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BATTERY STORAGE · ERCOTBorderland ESC
Borderland ESC is a 200 MW battery storage request in interconnection study in the ERCOT interconnection queue, in Hidalgo County, Texas.
Queue statusIn planning
- PlanningQueued Feb 2022 (current stage)
- Consented (not yet reached)
- Construction (not yet reached)
- OperatingTarget Jun 2026 (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
- 25INR0039
- Grid region
- ERCOT (Texas)
- Developer
- FRESH AIR ENERGY II, LLC
- Connection point (POI)
- tap 138kV 8380 NEDIN4A – 8632 NMCALLEN4C
- Location
- Hidalgo County, Texas
- Technology
- Battery: 200 MW
- Total requested
- 200 MW
- Study phase
- SS Completed, FIS Started, No IA
- Queue status
- Active
- Entered queue
- 21 February 2022
- Proposed online date
- June 2026
Location
Marker shows the centre of Hidalgo 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