Cottonwood County, MN interconnection queue
3 interconnection applications are pending in Cottonwood County, MN, requesting 700 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 0 projects have been built here and 7 have been withdrawn since 2017.
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 Cottonwood County, by fuel
| Fuel | Projects | Capacity requested |
|---|---|---|
| Wind | 2 | 400 MW |
| Unknown | 1 | 300 MW |
Outcomes of every application filed here
| Outcome | Projects | Capacity | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built | 0 | 0 MW | 0.0% |
| Still pending | 3 | 700 MW | 30.0% |
| Withdrawn | 7 | 1.2 GW | 70.0% |
| Suspended | 0 | — | 0.0% |
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
| Project | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Filed | Queue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crandall 345 kV Substation | Hybrid | 335 MW | withdrawn | 2019-04 | MISO |
| Lakefield Junction 345kV | Unknown | 300 MW | active | 2024-07 | MISO |
| Crandall 345 kV Substation | Hybrid | 289 MW | withdrawn | 2022-09 | MISO |
| Lyon County - Cedar Mountain 345kV | Wind | 200 MW | active | 2022-09 | MISO |
| Cedar Mountain 345kV Substation | Wind | 200 MW | withdrawn | 2017-06 | MISO |
| crandal | Wind | 200 MW | active | 2022-09 | MISO |
| Lakefield Generation SW 345kV Substation | Wind | 150 MW | withdrawn | 2018-03 | MISO |
| Lakefield Generation SW 345kV Substation | Solar | 130 MW | withdrawn | 2018-03 | MISO |
| Crandall 345kV Substation | Solar | 60 MW | withdrawn | 2022-09 | MISO |
| Mountain Lake 69kV Substation | Solar | 2 MW | withdrawn | 2017-06 | MISO |
How this county ranks
Cottonwood County ranks #511 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #9 of 24 in Minnesota.
Other Minnesota counties in the queue
| County | Pending | Capacity queued |
|---|---|---|
| Redwood County | 6 | 1.5 GW |
| Goodhue County | 5 | 1.1 GW |
| Olmsted County | 6 | 1.1 GW |
| Mower County | 5 | 1.0 GW |
| Lyon County | 4 | 935 MW |
| Clay County | 3 | 920 MW |
| Dakota County | 6 | 888 MW |
| Murray County | 4 | 730 MW |
Go deeper on Cottonwood 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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