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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requesting 100 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 11 projects have been built here and 57 have been withdrawn since 1997.

Pending applications
2
of 70 ever filed
Capacity queued
100 MW
requested, not committed
Already built
8.9 GW
11 projects connected
Built vs decided
16.2%
57 withdrawn
Median wait
5.9 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
4.0 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 Luzerne County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Solar2100 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built118.9 GW15.7%
Still pending2100 MW2.9%
Withdrawn5714.8 GW81.4%
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
Susquehanna #1Nuclear2.5 GWcompleted2004-05PJM
Susquehanna #2Nuclear2.5 GWcompleted2004-05PJM
Susquehanna 230kVNuclear1.3 GWwithdrawn2011-09PJM
Susquehanna 230kVNuclear1.3 GWwithdrawn2011-09PJM
Susquehanna unit 1 230 kVNuclear1.3 GWwithdrawn2020-03PJM
Susquehanna Unit 2 500 kVNuclear1.3 GWwithdrawn2020-03PJM
Susquehanna-Lackawanna 500kVGas1.1 GWcompleted2017-03PJM
Susquehanna-Lackawanna 500kVGas1.1 GWcompleted2014-03PJM
Susquehanna-Lackawanna 500kVGas1.1 GWcompleted2014-09PJM
Susquehanna - Alburtis 500kVCoal940 MWwithdrawn2006-10PJM
Susquehanna - Alburtis 500kVCoal940 MWwithdrawn2006-10PJM
SusquehannaCoal940 MWwithdrawn2007-01PJM
SusquehannaCoal940 MWwithdrawn2007-01PJM
SusquehannaNuclear800 MWwithdrawn2006-08PJM
SusquehannaGas700 MWwithdrawn2008-11PJM

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

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 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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