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BATTERY STORAGE · ERCOTUnicorn BESS
Unicorn BESS is a 279 MW battery storage request in interconnection study in the ERCOT interconnection queue, in Fort Bend County, Texas.
Queue statusIn planning
- PlanningQueued Jan 2024 (current stage)
- Consented (not yet reached)
- Construction (not yet reached)
- OperatingTarget Sep 2027 (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
- 27INR0142
- Grid region
- ERCOT (Texas)
- Developer
- Unicorn Energies
- Connection point (POI)
- Tap 138 kV Wa Parish (#44015) - Crabb River Road Line (#44170) Line; CNP
- Location
- Fort Bend County, Texas
- Technology
- Battery: 279 MW
- Total requested
- 279 MW
- Study phase
- SS Completed, FIS Started, No IA
- Queue status
- Active
- Entered queue
- 11 January 2024
- Proposed online date
- September 2027
Location
Marker shows the centre of Fort Bend County; the queue data does not give exact sites.
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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