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Whitman County, WA interconnection queue

2 interconnection applications are pending in Whitman County, WA, requesting 420 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 2 projects have been built here and 12 have been withdrawn since 2007.

Pending applications
2
of 16 ever filed
Capacity queued
420 MW
requested, not committed
Already built
101 MW
2 projects connected
Built vs decided
14.3%
12 withdrawn
Median wait
2.3 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
920 MW
indicator, see note

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 Whitman County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Wind2420 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built2101 MW12.5%
Still pending2420 MW12.5%
Withdrawn121.2 GW75.0%
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
CS23-06Wind220 MWactive2023-04Avista
14Wind210 MWwithdrawn2008-02Avista
35Gas200 MWwithdrawn2012-03Avista
CS25-07Wind199 MWactive2025-04Avista
31Wind150 MWwithdrawn2011-02Avista
36Wind105 MWwithdrawn2012-09Avista
17Wind100 MWcompleted2009-03Avista
32Wind100 MWwithdrawn2011-02Avista
CS23-11Solar100 MWwithdrawn2023-05Avista
CS24-13Solar95 MWwithdrawn2024-04Avista
5Wind75 MWwithdrawn2007-07Avista
CS24-11Solar70 MWwithdrawn2024-04Avista
30Wind50 MWwithdrawn2010-12Avista
CS24-12Solar40 MWwithdrawn2024-04Avista
78Solar5 MWwithdrawn2018-12Avista

How this county ranks

Whitman County ranks #680 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #21 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 Whitman 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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