Flathead County, MT interconnection queue
5 interconnection applications are pending in Flathead County, MT, requesting 9 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 0 projects have been built here and 0 have been withdrawn since 2009.
Source: interconnection queues published by BPA. 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 Flathead County, by fuel
| Fuel | Projects | Capacity requested |
|---|---|---|
| Biomass | 3 | 8 MW |
| Hydro | 1 | 1 MW |
| Battery | 1 | 0 MW |
Outcomes of every application filed here
| Outcome | Projects | Capacity | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built | 0 | 0 MW | 0.0% |
| Still pending | 5 | 9 MW | 100.0% |
| Withdrawn | 0 | 0 MW | 0.0% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stoltze Land and Lumber Project | Biomass | 3 MW | active | 2011-12 | BPA |
| Landfill Gas to Energy Facility | Biomass | 3 MW | active | 2021-11 | BPA |
| Flathead LFGTE Project | Biomass | 2 MW | active | 2009-03 | BPA |
| Whitefish In-Line Hydroelectric Project | Hydro | 1 MW | active | 2012-01 | BPA |
| G1085 | Battery | 0 MW | active | 2025-08 | BPA |
Large-load connection requests in this county
Requests to connect large new demand — data centres, industry, electrification — as distinct from generation. 5 recorded here.
| Request | Capacity | Status | Queue | Stated end use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow Energy | 300 MW | withdrawn | BPA | not stated |
| Amnet | 70 MW | withdrawn | BPA | not stated |
| Whitefish Stage Road_HWY 40 | 35 MW | withdrawn | BPA | not stated |
| Flathead Substation 230kV Bay | — | active | BPA | not stated |
| Kalispell Substation | — | withdrawn | BPA | not stated |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
Flathead County ranks #1241 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #10 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 |
| Cascade County | 1 | 70 MW |
Go deeper on Flathead 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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