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Fayette County, WV interconnection queue

2 interconnection applications are pending in Fayette County, WV, requesting 195 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 1 projects have been built here and 11 have been withdrawn since 2005.

Pending applications
2
of 14 ever filed
Capacity queued
195 MW
requested, not committed
Already built
54 MW
1 projects connected
Built vs decided
8.3%
11 withdrawn
Median wait
6.4 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
108 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 Fayette County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Hydro1105 MW
Solar190 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built154 MW7.1%
Still pending2195 MW14.3%
Withdrawn11898 MW78.6%
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
Nuttall 138 kVSolar200 MWwithdrawn2022-03PJM
Kanawha 138kVHydro142 MWwithdrawn2005-07PJM
Kanawha River 138 kVHydro105 MWactive2019-03PJM
Kanawha River - Carbondale 138 kVSolar90 MWactive2021-03PJM
Carbondale 138 kVSolar90 MWwithdrawn2023-03PJM
Nuttall 138 kVSolar79 MWwithdrawn2020-09PJM
Layland 69 kVSolar75 MWwithdrawn2020-09PJM
AH2-368Solar75 MWwithdrawn2022-03PJM
Layland 69 kVSolar75 MWwithdrawn2023-03PJM
Kanawha 138kVHydro54 MWcompleted2007-01PJM
Kanawha 138kVOther53 MWwithdrawn2009-04PJM
Kanawha River 138 kVHydro48 MWwithdrawn2019-03PJM
Kanawha River 138 kVHydro48 MWwithdrawn2019-03PJM
Kanawha River 138kVOther13 MWwithdrawn2010-10PJM

How this county ranks

Fayette County ranks #946 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #6 of 20 in West Virginia.

Other West Virginia counties in the queue

CountyPendingCapacity queued
Harrison County31.8 GW
Preston County11.3 GW
Grant County2685 MW
Barbour County3393 MW
Nicholas County2250 MW
Jefferson County2179 MW
Hampshire County1150 MW
Mason County1100 MW

Go deeper on Fayette 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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