McDonough County, IL interconnection queue
2 interconnection applications are pending in McDonough County, IL, requesting 216 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 1 projects have been built here and 4 have been withdrawn since 2019.
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 McDonough County, by fuel
| Fuel | Projects | Capacity requested |
|---|---|---|
| Wind | 2 | 216 MW |
Outcomes of every application filed here
| Outcome | Projects | Capacity | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built | 1 | 200 MW | 14.3% |
| Still pending | 2 | 216 MW | 28.6% |
| Withdrawn | 4 | 430 MW | 57.1% |
| Suspended | 0 | — | 0.0% |
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
| Project | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Filed | Queue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other_ | Wind | 200 MW | active | 2024-04 | MISO |
| Macomb West | Solar | 200 MW | withdrawn | 2024-12 | MISO |
| Macomb to Ipava 138kV line | Wind | 200 MW | completed | 2021-12 | MISO |
| Other_ | Solar | 105 MW | withdrawn | 2024-04 | MISO |
| Macomb Northeast | Hybrid | 100 MW | withdrawn | 2022-03 | MISO |
| Macomb West #2 - Blandlnsville Tap 69kV Line | Solar | 25 MW | withdrawn | 2019-04 | MISO |
| Hornsby Switching Station | Wind | 16 MW | active | 2021-08 | MISO |
How this county ranks
McDonough County ranks #887 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #54 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 McDonough 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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