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Allegheny County, PA interconnection queue

1 interconnection applications are pending in Allegheny County, PA, requesting 5 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 6 projects have been built here and 51 have been withdrawn since 1999.

Pending applications
1
of 58 ever filed
Capacity queued
5 MW
requested, not committed
Already built
1.9 GW
6 projects connected
Built vs decided
10.5%
51 withdrawn
Median wait
5.8 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
1.1 GW
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 Allegheny County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Solar15 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built61.9 GW10.3%
Still pending15 MW1.7%
Withdrawn514.4 GW87.9%
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
Springdale CC II 138kVGas610 MWcompleted2018-03PJM
Springdale 3, 4, 5Gas590 MWcompleted2013-05PJM
Springdale 138kVCoal580 MWwithdrawn2009-02PJM
Yukon-Robbins 138kVGas541 MWwithdrawn2015-05PJM
Springdale 138 kVGas525 MWcompleted1999-01PJM
Black Oak 500 kVGas500 MWwithdrawn2001-02PJM
Springdale 138kVBattery356 MWwithdrawn2021-09PJM
Cheswick 138 kVBattery300 MWwithdrawn2022-09PJM
Brunot Island 138 kVGas295 MWwithdrawn2019-09PJM
Brunot Island 138 kVGas284 MWwithdrawn2020-03PJM
Mitchell - Shepler Hill 138kVUnknown242 MWwithdrawn2007-01PJM
Imperial-Joffre 138 kVSolar215 MWwithdrawn2020-09PJM
Dans MountainWind125 MWwithdrawn2004-09PJM
Springdale CT III 138 kVBattery106 MWwithdrawn2020-09PJM
USAP-Woodville 138kVUnknown100 MWwithdrawn2014-10PJM

How this county ranks

Allegheny County ranks #1248 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #38 of 62 in Pennsylvania.

Other Pennsylvania counties in the queue

CountyPendingCapacity queued
York County62.9 GW
Clearfield County111.5 GW
Indiana County31.2 GW
Dauphin County3896 MW
McKean County4870 MW
Centre County5591 MW
Fayette County4310 MW
Crawford County6248 MW

Go deeper on Allegheny 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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