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Sumner County, KS interconnection queue

5 interconnection applications are pending in Sumner County, KS, requesting 863 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 2 projects have been built here and 9 have been withdrawn since 2008.

Pending applications
5
of 16 ever filed
Capacity queued
863 MW
requested, not committed
Already built
450 MW
2 projects connected
Built vs decided
18.2%
9 withdrawn
Median wait
8.2 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
506 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 Sumner County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Solar3462 MW
Wind2400 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built2450 MW12.5%
Still pending5863 MW31.2%
Withdrawn92.1 GW56.2%
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-2024-026Gas721 MWwithdrawn2024-10SPP
GEN-2016-104Wind400 MWwithdrawn2016-11SPP
GEN-2015-052Wind300 MWcompleted2015-10SPP
GEN-2022-214Solar239 MWactive2023-03SPP
GEN-2018-128Wind200 MWactive2018-11SPP
GEN-2008-127Wind200 MWwithdrawn2008-12SPP
GEN-2017-121Wind200 MWactive2017-11SPP
GEN-2017-185Wind200 MWwithdrawn2017-11SPP
GEN-2024-095Solar200 MWwithdrawn2025-03SPP
GEN-2011-057Wind150 MWcompleted2011-09SPP
GEN-2013-044Wind136 MWwithdrawn2013-12SPP
GEN-2015-083Wind125 MWwithdrawn2015-09SPP
GEN-2018-049Solar120 MWactive2018-05SPP
GEN-2023-113Solar117 MWwithdrawn2023-10SPP
GEN-2017-068Solar104 MWactive2017-05SPP

How this county ranks

Sumner County ranks #437 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #4 of 44 in Kansas.

Other Kansas counties in the queue

CountyPendingCapacity queued
Labette County31.4 GW
Sedgwick County6992 MW
Bourbon County4904 MW
Johnson County3778 MW
McPherson County3726 MW
Thomas County2701 MW
Wyandotte County3598 MW
Butler County2585 MW

Go deeper on Sumner 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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