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Gaston County, NC interconnection queue

5 interconnection applications are pending in Gaston County, NC, requesting 813 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 0 projects have been built here and 2 have been withdrawn since 2020.

Pending applications
5
of 7 ever filed
Capacity queued
813 MW
requested, not committed
Already built
0 MW
0 projects connected
Built vs decided
0.0%
2 withdrawn
Median wait
2.1 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
196 MW
indicator, see note

Source: interconnection queues published by Duke. 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 Gaston County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Battery5813 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built00 MW0.0%
Still pending5813 MW71.4%
Withdrawn2548 MW28.6%
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
138414Gas348 MWwithdrawn2020-10Duke
977301Battery250 MWactive2025-06Duke
898881Battery200 MWwithdrawn2023-06Duke
956141Battery199 MWactive2024-06Duke
977299Battery199 MWactive2025-06Duke
563648Battery115 MWactive2022-06Duke
186466Battery50 MWactive2021-07Duke

How this county ranks

Gaston County ranks #465 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #11 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 Gaston 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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