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SOLAR + STORAGE · ERCOTFierce River BESS
Fierce River BESS is a 285 MW solar + storage request in interconnection study in the ERCOT interconnection queue, in Starr County, Texas.
Queue statusIn planning
- PlanningQueued Mar 2024 (current stage)
- Consented (not yet reached)
- Construction (not yet reached)
- OperatingTarget Feb 2029 (not yet reached)
- Closed (not yet reached)
Studies assess what grid upgrades the project would need and who pays for them. A signed interconnection agreement is the main step before construction.
Request details
- Queue ID
- 27INR0222
- Grid region
- ERCOT (Texas)
- Developer
- Rio Grande Solar LLC
- Connection point (POI)
- Tapping the 345 kV Line from Del Sol (Bus# 80355) to Frontera (Bus# 80119) ckt 1
- Location
- Starr County, Texas
- Technology
- Battery: 285 MW · Battery
- Total requested
- 285 MW
- Study phase
- SS Completed, FIS Started, No IA
- Queue status
- Active
- Entered queue
- 22 March 2024
- Proposed online date
- February 2029
Location
Marker shows the centre of Starr County; the queue data does not give exact sites.
Other requests in Starr County
- Half Moon SolarSolar · 513 MW · agreement signed
- Bullring Wind 2Onshore wind · 304 MW · agreement signed
- Bullring Wind 1Onshore wind · 304 MW · agreement signed
- Diamondback solarSolar · 204 MW · agreement signed
- Mesteno WindOnshore wind · 202 MW · agreement signed
- Bullring Wind 3Onshore wind · 190 MW · agreement signed
- Starr Solar RanchSolar + storage · 137 MW · agreement signed
- Fierce River SolarSolar + storage · 896 MW · in study
- Muy Grande SolarSolar · 503 MW · in study
- Mandolin Solar SLFSolar + storage · 300 MW · in study
- Bessie StorageBattery storage · 211 MW · in study
- PSE Gongora Hill TX StorageBattery storage · 200 MW · in study
Source: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Queued Up, data through end of 2025, compiled from ISO/RTO and utility queues. Check the grid operator's own queue for the latest status. Report a problem