Isle of Wight County, VA interconnection queue
6 interconnection applications are pending in Isle of Wight County, VA, requesting 637 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 2 projects have been built here and 14 have been withdrawn since 2016.
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 Isle of Wight County, by fuel
| Fuel | Projects | Capacity requested |
|---|---|---|
| Solar | 6 | 637 MW |
Outcomes of every application filed here
| Outcome | Projects | Capacity | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built | 2 | 260 MW | 8.7% |
| Still pending | 6 | 637 MW | 26.1% |
| Withdrawn | 14 | 1.4 GW | 60.9% |
| Suspended | 1 | — | 4.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surry - Yadkin 500 kV | Solar | 450 MW | withdrawn | 2021-09 | PJM |
| Smithfield 230 kV | Battery | 250 MW | withdrawn | 2021-03 | PJM |
| Septa 500kV | Solar | 240 MW | completed | 2016-11 | PJM |
| Septa 500kV | Solar | 240 MW | active | 2017-03 | PJM |
| Smithfield-Surry 230kV | Solar | 160 MW | withdrawn | 2016-02 | PJM |
| Poolesville - Winchester 230 kV | Solar | 104 MW | withdrawn | 2021-09 | PJM |
| Suffolk-Poe 115 kV | Solar | 100 MW | withdrawn | 2018-03 | PJM |
| Smithfield-Surry 230 kV | Solar | 99 MW | active | 2021-09 | PJM |
| Myrtle-Windsor 115 kV | Solar | 91 MW | active | 2019-04 | PJM |
| Myrtle-Windsor 115 kV | Solar | 91 MW | withdrawn | 2023-02 | PJM |
| Ivor-Oak Ridge 115kV | Solar | 85 MW | active | 2017-03 | PJM |
| Myrtle-Windsor 115 kV | Solar | 71 MW | active | 2019-03 | PJM |
| Surry-Chuckatuck 230 kV | Solar | 70 MW | withdrawn | 2021-02 | PJM |
| Poolesville-Winchester 230 kV | Solar | 54 MW | withdrawn | 2020-09 | PJM |
| Myrtle-Windsor DP 115kV | Solar | 51 MW | active | 2018-03 | PJM |
How this county ranks
Isle of Wight County ranks #538 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #17 of 71 in Virginia.
Other Virginia counties in the queue
| County | Pending | Capacity queued |
|---|---|---|
| Brunswick County | 9 | 3.4 GW |
| Fluvanna County | 3 | 2.6 GW |
| Sussex County | 7 | 2.5 GW |
| Greensville County | 4 | 1.9 GW |
| Chesterfield County | 9 | 1.5 GW |
| Charlotte County | 6 | 1.4 GW |
| Caroline County | 6 | 1.1 GW |
| Buckingham County | 4 | 996 MW |
Go deeper on Isle of Wight 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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