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Washington County, RI interconnection queue

1 interconnection applications are pending in Washington County, RI, requesting 205 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 3 projects have been built here and 27 have been withdrawn since 2008.

Pending applications
1
of 31 ever filed
Capacity queued
205 MW
requested, not committed
Already built
50 MW
3 projects connected
Built vs decided
10.0%
27 withdrawn
Median wait
4.9 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
186 MW
indicator, see note

Source: interconnection queues published by ISONE. 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
Battery1205 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built350 MW9.7%
Still pending1205 MW3.2%
Withdrawn271.6 GW87.1%
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
WindWind536 MWwithdrawn2010-02ISONE
WindWind385 MWwithdrawn2008-05ISONE
Battery StorageBattery313 MWwithdrawn2024-06ISONE
Battery StorageBattery205 MWactive2021-09ISONE
Battery StorageBattery180 MWwithdrawn2019-04ISONE
Wood River Substation - Western RI DER Study #3Solar49 MWwithdrawn2024-08ISONE
Wood River - NG WRI DG Area Study #2 >5 MWSolar34 MWwithdrawn2020-08ISONE
Block Island Wind FarmWind29 MWcompleted2013-01ISONE
WindWind29 MWwithdrawn2009-08ISONE
WindWind20 MWwithdrawn2009-02ISONE
Alton SolarSolar14 MWcompleted2017-11ISONE
Wood River - NG WRI DG Area Study #2 <5 MWSolar10 MWwithdrawn2020-08ISONE
SolarSolar8 MWwithdrawn2018-08ISONE
Wood River Substation - NG Western RI DG Area StudySolar8 MWwithdrawn2020-03ISONE
Chase Hill - NG WRI DG Area Study #2 <5 MWSolar7 MWwithdrawn2020-08ISONE

How this county ranks

Washington County ranks #896 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #1 of 4 in Rhode Island.

Other Rhode Island counties in the queue

CountyPendingCapacity queued
Kent County00 MW
Newport County00 MW
Providence County00 MW

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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