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Hampden County, MA interconnection queue

2 interconnection applications are pending in Hampden County, MA, requesting 295 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 12 projects have been built here and 54 have been withdrawn since 1997.

Pending applications
2
of 68 ever filed
Capacity queued
295 MW
requested, not committed
Already built
284 MW
12 projects connected
Built vs decided
18.2%
54 withdrawn
Median wait
3.8 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
1.4 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 Hampden County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Battery2295 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built12284 MW17.6%
Still pending2295 MW2.9%
Withdrawn546.5 GW79.4%
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
Combined CycleGas837 MWwithdrawn2014-12ISONE
CC Administrative IncreaseGas478 MWwithdrawn2011-08ISONE
Combined cycle (alt to Q442/472)Gas431 MWwithdrawn2015-03ISONE
Regional Network Service RequestNuclear395 MWwithdrawn2021-06ISONE
Combined CycleGas388 MWwithdrawn2014-02ISONE
Pioneer Valley Energy CenterGas353 MWwithdrawn2007-11ISONE
Battery StorageBattery301 MWwithdrawn2023-03ISONE
Battery StorageBattery300 MWwithdrawn2022-11ISONE
Combined CycleGas280 MWwithdrawn2006-10ISONE
Battery StorageBattery275 MWwithdrawn2022-12ISONE
MASSPOWER CNR RecoveryGas256 MWcompleted2014-05ISONE
Battery StorageBattery251 MWwithdrawn2024-04ISONE
Battery StorageBattery250 MWactive2023-03ISONE
StreamfieldBattery202 MWwithdrawn2021-04ISONE
Battery StorageBattery202 MWwithdrawn2023-12ISONE

How this county ranks

Hampden County ranks #808 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #9 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 Hampden 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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