Morton County, ND interconnection queue
4 interconnection applications are pending in Morton County, ND, requesting 450 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 2 projects have been built here and 10 have been withdrawn since 2003.
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 Morton County, by fuel
| Fuel | Projects | Capacity requested |
|---|---|---|
| Wind | 4 | 450 MW |
Outcomes of every application filed here
| Outcome | Projects | Capacity | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built | 2 | 118 MW | 12.5% |
| Still pending | 4 | 450 MW | 25.0% |
| Withdrawn | 10 | 2.1 GW | 62.5% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mandan 230 kV | Wind | 500 MW | withdrawn | 2021-11 | MISO |
| GEN-2023-054 | Solar | 400 MW | withdrawn | 2023-10 | SPP |
| GI-0911 | Wind | 400 MW | withdrawn | 2009-04 | WAPA-IS |
| GEN-2017-056 | Wind | 210 MW | withdrawn | 2017-05 | SPP |
| Mandan BN-Northwest Mandan 115kV Line | Solar | 200 MW | withdrawn | 2020-06 | MISO |
| Square Butte 230 kV Substation East | Wind | 150 MW | active | 2022-09 | MISO |
| GI-0926 | Wind | 110 MW | completed | 2009-10 | WAPA-IS |
| Heskitt 115 kV Switchyard | Gas | 103 MW | withdrawn | 2019-04 | MISO |
| Mandan 230 kV | Solar | 100 MW | withdrawn | 2021-08 | MISO |
| Tri-County 230 kV Substation | Wind | 100 MW | active | 2021-08 | MISO |
| Tri-county 230kV sub | Wind | 100 MW | withdrawn | 2017-06 | MISO |
| Tri-county 230 kV substation | Wind | 100 MW | withdrawn | 2017-06 | MISO |
| Tri-County 230 kV Substation | Wind | 100 MW | active | 2021-08 | MISO |
| Square Butte 230 kV Substation East | Wind | 100 MW | active | 2022-09 | MISO |
| GI-0614b | Other | 10 MW | withdrawn | 2006-09 | WAPA-IS |
How this county ranks
Morton County ranks #660 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #4 of 17 in North Dakota.
Other North Dakota counties in the queue
| County | Pending | Capacity queued |
|---|---|---|
| Williams County | 5 | 2.2 GW |
| Cass County | 4 | 1.1 GW |
| Mercer County | 3 | 534 MW |
| Stutsman County | 2 | 447 MW |
| Oliver County | 2 | 404 MW |
| Ward County | 3 | 400 MW |
| Stark County | 2 | 332 MW |
| Dickey County | 1 | 300 MW |
Go deeper on Morton 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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