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BATTERY STORAGE

Lancaster Area Battery

Lancaster Area Battery is a 127 MW operating battery storage site in Los Angeles County, California, operated by AES Distributed Energy. Its batteries store up to 508 MWh.

Plant statusOperating
  1. Planning (completed)
  2. Consented (completed)
  3. Construction (completed)
  4. OperatingSep 2022 (current stage)
  5. Closed (not yet reached)

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Generators

Each generating unit EIA lists at this plant.

UnitTechnologyCapacityStatusOnlineRetired / planned retirement
LABBatteries127 MW
508 MWh
OperatingSep 2022

Plant details

Operator
AES Distributed Energy
Location
Los Angeles County, California
Balancing authority
CISO
Sector
IPP Non-CHP
Capacity
Operating: 127 MW
First unit online
Sep 2022
EIA plant ID
66050

Location

34.6864, -118.3045

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Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-860M, September 2026. Planned dates are targets reported by the developer and often change. Report a problem