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SOLAR · SPPSolar project GEN-2024-099, Castro County
Solar project GEN-2024-099, Castro County is a 300 MW solar request in interconnection study in the SPP interconnection queue, in Castro County, Texas, connecting to SPS.
Queue statusIn planning
- PlanningQueued Mar 2025 (current stage)
- Consented (not yet reached)
- Construction (not yet reached)
- OperatingTarget Dec 2031 (not yet reached)
- Closed (not yet reached)
Studies assess what grid upgrades the project would need and who pays for them. A signed interconnection agreement is the main step before construction.
Request details
- Queue ID
- GEN-2024-099
- Grid region
- SPP (Southwest Power Pool)
- Utility / transmission owner
- SPS
- Connection point (POI)
- Newhart 230 kV Substation
- Location
- Castro County, Texas
- Technology
- Solar: 300 MW
- Total requested
- 300 MW
- Service type
- NRIS and ERIS
- Study phase
- DISIS STAGE
- Queue status
- Active
- Entered queue
- 1 March 2025
- Proposed online date
- December 2031
Location
Marker shows the centre of Castro County; the queue data does not give exact sites.
Other requests in Castro County
- Acker BESSBattery storage · 301 MW · agreement signed
- Castro SolarSolar · 225 MW · agreement signed
- Nazareth SolarSolar · 203 MW · agreement signed
- Onshore wind project GEN-2018-089, Castro CountyOnshore wind · 196 MW · agreement signed
- Onshore wind project GEN-2017-146, Castro CountyOnshore wind · 152 MW · agreement signed
- Cavell WindOnshore wind · 641 MW · in study
- Cavell SolarSolar · 502 MW · in study
- Solar + storage project GEN-2024-050, Castro CountySolar + storage · 300 MW · in study
- Ogalalla StorageBattery storage · 252 MW · in study
- Scarlet SolarSolar · 180 MW · in study
- Shifting Gale WindOnshore wind · 289 MW · suspended
- Cattleman Wind AOnshore wind · 202 MW · suspended
Source: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Queued Up, data through end of 2025, compiled from ISO/RTO and utility queues. Check the grid operator's own queue for the latest status. Report a problem