Pavo
ENGIE · Pecos County · ERCOT
Pavo is an EIA-listed batteries facility with 175.0 MW in Pecos County, Texas, registered as EIA Plant ID 65492. ENGIE North America is the registered plant entity or operator. The plant began commercial operation in 2024. Its grid role is grid-scale battery storage providing energy shifting and grid services as an ERCOT energy-storage resource.
Overview
Key fields
- Reported capacity
- 175 MW
EIA-reported plant capacity; other capacity bases are withheld pending reconciliation.
- Technology
- Batteries
Primary generation technology.
- Registry anchor
- Plant 65492
Engie North America · Pecos County · ERCOT
- Operating status
- Operating
Pavo is operating.
- Commercial operation
- 2024
Best-supported operating milestone.
- Resource stack
- 2 resources
PAVO_ESS_ESR1 · PAVO_ESS_ESR2
Profile
- Grid role
- Grid-scale battery storage providing energy shifting and grid services (storage arbitrage and ancillary services) as an ERCOT energy-storage resource.
- Physical build
- Pavo is a grid-scale battery energy storage system in Pecos County (Fort Stockton area), Texas. EIA lists Plant ID 65492 and 175 MW; ERCOT records the PAVO_ESS energy-storage resources. Specific battery OEM and duration are not asserted.
Structured profile
- Reported capacity
- 175 MW
Batteries
- Commercial operation
- 2024
- Operating status
- operating
Pavo is operating.
- Location
- Pecos County
ERCOT
- Operator
- Engie North America
Units and generators
Operating generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.
| Generator | Capacity | Technology | Operation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAVO | 175 MW 175 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
- 175 MW
- National rank
- #75
- TX rank
- #29
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.
ERCOT disclosed dispatch
2 ERCOT market resources · Battery / storage
Dispatch
3 mo through May 21, 2026Cycles/day is discharged energy vs. usable capacity (~182 MWh). Capacity factor is avg discharge vs. peak.
Output by hourlocal time · 90 days through May 21, 2026
Latest disclosed outputhourly · 2 weeks ending May 21, 2026
Generation from ERCOT's 60-Day SCED Disclosure (≈60-day lag), summed over this site's market resources.
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.
Market registration
ERCOT public disclosuresOperating context
ERCOT market recordsInterconnection 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Market resources | PAVO_ESS_ESR1, PAVO_ESS_ESR2 | Linked ERCOT resources. |
| Grid selection | plant:plant-65492 | Canonical asset page /ercot/assets/plant/pavo. |
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.
View full reporting portfolioTimeline and sources
Project milestones and public references behind the asset profile.
Project timeline
- Generator enters operationEIA-860
EIA-860 lists generator PAVO with this operating date.
- Latest disclosed generation interval
ERCOT SCED disclosure is delayed, so plant performance windows end at the latest disclosed interval.
Sources
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