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Brookings County, SD interconnection queue

2 interconnection applications are pending in Brookings County, SD, requesting 980 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 3 projects have been built here and 8 have been withdrawn since 2001.

Pending applications
2
of 13 ever filed
Capacity queued
980 MW
requested, not committed
Already built
308 MW
3 projects connected
Built vs decided
27.3%
8 withdrawn
Median wait
1.4 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
682 MW
indicator, see note

Source: interconnection queues published by MISO. 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 Brookings County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Solar2980 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built3308 MW23.1%
Still pending2980 MW15.4%
Withdrawn81.3 GW61.5%
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
Split Rock - White (WAPA) 345.0kVSolar490 MWactive2025-04MISO
BROOKINGS COUNTYSolar490 MWactive2025-04MISO
GI-0704Gas240 MWcompleted2007-03WAPA-IS
GI-0108Wind200 MWwithdrawn2001-08WAPA-IS
GI-0312Wind200 MWwithdrawn2003-04WAPA-IS
BROOKINGS COUNTYSolar175 MWwithdrawn2024-04MISO
GEN-2023-082Battery175 MWwithdrawn2023-10SPP
GI-0303Wind170 MWwithdrawn2003-03WAPA-IS
GI-0106Wind150 MWwithdrawn2001-07WAPA-IS
GI-0116Wind150 MWwithdrawn2001-11WAPA-IS
Brookings - Yankee 115kV Line TapSolar100 MWwithdrawn2018-03MISO
GI-0716Gas60 MWcompleted2007-07WAPA-IS
GI-0405Other8 MWcompleted2004-05WAPA-IS

How this county ranks

Brookings County ranks #376 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #3 of 19 in South Dakota.

Other South Dakota counties in the queue

CountyPendingCapacity queued
Campbell County102.1 GW
Deuel County21.3 GW
Grant County2500 MW
McPherson County2400 MW
Brown County3374 MW
Day County1300 MW
Bon Homme County1200 MW
Clark County1200 MW

Go deeper on Brookings 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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