Data centers and new power in Greenbrier County, WV
0 MW of new power is waiting to connect to the grid in Greenbrier County, WV — 0 active requests. 3 projects are built, 7 withdrawn. Data as of 14 October 2026.
Is one near your house?
We have not mapped a large AI data center inside Greenbrier County itself — but we track the biggest ones nationally, and requests to connect new power here are on the public record.
What is happening with electricity in Greenbrier County
Every new power plant, battery or big customer has to join a waiting list before it can plug into the grid. This is what that list looks like in Greenbrier County right now.
Where every request ever filed here ended up
Most requests in the US are withdrawn — a developer tests a site and moves on. That is normal, not a warning sign for Greenbrier County.
What kind of power is asking to connect
By capacity requested. Data as of 14 October 2026.
All the numbers
10 requests ever filed
Source: interconnection queues published by the transmission providers serving this county. Parsed and normalised by Watt Street. Data as of 14 October 2026. A queued project is a request, not a commitment.
Outcome of every request filed here
| Outcome | Projects | Capacity | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built | 3 | 292 MW | 30.0% |
| Still waiting | 0 | 0 MW | 0.0% |
| Withdrawn | 7 | 526 MW | 70.0% |
| Paused | 0 | — | 0.0% |
Waiting to connect, by type of power
Key dates for projects here
no dated windows published
| Queue | What closes | Closes | Standing |
|---|---|---|---|
| FERC | FERC large-load show cause — stakeholder comments on RTO responses Comments on the six RTO/ISO responses to the FPA section 206 show-cause orders of 18 June 2026 (PJM EL26-67, SPP EL26-68, NYISO EL26-69, MISO EL26-70… | No date published yet | unconfirmed source |
| FERC | FERC RM26-4 — generic large-load rulemaking Still at ANOPR stage. | No date published yet | confirmed source |
| FERC | Georgia PSC - Georgia Power must file large-load contracts 30 days before execution A standing obligation rather than a dated one: large-load contracts must be filed with the commission at least 30 days before they are executed. | No date published yet | confirmed source |
A date marked confirmed was checked by a person against the authority's own tariff, order or form page. Anything else is listed so you know it exists, with a link so you can check it yourself. Full calendar.
The biggest projects on file
top 10 by size
| Project | Type | Capacity | Status | Filed | Queue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McClung 138kV | Wind | 200 MW | withdrawn | 2004-08 | PJM |
| Grassy Falls | Solar | 186 MW | completed | 2004-07 | PJM |
| Grassy Falls | Not stated | 143 MW | withdrawn | 2005-07 | PJM |
| Grassy Falls 138kV | Coal | 90 MW | withdrawn | 2004-10 | PJM |
| Grassy Falls 138 kV | Wind | 56 MW | completed | 2018-08 | PJM |
| Grassy Falls 138kV | Wind | 51 MW | completed | 2015-10 | PJM |
| Hinton-Ronceverte 115 kV | Solar | 50 MW | withdrawn | 2020-09 | PJM |
| Ronceverte - Clenden 46 kV | Solar | 28 MW | withdrawn | 2021-09 | PJM |
| Grassy Falls 138kV | Coal | 10 MW | withdrawn | 2006-07 | PJM |
| Rupert 34.5kV | Solar | 5 MW | withdrawn | 2016-06 | PJM |
How Greenbrier County compares
#1600 in the US · #15 in WV
Greenbrier County ranks #1600 of 1,607 US counties by power waiting to connect, and #15 of 20 in West Virginia.
| County | Waiting | Capacity queued |
|---|---|---|
| Harrison County | 3 | 1.8 GW |
| Preston County | 1 | 1.3 GW |
| Grant County | 2 | 685 MW |
| Barbour County | 3 | 393 MW |
| Nicholas County | 2 | 250 MW |
| Fayette County | 2 | 195 MW |
| Jefferson County | 2 | 179 MW |
| Hampshire County | 1 | 150 MW |
Common questions about power in Greenbrier County
How long does it take to get power for a data center in Greenbrier County, WV?
We do not yet have a median wait for Greenbrier County. Across the US, most large loads are quoted three to seven years depending on the market and whether network upgrades are needed. 3 projects in Greenbrier County have reached energization and 7 were withdrawn, so the withdrawal rate here is a better guide to risk than any single quoted timeline.
How much capacity is available in Greenbrier County, WV?
0 MW is currently requested across 0 active interconnection requests, and 292 MW has actually been built. A queued megawatt is a request, not deliverable capacity — most queued projects are never built. For deliverable offtake capacity at a specific substation you need a utility study, not a queue.
Is Greenbrier County, WV a good site for a data center?
This page gives you the power half of that answer: what is queued, what has been energized, how long the wait runs, and which large load interconnection requests are already recorded nearby. The other half — the state policy position, moratoriums and large load tariffs — is on our West Virginia policy page.
Where does the data on this page come from?
The interconnection queue published by the transmission providers serving Greenbrier County — the utilities in this area — parsed and normalised by Watt Street. Every figure carries the date it was true. Data as of 14 October 2026.
Go deeper on Greenbrier 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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