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Caroline County, VA interconnection queue

6 interconnection applications are pending in Caroline County, VA, requesting 1.1 GW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 7 projects have been built here and 42 have been withdrawn since 2006.

Pending applications
6
of 55 ever filed
Capacity queued
1.1 GW
requested, not committed
Already built
2.7 GW
7 projects connected
Built vs decided
14.3%
42 withdrawn
Median wait
1.4 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
892 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 Caroline County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Gas5988 MW
Solar1120 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built72.7 GW12.7%
Still pending61.1 GW10.9%
Withdrawn426.4 GW76.4%
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
Ladysmith CT 230kVGas1.6 GWwithdrawn2010-04PJM
Ladysmith 230kVGas950 MWcompleted2007-07PJM
Ladysmith 230kVGas720 MWcompleted2006-10PJM
Ladysmith 230 kV IGas209 MWcompleted2017-03PJM
Ladysmith 230 kV IIGas209 MWcompleted2017-03PJM
Ladysmith CT Unit 3Gas209 MWwithdrawn2017-03PJM
Ladysmith CT Unit 4Gas209 MWwithdrawn2017-03PJM
Ladysmith CT Unit 5Gas209 MWwithdrawn2017-03PJM
Ladysmith CT 230 kVGas209 MWactive2025-04PJM
Ladysmith CT 230 kVGas209 MWactive2025-04PJM
Ladysmith CT 230 kVGas209 MWwithdrawn2023-03PJM
Ladysmith CT 230 kVGas209 MWwithdrawn2023-03PJM
Ladysmith CT-Mine Road 230 kVBattery200 MWwithdrawn2020-09PJM
Ladysmith CT 230 kVBattery200 MWwithdrawn2022-04PJM
Ladysmith CT-Mine Road 230 kVBattery200 MWwithdrawn2023-03PJM

How this county ranks

Caroline County ranks #348 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #7 of 71 in Virginia.

Other Virginia counties in the queue

CountyPendingCapacity queued
Brunswick County93.4 GW
Fluvanna County32.6 GW
Sussex County72.5 GW
Greensville County41.9 GW
Chesterfield County91.5 GW
Charlotte County61.4 GW
Buckingham County4996 MW
Loudoun County6965 MW

Go deeper on Caroline 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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