Lead BESS 2
Battery storage power plant · Kings County, California
Details
- Primary fuel
- Battery storage
- Technology
- Batteries
- Operator
- Hanford BESS LLC
- County
- Kings County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.03%
- Rank among battery storage plants in California
- #67 of 142
- EIA plant code
- 66662
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIA | Batteries | 32 MW | 32 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
| Humboldt Sawmill Company | Other | 33 MW |
| Agnews Power Plant | Natural gas | 32 MW |
| Lost Hills/Blackwell | Solar | 32 MW |
| Wilmington Hydrogen Plant | Other | 32 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 32 MW solar plant and a 32 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