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Prince William County, VA interconnection queue

4 interconnection applications are pending in Prince William County, VA, requesting 728 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 2 projects have been built here and 24 have been withdrawn since 2000.

Pending applications
4
of 30 ever filed
Capacity queued
728 MW
requested, not committed
Already built
1.3 GW
2 projects connected
Built vs decided
7.7%
24 withdrawn
Median wait
5.0 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
786 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 Prince William County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Gas1668 MW
Battery360 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built21.3 GW6.7%
Still pending4728 MW13.3%
Withdrawn245.8 GW80.0%
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
Burches Hill 500kVGas960 MWwithdrawn2000-11PJM
Possum Point 230kVGas950 MWwithdrawn2009-04PJM
Possum Point 230kVOil806 MWwithdrawn2007-07PJM
Gainesville 230kVGas690 MWwithdrawn2008-01PJM
Possum Point 230kVGas668 MWcompleted2015-03PJM
Possum Point 230kVGas668 MWactive2025-04PJM
Possum Point 230kVGas640 MWcompleted2007-01PJM
Possum PointGas600 MWwithdrawn2005-09PJM
Pleasant View-Edwards Ferry 230kVUnknown200 MWwithdrawn2011-11PJM
Gainesville-Loudoun 230 kVBattery200 MWwithdrawn2020-09PJM
Gainesville-Loudoun 230 kVBattery200 MWwithdrawn2023-03PJM
Nokesville-Vint Hill 230 kVBattery150 MWwithdrawn2021-01PJM
Catharpin 230 kVBattery150 MWwithdrawn2021-03PJM
Liberty 230 kVBattery150 MWwithdrawn2021-03PJM
Possum Point 230 kVBattery150 MWwithdrawn2021-03PJM

How this county ranks

Prince William County ranks #499 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #15 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 Prince William 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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