BCE Seal Beach
Battery storage power plant · Orange County, California
Details
- Primary fuel
- Battery storage
- Technology
- Batteries
- Operator
- BCE Seal Beach
- County
- Orange County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.03%
- Rank among battery storage plants in California
- #72 of 142
- EIA plant code
- 68023
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SBBS1 | Batteries | 17 MW | 17 MW | 2025 | Operating |
| SBPV1 | Solar Photovoltaic | 12 MW | 12 MW | 2025 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in California
| Oxnard Paper Mill | Natural gas | 29 MW |
| Ridgetop Energy LLC | Wind | 29 MW |
| TPC Windfarms LLC | Wind | 29 MW |
| PE Berkeley | Natural gas | 29 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 29 MW solar plant and a 29 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All California power plants · What California actually generates