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Somerset County, PA interconnection queue

3 interconnection applications are pending in Somerset County, PA, requesting 229 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 17 projects have been built here and 79 have been withdrawn since 1999.

Pending applications
3
of 103 ever filed
Capacity queued
229 MW
requested, not committed
Already built
719 MW
17 projects connected
Built vs decided
17.7%
79 withdrawn
Median wait
5.4 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
443 MW
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 Somerset County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Solar3229 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built17719 MW16.5%
Still pending3229 MW2.9%
Withdrawn794.6 GW76.7%
Suspended43.9%

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
Hooversville & Johns-Alt 230kVGas635 MWwithdrawn2001-11PJM
Hooversville 230kVGas500 MWwithdrawn2002-01PJM
Central City 115kV, Hooversville 230kVCoal300 MWwithdrawn2006-09PJM
Somerset 115 kVSolar200 MWwithdrawn2022-03PJM
Allegheny-Somerset 115 kVSolar160 MWwithdrawn2019-09PJM
Frostburg 138kV IIWind139 MWcompleted2008-07PJM
Frostburg 138kVWind139 MWcompleted2014-01PJM
Central City 115kVWind138 MWwithdrawn2016-10PJM
Quemahoning - Hooversville 230kVWind124 MWwithdrawn2006-12PJM
Bedford North - Allegheny 115kVWind120 MWwithdrawn2006-01PJM
New Baltimore 115 kV II (Mountain Ridge Solar)Solar120 MWwithdrawn2021-09PJM
Garrett 115kVWind100 MWwithdrawn2006-04PJM
Lick Run 115 kVSolar100 MWactive2019-09PJM
Lick Run 115 kVBattery100 MWwithdrawn2020-03PJM
Meyersdale 115kVWind99 MWwithdrawn2016-11PJM

How this county ranks

Somerset County ranks #873 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #9 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 Somerset 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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