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Midland County, TX interconnection queue

7 interconnection applications are pending in Midland County, TX, requesting 854 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 1 projects have been built here and 4 have been withdrawn since 2009.

Pending applications
7
of 13 ever filed
Capacity queued
854 MW
requested, not committed
Already built
140 MW
1 projects connected
Built vs decided
20.0%
4 withdrawn
Median wait
1.1 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
140 MW
indicator, see note

Source: interconnection queues published by ERCOT. 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 Midland County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Battery3610 MW
Solar2134 MW
Gas2110 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built1140 MW7.7%
Still pending7854 MW53.8%
Withdrawn4952 MW30.8%
Suspended17.7%

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
GEN-2009-007Gas550 MWwithdrawn2009-02SPP
Hutt WindWind336 MWwithdrawn2017-09ERCOT
Energy City BESSBattery205 MWactive2026-01ERCOT
Drill Baby Drill BESSBattery204 MWactive2027-01ERCOT
Jasper BESSBattery201 MWactive2025-01ERCOT
Pioneer DJ WindWind140 MWcompleted2021-10ERCOT
Pioneer Hutt Solar (Alternative POI)Solar116 MWactive2026-01ERCOT
Pioneer Hutt SolarSolar116 MWsuspended2022-10ERCOT
Flurry Gas 1Gas110 MWactive2029-01ERCOT
Pioneer Hutt Solar (Add Additional MWs)Solar66 MWwithdrawnERCOT
Holzer SolarSolar18 MWactive2023-01ERCOT
Electric E - West Texas Generation 2Gas0 MWactive2026-01ERCOT
Pioneer Hutt SolarSolarwithdrawnERCOT

How this county ranks

Midland County ranks #442 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #133 of 183 in Texas.

Other Texas counties in the queue

CountyPendingCapacity queued
Pecos County5521.2 GW
Brazoria County5511.7 GW
Milam County339.2 GW
Wharton County409.1 GW
Jack County188.6 GW
Hill County238.0 GW
Reeves County217.8 GW
Wilbarger County207.0 GW

Go deeper on Midland 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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