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Sweetwater County, WY interconnection queue

2 interconnection applications are pending in Sweetwater County, WY, requesting 1.2 GW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 6 projects have been built here and 44 have been withdrawn since 2001.

Pending applications
2
of 56 ever filed
Capacity queued
1.2 GW
requested, not committed
Already built
179 MW
6 projects connected
Built vs decided
12.0%
44 withdrawn
Median wait
0.9 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
2.5 GW
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 Sweetwater County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Gas21.2 GW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built6179 MW10.7%
Still pending21.2 GW3.6%
Withdrawn449.1 GW78.6%
Suspended47.1%

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
661Solar1.0 GWsuspended2022-06IP
C1-48Wind600 MWwithdrawn2021-05PacifiCorp
C2-43Wind600 MWwithdrawn2022-04PacifiCorp
T2-033Gas600 MWactive2025-09PacifiCorp
T2-034Gas600 MWactive2025-09PacifiCorp
C2-107Wind500 MWwithdrawn2022-05PacifiCorp
C2-108Wind500 MWwithdrawn2022-05PacifiCorp
C3-015Wind500 MWwithdrawn2023-04PacifiCorp
C3-016Wind500 MWwithdrawn2023-04PacifiCorp
C3-147Battery350 MWwithdrawn2023-05PacifiCorp
1106Solar320 MWwithdrawn2019-01PacifiCorp
1108Solar320 MWwithdrawn2019-01PacifiCorp
1109Solar320 MWwithdrawn2019-01PacifiCorp
1110Solar320 MWwithdrawn2019-01PacifiCorp
607Solar300 MWsuspended2021-06IP

How this county ranks

Sweetwater County ranks #324 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #6 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
Lincoln County51.8 GW
Albany County5964 MW
Campbell County3590 MW
Natrona County4409 MW

Go deeper on Sweetwater 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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