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KS, requesting 195 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 3 projects have been built here and 6 have been withdrawn since 2005.
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
| Fuel | Projects | Capacity requested |
|---|---|---|
| Solar | 2 | 195 MW |
Outcomes of every application filed here
| Outcome | Projects | Capacity | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built | 3 | 304 MW | 27.3% |
| Still pending | 2 | 195 MW | 18.2% |
| Withdrawn | 6 | 786 MW | 54.5% |
| 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-2008-092 | Wind | 200 MW | completed | 2008-08 | SPP |
| GEN-2006-032 | Wind | 200 MW | withdrawn | 2006-08 | SPP |
| GEN-2008-001 | Wind | 200 MW | withdrawn | 2008-01 | SPP |
| GEN-2022-075 | Solar | 175 MW | active | 2022-09 | SPP |
| GEN-2023-SR14 | Other | 165 MW | withdrawn | 2023-02 | SPP |
| GEN-2008-089 | Wind | 150 MW | withdrawn | 2008-08 | SPP |
| GEN-2006-031 | Gas | 76 MW | completed | 2006-08 | SPP |
| GEN-2005-020 | Wind | 50 MW | withdrawn | 2005-10 | SPP |
| GEN-2013-033 | Gas | 28 MW | completed | 2013-09 | SPP |
| GEN-2015-072 | Solar | 21 MW | withdrawn | 2015-10 | SPP |
| GEN-2016-160 | Solar | 20 MW | active | 2016-11 | SPP |
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
| 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 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.