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Escambia County, AL interconnection queue

2 interconnection applications are pending in Escambia County, AL, requesting 399 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 2 projects have been built here and 10 have been withdrawn since 2016.

Pending applications
2
of 15 ever filed
Capacity queued
399 MW
requested, not committed
Already built
120 MW
2 projects connected
Built vs decided
16.7%
10 withdrawn
Median wait
1.3 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
183 MW
indicator, see note

Source: interconnection queues published by SOCO. 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 Escambia County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Solar2399 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built2120 MW13.3%
Still pending2399 MW13.3%
Withdrawn102.1 GW66.7%
Suspended16.7%

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
IC-085Gas640 MWwithdrawnSOCO
IC-074Gas620 MWwithdrawnSOCO
25-IC-1380Solar200 MWactive2025-04SOCO
25-IC-1347Solar199 MWactive2025-04SOCO
IC-1065Solar150 MWwithdrawn2022-09SOCO
IC-1277Solar150 MWwithdrawn2024-04SOCO
IC-1278Solar150 MWwithdrawn2024-04SOCO
East AtmoreSolar80 MWcompletedSOCO
IC-1051Solar80 MWsuspended2022-08SOCO
IC-746Solar80 MWwithdrawn2018-10SOCO
IC-929Solar79 MWwithdrawn2021-01SOCO
IC-431Solar79 MWwithdrawn2016-02SOCO
IC-480Solar75 MWwithdrawn2016-08SOCO
Georgai Pacific - Brewton Co-GenOther40 MWcompletedSOCO
IC-455Solar39 MWwithdrawn2016-05SOCO

How this county ranks

Escambia County ranks #702 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #9 of 35 in Alabama.

Other Alabama counties in the queue

CountyPendingCapacity queued
Mobile County41.2 GW
Colbert County2958 MW
Perry County4656 MW
Morgan County1528 MW
Autauga County4478 MW
Limestone County4471 MW
Baldwin County3459 MW
Jackson County2399 MW

Go deeper on Escambia 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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