Solar development recordsFIPS 16001Not a lease-rate estimate
Solar development data in Ada County, Idaho
Public county project and grid context. This is not a lease-rate estimate, property listing, indication of parcel suitability, or evidence that an organization wants to lease a particular property.
Interconnection queue requests
Queue activity
Source: LBNL Queued Up interconnection queue dataset. Queue requests are proposals seeking interconnection; they are not planned or operating facility counts.
Active queue requests
9
Tracked requests currently marked active
Active requested capacity
1,804 MW
Requested capacity attributed to this county
2019-2025 complete years
| Year | Tracked requests |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 |
| 2022 | 8 |
| 2023 | 6 |
| 2024 | 0 |
| 2025 | 6 |
Facility facts
Planned and operating facilities
Planned facilities
2
325 MW · EIA-860 final annual generator inventory
Operating facilities
2
60 MW · EIA-860 final annual generator inventory
Queue request status is not used as a substitute for facility construction or operating status.
Independent operating inventory
Large-scale solar facilities
3
U.S. Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Database (USPVDB)
Observed capacity
260 MW
Source release 2026-04-14
Mapped site area
2,034 acres
Converted from source-reported square meters
Latest operation year
2025
Latest source record represented in this county
This inventory is shown separately from EIA generators and LBNL queue requests to avoid double-counting records across datasets.
Retirement facts
Facility retirements
The EIA-860 final annual generator inventory lists no retired solar facilities in Ada County.
Public record attribution
Organizations named in queue requests
| Organization | Queue requests | Capacity | Latest request year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blacks Creek Energy Center, LLC | 1 | 400 MW | 2022 |
| Bluebird Solar Project, LLC | 1 | 200 MW | 2022 |
| Pleasant Valley Solar, LLC | 1 | 200 MW | 2019 |
| PVS 2, LLC | 1 | 125 MW | 2020 |
A name in an interconnection queue request does not mean the organization is seeking land in this county or has an interest in a particular parcel.
Infrastructure context
Grid infrastructure context
Source: HIFLD electric power transmission lines.
Transmission in county
452 miles
Highest recorded voltage
500 kV
Nearest line to county center
0.9 km
County infrastructure does not establish available grid capacity. A specific project requires parcel-level engineering and an interconnection study.