Meade County, SD interconnection queue
2 interconnection applications are pending in Meade County, SD, requesting 100 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 0 projects have been built here and 6 have been withdrawn since 2008.
Source: interconnection queues published by BHP. 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 Meade County, by fuel
| Fuel | Projects | Capacity requested |
|---|---|---|
| Solar | 2 | 100 MW |
Outcomes of every application filed here
| Outcome | Projects | Capacity | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built | 0 | 0 MW | 0.0% |
| Still pending | 2 | 100 MW | 25.0% |
| Withdrawn | 6 | 955 MW | 75.0% |
| 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| GI-0810 | Wind | 300 MW | withdrawn | 2008-05 | WAPA-IS |
| GEN-2017-098 | Wind | 200 MW | withdrawn | 2017-05 | SPP |
| GI-1402 | Solar | 200 MW | withdrawn | 2014-02 | WAPA-IS |
| GI-0929 | Wind | 120 MW | withdrawn | 2009-10 | WAPA-IS |
| GEN-2022-067 | Solar | 85 MW | withdrawn | 2022-08 | SPP |
| BHBE G15 | Solar | 80 MW | active | 2021-05 | BHP |
| BHBE G8 | Wind | 50 MW | withdrawn | 2009-02 | BHP |
| BHBE G22 | Solar | 20 MW | active | 2022-10 | BHP |
How this county ranks
Meade County ranks #1101 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #12 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 Meade 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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