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Brown County, SD interconnection queue

3 interconnection applications are pending in Brown County, SD, requesting 374 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 5 projects have been built here and 8 have been withdrawn since 2003.

Pending applications
3
of 16 ever filed
Capacity queued
374 MW
requested, not committed
Already built
384 MW
5 projects connected
Built vs decided
38.5%
8 withdrawn
Median wait
2.5 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
327 MW
indicator, see note

Source: interconnection queues published by NWMT, SPP, WAPA-IS. 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 Brown County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Hybrid1270 MW
Wind199 MW
Gas15 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built5384 MW31.2%
Still pending3374 MW18.8%
Withdrawn8868 MW50.0%
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-2024-035Hybrid270 MWactive2024-10SPP
Ellendale 345 - Twin Brooks 345.0kVWind250 MWwithdrawn2021-08MISO
GI-0820Gas120 MWwithdrawn2008-07WAPA-IS
GI-0316Gas110 MWcompleted2003-08WAPA-IS
GI-0608Gas106 MWcompleted2006-07WAPA-IS
GEN-2023-084Solar100 MWwithdrawn2023-10SPP
GI-0918Wind100 MWcompleted2009-06WAPA-IS
GI-0910Wind99 MWwithdrawn2009-03WAPA-IS
GI-1214Wind99 MWwithdrawn2012-10WAPA-IS
GI-1411Wind99 MWwithdrawn2014-08WAPA-IS
GI-1505Wind99 MWactive2015-04WAPA-IS
GI-0819Gas96 MWwithdrawn2008-07WAPA-IS
GI-1004Gas60 MWcompleted2010-03WAPA-IS
GI-0314Other8 MWcompleted2003-06WAPA-IS
403Gas5 MWwithdrawn2021-01NWMT

How this county ranks

Brown County ranks #716 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #6 of 19 in South Dakota.

Other South Dakota counties in the queue

CountyPendingCapacity queued
Campbell County102.1 GW
Deuel County21.3 GW
Brookings County2980 MW
Grant County2500 MW
McPherson County2400 MW
Day County1300 MW
Bon Homme County1200 MW
Clark County1200 MW

Go deeper on Brown 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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