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Kittitas County, WA interconnection queue

4 interconnection applications are pending in Kittitas County, WA, requesting 512 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 3 projects have been built here and 32 have been withdrawn since 2001.

Pending applications
4
of 41 ever filed
Capacity queued
512 MW
requested, not committed
Already built
117 MW
3 projects connected
Built vs decided
8.6%
32 withdrawn
Median wait
21.2 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
483 MW
indicator, see note

Source: interconnection queues published by BPA, PSE. 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 Kittitas County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Wind3412 MW
Solar1100 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built3117 MW7.3%
Still pending4512 MW9.8%
Withdrawn324.6 GW78.0%
Suspended24.9%

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
G1034Wind400 MWwithdrawn2023-11BPA
G1026Wind316 MWwithdrawn2023-11BPA
116Solar300 MWwithdrawn2021-08PSE
Horizon Wind Energy-WRidgeWind252 MWwithdrawn2003-01BPA
G0597Solar223 MWwithdrawn2018-08BPA
1 Pre Jan 2004Wind200 MWactive2003-02PSE
140Battery200 MWwithdrawn2023-12PSE
C4-075Solar200 MWwithdrawn2024-05PacifiCorp
PIS063Solar200 MWwithdrawn2024-06PacifiCorp
C1-37Solar199 MWsuspended2021-05PacifiCorp
14Wind190 MWwithdrawn2008-03PSE
2 Pre Jan 2004Wind182 MWwithdrawn2003-02PSE
3 Pre Jan 2004Wind180 MWwithdrawn2003-08PSE
32Wind176 MWwithdrawn2011-04PSE
Desert ClaimWind159 MWwithdrawn2002-06BPA

Large-load connection requests in this county

Requests to connect large new demand — data centres, industry, electrification — as distinct from generation. 7 recorded here.

RequestCapacityStatusQueueStated end use
Roza630 MWenergizedBPAnot stated
Bull Road Data Center250 MWwithdrawnBPAnot stated
South Ellensburg Substation26 MWactiveBPAnot stated
Winco 9.5 MW10 MWactiveBPAnot stated
Ellensburg Loop Project6 MWactiveBPAnot stated
Bettas Road4 MWactiveBPAnot stated
Ellensburg-Moxee TapwithdrawnBPAnot 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

Kittitas County ranks #603 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #18 of 30 in Washington.

Other Washington counties in the queue

CountyPendingCapacity queued
Benton County2010.5 GW
Yakima County146.5 GW
Klickitat County236.2 GW
Grant County133.7 GW
Douglas County83.6 GW
Walla Walla County81.7 GW
Lincoln County81.6 GW
Spokane County11973 MW

Go deeper on Kittitas 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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