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Bonneville County, ID interconnection queue

2 interconnection applications are pending in Bonneville County, ID, requesting 211 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 3 projects have been built here and 25 have been withdrawn since 2003.

Pending applications
2
of 30 ever filed
Capacity queued
211 MW
requested, not committed
Already built
309 MW
3 projects connected
Built vs decided
10.7%
25 withdrawn
Median wait
10.7 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
611 MW
indicator, see note

Source: interconnection queues published by BPA, PacifiCorp. 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 Bonneville County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Wind2211 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built3309 MW10.0%
Still pending2211 MW6.7%
Withdrawn253.6 GW83.3%
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
563Wind950 MWwithdrawn2019-08IP
C2-73Solar350 MWwithdrawn2022-05PacifiCorp
C1-49Wind308 MWwithdrawn2021-05PacifiCorp
G0967Solar300 MWwithdrawn2023-10BPA
398-BWind288 MWwithdrawn2011-08PacifiCorp
C4-090Solar199 MWwithdrawn2024-05PacifiCorp
C4-091Solar199 MWwithdrawn2024-05PacifiCorp
398-AWind192 MWwithdrawn2011-08PacifiCorp
C2-91Wind153 MWactive2022-05PacifiCorp
PIS022Wind153 MWwithdrawn2022-06PacifiCorp
29-BWind124 MWcompleted2003-09PacifiCorp
341Wind120 MWcompleted2010-06PacifiCorp
C2-166Solar107 MWwithdrawn2022-05PacifiCorp
PIS007Solar107 MWwithdrawn2022-05PacifiCorp
243Wind65 MWwithdrawn2008-11PacifiCorp

Large-load connection requests in this county

Requests to connect large new demand — data centres, industry, electrification — as distinct from generation. 2 recorded here.

RequestCapacityStatusQueueStated end use
Westside Phase IIwithdrawnBPAnot stated
North LoopactiveBPAnot stated

494 of the 545 large-load requests we hold state no end use at all, so most cannot be attributed to any industry. Where this table says “not stated”, that is the filing’s own silence, not our omission.

How this county ranks

Bonneville County ranks #891 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #10 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 Bonneville 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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