Houston County, AL interconnection queue
4 interconnection applications are pending in Houston County, AL, requesting 130 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 0 projects have been built here and 12 have been withdrawn since 2015.
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 Houston County, by fuel
| Fuel | Projects | Capacity requested |
|---|---|---|
| Nuclear | 4 | 130 MW |
Outcomes of every application filed here
| Outcome | Projects | Capacity | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built | 0 | 0 MW | 0.0% |
| Still pending | 4 | 130 MW | 22.2% |
| Withdrawn | 12 | 1.9 GW | 66.7% |
| Suspended | 2 | — | 11.1% |
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
| Project | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Filed | Queue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IC-115 | Gas | 555 MW | withdrawn | — | SOCO |
| IC-811 | Solar | 220 MW | withdrawn | 2019-10 | SOCO |
| IC-818 | Solar | 220 MW | withdrawn | 2019-10 | SOCO |
| IC-849 | Solar | 220 MW | withdrawn | 2020-02 | SOCO |
| IC-1118 | Solar | 150 MW | withdrawn | 2023-02 | SOCO |
| IC-856 | Solar | 150 MW | withdrawn | 2020-02 | SOCO |
| IC-511 | Solar | 90 MW | withdrawn | 2016-10 | SOCO |
| IC-886 | Solar | 80 MW | withdrawn | 2020-07 | SOCO |
| IC-916 | Solar | 80 MW | withdrawn | 2020-11 | SOCO |
| IC-917 | Solar | 80 MW | withdrawn | 2020-11 | SOCO |
| IC-925 | Solar | 80 MW | suspended | 2020-12 | SOCO |
| 25-IC-1307 | Nuclear | 50 MW | active | 2025-04 | SOCO |
| 25-IC-1309 | Nuclear | 50 MW | active | 2025-04 | SOCO |
| IC-1214 | Solar | 40 MW | suspended | 2023-12 | SOCO |
| IC-515 | Solar | 39 MW | withdrawn | 2016-10 | SOCO |
How this county ranks
Houston County ranks #1046 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #17 of 35 in Alabama.
Other Alabama counties in the queue
| County | Pending | Capacity queued |
|---|---|---|
| Mobile County | 4 | 1.2 GW |
| Colbert County | 2 | 958 MW |
| Perry County | 4 | 656 MW |
| Morgan County | 1 | 528 MW |
| Autauga County | 4 | 478 MW |
| Limestone County | 4 | 471 MW |
| Baldwin County | 3 | 459 MW |
| Jackson County | 2 | 399 MW |
Go deeper on Houston 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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