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Currituck County, NC interconnection queue

3 interconnection applications are pending in Currituck County, NC, requesting 250 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 3 projects have been built here and 10 have been withdrawn since 2010.

Pending applications
3
of 16 ever filed
Capacity queued
250 MW
requested, not committed
Already built
270 MW
3 projects connected
Built vs decided
23.1%
10 withdrawn
Median wait
6.5 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
262 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 Currituck County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Solar3250 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built3270 MW18.8%
Still pending3250 MW18.8%
Withdrawn10945 MW62.5%
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
Fentress-Shawboro 230kVWind150 MWwithdrawn2010-08PJM
Shawboro-Sligo 230 kVSolar150 MWwithdrawn2018-03PJM
Shawboro-Sligo 230 kVSolar150 MWactive2018-07PJM
Moyock 230 kVSolar150 MWwithdrawn2022-09PJM
Hickory-Shawboro 230kVSolar120 MWcompleted2014-10PJM
Hickory-Shawboro 230 kVBattery120 MWwithdrawn2021-03PJM
Hickory-Moyock 230 kVSolar100 MWcompleted2019-03PJM
Hickory-Moyock 230 kVSolar100 MWwithdrawn2023-03PJM
Shawboro-Sligo 230kVSolar80 MWwithdrawn2014-10PJM
Hickory-Shawboro 230kVSolar80 MWwithdrawn2014-10PJM
Aydlett-Shawboro 230kVSolar80 MWwithdrawn2015-04PJM
Moyock 230 kVSolar80 MWactive2020-01PJM
Hickory-Moyock 230kVSolar50 MWcompleted2018-03PJM
Shawboro-Sligo 230kVSolar20 MWwithdrawn2014-08PJM
Sligo 34.5 kVSolar20 MWactive2021-06PJM

How this county ranks

Currituck County ranks #857 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #18 of 44 in North Carolina.

Other North Carolina counties in the queue

CountyPendingCapacity queued
Pinal County4610.6 GW
Person County41.9 GW
Washington County61.6 GW
Anson County31.5 GW
Davidson County21.5 GW
Wayne County231.3 GW
Stokes County31.2 GW
Richmond County7974 MW

Go deeper on Currituck 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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