Cascade County, MT interconnection queue
1 interconnection applications are pending in Cascade County, MT, requesting 70 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 7 projects have been built here and 38 have been withdrawn since 2001.
Source: interconnection queues published by NWMT. 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 Cascade County, by fuel
| Fuel | Projects | Capacity requested |
|---|---|---|
| Hydro | 1 | 70 MW |
Outcomes of every application filed here
| Outcome | Projects | Capacity | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built | 7 | 54 MW | 15.2% |
| Still pending | 1 | 70 MW | 2.2% |
| Withdrawn | 38 | 2.4 GW | 82.6% |
| Suspended | 0 | — | 0.0% |
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
| Project | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Filed | Queue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 429 | Solar | 300 MW | withdrawn | 2022-06 | NWMT |
| 7 | Gas | 280 MW | withdrawn | 2001-05 | NWMT |
| 53 | Gas | 277 MW | withdrawn | 2006-12 | NWMT |
| 32 | Coal | 268 MW | withdrawn | 2004-07 | NWMT |
| 380 | Solar | 225 MW | withdrawn | 2020-06 | NWMT |
| 388 | Solar | 200 MW | withdrawn | 2020-07 | NWMT |
| 460 | Solar | 150 MW | withdrawn | 2024-05 | NWMT |
| 98 | Wind | 150 MW | withdrawn | 2008-09 | NWMT |
| 94 | Gas | 128 MW | withdrawn | 2008-07 | NWMT |
| 103 | Gas | 120 MW | withdrawn | 2009-02 | NWMT |
| 437 | Hydro | 70 MW | active | 2022-12 | NWMT |
| 83 | Hydro | 52 MW | withdrawn | 2008-03 | NWMT |
| 82 | Hydro | 49 MW | withdrawn | 2008-03 | NWMT |
| 113 | Wind | 40 MW | withdrawn | 2009-12 | NWMT |
| 158 | Wind | 24 MW | withdrawn | 2012-09 | NWMT |
How this county ranks
Cascade County ranks #1164 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #8 of 29 in Montana.
Other Montana counties in the queue
| County | Pending | Capacity queued |
|---|---|---|
| Wheatland County | 8 | 3.2 GW |
| Rosebud County | 5 | 2.9 GW |
| Meagher County | 4 | 1.5 GW |
| Yellowstone County | 6 | 1.2 GW |
| Big Horn County | 3 | 608 MW |
| Stillwater County | 4 | 595 MW |
| Broadwater County | 2 | 160 MW |
| Lewis and Clark County | 3 | 19 MW |
Go deeper on Cascade 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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