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Rhea County, TN interconnection queue

0 interconnection applications are pending in Rhea County, TN, requesting 0 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 6 projects have been built here and 3 have been withdrawn since 2001.

Pending applications
0
of 9 ever filed
Capacity queued
0 MW
requested, not committed
Already built
1.3 GW
6 projects connected
Built vs decided
66.7%
3 withdrawn

Source: interconnection queues published by the transmission providers serving this county. 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 Rhea County, by fuel

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built61.3 GW66.7%
Still pending00 MW0.0%
Withdrawn31.5 GW33.3%
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
207Gas1.2 GWwithdrawn2005-08TVA
208Nuclear1.2 GWcompleted2007-02TVA
494Solar150 MWwithdrawn2021-04TVA
669Solar150 MWwithdrawn2024-10TVA
231Nuclear57 MWcompleted2012-02TVA
180Other25 MWcompleted2001-09TVA
259Nuclear23 MWcompleted2014-10TVA
204Other11 MWcompleted2005-06TVA
329Nuclear5 MWcompleted2017-09TVA

How this county ranks

Rhea County ranks #1557 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #21 of 24 in Tennessee.

Other Tennessee counties in the queue

CountyPendingCapacity queued
Trousdale County22.4 GW
Shelby County71.8 GW
Haywood County31.2 GW
Humphreys County3950 MW
Fayette County2839 MW
Hawkins County2325 MW
Hardeman County1250 MW
Lawrence County1195 MW

Go deeper on Rhea 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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