Franklin County, IA interconnection queue
3 interconnection applications are pending in Franklin County, IA, requesting 560 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 0 projects have been built here and 11 have been withdrawn since 2016.
Source: interconnection queues published by MISO. 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 Franklin County, by fuel
| Fuel | Projects | Capacity requested |
|---|---|---|
| Wind | 1 | 200 MW |
| Solar | 1 | 200 MW |
| Gas | 1 | 160 MW |
Outcomes of every application filed here
| Outcome | Projects | Capacity | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built | 0 | 0 MW | 0.0% |
| Still pending | 3 | 560 MW | 21.4% |
| Withdrawn | 11 | 1.6 GW | 78.6% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killdeer to Blackhawk 345kV Line Tap | Solar | 250 MW | withdrawn | 2020-06 | MISO |
| Killdeer 345 kV Substation | Solar | 200 MW | withdrawn | 2021-08 | MISO |
| J416 345 kV Interconnection Facilitities to be Owned by ITCM | Wind | 200 MW | withdrawn | 2016-11 | MISO |
| Quinn | Wind | 200 MW | active | 2021-11 | MISO |
| KILLDEER3 (631199) 345 KV TO BLACKHAWK (636199) 345 kv line Tap | Wind | 200 MW | withdrawn | 2020-06 | MISO |
| Killdeer - Quinn 345kV | Solar | 200 MW | withdrawn | 2025-02 | MISO |
| Quinn | Solar | 200 MW | active | 2025-08 | MISO |
| Blackhawk (MEC) - Quinn 345 kV | Wind | 200 MW | withdrawn | 2022-09 | MISO |
| Blackhawk (MEC) - Quinn 345 (shared POI with J2892) | Gas | 160 MW | active | 2022-09 | MISO |
| FRANKLIN - WALL LAKE 161.0kV | Solar | 100 MW | withdrawn | 2025-06 | MISO |
| Black Hawk-Killdeer 345kV | Wind | 99 MW | withdrawn | 2016-11 | MISO |
| Whispering Willow 161kV substation | Wind | 99 MW | withdrawn | 2016-11 | MISO |
| Nuthatch Switching Station | Wind | 66 MW | withdrawn | 2021-08 | MISO |
| Nuthatch Switching Substation | Wind | 33 MW | withdrawn | 2021-08 | MISO |
How this county ranks
Franklin County ranks #575 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #6 of 21 in Iowa.
Other Iowa counties in the queue
| County | Pending | Capacity queued |
|---|---|---|
| Linn County | 10 | 2.3 GW |
| Cerro Gordo County | 5 | 1.4 GW |
| Washington County | 3 | 1.1 GW |
| Marshall County | 4 | 717 MW |
| Clinton County | 3 | 610 MW |
| Webster County | 2 | 470 MW |
| Story County | 2 | 400 MW |
| Muscatine County | 3 | 329 MW |
Go deeper on Franklin 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.