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Mecklenburg County, VA interconnection queue

2 interconnection applications are pending in Mecklenburg County, VA, requesting 130 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 6 projects have been built here and 45 have been withdrawn since 2005.

Pending applications
2
of 54 ever filed
Capacity queued
130 MW
requested, not committed
Already built
517 MW
6 projects connected
Built vs decided
11.8%
45 withdrawn
Median wait
5.4 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
487 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 Mecklenburg County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Solar180 MW
Battery150 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built6517 MW11.1%
Still pending2130 MW3.7%
Withdrawn454.1 GW83.3%
Suspended11.9%

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
Kerr Dam 115kVHydro267 MWcompleted2005-09PJM
Boydton Plank Road 115 kVSolar260 MWwithdrawn2021-07PJM
Boydton Plank Road 115 kVBattery260 MWwithdrawn2022-04PJM
Boydton Plank Road 115 kVBattery200 MWwithdrawn2021-03PJM
Boydton Plank Road 115 kVSolar150 MWwithdrawn2021-03PJM
Central VA- Chase City 115kVSolar150 MWwithdrawn2022-03PJM
Chase City- Herbert Plant Substation 115kVSolar149 MWwithdrawn2021-09PJM
Briery-Clover 230 kVSolar144 MWwithdrawn2018-03PJM
Kerr Dam - Chase City 115 kVSolar130 MWwithdrawn2021-09PJM
Briery-Clover 230 kVSolar122 MWwithdrawn2019-03PJM
Chase City-Drakes Branch 115 kVSolar119 MWwithdrawn2020-09PJM
Chase City-Drakes Branch 115 kVBattery119 MWwithdrawn2021-03PJM
Chase City-Herbert 115 kVSolar115 MWwithdrawn2021-09PJM
Kerr Dam-Ridge Road 115 kVBattery110 MWwithdrawn2019-02PJM
Briery-Clover 230 kVSolar107 MWwithdrawn2020-08PJM

How this county ranks

Mecklenburg County ranks #1052 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #38 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 Mecklenburg 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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