New York power

Generates renewable electricity from wind, supporting New York communities and producing enough electricity for about 8,700 homes for a year.*

Air quality & health in Steuben County

Steuben County has a population of 92,162. Across five conditions the American Lung Association tracks — childhood asthma, adult asthma, COPD, lung cancer, and cardiovascular disease — it reports a combined 19,622 cases in the county.

The county received a grade of B for ozone pollution. For particle pollution — the fine soot and dust that can be breathed deep into the lungs — it received a grade of F.

Federal monitoring recorded 219 days of good air quality and 51 moderate days in the county over the most recent year, with 3 days rated unhealthy for sensitive groups.

Long-term exposure to air pollution has been linked to certain health conditions, particularly for children and older adults. Where electricity comes from affects how much combustion pollution is produced on the grid.

These figures describe the county as a whole and are not specific to this facility. Sources: American Lung Association – State of the Air (New York); U.S. EPA Air Quality Index.

The story behind this New York renewable energy facility

New York has 33 wind plants in this category, and Dutch Hill Wind Project in Cohocton ranks #25 of 33 by 2024 electricity produced. It began operating in 2009 and uses one onshore wind turbine setup, meaning the wind spins blades on land and that motion is turned into electricity. Its capacity is 37.5 MW, a megawatt being the most power it can send out at a given moment.

In 2024 it produced 87.2 gigawatt-hours, a gigawatt-hour being a very large unit of electricity, and that is about 8,700 homes’ worth of use. Wind plants make power only when the air is moving, so output rises and falls with the weather. Evergreen Wind, LLC owns it, and NYSEG is the local utility brand.

Environmental impact

Produces electricity without burning fuel, which avoids roughly 34,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide a year compared with producing the same electricity from the national mix of power sources — about the same as keeping about 13,000 tons of waste out of a landfill.*

Nearby places worth exploring

Cohocton sits in Steuben County, in the western part of New York’s Finger Lakes region. Corning and the Corning Museum of Glass are a short drive away, while Keuka Lake and Finger Lakes wine country lie to the north.

Local school district

Wayland-Cohocton Central School District

Common questions

* Homes-powered and emissions comparisons are annual estimates based on national averages from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. “Homes powered” describes a quantity of electricity, not direct service to specific households. How we calculate this.