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Ellis County, KS interconnection queue

2 interconnection applications are pending in Ellis County, KS, requesting 195 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 3 projects have been built here and 6 have been withdrawn since 2005.

Pending applications
2
of 11 ever filed
Capacity queued
195 MW
requested, not committed
Already built
304 MW
3 projects connected
Built vs decided
33.3%
6 withdrawn
Median wait
6.8 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
308 MW
indicator, see note

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 Ellis County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Solar2195 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built3304 MW27.3%
Still pending2195 MW18.2%
Withdrawn6786 MW54.5%
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
GEN-2008-092Wind200 MWcompleted2008-08SPP
GEN-2006-032Wind200 MWwithdrawn2006-08SPP
GEN-2008-001Wind200 MWwithdrawn2008-01SPP
GEN-2022-075Solar175 MWactive2022-09SPP
GEN-2023-SR14Other165 MWwithdrawn2023-02SPP
GEN-2008-089Wind150 MWwithdrawn2008-08SPP
GEN-2006-031Gas76 MWcompleted2006-08SPP
GEN-2005-020Wind50 MWwithdrawn2005-10SPP
GEN-2013-033Gas28 MWcompleted2013-09SPP
GEN-2015-072Solar21 MWwithdrawn2015-10SPP
GEN-2016-160Solar20 MWactive2016-11SPP

How this county ranks

Ellis County ranks #947 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #25 of 44 in Kansas.

Other Kansas counties in the queue

CountyPendingCapacity queued
Labette County31.4 GW
Sedgwick County6992 MW
Bourbon County4904 MW
Sumner County5863 MW
Johnson County3778 MW
McPherson County3726 MW
Thomas County2701 MW
Wyandotte County3598 MW

Go deeper on Ellis 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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