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

OCTARY USA Β· INTERCONNECTION QUEUES

Interconnection queue in Illinois (2016 requests)

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 This shows every request: active, built and withdrawn.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 shown3329 MW
Active in queue329 MW3 requests
Agreement signed250 MW2 requests
Withdrawn153,641 MW never built

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Requests

3 requests
ProjectCapacityStatusLocationRegionQueuedOnline
Solar project J641, Morgan County
Solar		 140 MWAgreement signed Morgan, ILMISO May 20162024
Solar project J644, Greene County
Solar		 110 MWAgreement signed Greene, ILMISO May 20162024
Hickory Wind
Onshore wind		 78.7 MWPaused / redesign Putnam, ILPJM Oct 2016target 2025

Capacity in the queue by state

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AK–ME–VT–NH–WA210MWID–MT1.3GWND202MWMN155MWIL329MWWI–MI8MWNY370MWRI–MA866MWOR1.2GWNV755MWWY585MWSD99MWIA–IN245MWOH410MWPA44MWNJ57MWCT–CA2.9GWUT4.3GWCO1.6GWNE290MWMO238MWKY309MWWV30MWVA630MWMD451MWDE74MWAZ254MWNM512MWKS322MWAR475MWTN308MWNC425MWSC–DC–OK3GWLA74MWMS100MWAL–GA189MWHI–TX2.2GWFL224MW

By grid region

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

Requests by year joined

Capacity of requests in this view, by the year they entered the queue. Click a year.

20162025

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 A request is a proposal to connect, not a commitment to build: historically most are withdrawn.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)