Lewis County, WA interconnection queue
3 interconnection applications are pending in Lewis County, WA, requesting 964 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 1 projects have been built here and 13 have been withdrawn since 2000.
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 Lewis County, by fuel
| Fuel | Projects | Capacity requested |
|---|---|---|
| Battery | 1 | 666 MW |
| Gas | 2 | 298 MW |
Outcomes of every application filed here
| Outcome | Projects | Capacity | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built | 1 | 137 MW | 5.6% |
| Still pending | 3 | 964 MW | 16.7% |
| Withdrawn | 13 | 3.3 GW | 72.2% |
| Suspended | 1 | — | 5.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1100MW Paul | Gas | 1.1 GW | withdrawn | 2000-08 | BPA |
| G1072 | Battery | 666 MW | active | 2024-12 | BPA |
| G1007 | Battery | 600 MW | withdrawn | 2023-11 | BPA |
| G0595 | Wind | 307 MW | withdrawn | 2018-07 | BPA |
| Centralia Generation Addition | Gas | 248 MW | active | 2001-02 | BPA |
| 113 | Gas | 219 MW | suspended | 2021-07 | PSE |
| 106 | Battery | 200 MW | withdrawn | 2021-04 | PSE |
| G0769 | Wind | 170 MW | withdrawn | 2022-08 | BPA |
| G0718 | Wind | 170 MW | withdrawn | 2021-12 | BPA |
| 125 | Battery | 170 MW | withdrawn | 2021-08 | PSE |
| G0515 | Wind | 150 MW | withdrawn | 2015-10 | BPA |
| G0315 | Wind | 150 MW | withdrawn | 2008-03 | BPA |
| 42 | Wind | 150 MW | withdrawn | 2015-05 | PSE |
| 46 | Wind | 137 MW | completed | 2016-01 | PSE |
| G0313 | Wind | 128 MW | withdrawn | 2008-02 | BPA |
Large-load connection requests in this county
Requests to connect large new demand — data centres, industry, electrification — as distinct from generation. 5 recorded here.
| Request | Capacity | Status | Queue | Stated end use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exeter 230 kV | 360 MW | withdrawn | BPA | not stated |
| Fortescue | 300 MW | withdrawn | BPA | not stated |
| Exeter 69 kV | 100 MW | withdrawn | BPA | not stated |
| Salzer Valley Substation | 14 MW | active | BPA | not stated |
| Transalta Industrial Park Tap | — | withdrawn | BPA | not stated |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
Lewis County ranks #384 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #9 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 Lewis 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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