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Genesee County, NY interconnection queue

5 interconnection applications are pending in Genesee County, NY, requesting 1.2 GW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 0 projects have been built here and 16 have been withdrawn since 2005.

Pending applications
5
of 21 ever filed
Capacity queued
1.2 GW
requested, not committed
Already built
0 MW
0 projects connected
Built vs decided
0.0%
16 withdrawn
Median wait
7.4 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
148 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 Genesee County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Solar3910 MW
Battery1170 MW
Wind1126 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built00 MW0.0%
Still pending51.2 GW23.8%
Withdrawn161.9 GW76.2%
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
Cider SolarSolar500 MWactive2019-04NYISO
Genesee Wind FarmWind500 MWwithdrawn2005-01NYISO
GenWy Wind FarmWind478 MWwithdrawn2005-10NYISO
Excelsior Energy CenterSolar280 MWactive2018-06NYISO
Sweet Valley SolarSolar200 MWwithdrawn2022-12NYISO
Sweet Valley StorageBattery200 MWwithdrawn2022-12NYISO
Emerald Solar and StorageSolar174 MWwithdrawn2021-09NYISO
Brusselville Solar Energy CenterBattery170 MWactive2024-09NYISO
Alabama Solar Park LLCSolar130 MWactive2020-02NYISO
Heritage WindWind126 MWactive2016-09NYISO
Alabama Ledge Wind FarmWind80 MWwithdrawn2005-02NYISO
Alabama Ledge WindWind80 MWwithdrawn2015-03NYISO
Tonawanda Creek WindWind75 MWwithdrawn2007-01NYISO
LeRoy SolarSolar20 MWwithdrawn2017-01NYISO
Taku WindWind20 MWwithdrawn2017-08NYISO

Large-load connection requests in this county

Requests to connect large new demand — data centres, industry, electrification — as distinct from generation. 2 recorded here.

RequestCapacityStatusQueueStated end use
WNY STAMP300 MWactiveNYISODAT
580 STAMP load increase300 MWactiveNYISODAT

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

Genesee County ranks #320 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #3 of 57 in New York.

Other New York counties in the queue

CountyPendingCapacity queued
Kings County72.7 GW
Suffolk County212.5 GW
Franklin County6950 MW
Chautauqua County6881 MW
Dutchess County5854 MW
Montgomery County6790 MW
Steuben County5788 MW
Bronx County5760 MW

Go deeper on Genesee 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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