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Lincoln County, WY interconnection queue

5 interconnection applications are pending in Lincoln County, WY, requesting 1.8 GW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 5 projects have been built here and 19 have been withdrawn since 2001.

Pending applications
5
of 30 ever filed
Capacity queued
1.8 GW
requested, not committed
Already built
218 MW
5 projects connected
Built vs decided
20.8%
19 withdrawn
Median wait
4.3 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
864 MW
indicator, see note

Source: interconnection queues published by PacifiCorp. 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 Lincoln County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Nuclear21.0 GW
Wind2800 MW
Gas148 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built5218 MW16.7%
Still pending51.8 GW16.7%
Withdrawn193.5 GW63.3%
Suspended13.3%

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
C2-104Wind600 MWwithdrawn2022-05PacifiCorp
C2-25Solar500 MWwithdrawn2022-04PacifiCorp
C2-32Nuclear500 MWactive2022-04PacifiCorp
C3-068Solar500 MWwithdrawn2023-05PacifiCorp
S0039Nuclear500 MWactive2025-11PacifiCorp
C2-106Wind400 MWactive2022-05PacifiCorp
PIS089Wind400 MWactive2024-10PacifiCorp
26Wind300 MWwithdrawn2003-09PacifiCorp
46Wind300 MWwithdrawn2004-09PacifiCorp
C2-105Wind300 MWwithdrawn2022-05PacifiCorp
152Wind250 MWwithdrawn2007-07PacifiCorp
175Wind150 MWwithdrawn2007-12PacifiCorp
C2-55Battery150 MWwithdrawn2022-05PacifiCorp
8Gas110 MWcompleted2001-03PacifiCorp
1078Solar80 MWwithdrawn2018-10PacifiCorp

How this county ranks

Lincoln County ranks #213 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #5 of 12 in Wyoming.

Other Wyoming counties in the queue

CountyPendingCapacity queued
Laramie County225.4 GW
Platte County123.4 GW
Carbon/Albany162.7 GW
Converse County112.5 GW
Sweetwater County21.2 GW
Albany County5964 MW
Campbell County3590 MW
Natrona County4409 MW

Go deeper on Lincoln 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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