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Big Horn County, MT interconnection queue

3 interconnection applications are pending in Big Horn County, MT, requesting 608 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 2 projects have been built here and 22 have been withdrawn since 2001.

Pending applications
3
of 27 ever filed
Capacity queued
608 MW
requested, not committed
Already built
112 MW
2 projects connected
Built vs decided
8.3%
22 withdrawn
Median wait
2.7 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
397 MW
indicator, see note

Source: interconnection queues published by NWMT, PacifiCorp, SPP. 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 Big Horn County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Solar2600 MW
Hydro18 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built2112 MW7.4%
Still pending3608 MW11.1%
Withdrawn221.6 GW81.5%
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
ASGI-2024-012Solar300 MWactiveSPP
419Solar300 MWactive2022-02NWMT
937Wind250 MWwithdrawn2017-08PacifiCorp
430Solar200 MWwithdrawn2022-07NWMT
459Solar200 MWwithdrawn2024-05NWMT
5Coal109 MWcompleted2001-04NWMT
GI-0306Coal109 MWwithdrawn2003-04WAPA-IS
100-AWind99 MWwithdrawn2006-11PacifiCorp
100-BWind99 MWwithdrawn2006-11PacifiCorp
428Solar80 MWwithdrawn2022-05NWMT
1089Solar80 MWwithdrawn2018-11PacifiCorp
1090Solar80 MWwithdrawn2018-11PacifiCorp
1091Solar80 MWwithdrawn2018-11PacifiCorp
168Wind78 MWwithdrawn2007-10PacifiCorp
208Wind78 MWwithdrawn2008-03PacifiCorp

How this county ranks

Big Horn County ranks #550 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #5 of 29 in Montana.

Other Montana counties in the queue

CountyPendingCapacity queued
Wheatland County83.2 GW
Rosebud County52.9 GW
Meagher County41.5 GW
Yellowstone County61.2 GW
Stillwater County4595 MW
Broadwater County2160 MW
Cascade County170 MW
Lewis and Clark County319 MW

Go deeper on Big Horn 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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