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Ottawa County, MI interconnection queue

4 interconnection applications are pending in Ottawa County, MI, requesting 831 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 1 projects have been built here and 9 have been withdrawn since 2017.

Pending applications
4
of 14 ever filed
Capacity queued
831 MW
requested, not committed
Already built
200 MW
1 projects connected
Built vs decided
10.0%
9 withdrawn
Median wait
2.5 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
2.7 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 Ottawa County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Gas2671 MW
Solar2160 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built1200 MW7.1%
Still pending4831 MW28.6%
Withdrawn91.3 GW64.3%
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
ROOSEVELTGas616 MWactive2025-08MISO
TYLERSolar200 MWwithdrawn2024-04MISO
ROOSEVELTSolar200 MWwithdrawn2024-04MISO
Kenowa 345kVSolar200 MWwithdrawn2020-06MISO
Northern Fibre 138kVSolar200 MWwithdrawn2020-06MISO
ARGENTA - TALLMADGE 345.0kVSolar200 MWcompleted2021-12MISO
Kenowa 345kV SubstationWind150 MWwithdrawn2017-06MISO
Blendon 138 kVSolar100 MWactive2022-09MISO
Campbell - Blendon 138kV LineSolar100 MWwithdrawn2019-04MISO
Cobb - Archer Junction 138kV #2Solar100 MWwithdrawn2020-06MISO
Bass Creek - Black River 138 kV Line TapSolar99 MWwithdrawn2017-06MISO
Argenta to Tallmadge 345kV (33 miles from Argenta)Solar60 MWactive2021-08MISO
ROOSEVELTGas55 MWactive2025-08MISO
Tallmadge 138kVSolar50 MWwithdrawn2021-08MISO

How this county ranks

Ottawa County ranks #454 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #19 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 Ottawa 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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