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Lancaster County, NE interconnection queue

17 interconnection applications are pending in Lancaster County, NE, requesting 3.3 GW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 0 projects have been built here and 17 have been withdrawn since 2006.

Pending applications
17
of 35 ever filed
Capacity queued
3.3 GW
requested, not committed
Already built
0 MW
0 projects connected
Built vs decided
0.0%
17 withdrawn
Median wait
5.3 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
808 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 Lancaster County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Gas61.8 GW
Solar91.0 GW
Wind2428 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built00 MW0.0%
Still pending173.3 GW48.6%
Withdrawn174.5 GW48.6%
Suspended12.9%

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-2007-011N02Coal600 MWwithdrawn2007-03SPP
GEN-2024-021Gas540 MWactive2024-10SPP
GEN-2019-007Solar500 MWwithdrawn2019-04SPP
GEN-2023-224Gas478 MWactive2023-10SPP
GEN-2007-011N01Coal400 MWwithdrawn2007-03SPP
GEN-2018-066Solar400 MWwithdrawn2018-10SPP
GEN-2024-020Gas390 MWactive2024-10SPP
GEN-2017-181Wind300 MWactive2017-11SPP
GEN-2021-060Wind300 MWwithdrawn2021-04SPP
GEN-2022-198Solar300 MWwithdrawn2023-02SPP
GEN-2021-043Solar250 MWactive2021-04SPP
GEN-2021-073Solar240 MWwithdrawn2021-05SPP
GEN-2022-210Solar240 MWwithdrawn2023-03SPP
GEN-2017-055Solar228 MWwithdrawn2017-05SPP
GEN-2021-049Solar225 MWactive2021-04SPP

How this county ranks

Lancaster County ranks #100 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #1 of 25 in Nebraska.

Other Nebraska counties in the queue

CountyPendingCapacity queued
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
Washington County2300 MW

Go deeper on Lancaster 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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