Cowlitz County, WA interconnection queue
3 interconnection applications are pending in Cowlitz County, WA, requesting 624 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 0 projects have been built here and 17 have been withdrawn since 2000.
Source: interconnection queues published by BPA, 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 Cowlitz County, by fuel
| Fuel | Projects | Capacity requested |
|---|---|---|
| Gas | 1 | 320 MW |
| Wind | 1 | 199 MW |
| Battery | 1 | 105 MW |
Outcomes of every application filed here
| Outcome | Projects | Capacity | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built | 0 | 0 MW | 0.0% |
| Still pending | 3 | 624 MW | 14.3% |
| Withdrawn | 17 | 4.3 GW | 81.0% |
| Suspended | 1 | — | 4.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G0213 | Gas | 600 MW | withdrawn | 2005-12 | BPA |
| Enron Power Marketing | Gas | 600 MW | withdrawn | 2000-07 | BPA |
| G1021 | Wind | 530 MW | withdrawn | 2023-11 | BPA |
| G1022 | Wind | 530 MW | withdrawn | 2023-11 | BPA |
| 419 | Gas | 375 MW | withdrawn | 2012-03 | PacifiCorp |
| 12-051 | Gas | 375 MW | suspended | 2012-07 | PGE |
| G0258 | Gas | 320 MW | withdrawn | 2007-02 | BPA |
| Mint Farm Energy Center | Gas | 320 MW | active | 2000-07 | BPA |
| 310MW Cardwell | Gas | 310 MW | withdrawn | 2001-06 | BPA |
| C4-110 | Wind | 199 MW | withdrawn | 2024-05 | PacifiCorp |
| T2-027 | Wind | 199 MW | active | 2025-09 | PacifiCorp |
| C3-032 | Wind | 150 MW | withdrawn | 2023-05 | PacifiCorp |
| C3-033 | Wind | 150 MW | withdrawn | 2023-05 | PacifiCorp |
| G0922 | Battery | 105 MW | active | 2023-09 | BPA |
| 100MW Cowlitz-Cardwell | Gas | 100 MW | withdrawn | 2001-04 | BPA |
Large-load connection requests in this county
Requests to connect large new demand — data centres, industry, electrification — as distinct from generation. 10 recorded here.
| Request | Capacity | Status | Queue | Stated end use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quantum Loophole | 400 MW | withdrawn | BPA | not stated |
| Southend Load | 400 MW | withdrawn | BPA | not stated |
| Hy2Gen Phase 2 | 380 MW | withdrawn | BPA | not stated |
| Hy2Gen | 380 MW | withdrawn | BPA | not stated |
| L0519 Mt. Solo Industrial Project | 300 MW | withdrawn | BPA | not stated |
| WA CEC Blue-Green Hydrogen Plant | 250 MW | withdrawn | BPA | not stated |
| 230 kV Feed from Longview Substation to Alcoa | 240 MW | active | BPA | not stated |
| Trammel Crow Data Center | 240 MW | withdrawn | BPA | not stated |
| Nucor Steel Mill | 110 MW | withdrawn | BPA | not stated |
| Mint Farm - AE Inc | 54 MW | withdrawn | BPA | not stated |
494 of the 545 large-load requests we hold state no end use at all, so most cannot be attributed to any industry. Where this table says “not stated”, that is the filing’s own silence, not our omission.
How this county ranks
Cowlitz County ranks #545 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #13 of 30 in Washington.
Other Washington counties in the queue
| County | Pending | Capacity queued |
|---|---|---|
| Benton County | 20 | 10.5 GW |
| Yakima County | 14 | 6.5 GW |
| Klickitat County | 23 | 6.2 GW |
| Grant County | 13 | 3.7 GW |
| Douglas County | 8 | 3.6 GW |
| Walla Walla County | 8 | 1.7 GW |
| Lincoln County | 8 | 1.6 GW |
| Spokane County | 11 | 973 MW |
Go deeper on Cowlitz 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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