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Thomas County, KS interconnection queue

2 interconnection applications are pending in Thomas County, KS, requesting 701 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 3 projects have been built here and 10 have been withdrawn since 2006.

Pending applications
2
of 15 ever filed
Capacity queued
701 MW
requested, not committed
Already built
473 MW
3 projects connected
Built vs decided
23.1%
10 withdrawn
Median wait
0.2 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
509 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 Thomas County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Solar2701 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built3473 MW20.0%
Still pending2701 MW13.3%
Withdrawn101.6 GW66.7%
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-2026-SR30Solar504 MWactive2026-06SPP
GEN-2008-026Wind300 MWwithdrawn2008-04SPP
GEN-2007-047Wind204 MWwithdrawn2007-10SPP
GEN-2015-065Wind202 MWcompleted2015-10SPP
GEN-2017-013Wind200 MWwithdrawn2017-05SPP
GEN-2017-017Wind200 MWwithdrawn2017-05SPP
GEN-2026-SR29Solar197 MWactive2026-06SPP
GEN-2015-064Wind197 MWcompleted2015-10SPP
GEN-2015-011Gas172 MWwithdrawn2015-03SPP
GEN-2015-017Gas172 MWwithdrawn2015-03SPP
GEN-2006-040Wind108 MWwithdrawn2006-11SPP
GEN-2012-026Gas100 MWwithdrawn2012-09SPP
GEN-2017-083Wind100 MWwithdrawn2017-05SPP
GEN-2016-067Wind74 MWcompleted2016-03SPP
GEN-2006-041SWind20 MWwithdrawn2006-11SPP

How this county ranks

Thomas County ranks #508 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #7 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
Wyandotte County3598 MW
Butler County2585 MW

Go deeper on Thomas 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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