Solar development recordsFIPS 41003Not a lease-rate estimate

Solar development data in Benton County, Oregon

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.

3Active queue requestsLBNL Queued Up interconnection queue dataset
1 MWActive requested capacityRequested, not built
1Operating facilitiesEIA-860 final annual generator inventory
116 miTransmission in countyHIFLD electric power transmission lines

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

3

Tracked requests currently marked active

Active requested capacity

1 MW

Requested capacity attributed to this county

2019-2025 complete years

02462019: 6 requests2020: 0 requests2021: 0 requests2022: 0 requests2023: 0 requests2024: 0 requests2025: 0 requests2019202020212022202320242025
Tracked requests per complete year
YearTracked requests
20196
20200
20210
20220
20230
20240
20250

Facility facts

Planned and operating facilities

Planned facilities

0

0 MW · EIA-860 final annual generator inventory

Operating facilities

1

1 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

1

U.S. Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Database (USPVDB)

Observed capacity

1 MW

Source release 2026-04-14

Mapped site area

7 acres

Converted from source-reported square meters

Latest operation year

2014

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 Benton County.

Public record attribution

Organizations named in queue requests

OrganizationQueue requestsCapacityLatest request year
Oregon State University31.3 MW2019

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

116 miles

Highest recorded voltage

230 kV

Nearest line to county center

5.7 km

County infrastructure does not establish available grid capacity. A specific project requires parcel-level engineering and an interconnection study.

Private comparable contribution

Have an actual offer or signed lease from this county?

Public development records do not tell us what a landowner was offered. Directly submitted terms enter a separate private review workflow and never become a raw public record.

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Share a real solar offer or signed lease

If you have been approached about solar land here, or have already signed, the terms you remember can help build future comparable coverage for Benton County. A submission does not mean this county currently has comparable coverage. Terms stay private during review, and no raw terms or parcel identity are published.

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