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Interconnection queue

Interconnection queue in South Dakota

Data: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and GridTracker, Queued Up, as of Dec 31, 2025.

This is an annual snapshot. A request's status may have changed since. Current status at Interconnection.fyi.

LBNL licenses the file CC BY 4.0, so project rows are shown and the file can be downloaded from our data library.

Statewide

Active capacity
9,628 MW
Active requests
48
Median years in queue (active)
3.2
Withdrawn, of requests entered by 2020
74%
Active capacity by type
TypeActive capacity (MW)Projects
Solar2,14011
Wind2,90216
Storage7003
Gas1,6697
Hybrid8104
Other1,4077

By county

Queue requests by county in South Dakota, as of Dec 31, 2025
CountyActive capacity (MW)ProjectsSolarWindStorageGasHybridOtherMedian years in queue (active)Withdrawn, of requests entered by 2020
Campbell2,064103004991,26519.4
Deuel1,53632501,1441421.8
Brookings1,24539802650.7
Brown5124991432701.5
Grant50025000.286% of 28
Clark45024508.9
Codington44032002402.283% of 24
Meade40044002.0
Mcpherson40024001.8
Day30013001.7
Haakon30013008.6
Turner27012708.1
Dawes25012503.4
Roberts20012003.3
Bon Homme200120010.9
Lincoln12011201.7
Pennington11511151.5
Oglala Lakota11011103.1
Butte103110312.0
Mccook10021007.2
Aurora111110.2
Beadle3231.6
Shannon00
Custer00
Lawrence00
Weston00
Edmunds00
Minnehaha00
Marshall00
Corson00
Hand00
Jerauld00
Moody00
County not given00
Walworth00
Brule00
Davison00
Spink00
Todd00
Hyde00
Perkins00
Bennett00
Dewey00
Yankton00
Sully00
Tripp00
Potter00
Union00
Buffalo00
Kingsbury00
Stanley00
Charles Mix00
Clay00
Gregory00
Hanson00
Lyman00
Hughes00

Capacity is each request's first-listed capacity, so a hybrid's battery is not added on top. Most requests in a queue never get built.

Active requests

Status is as of Dec 31, 2025. Current status at Interconnection.fyi.

Active interconnection requests in South Dakota
ProjectCountyTypeMWEntered the queueStudy phaseUtility or operatorLive status
J3941DeuelGas1,1442025-03-26OTTER TAIL POWER COMPANYCurrent status
J3963BrookingsSolar4902025-04-07NORTHERN STATES POWER COMPANYCurrent status
J3964BrookingsSolar4902025-04-07NORTHERN STATES POWER COMPANYCurrent status
BHBE G11CampbellCoal4752011-09-26IA ExecutedBlack Hills PowerCurrent status
BHBE G19CampbellSolar3002022-05-03IA ExecutedBlack Hills PowerCurrent status
BHBE G4CampbellCoal3002005-01-07IA ExecutedBlack Hills PowerCurrent status
J3468DayWind+Battery3002024-04-12In Progress (unknown study)OTTER TAIL POWER COMPANYCurrent status
GEN-2017-014HaakonWind3002017-05-22IA ExecutedWAPACurrent status
GEN-2017-175TurnerWind2702017-11-29IA ExecutedWAPACurrent status
GEN-2024-035BrownSolar+Battery2702024-10-30System Impact StudyBEPCCurrent status
E0034BrookingsGas2652025-08-12In Progress (unknown study)Basin Electric Power CooperativeCurrent status
BHBE G1CampbellCoal2502001-02-06IA ExecutedBlack Hills PowerCurrent status
BHBE G20DawesSolar2502022-07-25IA ExecutedBlack Hills PowerCurrent status
J1485DeuelWind2502019-04-29IA PendingOTTER TAIL POWER COMPANYCurrent status
J4081GrantBattery2502025-10-07OTTER TAIL POWER COMPANYCurrent status
J4153GrantBattery2502025-10-07OTTER TAIL POWER COMPANYCurrent status
GEN-2024-285ClarkWind2502025-03-01System Impact StudyBEPCCurrent status
BHBE G21CampbellWind2002022-08-23IA ExecutedBlack Hills PowerCurrent status
BHBE G7CampbellWind2002007-10-01IA ExecutedBlack Hills PowerCurrent status
J2852RobertsBattery2002022-09-14Cluster StudyOTTER TAIL POWER COMPANYCurrent status
J3420McphersonWind2002024-03-18In Progress (unknown study)OTTER TAIL POWER COMPANYCurrent status
J3428McphersonWind2002024-03-18In Progress (unknown study)OTTER TAIL POWER COMPANYCurrent status
J722CodingtonWind2002017-06-16ConstructionOTTER TAIL POWER COMPANYCurrent status
GI-0901ClarkWind2002009-01-22IA ExecutedWAPA/BEPC/HCPD Integrated SystemCurrent status
GI-1501Bon HommeWind2002015-02-24In Progress (unknown study)WAPA/BEPC/HCPD Integrated SystemCurrent status
GEN-2024-282MeadeSolar1502025-03-01System Impact StudyWAPACurrent status
GEN-2024-283MeadeSolar1502025-03-01System Impact StudyWAPACurrent status
J3400DeuelOther1422024-03-20In Progress (unknown study)OTTER TAIL POWER COMPANYCurrent status
ERAS-2025-035BrownGas1382025-10-02In Progress (unknown study)NWPSCurrent status
J3546LincolnWind1202024-04-18In Progress (unknown study)NORTHERN STATES POWER COMPANYCurrent status
Surplus; G736CodingtonOther+Battery1202023-10-13OTTER TAIL POWER COMPANYCurrent status
Surplus; J442CodingtonOther+Battery1202023-10-13OTTER TAIL POWER COMPANYCurrent status
BHBE G25PenningtonGas1152024-06-13Cluster StudyBlack Hills PowerCurrent status
BHBE G23Oglala LakotaSolar1102022-11-08IA ExecutedBlack Hills PowerCurrent status
GI-1401ButteWind1032014-01-06IA ExecutedWAPA/BEPC/HCPD Integrated SystemCurrent status
BHBE G2CampbellCoal1002001-02-27IA ExecutedBlack Hills PowerCurrent status
BHBE G5CampbellCoal1002005-05-23IA ExecutedBlack Hills PowerCurrent status
GI-1505BrownWind992015-04-08In Progress (unknown study)WAPA/BEPC/HCPD Integrated SystemCurrent status
GEN-2016-087CampbellWind992016-07-25IA ExecutedWAPACurrent status
BHBE G15MeadeSolar802021-05-11IA ExecutedBlack Hills PowerCurrent status
J1169MccookSolar502018-03-12IA ExecutedNORTHERN STATES POWER COMPANYCurrent status
J1312MccookSolar502019-04-29IA ExecutedNORTHERN STATES POWER COMPANYCurrent status
BHBE G3CampbellCoal402004-08-25IA ExecutedBlack Hills PowerCurrent status
BHBE G22MeadeSolar202022-10-05IA ExecutedBlack Hills PowerCurrent status
GEN-2025-GR4AuroraWind112025-10-06In Progress (unknown study)WAPACurrent status
456BrownGas52024-02-02NorthWestern EnergyCurrent status
462BeadleGas22024-06-05NorthWestern EnergyCurrent status
463BeadleGas12024-06-05NorthWestern EnergyCurrent status

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and GridTracker · Queued Up: Interconnection Queue Data File (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) · data for 2025 · as of May 7, 2026 · retrieved Oct 31, 2026 · CC-BY-4.0

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