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Cumberland County, ME interconnection queue

1 interconnection applications are pending in Cumberland County, ME, requesting 17 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 3 projects have been built here and 16 have been withdrawn since 1997.

Pending applications
1
of 20 ever filed
Capacity queued
17 MW
requested, not committed
Already built
191 MW
3 projects connected
Built vs decided
15.8%
16 withdrawn
Median wait
6.8 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
1.8 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 Cumberland County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Solar117 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built3191 MW15.0%
Still pending117 MW5.0%
Withdrawn16853 MW80.0%
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
AC LineNuclear400 MWwithdrawn2016-01ISONE
Internal noncontrollable ETU - interface upgradeNuclear400 MWwithdrawn2018-04ISONE
Cross Town Battery StorageBattery175 MWcompleted2019-04ISONE
West Baldwin SolarSolar17 MWactive2019-10ISONE
Casco Bay Energy StorageBattery16 MWcompleted2015-11ISONE
Battery StorageBattery10 MWwithdrawn2019-08ISONE
Raymond 115 kV SS - Raymond Area DG StudySolar10 MWwithdrawn2023-09ISONE
BiomassSolar8 MWwithdrawn2009-06ISONE
Solar and BatterySolar5 MWwithdrawn2019-08ISONE
CMP Spring St 115 kV SS - Greater Portland Area DG StudySolar5 MWwithdrawn2023-12ISONE
CMP Elm St 115 kV SS - Greater Portland Area DG StudySolar5 MWwithdrawn2023-12ISONE
BiomassSolar5 MWwithdrawn2009-07ISONE
CMP Moshers/Prides Corner 115 kV SS - Greater Portland Area DG StudySolar4 MWwithdrawn2023-12ISONE
CMP Vallee Lane 115 kV SS - Louden-Biddeford Area DG StudySolar2 MWwithdrawn2023-12ISONE
ANP GorhamUnknownwithdrawn1997-10ISONE

How this county ranks

Cumberland County ranks #1235 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #7 of 13 in Maine.

Other Maine counties in the queue

CountyPendingCapacity queued
Knox County3268 MW
York County3216 MW
Somerset County2158 MW
Hancock County1100 MW
Androscoggin County240 MW
Oxford County118 MW
Aroostook County00 MW
Franklin County00 MW

Go deeper on Cumberland 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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