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Knox County, IL interconnection queue

3 interconnection applications are pending in Knox County, IL, requesting 550 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 1 projects have been built here and 4 have been withdrawn since 2006.

Pending applications
3
of 8 ever filed
Capacity queued
550 MW
requested, not committed
Already built
300 MW
1 projects connected
Built vs decided
20.0%
4 withdrawn
Median wait
2.3 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
16 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 Knox County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Solar2350 MW
Wind1200 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built1300 MW12.5%
Still pending3550 MW37.5%
Withdrawn4575 MW50.0%
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
Sandburg Substation 138kV BusWind300 MWcompleted2017-06MISO
7FARGO - 7SANDBURG 345.0kVSolar250 MWactive2024-04MISO
4MONM BLVD W - 4CASTRO_JCT 138.0kVWind200 MWactive2022-09MISO
Other_Solar200 MWwithdrawn2024-04MISO
Kawanee 138kVWind200 MWwithdrawn2006-10PJM
7FARGO - 7SANDBURG 345.0kVSolar100 MWactive2024-04MISO
4MONM BLVD W - 4CASTRO_JCT 138.0kVSolar100 MWwithdrawn2024-03MISO
G545 138kV SubstationWind75 MWwithdrawn2017-06MISO

How this county ranks

Knox County ranks #583 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #40 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 Knox 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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