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Montcalm County, MI interconnection queue

5 interconnection applications are pending in Montcalm County, MI, requesting 747 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 2 projects have been built here and 5 have been withdrawn since 2018.

Pending applications
5
of 12 ever filed
Capacity queued
747 MW
requested, not committed
Already built
400 MW
2 projects connected
Built vs decided
28.6%
5 withdrawn
Median wait
3.9 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
1.1 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 Montcalm County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Solar3507 MW
Hybrid2240 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built2400 MW16.7%
Still pending5747 MW41.7%
Withdrawn5999 MW41.7%
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
Vergennes - Nelson Rd 345 kV Line TapWind374 MWwithdrawn2018-03MISO
KENOWA - NELSON ROAD 345.0kVWind300 MWwithdrawn2025-01MISO
NELSON ROAD - VERGENNES 345.0kVSolar225 MWactive2024-04MISO
Eureka - Vestaburg 138 kV Line TapSolar200 MWcompleted2019-04MISO
Eureka to Vestaburg 138kVUnknown200 MWcompleted2024-11MISO
Eureka - Vestaburg 138kVSolar150 MWactive2022-09MISO
Kenowa to Nelson Rd. 345kVHybrid140 MWactive2022-09MISO
KENOWA - NELSON ROAD 345.0kVSolar132 MWactive2021-08MISO
Deja- Derby Jct 138kV Transmission lineSolar125 MWwithdrawn2021-08MISO
Eureka - Vestaburg 138kV Line TapWind100 MWwithdrawn2018-03MISO
Nelson Road to Kenowa 345 kV lineHybrid100 MWwithdrawn2021-08MISO
EUREKA - VESTABURG 138.0kVHybrid100 MWactive2021-11MISO

How this county ranks

Montcalm County ranks #492 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #21 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 Montcalm 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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