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Mower County, MN interconnection queue

5 interconnection applications are pending in Mower County, MN, requesting 1.0 GW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 2 projects have been built here and 8 have been withdrawn since 2015.

Pending applications
5
of 15 ever filed
Capacity queued
1.0 GW
requested, not committed
Already built
300 MW
2 projects connected
Built vs decided
20.0%
8 withdrawn
Median wait
0.9 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 Mower County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Solar51.0 GW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built2300 MW13.3%
Still pending51.0 GW33.3%
Withdrawn81.4 GW53.3%
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
ADAMSSolar500 MWactive2025-10MISO
NOT IN DROPDOWN MENUGas484 MWwithdrawn2024-04MISO
Murphy Creek 161kV substationSolar200 MWwithdrawn2021-08MISO
Pleasant Valley 345 kV SubstationSolar200 MWwithdrawn2021-10MISO
Adams to Hayward 161 kV TapSolar198 MWwithdrawn2022-09MISO
North Austin - Adams (ITC) 161.0kVSolar185 MWactive2025-02MISO
Adams 345 kV SubstationSolar150 MWcompleted2018-03MISO
Adams 345kV SubstationWind150 MWcompleted2018-03MISO
Rochester 161kV (A) to Adams 161kV (B)Solar147 MWactive2022-09MISO
YANKEESolar127 MWwithdrawn2025-08MISO
North Austin 161 kV SubstationSolar100 MWwithdrawn2018-03MISO
AdamsSolar100 MWactive2025-12MISO
AdamsSolar100 MWactive2025-12MISO
Adams Switch Yard 161kVWind25 MWwithdrawn2020-06MISO
Adams substation at 69 kVSolar20 MWwithdrawn2015-11MISO

How this county ranks

Mower County ranks #363 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #4 of 24 in Minnesota.

Other Minnesota counties in the queue

CountyPendingCapacity queued
Redwood County61.5 GW
Goodhue County51.1 GW
Olmsted County61.1 GW
Lyon County4935 MW
Clay County3920 MW
Dakota County6888 MW
Murray County4730 MW
Cottonwood County3700 MW

Go deeper on Mower 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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