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Burke County, GA interconnection queue

9 interconnection applications are pending in Burke County, GA, requesting 506 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 3 projects have been built here and 11 have been withdrawn since 2010.

Pending applications
9
of 24 ever filed
Capacity queued
506 MW
requested, not committed
Already built
1.3 GW
3 projects connected
Built vs decided
21.4%
11 withdrawn
Median wait
1.4 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
5.2 GW
indicator, see note

Source: interconnection queues published by GTC, SOCO. 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 Burke County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Solar3340 MW
Nuclear6166 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built31.3 GW12.5%
Still pending9506 MW37.5%
Withdrawn111.7 GW45.8%
Suspended14.2%

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
Vogtle Unit 3Nuclear1.2 GWcompleted2010-03SOCO
Vogtle Unit 4Nuclear1.2 GWcompleted2010-03SOCO
25-IC-1348Solar320 MWwithdrawn2025-04SOCO
IC-773Solar280 MWwithdrawn2019-02SOCO
IC-1192Solar245 MWwithdrawn2023-10SOCO
IC-490Solar200 MWwithdrawn2016-09SOCO
25-IC-1340Solar175 MWactive2025-04SOCO
25-IC-1364Solar175 MWwithdrawn2025-04SOCO
IC-779Solar150 MWwithdrawn2019-02SOCO
TOCE GA 1 SolarSolar125 MWactive2023-08GTC
IC-1005Solar100 MWsuspended2021-12SOCO
IC-291Solar100 MWwithdrawn2013-04SOCO
IC-489Solar100 MWwithdrawn2016-09SOCO
IC-881Solar100 MWwithdrawn2020-06SOCO
White Oak SolarSolar76 MWcompletedSOCO

How this county ranks

Burke County ranks #606 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #20 of 61 in Georgia.

Other Georgia counties in the queue

CountyPendingCapacity queued
Heard County74.2 GW
Bartow County73.6 GW
Coweta County62.6 GW
Mitchell County62.4 GW
Monroe County12.0 GW
Hancock County42.0 GW
Effingham County131.9 GW
Sumter County51.4 GW

Go deeper on Burke 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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