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Columbia County, PA interconnection queue

3 interconnection applications are pending in Columbia County, PA, requesting 80 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 4 projects have been built here and 20 have been withdrawn since 1997.

Pending applications
3
of 30 ever filed
Capacity queued
80 MW
requested, not committed
Already built
3.4 GW
4 projects connected
Built vs decided
16.7%
20 withdrawn
Median wait
6.4 yr
for applications still pending

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 Columbia County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Solar380 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built43.4 GW13.3%
Still pending380 MW10.0%
Withdrawn20730 MW66.7%
Suspended310.0%

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
Susquehanna 500kVNuclear1.2 GWcompleted2001-08PJM
Susquehanna 230 kVNuclear1.1 GWcompleted1997-06PJM
Susquehanna 230 kVNuclear1.1 GWcompleted1997-06PJM
Harwood-E. Palmerton 230kVWind100 MWwithdrawn2008-05PJM
Derry Tap- Derry Bus 69 kV VIISolar91 MWwithdrawn2021-09PJM
Bowmanns Mill-Scott 69 kVSolar85 MWwithdrawn2019-03PJM
Bowmanns Mill Tap-Scott 69 kVSolar75 MWwithdrawn2020-03PJM
Bowman's Mill Tap-Scott 69 kV IIISolar75 MWwithdrawn2021-03PJM
Columbia-West Bloomsburg 69 kV IISolar60 MWwithdrawn2021-09PJM
Susquehanna 500kVNuclear52 MWwithdrawn2001-07PJM
Columbia-Geisinger Tap #1 69 kVSolar40 MWactive2020-03PJM
Bowmans Mill-Scott 69 kVSolar35 MWsuspended2019-09PJM
Bowman's Mill-Scott 69 kV IISolar35 MWwithdrawn2021-03PJM
Columbia-West Bloomsburg 69 kVSolar20 MWsuspended2019-03PJM
Bloomsburg-Columbia 69 kVSolar20 MWsuspended2019-03PJM

How this county ranks

Columbia County ranks #1137 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #26 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 Columbia 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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