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Christian County, Illinois: solar, wind, and storage projects and permits

Queue data downloaded October 7, 2026 · Rules checked October 17, 2026

Proposed projects, county offices, and the state rules for a solar, wind, or battery storage project in Christian County, county seat Taylorville.

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What energy projects are proposed in Christian County?

The MISO and PJM interconnection queues list 13 proposed projects in Christian County (9 solar, 1 solar plus storage, 1 wind, 2 battery storage), about 2,908 MW in all. 3 have a signed interconnection agreement.

What stands out in Christian County

By capacity, solar leads in Christian County with 1,629 MW across 9 projects, followed by battery storage (2 projects, 579 MW) and solar paired with storage (1 project, 500 MW). The largest is queue number J2694, a 500 MW solar paired with storage request in the MISO queue, in study (Phase 2), filed Sep 2022, with a target in-service date of Apr 2027. Of the 13, 10 are still in study, 2 have a signed agreement and 1 is under construction. 6 are in the MISO queue (Ameren territory) and 7 in PJM (ComEd territory), so Christian County straddles both grids. ComEd is the transmission owner named most often (7 of 13). The requests were filed between Jun 2017 and Sep 2025. Target in-service dates for those not yet under construction span Jun 2021 to Oct 2030; 5 of them have already passed, which means those schedules slipped.

A listing means a developer asked the grid operator to study connecting a project; many are never built, and the status column says where each one stands.

Reading the table: the queue number is the operator's ID for the request (MISO J-numbers, PJM AE/AF/AG-numbers); operators do not publish developer names in these files. Connection is the transmission owner and, where listed, the substation or line; "Other_" is the operator's own placeholder. In study (Phase 1/2) are MISO's definitive-planning study phases; "moved to TC1" means a PJM request was carried into Transition Cycle 1; "CIR Increase" is a request to add capacity rights to an existing project; "LRTP" names a MISO long-range transmission project. For PJM rows, MW is the figure in the megawatt column of PJM's public queue export; PJM also tracks maximum facility output and capacity rights separately, so a project's study documents can show a different number. 5 target in-service dates below have already passed while the request is still open: operators keep the developer's last reported date until the developer changes it, so a past date means the schedule slipped, not that the project was built.

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Sources: MISO generator interconnection queue and PJM interconnection queue, downloaded October 7, 2026; withdrawn and operating projects are left out, and the operators do not publish developer names. What the stages mean.

What can Christian County require of a project?

Illinois law sets the ceiling: Christian County must approve a commercial wind or solar project that meets the state standards, must finish its public hearing within 60 days, and may not ban them in agricultural or industrial zones (55 ILCS 5/5-12020); battery storage has had its own statewide standards since June 1, 2026 (55 ILCS 5/5-12024). Land inside a city or village falls under municipal zoning instead.

Recent local action: The Christian County Zoning Board held a public hearing on April 30, 2024 on a zoning special use application from North Pana Solar, LLC. (Christian County ZBA hearing notice)

State siting standardsFarmland agreement (AIMA)Property taxes

Who to contact in Christian County

Assessment questions go to the supervisor of assessments, special use applications to the zoning office, and road use agreements to the county engineer; the county seat is Taylorville. A drainage district, if the land is in one, must receive the developer's drainage plan.

Christian County websiteZoning and planningCounty engineer and highways

Solar for homes and businesses in Christian County

Illinois net metering, the Illinois Shines incentive, and HOA rules are the same statewide; Ameren Illinois sets the application steps here: Illinois home and business solar rules · utility application links.

State and federal reviews

Illinois EPA stormwater coverage, IDNR's EcoCAT review, historic preservation review, and federal wildlife screening can apply to a site in Christian County: Illinois agency list.