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Klickitat County, WA interconnection queue

23 interconnection applications are pending in Klickitat County, WA, requesting 6.2 GW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 6 projects have been built here and 41 have been withdrawn since 2001.

Pending applications
23
of 70 ever filed
Capacity queued
6.2 GW
requested, not committed
Already built
1.1 GW
6 projects connected
Built vs decided
12.8%
41 withdrawn
Median wait
8.0 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
1.7 GW
indicator, see note

Source: interconnection queues published by BPA. 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 Klickitat County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Solar123.9 GW
Battery21.2 GW
Wind81.1 GW
Biomass117 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built61.1 GW8.6%
Still pending236.2 GW32.9%
Withdrawn4113.3 GW58.6%
Suspended00.0%

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
G0608Battery1.2 GWactive2018-12BPA
G0556Battery1.2 GWwithdrawn2016-12BPA
G0350Solar1.2 GWwithdrawn2008-12BPA
G0351Solar1.2 GWwithdrawn2008-12BPA
G0261Wind1.2 GWwithdrawn2007-02BPA
G0846Solar1.0 GWwithdrawn2023-02BPA
G0933Solar809 MWactive2023-09BPA
G0932Solar809 MWactive2023-09BPA
G0251Wind700 MWwithdrawn2006-12BPA
G0614Solar600 MWwithdrawn2019-01BPA
G0471Gas590 MWwithdrawn2012-04BPA
G0599Solar545 MWwithdrawn2018-08BPA
G0876Wind500 MWwithdrawn2023-06BPA
G0682Solar459 MWwithdrawn2021-07BPA
G0844Solar432 MWactive2023-02BPA

Large-load connection requests in this county

Requests to connect large new demand — data centres, industry, electrification — as distinct from generation. 10 recorded here.

RequestCapacityStatusQueueStated end use
Vines Rest 1000 MW1.0 GWactiveBPAnot stated
Energizer II1.0 GWactiveBPAnot stated
Dallesport Server Farm1.0 GWactiveBPAnot stated
Stack IPI Data Center958 MWactiveBPAnot stated
Harvalum400 MWactiveBPAnot stated
Energizer Data Center Expanded Capacity200 MWenergizedBPAnot stated
Spearfish Data Center100 MWwithdrawnBPAnot stated
Energizer Data Center78 MWenergizedBPAnot stated
EE Clouse Substation25 MWwithdrawnBPAnot stated
Wilkins20 MWwithdrawnBPAnot 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

Klickitat County ranks #40 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #3 of 30 in Washington.

Other Washington counties in the queue

CountyPendingCapacity queued
Benton County2010.5 GW
Yakima County146.5 GW
Grant County133.7 GW
Douglas County83.6 GW
Walla Walla County81.7 GW
Lincoln County81.6 GW
Spokane County11973 MW
Lewis County3964 MW

Go deeper on Klickitat 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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