Carbon County, PA interconnection queue
2 interconnection applications are pending in Carbon County, PA, requesting 98 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 4 projects have been built here and 18 have been withdrawn since 2005.
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 Carbon County, by fuel
| Fuel | Projects | Capacity requested |
|---|---|---|
| Solar | 2 | 98 MW |
Outcomes of every application filed here
| Outcome | Projects | Capacity | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built | 4 | 70 MW | 16.7% |
| Still pending | 2 | 98 MW | 8.3% |
| Withdrawn | 18 | 1.4 GW | 75.0% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Palmerton-Harwood 230kV | Wind | 212 MW | withdrawn | 2013-11 | PJM |
| Harwood-Siegfried 230kV | Wind | 208 MW | withdrawn | 2014-10 | PJM |
| East Palmerton-Harwood 230 kV | Solar | 180 MW | withdrawn | 2021-09 | PJM |
| Harwood 230kV | Wind | 100 MW | withdrawn | 2005-01 | PJM |
| East Palmerton-Wagner 69kV | Wind | 99 MW | withdrawn | 2013-12 | PJM |
| East Palmerton-Acahela 69kV | Wind | 98 MW | withdrawn | 2014-11 | PJM |
| Harwood-Siegfried 230kV II | Solar | 96 MW | withdrawn | 2022-04 | PJM |
| Hauto-Siegfried 69 kV | Solar | 90 MW | withdrawn | 2017-09 | PJM |
| Siegfried | Coal | 83 MW | withdrawn | 2009-08 | PJM |
| Weissport 69kV | Wind | 60 MW | withdrawn | 2006-09 | PJM |
| Harwood-East Hazelton #2 69kV | Wind | 60 MW | withdrawn | 2014-10 | PJM |
| Jack Frost-Lake Harmony 69 kV | Solar | 60 MW | active | 2020-09 | PJM |
| Jack Frost - Lake Harmony 69 kV | Solar | 60 MW | withdrawn | 2023-02 | PJM |
| Meckesville Tap 69kV | Solar | 38 MW | active | 2021-01 | PJM |
| Siegfried-Hauto 69kV | Solar | 20 MW | completed | 2016-10 | PJM |
How this county ranks
Carbon County ranks #1107 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #21 of 62 in Pennsylvania.
Other Pennsylvania counties in the queue
| County | Pending | Capacity queued |
|---|---|---|
| York County | 6 | 2.9 GW |
| Clearfield County | 11 | 1.5 GW |
| Indiana County | 3 | 1.2 GW |
| Dauphin County | 3 | 896 MW |
| McKean County | 4 | 870 MW |
| Centre County | 5 | 591 MW |
| Fayette County | 4 | 310 MW |
| Crawford County | 6 | 248 MW |
Go deeper on Carbon 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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