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SOLAR + STORAGE · WESTWildcat Solar Power Plant
Wildcat Solar Power Plant is a 90.0 MW solar + storage request suspended in the West interconnection queue, in Mckinley County, New Mexico, connecting to Public Service Company of New Mexico.
Queue statusPaused / redesign
- PlanningQueued Oct 2020 (current stage)
- Consented (not yet reached)
- Construction (not yet reached)
- OperatingTarget May 2023 (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
- IA-PNM-2020-12
- Grid region
- West (non-ISO utilities)
- Utility / transmission owner
- Public Service Company of New Mexico
- Connection point (POI)
- YN line 115 kV
- Location
- Mckinley County, New Mexico
- Technology
- Solar: 90.0 MW · Battery
- Total requested
- 90.0 MW
- Service type
- Energy only (ERIS)
- Study phase
- LGIA executed 9/3/24. In 3-yr Suspension effective 9/12/24
- Queue status
- Suspended
- Entered queue
- 14 October 2020
- Proposed online date
- May 2023
Location
Marker shows the centre of Mckinley County; the queue data does not give exact sites.
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Other requests in Mckinley County
- Other project IA-PNM-2023-10, Mckinley CountyOther · 210 MW · in study
- Battery storage project GI-SISS-2025-03, Mckinley CountyBattery storage · 200 MW · in study
- Solar + storage project IA-PNM-2023-06, Mckinley CountySolar + storage · 199 MW · in study
- Onshore wind project IA-PNM-2025-15, Mckinley CountyOnshore wind · 190 MW · in study
- Solar + storage project IA-PNM-2020-06, Mckinley CountySolar + storage · 90.0 MW · in study
- Solar + storage project IA-PNM-2018-02, Mckinley CountySolar + storage · 150 MW · suspended
- Solar + storage project IA-PNM-2019-08, Mckinley CountySolar + storage · 125 MW · suspended
- Ambrosia SolarSolar + storage · 90.0 MW · suspended
- Arroyo SolarSolar + storage · 300 MW · built
- Solar project GI-TC-2021-05, Mckinley CountySolar · 200 MW · built
- Red Mesa WindOnshore wind · 102 MW · built
- Solar + storage project IA-PNM-2022-09, Mckinley CountySolar + storage · 375 MW · withdrawn
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