Sign in

Marion County, OR interconnection queue

3 interconnection applications are pending in Marion County, OR, requesting 534 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 5 projects have been built here and 17 have been withdrawn since 2001.

Pending applications
3
of 28 ever filed
Capacity queued
534 MW
requested, not committed
Already built
1 MW
5 projects connected
Built vs decided
22.7%
17 withdrawn
Median wait
4.3 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
177 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 Marion County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Battery3534 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built51 MW17.9%
Still pending3534 MW10.7%
Withdrawn175.5 GW60.7%
Suspended310.7%

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
G0754Solar3.8 GWwithdrawn2022-06BPA
Sempra GenerationGas612 MWwithdrawn2001-10BPA
07-029Gas200 MWsuspended2007-10PGE
24-251Battery200 MWwithdrawn2024-05PGE
24-257Battery200 MWwithdrawn2024-05PGE
C1-19Solar199 MWwithdrawn2021-05PacifiCorp
C3-187Battery199 MWactive2023-05PacifiCorp
21-101Battery185 MWactive2021-05PGE
22-110Battery150 MWactive2022-04PGE
C2-125Solar100 MWwithdrawn2022-05PacifiCorp
C3-116Battery100 MWwithdrawn2023-05PacifiCorp
07-028Gas100 MWsuspended2007-10PGE
12-052Battery100 MWsuspended2012-10PGE
16-062Battery100 MWwithdrawn2016-09PGE
20-084Battery100 MWwithdrawn2020-05PGE

Large-load connection requests in this county

Requests to connect large new demand — data centres, industry, electrification — as distinct from generation. 3 recorded here.

RequestCapacityStatusQueueStated end use
Chemawa-Waconda 115 kV Line Project0 MWactiveBPAnot stated
Conser 115kV0 MWactiveBPAnot stated
Lyons Loop0 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

Marion County ranks #596 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #19 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 Marion 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.

Open Marion County on the map County reports All of Oregon