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SOLAR + STORAGE · ERCOTBlack Bear BESS
Black Bear BESS is a 51.2 MW solar + storage request in interconnection study in the ERCOT interconnection queue, in Crockett County, Texas.
Queue statusIn planning
- PlanningQueued Dec 2023 (current stage)
- Consented (not yet reached)
- Construction (not yet reached)
- OperatingTarget Jun 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
- 26INR0366
- Grid region
- ERCOT (Texas)
- Developer
- ESCONDIDO DRAW RESOURCES, LLC
- Connection point (POI)
- #6564 ILLN4A 138kV
- Location
- Crockett County, Texas
- Technology
- Battery: 51.2 MW · Battery
- Total requested
- 51.2 MW
- Study phase
- SS Completed, FIS Started, No IA
- Queue status
- Active
- Entered queue
- 4 December 2023
- Proposed online date
- June 2028
Location
Marker shows the centre of Crockett County; the queue data does not give exact sites.
Other requests in Crockett County
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- Blue Sky SolSolar + storage · 101 MW · agreement signed
- Gridline SolarSolar · 400 MW · in study
- Ranchero BESSBattery storage · 150 MW · in study
- Black Bear SolarSolar + storage · 103 MW · in study
- Shamrock II WindOnshore wind · 257 MW · suspended
- High Lonesome WindOnshore wind · 450 MW · built
- White Mesa 2 WindOnshore wind · 348 MW · built
- Ranchero WindOnshore wind · 300 MW · built
- ShamrockOnshore wind · 224 MW · built
- White Mesa WindOnshore wind · 152 MW · built
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