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Portage County, WI interconnection queue

5 interconnection applications are pending in Portage County, WI, requesting 1.6 GW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 2 projects have been built here and 8 have been withdrawn since 2020.

Pending applications
5
of 15 ever filed
Capacity queued
1.6 GW
requested, not committed
Already built
398 MW
2 projects connected
Built vs decided
20.0%
8 withdrawn
Median wait
4.2 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
25 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 Portage County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Solar41.2 GW
Gas1350 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built2398 MW13.3%
Still pending51.6 GW33.3%
Withdrawn8925 MW53.3%
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
Rocky Run to Werner West 345 kVSolar399 MWactive2022-06MISO
Rocky Run to Werner West 345 kV lineSolar399 MWactive2022-06MISO
Rocky Run to Werner West 345 kV lineSolar399 MWactive2022-06MISO
Rocky Run - Gardner Park 345.0kVGas350 MWactive2022-09MISO
PloverSolar250 MWcompleted2020-06MISO
Plover 115 kV Substation (J1573 substation)Solar200 MWwithdrawn2022-09MISO
Werner West - Rocky Run 345kVSolar160 MWwithdrawn2022-09MISO
Werner West - Rocky Run 345kVSolar150 MWwithdrawn2021-11MISO
Werner West - Rocky Run 345kVSolar150 MWwithdrawn2021-11MISO
Golden Sands - Arnott (O-119)Solar148 MWcompleted2022-05MISO
Werner West - Rocky Run 345kVSolar115 MWwithdrawn2022-09MISO
Werner West - Rocky Run 345kVSolar75 MWwithdrawn2021-11MISO
Werner West - Rocky Run 345kVSolar75 MWwithdrawn2021-11MISO
Arnott - Golden Sands 138.0kVSolar50 MWactive2025-10MISO
Arnott - Golden Sands 138.0kVSolar0 MWwithdrawn2022-05MISO

How this county ranks

Portage County ranks #243 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #3 of 18 in Wisconsin.

Other Wisconsin counties in the queue

CountyPendingCapacity queued
Kenosha County61.9 GW
Walworth County41.6 GW
Dane County31.3 GW
Columbia County61.3 GW
Fond du Lac County2625 MW
Rock County5510 MW
Waushara County4330 MW
Barron County3295 MW

Go deeper on Portage 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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