New York State Distributed Solar Projects with System Size and Location, Beginning 2000

Distributed solar interconnection data drawn from New York State's electric utilities. The dataset includes installed projects not receiving State funding, excluding utility-scale wholesale market participants, and covers the period from 2000 onward. Data is provided by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) via the data.ny.gov platform.

Use Cases

• Analyze regional solar adoption trends using County, City/Town, and Interconnection Date.
• Estimate total installed capacity and energy production by utility using PV System Size (kWac), Estimated PV System Size (kWdc), and Estimated Annual PV Energy Production (kWh).
• Model grid integration impacts using Metering Method, Substation, and Circuit ID.
• Track project developer activity and project scale using Developer, Number of Projects, and Project ID.
• Assess co-located energy storage deployment using Energy Storage System Size (kWac).

Strengths

• Covers all distributed solar projects in New York State since 2000, including non-State-funded projects.
• Includes 17 detailed columns such as system size, location, utility, and production estimates.
• Data is sourced directly from utility interconnection records and maintained by NYSERDA.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Excludes utility-scale projects participating in the NYISO wholesale market.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) via data.ny.gov.

Collection Method

Based on solar interconnection data drawn from publicly posted inventories of New York State's electric utilities.

Time Range

Beginning 2000.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-02 11 15:33:38.

Geography

New York State, United States.