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Morrow County, OR interconnection queue

21 interconnection applications are pending in Morrow County, OR, requesting 6.5 GW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 7 projects have been built here and 79 have been withdrawn since 2001.

Pending applications
21
of 114 ever filed
Capacity queued
6.5 GW
requested, not committed
Already built
1.2 GW
7 projects connected
Built vs decided
8.1%
79 withdrawn
Median wait
4.7 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
1.9 GW
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 Morrow County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Solar154.4 GW
Battery21.3 GW
Gas3542 MW
Wind1300 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built71.2 GW6.1%
Still pending216.5 GW18.4%
Withdrawn7919.8 GW69.3%
Suspended76.1%

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
G0960Solar1.3 GWwithdrawn2023-10BPA
G0962Solar1.3 GWwithdrawn2023-10BPA
G0781Solar1.3 GWwithdrawn2022-08BPA
G0678Solar1.2 GWactive2021-06BPA
G0963Battery661 MWactive2023-10BPA
G1000Solar660 MWwithdrawn2023-11BPA
G0786Battery650 MWwithdrawn2022-08BPA
G0785Solar650 MWwithdrawn2022-08BPA
G0782Battery650 MWwithdrawn2022-08BPA
National Energy and Gas TxGas620 MWwithdrawn2001-07BPA
G0530Gas600 MWwithdrawn2016-02BPA
343Wind600 MWwithdrawn2010-07IP
C3-180Solar600 MWwithdrawn2023-05PacifiCorp
PIS044Solar600 MWwithdrawn2023-06PacifiCorp
G0752Battery597 MWactive2022-06BPA

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
Industrial Load Phase 21.2 GWwithdrawnBPAnot stated
PDX-1 and PDX-4 Data Centers - Phase 2225 MWactiveBPAnot stated
Industrial Load150 MWactiveBPAnot stated
Morrow Flat120 MWenergizedBPAnot stated
PDX-2 Data Center - Phase 2117 MWactiveBPAnot stated
DLB2105 MWactiveBPAnot stated
Dalreed Substation72 MWenergizedBPAnot stated
Kinzua Substation60 MWwithdrawnBPAnot stated
PDX1&4 Data Centers60 MWactiveBPAnot stated
Maverick Data Center30 MWwithdrawnBPAnot 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

Morrow County ranks #32 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #4 of 30 in Oregon.

Other Oregon counties in the queue

CountyPendingCapacity queued
Sherman County3114.6 GW
Crook County3614.2 GW
Wasco County199.9 GW
Klamath County145.3 GW
Umatilla County184.2 GW
Jefferson County214.2 GW
Gilliam County163.8 GW
Linn County103.4 GW

Go deeper on Morrow 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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