5.6%
Still pending214.2 GW23.3%
Withdrawn568.6 GW62.2%
Suspended88.9%

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
G0758Solar1.4 GWwithdrawn2022-06BPA
1100MW GrizzlyGas1.1 GWwithdrawn2000-08BPA
G0583Solar1.0 GWwithdrawn2018-03BPA
23-230Solar1.0 GWwithdrawn2023-03PGE
23-233Solar800 MWactive2023-06PGE
23-234Solar800 MWactive2023-06PGE
23-229Solar750 MWactive2023-03PGE
G1061Solar600 MWwithdrawn2023-12BPA
23-235Solar513 MWwithdrawn2023-07PGE
23-236Solar513 MWwithdrawn2023-08PGE
22-109Solar400 MWwithdrawn2022-03PGE
07-022Wind375 MWsuspended2007-09PGE
07-023Wind375 MWsuspended2007-09PGE
G0579Solar250 MWwithdrawn2017-12BPA
21-098Solar250 MWactive2021-04PGE

How this county ranks

Jefferson County ranks #71 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #7 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
Gilliam County163.8 GW
Linn County103.4 GW

Go deeper on Jefferson 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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