Cooke County, TX interconnection queue
5 interconnection applications are pending in Cooke County, TX, requesting 948 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 3 projects have been built here and 1 have been withdrawn since 2017.
Source: interconnection queues published by ERCOT. 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 Cooke County, by fuel
| Fuel | Projects | Capacity requested |
|---|---|---|
| Battery | 4 | 768 MW |
| Wind | 1 | 180 MW |
Outcomes of every application filed here
| Outcome | Projects | Capacity | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built | 3 | 79 MW | 27.3% |
| Still pending | 5 | 948 MW | 45.5% |
| Withdrawn | 1 | 50 MW | 9.1% |
| Suspended | 2 | — | 18.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Two Forks BESS | Battery | 310 MW | active | 2024-01 | ERCOT |
| 18-ALPHA BESS | Battery | 307 MW | active | 2028-01 | ERCOT |
| WILDWIND | Wind | 180 MW | active | 2020-01 | ERCOT |
| Mountain Springs BESS | Battery | 151 MW | active | 2026-01 | ERCOT |
| Backwater Storage | Battery | 100 MW | suspended | 2021-09 | ERCOT |
| Backwater Solar | Solar | 80 MW | suspended | 2021-08 | ERCOT |
| Rippey Solar | Solar | 60 MW | completed | 2017-10 | ERCOT |
| Amber Storage | Other | 50 MW | withdrawn | 2021-03 | ERCOT |
| Muenster BESS | Other | 10 MW | completed | — | ERCOT |
| Wolf Ridge Repower | Wind | 9 MW | completed | 2020-06 | ERCOT |
| Trojan BESS SLF | Battery | 0 MW | active | 2024-01 | ERCOT |
How this county ranks
Cooke County ranks #394 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #127 of 183 in Texas.
Other Texas counties in the queue
| County | Pending | Capacity queued |
|---|---|---|
| Pecos County | 55 | 21.2 GW |
| Brazoria County | 55 | 11.7 GW |
| Milam County | 33 | 9.2 GW |
| Wharton County | 40 | 9.1 GW |
| Jack County | 18 | 8.6 GW |
| Hill County | 23 | 8.0 GW |
| Reeves County | 21 | 7.8 GW |
| Wilbarger County | 20 | 7.0 GW |
Go deeper on Cooke 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.