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Jefferson County, NE interconnection queue

1 interconnection applications are pending in Jefferson County, NE, requesting 50 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 3 projects have been built here and 7 have been withdrawn since 2006.

Pending applications
1
of 11 ever filed
Capacity queued
50 MW
requested, not committed
Already built
79 MW
3 projects connected
Built vs decided
30.0%
7 withdrawn
Median wait
3.1 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
79 MW
indicator, see note

Source: interconnection queues published by 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 Jefferson County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Solar150 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built379 MW27.3%
Still pending150 MW9.1%
Withdrawn7758 MW63.6%
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-2023-011Wind190 MWwithdrawn2023-10SPP
GEN-2015-100Wind120 MWwithdrawn2015-12SPP
GEN-2016-109Wind102 MWwithdrawn2016-11SPP
GEN-2006-038N004Wind100 MWwithdrawn2006-10SPP
GEN-2010-044Wind99 MWwithdrawn2010-09SPP
GEN-2014-006Wind75 MWwithdrawn2014-03SPP
GEN-2011-018Wind74 MWcompleted2011-03SPP
GEN-2010-047Wind72 MWwithdrawn2010-09SPP
GEN-2023-SR19Solar50 MWactive2023-06SPP
GEN-2014-004Wind4 MWcompleted2014-02SPP
GEN-2013-008Wind1 MWcompleted2013-03SPP

How this county ranks

Jefferson County ranks #1177 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #15 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
Custer County2500 MW
Lincoln County2456 MW
Douglas County3450 MW
Scotts Bluff County1400 MW

Go deeper on Jefferson 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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