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Kankakee 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 Kankakee County, county seat Kankakee.

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What energy projects are proposed in Kankakee County?

The PJM interconnection queue lists 17 proposed projects in Kankakee County (12 solar, 1 solar plus storage, 4 wind), about 5,057 MW in all. 0 have a signed interconnection agreement.

What stands out in Kankakee County

By capacity, solar leads in Kankakee County with 3,457 MW across 12 projects, followed by wind (4 projects, 1,400 MW) and solar paired with storage (1 project, 200 MW). The largest is queue number AE2-152, a 1,150 MW solar request in the PJM queue, in study, filed Mar 2019, with a target in-service date of Sep 2020. Of the 17, 14 are still in study and 3 are suspended. All of them are in the PJM queue, which covers the ComEd side of the state. The requests were filed between Mar 2017 and Mar 2023. Target in-service dates for those not yet under construction span Sep 2020 to May 2027; 12 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the table: the queue number is the operator's ID for the request (MISO J-numbers, PJM AE/AF/AG-numbers); operators do not publish developer names in these files.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. 12 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.

Scroll the table sideways to see every column.

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 Kankakee County require of a project?

Illinois law sets the ceiling: Kankakee 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: On April 14, 2026 the Kankakee County Board took up amendments to county ordinances governing the siting of wind and solar farms and battery storage facilities to conform with a state law that moved most siting authority away from local control, with a June 1 deadline; several residents spoke against the changes and the report did not give a vote. (WIVR 101.7)

State siting standardsFarmland agreement (AIMA)Property taxes

Who to contact in Kankakee 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 Kankakee. A drainage district, if the land is in one, must receive the developer's drainage plan.

Kankakee County websiteZoning and planning

Solar for homes and businesses in Kankakee County

Illinois net metering, the Illinois Shines incentive, and HOA rules are the same statewide; ComEd 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 Kankakee County: Illinois agency list.