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Shelby County, TN interconnection queue

7 interconnection applications are pending in Shelby County, TN, requesting 1.8 GW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 2 projects have been built here and 26 have been withdrawn since 1998.

Pending applications
7
of 35 ever filed
Capacity queued
1.8 GW
requested, not committed
Already built
760 MW
2 projects connected
Built vs decided
7.1%
26 withdrawn
Median wait
8.8 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
1.6 GW
indicator, see note

Source: interconnection queues published by TVA. 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 Shelby County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Gas41.4 GW
Battery2300 MW
Solar174 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built2760 MW5.7%
Still pending71.8 GW20.0%
Withdrawn2623.0 GW74.3%
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
219Wind3.5 GWwithdrawn2009-05TVA
220Coal3.5 GWwithdrawn2009-05TVA
31Other1.2 GWwithdrawn1999-02TVA
33Other1.2 GWwithdrawn1999-02TVA
35Other1.2 GWwithdrawn1999-02TVA
37Other1.2 GWwithdrawn1999-02TVA
6Other1.2 GWwithdrawn1998-05TVA
257Gas1.1 GWactive2014-08TVA
98Other931 MWwithdrawn2000-03TVA
103Other900 MWwithdrawn2000-04TVA
225Gas751 MWwithdrawn2010-10TVA
110Other750 MWwithdrawn2000-07TVA
30Other700 MWwithdrawn1999-02TVA
32Other700 MWwithdrawn1999-02TVA
34Other700 MWwithdrawn1999-02TVA

How this county ranks

Shelby County ranks #222 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #2 of 24 in Tennessee.

Other Tennessee counties in the queue

CountyPendingCapacity queued
Trousdale County22.4 GW
Haywood County31.2 GW
Humphreys County3950 MW
Fayette County2839 MW
Hawkins County2325 MW
Hardeman County1250 MW
Lawrence County1195 MW
Lake County3177 MW

Go deeper on Shelby 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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