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Burke County, ND interconnection queue

2 interconnection applications are pending in Burke County, ND, requesting 171 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 2 projects have been built here and 3 have been withdrawn since 2010.

Pending applications
2
of 7 ever filed
Capacity queued
171 MW
requested, not committed
Already built
202 MW
2 projects connected
Built vs decided
40.0%
3 withdrawn
Median wait
9.3 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
199 MW
indicator, see note

Source: interconnection queues published by SPP, WAPA-IS. 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 Burke County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Solar1170 MW
Gas11 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built2202 MW28.6%
Still pending2171 MW28.6%
Withdrawn3207 MW42.9%
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
GEN-2016-151Wind202 MWcompleted2016-11SPP
GEN-2023-SR4Solar170 MWactive2022-12SPP
GEN-2022-SR1Battery104 MWwithdrawn2022-03SPP
GEN-2016-152Wind102 MWwithdrawn2016-11SPP
GI-1010Gas1 MWwithdrawn2010-10WAPA-IS
GI-1103Gas1 MWactive2011-09WAPA-IS
GI-1009Gas0 MWcompleted2010-09WAPA-IS

How this county ranks

Burke County ranks #972 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #10 of 17 in North Dakota.

Other North Dakota counties in the queue

CountyPendingCapacity queued
Williams County52.2 GW
Cass County41.1 GW
Mercer County3534 MW
Morton County4450 MW
Stutsman County2447 MW
Oliver County2404 MW
Ward County3400 MW
Stark County2332 MW

Go deeper on Burke 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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