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Plymouth County, MA interconnection queue

1 interconnection applications are pending in Plymouth County, MA, requesting 20 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 6 projects have been built here and 43 have been withdrawn since 1997.

Pending applications
1
of 50 ever filed
Capacity queued
20 MW
requested, not committed
Already built
173 MW
6 projects connected
Built vs decided
12.2%
43 withdrawn
Median wait
3.9 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
473 MW
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 Plymouth County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Nuclear120 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built6173 MW12.0%
Still pending120 MW2.0%
Withdrawn437.3 GW86.0%
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
HVDC from ME to MA (MA import only)Nuclear1.2 GWwithdrawn2015-10ISONE
HVDC LineNuclear1.0 GWwithdrawn2015-02ISONE
1000 MW HVDC (import only)Nuclear1.0 GWwithdrawn2017-04ISONE
Combined CycleGas898 MWwithdrawn2009-02ISONE
Combined CycleGas870 MWwithdrawn2015-05ISONE
Combined CycleGas410 MWwithdrawn2009-10ISONE
Brockton Combined Cycle CNR IncreaseGas355 MWwithdrawn2014-03ISONE
Brockton Combined CycleGas332 MWwithdrawn2006-11ISONE
Battery StorageBattery189 MWwithdrawn2021-03ISONE
Battery StorageBattery189 MWwithdrawn2021-03ISONE
Cranberry Point Energy StorageBattery150 MWcompleted2018-03ISONE
Battery StorageBattery150 MWwithdrawn2019-01ISONE
Battery StorageBattery150 MWwithdrawn2019-04ISONE
Battery StorageBattery76 MWwithdrawn2023-12ISONE
Battery StorageBattery76 MWwithdrawn2024-05ISONE

How this county ranks

Plymouth County ranks #1215 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #10 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 Plymouth 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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