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Bay County, MI interconnection queue

6 interconnection applications are pending in Bay County, MI, requesting 854 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 0 projects have been built here and 11 have been withdrawn since 2021.

Pending applications
6
of 17 ever filed
Capacity queued
854 MW
requested, not committed
Already built
0 MW
0 projects connected
Built vs decided
0.0%
11 withdrawn
Median wait
2.3 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
1.4 GW
indicator, see note

Source: interconnection queues published by MISO. 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 Bay County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Solar3385 MW
Wind2304 MW
Hybrid1165 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built00 MW0.0%
Still pending6854 MW35.3%
Withdrawn111.9 GW64.7%
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
Other_Wind254 MWactive2024-04MISO
Gallagher-Tittabawassee 345kV Transmission LineSolar200 MWwithdrawn2022-09MISO
Gallagher-Tittabawassee 345kV Transmission LineSolar200 MWwithdrawn2021-08MISO
Gallagher-Tittabawassee 345kV Transmission LineSolar200 MWwithdrawn2021-08MISO
Gallagher-Tittabawassee 345kV Transmission LineSolar200 MWwithdrawn2022-09MISO
TITTABAWASSEE 345kV- GALLEGHER 345kVWind200 MWwithdrawn2025-01MISO
Other_Solar175 MWwithdrawn2024-04MISO
BAUER - HAMPTON 1 345.0kVHybrid165 MWactive2025-03MISO
Other_Solar150 MWactive2024-04MISO
Almeda Junction-Shale 138kVSolar150 MWwithdrawn2022-09MISO
Cottage Grove-Karn 138 kVSolar150 MWwithdrawn2021-08MISO
Almeda Junction-Shale 138kV Transmission LineSolar150 MWwithdrawn2021-08MISO
Cottage Grove-Seven Mile 138 kVSolar150 MWwithdrawn2021-08MISO
Other_Solar150 MWactive2024-04MISO
MONITORSolar150 MWwithdrawn2024-04MISO

How this county ranks

Bay County ranks #440 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #18 of 42 in Michigan.

Other Michigan counties in the queue

CountyPendingCapacity queued
Monroe County73.9 GW
Huron County163.6 GW
Livingston County62.3 GW
Branch County72.3 GW
Van Buren County112.3 GW
Washtenaw County72.2 GW
Saginaw County101.8 GW
Genesee County41.4 GW

Go deeper on Bay 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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