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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requesting 450 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 2 projects have been built here and 10 have been withdrawn since 2003.

Pending applications
4
of 16 ever filed
Capacity queued
450 MW
requested, not committed
Already built
118 MW
2 projects connected
Built vs decided
16.7%
10 withdrawn
Median wait
4.5 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
994 MW
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 Morton County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Wind4450 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built2118 MW12.5%
Still pending4450 MW25.0%
Withdrawn102.1 GW62.5%
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
Mandan 230 kVWind500 MWwithdrawn2021-11MISO
GEN-2023-054Solar400 MWwithdrawn2023-10SPP
GI-0911Wind400 MWwithdrawn2009-04WAPA-IS
GEN-2017-056Wind210 MWwithdrawn2017-05SPP
Mandan BN-Northwest Mandan 115kV LineSolar200 MWwithdrawn2020-06MISO
Square Butte 230 kV Substation EastWind150 MWactive2022-09MISO
GI-0926Wind110 MWcompleted2009-10WAPA-IS
Heskitt 115 kV SwitchyardGas103 MWwithdrawn2019-04MISO
Mandan 230 kVSolar100 MWwithdrawn2021-08MISO
Tri-County 230 kV SubstationWind100 MWactive2021-08MISO
Tri-county 230kV subWind100 MWwithdrawn2017-06MISO
Tri-county 230 kV substationWind100 MWwithdrawn2017-06MISO
Tri-County 230 kV SubstationWind100 MWactive2021-08MISO
Square Butte 230 kV Substation EastWind100 MWactive2022-09MISO
GI-0614bOther10 MWwithdrawn2006-09WAPA-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

CountyPendingCapacity queued
Williams County52.2 GW
Cass County41.1 GW
Mercer County3534 MW
Stutsman County2447 MW
Oliver County2404 MW
Ward County3400 MW
Stark County2332 MW
Dickey County1300 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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