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Klamath County, OR interconnection queue

14 interconnection applications are pending in Klamath County, OR, requesting 5.3 GW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 16 projects have been built here and 151 have been withdrawn since 2001.

Pending applications
14
of 182 ever filed
Capacity queued
5.3 GW
requested, not committed
Already built
251 MW
16 projects connected
Built vs decided
9.6%
151 withdrawn
Median wait
4.8 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
762 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 Klamath County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Solar94.2 GW
Battery4818 MW
Wind1239 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built16251 MW8.8%
Still pending145.3 GW7.7%
Withdrawn15124.2 GW83.0%
Suspended10.5%

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
G0748Solar2.4 GWwithdrawn2022-06BPA
G0648Battery1.4 GWwithdrawn2020-05BPA
C4-093Solar1.3 GWwithdrawn2024-05PacifiCorp
T2-082Solar1.3 GWactive2025-09PacifiCorp
Peoples Energy ResourcesGas1.2 GWwithdrawn2001-10BPA
G0501Gas1.1 GWwithdrawn2014-10BPA
G1018Solar1.0 GWwithdrawn2023-11BPA
G1019Solar1.0 GWwithdrawn2023-11BPA
G1020Solar1.0 GWwithdrawn2023-11BPA
G0657Solar1.0 GWactive2020-09BPA
G0755Solar600 MWwithdrawn2022-06BPA
Peoples Energy ResourcesGeothermal600 MWwithdrawn2002-02BPA
509Hydro600 MWwithdrawn2013-08PacifiCorp
G0826Solar573 MWactive2022-11BPA
G1017Solar500 MWwithdrawn2023-11BPA

Large-load connection requests in this county

Requests to connect large new demand — data centres, industry, electrification — as distinct from generation. 1 recorded here.

RequestCapacityStatusQueueStated end use
TC Energy 230 kV Intertie at Diamond Lake Junction12 MWactiveBPAnot 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

Klamath County ranks #50 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #5 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
Umatilla County184.2 GW
Jefferson County214.2 GW
Gilliam County163.8 GW
Linn County103.4 GW

Go deeper on Klamath 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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