Orleans County, NY interconnection queue
1 interconnection applications are pending in Orleans County, NY, requesting 200 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 0 projects have been built here and 6 have been withdrawn since 2006.
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 Orleans County, by fuel
| Fuel | Projects | Capacity requested |
|---|---|---|
| Solar | 1 | 200 MW |
Outcomes of every application filed here
| Outcome | Projects | Capacity | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built | 0 | 0 MW | 0.0% |
| Still pending | 1 | 200 MW | 14.3% |
| Withdrawn | 6 | 459 MW | 85.7% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hemlock Ridge Solar | Solar | 200 MW | active | 2019-11 | NYISO |
| Garnet Solar and Storage | Solar | 174 MW | withdrawn | 2021-09 | NYISO |
| Orleans Wind | Wind | 120 MW | withdrawn | 2006-09 | NYISO |
| Barre Wind Farm | Wind | 120 MW | withdrawn | 2008-07 | NYISO |
| Farwell Solar | Solar | 20 MW | withdrawn | 2019-05 | NYISO |
| Holley Road Solar | Solar | 20 MW | withdrawn | 2019-06 | NYISO |
| Oak Orchard Solar | Solar | 5 MW | withdrawn | 2019-08 | NYISO |
How this county ranks
Orleans County ranks #928 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #29 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 Orleans 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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