Salem County, NJ interconnection queue
3 interconnection applications are pending in Salem County, NJ, requesting 2.8 GW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 10 projects have been built here and 96 have been withdrawn since 1999.
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 Salem County, by fuel
| Fuel | Projects | Capacity requested |
|---|---|---|
| Nuclear | 1 | 2.7 GW |
| Solar | 2 | 115 MW |
Outcomes of every application filed here
| Outcome | Projects | Capacity | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built | 10 | 8.4 GW | 9.2% |
| Still pending | 3 | 2.8 GW | 2.8% |
| Withdrawn | 96 | 6.2 GW | 88.1% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salem 500kV | Nuclear | 2.7 GW | active | 2025-04 | PJM |
| Salem 500kV | Nuclear | 2.4 GW | completed | 2002-01 | PJM |
| Hope Creek 500kV | Nuclear | 1.3 GW | completed | 2010-08 | PJM |
| Hope Creek 500kV | Nuclear | 1.2 GW | completed | 2002-01 | PJM |
| Hope Creek 500kV | Nuclear | 1.2 GW | completed | 2002-01 | PJM |
| Salem 500kV | Nuclear | 1.1 GW | completed | 2000-01 | PJM |
| Hope Creek 500kV | Nuclear | 1.1 GW | completed | 2000-01 | PJM |
| Churchtown 230kV | Gas | 750 MW | withdrawn | 2001-05 | PJM |
| Churchtown 230kV | Gas | 550 MW | withdrawn | 2006-03 | PJM |
| Churchtown 230kV | Gas | 529 MW | withdrawn | 2014-10 | PJM |
| Pedricktown 230kV | Gas | 500 MW | withdrawn | 1999-03 | PJM |
| Orchard 230kV | Battery | 415 MW | withdrawn | 2022-03 | PJM |
| Churchtown 230kV 2 | Gas | 371 MW | withdrawn | 2010-10 | PJM |
| Salem Unit 1-PSEG Zone | Unknown | 300 MW | withdrawn | 2013-10 | PJM |
| Chambers 230kV | Coal | 240 MW | withdrawn | 2008-01 | PJM |
How this county ranks
Salem County ranks #127 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #1 of 21 in New Jersey.
Other New Jersey counties in the queue
| County | Pending | Capacity queued |
|---|---|---|
| Bergen County | 2 | 2.0 GW |
| Union County | 2 | 1.6 GW |
| Hudson County | 2 | 350 MW |
| Atlantic County | 3 | 308 MW |
| Camden County | 1 | 300 MW |
| Warren County | 7 | 181 MW |
| Mercer County | 1 | 170 MW |
| Cumberland County | 3 | 149 MW |
Go deeper on Salem 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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