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Chautauqua County, NY interconnection queue

6 interconnection applications are pending in Chautauqua County, NY, requesting 881 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 5 projects have been built here and 29 have been withdrawn since 2002.

Pending applications
6
of 40 ever filed
Capacity queued
881 MW
requested, not committed
Already built
318 MW
5 projects connected
Built vs decided
14.7%
29 withdrawn
Median wait
2.0 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
486 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 Chautauqua County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Battery3690 MW
Wind2101 MW
Solar190 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built5318 MW12.5%
Still pending6881 MW15.0%
Withdrawn293.6 GW72.5%
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
Lake Erie WindWind810 MWwithdrawn2010-02NYISO
Dunkirk Unit 3 & 4Gas370 MWwithdrawn2015-12NYISO
CWW 300 MW DUNWind300 MWwithdrawn2019-04NYISO
South Ripley Solar and BESSBattery270 MWactive2018-12NYISO
Lighthouse Energy StorageBattery250 MWactive2024-08NYISO
Seven Creek EnergyBattery240 MWwithdrawn2019-04NYISO
Basecamp BESSBattery170 MWactive2024-08NYISO
Basecamp BESSBattery170 MWwithdrawn2023-07NYISO
Iris Bloom Solar Project, LLCBattery152 MWwithdrawn2023-06NYISO
Van Buren StorageBattery150 MWwithdrawn2022-09NYISO
Cassadaga WindWind126 MWcompleted2012-07NYISO
Ripley-Westfield Wind IIWind125 MWwithdrawn2007-09NYISO
State Line WindWind125 MWwithdrawn2007-12NYISO
State Line Wind IIWind125 MWwithdrawn2008-10NYISO
Ball Hill WindWind103 MWcompleted2015-06NYISO

How this county ranks

Chautauqua County ranks #426 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #5 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
Dutchess County5854 MW
Montgomery County6790 MW
Steuben County5788 MW
Bronx County5760 MW

Go deeper on Chautauqua 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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