Fort Carson Battery Energy Storage Syste
Battery storage power plant · El Paso County, Colorado
Details
- Primary fuel
- Battery storage
- Technology
- Batteries
- Operator
- Department of the Army, Fort Carson
- County
- El Paso County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.02%
- Rank among battery storage plants in Colorado
- #13 of 14
- EIA plant code
- 63022
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Batteries | 4.2 MW | 4.2 MW | 2018 | Operating |
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, 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 4.2 MW solar plant and a 4.2 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 Colorado power plants · What Colorado actually generates