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Dauphin County, PA interconnection queue

3 interconnection applications are pending in Dauphin County, PA, requesting 896 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 1 projects have been built here and 29 have been withdrawn since 1998.

Pending applications
3
of 33 ever filed
Capacity queued
896 MW
requested, not committed
Already built
26 MW
1 projects connected
Built vs decided
3.3%
29 withdrawn
Median wait
6.9 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
1.0 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 Dauphin County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Nuclear1859 MW
Battery120 MW
Solar117 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built126 MW3.0%
Still pending3896 MW9.1%
Withdrawn298.0 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
TMI 500 kVGas1.3 GWwithdrawn1999-01PJM
Three Mile IslandNuclear860 MWwithdrawn2011-09PJM
Three Mile Island 230 kVNuclear859 MWactive2025-04PJM
TMI 230kVNuclear824 MWwithdrawn2008-01PJM
TMI 500 kVGas765 MWwithdrawn1999-01PJM
TMI 230kVGas650 MWwithdrawn1999-11PJM
TMIGas650 MWwithdrawn2000-12PJM
Hummelstown 230kVGas550 MWwithdrawn2000-07PJM
Hummelstown 230kVGas550 MWwithdrawn2000-07PJM
EdgemoorGas500 MWwithdrawn1999-03PJM
Steelton 230kVGas500 MWwithdrawn1999-11PJM
Juniata 500 kVGas485 MWwithdrawn1998-07PJM
Sunbury-Dauphin 69kVWind60 MWwithdrawn2011-02PJM
Sunbury - Dauphin 69kVWind56 MWwithdrawn2005-06PJM
Dauphin PG Tie–Dauphin Juniata Tie 69 kSolar55 MWwithdrawn2020-01PJM

How this county ranks

Dauphin County ranks #416 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #4 of 62 in Pennsylvania.

Other Pennsylvania counties in the queue

CountyPendingCapacity queued
York County62.9 GW
Clearfield County111.5 GW
Indiana County31.2 GW
McKean County4870 MW
Centre County5591 MW
Fayette County4310 MW
Crawford County6248 MW
Somerset County3229 MW

Go deeper on Dauphin 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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