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Smyth County, VA interconnection queue

1 interconnection applications are pending in Smyth County, VA, requesting 250 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 0 projects have been built here and 4 have been withdrawn since 2015.

Pending applications
1
of 5 ever filed
Capacity queued
250 MW
requested, not committed
Already built
0 MW
0 projects connected
Built vs decided
0.0%
4 withdrawn
Median wait
5.4 yr
for applications still pending

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 Smyth County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Battery1250 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built00 MW0.0%
Still pending1250 MW20.0%
Withdrawn4310 MW80.0%
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
Broadford 138 kVBattery250 MWactive2021-03PJM
Broadford 138 kVSolar200 MWwithdrawn2021-03PJM
Rural Retreat 138 kVBattery100 MWwithdrawn2020-09PJM
Saltville-Holston 34.5kV - Phase ISolar5 MWwithdrawn2015-12PJM
Saltville-Holstone 34.5kV - Phase IISolar5 MWwithdrawn2015-12PJM

How this county ranks

Smyth County ranks #852 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #29 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 Smyth 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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