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Blaine County, ID interconnection queue

2 interconnection applications are pending in Blaine County, ID, requesting 200 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 4 projects have been built here and 7 have been withdrawn since 2006.

Pending applications
2
of 13 ever filed
Capacity queued
200 MW
requested, not committed
Already built
12 MW
4 projects connected
Built vs decided
36.4%
7 withdrawn
Median wait
3.2 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
12 MW
indicator, see note

Source: interconnection queues published by IP. 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 Blaine County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Solar2200 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built412 MW30.8%
Still pending2200 MW15.4%
Withdrawn71.0 GW53.8%
Suspended00.0%

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
C4-028Solar500 MWwithdrawn2024-05PacifiCorp
C3-186Solar300 MWwithdrawn2023-05PacifiCorp
686Solar140 MWwithdrawn2022-11IP
718Solar100 MWactive2023-06IP
719Solar100 MWactive2023-06IP
180Geothermal50 MWwithdrawn2006-10IP
352Wind20 MWwithdrawn2010-08IP
353Wind20 MWwithdrawn2010-08IP
MGRVOther9 MWcompletedIP
LWRAOther2 MWcompletedIP
583Hydro0 MWcompleted2020-05IP
518Solar0 MWwithdrawn2016-08IP
HLYCOther0 MWcompletedIP

How this county ranks

Blaine County ranks #910 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #11 of 27 in Idaho.

Other Idaho counties in the queue

CountyPendingCapacity queued
Elmore County102.5 GW
Ada County112.0 GW
Bingham County81.8 GW
Power County41.6 GW
Owyhee County5993 MW
Canyon County4594 MW
Jerome County2320 MW
Bannock County2301 MW

Go deeper on Blaine 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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