FERC accepts interconnect deal for 175-MW Illinois wind project

January 5, 2015 Barry Cassell Generation

PJM Interconnection was sent a Jan. 5 letter by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission accepting PJM’s November 2014 filing of an executed interconnection service agreement with Kelly Creek Wind Farm LLC and transmission owner Commonwealth Edison for a 175-MW wind project in Illinois.

The Kelly Creek Wind Farm ISA facilitates the interconnection at the Kempton Wind Farm to the PJM transmission system of an additional 175 MW at a generating facility located in Kankakee, Iroquois and Ford counties, Illinois. The new facility will consist of 116 General Electric 1.5 MW SLE Wind Turbines.

On or before Dec. 1, 2016, Kelly Creek Wind Farm must demonstrate commercial operation of 58 generating units, and then on or before Dec. 31, 2016, it must demonstrate commercial operation of 58 additional generating units.

The project contact is: Kelly Creek Wind Farm LLC c/o EDF Renewable Energy, 15445 Innovation Drive, San Diego, CA 92128, Attention: David Sawyer.

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Barry Cassell is Chief Analyst for GenerationHub covering coal and emission controls issues, projects and policy. He has covered the coal and power generation industry for more than 24 years, beginning in November 2011 at GenerationHub and prior to that as editor of SNL Energy’s Coal Report. He was formerly with Coal Outlook for 15 years as the publication’s editor and contributing writer, and prior to that he was editor of Coal & Synfuels Technology and associate editor of The Energy Report. He has a bachelor’s degree from Central Michigan University.
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