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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requesting 324 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 1 projects have been built here and 16 have been withdrawn since 2016.

Pending applications
4
of 21 ever filed
Capacity queued
324 MW
requested, not committed
Already built
45 MW
1 projects connected
Built vs decided
5.9%
16 withdrawn
Median wait
5.6 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
62 MW
indicator, see note

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

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Solar3224 MW
Battery1100 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built145 MW4.8%
Still pending4324 MW19.0%
Withdrawn161.2 GW76.2%
Suspended00.0%

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

ProjectFuelCapacityStatusFiledQueue
FC100008Battery100 MWactive2024-12Duke
138CSolar75 MWwithdrawn2016-04Duke
175Solar75 MWwithdrawn2017-01Duke
177Solar75 MWwithdrawn2017-02Duke
256Solar75 MWwithdrawn2019-05Duke
257Solar75 MWwithdrawn2019-05Duke
258Solar75 MWactive2019-05Duke
259Solar75 MWactive2019-05Duke
304Solar75 MWwithdrawn2022-03Duke
304ASolar75 MWwithdrawn2022-04Duke
FC100005Solar75 MWwithdrawn2024-11Duke
316Solar74 MWwithdrawn2022-08Duke
478Solar74 MWactive2022-07FPL
479Solar74 MWwithdrawn2022-07FPL
483Solar74 MWwithdrawn2022-07FPL

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

CountyPendingCapacity queued
Hendry County403.0 GW
Miami-Dade County32.7 GW
Osceola County92.0 GW
St. Lucie County241.8 GW
DeSoto County161.2 GW
Collier County151.1 GW
Charlotte County141.0 GW
Martin County141.0 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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