Battery storage development recordsFIPS 48201Not a lease-rate estimate
Battery storage development data in Harris County, Texas
Public county project and grid context. This is not a lease-rate estimate, property listing, indication of parcel suitability, or evidence that an organization wants to lease a particular property.
Interconnection queue requests
Queue activity
Source: LBNL Queued Up interconnection queue dataset. Queue requests are proposals seeking interconnection; they are not planned or operating facility counts.
Active queue requests
35
Tracked requests currently marked active
Active requested capacity
6,904 MW
Storage capacity where the queue reports it. Many solar-plus-storage requests list only the solar size.
2019-2025 complete years
| Year | Tracked requests |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1 |
| 2021 | 6 |
| 2022 | 5 |
| 2023 | 8 |
| 2024 | 14 |
| 2025 | 1 |
Facility facts
Planned and operating facilities
Planned facilities
3
665 MW · EIA-860 final annual generator inventory
Operating facilities
3
437 MW · EIA-860 final annual generator inventory
Queue request status is not used as a substitute for facility construction or operating status.
Independent operating inventory
The U.S. Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Database lists no solar sites with batteries in Harris County as of its 2026-04-14 release.
This inventory is shown separately from EIA generators and LBNL queue requests to avoid double-counting records across datasets.
Retirement facts
Facility retirements
The EIA-860 final annual generator inventory lists no retired battery storage facilities in Harris County.
Public record attribution
Organizations named in queue requests
| Organization | Queue requests | Capacity | Latest request year |
|---|---|---|---|
| AES Distributed Energy, Inc | 2 | 817.1 MW | 2021 |
| SMT Houston IV LLC | 2 | 392.5 MW | 2023 |
| Sunnyside Energy, LLC | 2 | Not reported | 2022 |
| Airport Storage II LLC | 1 | 602.6 MW | 2024 |
| Airport Storage I LLC | 1 | 522.5 MW | 2024 |
| Black Mountain Energy Storage II LLC | 1 | 201.2 MW | 2021 |
| Bluegill BESS, LLC | 1 | 251 MW | 2023 |
| Blue Topaz 1, LLC | 1 | 304 MW | 2022 |
| Brookview Reliability Project LLC | 1 | 203.2 MW | 2024 |
| BRP Blue Topaz 3, LLC | 1 | 406 MW | 2023 |
| Callisto II Energy Center LLC | 1 | 203.2 MW | 2021 |
| Castleman Power | 1 | 202.4 MW | 2021 |
A name in an interconnection queue request does not mean the organization is seeking land in this county or has an interest in a particular parcel.
Infrastructure context
Grid infrastructure context
Source: HIFLD electric power transmission lines.
Transmission in county
1,920 miles
Highest recorded voltage
345 kV
Nearest line to county center
1.3 km
County infrastructure does not establish available grid capacity. A specific project requires parcel-level engineering and an interconnection study.