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Richmond County, NC interconnection queue

7 interconnection applications are pending in Richmond County, NC, requesting 974 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 6 projects have been built here and 9 have been withdrawn since 2012.

Pending applications
7
of 22 ever filed
Capacity queued
974 MW
requested, not committed
Already built
133 MW
6 projects connected
Built vs decided
40.0%
9 withdrawn
Median wait
1.4 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
2.7 GW
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 Richmond County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Gas5424 MW
Solar1275 MW
Other1275 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built6133 MW27.3%
Still pending7974 MW31.8%
Withdrawn9916 MW40.9%
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
170274Solar275 MWwithdrawn2021-04Duke
569986Solar275 MWwithdrawn2022-06Duke
923973Solar275 MWactive2023-09Duke
PP00046Other275 MWactive2025-08Duke
977773Gas260 MWactive2025-06Duke
909227Solar80 MWwithdrawn2023-09Duke
568778Solar65 MWwithdrawn2022-06Duke
200482Solar60 MWwithdrawn2020-03Duke
898595Solar60 MWwithdrawn2023-06Duke
PP00013Gas47 MWactive2025-04Duke
899591Gas47 MWactive2023-06Duke
610944Solar46 MWwithdrawn2023-04Duke
916613Solar46 MWwithdrawn2023-09Duke
957700Gas35 MWactive2024-06Duke
PP00014Gas35 MWactive2025-04Duke

How this county ranks

Richmond County ranks #378 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #8 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
Robeson County9946 MW

Go deeper on Richmond 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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