Story County, IA interconnection queue
2 interconnection applications are pending in Story County, IA, requesting 400 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 0 projects have been built here and 5 have been withdrawn since 2016.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 Story County, by fuel
| Fuel | Projects | Capacity requested |
|---|---|---|
| Solar | 2 | 400 MW |
Outcomes of every application filed here
| Outcome | Projects | Capacity | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built | 0 | 0 MW | 0.0% |
| Still pending | 2 | 400 MW | 28.6% |
| Withdrawn | 5 | 305 MW | 71.4% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fernald | Solar | 200 MW | active | 2024-04 | MISO |
| Fernald | Solar | 200 MW | active | 2021-08 | MISO |
| Story County 161 kV | Wind | 150 MW | withdrawn | 2021-08 | MISO |
| O'Brien - Kossuth 345 kV Line Tap | Solar | 65 MW | withdrawn | 2019-04 | MISO |
| Story County Substation 161kV | Wind | 39 MW | withdrawn | 2020-06 | MISO |
| Story County Substation 161kV | Wind | 39 MW | withdrawn | 2020-06 | MISO |
| Story County Substation | Wind | 12 MW | withdrawn | 2016-11 | MISO |
How this county ranks
Story County ranks #695 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #8 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 |
| Franklin County | 3 | 560 MW |
| Webster County | 2 | 470 MW |
| Muscatine County | 3 | 329 MW |
Go deeper on Story 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.