Highlands County, FL interconnection queue
4 interconnection applications are pending in Highlands County, FL, requesting 324 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 1 projects have been built here and 16 have been withdrawn since 2016.
Source: interconnection queues published by Duke, FPL. 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 Highlands County, by fuel
| Fuel | Projects | Capacity requested |
|---|---|---|
| Solar | 3 | 224 MW |
| Battery | 1 | 100 MW |
Outcomes of every application filed here
| Outcome | Projects | Capacity | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built | 1 | 45 MW | 4.8% |
| Still pending | 4 | 324 MW | 19.0% |
| Withdrawn | 16 | 1.2 GW | 76.2% |
| Suspended | 0 | — | 0.0% |
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
| Project | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Filed | Queue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FC100008 | Battery | 100 MW | active | 2024-12 | Duke |
| 138C | Solar | 75 MW | withdrawn | 2016-04 | Duke |
| 175 | Solar | 75 MW | withdrawn | 2017-01 | Duke |
| 177 | Solar | 75 MW | withdrawn | 2017-02 | Duke |
| 256 | Solar | 75 MW | withdrawn | 2019-05 | Duke |
| 257 | Solar | 75 MW | withdrawn | 2019-05 | Duke |
| 258 | Solar | 75 MW | active | 2019-05 | Duke |
| 259 | Solar | 75 MW | active | 2019-05 | Duke |
| 304 | Solar | 75 MW | withdrawn | 2022-03 | Duke |
| 304A | Solar | 75 MW | withdrawn | 2022-04 | Duke |
| FC100005 | Solar | 75 MW | withdrawn | 2024-11 | Duke |
| 316 | Solar | 74 MW | withdrawn | 2022-08 | Duke |
| 478 | Solar | 74 MW | active | 2022-07 | FPL |
| 479 | Solar | 74 MW | withdrawn | 2022-07 | FPL |
| 483 | Solar | 74 MW | withdrawn | 2022-07 | FPL |
How this county ranks
Highlands County ranks #754 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #17 of 48 in Florida.
Other Florida counties in the queue
| County | Pending | Capacity queued |
|---|---|---|
| Hendry County | 40 | 3.0 GW |
| Miami-Dade County | 3 | 2.7 GW |
| Osceola County | 9 | 2.0 GW |
| St. Lucie County | 24 | 1.8 GW |
| DeSoto County | 16 | 1.2 GW |
| Collier County | 15 | 1.1 GW |
| Charlotte County | 14 | 1.0 GW |
| Martin County | 14 | 1.0 GW |
Go deeper on Highlands 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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