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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requesting 637 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 2 projects have been built here and 14 have been withdrawn since 2016.

Pending applications
6
of 23 ever filed
Capacity queued
637 MW
requested, not committed
Already built
260 MW
2 projects connected
Built vs decided
12.5%
14 withdrawn
Median wait
7.9 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
337 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 Isle of Wight County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Solar6637 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built2260 MW8.7%
Still pending6637 MW26.1%
Withdrawn141.4 GW60.9%
Suspended14.3%

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

ProjectFuelCapacityStatusFiledQueue
Surry - Yadkin 500 kVSolar450 MWwithdrawn2021-09PJM
Smithfield 230 kVBattery250 MWwithdrawn2021-03PJM
Septa 500kVSolar240 MWcompleted2016-11PJM
Septa 500kVSolar240 MWactive2017-03PJM
Smithfield-Surry 230kVSolar160 MWwithdrawn2016-02PJM
Poolesville - Winchester 230 kVSolar104 MWwithdrawn2021-09PJM
Suffolk-Poe 115 kVSolar100 MWwithdrawn2018-03PJM
Smithfield-Surry 230 kVSolar99 MWactive2021-09PJM
Myrtle-Windsor 115 kVSolar91 MWactive2019-04PJM
Myrtle-Windsor 115 kVSolar91 MWwithdrawn2023-02PJM
Ivor-Oak Ridge 115kVSolar85 MWactive2017-03PJM
Myrtle-Windsor 115 kVSolar71 MWactive2019-03PJM
Surry-Chuckatuck 230 kVSolar70 MWwithdrawn2021-02PJM
Poolesville-Winchester 230 kVSolar54 MWwithdrawn2020-09PJM
Myrtle-Windsor DP 115kVSolar51 MWactive2018-03PJM

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

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
Caroline County61.1 GW
Buckingham County4996 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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