Manatee County, FL interconnection queue
9 interconnection applications are pending in Manatee County, FL, requesting 683 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 7 projects have been built here and 15 have been withdrawn since 2016.
Source: interconnection queues published by 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 Manatee County, by fuel
| Fuel | Projects | Capacity requested |
|---|---|---|
| Solar | 8 | 596 MW |
| Gas | 1 | 87 MW |
Outcomes of every application filed here
| Outcome | Projects | Capacity | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built | 7 | 856 MW | 22.6% |
| Still pending | 9 | 683 MW | 29.0% |
| Withdrawn | 15 | 1.1 GW | 48.4% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 371 | Battery | 409 MW | completed | 2019-10 | FPL |
| 415 | Gas | 87 MW | active | 2020-09 | FPL |
| 194 | Solar | 74 MW | completed | 2017-08 | Duke |
| 287 | Solar | 74 MW | withdrawn | 2020-06 | Duke |
| 298 | Solar | 74 MW | withdrawn | 2021-12 | Duke |
| 299 | Solar | 74 MW | withdrawn | 2021-12 | Duke |
| 191 | Solar | 74 MW | active | 2016-05 | FPL |
| 192 | Solar | 74 MW | withdrawn | 2016-05 | FPL |
| 361 | Solar | 74 MW | completed | 2018-12 | FPL |
| 362 | Solar | 74 MW | completed | 2018-12 | FPL |
| 363 | Solar | 74 MW | withdrawn | 2018-12 | FPL |
| 364 | Solar | 74 MW | completed | 2018-12 | FPL |
| 365 | Solar | 74 MW | completed | 2018-12 | FPL |
| 422 | Solar | 74 MW | completed | 2021-05 | FPL |
| 424 | Solar | 74 MW | active | 2021-05 | FPL |
How this county ranks
Manatee County ranks #518 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #11 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 Manatee 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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