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Champaign County, IL interconnection queue

7 interconnection applications are pending in Champaign County, IL, requesting 1.1 GW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 1 projects have been built here and 7 have been withdrawn since 2018.

Pending applications
7
of 15 ever filed
Capacity queued
1.1 GW
requested, not committed
Already built
150 MW
1 projects connected
Built vs decided
12.5%
7 withdrawn
Median wait
2.3 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
262 MW
indicator, see note

Source: interconnection queues published by MISO. Parsed and normalised by Watt Street. Data as of 15 August 2026. A queued project is a request, not a commitment.

What is waiting in Champaign County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Solar4691 MW
Wind2288 MW
Hybrid1135 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built1150 MW6.7%
Still pending71.1 GW46.7%
Withdrawn71.2 GW46.7%
Suspended00.0%

Withdrawal is the ordinary outcome of an interconnection application nationally, not a sign of a problem in this county. Most withdrawals are a developer testing a site and moving on.

The largest projects on file

ProjectFuelCapacityStatusFiledQueue
RisingSolar300 MWactive2024-04MISO
7BUNSONVILLE - 7SIDNEY 345.0kVWind300 MWwithdrawn2024-04MISO
4WEEDMAN - 4MAHOMET 1 138.0kVHybrid215 MWwithdrawn2024-04MISO
Rising 345kVSolar200 MWwithdrawn2020-06MISO
RisingSolar191 MWactive2024-04MISO
4SIDNEY 1 - 4MIRA TAP 138.0kVSolar160 MWwithdrawn2022-03MISO
Sidney Substation 138 kV BusSolar150 MWcompleted2018-03MISO
Rantoul East 138kVWind150 MWactive2022-03MISO
4RANTOUL - 4RISING 138.0kVWind138 MWactive2025-02MISO
4RANTOUL - 4RISING 138.0kVWind137 MWwithdrawn2024-04MISO
Sidney 138 kVHybrid135 MWactive2022-09MISO
Sidney 138kVSolar116 MWwithdrawn2021-12MISO
RisingSolar100 MWactive2021-08MISO
RisingSolar100 MWactive2024-04MISO
4SIDNEY 1 - 4MIRA TAP 138.0kVSolar40 MWwithdrawn2022-03MISO

How this county ranks

Champaign County ranks #347 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #15 of 64 in Illinois.

Other Illinois counties in the queue

CountyPendingCapacity queued
Lee County126.4 GW
Will County54.3 GW
McLean County112.9 GW
Ogle County52.9 GW
LaSalle County72.8 GW
Christian County82.3 GW
Peoria County72.1 GW
Tazewell County101.9 GW

Go deeper on Champaign County

The interactive map plots every one of these applications, and a generated county report puts them in a sourced PDF with the date each figure was true on every page.

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