Polk County, MN interconnection queue
1 interconnection applications are pending in Polk County, MN, requesting 150 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 0 projects have been built here and 8 have been withdrawn since 2018.
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 Polk County, by fuel
| Fuel | Projects | Capacity requested |
|---|---|---|
| Solar | 1 | 150 MW |
Outcomes of every application filed here
| Outcome | Projects | Capacity | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built | 0 | 0 MW | 0.0% |
| Still pending | 1 | 150 MW | 11.1% |
| Withdrawn | 8 | 1.3 GW | 88.9% |
| 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| Other_ | Solar | 395 MW | withdrawn | 2025-02 | MISO |
| Winger 115kV Substation | Wind | 300 MW | withdrawn | 2018-03 | MISO |
| Other_ | Solar | 218 MW | withdrawn | 2025-02 | MISO |
| Winger | Solar | 150 MW | withdrawn | 2021-09 | MISO |
| Winger 115kV | Solar | 150 MW | active | 2022-09 | MISO |
| Praire - Winger 230kV | Solar | 90 MW | withdrawn | 2021-07 | MISO |
| Crookston | Solar | 60 MW | withdrawn | 2021-08 | MISO |
| Praire - Winger | Solar | 45 MW | withdrawn | 2021-07 | MISO |
| Crookston | Solar | 30 MW | withdrawn | 2021-08 | MISO |
How this county ranks
Polk County ranks #1005 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #20 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 Polk 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.