Niagara County, NY interconnection queue
5 interconnection applications are pending in Niagara County, NY, requesting 735 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 1 projects have been built here and 22 have been withdrawn since 2000.
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 Niagara County, by fuel
| Fuel | Projects | Capacity requested |
|---|---|---|
| Battery | 3 | 510 MW |
| Solar | 2 | 225 MW |
Outcomes of every application filed here
| Outcome | Projects | Capacity | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built | 1 | 0 MW | 3.6% |
| Still pending | 5 | 735 MW | 17.9% |
| Withdrawn | 22 | 4.3 GW | 78.6% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverbank Power A | Hydro | 1.0 GW | withdrawn | 2008-02 | NYISO |
| Huntley | Gas | 752 MW | withdrawn | 2006-07 | NYISO |
| Somerset | Other | 687 MW | withdrawn | 2006-11 | NYISO |
| Ridge View Solar Energy Center | Solar | 350 MW | withdrawn | 2019-05 | NYISO |
| Erie Canal BESS | Battery | 230 MW | active | 2024-10 | NYISO |
| Erie Canal BESS | Battery | 230 MW | withdrawn | 2023-07 | NYISO |
| Lighthouse Wind | Wind | 201 MW | withdrawn | 2014-06 | NYISO |
| BPP NY Somerset BESS I | Battery | 200 MW | withdrawn | 2023-09 | NYISO |
| Lockport Storage | Battery | 186 MW | withdrawn | 2022-08 | NYISO |
| Lockport Storage | Battery | 180 MW | active | 2024-10 | NYISO |
| Niagara Dolomite Solar | Solar | 180 MW | withdrawn | 2019-05 | NYISO |
| Fortran | Other | 150 MW | withdrawn | 2006-03 | NYISO |
| Somerset Solar | Solar | 125 MW | active | 2020-08 | NYISO |
| Bear Ridge Solar | Solar | 100 MW | active | 2018-03 | NYISO |
| Buffalo Road Energy Storage | Battery | 100 MW | active | 2024-09 | NYISO |
Large-load connection requests in this county
Requests to connect large new demand — data centres, industry, electrification — as distinct from generation. 8 recorded here.
| Request | Capacity | Status | Queue | Stated end use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North East Data LLC Data Center | 500 MW | active | NYISO | DAT |
| Somerset Load | 250 MW | energized | NYISO | not stated |
| Lake Mariner Data II | 250 MW | active | NYISO | DAT-AI |
| Wulf Compute Data Center II | 250 MW | active | NYISO | DAT-AI |
| Globe Digital Holdings - 1 | 200 MW | active | NYISO | DAT-AI |
| Niagara Digital Campus | 140 MW | active | NYISO | DAT |
| Verizon - Project Oasis | 75 MW | active | NYISO | not stated |
| Digihost load | 50 MW | energized | NYISO | not 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
Niagara County ranks #496 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #10 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 Niagara 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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