Kankakee County, IL interconnection queue
8 interconnection applications are pending in Kankakee County, IL, requesting 1.7 GW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 2 projects have been built here and 24 have been withdrawn since 2006.
Source: interconnection queues published by PJM. 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 Kankakee County, by fuel
| Fuel | Projects | Capacity requested |
|---|---|---|
| Solar | 7 | 869 MW |
| Wind | 1 | 850 MW |
Outcomes of every application filed here
| Outcome | Projects | Capacity | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built | 2 | 350 MW | 5.7% |
| Still pending | 8 | 1.7 GW | 22.9% |
| Withdrawn | 24 | 4.1 GW | 68.6% |
| Suspended | 1 | — | 2.9% |
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
| Project | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Filed | Queue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loretto-Wilton 345 kV & Braidwood-Davis Creek 345 kV | Wind | 850 MW | active | 2017-09 | PJM |
| Wilton Center - Loretto 345 kV(CIR Increase) | Wind | 850 MW | withdrawn | 2023-03 | PJM |
| Davis Creek 345kV | Gas | 575 MW | withdrawn | 2015-09 | PJM |
| Loretto-Wilton 345 kV & Braidwood-Davis Creek 345 kV | Solar | 300 MW | active | 2019-03 | PJM |
| Davis Creek 345 kV | Solar | 205 MW | withdrawn | 2018-03 | PJM |
| Davis Creek 138 kV | Wind | 200 MW | withdrawn | 2017-09 | PJM |
| Davis Creek 138 kV | Wind | 200 MW | suspended | 2018-01 | PJM |
| Braidwood-Davis Creek | Wind | 200 MW | withdrawn | 2019-03 | PJM |
| Davis Creek 345 kV | Solar | 200 MW | withdrawn | 2022-03 | PJM |
| Davis Creek - Bloom 345 kV | Solar | 200 MW | withdrawn | 2022-03 | PJM |
| Kankakee 138 kV | Wind | 175 MW | completed | 2007-05 | PJM |
| Kankakee 138kV | Wind | 175 MW | completed | 2007-05 | PJM |
| Kankakee 138 kV | Wind | 175 MW | withdrawn | 2023-02 | PJM |
| Kanakee 138 kV | Wind | 175 MW | withdrawn | 2023-02 | PJM |
| Davis Creek 138kV | Solar | 164 MW | withdrawn | 2022-09 | PJM |
How this county ranks
Kankakee County ranks #227 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #10 of 64 in Illinois.
Other Illinois counties in the queue
| County | Pending | Capacity queued |
|---|---|---|
| Lee County | 12 | 6.4 GW |
| Will County | 5 | 4.3 GW |
| McLean County | 11 | 2.9 GW |
| Ogle County | 5 | 2.9 GW |
| LaSalle County | 7 | 2.8 GW |
| Christian County | 8 | 2.3 GW |
| Peoria County | 7 | 2.1 GW |
| Tazewell County | 10 | 1.9 GW |
Go deeper on Kankakee 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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