Whiteside County, IL interconnection queue
3 interconnection applications are pending in Whiteside County, IL, requesting 746 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 1 projects have been built here and 7 have been withdrawn since 2006.
Source: interconnection queues published by MISO, 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 Whiteside County, by fuel
| Fuel | Projects | Capacity requested |
|---|---|---|
| Solar | 2 | 555 MW |
| Wind | 1 | 191 MW |
Outcomes of every application filed here
| Outcome | Projects | Capacity | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built | 1 | 0 MW | 9.1% |
| Still pending | 3 | 746 MW | 27.3% |
| Withdrawn | 7 | 1.1 GW | 63.6% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garden Plain 138 kV | Battery | 365 MW | withdrawn | 2022-03 | PJM |
| SUB 39 - CORDOVA 345.0kV | Solar | 300 MW | active | 2022-09 | MISO |
| Garden Plain 138 kV | Wind | 300 MW | withdrawn | 2022-03 | PJM |
| Cordova 345 kV | Solar | 255 MW | active | 2020-10 | PJM |
| Quad Cities - Sterling Steel 345 kV | Wind | 212 MW | withdrawn | 2021-03 | PJM |
| Garden Plain 138 kV | Wind | 191 MW | active | 2019-09 | PJM |
| Garden Plain - Rock Falls 138 kV | Solar | 100 MW | withdrawn | 2022-09 | PJM |
| Rock Falls-Garden Plains | Solar | 68 MW | withdrawn | 2018-03 | PJM |
| Normandy | Solar | 17 MW | withdrawn | 2018-01 | PJM |
| Whiteside County | Battery | 0 MW | completed | 2020-07 | PJM |
| Quad Cities 345kV | Unknown | — | withdrawn | 2006-07 | PJM |
How this county ranks
Whiteside County ranks #493 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #32 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 Whiteside 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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