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Pastoria Power Bank

Battery storage power plant · Kern County, California

Nameplate capacity
80 MW
Rank in California
#335
of 1,928 plants
In service since
2026
July 2026

Details

Primary fuel
Battery storage
Technology
Batteries
Operator
—
County
Kern County
Generating units
1
Share of state capacity
0.07%
Rank among battery storage plants in California
#43 of 142
EIA plant code
69858

Generating units

Individual generating units at Pastoria Power Bank
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
GEN1Batteries80 MW80 MW2026Operating

Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.

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About this data

From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, August 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 80 MW solar plant and a 80 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