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Lewis and Clark County, MT interconnection queue

3 interconnection applications are pending in Lewis and Clark County, MT, requesting 19 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 4 projects have been built here and 17 have been withdrawn since 2014.

Pending applications
3
of 24 ever filed
Capacity queued
19 MW
requested, not committed
Already built
30 MW
4 projects connected
Built vs decided
19.0%
17 withdrawn
Median wait
3.5 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
80 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 Lewis and Clark County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Gas112 MW
Solar15 MW
Hydro12 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built430 MW16.7%
Still pending319 MW12.5%
Withdrawn17343 MW70.8%
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
452Battery200 MWwithdrawn2023-10NWMT
173Gas60 MWwithdrawn2014-09NWMT
385Battery30 MWwithdrawn2020-06NWMT
402Hydro22 MWcompleted2021-01NWMT
441Gas12 MWactive2023-01NWMT
GI-1504Hydro8 MWwithdrawn2015-03WAPA-IS
174Solar6 MWwithdrawn2014-12NWMT
399Hydro5 MWwithdrawn2020-12NWMT
440Solar5 MWactive2023-01NWMT
334Wind4 MWwithdrawn2017-09NWMT
450Hydro3 MWwithdrawn2023-10NWMT
175Solar3 MWwithdrawn2014-12NWMT
179Solar3 MWcompleted2015-01NWMT
181Solar3 MWwithdrawn2015-02NWMT
187Solar3 MWwithdrawn2015-02NWMT

How this county ranks

Lewis and Clark County ranks #1232 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #9 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
Cascade County170 MW

Go deeper on Lewis and Clark 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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