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Ocean County, NJ interconnection queue

5 interconnection applications are pending in Ocean County, NJ, requesting 79 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 11 projects have been built here and 36 have been withdrawn since 1999.

Pending applications
5
of 53 ever filed
Capacity queued
79 MW
requested, not committed
Already built
2.2 GW
11 projects connected
Built vs decided
23.4%
36 withdrawn
Median wait
5.8 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
872 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 Ocean County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Solar579 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built112.2 GW20.8%
Still pending579 MW9.4%
Withdrawn368.6 GW67.9%
Suspended11.9%

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
Larrabee 230 kV IWind882 MWwithdrawn2018-12PJM
Larrabee 230 kVWind882 MWwithdrawn2023-02PJM
Oyster Creek 230 kVWind816 MWsuspended2018-05PJM
Oyster Creek 230 kVWind816 MWwithdrawn2023-03PJM
Oyster CreekGas800 MWwithdrawn1999-04PJM
Oyster Creek 230 kV IIIWind800 MWwithdrawn2019-09PJM
Oyster Creek 230 kVGas752 MWwithdrawn1999-01PJM
Oyster Creek 230 kV IIUnknown635 MWwithdrawn2018-03PJM
Larrabee 230kVUnknown550 MWwithdrawn2009-08PJM
Oyster Creek 230 kV IUnknown530 MWwithdrawn2018-03PJM
Lakewood 230kVGas500 MWcompleted1999-02PJM
Larrabee 230 kV IIWind445 MWwithdrawn2018-12PJM
Larrabee 230 kVWind445 MWwithdrawn2023-02PJM
Lakewood #2 230kVGas396 MWcompleted2012-10PJM
Lakewood 230kVGas376 MWcompleted2006-10PJM

How this county ranks

Ocean County ranks #1138 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #10 of 21 in New Jersey.

Other New Jersey counties in the queue

CountyPendingCapacity queued
Salem County32.8 GW
Bergen County22.0 GW
Union County21.6 GW
Hudson County2350 MW
Atlantic County3308 MW
Camden County1300 MW
Warren County7181 MW
Mercer County1170 MW

Go deeper on Ocean 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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