Wheatland County, MT interconnection queue
8 interconnection applications are pending in Wheatland County, MT, requesting 3.2 GW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 6 projects have been built here and 24 have been withdrawn since 2001.
Source: interconnection queues published by NWMT, 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 Wheatland County, by fuel
| Fuel | Projects | Capacity requested |
|---|---|---|
| Wind | 5 | 3.0 GW |
| Solar | 3 | 150 MW |
Outcomes of every application filed here
| Outcome | Projects | Capacity | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built | 6 | 159 MW | 14.3% |
| Still pending | 8 | 3.2 GW | 19.0% |
| Withdrawn | 24 | 2.5 GW | 57.1% |
| Suspended | 4 | — | 9.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 418 | Wind | 750 MW | active | 2022-01 | NWMT |
| C012 | Wind | 750 MW | active | 2020-07 | PacifiCorp |
| 361 | Wind | 600 MW | active | 2019-03 | NWMT |
| 1115 | Wind | 600 MW | withdrawn | 2019-02 | PacifiCorp |
| C006 | Wind | 600 MW | active | 2019-02 | PacifiCorp |
| 115 | Wind | 460 MW | withdrawn | 2010-03 | NWMT |
| 408 | Wind | 326 MW | active | 2021-02 | NWMT |
| 362 | Wind | 300 MW | suspended | 2019-04 | NWMT |
| 325 | Wind | 250 MW | withdrawn | 2017-07 | NWMT |
| G0356 | Wind | 200 MW | withdrawn | 2009-03 | BPA |
| 111 | Wind | 200 MW | withdrawn | 2009-10 | NWMT |
| 360 | Wind | 200 MW | suspended | 2019-02 | NWMT |
| 422 | Solar | 200 MW | withdrawn | 2022-03 | NWMT |
| 347 | Wind | 140 MW | suspended | 2018-07 | NWMT |
| 4 | Wind | 135 MW | completed | 2001-04 | NWMT |
How this county ranks
Wheatland County ranks #105 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #1 of 29 in Montana.
Other Montana counties in the queue
| County | Pending | Capacity queued |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Lewis and Clark County | 3 | 19 MW |
Go deeper on Wheatland 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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