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WIND + STORAGE · MISOSurplus; Big Bend
Surplus; Big Bend is a 550 MW wind + storage request in interconnection study in the MISO interconnection queue, in Cottonwood County, Minnesota, connecting to NORTHERN STATES POWER COMPANY.
Queue statusIn planning
- PlanningQueued Jul 2024 (current stage)
- Consented (not yet reached)
- Construction (not yet reached)
- OperatingTarget Oct 2027 (not yet reached)
- Closed (not yet reached)
Studies assess what grid upgrades the project would need and who pays for them. A signed interconnection agreement is the main step before construction.
Request details
- Queue ID
- S1054
- Grid region
- MISO (Midcontinent)
- Utility / transmission owner
- NORTHERN STATES POWER COMPANY
- Connection point (POI)
- Lakefield Junction 345kV
- Location
- Cottonwood County, Minnesota
- Technology
- Wind: 550 MW · Other
- Total requested
- 550 MW
- Queue status
- Active
- Entered queue
- 19 July 2024
- Proposed online date
- October 2027
Location
Marker shows the centre of Cottonwood County; the queue data does not give exact sites.
Other requests in Cottonwood County
- Onshore wind project J2332, Cottonwood CountyOnshore wind · 200 MW · in study
- Onshore wind project J2563, Cottonwood CountyOnshore wind · 200 MW · in study
- Onshore wind project G442, Cottonwood CountyOnshore wind · 50.0 MW · built
- Onshore wind project G375, Cottonwood CountyOnshore wind · 20.0 MW · built
- Onshore wind project G532, Cottonwood CountyOnshore wind · 20.0 MW · built
- Gas project G341, Cottonwood CountyGas · 2.0 MW · built
- Onshore wind project J1315, Cottonwood CountyOnshore wind · 600 MW · withdrawn
- Other project J1349, Cottonwood CountyOther · 335 MW · withdrawn
- Onshore wind project J3125, Cottonwood CountyOnshore wind · 289 MW · withdrawn
- Onshore wind project J742, Cottonwood CountyOnshore wind · 211 MW · withdrawn
- Onshore wind project J726, Cottonwood CountyOnshore wind · 200 MW · withdrawn
- Onshore wind project J965, Cottonwood CountyOnshore wind · 150 MW · withdrawn
Source: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Queued Up, data through end of 2025, compiled from ISO/RTO and utility queues. Check the grid operator's own queue for the latest status. Report a problem