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Wake County, NC interconnection queue

6 interconnection applications are pending in Wake County, NC, requesting 858 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 1 projects have been built here and 8 have been withdrawn since 2012.

Pending applications
6
of 15 ever filed
Capacity queued
858 MW
requested, not committed
Already built
14 MW
1 projects connected
Built vs decided
11.1%
8 withdrawn
Median wait
3.0 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
1.1 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 Wake County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Other2600 MW
Battery2156 MW
Solar2102 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built114 MW6.7%
Still pending6858 MW40.0%
Withdrawn84.4 GW53.3%
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
30612Gas1.4 GWwithdrawn2019-02Duke
17238Gas1.2 GWwithdrawn2017-08Duke
41400Nuclear1.1 GWwithdrawn2012-07Duke
977298Other300 MWactive2025-06Duke
PP00041Other300 MWactive2025-08Duke
899005Battery200 MWwithdrawn2023-06Duke
568608Solar187 MWwithdrawn2022-06Duke
568598Solar152 MWwithdrawn2022-06Duke
38056Battery100 MWactive2019-06Duke
919393Solar100 MWactive2023-09Duke
PP00032Other100 MWwithdrawn2025-06Duke
566170Battery56 MWactive2022-06Duke
24751Nuclear14 MWcompleted2017-05Duke
897221Solar9 MWwithdrawn2023-06Duke
897777Solar2 MWactive2023-06Duke

How this county ranks

Wake County ranks #439 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #10 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 Wake 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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