Results Elusive in N.Y. Build-Ready Renewables Program
480 Site Evaluations Since 2020 Have Yielded 1 Project Sale
A fire-damaged industrial complex in Utica, N.Y., is shown in 2021, before demolition. A subsequent effort to repurpose 12 acres of the site for a 20-MW battery energy storage system was abandoned as not economically viable. | © RTO Insider
Sep 1, 2025
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New York’s Build-Ready program seeks to place renewable generation on sites such as landfills, abandoned industrial sites and dormant electric-generating facilities, but thus far it has struggled to find suitable locations.
