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Kendall 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 Kendall County, county seat Yorkville.

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What energy projects are proposed in Kendall County?

The PJM interconnection queue lists 9 proposed projects in Kendall County (4 solar, 2 solar plus storage, 3 battery storage), about 2,876 MW in all. 0 have a signed interconnection agreement.

What stands out in Kendall County

By capacity, solar paired with storage leads in Kendall County with 1,411 MW across 2 projects, followed by battery storage (3 projects, 756 MW) and solar (4 projects, 709 MW). The largest is queue number AF2-034 - moved to TC1, a 1,239 MW solar paired with storage request in the PJM queue, in study, filed Oct 2019, with a target in-service date of Jun 2021. Of the 9, 9 are still in study. All of them are in the PJM queue, which covers the ComEd side of the state. The requests were filed between Mar 2019 and Sep 2022. Target in-service dates for those not yet under construction span Jun 2021 to Jun 2026; 9 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the table: the queue number is the operator's ID for the request (MISO J-numbers, PJM AE/AF/AG-numbers); operators do not publish developer names in these files.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. 9 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 Kendall County require of a project?

Illinois law sets the ceiling: Kendall 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 May 19, 2026 the Kendall County Board adopted Ordinances 26-21 and 26-22 granting special use permits and variances for two commercial solar energy facilities (USS Cloverland Solar and USS Griswold Solar) in Little Rock Township; it had adopted Ordinance 26-01 (Big Grove Township) on January 20, 2026 and Ordinance 26-08 (Na-Au-Say Township) on February 17, 2026 for other commercial solar facilities. (Kendall County 2026 ordinances list)

State siting standardsFarmland agreement (AIMA)Property taxes

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

Kendall County websiteZoning and planning

Solar for homes and businesses in Kendall 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 Kendall County: Illinois agency list.