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Cattaraugus County, NY interconnection queue

2 interconnection applications are pending in Cattaraugus County, NY, requesting 434 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 2 projects have been built here and 21 have been withdrawn since 2005.

Pending applications
2
of 25 ever filed
Capacity queued
434 MW
requested, not committed
Already built
0 MW
2 projects connected
Built vs decided
8.7%
21 withdrawn
Median wait
5.8 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
140 MW
indicator, see note

Source: interconnection queues published by NYISO. Parsed and normalised by Watt Street. Data as of 15 August 2026. A queued project is a request, not a commitment.

What is waiting in Cattaraugus County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Wind2434 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built20 MW8.0%
Still pending2434 MW8.0%
Withdrawn211.4 GW84.0%
Suspended00.0%

Withdrawal is the ordinary outcome of an interconnection application nationally, not a sign of a problem in this county. Most withdrawals are a developer testing a site and moving on.

The largest projects on file

ProjectFuelCapacityStatusFiledQueue
Alle Catt II WindWind339 MWactive2017-01NYISO
Machias IIWind200 MWwithdrawn2008-03NYISO
Cold Creek Spring WindWind151 MWwithdrawn2009-06NYISO
Bone Run WindWind132 MWwithdrawn2014-12NYISO
Allegany WindparkWind100 MWwithdrawn2005-02NYISO
Alle Catt WindWind100 MWwithdrawn2016-05NYISO
SW EnergyBattery100 MWwithdrawn2016-12NYISO
Hemlock Hollow WindWind95 MWactive2024-08NYISO
Machias Wind FarmWind90 MWwithdrawn2005-02NYISO
Hemlock Hollow WindWind88 MWwithdrawn2021-10NYISO
Machias IWind79 MWwithdrawn2008-03NYISO
Allegany WindWind72 MWwithdrawn2007-01NYISO
Cold Spring WindWind69 MWwithdrawn2005-03NYISO
Homer Hill StorageBattery55 MWwithdrawn2022-11NYISO
South Cooper SolarSolar20 MWwithdrawn2017-09NYISO

Large-load connection requests in this county

Requests to connect large new demand — data centres, industry, electrification — as distinct from generation. 1 recorded here.

RequestCapacityStatusQueueStated end use
Olean Digital Data Center300 MWactiveNYISOnot stated

494 of the 545 large-load requests we hold state no end use at all, so most cannot be attributed to any industry. Where this table says “not stated”, that is the filing’s own silence, not our omission.

How this county ranks

Cattaraugus County ranks #669 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #18 of 57 in New York.

Other New York counties in the queue

CountyPendingCapacity queued
Kings County72.7 GW
Suffolk County212.5 GW
Genesee County51.2 GW
Franklin County6950 MW
Chautauqua County6881 MW
Dutchess County5854 MW
Montgomery County6790 MW
Steuben County5788 MW

Go deeper on Cattaraugus County

The interactive map plots every one of these applications, and a generated county report puts them in a sourced PDF with the date each figure was true on every page.

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