Spokane County, WA interconnection queue
11 interconnection applications are pending in Spokane County, WA, requesting 973 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 1 projects have been built here and 19 have been withdrawn since 2007.
Source: interconnection queues published by Avista. 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 Spokane County, by fuel
| Fuel | Projects | Capacity requested |
|---|---|---|
| Wind | 3 | 520 MW |
| Battery | 4 | 353 MW |
| Solar | 4 | 100 MW |
Outcomes of every application filed here
| Outcome | Projects | Capacity | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built | 1 | 8 MW | 3.2% |
| Still pending | 11 | 973 MW | 35.5% |
| Withdrawn | 19 | 1.9 GW | 61.3% |
| Suspended | 0 | — | 0.0% |
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
| Project | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Filed | Queue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G0993 | Battery | 300 MW | withdrawn | 2023-11 | BPA |
| CS25-08 | Battery | 250 MW | active | 2025-04 | Avista |
| G0987 | Wind | 200 MW | withdrawn | 2023-11 | BPA |
| G0988 | Wind | 200 MW | withdrawn | 2023-11 | BPA |
| CS25-15 | Wind | 200 MW | active | 2025-04 | Avista |
| CS25-17 | Wind | 200 MW | active | 2025-04 | Avista |
| 6 | Wind | 150 MW | withdrawn | 2007-09 | Avista |
| CS25-10 | Solar | 150 MW | withdrawn | 2025-04 | Avista |
| 23 | Wind | 121 MW | withdrawn | 2009-10 | Avista |
| 104 | Wind | 120 MW | active | 2020-03 | Avista |
| CS23-03 | Wind | 120 MW | withdrawn | 2023-04 | Avista |
| CS25-01 | Wind | 120 MW | withdrawn | 2025-04 | Avista |
| TCS-11 | Wind | 120 MW | withdrawn | 2020-03 | Avista |
| CS23-01 | Solar | 100 MW | withdrawn | 2023-04 | Avista |
| CS24-04 | Battery | 100 MW | withdrawn | 2024-04 | Avista |
Large-load connection requests in this county
Requests to connect large new demand — data centres, industry, electrification — as distinct from generation. 9 recorded here.
| Request | Capacity | Status | Queue | Stated end use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mixed Use Load | 170 MW | withdrawn | BPA | not stated |
| Trentwood 115 kV | 79 MW | active | BPA | not stated |
| Five Mile 115 kV | 36 MW | active | BPA | not stated |
| Staley Substation | 18 MW | active | BPA | not stated |
| New 115 kV Creston Substation | 10 MW | active | BPA | not stated |
| L0517 Midway Substation | 9 MW | active | BPA | not stated |
| 16th Avenue | 9 MW | active | BPA | not stated |
| Garden Springs | 0 MW | active | BPA | not stated |
| Bell-Boundary #1 230 kV | — | active | 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
Spokane County ranks #379 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #8 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 |
| Lewis County | 3 | 964 MW |
Go deeper on Spokane 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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