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Polk County, FL interconnection queue

8 interconnection applications are pending in Polk County, FL, requesting 485 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 21 projects have been built here and 50 have been withdrawn since 1997.

Pending applications
8
of 79 ever filed
Capacity queued
485 MW
requested, not committed
Already built
4.2 GW
21 projects connected
Built vs decided
29.6%
50 withdrawn
Median wait
2.7 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
6.7 GW
indicator, see note

Source: interconnection queues published by Duke, TEC. 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 Polk County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Solar5333 MW
Gas184 MW
Other148 MW
Battery120 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built214.2 GW26.6%
Still pending8485 MW10.1%
Withdrawn508.0 GW63.3%
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
2Gas1.7 GWcompleted1998-01Duke
13Gas720 MWwithdrawn2001-06Duke
17Gas640 MWwithdrawn2002-07Duke
135Gas637 MWcompleted2014-11Duke
19Gas597 MWwithdrawn2004-05Duke
20Gas597 MWwithdrawn2004-05Duke
14Gas575 MWwithdrawn2002-02Duke
11Gas570 MWwithdrawn2000-11Duke
1Gas567 MWcompleted1997-04Duke
63Gas418 MWwithdrawn2007-07Duke
16Gas380 MWwithdrawn2002-05Duke
38Gas368 MWwithdrawn2002-04Duke
3Gas297 MWcompleted1999-03Duke
18Gas252 MWwithdrawn2002-07Duke
59Gas223 MWwithdrawn2007-07Duke

How this county ranks

Polk County ranks #634 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #13 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 Polk 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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