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Stark County, ND interconnection queue

2 interconnection applications are pending in Stark County, ND, requesting 332 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 1 projects have been built here and 8 have been withdrawn since 2002.

Pending applications
2
of 11 ever filed
Capacity queued
332 MW
requested, not committed
Already built
150 MW
1 projects connected
Built vs decided
11.1%
8 withdrawn
Median wait
11.1 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
300 MW
indicator, see note

Source: interconnection queues published by 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 Stark County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Wind2332 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built1150 MW9.1%
Still pending2332 MW18.2%
Withdrawn81.5 GW72.7%
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
GI-0217Coal500 MWwithdrawn2002-11WAPA-IS
GEN-2022-220Solar250 MWwithdrawn2023-03SPP
GEN-2023-198Solar250 MWwithdrawn2023-10SPP
GI-1312Wind201 MWwithdrawn2013-11WAPA-IS
GI-1502Wind182 MWactive2015-03WAPA-IS
GI-1414Wind150 MWcompleted2014-10WAPA-IS
GI-1415Wind150 MWwithdrawn2014-11WAPA-IS
GI-1509Wind150 MWactive2015-09WAPA-IS
GEN-2015-091Wind101 MWwithdrawn2015-10SPP
GEN-2016-066Wind13 MWwithdrawn2016-03SPP
GEN-2016-065Wind7 MWwithdrawn2016-03SPP

How this county ranks

Stark County ranks #743 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #8 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
Dickey County1300 MW

Go deeper on Stark 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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