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Lane County, OR interconnection queue

14 interconnection applications are pending in Lane County, OR, requesting 2.5 GW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 1 projects have been built here and 19 have been withdrawn since 2001.

Pending applications
14
of 34 ever filed
Capacity queued
2.5 GW
requested, not committed
Already built
7 MW
1 projects connected
Built vs decided
5.0%
19 withdrawn
Median wait
3.1 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
281 MW
indicator, see note

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 Lane County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Battery41.1 GW
Biomass5946 MW
Solar4409 MW
Gas111 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built17 MW2.9%
Still pending142.5 GW41.2%
Withdrawn194.3 GW55.9%
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
G0812Battery616 MWactive2022-09BPA
G0811Biomass612 MWactive2022-09BPA
Coburg PowerGas570 MWwithdrawn2001-04BPA
G0888Solar407 MWactive2023-06BPA
G0896Biomass400 MWwithdrawn2023-06BPA
G0897Biomass400 MWwithdrawn2023-06BPA
G0890Solar400 MWwithdrawn2023-06BPA
G0891Solar400 MWwithdrawn2023-06BPA
G0918Wind300 MWwithdrawn2023-08BPA
24Gas300 MWwithdrawn2003-06PacifiCorp
Frontier TechnologyGas265 MWwithdrawn2001-03BPA
G0889Battery204 MWactive2023-06BPA
G0803Battery204 MWactive2022-09BPA
G1046Battery200 MWwithdrawn2023-11BPA
G0810Biomass200 MWwithdrawn2022-09BPA

Large-load connection requests in this county

Requests to connect large new demand — data centres, industry, electrification — as distinct from generation. 10 recorded here.

RequestCapacityStatusQueueStated end use
Junction City90 MWwithdrawnBPAnot stated
University of Oregon Loads19 MWenergizedBPAnot stated
Saginaw Area12 MWactiveBPAnot stated
EWEB Holden Creek10 MWactiveBPAnot stated
Parker Substation Additional 4.3 MW4 MWenergizedBPAnot stated
Mapleton 0 MWactiveBPAnot stated
Latham Substation Reliability Project0 MWactiveBPAnot stated
Alderwood Tap Line0 MWactiveBPAnot stated
Thurston Switching StationactiveBPAnot stated
Bertelsen-Seneca UpgradeactiveBPAnot 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

Lane County ranks #147 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #12 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 Lane 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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