Minnesota Interconnection Projects

Name: Minnesota interconnection projects
Creator: interXdata

interXdata tracks 2,137 interconnection projects in Minnesota representing 139,119 MW of requested capacity. The dominant technology by capacity is Wind. The most active counties are Dakota, Stearns, Chisago.

2,137Total projects

48Active

1,587Operational

492Withdrawn

139,119 MWRequested capacity

4,451 MWActive capacity

Technology mix

Technology	Projects	Requested capacity
Wind	534	61,739 MW
Solar	894	25,961 MW
Gas	176	24,802 MW
Battery	87	13,433 MW
Other	422	10,576 MW
Coal	8	2,165 MW
Nuclear	6	322 MW
Diesel	8	109 MW
Geothermal+Other	1	8 MW
Wind+Gas	1	5 MW

Counties

County	Projects	Requested capacity
Dakota	102	7,189 MW
Stearns	79	1,013 MW
Chisago	79	4,367 MW
Olmsted	69	4,250 MW
Goodhue	65	6,400 MW
Pipestone	61	1,427 MW
Sherburne	52	4,816 MW
Mower	49	7,233 MW
Lincoln	48	3,071 MW
Wright	48	5,015 MW
Blue Earth	47	3,034 MW
Rice	47	1,603 MW
Lyon	45	3,851 MW
McLeod	44	808 MW
Nobles	43	2,501 MW
Benton	42	4,749 MW
Hennepin	42	1,283 MW
Renville	40	998 MW
Murray	39	2,621 MW
Martin	38	3,009 MW
Dodge	37	2,911 MW
Washington	36	1,503 MW
Cottonwood	36	2,492 MW
Waseca	33	288 MW
Jackson	33	2,955 MW
Redwood	32	2,017 MW
Pope	32	156 MW
Clay	30	2,214 MW
Carver	30	281 MW
Kandiyohi	27	995 MW
Scott	27	5,355 MW
Carlton	26	182 MW
Chippewa	26	266 MW
Faribault	24	1,191 MW
Steele	23	704 MW
Meeker	22	1,806 MW
Le Sueur	22	94 MW
Freeborn	21	2,777 MW
Winona	20	42 MW
Brown	20	222 MW

