Grid connection · Lake County, Illinois, United States
Zion Energy Center - BESS grid connection (PJM AF2-027)
Zion Energy Center - BESS grid connection (PJM AF2-027) is a planned grid connection in Lake County, Illinois, United States, with 50 MW of capacity, connected by PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Lake County (connects at Zion Energy Center 345 kV) | PJM New Services Queue · Free reuse · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (engineering and procurement) | PJM New Services Queue · Free reuse · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 50 MW | PJM New Services Queue · Free reuse · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Storage (registered as Storage) | PJM New Services Queue · Free reuse · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. | PJM New Services Queue · Free reuse · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Queue date | 15 Nov 2019 | PJM New Services Queue · Free reuse · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Connection date | 2 Jul 2029 (proposed) | PJM New Services Queue · Free reuse · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Zion Energy Center - BESS grid connection (PJM AF2-027) is the 157th-largest of 194 grid connections in Illinois and the 2,996th-largest of 3,711 in the United States by capacity; its 50 MW is <0.1% of the 833,233 MW we hold for the United States. Ranks and totals cover the grid connections in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | 157th of 194 | 35,521 MW | 0.14% |
| United States | 2,996th of 3,711 | 833,233 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 3,801st of 7,616 | 1,281,251 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this grid connection from its sources, oldest first.
- Entered the connection queue
- Due to connect
Grid operator and place
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Data on this page
- California ISO. Checked 2026-10-24. CAISO queue report, CAISO Privacy and Terms of Use.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- ERCOT GIS report. ERCOT GIS report, ERCOT Terms of Use.
- Supported by National Energy SO Open Data. NESO TEC Register, NESO Open Data Licence v1.0.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- NYISO interconnection queue. NYISO interconnection queue, Free reuse.
- PJM New Services Queue. PJM New Services Queue, Free reuse.
- SP Energy Networks, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Energy Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.