Completed queue projects in Illinois

Before a new power plant or battery can connect to the US grid, it joins a queue for studies and an interconnection agreement. Most requests never get built. This shows every request: active, built and withdrawn.

Requests shown13216.8 GW

Active in queue74.6 GW423 requests

Agreement signed7,430 MW51 requests

Withdrawn670115.3 GW never built

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Source: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Queued Up interconnection queue data (data through end of 2025). Map points are county centres, not exact sites.

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Project	Capacity	Status	Location	Region	Queued	Online
Coal project IP14, Washington County Coal	1,500 MW	Operating	Washington, IL	MISO	Jul 2001	2006
Jackson Generation Gas	1,201 MW	Operating	Will, IL	PJM	Oct 2016	2022
Three Rivers Energy Center Gas	1,160 MW	Operating	Grundy, IL	PJM	Oct 2015	2023
Nelson Energy Center Gas	600 MW	Operating	IL	PJM	Oct 2006	2015
Solar project J1464, Macoupin County Solar	593 MW	Operating	Macoupin, IL	MISO	Apr 2019	2024
Zion Energy Center Gas	585 MW	Operating	Lake, IL	PJM	Jun 2007	2011
Radford's Run Wind Farm Onshore wind	306 MW	Operating	Macon, IL	PJM	Nov 2010	2017
Onshore wind project J757, Morgan County Onshore wind	304 MW	Operating	Morgan, IL	MISO	Nov 2016	2021
Top Crop Generating Facility Onshore wind	300 MW	Operating	Livingston, IL	PJM	May 2005	2010
Cayuga Ridge South WF Onshore wind	300 MW	Operating	Livingston, IL	PJM	Jul 2005	2007
Blooming Grove WF Onshore wind	250 MW	Operating	Mclean, IL	PJM	Feb 2016	2020
Lee - DeKalb Wind Energy Center Onshore wind	240 MW	Operating	Lee, IL	PJM	Jul 2006	2014
Big Sky Onshore wind	240 MW	Operating	Bureau, IL	PJM	Dec 2005	2010
Green River Wind Farm Phase 2 Onshore wind	225 MW	Operating	Lee, IL	PJM	May 2005	2019
Walnut Ridge Wind, LLC Onshore wind	212 MW	Operating	Lee, IL	PJM	Mar 2005	2018
Onshore wind project J756, Logan County Onshore wind	202 MW	Operating	Logan, IL	MISO	Nov 2016	2020
Onshore wind project J468, Douglas County Onshore wind	202 MW	Operating	Douglas, IL	MISO	Jun 2015	2019
Bright Stalk Generating Facility Onshore wind	200 MW	Operating	Livingston, IL	PJM	Apr 2014	2019
Coal project G412, Sangamon County Coal	200 MW	Operating	Sangamon, IL	MISO	Mar 2004	2004
Onshore wind project H100, Vermilion County Onshore wind	200 MW	Operating	Vermilion, IL	MISO	Aug 2008	2012
Bishop Hill WF Onshore wind	200 MW	Operating	Mercer, IL	PJM	Sep 2005	2012
Minonk Wind Farm Onshore wind	200 MW	Operating	Woodford, IL	PJM	Jul 2005	2012
Onshore wind project G545, Henry County Onshore wind	200 MW	Operating	Henry, IL	MISO	Sep 2005	2007
Solar project J949, Coles County Solar	200 MW	Operating	Coles, IL	MISO	Jun 2017	2020
Top Hat Wind Energy Center Onshore wind	200 MW	Operating	Logan, IL	PJM	Sep 2016	2025
Alta Farms II Onshore wind	197 MW	Operating	Dewitt, IL	PJM	Mar 2016	2023
Grand Ridge WF Onshore wind	191 MW	Operating	Lasalle, IL	PJM	Sep 2005	2010
Invenergy Nelson Expansion LLC Gas	190 MW	Operating	Lee, IL	PJM	Nov 2014	2023
Invenergy Nelson Expansion LLC Gas	190 MW	Operating	Lee, IL	PJM	Dec 2014	2023
Onshore wind project J1453, Mason County Onshore wind	188 MW	Operating	Mason, IL	MISO	Apr 2019	2022
Hilltopper Wind Farm Onshore wind	188 MW	Operating	Logan, IL	PJM	May 2011	2018
Kelly Creek Wind Farm Onshore wind	175 MW	Operating	Kankakee, IL	PJM	May 2007	2016
Kankakee Wind Farm Onshore wind	175 MW	Operating	Kankakee, IL	PJM	May 2007	2015
Onshore wind project G996, Ford County Onshore wind	150 MW	Operating	Ford, IL	MISO	Apr 2008	2010
Onshore wind project J1022, Mclean County Onshore wind	150 MW	Operating	Mclean, IL	MISO	Mar 2018	2022
Grand Ridge Energy LLC Onshore wind	150 MW	Operating	Lasalle, IL	PJM	Dec 2004	2009
Onshore wind project G931, Iroquois County Onshore wind	150 MW	Operating	Iroquois, IL	MISO	Dec 2007	2009
Coal project G495, Washington County Coal	150 MW	Operating	Washington, IL	MISO	Feb 2005	2006
Otter Creek Wind Farm Onshore wind	150 MW	Operating	Livingston, IL	PJM	Jun 2014	2020
Camp Grove Wind Farm Onshore wind	150 MW	Operating	Stark, IL	PJM	Oct 2003	2006
Onshore wind project IP04, Mclean County Onshore wind	150 MW	Operating	Mclean, IL	MISO	Apr 2004	2004
Onshore wind project J456, Mcdonough County Onshore wind	150 MW	Operating	Mcdonough, IL	MISO	May 2015	2019
Solar project J853, White County Solar	149 MW	Operating	White, IL	MISO	Jun 2017	2021
Onshore wind project J1055, Mason County Onshore wind	144 MW	Operating	Mason, IL	MISO	Mar 2018	2020
Gas project G021, Williamson County Gas	142 MW	Operating	Williamson, IL	MISO	Dec 1999	2002
Quad Cities - Units 1 & 2 Nuclear	140 MW	Operating	Rock Island, IL	PJM	Jun 2006	2011
Gas project G478, Madison County Gas	134 MW	Operating	Madison, IL	MISO	Oct 2004	2005
Onshore wind project J845, Ford County Onshore wind	120 MW	Operating	Ford, IL	MISO	Jun 2017	2021
Midland Wind Farm Onshore wind	101 MW	Operating	Henry, IL	PJM	Aug 2016	2024
Onshore wind project J826, Mclean County Onshore wind	100 MW	Operating	Mclean, IL	MISO	Jun 2017	2021

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Source: Rand, J. et al., Queued Up, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, data through end of 2025. Compiled from the queues of the 7 ISO/RTOs and dozens of non-ISO utilities. A request is a proposal to connect, not a commitment to build: historically most are withdrawn. Capacity is the requested interconnection size; hybrids include the storage component. Transmission lines · Planned power plants (EIA)