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Meagher County, MT interconnection queue

4 interconnection applications are pending in Meagher County, MT, requesting 1.5 GW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 6 projects have been built here and 12 have been withdrawn since 2003.

Pending applications
4
of 25 ever filed
Capacity queued
1.5 GW
requested, not committed
Already built
21 MW
6 projects connected
Built vs decided
33.3%
12 withdrawn
Median wait
7.4 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
18 MW
indicator, see note

Source: interconnection queues published by Avista, PacifiCorp. 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 Meagher County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Wind41.5 GW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built621 MW24.0%
Still pending41.5 GW16.0%
Withdrawn122.2 GW48.0%
Suspended312.0%

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
101Wind800 MWwithdrawn2008-10NWMT
82Wind600 MWactive2019-02Avista
176Solar600 MWwithdrawn2014-12NWMT
310Solar450 MWsuspended2016-12NWMT
C002Solar450 MWsuspended2016-12PacifiCorp
C013Wind326 MWactive2021-01PacifiCorp
83Wind300 MWactive2019-03Avista
C007Wind300 MWactive2019-03PacifiCorp
71Wind300 MWsuspended2019-03PSE
G0355Wind200 MWwithdrawn2009-03BPA
G0354Wind200 MWwithdrawn2009-03BPA
G0353Wind200 MWwithdrawn2009-03BPA
99Wind200 MWwithdrawn2008-09NWMT
89Wind20 MWwithdrawn2008-04NWMT
46Wind10 MWcompleted2006-06NWMT

How this county ranks

Meagher County ranks #254 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #3 of 29 in Montana.

Other Montana counties in the queue

CountyPendingCapacity queued
Wheatland County83.2 GW
Rosebud County52.9 GW
Yellowstone County61.2 GW
Big Horn County3608 MW
Stillwater County4595 MW
Broadwater County2160 MW
Cascade County170 MW
Lewis and Clark County319 MW

Go deeper on Meagher 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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