Ford County, KS interconnection queue
2 interconnection applications are pending in Ford County, KS, requesting 352 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 5 projects have been built here and 34 have been withdrawn since 2005.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 Ford County, by fuel
| Fuel | Projects | Capacity requested |
|---|---|---|
| Wind | 1 | 252 MW |
| Solar | 1 | 100 MW |
Outcomes of every application filed here
| Outcome | Projects | Capacity | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built | 5 | 1.1 GW | 12.2% |
| Still pending | 2 | 352 MW | 4.9% |
| Withdrawn | 34 | 6.0 GW | 82.9% |
| 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| GEN-2010-029 | Wind | 450 MW | withdrawn | 2010-05 | SPP |
| GEN-2008-087 | Wind | 300 MW | withdrawn | 2008-08 | SPP |
| GEN-2022-192 | Wind | 300 MW | withdrawn | 2023-02 | SPP |
| GEN-2011-023 | Wind | 299 MW | withdrawn | 2011-03 | SPP |
| GEN-2016-046 | Wind | 298 MW | completed | 2016-03 | SPP |
| GEN-2019-030 | Wind | 252 MW | active | 2019-04 | SPP |
| GEN-2005-012 | Wind | 248 MW | completed | 2005-08 | SPP |
| GEN-2012-042 | Gas | 220 MW | withdrawn | 2012-09 | SPP |
| GEN-2006-006 | Wind | 206 MW | withdrawn | 2006-02 | SPP |
| GEN-2011-059 | Wind | 201 MW | withdrawn | 2011-10 | SPP |
| GEN-2008-124 | Wind | 200 MW | completed | 2008-11 | SPP |
| GEN-2007-036 | Wind | 200 MW | withdrawn | 2007-09 | SPP |
| GEN-2007-037 | Wind | 200 MW | withdrawn | 2007-09 | SPP |
| GEN-2007-038 | Wind | 200 MW | withdrawn | 2007-09 | SPP |
| GEN-2017-030 | Wind | 200 MW | withdrawn | 2017-05 | SPP |
How this county ranks
Ford County ranks #727 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #17 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 Ford 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.