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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requesting 3.2 GW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 6 projects have been built here and 24 have been withdrawn since 2001.

Pending applications
8
of 42 ever filed
Capacity queued
3.2 GW
requested, not committed
Already built
159 MW
6 projects connected
Built vs decided
20.0%
24 withdrawn
Median wait
5.1 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
165 MW
indicator, see note

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

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Wind53.0 GW
Solar3150 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built6159 MW14.3%
Still pending83.2 GW19.0%
Withdrawn242.5 GW57.1%
Suspended49.5%

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

ProjectFuelCapacityStatusFiledQueue
418Wind750 MWactive2022-01NWMT
C012Wind750 MWactive2020-07PacifiCorp
361Wind600 MWactive2019-03NWMT
1115Wind600 MWwithdrawn2019-02PacifiCorp
C006Wind600 MWactive2019-02PacifiCorp
115Wind460 MWwithdrawn2010-03NWMT
408Wind326 MWactive2021-02NWMT
362Wind300 MWsuspended2019-04NWMT
325Wind250 MWwithdrawn2017-07NWMT
G0356Wind200 MWwithdrawn2009-03BPA
111Wind200 MWwithdrawn2009-10NWMT
360Wind200 MWsuspended2019-02NWMT
422Solar200 MWwithdrawn2022-03NWMT
347Wind140 MWsuspended2018-07NWMT
4Wind135 MWcompleted2001-04NWMT

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

CountyPendingCapacity queued
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
Lewis and Clark County319 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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