Eastern Cottontail Solar
220 MW generation in Fairfield, OH · In queue since January 2019 · Proposed COD December 2028
220 MW
Capacity
1
Components
Solar
7y 6m
In Queue
IA Executed
IA Phase
COD target: 2028
Total Duration
9y 11m
Interconnection request submitted to ISO/RTO
PJM processes interconnection requests through multi-phase System Impact Studies (SIS).
Typical: ~48 months (historically longest)
Interconnection agreement executed — binding commitment to build
Typical: 30–60 days (negotiation)
Project under construction
Typical: 12–24 months
Proposed COD: 2028-12-31
The Eastern Cottontail Solar project is a proposed 220 MW solar generation facility in Fairfield County, Ohio. The project, developed under the utility AEP, is located within the PJM Interconnection region and entered the PJM queue as project AE2-048 on January 31, 2019. The proposed commercial operation date is December 31, 2028, and the project has an Interconnection Agreement (IA) executed.
The Eastern Cottontail Solar project has been the subject of recent news coverage, with three articles categorized as regulatory matters.
Generated from interconnection queue and public data sources
Realization risk from now to commercial operation — financing close, EPC and tax-equity counterparty mix, and COD probability vs the proposed date. The diligence view that determines whether the deal actually closes. Powered by InfraSure's development-stage modeling stack.
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State
OH
County
Fairfield
Grid Region
PJM Interconnection
Market
ISO/RTO Member
Developer
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Utility
AEP
Entity
PJM
Service Type
NRIS
Point of Interconnection
Muskingum-W. Millersport 345 kV
Data Source
LBNL + Live
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Forward generation outlook — first-year production estimate and 10-year P50 trajectory, with probabilistic ranges (P10/P50/P90) across weather, demand, and policy scenarios. Powered by InfraSure's generation modeling stack.
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Forward revenue, DSCR projection, and financing-close risk — conditioned on commercial operation. First-year DSCR, 10-year cashflow, and counterparty exposure across price and policy scenarios. Powered by InfraSure's asset cashflow stack.
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- ISO / RTO
- PJM
- Trading Hub
- AEP-DAYTON HUB
- Hub Confidence
- MEDIUM
This project's market context is estimated from its Point of Interconnection. Hub and node assignments are approximate and based on geographic inference from the POI substation name.
Last updated 2026-03-14
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