Sign in

Lee County, AL interconnection queue

2 interconnection applications are pending in Lee County, AL, requesting 351 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 1 projects have been built here and 11 have been withdrawn since 2003.

Pending applications
2
of 16 ever filed
Capacity queued
351 MW
requested, not committed
Already built
620 MW
1 projects connected
Built vs decided
8.3%
11 withdrawn
Median wait
1.3 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
2.3 GW
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 Lee County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Gas2351 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built1620 MW6.2%
Still pending2351 MW12.5%
Withdrawn116.0 GW68.8%
Suspended212.5%

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-252Gas968 MWwithdrawn2011-02SOCO
IC-224Gas667 MWwithdrawn2007-11SOCO
IC-203Gas655 MWwithdrawn2003-09SOCO
IC-1218Gas640 MWwithdrawn2023-12SOCO
IC-104Gas630 MWwithdrawnSOCO
IC-210Gas630 MWwithdrawn2003-09SOCO
Franklin 3 (Goat Rock 3)Gas620 MWcompletedSOCO
Franklin 2 (Goat Rock 2)Gas620 MWcompletedSOCO
IC-065Gas610 MWwithdrawnSOCO
IC-202Gas595 MWwithdrawn2003-09SOCO
Franklin 1 (Goat Rock 1)Gas590 MWcompletedSOCO
IC-251Gas520 MWwithdrawn2011-02SOCO
25-IC-1320AGas240 MWactive2025-04SOCO
IC-1251Solar157 MWsuspended2024-03SOCO
25-IC-1321Gas111 MWactive2025-04SOCO

How this county ranks

Lee County ranks #728 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #12 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 Lee 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.

Open Lee County on the map County reports All of Alabama