Tompkins County, NY interconnection queue
4 interconnection applications are pending in Tompkins County, NY, requesting 460 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 0 projects have been built here and 9 have been withdrawn since 2020.
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 Tompkins County, by fuel
| Fuel | Projects | Capacity requested |
|---|---|---|
| Battery | 2 | 240 MW |
| Solar | 2 | 220 MW |
Outcomes of every application filed here
| Outcome | Projects | Capacity | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built | 0 | 0 MW | 0.0% |
| Still pending | 4 | 460 MW | 30.8% |
| Withdrawn | 9 | 881 MW | 69.2% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cayuga Solar | Solar | 207 MW | withdrawn | 2020-08 | NYISO |
| BPP NY Lansing BESS I | Battery | 200 MW | active | 2024-08 | NYISO |
| BPP NY Lansing BESS I | Battery | 200 MW | withdrawn | 2023-07 | NYISO |
| Yellow Barn Solar | Solar | 160 MW | active | 2020-04 | NYISO |
| Silverline Energy Center | Battery | 150 MW | withdrawn | 2020-06 | NYISO |
| Argos Solar | Solar | 150 MW | withdrawn | 2022-12 | NYISO |
| Cayuga Solar | Solar | 100 MW | withdrawn | 2023-02 | NYISO |
| Cayuga Solar | Solar | 60 MW | active | 2024-09 | NYISO |
| Troy Heights Energy Storage | Battery | 40 MW | active | 2024-09 | NYISO |
| Jerry Smith Storage | Battery | 20 MW | withdrawn | 2023-10 | NYISO |
| Douglas Road Solar | Solar | 20 MW | withdrawn | 2023-11 | NYISO |
| 311 Douglas Road | Solar | 20 MW | withdrawn | 2020-08 | NYISO |
| BR Project 2 | Battery | 14 MW | withdrawn | 2023-08 | NYISO |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cayuga Data | 162 MW | active | NYISO | DAT-AI |
| Cayuga Compute | 88 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
Tompkins County ranks #645 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #17 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 Tompkins 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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