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Sussex County, DE interconnection queue

1 interconnection applications are pending in Sussex County, DE, requesting 75 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 3 projects have been built here and 59 have been withdrawn since 2001.

Pending applications
1
of 65 ever filed
Capacity queued
75 MW
requested, not committed
Already built
179 MW
3 projects connected
Built vs decided
4.8%
59 withdrawn
Median wait
5.9 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
62 MW
indicator, see note

Source: interconnection queues published by PJM. 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 Sussex County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Solar175 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built3179 MW4.6%
Still pending175 MW1.5%
Withdrawn5913.9 GW90.8%
Suspended23.1%

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
Indian River 230kVWind1.4 GWwithdrawn2021-09PJM
Indian River 230kVWind1.0 GWwithdrawn2021-09PJM
Milford - Indian River/Cool Springs 230kVWind1.0 GWwithdrawn2021-09PJM
Milford - Cool Springs 230 kV IIWind900 MWwithdrawn2021-03PJM
Indian River 230 kV IIWind898 MWwithdrawn2021-03PJM
Indian River 230 kV IIWind880 MWwithdrawn2020-03PJM
Indian River 138kVGas750 MWwithdrawn2001-05PJM
Indian RiverCoal630 MWwithdrawn2006-06PJM
Milford 230kVWind547 MWwithdrawn2006-11PJM
Milford-Cool Springs 230 kVWind460 MWwithdrawn2021-01PJM
Rehoboth 138kVWind450 MWwithdrawn2006-11PJM
Indian River 230 kV IIWind449 MWwithdrawn2021-03PJM
Indian River 230 kV IWind440 MWwithdrawn2020-03PJM
Milford-Cartanza 230 kVWind440 MWwithdrawn2020-07PJM
Indian River 230kVCoal438 MWwithdrawn2007-01PJM

How this county ranks

Sussex County ranks #1143 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #3 of 3 in Delaware.

Other Delaware counties in the queue

CountyPendingCapacity queued
New Castle County1134 MW
Kent County390 MW

Go deeper on Sussex 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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