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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MT, requesting 70 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 7 projects have been built here and 38 have been withdrawn since 2001.

Pending applications
1
of 46 ever filed
Capacity queued
70 MW
requested, not committed
Already built
54 MW
7 projects connected
Built vs decided
15.6%
38 withdrawn
Median wait
3.7 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
331 MW
indicator, see note

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

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Hydro170 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built754 MW15.2%
Still pending170 MW2.2%
Withdrawn382.4 GW82.6%
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
429Solar300 MWwithdrawn2022-06NWMT
7Gas280 MWwithdrawn2001-05NWMT
53Gas277 MWwithdrawn2006-12NWMT
32Coal268 MWwithdrawn2004-07NWMT
380Solar225 MWwithdrawn2020-06NWMT
388Solar200 MWwithdrawn2020-07NWMT
460Solar150 MWwithdrawn2024-05NWMT
98Wind150 MWwithdrawn2008-09NWMT
94Gas128 MWwithdrawn2008-07NWMT
103Gas120 MWwithdrawn2009-02NWMT
437Hydro70 MWactive2022-12NWMT
83Hydro52 MWwithdrawn2008-03NWMT
82Hydro49 MWwithdrawn2008-03NWMT
113Wind40 MWwithdrawn2009-12NWMT
158Wind24 MWwithdrawn2012-09NWMT

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

CountyPendingCapacity queued
Wheatland County83.2 GW
Rosebud County52.9 GW
Meagher County41.5 GW
Yellowstone County61.2 GW
Big Horn County3608 MW
Stillwater County4595 MW
Broadwater County2160 MW
Lewis and Clark County319 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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