Herkimer County, NY interconnection queue
5 interconnection applications are pending in Herkimer County, NY, requesting 100 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 1 projects have been built here and 22 have been withdrawn since 2004.
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 Herkimer County, by fuel
| Fuel | Projects | Capacity requested |
|---|---|---|
| Solar | 5 | 100 MW |
Outcomes of every application filed here
| Outcome | Projects | Capacity | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built | 1 | 74 MW | 3.6% |
| Still pending | 5 | 100 MW | 17.9% |
| Withdrawn | 22 | 2.3 GW | 78.6% |
| Suspended | 0 | — | 0.0% |
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
| Project | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Filed | Queue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond Solar | Solar | 500 MW | withdrawn | 2022-03 | NYISO |
| Columbia Solar Energy Center | Solar | 350 MW | withdrawn | 2019-05 | NYISO |
| Rocksdrift Energy Center | Solar | 300 MW | withdrawn | 2021-06 | NYISO |
| Swift Solar | Battery | 300 MW | withdrawn | 2022-06 | NYISO |
| 117656 North Creek Solar+Storage | Battery | 207 MW | withdrawn | 2023-09 | NYISO |
| Orion Energy NY I | Wind | 100 MW | withdrawn | 2004-10 | NYISO |
| Goldenrod Solar | Solar | 90 MW | withdrawn | 2018-08 | NYISO |
| Little Falls Solar & BESS | Battery | 83 MW | withdrawn | 2023-02 | NYISO |
| Jordanville Wind | Wind | 80 MW | withdrawn | 2005-04 | NYISO |
| Fairfield Wind Project | Wind | 74 MW | completed | 2004-09 | NYISO |
| NY48 - Diamond Solar | Solar | 60 MW | withdrawn | 2021-05 | NYISO |
| Dry Lots Wind | Wind | 33 MW | withdrawn | 2011-10 | NYISO |
| Helmer | Battery | 21 MW | withdrawn | 2019-11 | NYISO |
| Hills Solar | Solar | 20 MW | active | 2025-11 | NYISO |
| Watkins Rd Solar | Solar | 20 MW | active | 2016-11 | NYISO |
Large-load connection requests in this county
Requests to connect large new demand — data centres, industry, electrification — as distinct from generation. 2 recorded here.
| Request | Capacity | Status | Queue | Stated end use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Incremental Load Request for Remington Factory Redevelopment | 400 MW | active | NYISO | DAT |
| Remington Factory Redevelopment | 100 MW | active | NYISO | DAT |
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
Herkimer County ranks #1096 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #41 of 57 in New York.
Other New York counties in the queue
| County | Pending | Capacity queued |
|---|---|---|
| Kings County | 7 | 2.7 GW |
| Suffolk County | 21 | 2.5 GW |
| Genesee County | 5 | 1.2 GW |
| Franklin County | 6 | 950 MW |
| Chautauqua County | 6 | 881 MW |
| Dutchess County | 5 | 854 MW |
| Montgomery County | 6 | 790 MW |
| Steuben County | 5 | 788 MW |
Go deeper on Herkimer 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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