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BATTERY STORAGE · SPPBattery storage project GEN-2024-371, Lea County
Battery storage project GEN-2024-371, Lea County is a 250 MW battery storage request in interconnection study in the SPP interconnection queue, in Lea County, New Mexico, connecting to SPS.
Queue statusIn planning
- PlanningQueued Mar 2025 (current stage)
- Consented (not yet reached)
- Construction (not yet reached)
- OperatingTarget Mar 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
- GEN-2024-371
- Grid region
- SPP (Southwest Power Pool)
- Utility / transmission owner
- SPS
- Connection point (POI)
- Maddox 115 kV Substation
- Location
- Lea County, New Mexico
- Technology
- Battery: 250 MW
- Total requested
- 250 MW
- Service type
- NRIS and ERIS
- Study phase
- DISIS STAGE
- Queue status
- Active
- Entered queue
- 1 March 2025
- Proposed online date
- March 2028
Location
Marker shows the centre of Lea County; the queue data does not give exact sites.
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Other requests in Lea County
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- Solar project GEN-2018-004, Lea CountySolar · 75.0 MW · agreement signed
- Solar project GEN-2023-GR4, Lea CountySolar · 72.0 MW · agreement signed
- Battery storage project GEN-2018-052, Lea CountyBattery storage · 70.0 MW · agreement signed
- Battery storage project GEN-2024-SR14, Lea CountyBattery storage · 36.0 MW · agreement signed
- Solar + storage project GEN-2024-073, Lea CountySolar + storage · 500 MW · in study
- Solar + storage project GEN-2024-124, Lea CountySolar + storage · 420 MW · in study
- Solar + storage project ERAS-2025-020, Lea CountySolar + storage · 400 MW · in study
- Wind + storage project GEN-2024-278, Lea CountyWind + storage · 264 MW · in study
- Solar + storage project GEN-2024-281, Lea CountySolar + storage · 250 MW · in study
- Onshore wind project GEN-2024-365, Lea CountyOnshore wind · 200 MW · in study
- Onshore wind project GEN-2024-366, Lea CountyOnshore wind · 200 MW · in study
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