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Ionia County, MI interconnection queue

2 interconnection applications are pending in Ionia County, MI, requesting 398 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 2 projects have been built here and 9 have been withdrawn since 2017.

Pending applications
2
of 13 ever filed
Capacity queued
398 MW
requested, not committed
Already built
398 MW
2 projects connected
Built vs decided
18.2%
9 withdrawn
Median wait
1.6 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
8 MW
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 Ionia County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Solar1200 MW
Wind1198 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built2398 MW15.4%
Still pending2398 MW15.4%
Withdrawn91.4 GW69.2%
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
Marquette - Vergennes 138 kV Line TapWind200 MWwithdrawn2018-03MISO
Marquette - Vergennes 138 kV Line TapSolar200 MWcompleted2019-04MISO
Marquette 138 kV SubstationSolar200 MWwithdrawn2019-04MISO
BINGHAM - MARQUETTE 138.0kVSolar200 MWactive2024-04MISO
Other_Solar200 MWwithdrawn2024-08MISO
PeddlerSolar200 MWwithdrawn2024-08MISO
Thompson Road 138kV SubstationWind198 MWcompleted2019-04MISO
PeddlerWind198 MWactive2025-08MISO
American Bumper Junction to David Junction 138KvSolar150 MWwithdrawn2020-06MISO
Burnips to Tremaine 138 kV lineHybrid150 MWwithdrawn2021-07MISO
Thompson Road 138 kV SubstationWind147 MWwithdrawn2017-06MISO
Marquette - North Belding 138kVSolar100 MWwithdrawn2022-09MISO
Marquette - Vergennes 138 kV Line TapSolar20 MWwithdrawn2019-04MISO

How this county ranks

Ionia County ranks #703 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #30 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 Ionia 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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