Largest projects

Project	Queue ID	Technology	Capacity	Status	Location
MISO Queue Project G903 — Wind in Wright, Minnesota	G903	Wind	2,000.0 MW	withdrawn	Wright, Minnesota
MISO Queue Project G898 — Wind in Benton, Minnesota	G898	Wind	1,500.0 MW	withdrawn	Benton, Minnesota
MISO Queue Project G882 — Wind in Dodge, Minnesota	G882	Wind	1,500.0 MW	withdrawn	Dodge, Minnesota
MISO Queue Project G883 — Wind in Olmsted, Minnesota	G883	Wind	1,500.0 MW	withdrawn	Olmsted, Minnesota
MISO Queue Project G895 — Wind in Scott, Minnesota	G895	Wind	1,500.0 MW	withdrawn	Scott, Minnesota
MISO Queue Project G896 — Wind in Scott, Minnesota	G896	Wind	1,500.0 MW	withdrawn	Scott, Minnesota
MISO Queue Project G897 — Wind in Benton, Minnesota	G897	Wind	1,500.0 MW	withdrawn	Benton, Minnesota
MISO Queue Project G259 — Gas in Dakota, Minnesota	G259	Gas	1,100.0 MW	withdrawn	Dakota, Minnesota
MISO Queue Project G260 — Gas in Goodhue, Minnesota	G260	Gas	1,061.0 MW	withdrawn	Goodhue, Minnesota
MISO Queue Project G266 — Gas in Scott, Minnesota	G266	Gas	1,005.0 MW	withdrawn	Scott, Minnesota
MISO Queue Project G899 — Wind in Wright, Minnesota	G899	Wind	1,000.0 MW	withdrawn	Wright, Minnesota
MISO Queue Project G900 — Wind in Wright, Minnesota	G900	Wind	1,000.0 MW	withdrawn	Wright, Minnesota
Lakefield Generation SW - LAKEFIELD JCT 345.0kV	J4161	Solar	1,000.0 MW	withdrawn	Watonwan, Minnesota
Sherburne County	6090_3	Other	938.7 MW	operational	Sherburne, Minnesota
MISO Queue Project G264 — Gas in Chisago, Minnesota	G264	Gas	905.0 MW	withdrawn	Chisago, Minnesota
MISO Queue Project G975 — Gas in Chisago, Minnesota	G975	Gas	855.0 MW	withdrawn	Chisago, Minnesota
Sherburne County	6090_1	Other	765.3 MW	operational	Sherburne, Minnesota
MISO Queue Project G223 — Gas in Dakota, Minnesota	G223	Gas	750.0 MW	withdrawn	Dakota, Minnesota
MISO Queue Project G168 — Gas in Dakota, Minnesota	G168	Gas	700.0 MW	withdrawn	Dakota, Minnesota
MISO Queue Project G591 — Gas in St. Louis, Minnesota	G591	Gas	700.0 MW	withdrawn	St. Louis, Minnesota
Monticello Nuclear Facility	1922_1	Other	685.0 MW	operational	Wright, Minnesota
MISO Queue Project G271 — Gas in Dakota, Minnesota	G271	Gas	670.0 MW	withdrawn	Dakota, Minnesota
MISO Queue Project G407 — Gas in Blue Earth, Minnesota	G407	Gas	667.0 MW	withdrawn	Blue Earth, Minnesota
MISO Queue Project G261 — Gas in Blue Earth, Minnesota	G261	Gas	667.0 MW	operational	Blue Earth, Minnesota
MISO Queue Project G135 — Other in Chisago, Minnesota	G135	Other	660.0 MW	withdrawn	Chisago, Minnesota
MISO Queue Project G236 — Other in Chisago, Minnesota	G236	Other	650.0 MW	withdrawn	Chisago, Minnesota
MISO Queue Project G597 — Coal in Itasca, Minnesota	G597	Coal	606.0 MW	withdrawn	Itasca, Minnesota
MISO Queue Project G859 — Wind in Clay, Minnesota	G859	Wind	600.0 MW	withdrawn	Clay, Minnesota
MISO Queue Project G519 — Coal in Itasca, Minnesota	G519	Coal	600.0 MW	withdrawn	Itasca, Minnesota
Lyon County - Cedar Mountain 345 kV Line Tap	J1315	Wind	600.0 MW	withdrawn	Cottonwood County,Murray County,Redwood County, Minnesota

Top developers in Minnesota

Developer (canonical)	Projects	Capacity
Xcel Energy	5	1,257 MW
Rochester Public Utilities	1	50 MW
Wisconsin Power and Light Company (WPL)	1	162 MW
MMPA (Minnesota Municipal Power Agency)	1	394 MW
City of Moorhead, MN	1	11 MW
Invenergy	1	428 MW
Minnesota Power	1	87 MW
Otter Tail Power Company	1	91 MW

Recent material changes

Observed	Project	Field	Old	New
2026-08-27	Cedar Mountain - Lyon County 345.0kV	proposed_online_date	2028-09-30	2030-09-30
2026-08-27	Cedar Mountain - Lyon County 345.0kV	operational_date	2028-09-30	2030-09-30
2026-08-27	Cedar Mountain - Lyon County 345.0kV	proposed_online_date	2028-09-30	2030-09-30
2026-08-27	Cedar Mountain - Lyon County 345.0kV	operational_date	2028-09-30	2030-09-30
2026-08-19	Moorhead Northeast Substation 115kV Substation	new_project	—	operational
2026-08-19	MISO Queue Project S1166 — Generation in an unlisted county, Minnesota	capacity_mw	0.0	108.93
2026-08-14	MISO Queue Project S1166 — Generation in an unlisted county, Minnesota	new_project	—	operational

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Source last checked2026-07-31

Data last materially changed2026-08-27

Page data generated2026-08-27

Provenance: U.S. EIA — Form EIA-860M generator inventory (operating + planned); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory — Queued Up interconnection dataset; minnkota-oasis; MISO — generator interconnection queue; Southwest Power Pool — generator interconnection queue. Values are normalized from public source records into the interXdata canonical warehouse; see each source for original filings.

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