York County, PA interconnection queue
6 interconnection applications are pending in York County, PA, requesting 2.9 GW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 16 projects have been built here and 53 have been withdrawn since 1999.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 York County, by fuel
| Fuel | Projects | Capacity requested |
|---|---|---|
| Nuclear | 1 | 2.7 GW |
| Solar | 5 | 190 MW |
Outcomes of every application filed here
| Outcome | Projects | Capacity | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built | 16 | 11.3 GW | 21.1% |
| Still pending | 6 | 2.9 GW | 7.9% |
| Withdrawn | 53 | 12.6 GW | 69.7% |
| Suspended | 1 | — | 1.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peach Bottom 500kV | Nuclear | 2.7 GW | active | 2016-04 | PJM |
| Peach Bottom | Nuclear | 2.7 GW | completed | 2009-12 | PJM |
| Peach Bottom | Nuclear | 2.5 GW | completed | 2006-06 | PJM |
| Peach Bottom 500kV | Nuclear | 2.3 GW | completed | 2001-07 | PJM |
| Brunner Island 230kV | Gas | 1.2 GW | withdrawn | 2001-05 | PJM |
| TMI-Peach Bottom 500kV | Gas | 1.1 GW | withdrawn | 2001-11 | PJM |
| Peach Bottom 500 kV | Solar | 905 MW | withdrawn | 2021-07 | PJM |
| Peach Bottom 500kV | Gas | 880 MW | completed | 2014-07 | PJM |
| TMI | Nuclear | 879 MW | withdrawn | 2012-04 | PJM |
| Peach Bottom-TMI #1 500kV I | Gas | 800 MW | withdrawn | 2011-11 | PJM |
| Peach Bottom 500kV | Gas | 760 MW | completed | 2013-02 | PJM |
| Brunner 230 kV | Coal | 749 MW | completed | 1999-01 | PJM |
| Brunner Island #2 | Coal | 749 MW | withdrawn | 2001-02 | PJM |
| Graceton 230kV | Gas | 678 MW | withdrawn | 2011-10 | PJM |
| TMI - Juniata 500kV | Gas | 675 MW | withdrawn | 2001-05 | PJM |
How this county ranks
York County ranks #122 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #1 of 62 in Pennsylvania.
Other Pennsylvania counties in the queue
| County | Pending | Capacity queued |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Somerset County | 3 | 229 MW |
Go deeper on York 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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