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Platte County, WY interconnection queue

12 interconnection applications are pending in Platte County, WY, requesting 3.4 GW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 1 projects have been built here and 13 have been withdrawn since 2005.

Pending applications
12
of 26 ever filed
Capacity queued
3.4 GW
requested, not committed
Already built
5 MW
1 projects connected
Built vs decided
7.1%
13 withdrawn
Median wait
3.2 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
1.9 GW
indicator, see note

Source: interconnection queues published by CLPT, SPP, TSGT. 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 Platte County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Solar51.7 GW
Wind6900 MW
Hybrid1800 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built15 MW3.8%
Still pending123.4 GW46.2%
Withdrawn136.7 GW50.0%
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
Withdrawn projectWind3.0 GWwithdrawn2011-03CAISO
GI-CS-2025-25Hybrid800 MWactive2025-10SPP
GI-CS-2025-25Solar800 MWactive2025-10TSGT
927Wind600 MWwithdrawn2017-08PacifiCorp
930Wind400 MWwithdrawn2017-08PacifiCorp
931Wind400 MWwithdrawn2017-08PacifiCorp
932Wind400 MWwithdrawn2017-08PacifiCorp
CLPT G16Solar300 MWactive2022-04CLPT
925Wind300 MWwithdrawn2017-08PacifiCorp
926Wind300 MWwithdrawn2017-08PacifiCorp
928Wind300 MWwithdrawn2017-08PacifiCorp
929Wind300 MWwithdrawn2017-08PacifiCorp
2003-03-01 00:00:00Solar200 MWactive2025-07CLPT
2004-03-01 00:00:00Solar200 MWactive2025-07CLPT
GI-1002Wind200 MWwithdrawn2010-01WAPA-IS

How this county ranks

Platte County ranks #99 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #2 of 12 in Wyoming.

Other Wyoming counties in the queue

CountyPendingCapacity queued
Laramie County225.4 GW
Carbon/Albany162.7 GW
Converse County112.5 GW
Lincoln County51.8 GW
Sweetwater County21.2 GW
Albany County5964 MW
Campbell County3590 MW
Natrona County4409 MW

Go deeper on Platte 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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