Luzerne County, PA interconnection queue
2 interconnection applications are pending in Luzerne County, PA, requesting 100 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 11 projects have been built here and 57 have been withdrawn since 1997.
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 Luzerne County, by fuel
| Fuel | Projects | Capacity requested |
|---|---|---|
| Solar | 2 | 100 MW |
Outcomes of every application filed here
| Outcome | Projects | Capacity | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built | 11 | 8.9 GW | 15.7% |
| Still pending | 2 | 100 MW | 2.9% |
| Withdrawn | 57 | 14.8 GW | 81.4% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Susquehanna #1 | Nuclear | 2.5 GW | completed | 2004-05 | PJM |
| Susquehanna #2 | Nuclear | 2.5 GW | completed | 2004-05 | PJM |
| Susquehanna 230kV | Nuclear | 1.3 GW | withdrawn | 2011-09 | PJM |
| Susquehanna 230kV | Nuclear | 1.3 GW | withdrawn | 2011-09 | PJM |
| Susquehanna unit 1 230 kV | Nuclear | 1.3 GW | withdrawn | 2020-03 | PJM |
| Susquehanna Unit 2 500 kV | Nuclear | 1.3 GW | withdrawn | 2020-03 | PJM |
| Susquehanna-Lackawanna 500kV | Gas | 1.1 GW | completed | 2017-03 | PJM |
| Susquehanna-Lackawanna 500kV | Gas | 1.1 GW | completed | 2014-03 | PJM |
| Susquehanna-Lackawanna 500kV | Gas | 1.1 GW | completed | 2014-09 | PJM |
| Susquehanna - Alburtis 500kV | Coal | 940 MW | withdrawn | 2006-10 | PJM |
| Susquehanna - Alburtis 500kV | Coal | 940 MW | withdrawn | 2006-10 | PJM |
| Susquehanna | Coal | 940 MW | withdrawn | 2007-01 | PJM |
| Susquehanna | Coal | 940 MW | withdrawn | 2007-01 | PJM |
| Susquehanna | Nuclear | 800 MW | withdrawn | 2006-08 | PJM |
| Susquehanna | Gas | 700 MW | withdrawn | 2008-11 | PJM |
How this county ranks
Luzerne County ranks #1100 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #20 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 Luzerne 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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