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Washington County, IL interconnection queue

3 interconnection applications are pending in Washington County, IL, requesting 835 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 2 projects have been built here and 8 have been withdrawn since 2017.

Pending applications
3
of 13 ever filed
Capacity queued
835 MW
requested, not committed
Already built
400 MW
2 projects connected
Built vs decided
20.0%
8 withdrawn
Median wait
2.3 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
5 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 Washington County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Hybrid1500 MW
Solar2335 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built2400 MW15.4%
Still pending3835 MW23.1%
Withdrawn81.1 GW61.5%
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
Other_Hybrid500 MWactive2022-09MISO
Ashley 138 kV SubstationSolar250 MWcompleted2019-04MISO
BaldwinSolar200 MWwithdrawn2022-09MISO
BaldwinSolar200 MWwithdrawn2022-09MISO
4JORD - 4ASHLEY 138.0kVSolar185 MWactive2025-11MISO
Ashley-Turkey Hill Line 1482, between the Okawville and North Nashville substatiSolar160 MWwithdrawn2019-04MISO
Prest 138kV Switching StationSolar150 MWcompleted2018-03MISO
Prest 138kV Switching StationSolar150 MWwithdrawn2019-04MISO
Okawville 138 kVSolar150 MWactive2024-05MISO
7PR STATE - 7MTVERNW 345.0kVSolar120 MWwithdrawn2024-04MISO
AshleySolar100 MWwithdrawn2022-09MISO
Fayetteville - Marigold 138 kV Line TapSolar75 MWwithdrawn2018-03MISO
Ashley 138 kV SubstationSolar70 MWwithdrawn2017-06MISO

How this county ranks

Washington County ranks #452 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #25 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 Washington 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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