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Woodford County, IL interconnection queue

4 interconnection applications are pending in Woodford County, IL, requesting 1.4 GW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 1 projects have been built here and 13 have been withdrawn since 2003.

Pending applications
4
of 18 ever filed
Capacity queued
1.4 GW
requested, not committed
Already built
200 MW
1 projects connected
Built vs decided
7.1%
13 withdrawn
Median wait
7.6 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
200 MW
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 Woodford County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Wind41.4 GW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built1200 MW5.6%
Still pending41.4 GW22.2%
Withdrawn132.0 GW72.2%
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
Molecreek 345 kVWind400 MWactive2019-03PJM
Powerton-Nevada 345 kVWind400 MWactive2019-03PJM
Powerton-Nevada 345 kVWind350 MWactive2018-09PJM
Powertn - Goodings Grove 345 kV (CIR Increase)Wind350 MWwithdrawn2023-03PJM
Mole Creek 345 kVWind300 MWactive2018-09PJM
Mole Creek 345 kVWind300 MWwithdrawn2023-03PJM
Powerton-Dresden 345kVWind200 MWcompleted2005-07PJM
Tazewell-Kendall 345kVWind200 MWwithdrawn2010-08PJM
Minonk 345 kVSolar200 MWwithdrawn2020-09PJM
Mole Creek 345kV (CIR Increase)Wind200 MWwithdrawn2023-03PJM
TSS 968 345 kV (CIR Increase)Solar200 MWwithdrawn2023-03PJM
Benson Wind FarmWind158 MWwithdrawn2003-05PJM
Spring BaySolar100 MWwithdrawn2024-04MISO
Benson 345kVWind100 MWwithdrawn2005-07PJM
Molecreek 345kV (CIR Increase)Wind100 MWwithdrawn2023-03PJM

How this county ranks

Woodford County ranks #268 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #13 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 Woodford 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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