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requesting 229 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 17 projects have been built here and 79 have been withdrawn since 1999.
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
| Fuel | Projects | Capacity requested |
|---|---|---|
| Solar | 3 | 229 MW |
Outcomes of every application filed here
| Outcome | Projects | Capacity | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built | 17 | 719 MW | 16.5% |
| Still pending | 3 | 229 MW | 2.9% |
| Withdrawn | 79 | 4.6 GW | 76.7% |
| Suspended | 4 | — | 3.9% |
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
| Project | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Filed | Queue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hooversville & Johns-Alt 230kV | Gas | 635 MW | withdrawn | 2001-11 | PJM |
| Hooversville 230kV | Gas | 500 MW | withdrawn | 2002-01 | PJM |
| Central City 115kV, Hooversville 230kV | Coal | 300 MW | withdrawn | 2006-09 | PJM |
| Somerset 115 kV | Solar | 200 MW | withdrawn | 2022-03 | PJM |
| Allegheny-Somerset 115 kV | Solar | 160 MW | withdrawn | 2019-09 | PJM |
| Frostburg 138kV II | Wind | 139 MW | completed | 2008-07 | PJM |
| Frostburg 138kV | Wind | 139 MW | completed | 2014-01 | PJM |
| Central City 115kV | Wind | 138 MW | withdrawn | 2016-10 | PJM |
| Quemahoning - Hooversville 230kV | Wind | 124 MW | withdrawn | 2006-12 | PJM |
| Bedford North - Allegheny 115kV | Wind | 120 MW | withdrawn | 2006-01 | PJM |
| New Baltimore 115 kV II (Mountain Ridge Solar) | Solar | 120 MW | withdrawn | 2021-09 | PJM |
| Garrett 115kV | Wind | 100 MW | withdrawn | 2006-04 | PJM |
| Lick Run 115 kV | Solar | 100 MW | active | 2019-09 | PJM |
| Lick Run 115 kV | Battery | 100 MW | withdrawn | 2020-03 | PJM |
| Meyersdale 115kV | Wind | 99 MW | withdrawn | 2016-11 | PJM |
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
| 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 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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