Erie County, PA interconnection queue
1 interconnection applications are pending in Erie County, PA, requesting 150 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 2 projects have been built here and 33 have been withdrawn since 1999.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 Erie County, by fuel
| Fuel | Projects | Capacity requested |
|---|---|---|
| Solar | 1 | 150 MW |
Outcomes of every application filed here
| Outcome | Projects | Capacity | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built | 2 | 32 MW | 5.0% |
| Still pending | 1 | 150 MW | 2.5% |
| Withdrawn | 33 | 5.4 GW | 82.5% |
| Suspended | 4 | — | 10.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erie West 345kV | Unknown | 1.0 GW | withdrawn | 2001-01 | PJM |
| Erie West 345kV | Unknown | 1.0 GW | withdrawn | 2013-04 | PJM |
| Erie West 345kV | Unknown | 1.0 GW | withdrawn | 2013-04 | PJM |
| Morgantown 69kV | Gas | 500 MW | withdrawn | 1999-11 | PJM |
| Union City 230kV | Gas | 302 MW | withdrawn | 2004-06 | PJM |
| Erie South | Gas | 300 MW | withdrawn | 2002-01 | PJM |
| Erie East 230 kV | Wind | 200 MW | withdrawn | 2011-05 | PJM |
| Erie East 230 kV | Battery | 160 MW | suspended | 2019-03 | PJM |
| Erie East 230kV | Wind | 154 MW | withdrawn | 2011-05 | PJM |
| Erie South-Union City 115 kV | Solar | 150 MW | active | 2020-09 | PJM |
| Buffalo 115 kV | Battery | 130 MW | withdrawn | 2022-09 | PJM |
| Erie East 230kV | Gas | 100 MW | withdrawn | 2000-02 | PJM |
| Erie East-Erie South 230 kV | Wind | 100 MW | withdrawn | 2010-10 | PJM |
| Downing Avenue 115kV | Other | 96 MW | withdrawn | 2007-07 | PJM |
| Four Mile Jct-Corry East 115 kV | Solar | 80 MW | suspended | 2019-08 | PJM |
How this county ranks
Erie County ranks #1012 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #16 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 Erie 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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