Beadle County, SD interconnection queue
2 interconnection applications are pending in Beadle County, SD, requesting 2 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 4 projects have been built here and 6 have been withdrawn since 2003.
Source: interconnection queues published by NWMT. 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 Beadle County, by fuel
| Fuel | Projects | Capacity requested |
|---|---|---|
| Gas | 2 | 2 MW |
Outcomes of every application filed here
| Outcome | Projects | Capacity | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built | 4 | 62 MW | 33.3% |
| Still pending | 2 | 2 MW | 16.7% |
| Withdrawn | 6 | 1.4 GW | 50.0% |
| Suspended | 0 | — | 0.0% |
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
| Project | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Filed | Queue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GI-0318 | Coal | 500 MW | withdrawn | 2003-08 | WAPA-IS |
| GEN-2017-200 | Wind | 302 MW | withdrawn | 2017-11 | SPP |
| GEN-2021-009 | Battery | 225 MW | withdrawn | 2021-05 | SPP |
| GEN-2017-199 | Battery | 202 MW | withdrawn | 2017-11 | SPP |
| GI-0323 | Coal | 100 MW | withdrawn | 2003-09 | WAPA-IS |
| GI-0607 | Coal | 100 MW | withdrawn | 2006-06 | WAPA-IS |
| 364 | Gas | 58 MW | completed | 2019-05 | NWMT |
| 414 | Gas | 2 MW | completed | 2021-08 | NWMT |
| 462 | Gas | 2 MW | active | 2024-06 | NWMT |
| GI-0908 | Oil | 2 MW | completed | 2009-02 | WAPA-IS |
| 463 | Gas | 0 MW | active | 2024-06 | NWMT |
| 336 | Solar | 0 MW | completed | 2017-10 | NWMT |
How this county ranks
Beadle County ranks #1252 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #13 of 19 in South Dakota.
Other South Dakota counties in the queue
| County | Pending | Capacity queued |
|---|---|---|
| Campbell County | 10 | 2.1 GW |
| Deuel County | 2 | 1.3 GW |
| Brookings County | 2 | 980 MW |
| Grant County | 2 | 500 MW |
| McPherson County | 2 | 400 MW |
| Brown County | 3 | 374 MW |
| Day County | 1 | 300 MW |
| Bon Homme County | 1 | 200 MW |
Go deeper on Beadle 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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