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United States β€Ί Grid β€Ί Interconnection queues β€Ί Illinois

OCTARY USA Β· INTERCONNECTION QUEUES

Coal interconnection queue 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 This shows every request: active, built and withdrawn.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 shown1550 MW
Active in queue550 MW1 requests
Agreement signed550 MW1 requests
Withdrawn147,874 MW never built

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Requests

1 requests
ProjectCapacityStatusLocationRegionQueuedOnline
Coal project IP17, Franklin County
Coal		 550 MWAgreement signed Franklin, ILMISO Dec 2001target 2002

Capacity in the queue by state

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AK–ME–VT–NH–WA–ID–MT–ND–MN–IL550MWWI–MI–NY–RI–MA–OR518MWNV–WY–SD1.3GWIA–IN–OH–PA–NJ–CT–CA–UT–CO850MWNE–MO120MWKY348MWWV36MWVA–MD–DE–AZ–NM–KS–AR20MWTN–NC60MWSC–DC–OK450MWLA–MS–AL–GA–HI–TX–FL–

By grid region

ISO/RTO markets and the non-ISO West and Southeast.

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 A request is a proposal to connect, not a commitment to build: historically most are withdrawn.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 Β· Planned power plants (EIA)