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Tama County, IA interconnection queue

1 interconnection applications are pending in Tama County, IA, requesting 100 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 1 projects have been built here and 3 have been withdrawn since 2019.

Pending applications
1
of 5 ever filed
Capacity queued
100 MW
requested, not committed
Already built
169 MW
1 projects connected
Built vs decided
25.0%
3 withdrawn
Median wait
5.0 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
180 MW
indicator, see note

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 Tama County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Wind1100 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built1169 MW20.0%
Still pending1100 MW20.0%
Withdrawn3461 MW60.0%
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
Belle Plaine Junction to Toledo TransmissionSolar212 MWwithdrawn2021-08MISO
Dysart - Traer 161kVSolar187 MWwithdrawn2024-04MISO
Traer 161-kV SubstationWind169 MWcompleted2019-04MISO
ToledoWind100 MWactive2021-08MISO
AbbottWind62 MWwithdrawn2024-04MISO

How this county ranks

Tama County ranks #1084 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #16 of 21 in Iowa.

Other Iowa counties in the queue

CountyPendingCapacity queued
Linn County102.3 GW
Cerro Gordo County51.4 GW
Washington County31.1 GW
Marshall County4717 MW
Clinton County3610 MW
Franklin County3560 MW
Webster County2470 MW
Story County2400 MW

Go deeper on Tama 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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