Murray County, MN interconnection queue
4 interconnection applications are pending in Murray County, MN, requesting 730 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 2 projects have been built here and 4 have been withdrawn since 2017.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 Murray County, by fuel
| Fuel | Projects | Capacity requested |
|---|---|---|
| Wind | 3 | 630 MW |
| Solar | 1 | 100 MW |
Outcomes of every application filed here
| Outcome | Projects | Capacity | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built | 2 | 170 MW | 20.0% |
| Still pending | 4 | 730 MW | 40.0% |
| Withdrawn | 4 | 325 MW | 40.0% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Mountain - Lyon County 345.0kV | Wind | 230 MW | active | 2025-09 | MISO |
| Lyon County - Cedar Mountain 345kV | Wind | 200 MW | active | 2022-09 | MISO |
| Cedar Mountain - Lyon County 345.0kV | Wind | 200 MW | active | 2025-10 | MISO |
| Cedar Mountain 345 kV Substation | Wind | 200 MW | withdrawn | 2017-06 | MISO |
| Fenton - Chanarambie 115kV Line | Solar | 150 MW | completed | 2017-06 | MISO |
| Chanarambie - ELLSBOROUGH (GRE) 115.0kV | Solar | 100 MW | active | 2021-09 | MISO |
| Chanarambie-Ellsborough 115kV Line | Solar | 60 MW | withdrawn | 2019-04 | MISO |
| Chanarambie 115 kV Substation | Solar | 50 MW | withdrawn | 2020-06 | MISO |
| Fenton - Chanarambie 115kV Line Tap | Solar | 20 MW | completed | 2018-03 | MISO |
| Moon Lake 69kV Substation | Solar | 15 MW | withdrawn | 2018-03 | MISO |
How this county ranks
Murray County ranks #497 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #8 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 |
| Cottonwood County | 3 | 700 MW |
Go deeper on Murray 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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