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Washington County, OR interconnection queue

5 interconnection applications are pending in Washington County, OR, requesting 1.3 GW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 1 projects have been built here and 14 have been withdrawn since 2016.

Pending applications
5
of 20 ever filed
Capacity queued
1.3 GW
requested, not committed
Already built
200 MW
1 projects connected
Built vs decided
6.7%
14 withdrawn
Median wait
5.0 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
99 MW
indicator, see note

Source: interconnection queues published by PGE. 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 Washington County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Battery51.3 GW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built1200 MW5.0%
Still pending51.3 GW25.0%
Withdrawn142.9 GW70.0%
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
21-105Battery800 MWwithdrawn2021-08PGE
21-104Battery400 MWactive2021-08PGE
23-221Battery400 MWactive2023-03PGE
23-223Wind400 MWwithdrawn2023-03PGE
20-082Battery200 MWcompleted2020-05PGE
21-099Battery200 MWactive2021-05PGE
21-100Battery200 MWactive2021-05PGE
23-220Wind200 MWwithdrawn2023-03PGE
24-246Battery200 MWwithdrawn2024-05PGE
24-249Battery200 MWwithdrawn2024-05PGE
24-254Battery200 MWwithdrawn2024-05PGE
24-256Battery200 MWwithdrawn2024-05PGE
G0737Wind150 MWwithdrawn2022-04BPA
16-059Battery100 MWwithdrawn2016-08PGE
22-108Battery100 MWwithdrawn2022-02PGE

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
NW Hillsboro-North Plains Semiconductor Plants Project (Phase 2)1.8 GWactiveBPAnot stated
West Hillsboro Data Center Project (Phase 1)1.4 GWactiveBPAnot stated
Keeler Substation1.0 GWactiveBPAnot stated
Stearns Lane300 MWactiveBPAnot stated
Meadowlark Expansion180 MWactiveBPAnot stated
Lake Street Data Center108 MWwithdrawnBPAnot stated
Meadowlark36 MWactiveBPAnot stated
Thatcher Substation20 MWwithdrawnBPAnot stated
CPI-EPUD Tie6 MWactiveBPAnot stated
Forest Grove Substation Transmission Tie Switch Addition0 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

Washington County ranks #297 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #14 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 Washington 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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