Paleo
ENGIE North America · Hale County · ERCOT
EIA's May 2026 inventory reports 200 MW of nameplate power, 200 MWh of energy capacity and a December 2024 operating month. ENGIE's project page confirms 200 MW and operation in 2024. A May 2024 PUCT settlement identifies ENGIE and BRP Paleo as wholly owned ENGIE affiliates and documents interconnection through Oncor's Blackwater Draw Switch station.
Overview
Key fields
- Power / energy
- 200 MW / 200 MWh
EIA May 2026
- Storage duration
- 1 hour
EIA registry basis
- Interconnection
- Blackwater Draw
Oncor 345 kV switch station
- Registry anchor
- Plant 65491
ENGIE North America
Profile
- Grid role
- Standalone battery storage serving ERCOT.
- EIA configuration
- 200 MW nameplate and 200 MWh energy capacity; December 2024 operating month.
- Interconnection
- Oncor Blackwater Draw Switch station under a PUCT settlement among ENGIE Oncor and Southwestern Public Service.
Structured profile
- Nameplate capacity
- 200 MW
EIA and ENGIE
- Energy capacity
- 200 MWh
EIA
- Owner and operator
- ENGIE North America
ENGIE and PUCT
Units and generators
Operating generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.
| Generator | Capacity | Technology | Operation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PALEO | 200 MW 200 MW summer | Batteries Electricity used for energy storage · BA | Dec 2024 | Operating |
Performance
Monthly EIA generation history and recent market-resource behavior where linked telemetry is available.
Peer context
- Technology capacity
- 200 MW
- National rank
- #48
- TX rank
- #18
Monthly generation
Download CSVEIA-923 reports gross generation and net grid exchange for storage plants. Gross generation is shown as a discharge proxy; it is not a cycle count or conventional capacity factor.
Grid and market context
Deterministic links to ERCOT market resources, price records, outage disclosures, queue records, and nearby infrastructure. Candidate joins remain labeled until corroborated.
Interconnection record
ERCOT GIS ReportMatched to the latest available ERCOT generation-interconnection queue record. Queue status and completion dates describe the queue record; operating status is verified separately against plant and market registrations.
Nearby substations
HIFLD infrastructure inventoryCommercial, land, and environmental record
Source-backed project transactions, agreements, land records, permits, and environmental disclosures. Portfolio and adjacent-project facts remain explicitly scoped.
Land and environmental record
Related parties and identifiers
Parties, market resources, and identifiers tied to this asset, with owner, operator, developer, EPC, compliance provider, and interconnecting entity roles kept separate.
Parties and identifiers
| Relationship | Entity | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Grid selection | plant:plant-65491 | Canonical asset page /ercot/assets/plant/paleo. |
Reporting portfolio
| Largest reported plants | Capacity | State |
|---|---|---|
| Priddy Wind Project | 302.4 MW | TX |
| Prairie Hill Wind Project | 300 MW | TX |
| Iron Star Wind Project | 297.6 MW | KS |
| Solomon Forks Wind Project, LLC | 275.6 MW | KS |
| Triple H Wind Project | 250.2 MW | SD |
| King Plains Wind Project | 248.2 MW | OK |
| ENGIE Long Draw Solar LLC | 225 MW | TX |
| Las Lomas Wind Project | 201.6 MW | TX |
Portfolio membership follows the latest EIA-860 reporting entity. It does not imply ultimate ownership.
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