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Power County, ID interconnection queue

4 interconnection applications are pending in Power County, ID, requesting 1.6 GW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 7 projects have been built here and 23 have been withdrawn since 2001.

Pending applications
4
of 36 ever filed
Capacity queued
1.6 GW
requested, not committed
Already built
297 MW
7 projects connected
Built vs decided
23.3%
23 withdrawn
Median wait
2.8 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
257 MW
indicator, see note

Source: interconnection queues published by IP, 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 Power County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Solar2900 MW
Gas1400 MW
Wind1300 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built7297 MW19.4%
Still pending41.6 GW11.1%
Withdrawn237.2 GW63.9%
Suspended25.6%

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
63Other1.6 GWwithdrawn2001-09IP
662Solar1.0 GWsuspended2022-06IP
65Other778 MWwithdrawn2001-09IP
66Other778 MWwithdrawn2001-09IP
C2-45Solar600 MWactive2022-04PacifiCorp
C4-030Gas400 MWwithdrawn2024-05PacifiCorp
T2-040Gas400 MWactive2025-09PacifiCorp
573Solar300 MWactive2019-11IP
648Solar300 MWwithdrawn2022-03IP
658Solar300 MWwithdrawn2022-06IP
670Wind300 MWwithdrawn2022-10IP
711Solar300 MWwithdrawn2023-04IP
763Wind300 MWactive2025-03IP
783Solar300 MWwithdrawn2025-04IP
784Solar300 MWwithdrawn2025-04IP

How this county ranks

Power County ranks #241 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #4 of 27 in Idaho.

Other Idaho counties in the queue

CountyPendingCapacity queued
Elmore County102.5 GW
Ada County112.0 GW
Bingham County81.8 GW
Owyhee County5993 MW
Canyon County4594 MW
Jerome County2320 MW
Bannock County2301 MW
Kootenai County4255 MW

Go deeper on Power 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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