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BATTERY STORAGE · ERCOTFirebird BESS
Firebird BESS is a 103 MW battery storage request in interconnection study in the ERCOT interconnection queue, in Ector County, Texas.
Queue statusIn planning
- PlanningQueued Nov 2023 (current stage)
- Consented (not yet reached)
- Construction (not yet reached)
- OperatingTarget Aug 2028 (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
- 26INR0287
- Grid region
- ERCOT (Texas)
- Developer
- TX BESS 6, LLC
- Connection point (POI)
- Tap 138kV #1099 Southwestern Portland Tap - #1052 Rexall
- Location
- Ector County, Texas
- Technology
- Battery: 103 MW
- Total requested
- 103 MW
- Study phase
- SS Completed, FIS Started, No IA
- Queue status
- Active
- Entered queue
- 14 November 2023
- Proposed online date
- August 2028
Location
Marker shows the centre of Ector County; the queue data does not give exact sites.
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- Greyhound Solar - Phase FSolar · 102 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