Plans for a West Jacksonville solar farm that will sell power to city utility JEA advanced through a City Council committee March 17.
The Transportation, Energy and Utilities Committee voted 5-0 to approve closure and abandonment of three rights-of-way to allow for development of the solar array facility on 2 acres.
The land, three tracts off 1304 Old Plank Road, will become one of three solar farm projects that will sell power to JEA, according to a JEA spokesperson. The site is northwest of Interstate 10 and Florida 23, which is the First Coast Expressway.
JEA, which owns the land, will buy the power from Florida Renewable Partners, which will build, own and operate the solar farm.
FRP is a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources, a Juno-based energy infrastructure and supplier company. FNP operates as the solar energy arm of NextEra.
In 2024, JEA announced it finalized an agreement with FNP to develop three solar generation facilities. JEA said the sites would have a combined available output of 200 megawatts that could provide power for more than 37,000 households.
JEA says the development is part of its Miller Solar Energy Center project, which is designed to provide 74.9 megawatts of solar power to the utility's customers.
The agreement calls for FRP to sell the energy produced to JEA through purchase power agreements with a 35-year term. The JEA spokesperson said March 17 the solar farms are expected to come online by the end of 2026.
The vote is set for a full Council vote March 24.