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Dorchester County, MD interconnection queue

2 interconnection applications are pending in Dorchester County, MD, requesting 13 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 3 projects have been built here and 35 have been withdrawn since 2001.

Pending applications
2
of 41 ever filed
Capacity queued
13 MW
requested, not committed
Already built
104 MW
3 projects connected
Built vs decided
7.9%
35 withdrawn
Median wait
6.4 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
260 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 Dorchester County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Solar213 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built3104 MW7.3%
Still pending213 MW4.9%
Withdrawn351.7 GW85.4%
Suspended12.4%

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
Vienna 230kVGas750 MWwithdrawn2001-05PJM
Airey-Vienna 69 kV IIBattery125 MWwithdrawn2020-09PJM
Airey-Vienna 69 kVSolar100 MWwithdrawn2020-03PJM
Vienna 138 kVBattery100 MWwithdrawn2020-03PJM
Airey-Golden Hill 69 kVBattery67 MWwithdrawn2019-09PJM
Airey 69 kVSolar56 MWwithdrawn2019-03PJM
Cambridge-West Cambridge 69kVSolar51 MWcompleted2016-04PJM
Todd 69kVSolar50 MWcompleted2016-04PJM
East New Market 69kVSolar50 MWsuspended2016-10PJM
Todd 69 kVSolar50 MWwithdrawn2021-01PJM
Todd 69 kVSolar50 MWwithdrawn2023-03PJM
Airey - Golden Hill 69 kVSolar28 MWwithdrawn2021-02PJM
West Cambridge - Vienna 69 kVSolar28 MWwithdrawn2021-03PJM
Todd 25kVSolar20 MWwithdrawn2011-01PJM
Dorchester CountySolar20 MWwithdrawn2011-03PJM

How this county ranks

Dorchester County ranks #1239 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #12 of 22 in Maryland.

Other Maryland counties in the queue

CountyPendingCapacity queued
Prince George's County21.5 GW
Garrett County3675 MW
Harford County1500 MW
Montgomery County1500 MW
Caroline County1145 MW
Baltimore city1135 MW
Charles County1110 MW
Allegany County180 MW

Go deeper on Dorchester 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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