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PACE Substation Gets Battery Energy Storage System

Where it is. On Pearce Road in Auburndale.

A battery energy storage system is being added to the PACE substation on Pearce Road in Auburndale.

PACE is expanding its substation on Pearce Road in Auburndale to include a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS). The project adds a BESS pad, a new site entrance off Pearce Road, a stormwater management system, perimeter fencing, and a soundwall along the northern side of the property.

The site plan was filed in December 2025 and closed as complete in November 2026.

What happens next

The expansion is complete.

Timeline

Dec 10, 2025
Site plan filed
Polk County Accela, LDDRC-2025-312
Nov 1
Site plan closed as complete
Polk County Accela, LDDRC-2025-312

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Spotted by the Lakelandmarks records pipeline Β· records checked Nov 5, 2026

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Sources for this page: Polk County permit records.