Pennington County, SD interconnection queue
1 interconnection applications are pending in Pennington County, SD, requesting 115 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 2 projects have been built here and 8 have been withdrawn since 2001.
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 Pennington County, by fuel
| Fuel | Projects | Capacity requested |
|---|---|---|
| Gas | 1 | 115 MW |
Outcomes of every application filed here
| Outcome | Projects | Capacity | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built | 2 | 204 MW | 18.2% |
| Still pending | 1 | 115 MW | 9.1% |
| Withdrawn | 8 | 1.3 GW | 72.7% |
| 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| GI-1106 | Coal | 500 MW | withdrawn | 2011-11 | WAPA-IS |
| GI-0813 | Wind | 200 MW | withdrawn | 2008-06 | WAPA-IS |
| GI-1104 | Wind | 200 MW | withdrawn | 2011-09 | WAPA-IS |
| GEN-2017-097 | Solar | 128 MW | completed | 2017-05 | SPP |
| BHBE G26 | Gas | 125 MW | withdrawn | 2024-06 | BHP |
| BHBE G25 | Gas | 115 MW | active | 2024-06 | BHP |
| GI-0504 | Wind | 100 MW | withdrawn | 2005-01 | WAPA-IS |
| GI-1005 | Wind | 99 MW | withdrawn | 2010-03 | WAPA-IS |
| GI-0507 | Gas | 76 MW | completed | 2005-03 | WAPA-IS |
| GI-0102 | Gas | 40 MW | withdrawn | 2001-04 | WAPA-IS |
| GEN-2017-096 | Solar | 25 MW | withdrawn | 2017-05 | SPP |
How this county ranks
Pennington County ranks #1072 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #11 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 Pennington 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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