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Custer County, NE interconnection queue

2 interconnection applications are pending in Custer County, NE, requesting 500 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 2 projects have been built here and 9 have been withdrawn since 2006.

Pending applications
2
of 13 ever filed
Capacity queued
500 MW
requested, not committed
Already built
155 MW
2 projects connected
Built vs decided
18.2%
9 withdrawn
Median wait
9.7 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
166 MW
indicator, see note

Source: interconnection queues published by BHP, SPP. 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 Custer County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Wind2500 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built2155 MW15.4%
Still pending2500 MW15.4%
Withdrawn91.2 GW69.2%
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
BHBE G13Wind300 MWactive2017-07BHP
GEN-2017-001Wind250 MWwithdrawn2016-12SPP
GEN-2023-133Wind250 MWwithdrawn2023-10SPP
GEN-2016-074Wind200 MWactive2016-04SPP
GEN-2024-233Wind150 MWwithdrawn2025-03SPP
GEN-2016-026Wind120 MWwithdrawn2016-03SPP
GEN-2006-038N006Wind100 MWwithdrawn2006-10SPP
GEN-2006-038N007Wind100 MWwithdrawn2006-10SPP
GEN-2016-025Wind100 MWwithdrawn2016-03SPP
GEN-2006-038N005Wind80 MWcompleted2006-10SPP
GEN-2006-037N1Wind75 MWcompleted2006-10SPP
GEN-2010-038Wind75 MWwithdrawn2010-08SPP
GEN-2012-039Wind75 MWwithdrawn2012-09SPP

How this county ranks

Custer County ranks #621 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #5 of 25 in Nebraska.

Other Nebraska counties in the queue

CountyPendingCapacity queued
Lancaster County173.3 GW
Cass County92.3 GW
Gage County61.5 GW
Burt County41.1 GW
Lincoln County2456 MW
Douglas County3450 MW
Scotts Bluff County1400 MW
Washington County2300 MW

Go deeper on Custer 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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