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United States β€Ί Grid β€Ί Interconnection queues β€Ί Minnesota

OCTARY USA Β· INTERCONNECTION QUEUES

Battery storage interconnection queue in Minnesota

Before a new power plant or battery can connect to the US grid, it joins a queue for studies and an interconnection agreement. Most requests never get built. This shows every request: active, built and withdrawn.

Requests shown367,692 MW
Active in queue7,692 MW36 requests
Agreement signed0.0 MW0 requests
Withdrawn364,706 MW never built

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Requests

36 requests
ProjectCapacityStatusLocationRegionQueuedOnline
Battery storage project J4072, Redwood County
Battery storage		 500 MWIn study Redwood, MNMISO Oct 2025target 2028
Battery storage project J4078, Mower County
Battery storage		 500 MWIn study Mower, MNMISO Oct 2025target 2030
Battery storage project J4194, Meeker County
Battery storage		 500 MWIn study Meeker, MNMISO Oct 2025target 2028
Battery storage project J4168, Goodhue County
Battery storage		 330 MWIn study Goodhue, MNMISO Oct 2025target 2028
Nobles BESS
Battery storage Β· Xcel Energy		 314 MWIn study Nobles, MNMISO Aug 2025target 2028
Sherco South BESS
Battery storage Β· Xcel Energy		 314 MWIn study Sherburne, MNMISO Aug 2025target 2027
Benton Energy Storage II
Battery storage Β· Xcel Energy		 310 MWIn study Benton, MNMISO Aug 2025target 2028
Battery storage project J2716, Dakota County
Battery storage		 300 MWIn study Dakota, MNMISO Sep 2022target 2027
Battery storage project J4089, Freeborn County
Battery storage		 250 MWIn study Freeborn, MNMISO Oct 2025target 2029
Battery storage project J3848, Wabasha County
Battery storage		 250 MWIn study Wabasha, MNMISO Dec 2024target 2030
Battery storage project J3894, Lyon County
Battery storage		 250 MWIn study Lyon, MNMISO Feb 2025target 2030
Battery storage project J3235, Benton County
Battery storage		 250 MWIn study Benton, MNMISO Mar 2024target 2028
Battery storage project J4117, Goodhue County
Battery storage		 240 MWIn study Goodhue, MNMISO Sep 2025target 2030
Sandhill Energy Storage
Battery storage Β· Xcel Energy		 214 MWIn study Olmsted, MNMISO Aug 2025target 2025
Battery storage project J3704, Redwood County
Battery storage		 200 MWIn study Redwood, MNMISO Apr 2024target 2028
Battery storage project J3236, Chisago County
Battery storage		 200 MWIn study Chisago, MNMISO Mar 2024target 2028
Battery storage project J2840, Olmsted County
Battery storage		 200 MWIn study Olmsted, MNMISO Sep 2022target 2025
Battery storage project J4065, Dakota County
Battery storage		 200 MWIn study Dakota, MNMISO Sep 2025target 2030
Surplus
Battery storage		 200 MWIn study Nobles, MNMISO Jan 2025target 2028
Battery storage project J3703, Itasca County
Battery storage		 200 MWIn study Itasca, MNMISO Mar 2024target 2028
Battery storage project J2601, Wabasha County
Battery storage		 200 MWIn study Wabasha, MNMISO Sep 2022target 2026
Battery storage project J1898, Olmsted County
Battery storage		 200 MWIn study Olmsted, MNMISO Aug 2021target 2024
Battery storage project J4087, Blue Earth County
Battery storage		 183 MWIn study Blue Earth, MNMISO Oct 2025target 2029
Battery storage project J3543, Dakota County
Battery storage		 150 MWIn study Dakota, MNMISO Apr 2024target 2028
Surplus; J1566
Battery storage		 150 MWIn study Martin, MNMISO Jan 2025target 2028
Battery storage project J2731, Olmsted County
Battery storage		 150 MWIn study Olmsted, MNMISO Sep 2022target 2025
Battery storage project J2730, Jackson County
Battery storage		 150 MWIn study Jackson, MNMISO Sep 2022target 2025
Battery storage project J2728, Freeborn County
Battery storage		 150 MWIn study Freeborn, MNMISO Sep 2022target 2025
Surplus; J1426
Battery storage		 100 MWIn study Benton, MNMISO Mar 2025target 2027
Battery storage project J3172, Dakota County
Battery storage		 100 MWIn study Dakota, MNMISO Sep 2022target 2026
Surplus; J385
Battery storage		 100 MWIn study Chisago, MNMISO Aug 2025target 2027
Hoot Lake Battery Energy Storage System
Battery storage Β· Otter Tail Power Company		 90.7 MWIn study Otter Tail, MNMISO Aug 2025target 2028
Battery storage project J2879, Washington County
Battery storage		 80.0 MWIn study Washington, MNMISO Sep 2022target 2025
Battery storage project J2550, Yellow Medicine County
Battery storage		 75.0 MWIn study Yellow Medicine, MNMISO Sep 2022target 2030
Surplus; J1325
Battery storage		 72.0 MWIn study Rock, MNMISO Feb 2025target 2027
Battery storage project J1045, Murray County
Battery storage		 20.0 MWUnder construction Murray, MNMISO Mar 2018target 2024

Capacity in the queue by state

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By grid region

ISO/RTO markets and the non-ISO West and Southeast.

Requests by year joined

Capacity of requests in this view, by the year they entered the queue. Click a year.

20182025

Source: Rand, J. et al., Queued Up, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, data through end of 2025. Compiled from the queues of the 7 ISO/RTOs and dozens of non-ISO utilities. A request is a proposal to connect, not a commitment to build: historically most are withdrawn. Capacity is the requested interconnection size; hybrids include the storage component. Transmission lines Β· Planned power plants (EIA)