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Franklin County, MA interconnection queue

1 interconnection applications are pending in Franklin County, MA, requesting 7 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 10 projects have been built here and 18 have been withdrawn since 2001.

Pending applications
1
of 29 ever filed
Capacity queued
7 MW
requested, not committed
Already built
1.3 GW
10 projects connected
Built vs decided
35.7%
18 withdrawn
Median wait
5.0 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
1.3 GW
indicator, see note

Source: interconnection queues published by ISONE. 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 Franklin County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Wind17 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built101.3 GW34.5%
Still pending17 MW3.4%
Withdrawn181.2 GW62.1%
Suspended00.0%

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
Northfield Mt. Equipment ReplacementWind1.2 GWcompleted2007-06ISONE
Battery StorageBattery366 MWwithdrawn2024-04ISONE
Battery StorageBattery160 MWwithdrawn2023-08ISONE
Battery StorageBattery105 MWwithdrawn2021-03ISONE
Battery StorageBattery105 MWwithdrawn2024-05ISONE
Battery StorageBattery101 MWwithdrawn2024-05ISONE
Battery Storage + SolarSolar100 MWwithdrawn2024-04ISONE
Battery StorageBattery100 MWwithdrawn2021-10ISONE
Battery StorageBattery55 MWwithdrawn2021-03ISONE
Biomass ProjectSolar50 MWwithdrawn2008-10ISONE
Hoosac Wind Project CNR OnlyWind28 MWcompleted2015-03ISONE
Wendall Depot Substation - NG WMA Group 3Solar28 MWwithdrawn2021-10ISONE
Northfield Mt Upgrade #3Wind25 MWcompleted2007-01ISONE
Northfield Mt. Upgrade #2Wind25 MWcompleted2007-01ISONE
Northfield Mt. Upgrade #4Wind25 MWcompleted2007-01ISONE

How this county ranks

Franklin County ranks #1244 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #11 of 12 in Massachusetts.

Other Massachusetts counties in the queue

CountyPendingCapacity queued
Bristol County21.4 GW
Middlesex County51.3 GW
Suffolk County2550 MW
Barnstable County1500 MW
Norfolk County2470 MW
Berkshire County2426 MW
Essex County2425 MW
Worcester County2384 MW

Go deeper on Franklin 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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