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Livingston 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 Livingston County, county seat Pontiac.

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What energy projects are proposed in Livingston County?

The PJM interconnection queue lists 14 proposed projects in Livingston County (8 solar, 1 solar plus storage, 3 wind, 2 battery storage), about 2,820 MW in all. 0 have a signed interconnection agreement.

What stands out in Livingston County

By capacity, solar leads in Livingston County with 1,265 MW across 8 projects, followed by battery storage (2 projects, 750 MW) and wind (3 projects, 555 MW). The largest is queue number AH2-416, a 450 MW battery storage request in the PJM queue, in study, filed Mar 2022, with a target in-service date of Dec 2026. Of the 14, 14 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 Sep 2018 and Mar 2023. Target in-service dates for those not yet under construction span Oct 2021 to Dec 2026; 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the table: the queue number is the operator's ID for the request (MISO J-numbers, PJM AE/AF/AG-numbers); operators do not publish developer names in these files.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.

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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 Livingston County require of a project?

Illinois law sets the ceiling: Livingston 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 February 5, 2024 the Livingston County Board's Agriculture, Zoning and Emergency Services Committee voted 5–1 to recommend text amendments ZT-6-23 and ZT-7-23 adding battery energy storage system regulations to the county's commercial solar and commercial wind articles, and voted to recommend approval of three solar special uses of about 5 MW each (SU-19-23, SU-20-23 and SU-1-24). (Livingston County Ag/Zoning Committee minutes)

State siting standardsFarmland agreement (AIMA)Property taxes

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

Livingston County websiteSupervisor of assessmentsZoning and planningCounty engineer and highways

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