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NC, requesting 858 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 1 projects have been built here and 8 have been withdrawn since 2012.
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
| Fuel | Projects | Capacity requested |
|---|---|---|
| Other | 2 | 600 MW |
| Battery | 2 | 156 MW |
| Solar | 2 | 102 MW |
Outcomes of every application filed here
| Outcome | Projects | Capacity | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built | 1 | 14 MW | 6.7% |
| Still pending | 6 | 858 MW | 40.0% |
| Withdrawn | 8 | 4.4 GW | 53.3% |
| Suspended | 0 | — | 0.0% |
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
| Project | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Filed | Queue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30612 | Gas | 1.4 GW | withdrawn | 2019-02 | Duke |
| 17238 | Gas | 1.2 GW | withdrawn | 2017-08 | Duke |
| 41400 | Nuclear | 1.1 GW | withdrawn | 2012-07 | Duke |
| 977298 | Other | 300 MW | active | 2025-06 | Duke |
| PP00041 | Other | 300 MW | active | 2025-08 | Duke |
| 899005 | Battery | 200 MW | withdrawn | 2023-06 | Duke |
| 568608 | Solar | 187 MW | withdrawn | 2022-06 | Duke |
| 568598 | Solar | 152 MW | withdrawn | 2022-06 | Duke |
| 38056 | Battery | 100 MW | active | 2019-06 | Duke |
| 919393 | Solar | 100 MW | active | 2023-09 | Duke |
| PP00032 | Other | 100 MW | withdrawn | 2025-06 | Duke |
| 566170 | Battery | 56 MW | active | 2022-06 | Duke |
| 24751 | Nuclear | 14 MW | completed | 2017-05 | Duke |
| 897221 | Solar | 9 MW | withdrawn | 2023-06 | Duke |
| 897777 | Solar | 2 MW | active | 2023-06 | Duke |
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
| County | Pending | Capacity queued |
|---|---|---|
| Pinal County | 46 | 10.6 GW |
| Person County | 4 | 1.9 GW |
| Washington County | 6 | 1.6 GW |
| Anson County | 3 | 1.5 GW |
| Davidson County | 2 | 1.5 GW |
| Wayne County | 23 | 1.3 GW |
| Stokes County | 3 | 1.2 GW |
| Richmond County | 7 | 974 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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