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Sanders County, MT interconnection queue

0 interconnection applications are pending in Sanders County, MT, requesting 0 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 2 projects have been built here and 4 have been withdrawn since 2001.

Pending applications
0
of 6 ever filed
Capacity queued
0 MW
requested, not committed
Already built
54 MW
2 projects connected
Built vs decided
33.3%
4 withdrawn

Source: interconnection queues published by the transmission providers serving this county. 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 Sanders County, by fuel

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built254 MW33.3%
Still pending00 MW0.0%
Withdrawn4870 MW66.7%
Suspended0—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

ProjectFuelCapacityStatusFiledQueue
G0750Solar600 MWwithdrawn2022-06BPA
G0314Hydro95 MWwithdrawn2008-02BPA
4Hydro95 MWwithdrawn2007-07Avista
75Solar80 MWwithdrawn2018-11Avista
26Hydro42 MWcompleted2009-08Avista
6Coal12 MWcompleted2001-05NWMT

How this county ranks

Sanders County ranks #1417 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #25 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 Sanders 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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