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SOLAR · PJMBeacon Solar
Beacon Solar is a 260 MW solar request in interconnection study in the PJM interconnection queue, in Rock Island County, Illinois, connecting to ComEd.
Queue statusIn planning
- PlanningQueued Sep 2020 (current stage)
- Consented (not yet reached)
- Construction (not yet reached)
- OperatingTarget Dec 2023 (not yet reached)
- Closed (not yet reached)
Studies assess what grid upgrades the project would need and who pays for them. A signed interconnection agreement is the main step before construction.
Request details
- Queue ID
- AG1-553
- Grid region
- PJM (Mid-Atlantic, Midwest)
- Utility / transmission owner
- ComEd
- Developer
- Beacon Solar, LLC
- Connection point (POI)
- Cordova 345 kV
- Location
- Rock Island County, Illinois
- Technology
- Solar: 260 MW
- Total requested
- 260 MW
- Service type
- Energy only (ERIS)
- Study phase
- Available studies: Feasibility Study
- Queue status
- Active
- Entered queue
- 30 September 2020
- Proposed online date
- December 2023
Location
Marker shows the centre of Rock Island County; the queue data does not give exact sites.
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Source: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Queued Up, data through end of 2025, compiled from ISO/RTO and utility queues. Check the grid operator's own queue for the latest status. Report a problem