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LaSalle County, IL interconnection queue

7 interconnection applications are pending in LaSalle County, IL, requesting 2.8 GW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 4 projects have been built here and 20 have been withdrawn since 2002.

Pending applications
7
of 31 ever filed
Capacity queued
2.8 GW
requested, not committed
Already built
2.7 GW
4 projects connected
Built vs decided
16.7%
20 withdrawn
Median wait
6.4 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
2.8 GW
indicator, see note

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 LaSalle County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Nuclear11.4 GW
Battery3950 MW
Solar2300 MW
Wind1150 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built42.7 GW12.9%
Still pending72.8 GW22.6%
Withdrawn208.8 GW64.5%
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
LaSalleNuclear2.8 GWwithdrawn2010-02PJM
LaSalleNuclear2.7 GWwithdrawn2012-02PJM
Lasalle 345 kVNuclear1.4 GWactive2025-04PJM
LaSalle 2Nuclear1.2 GWcompleted2009-04PJM
LaSalle 1Nuclear1.2 GWcompleted2009-04PJM
LaSalle 1Nuclear1.2 GWwithdrawn2007-12PJM
LaSalle-Braidwood 345kVWind500 MWwithdrawn2007-07PJM
Katydid Road 345 kVBattery400 MWactive2020-03PJM
Katydid Road 345 kVBattery350 MWactive2020-03PJM
LaSalle-Plano 345kVWind250 MWwithdrawn2008-02PJM
Fox River - Ottawa 138kVSolar200 MWwithdrawn2022-09MISO
Dana 345 kVBattery200 MWactive2020-12PJM
LaSalle 138kVWind191 MWwithdrawn2023-02PJM
LaSalle 138kVWind190 MWcompleted2005-09PJM
Heartland Grand RidgeWind175 MWwithdrawn2004-01PJM

How this county ranks

LaSalle County ranks #128 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #5 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
Christian County82.3 GW
Peoria County72.1 GW
Tazewell County101.9 GW
Iroquois County81.8 GW

Go deeper on LaSalle 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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