Barber County, KS interconnection queue
3 interconnection applications are pending in Barber County, KS, requesting 404 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 2 projects have been built here and 10 have been withdrawn since 2006.
Source: interconnection queues published by SPP. 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 Barber County, by fuel
| Fuel | Projects | Capacity requested |
|---|---|---|
| Solar | 3 | 404 MW |
Outcomes of every application filed here
| Outcome | Projects | Capacity | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built | 2 | 393 MW | 13.3% |
| Still pending | 3 | 404 MW | 20.0% |
| Withdrawn | 10 | 2.0 GW | 66.7% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN-2008-073 | Wind | 300 MW | withdrawn | 2008-07 | SPP |
| GEN-2008-074 | Wind | 300 MW | withdrawn | 2008-07 | SPP |
| GEN-2008-075 | Wind | 300 MW | withdrawn | 2008-07 | SPP |
| GEN-2008-076 | Wind | 300 MW | withdrawn | 2008-07 | SPP |
| GEN-2007-025 | Wind | 299 MW | completed | 2007-05 | SPP |
| GEN-2017-018 | Solar | 189 MW | active | 2017-05 | SPP |
| GEN-2011-041 | Wind | 150 MW | withdrawn | 2011-09 | SPP |
| GEN-2011-042 | Wind | 150 MW | withdrawn | 2011-09 | SPP |
| GEN-2011-043 | Wind | 150 MW | withdrawn | 2011-09 | SPP |
| GEN-2011-044 | Wind | 150 MW | withdrawn | 2011-09 | SPP |
| GEN-2026-SR24 | Solar | 120 MW | active | 2026-06 | SPP |
| GEN-2012-023 | Wind | 115 MW | withdrawn | 2012-09 | SPP |
| GEN-2008-059 | Wind | 101 MW | withdrawn | 2008-06 | SPP |
| GEN-2018-108 | Solar | 95 MW | active | 2018-11 | SPP |
| GEN-2006-021 | Wind | 94 MW | completed | 2006-06 | SPP |
How this county ranks
Barber County ranks #684 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #14 of 44 in Kansas.
Other Kansas counties in the queue
| County | Pending | Capacity queued |
|---|---|---|
| Labette County | 3 | 1.4 GW |
| Sedgwick County | 6 | 992 MW |
| Bourbon County | 4 | 904 MW |
| Sumner County | 5 | 863 MW |
| Johnson County | 3 | 778 MW |
| McPherson County | 3 | 726 MW |
| Thomas County | 2 | 701 MW |
| Wyandotte County | 3 | 598 MW |
Go deeper on Barber 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.