Lyon County, MN interconnection queue
4 interconnection applications are pending in Lyon County, MN, requesting 935 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 2 projects have been built here and 6 have been withdrawn since 2006.
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 Lyon County, by fuel
| Fuel | Projects | Capacity requested |
|---|---|---|
| Solar | 2 | 485 MW |
| Wind | 2 | 450 MW |
Outcomes of every application filed here
| Outcome | Projects | Capacity | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built | 2 | 20 MW | 16.7% |
| Still pending | 4 | 935 MW | 33.3% |
| Withdrawn | 6 | 851 MW | 50.0% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other_ | Wind | 250 MW | active | 2024-04 | MISO |
| Other_ | Wind | 250 MW | withdrawn | 2024-04 | MISO |
| Lyon County - Brookings County 345.0kV | Solar | 250 MW | active | 2025-02 | MISO |
| Lake Yankton to Lyon County 115kV | Solar | 235 MW | active | 2022-09 | MISO |
| Hawks Nest Lake - Lyon County 345 kV Line Tap | Solar | 200 MW | withdrawn | 2019-04 | MISO |
| Lyon County 345kV Substation | Wind | 200 MW | withdrawn | 2016-11 | MISO |
| LYON COUNTY | Wind | 200 MW | active | 2024-04 | MISO |
| Lake Yankton to Buffalo Ridge 115kV | Wind | 165 MW | withdrawn | 2022-09 | MISO |
| Tracy 69 kV line | Solar | 32 MW | withdrawn | 2017-06 | MISO |
| GI-0601 | Wind | 10 MW | completed | 2006-02 | WAPA-IS |
| GI-0606 | Wind | 10 MW | completed | 2006-06 | WAPA-IS |
| GI-0914 | Wind | 4 MW | withdrawn | 2009-05 | WAPA-IS |
How this county ranks
Lyon County ranks #398 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #5 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 |
| Clay County | 3 | 920 MW |
| Dakota County | 6 | 888 MW |
| Murray County | 4 | 730 MW |
| Cottonwood County | 3 | 700 MW |
Go deeper on Lyon 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.