Grid connection · Rock Island County, Illinois, United States
Beacon Solar grid connection (PJM AG1-553)
Beacon Solar grid connection (PJM AG1-553) is a planned grid connection in Rock Island County, Illinois, United States, with 260 MW of capacity, held by Beacon Solar, LLC.
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 | Rock Island County (connects at Cordova 345 kV) | PJM New Services Queue · Free reuse · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (engineering and procurement, cluster TC1 FINAL AGREEMENT) | PJM New Services Queue · Free reuse · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Holder | Beacon Solar, LLC | PJM New Services Queue · Free reuse · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 260 MW | PJM New Services Queue · Free reuse · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar | 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 | 30 Sept 2020 | PJM New Services Queue · Free reuse · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Connection date | 15 Jan 2030 (proposed) | PJM New Services Queue · Free reuse · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this grid connection and its holder.Who holds it up to the parent company, the project behind it and its connection date, and an introduction to the holder.
Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this grid connection from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Entered the connection queue
How it compares
Beacon Solar grid connection (PJM AG1-553) is the 40th-largest of 194 grid connections in Illinois and the 1,039th-largest of 4,021 in the United States by capacity; its 260 MW is <0.1% of the 923,876 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 | 40th of 194 | 35,521 MW | 0.73% |
| United States | 1,039th of 4,021 | 923,876 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 1,350th of 7,928 | 1,372,494 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this grid connection from its sources, oldest first.
- Due to connect
Holder, grid operator and place
Other grid connections in Illinois
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- Calumet - Burnham 345 kV grid connection (PJM C01-1355)500 MW
- Chestnut - Blue Mound 345 kV grid connection (PJM C01-1870)500 MW
- TSS 903 Tovey 345 kV grid connection (PJM C01-2154)500 MW
- Wayne - Byron 345 kV grid connection (PJM C01-1786)500 MW
- Dresden - Mulberry 345 kV grid connection (PJM C01-1770)450 MW
Data on this page
- California ISO. 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.