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WIND + STORAGE · CAISOOcotillo Express
Ocotillo Express is a 504 MW wind + storage request with a signed interconnection agreement in the CAISO interconnection queue, in Imperial County, California, connecting to SDGE.
Queue statusConsented
- PlanningQueued Jul 2009 (completed)
- ConsentedJun 2012 (current stage)
- Construction (not yet reached)
- OperatingJul 2013 (not yet reached)
- Closed (not yet reached)
Request details
- Queue ID
- 493
- Grid region
- CAISO (California)
- Utility / transmission owner
- SDGE
- Connection point (POI)
- Ocotillo Switchyard 500 kV
- Location
- Imperial County, California
- Technology
- Wind: 265 MW · Battery: 239 MW
- Total requested
- 504 MW
- Service type
- Network resource (NRIS)
- Study phase
- Executed
- Queue status
- Active
- Entered queue
- 31 July 2009
- Agreement signed
- 13 June 2012
- Proposed online date
- May 2030
- Came online
- July 2013
Location
Marker shows the centre of Imperial County; the queue data does not give exact sites.
Power plants in California · Transmission lines in California
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- Leconte Energy StorageBattery storage · 125 MW · agreement signed
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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