Desert Willow BESS (23INR0195)

Desert Willow BESS is a 154.4 MW battery interconnection project in Ellis, Texas with a current status of operational. It is proposed to connect at tap 345kV 1906 Venus_S5 - 1916 LiggettA1_5.

154.4 MWCapacity
OperationalStatus
ERCOTMarket
BatteryTechnology

Project facts

Canonical nameDesert Willow BESS
Queue ID23INR0195
Statusoperational
Source statusoperational
MarketERCOT
TechnologyBattery
Capacity154.4 MW
StateTexas
CountyEllis
Point of interconnectiontap 345kV 1906 Venus_S5 - 1916 LiggettA1_5
Requested (queue) date2021-02-03
Proposed in-service date2025-04-28
Operational date2025-01-17
Withdrawn date
DeveloperDesert Willow Energy Storage
Utility / transmission ownerERCOT

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Source last checked2026-07-31
Data last materially changed2026-07-31
Page data generated2026-08-27

Provenance: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory — Queued Up interconnection dataset. Values are normalized from public source records into the interXdata canonical warehouse; see each source for original filings.

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